European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 17, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 a a the stars and stripes sunday june 17,1990fourth firing reversed at Karlsruhe judge criticizes military Community by Joseph Owen Stuttgart Bureau Karlsruhe West Germany a an administrative judge has reversed the firing of a Karlsruhe military Community manager and told the army to pay his Legal fees five months Back wages and lost benefits. It was the latest of four actions this year that have forced the Community to rescind a firing. In the june 5 decision judge Joseph e. Clancy criticized the Community for failing to More closely examine witnesses statements that had prompted the filing of a unfounded and apparently fraudulent larceny charges against Dwayne f. Grant. The Community fired Grant from his gs-12 position As Community operations manager Jan. 19, alleging that he had stolen liquor from the fid Titas club several times improperly ordered a carpet for the club mismanaged a 1989 summer festival and failed to supervise subordinates at that event. Since last summer the Community also has fired one of Grants subordinates special events coordinator Michael t. Gormley Community newspaper editor Debra c. Merrill and Roland . Temperatures june 15 Hilo 79 66 91 60 97 70 59 50 83 68 88 70 74 59 97 75 77 60 64 47 93 60 Albany,n.y.,c Albuquerque Amarillo i Anchorage a Asheville  Atlantic  Austin c Baltimore of  Birmingham a Bismarck a Boise c Boston a Brownsville a  Burlington,vi./   Charleston, a  . A Cheyenne f Chicago Cincinnati to  Columbia  Columbus Ohio Concord,n.h.,c Dallas it Worth f  Denver Dos Moines a Detroit Duluth Rel   Fairbanks Fargo Flagstaff i grand rapids great  Greensboro,n.c.,c Hartford Helena Honolulu Houston Indianapolis Jackson,miss.,c Jacksonville Juneau Kansas City 62 57 74 45 60 57 94 79 04 60 78 65 75 50 93 74 83 67 89 71 77 50 85 61 88 60 79 53 97 74 07 62 83 55 95 75 83 62 91 55 80 65 84 59 60 47 95 77 92 69 66 53 66 57 71 31 85 60 63 42 84 66 83 57 63 41 87 74 98 77 88 60 95 76 96 76 53 49 83 72 1 Hilo Las  83 64 Little  92 75 los Angeles 68 57 Louisville 92 71  102 74 Memphis 92 74 Miami Beach 84 76  101 72 Milwaukee 81 56 mils St Paul 78 62 Nashville 92 70 new Orleans of 93 75 new York  81 60 norfolk.va.,f 74 63 North Platte 79 56 Oklahoma  96 75 Omaha 85 70 Orlando 93 71 Philadelphia 82 63 Phoenix 96 70 Pittsburgh 85 63 Portland Maine 66 53 Portland,ore./ 78 56 Providence 77 61 Raleigh c 79 65 rapid City 60 53  73 41 Richmond of 78 60 Sacramento 78 55 St Louis 89 75 Salt Lake  73 52 san Antonio 100 77 san Diego 69 60 san Francisco 63 54 san Juan,p.r.,c 83 77 Santa  82 50 St Ste Marie 77 46 Seattle. 70 52  94 76 Sioux Falls 83 63 Spokane 75 48 Syracuse 87 63 Tampa St  90 72 Topeka 82 75  96 58  96 78  75 63 Wichita a 100 74  80 63 wilmington.del.,1 79 64 Maine Cloudy a rant Snow a missing european weather forecast Lor sunday mostly Cloudy with locally dense morning log in All areas except Southern Germany where it will be partly Cloudy with Early morning Patchy fog. Partly Cloudy in All. Ures 66-70, lows 45-49. Is areas by midday. High temperatures sunday 9 39, Sunrise monday at 6 11 to partly Cloudy with Haze by midday in All areas. Highs 70-73 sunday 9 39, Sunrise me lows 46-49. Tempe Faturos recorded saturday Adana p Amsterdam p Athens p Valano p Berlin c Bremerhaven Brussels p 4am 4 pm 66 88 Copenhagen c 52 63 Franklund. C 72 75 Lundon c 57 73 Madrid f 57 61 Munich p 54 55 Paris p 54 70 Rume i a provided by Dut 13, 2nd weather Wing Graben Trarbach other Wou wide temperatures High Law 93 Cairo i 93 70 Montreal c Dublin c 64 50 Moscow c Helsinki r 52 46 Oslo. 1 Jerusalem a a a Toronto c Lisbon c 70 55 Vancouver c a supplied by the associated press c Cloudy a partly Cloudy f fair rain. T 75 75 81 70 Claus a Driver for the directorate of personnel and Community activities service division since 1983. The firings of Grant Gormley and Merrill occurred after All three had received documented Praise for their work. Gormley and Merrill both americans got their firings reversed through out of court settlements. Claus a West German won Back his Job through a Karlsruhe labor court. Grant won reinstatement by appealing to the Merit systems Protection Board. Clancy who is based in Falls Church va., held a hearing March 29 and 30 in Karlsruhe on the Case. Clancy a june 5 order entitles Grant to about $ 17,700 in lost wages and allowances and Legal costs that May exceed $10,000. The larceny charges stemmed from statements Grant three club employees allegedly made to the criminal investigation come saying they had seen Grant steal liquor from the club. Maj. Donna h. Barthle assistant director of personnel and Community activities told Grant in writing that he was fired dismissing contrary statements by other employees. The charges unravelled at the hearing however when the three employees said statements that investigators had attributed to them were false. Clancy a decision also noted Barthles disregard of a lie Detector test that Grant passed and recalled that Many Community officials including the commander col. Joe n. Ballard had discussed Grants test. The judge also dismissed allegations about mismanagement of the july 28-aug. 6 summer festival citing a memorandum in which Barthle said she was responsible for managing the festival. The Karlsruhe Community had Little comment on the ruling. A emr. Grant and the army had their Day in court the court made its decision and we will abide by it a said Community spokeswoman Ruth Dyal. The decision was a Relief for Grant who said saturday he is still awaiting a Call to return to work. A i done to know what brought it on a said Grant 30. A maybe conflicts with my superiors. It was almost As if they needed a fall Guy for some of these things and they decided it was going to be  Grant said he has filed a complaint with the . Army Europe inspector general a office alleging abusive use of command influence in the Case. The 1989 summer festival also played a role in Gormleyy a firing on Jan. 16. The Community accused him of several improprieties including breaking customs Laws by serving German officials free whiskey. Gormley admitted that he had served the whiskey but appealed the firing. He settled out of court for a two week suspension said attorney Robert j. Fiore of Frankfurt whose firm represented Gormley As Well As Grant. Merrill editor of the Community newspaper a town crier since 198 was fired nov. 3 for allegations of mismanagement. The allegations included publishing errors inappropriate conduct irregular work hours ignoring visitors and misuse of government equipment. Some accusations were based on a criminal investigation come probe of her office. Merrill appealed to the Merit systems Protection Board. But she dropped her Appeal in March when the Community agreed to retract the firing decision pay her lawyers fees and half of her three months lost wages she said. In a related action Community executive assistant Bianca a. Warner wrote a sept. 14 letter of admonishment to Merrill s supervisor Community Public affairs officer Hans Joachim Hoffner. The letter said Hoffner had failed to Monitor Merrill a work habits and to proofread the newspaper a despite the Community commanders sensitivity to grammatical errors poor layout and misplaced and inappropriate  i Hoffner a West German has filed a complaint in a Karlsruhe labor court seeking to have the letter withdrawn. A Quot the Al negations in this letter of admonishment Are completely unfounded Hoffner wrote to the court. A Claus a West German was fired Aue 25 and accused of theft and resale of . Government property. On Jan. 25 the labor court ruled the decision a a ineffective after hearing evidence that somebody else had taken the items. The court ordered that Claus be reimbursed for lost wages. Claus has resumed working for the Community. Merrill attributed her employment problems to friction Between Ballard and Hoffner. A i did exactly what or. Hoffner told me. That was my downfall. He did no to get along with col. Ballard and i was  of cleaning up Pao a she said. On july 6, As  of a Normal rotation Ballard is scheduled to relinquish his double role As commander of the Community and the 18th engr brigade and accept a new assignment at . Army Europe he in Heidelberg. In a february interview he said his duty As Karlsruhe commander was to provide services improve the local Quality of life and look after government interests. He added a if we have to displease four or five people who Are not working off the same Agenda then so be  he said the four dismissals were As far As he knew the Only Karlsruhe employees fired for Job misconduct and poor performance. All four actions stemmed in  from investigations by the criminal investigation come. That command operates independently Ballard emphasized and its investigators done to answer to him. One longtime Community employee said the investigations and a variety of military and civilian personnel actions have made Karlsruhe an unhappy place to work. But it is not hard to find Community members who support Ballard. A i can say that the Community commander accepts nothing but professionalism and integrity from the people who work for the Community a said a non commissioned officer. French town hails Wii Liberator lows 45-49. Sunset a at 6 15. Outlook for monday Lair Pylelo France apr . Army capt. Robert Hamsley praised As the a american Savior a returned saturday for a heroes Welcome to this Breton Village he liberated nearly 46 years ago from nazi occupiers. Children waving american and French flags greeted Hamsley As he was paraded through the Village in a world War ii Vintage command jeep. He was applauded by nearly Alt of pm Eloy a 2,300 grateful residents. A detachment of . Marines and French soldiers stood by As Hamsley 71, was made Chevalier of the legion of Honor one of the nations most distinguished awards. The Village sports stadium was renamed in his Honor. A i love you Pylelo a Hamsley somewhat intimidated by the acclaim said during a Toast. A thank you for coming from faraway America a mayor Yves Lecoque said during a ceremony at the world War ii Monument for the dead in the Village Square. He hailed Hamsley As the villages a american  the germans occupied Pylelo and were preparing a string of executions when Hamsley first entered the Village in August 1944 at the head of a five tank platoon. He wiped out a contingent of the heavily armed germans. But two Days later German anti tank guns knocked out four of the five tanks and damaged Hamsley a own m-4. When he and the three Crew members recovered they destroyed the attack guns killed and routed some 100 germans and rescued the wounded. Hamsley who has lived in Lawrence 4am 4pm 50 64 so 68 54 66 59 82 62 64 52 68 61 80 Burg Tenn and Orlando fla., received a Bronze Star for his action and was promoted from lieutenant to Captain. But his action went practically unnoticed otherwise going unreported in the official diaries of the 15th Cav regt of Gen George Patton a 3rd army. Hamsley a belated recognition was prompted in  by the efforts of a history Buff who also served in the 15th Cav Robert Dwan of Tucson Anz. Along with Amateur French historians Dwan pinpointed Hamsley As the Man on the spot. Last year the Pylelo Village Council named Hamsley an honorary citizen 1 in testimony of our gratitude for your courageous action of aug. 6,1944, which led to the villages  the Village then invited Hamsley to saturdays ceremony in his Honor. Application to stay execution rejected High Low 59 59 54 64 54 Washington apr the supreme court on saturday denied an application to stay the execution of John Edward swindler who was scheduled to be put to death monday night for the 1976 murder of a fort Smith ark., police officer. Swindler 46, would be the first person executed in Arkansas in 26 years. Supreme court spokeswoman Toni House said the court denied the stay at 11 50 . She said two justices William Brennan and Thurgood Mas shall dissented. Attorneys for swindler appealed to the supreme court on Friday after the 8th . Circuit court of appeals in St. Louis turned Down swindlers application for a stay thursday the same Day gov. Bill Clinton rejected swindler s application for executive clemency. Swindler who is from South Carolina has been on death Row for 14 years. Charles Franklin Fields was the last prisoner put to death in Arkansas Rit