European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 14, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday october 14, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 7agents probe animal killings in Oklahoma Oklahoma City apr Hunters who paid thousands of dollars to gun Down endangered animals left their names addresses and pictures of themselves with their kills As evidence game officials said Friday. A it will be an officers dream to seek charges against the Hunters state game Ranger Sam Cottrell said. A we even have their  Cottrell was one of More than 20 Federal and state agents who raided Texoma Hunting wilderness in Southeastern Oklahoma on wednesday. The agents later closed the Hunting Range and confiscated piles of records and animal skins. Several live animals were seized. A it was pretty awful. It was not much sport at All a Tom Mckay senior resident agent for the . Fish and wildlife service said Friday. Mckay said each Hunter paid Between $1,000 and $4,000 to select an animal from a Cage have it released onto a a killing area about the size of a football Field and shoot it. Grizzly bears Black bears Deer Elk and cougars All of which Are protected under Federal or state Laws were killed. Mckay said the game Refuge had a permit that allowed Hunting of some exotic animals such As foreign Deer but that the permit excluded native protected species. Records indicated most of the native animals had been brought in from other states Mckay said. Transporting such animals across state lines without a permit violates Federal Law. Conviction on such charges could result in a penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 Fine he said. Cottrell said that the records indicated that be tween 200 and 300 native animals were killed at the preserve. The 160-acre preserve operated for three or four years. Preserve officials apparently purchased animals from zoos preserves and at auctions investigators said. Authorities also raided the Home and office of the preserves owner Charles b. Bartholomew of Norman Mckay said. Norman is about 20 Miles South of Oklahoma City in Central Oklahoma. The Hunting Range is located near Bennington about 200 Miles away. Authorities said it would take about a week to sift through the seized records and determine what Federal and state charges to file and against whom. Authorities Are focusing their probe on Hunters and taxidermists named in the  Carrier on trial for criminal sex assault a a sheriffs Deputy escorts Randall Lee Dempsey into a courtroom in Marion 111. Northrop cites accomplishments Marion 111. Apr a Man infected with the aids virus forced an 8-year-old relative to have Oral sex the child and a prosecutor told jurors Friday in a test Case of a recent state Law. Randall Lee Dempsey 34, of Marion is charged with criminal transmission of the his virus and aggravated criminal sexual assault. He has pleaded innocent to the charges. The Case is believed the first test of the states criminal his transmission Law which took effect sept. 11,1989. Under the Law the attacker must know he is carrying the aids virus when he performs an act such As sexual Intercourse which would expose someone to the virus. Conviction does not require that the victim develop aids. A this is a classic Case of child sex abuse in the family setting. But there is one unique and quite dangerous element to this Case a Williamson county states attorney Charles Garnati said in his opening statement. A the Dempsey did so after testing positive for the his virus and he did so after being told by his own doctor that he was infected with the his  the defense made no opening statement Friday. It is not known if the boy has been tested for the virus. Lawyers say they Are bound by state Law not to discuss the Case Library May get magic Memorabilia los Angeles apr Federal regulators May give the Library of Congress a collection of Memorabilia from the world of magic that was seized from the head of a failed Thrift. Thousands of posters handbills 16th-Century books and private letters from Harry Houdini and other noted magicians were confiscated from Carl m. Rheuban after the savings and loan that he directed was closed last month. Regulators say that Rheuban who ran first network savings in Century City spent at least $1.5 million of its Money on the magic collection which was named after the late John Mulholland a magician of the Early 1900s. Library of Congress officials say they done to have the Money to buy the collection which was seized by the Federal Resolution Trust corp., the bailout Agency Tor savings and Loans. Kevin Shields a spokesman for Resolution Trust said his Agency usually Sells All seized assets but the rarity of the magic collection has him considering whether to give it to the Library of Congress. Washington a the head of Northrop corp. A the manufacturer of the b-2 bomber a defended his company Friday against charges that it can to manage its business. A a Northrop a Long record As an asset to this country deserves to be weighed in the haste to discuss its liabilities a said Kent Kresa who is chairman of the Board president and chief executive officer. Kresan a testimony came at the end of a difficult week for Northrop. A top air Force official testified on tuesday about deficiencies in six major areas at the company including Cost and schedule estimates. The air forces assistant Secretary for Pittsfield mass. Apr put away the sweats and put on your glasses. The Only physical exertion some High school juniors and seniors will have to do next year for credit is to occasionally lift their eyelids or at least say they did. The school committee has agreed to let students fulfil physical education requirements by Reading about exercise. Starting next september students will have three options. They can take gym classes once or twice a week or they can acquisition Jack Welch said in an interview with the los Angeles times that testing of the second b-2 bomber had been delayed nine months. Kresa said he accepts responsibility for the a failures of individuals and management oversight that took place in the  a your failings should never have occurred. The systems that allowed them to occur have been changed and Are being changed. Some changes in our business and management systems we should have made Long ago and did no to Kresa said. The Northrop president detailed Steps the company has taken including changes in top management and an examination enrol in the Reading program. Under the minimum option students will be Able to Tell teachers that they have read assigned pamphlets about health and physical exercise. No tests or classroom instruction will be required. School committee member George Desnoyers contended that juniors and seniors Are old enough to choose whether to exercise. He wanted to eliminate the physical education requirement altogether but its required by state Law. Outside the courtroom. If convicted Dempsey faces up to seven years in prison on the transmission charge and up to 30 years on the assault charge. He was being held in the Williamson county jail on $50,000 Bond. Garnati said Dempsey returned to Marion from California to live with his parents after becoming ill. Blood tests Dempsey underwent for the his virus in december turned up positive. A the defendants Mother will Tell you that the defendant never really did accept the fact that he was infected with the his virus a Garnati told the jury. Garnati told jurors that on May 27, the child slept in the same bed with Dempsey and that Dempsey forced the youth to have Oral sex against the boys objections. The boy told a relative the next morning despite Dempsey a Promise to give him a pet Turtle to keep quiet Garnati said. A How did a Little 8-year-old boy know How to describe something like that a Garnati asked. A the Only conclusion is that he is telling the truth and that Man did it a he said pointing at Dempsey. The boy now 9, answered attorneys with Short sentences and appeared cheerful throughout fridays testimony. After testifying the boy waved happily to Dempsey and climbed Down from the witness stand. Of values and ethics among employees. Kresa said lawmakers were a rightfully outraged by the events that led to criminal penalties against Northrop. Northrop pleaded guilty in february to 34 counts of fraud and was fined $17 million the largest criminal Fine Ever imposed on a defense contractor. The plea stems from charges that Northrop falsified reports on the air launched cruise missile and conducted improper tests on the harrier av-8b Jet. In an appearance before a House government operations subcommittee Kresa sought to assure lawmakers about the b-2 bomber. This year every student must take two gym classes a week. A kids should be encouraged to participate in sports like intramural sports or joining the y or the girls club but the school Day is too Short the school year is too Short and something has got to give a said another committee member George b. Crane. Angel g. Ramirez cast the Lone opposition vote. He said too Many Young people loaf around watching television instead of exercising. School lets workbooks replace workouts