European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 9, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 4 a the stars and stripes Friday november 9,1990bush accepts Bennett s resignation Washington a president Bush on thursday accepted William j. Bennett a resignation As director of the office of National drug control strategy and said he had done a a Superb Job for this country in fighting the War against drugs. Asked if he had anyone in mind to re Elace Bennett or labor Secretary Eliza ctr Dole who resigned two weeks ago to head the american red Cross Bush said a not yet. I Haven to even begun to sit Down seriously with  Bush lauded Bennett a work As he also claimed a a we re on the Road to Victory in the Battle to Stem the Trade and use of illegal drugs. A both Bill and i Are encouraged by recent very promising signs that suggest the drug problem is diminishing not Only in the suburbs but in the cities As Well a Bush said at a press conference a there is no doubt that his energetic contributions to Public life will be missed a Bush said of Bennett who also served As education Secretary in the Reagan administration. Meanwhile in Washington the departing anti drug abuse chief was asked if convicted cocaine user mayor Marion Barry made his Job harder because a the was part of the problem Bennett said that As director he devoted special attention and resources to the District of Columbia not to make it a showcase but because it was a a Basket  Bennett was asked How barrys cocaine problems a which resulted in a conviction for cocaine Possession and a six month prison sentence a affected the Bush administrations efforts on drugs. A did the fact that the mayor used cocaine and crack make it easier or harder it made it harder a he said. A you got a real serious problem when the chief executive officer of the City that has a drug problem is taking crack. I did no to know it at the time. But i suspected that his interest in the topic was different from mine and we were going to get less than 100 percent cooperation.�?�. Bennett plans to leave government to write a Book and to lecture. Bush said Bennett As head of the National drug control office a confronted the problem head on. His hard work has paid  presidential spokesman Marlin Fitzwa Ter who announced Bennett a resignation on wednesday said Bennett has a provided extraordinary leadership and service to the  Fitzwater denied Bennett a resignation was prompted by threats on his life saying that the director a has lived with threats of a kind Ever since Day one of the  at the beginning of his administration Bush created the Post choosing Bennett to head the nations anti drug efforts. As director Bennett helped coordinate some 27 departments and agencies involved in the drug War. Fitzwater said the drug problem has been turned around. A there is Strong bipartisan support in the Congress for drug programs and there is growing evidence that society is beginning to turn away from the drug Scourge a he said. However rep. John Conyers jr., d-mich., said Bennett a was the personification of a drug strategy of the last 10 years that  Conyers chairman of the House government operations committee that created the drug office said Bennett a resignation a provides the Opportunity for someone without Bennett s partisan politicizing More sensitive to the problems of the chronically addicted minorities and the poor in Urban areas and cognizant of the need for economic rather than military foreign drug  40 years of Freedom end for fugitive of Chain gang Charles a. Kelliher 59, convicted of Moonshine running and stealing his own car in 1950, stands before a judge in Brooklyn n.y., on wednesday. Gis death rates Only half that of civilians study says new York apr Charles a. Kelliher a 40 years As a fugitive from a Virginia Chain gang have come to an end but he says he has paid society All it has coming and at least 100 of his friends agree. Kelliher a past caught up with him last week when Federal marshals knocked on the door of his Brooklyn apartment. Diane Kelliher his wife of 20 years said she a had no idea. I was shocked about the whole  Kelliher was taken to a new York City jail where he has been held without Bond since oct. 31. The 59-year-old former Moonshine runner and self described hell Raiser said he fled a prison Road Crew in 1950 when he was a 19-year-old Rowdy from Manassas. A we were out on a Highway cleaning ditches a Kelli her said wednesday. A something happened on the other Side of the Road and the guards turned and i took  Kelliher had served Only a few months of a 22-year sentence when he fled to new York. He had been convicted of getting drunk breaking into the county courthouse and stealing his own car which police had confiscated when they caught him hauling illegal whiskey. A i thought he had lost his mind a 22 years a Kelliher said of the judge Virginia authorities a who have a program to locate Long missing fugitives a enlisted the Nelp of Federal Law enforcers who after hours of stakeout and computer record searches traced Kelliher to his Bay Ridge apartment. Donald Zimmerman of the Virginia department of corrections in Richmond said the state still wants Kelliher to serve the 21 years eight months he owes. Kelliher with the help of attorney Philip a Dipippo who Learned of his Case through news reports is resisting extradition. A i done to owe anybody anything. In be Damn sure paid my dues a Kelliher said. A this to me is truly All unnecessary a he said. At a hearing wednesday criminal court judge Seymour Gerschwer said he had no jurisdiction in the matter and sent the Case to the state supreme court. Some two dozen of Kelliher a friends a Many he met through alcoholics Anonymous a attended the hearing to show support for Kelliher. For 10 years Kelliher has been sober and has helped and inspired recovering alcoholics his friends said. Friend Bettyann Seccia said Kelliher and his wife a have helped me  a petition submitted to the court with More than 100 signatures described Kelliher As a a Man of conscience and heart. Through the years that we have known him he has been an exemplary role Model for All of us.�?�. By United press International a study of soldiers found that the peacetime army can be a Quot lifesaving environment a researchers say. The Overall death rates for 781,000 army personnel in 1986 were Only half of those for a comparable civilian population said Joseph Rothberg a mathematician at Walter Reed Institute of research in Washington. The benefits of army life were especially pronounced for Black male soldiers who had Only about one third the mortality rate of comparable civilians Rothberg and colleagues reported this week in the journal of the american medical association. The study found however that White women soldiers suffered a higher death rate than their civilian counterparts a primarily from non disease causes such As accidents. The Overall mortality differences Between soldiers and civilians undoubtedly occur in part because recruits have to be healthy enough to get into the army Rothberg Saidt in addition a these people in the army All had jobs they had Access to free medical services they had housing and they lived in an environment with strict regulations against substance abuse a Rothen Berg said. They also a live in a social Structure which says you resolve arguments without taking a gun and wasting somebody a he addict noting that death rates were for the peacetime army of 1986, Rothberg acknowledged that a War could change the army mortality rate considerably. Researchers said the findings could help determine what ways to reduce death rates in civilian society a such As through substance abuse control and stricter firearms regulations. The study included All members of the army who ranged from 17 to the Manda toy retirement age of 65. For Black males the homicide rate among soldiers was Only 9 percent that of civilians in the same age bracket the study said. Black soldiers death rate from disease was Only 18 percent that of the civilians. Man tells of apologizing to 1 personality of woman Oshkosh wis. Up a Man accused of sexually abusing a woman who claims to have 46 personalities testified thursday he apologized to one of the personalities the Day after the alleged assault. A Mark a. Peterson 29, admitted having sex with the woman but claimed he did not know about her multiple personality disorder until afterwards when he talked with neighbors. He thought the references to other people were about Brothers and Sisters Peterson told a Winnebago county circuit court jury As his trial entered its fourth Day. Peterson said he called the 27-year-old Oshkosh woman the next Day to apologize and said a in a sorry i had sex with  a a Jennifer is one of the woman a Many personalities. Peterson said a a Franny replied to his apology by saying a if you wanted to have sex Why a find t you come to me a he said a a Franny threatened him saying a a in a going to prosecute you you  the woman whose identity is being withheld testified wednesday after three of her 46 personalities were sworn in. A Jennifer a the personality involved said she did not know what sex was. A i did no to know what he was doing a a a Jennifer said. Asked if a a Jennifer and Peterson had sex a a Jennifer responded a i done to  sex a a defense psychiatrist or. Donald Treffert told the jury wednesday the woman is faking heir multiple personalities. Treffert said people with split personalities do not lose touch with reality. However prosecution witness Jean Goodwyn a psychiatry professor at the medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee testified she has worked with a somewhere around 100�?� patients with multiple personality disorder. She said she saw the victim in this Case last april and diagnosed her with the problem