European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 24, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday August 24, 1990 the stars and stripes rage 7 Fri assigns Black agent to Bias Case Washington apr two weeks after settling a racial harassment Case brought by Black agent Donald Rochon the Fri assigned its top ranking Black held agent to investigate allegations brought by Rochon the Agency said wednesday. As part of the settlement the Fri agreed to conduct a full investigation of Rodion s claims and make the findings Public by next april said Rochon s attorney David Kairys of Philadelphia. Quot we Are confirming that Paul Philip will be heading an investigation looking into the allegations made by or. Rochon Quot Fri spokesman Carlos Fernandes said wednesday. Philip 43, Heads the Field office in san Juan puerto Rico and is the Only Black agent in charge of a Bureau Field office. Rochon had charged in civil lawsuits that he was racially harassed by White agents when he worked in the of big a Chicago office. Among other things he claimed his family received threatening Telephone Calls and letters including one that contained a photograph of the dismembered body of a Black Man. Another contained a bulls Eye superimposed with a picture of a Black Man. Attorneys for Rochon 40, and the Fri signed an agreement the week of aug. 5 that settled the 3-year-old Legal Battle. The settlement restored Rochon full pay and pension benefits possibly Worth More than $1 million Kairys said. Several members of Congress accused director William sessions in april of tolerating discrimination allegations denied by the director. A Federal judge ruled in september 1988 that the Fri had engaged in widespread discrimination against its hispanic employees. Officials acknowledged earlier this year that the Fri had settled three other racial discrimination suits Philip has a a Tough assignment Quot said one congressional source who spoke on condition of anonymity. But the source added a we think its significant that he reports directly to the director and he has a team of eight agents working for him Quot Rochon has been on disability leave since april because of emotional stress. The settlement keeps him on disability leave until he is eligible to retire in 11 years Kairys said. In addition the Fri agreed to award Rochon some Back pay for a promotion the agent claimed he was unfairly denied. Police officers demonstrate in support of one of their colleagues at the Bergen county courthouse in Hackensack. . Cops Call for ouster of state officials Teaneck . Apr More than 2,500 police called for the ouster of gov. Jim Florio and attorney general Robert Del Tufo during a rally wednesday supporting a White police officer who fatally shot a Black teen Ager. Organizers said police arc angry because the state has empanelled a second grand jury to investigate the april 10 shooting of 16-year-old Phillip c. Panic it by Teaneck officer Gary Spath. A we re Here to Send them our message which is they have to Stop using officer Spath and partner Wayne Blanco As pawns in their political game Quot said Steve i brie president of the Teaneck policemen a benevolent association. A a they re trying to make Spath a Scapegoat for everything that a wrong with  the officers rallied outside the Bergen county courthouse in Hackensack chanting a dump Del Tufo dump  they then marched several Miles from Hackensack to Teaneck and congregated outside a municipal building. Meanwhile about 40 people gathered outside a Teaneck school fora prayer Vigil in memory of Pannell. Quot those 2,000 officers Are walking Strong with their guns Quot said Donna Jackson a Newark coordinator for the United youth Council a Black organization that has supported the Pannell family. A we sit Back and say a its not affecting me or my  you think that you re wrong. Next time it could be you Quot Jackson said. After the shooting police and witnesses offered sharply different accounts of the moments leading up to the incident. Spath and Blanco who were responding to a complaint of a youth with a gun have said Spath fired Only when he saw Pannell reaching for a gun at his Waist. Witnesses said  his hands in the air when the shot was fired. A second grand jury is to review the evidence because of a faulty autopsy report to the first grand jury by Bergen county medical examiner Lawrence Denson. Del Tufo said medical evidence indicates that Pannells hands were in the air the rallying police officers a Black and White a chanted Quot he Nad a  Nutley police officer Steven Rogers said More than 2,500 officers attended the rally. Blacks Boycott 3 Florida schools Mills College registration takes a jump Tallahassee Fla. Apr about 1,200 Black students boycotted the first Day of classes at three schools wednesday because a school Board hired a while teacher instead of a Black one. The Jefferson county school Board in an emergency meeting wednesday afternoon voted to hire another Black teacher in addition to the White one. The new teacher would replace one who is expected to take maternity leave this fall. A act leaders planned to meet to decide whether to continue the Boycott in the county a three schools. Superintendent Bill Mccrae said school systems throughout Florida arc having a hard Lime finding qualified Black teachers. A i d love to hire them to solve this problem. Its not in anybody a Best interest to let this continue a Mccrae said. A we re Lucky that we be gotten some really Good teachers Black and White in Spile of the fact that our salaries Are not As Good As other  about 36 percent of Jefferson coun Tyr a Public schoolteachers Are Black Mccrae said and the county had planned to hire four Black teachers and four White teachers for the new school year. But earlier this month one of the Blacks took another Job in Georgia he said about 70 percent of the 2,100 students in the county a elementary Middle and High schools Are Black and most of them stayed out of school wednesday said . Poole sr., Florida a act chairman Mccrae said the Boycott was peaceful. Utah killer treated for drug overdose Salt Lake City apr convicted killer Mark Hofmann the forger of mormon historical documents who used bombs to cover his tracks was in critical but stable condition wednesday following a drug overdose officials said. Hofmann 35, serving a life sentence was found unconscious at Utah stale prison shortly after noon and was taken to the University of Utah health sciences Center said Hospital spokeswoman Anne Brillinger. Brillinger confirmed that for the second Lime in less than two years Hofmann was being treated for an overdose of antidepressant drugs. She said he was conscious but still listed As critical. Hofmann pleaded guilty in january 1987 to second degree murder in the oct. 15, 08 5. Pipe bomb slayings of Steven f. Christensen 30, and Kathleen Webb sheets. 50. He also pleaded guilty to theft by deception in ins fraudulent document dealings which netted him hundreds of thousands of dollars. Hofmann has said he killed Christensen to prevent him exposing his trafficking in fraudulent mormon historical documents and left the second bomb outside the sheets Home As a diversion. Hofmann became the chief suspect in the two bombings a Day after the explosions when a third pipe bomb blew him from his parked car in downtown Salt Lake City. Hofmann claimed he meant to kill Hir Vilf but police scoffed at that notion say my he was seeking another victim. Oakland Calif. Apr Mills College which made headlines in the Spring with a determined fight to keep its undergraduate ranks All female has reopened with the largest enrolment in years. By the Lime registration is completed in three weeks the 138-year-old school expects to have at least 814 undergraduate students up from 777 last year. Administrators said it will take an enrolment of 1,000 undergraduates to solve the institution s Money problems which had prompted school officials to consider admitting men. Mills allows males in its graduate program. A new event was added to the open ing Day routine tuesday. A videotape was shown of the student strike three months ago that ultimately persuaded administrators to reverse their vote and agree to exclude men. A a we re going to show this every year a said senior Anna Stravato a spokeswoman during the strike