European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 28, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 a a a the stars and stripes sunday october 28,1990 news updates drug sentence Waukegan Iii. A the daughter of democratic rep. Dan Rostenkowski chairman of the House ways and Means committee has been sentenced to three years probation in a drug related Case. Gayle Rosten 33, originally was charged with Possession of cocaine with intent to deliver a crime that would have mandated a prison sentence had she been convicted. But last month she pleaded guilty to a reduced drug charge. Judge Harry Hartel also ordered Rosten to perform 200 hours of Public service pay a Fine of $2,800, and forfeit the 1988 car in which an ounce of cocaine was found when she was arrested. Rosten has been attending a drug treatment program since june 5. . Temperatures october 26 Hilo Hilo Abilene Texas 1 79 58 Portland Ore. A 62 47 Akron Canton a 45 29 Providence a 46 33 Albany, 47 27 Pueblo,1 81 39 Albuquerque,1 78 47  59 31 Allentown a 50 31 rapid  81 37 Amarillo 81 44  78 35 Anchorage a 34 27 Richmond,1 55 34 Atlantic  53 27 Roanoke t 51 32 Austin of 77 50 Rochester,n.y.,1 40 27 Baltimore. 53 30 Rockford 56 39 ,w.va.,c 52 29  84 48  59 35 is Louis,1 61 48 Chattanooga of 60 35 is Thomas v.l.,0 89 at Cheyenne of 70 34 Salem,Ore.,r 60 43 Chicago 54 42 Salt Lake  71 38 Cincinnati c 53 32 san Angelo 78 49  46 29 san Antonio ,1 77 50 Colorado  75 42 san Diego a 76 55 ,s.c.,l 62 35 san Francisco a 78 51 Dayton c 49 32 san  76 m Daytona Beach a 70 51 san Juan,p.r.,r 89 78 Denver i 78 39 Santa  73 43 Des Moines to 67 46 state Marie c 45 36  50 31 Savannah of 65 41 Harrisburg a 49 32 Seattle a 63 46 Honolulu 86 72 ,1 72 43 Houston 73 47 Sioux City 73 43 Kansas City.1 73 50 Sioux Falls to 71 43 Las  84 55 South Bend 51 39 los Angeles a 74 60  55 37 Miami  73 63 ,lll.,f 57 44 Midland Odessa 84 50 springlield.mo., 67 46 Milwaukee a 54 45 Syracuse a 43 25 mils St  66 48 Tallahassee a 66 33 Mobile 1 67 40 Tampa St  68 49 Montgomery 66 33 Toledo a 50 28 Nashville. 58 32  75 46 new Orleans 67 43 Tucson of 94 54 new York  51 35 Tulsa 74 53 Newark a 52 35 Tupelo 62 34 Norfolk,va.,1 59 42 Waco 75 49 North Platte of 85 42 Washington,d-c.,l 54 35 Oklahoma City 76 49 w Palm  73 60 Omaha,1 75 43 Wichita 76 46 Orlando c 69 51 Wichita Falls 83 49 Paducah,1 62 35 Wilkes Barrec 47 29 Peoria 57 40 Wilmington del., i 52 30 Philadelphia 53 34 Yakima a 59 32  96 64  46 28 Pittsburgh a 47 27 Yuma 98 m Pocatello a 69 31 a Are Dandy a Kiln Portland Maine a 48 34 i Snow a lit uni Cairo i Dhahran Dublin. I 1 1 Low 73 63 Manila. 1 72 Montreal c 43 32 46 Moscow c 37 34 37 Oslo c 41 34 48 Toronto c 46 36 59 Vancouver c 54 46 a supplied by the associated press. A Cloudy a partly Cloudy. I Lair a rain Fig fog. Correction due to an editing error the article about the Mars message system in yesterdays editions incorrectly identified a facility in Germany where workloads have tripled since operation desert shield. The Correct facility is the army communication Gateway site near Kaiserslautern. Sex Pilot says harassment is shooting Down career european weather forecast Lor sunday mostly Cloudy with scattered rain and rain showers. Gusty winds in the Benelux and Northern Germany spreading South through Central Germany by late morning. Patchy tog wih torn  temperatures 55-60 lows 43-46 North 38-42 South. Sunset sunday 5 10, Sunrise monday 7 06 Outlook Tor monday Cloudy with widespread rain and drizzle becoming mostly Cloudy by afternoon with isolated Rato rain showers. Continued gust Winda through Central Germany. High temperatures 5257, lows 39-44. Temperatures recorded saturday 4am Tom 4am 4pm Adana c 57 68 Copenhagen r 46 46 Amsterdam c 45 52 Frankfurt r 45 52 Athens p 55 64 London c 48 55 Aviano. C 50 57 Madrid c 46 57 Berlin to 41 50 Munich c 45 45 Bremerhaven c 45 54 Paris c 46 55 Brussels r 45 52 Rome c 61 61 provided by det 13,2nd weather Wing Graben Trarbach. Other worldwide temperatures Toyh Low he 99 57 Helsinki c 41 Jerusalem c 68 us on c 68 by Randy Pruitt staff writer Dreilich Germany a when Larry Meadows Learned recently that his new Job at the Rhein main sports store had fallen through he figured his past had come Back to haunt him. The former Captain in the 55th Aero medical Airlift so had Good reason to feel that Way. It was the second time in a week he had been offered a civilian position Only to have it withdrawn. Meadows finally visited Robert Mccutcheon chief of morale welfare and recreation at Rhein main a and said he was told a if you re not Good enough for the air Force you re not Good enough for  until oct. 15, the c-9 Pilot had been serving in the Rhein main command Post and had two years remaining in the air Force. His credentials were impressive a an honors graduate of Embry Riddle aeronautical University in Florida and one year of Law school at St. Louts University. Flying was his life. Eventually head planned on wearing the wings of one of the major airlines. But that dream crash landed. His one night stand with an enlisted woman led him to resign his commission. And he holds his former commander it. Col. Maurice Roy responsible for making his Case Public and hurting his chances in the civilian Job Market. Roy would not comment on the Case saying Only that a emr. Meadows has an obvious desire for privacy in these  Meadows career problems began april 13 when Security police while investigating a noise complaint discovered him and a married airman in a room at the Rhein main hotel. The woman later acknowledged that she and Meadows had sex. Both had been drinking. Meadows admitted that the incident took place but said it was a onetime occurrence. Fraternization Between officers and enlisted personnel is forbidden by the uniform code for military Justice. Meadows said the Rule often is overlooked by both officers and commanders and is selectively enforced. In Meadows Case the woman worked with him at the command Post but he was not her rating official. Meadows was Given an article 15, a non judicial punishment for a minor offence under the military Justice code and ordered to forfeit two months pay amounting to $2,422. The Fine was later reduced to $1,400. Meadows said he resigned Only because Roy had initiated an administrative discharge action that could have led to a less than honorable discharge. Meadows submitted his resignation june 4 in Hopes of cutting off roys move and receiving an honorable discharge. To his dismay he was Given a general discharge on oct. 15. That Black Mark has destroyed his Chance of flying for a Domestic airline he a amps Randy Miti former air Force capt. Larry Meadows resigned rather than face a discharge action. Said. Now the 27-year-old Long Island native said the command Structure at Rhein main wants to further tarnish his image. A this thing should not follow me the rest of my life a he said. A a it a not like i was convicted of dealing drugs or  he said he was offered two jobs on base As a civilian employee one As a club system manager and the other in the sports store. Meadows said he was tentatively hired by both supervisors. The official decision against employing Meadows was made by Mccutcheon. A i decided not to hire him a Mccutcheon said through a Rhein main spokesman. Mccutcheon also said he did not recall telling Meadows that his service record made him unsuitable for mar. Meadows blames Roy for Many of his troubles. Meadows said someone from the United states telephoned Roy giving him unrelated and false information about Meadows personal life. Meadows said that Roy let hearsay influence his decisions and that Roy told two persons that these personal matters a Cloud the  Meadows alleges that Roy on May 3, told his military defense attorney that he was unfit to be an officer or Pilot in the air Force. A my commander said specifically he did not want me to Fly for a major airline and wanted me out with a less than honorable discharge a Meadows said. A now they re trying to Block me from getting a $5.50-an-hour Job on the base   while still in the air Force Meadows filed a grievance under article 138 of the uniform code of military Justice. The procedure called complaint of wrongs is available to All service members who believe they have been wronged by their commanding officers. In his complaint Meadows maintained that Roy overstepped his authority As Squadron commander and he asked that his discharge be upgraded to honorable. His grievance is under consideration. Meadows said officials need to weigh five years of impeccable service against a one time incident. A something like this is rare a he said. A a in a getting out of two years commitment to the government for my Pilot training. Hundreds of thousands of dollars Are being  Meadows said his Case could have been handled behind closed doors by his commander and Wing commander. A but they wanted to make it a court martial situation make it Public and make a Scapegoat out of me a he said. A with an article 15,1 could have at least finished my two year flying commitment. I would like to have had it come to a Good  the woman Meadows was involved with received an article 15, records indicate. She has since been reassigned to the United states. For now Meadows said he would still like to be hired at the Rhein main sports store. A if i can get the discharge upgraded it would never follow me into the reserves or air National guard which i would like to do a he said. But Meadows said he will always be shaken by the experience. A a there a really no winning to this a he said. A a in be already lost. My career has been damaged beyond repair. In be lost my status As an officer in the air  Channel Crews May link this week Paris apr a historic rendezvous is expected this week under the English Channel when French and British construction Crews link up after three years of drilling the worlds costliest Tunnel. Possibly by tuesday perhaps a few Days later the two teams will drive a probe through the last 110 Yards of Chalk that separates them. After tests to verify the alignment of the two parts of the Tunnel full scale Boring operations will resume. The workers Are expected to Greet each other with handshakes within a few weeks. The 31-mile a sch Tunnel a scheduled for completion in mid-1993, actually consists of three tunnels a two for railway trains and a smaller maintenance Tunnel Between them. Taking into account All three tunnels 80 percent of the drilling has been completed. The first linkup in the service Tunnel is being described by the French As a mouse Hole a a bore Only 5 centimes ters 2 inches in diameter. The two massive japanese designed Boring machines used by each construction team Are to be left for perpetuity under the Channel. French officials said it would Cost More to extricate them than to abandon them. When the service Tunnel is fully connected prime minister Margaret Thatcher of Britain and French president Francois Mitterrand Are expected to meet each other in the Middle