European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 29, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday june 29, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 7high rollers Are Marble champs in w. A. Town Ridgeley . Apr its enough to leave the town Glassy eyed with Pride not Only does Ridgeley have the nations Best marbles player it has the second Best too. The town of 990 was also Home to the girls champions in 1987 and 1988. Carl Whitacre 12, won the National Marble tournament boys division and Mickey Lantz 13, was runner up. The two beat out about 58 other boys during the Competition in Wildwood n.j., including 22 other West virginians they ended up facing each other for the championship. During the 15-game title set Lantz led 7-4, but Whitacre won the last four games without giving Lantz a Chance to shoot. A i bawled because i lost. That a 2,000 Bucks Down the Drain a said Lantz referring to a $2,000 scholarship that Whitacre won along with the title. But no hard feelings. A he a going to win it next year a said Whitacre. Whitacre wont be eligible because of his win this year. But hell be Back in Wildwood As a referee he said and he wants to coach other a a mobsters a As marbles players Are called. Whitacre a aunt won the girls championship in 1987 and Lantzy sister won in 1988. Budget crunch May Force cutback in Voa operations by the Baltimore Sun Washington a officials at the voice of America confronted by a budget crunch afe considering an emergency cutback in the now continuous broadcasting of news and other . Government sponsored programming. One proposal would reduce operations from seven Days a week to six. Suspending part of Voas round the clock English language broadcasts is one of several options being proposed to cover a $2.3 million shortfall in the remaining three months of this fiscal year. A a it a the kind of thing no broadcaster wants to do a said Voa Deputy director Robert Coonrod. A but we believe we be Cut Back the budget As much As we  a possible cutback in Voa broadcasts now aired in 43 languages was to top the Agenda thursday at a scheduled meeting Between Voa representatives and congressional staff. But Coonrod stressed that no final decision would be made until the exact Cost savings and other implications were fully understood and until other possible options had been explored. Voa director Richard Carlson and Bruce Gelb director of the Voas Parent organization the United states information Agency would have to approve any suspension of broadcasting Coonrod said. The talk of program cuts follows a year of Belt tightening at Voa which already has reduced operating costs by $7.2 million to stay within its fiscal 1990 budget of $171 million a Voa spokesman said. In the past year Coonrod said the Agency has imposed a series of austerity measures a a strict hiring freeze cuts in travel budgets for Voa reporters and ending a program to answer audience mail. But he said those cuts have been offset by unforeseen events which have brought new pressures on Voas budget. Included arc rising foreign fuel costs unfavourable fluctuations in foreign Exchange rates and recent political strife in Liberia which forced evacuation of Voa personnel at a Cost of $250,000. A a we be Cut Back All the non essential services we can a Coonrod said. As Voa officials examine potential broadcasting cutbacks they will be looking at an across the Board one Day a Weck suspension of All broadcasts or More limited cutbacks of a select group of programs. The Agency is not leaning toward any one approach he said adding that any Cut into Voas current programming schedule would be painful. One major concern is what kind of Impact programming cuts would have on an audience and a what kind of message it would Send about the . Government he said. Any proposed reduction in programming is Likely to produce an outcry from Congress which fiercely protested an aborted plan by the Voa earlier this year to eliminate programming in six languages. One Capitol Hill aide also expressed bewilderment at the Voas financial plight saying Congress earlier this year had been assured that the us1a would provide the Voa with funds necessary to continue its current level of operations. Resentment has been reportedly building within Voa Over what Many View As Usiak a neglect of Voa operations at the expense of other Usia  car guards questioned in record heist Rochester . Apr investigators questioned two armoured car guards and gave them lie Detector tests after gunmen knocked off their truck for $ 10.8 million the biggest such heist in . History officials said. The armoured car was robbed by at least two men with a Shotgun tuesday after its Crew stopped at a store for a Coffee break investigators said. The guards were forced to drive to a wooded area a half mile away where they were tied up blindfolded and gagged officials said. The robbers put the Cash into another vehicle and drove off. A there Are a lot of questions obviously about the manner of the heist a sheriff Andrew p. Meloni said. A it appeared to be  the sheriff would not say whether the robbery of the armoured motor service of America truck could have been an inside Job. The two guards who worked for the company a total of 18 months were questioned All Day and into the evening by Fri and sheriffs officials a company spokesman said. The guards whose names were not released Are a not really suspects the sheriff said. A they obviously need to be talked to a he said. Amsa controller George Clark said the guards had agreed to submit to lie Detector tests As a condition of employment. Holey life Saver Nanak flip pct of the Candy. Life savers co. An first there were donuts holes for Thos to wonder juju need tuesday it will soon begin marketing bite what happened to the rest of the pastry. Whan size versions of the circular sweets. Life Saver holes for those who wondered what Hap size versions i t _ to prevent inside jobs work Crews arc rotated Clark said. It was unclear How Long tuesdays Crew had worked together. Clark said the Coffee and sandwiches Stop was not against company rules. A but it is strongly discouraged from a Security standpoint a he said. A a it a hard to Knock of a moving  officials Are reviewing the company a records and looking for witnesses who might have seen the armoured car Meloni said. The robbery tuesday was the second Multi Milhon Dollar robbery of an Amsa truck in 13 months. In 1989, two men drove a 1-ton armoured truck through a garage door in East Syracuse pistol whipped two guards and stole $2.9  guard says danger from spill in Gulf has ended Galveston Texas apr the coast guard said wednesday that it expected no More Oil from the gutted Tanker Mega Borg to reach Texas beaches and that it was suspending flyovers and Beach patrols. The coast guard said tracking Crews failed to find any sign of the Oil tuesday in the Gulf of Mexico. Officials said radar planes have been unable to spot any remaining Slick from an estimated 3.9 million Gallons of angolan crude that began to spill from the norwegian supertanker when it exploded june 8. Most of the Oil burned evaporated or was scooped up by 11 skimmers officials said. The Slick once 45 Miles Long came within seven Miles of the Texas Shoreline last week. A a we re expecting it to dissipate a coast guard chief warrant officer Howard Edmonds said. A we done to think it will come  Oil transfers from the Mega Borg to the smaller cargo vessel Atlantis continued. Salvage Crews have pumped nearly 14.4 million Gallons of the Light crude to the Atlantis and expect a Complete Transfer by thursday Edmonds said. The supertanker burned for More than a week at a site some 57 Miles off Galveston. Two Crew members were killed while two others remain missing and Are presumed dead. Seventeen other crewmen were injured