European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 23, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday december 23, 1950 the stars and stripes Page 7californian creates desert shield Yule display Fresno Calif. A Hud Stanley a front Yard is decorated like a desert this Holiday season a the saudi arabian desert to be exact. While neighbors put Santa Claus on thereof and a nativity scene or menorah in the front Yard Stanley created a desert shield Christmas to Honor the men and women stationed in saudi Arab Astanley a Yard is in Tulare about 50 Miles South of Fresno in Central California. It has Holiday lights Reindeer and other traditional decorations. Rut they re scattered among Sand dunes Palm Trees a camouflaged jeep and militate Pup tents a even fatigues hanging on a line and of course a Jet. An a-4 Jet loaned by nearby Lemoore j naval air station is the finishing touch on Stanley s Holiday tribute to the soldiers involved in desert shield Stanley has even created a realistic looking runway Complete with blinking Blue running lights a it turned out pretty Good a said the 20-year-old, who has created extravagant a displays every Christmas since 1986. A but i did no to expect it to go this far frankly a Stanley who lives with his parents helps run tire family Schain of convenience stores. He said he erected the display to Honor soldiers taking part in do Sert shield especially his Friend Core Kuykendall a Soldier assigned to a tank division in saudi Arabia. A a it a to show tie men and women out there that we love them a he said a we want them to have a Good Christmas Quot Stanley began work on the display the Day after thanksgiving and put in More than 150 hours to Complete it. A once the idea of a display in Honor of the troops in saudi Arabia was decided upon the display took off a Stanley said. An a-4 fighter Jet a jeep and Pup tents form a desert shield display in Ilund Stanley a Yard in Tulare Calif. The chief of police told him about a sergeant who wanted to loan him Pup tent Sand other military equipment a lie asked me if i wanted an a-4 fighter and i said no Way a a Stanley recalled. A it really blew my  Navy officials loaned a stripped Down fighter Jet frequently used for Parade floats. A a i think it wins a Good thing to do a said Lem arc spokesman Dennis Mcgrath a we thought about desert shield and it being Christmas season we decided what the Heck lets do it a Mcgrath said the jets engine and Hydraulic system were pulled and the Only real concern was Security police officers in this san  Community 150 Miles North of los Angeles agreed to keep a watch Over the  the end of the season the display will cos t s t a n Ley h e Tweg n $ 1,0 1 a n d $1,500 in electricity Hills. However All the equipment and displays Are on loan. Even the full team of Reindeer was donated by an Archery club. Several of the roughly 1,000 people who View the display each night Stop to thank Stanley. Quot we have had some ladies and men drop by to Tell us that they have a husband or wife Over there and they thank us Quot he said. A but this is All to thank them a Columbus Ohio up gov. Richard Celeste Friday commuted the sentences of 25 women serving time for violent felonies including 10 convicted of murder saying All the women had acted in response to abuse by men / Celeste said he ordered the women released from Ohio state reformatory at Marysville because he found evidence they were victims of a battered woman syndrome a which caused them to lash out in self de it sense at their husbands lovers or companions. Celeste said he reviewed 105 cases a flt denied a requests for clemency he returned 32 others to the Ohio adult parole authority for review in Hopes additional evidence would produce a recommendation for commutation.  George Voinovich will have to Deal with those cases he said. \ another it or 11 cases Are still under celestes review. Decisions on those Are expected in Early Jam uary. A in 10 of the 25 commutations granted Celeste Over ruled the parole boards  to them in prison. \. He said he read the file of each Case at least twice and indicated the parole Board was not thoroughly familiar with some of the cases a As a condition of Clemenc its t he recused Worsen Rii ust perform 200 hours of Community service in programs related in Domestic violence in four cases in which the inmates sewed less than two years Celeste required that they serve a minimum of two years before release. A. Celeste said that in 13 of the cases the parole Board will hold a routine hearing before releasing the women. Even in the cases in which he overruled the Board and ordered an immediate release paperwork will keep the inmates in prison during the holidays he said. A battered woman syndrome is a psychological condition that can cause severe stress and Lead to drastic action against the abuser in self defense. The Ohio supreme court recognized its scientific Validity last March and ruled that it can be used As defense evidence in trials. The. Ohio general Assembly enacted a Law to that effect last month. Celeste said he had no Power to order new trials for the women to present the evidence he could Only commute their sentences. A my thoughts and prayers Are with the victims and have been us i considered these cases a he said. Local prosecutors complained in some cases that they were not notified that Celeste was considering clemency for the inmates Celeste said the  not require him to make such notification. Of do not believe these women represent a threat to their Community a he said. A i believe unit these 25 individuals were victims in a profound Way and were denied the right to present . Celeste was asked about a possible precedent for women to use firearms in Domestic disputes. Quot i think that a More of a red herring put out there by people who done to understand the process a he said a this is not a lice Rise to kill somebody who comes Home one night and takes a swat at you a Dallas apr former Thrift president Edwin x my blimey Iii agreed to plead guilty to fraud and help Federal investigators Chase other savings and loan figures the Justice department said Friday. My blimey led Sunbelt savings association in Dallas one of a number of major Thrift associations that collapsed in a scandal that is costing taxpayers millions of dollars. ,. On thursday a Federal court jury in Dallas found former Vernon savings association owner Donald r. Dixon guilty of 23 counts of fraud and misapplication of funds. A magistrate ordered Dixon held without Bond until his feb. 19 sentencing a Federal prosecutors have dealt a one two punch to the savings and loan Crooks this week a attorney general Dick Thornburgh said in Washington. Sunbelt a 1986 failure is estimated to have Cost taxpayers $2 billion Vernon a collapse in 1987 Cost $1.3 billion in return for ecu Irney a help prosecutors agreed to limit his penalty to $75 Mil Liott in restitution and $8,5 million in settling civil claims by the Federal Deposit insurance corp. My blimey also May be sentenced to up to 15 years imprisonment. A we Are confident that or. Mcbirney a cooperation is going to Lead to the indictment of other major insiders in the next two years a said Marvin Collins us. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas. My blimey 37, filed the plea in Federal court Friday. A Date had not been scheduled for him to appear before a judge. The Deal was made last month but prosecutors arranged not to publicize it until Dixon a trial was Over co Ems said. They did not want to risk complicating the Dixon trial which began in october he said. In september the fraud conviction of two Vernon borrowers was thrown out when the judge Learned the jury had discussed Dixon a indictment. A we were being perhaps just a Little extra cautious Quot Collins said. My blimey who was indicted in july on 17 counts agreed to plead guilty to four counts of Bank fraud filing a false Cor. Pirate tax return causing a false statement to be filed by Sunbelt and mis applying $250,000 in Sunbelt funds the Bank fraud count stems from a $71 0 million Deal to finance the Purchase of real estate in Southern California by a Sunbelt subsidiary. Mcbirney agreed to admit that he arranged a fraudulent $30 million reciprocal loan arrangement wit Western savings association another former Dallas Thrift to help finance the real estate Deal. A the former owner of Western savings Jarrett Woods is expected to go on trial next month on 37 charges he misapplied funds an4 falsified records that led to the thrifts $ i billion failure