European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 15, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes monday april 15, 1991 melting Jules Chatot holds the clock that will determine when the ice has officially  s Pond West Danville it. A Jules Chatot is watching the clock these clays. Its his sworn duty. People Call him dozens of times a Day to see whether the clock has stopped. When it docs this year somebody will win More than $1,000. A Small simple alarm clock is the sole judge in the a a Joe a Pond association 1991 ice out skill game fourth annual electronically controlled guessing  More than 2,100 tickets have been sold at $1 each. Every ticket provides its buyer with one guess at when the ice will melt on Joe a Pond. Local legend holds that the Pond was named for Indian Joe who got in trouble with his native Abenaki tribe and fled South from Canada after siding with the British in the French and Indian War. He lived out his Days on an Island in the Pond and died in 1819. The wagering began innocently enough in 1980, when Chatot Walter Ruf and Homer Fitts first started betting on when the ice would disappear from the 400-acre Pond nestled in North Central Vermont. It was an informal thing with guesses written Down in a notebook Chatot carried in his shirt pocket. Of course it Wasny to always easy to agree which Day should be declared a Nice out  a Homer and 1 would decide a said Chatot who has simmered on the Lake for 20 years. A a we a argue a bit. I d say a the ice is  and head say a no its  a a the solution an electric clock on Fitts deck. The electric Cord powering the clock is run from a Wall outlet to a Cement Block placed on the ice then Back to the clock. Once the Block shifts because the ice has melted it stretches the wire and Breaks the circuit stopping the clock. When Chatot put the Block on the ice this year fishermen said the ice a which can be 4 feet thick in midwinter a was about 20 inches deep. Last week despite several Days of temperatures in the 70s after a warmer than average Winter the ice remained solid. It Isnit just the people living in the 268 Camps around Joe a Pond who Purchase tickets. Ticket buyers this year Are scattered around the world a some As far away As France and Hawaii. A you can Tell the guesses from California a said Dave Caplan a year round Joe a Pond resident who a wagered on four guesses this year. A a they re the ones who say  no one remembers the ice Ever disappearing before april 17. The latest Date was May 7. The Money raised by the ticket sales is evenly split Between the Winner and the Joe a Pond association a loosely organized group that acts As an informal government for summer Home dwellers. A this year the Money that comes to the association is going to fireworks on the fourth of july a said Chatot. A the president has asked us All to celebrate the troops and it is Vermont s 200th birthday so we re going to put on a big  a a a a a a a a a a a a because Chatot and Palmer Are the chief clock watchers they done to buy tickets. A i done to want any controversy a said Palmer but they still have guesses. A if i was to make a Wager id say the 26th of april at 9 30 a.m.,�?� said Cha. Tot. A. A a a a a a a the 24th a 2 14 in the afternoon a said Palmer As the clock ticked on. Clark s old new Jersey school scheduled for state takeover Trenton . Up a a a a High school brought to National prominence by its baseball Bat wielding principal and once praised As a Model of effective education now faces state takeover because it is in a District Rife with academic and managerial failure. Eastside High school gained National attention during the Reagan Era through then principal Joseph Clark who used a baseball Bat bullhorn and hundreds of suspensions to keep unruly students in line Clark came to symbolize the need for paternalistic authority in rescuing the nations crumbling Urban schools. He was praised by president Reagan put on the cover of time Magazine arid immortalized As a blackboard Jungle hero in the movie a clean on  on Friday new Jersey education commissioner John Ellis ordered District officials to explain Why Paterson school District of which Eastside High is a part should be spared from state takeover. A i do not  to further denigrate the District or go through the Litany of failure contained in the report that caused me to take action a said Ellis referring to the results of a yearlong departmental inv stiga. Tion. A aids infected Man Oakland Calif. Apr a Man who allegedly had sex with a female acquaintance without telling her he was infected with aids once boasted he would take All the women he could with him a prosecutor said. William Lucas Barker who was charged Friday with assault with a deadly weapon set out to a ritually infect future sex partners out of spite a said Robert Chambers an Alameda county assistant District attorney. The 25-year-old Oakland Man has been ordered held without bail. Barker was released from prison in january after serving a term for violation of parole. He was diagnosed in prison As having the aids virus. It was not immediately known How or when he contracted it police said. Barker was arrested tuesday in a Motel room after having sex at least four times Over several Days with a 22-year-old woman who was a casual acquaintance police said. The report has not been released. But earlier investigations have painted a picture of academic failure and management waste in the District. In the movie a clean on me a gusts idea a principal played by actor Morgan Freeman drove drug dealers from the school and Defeated a fictitious takeover attempt by leading a drive that raised student test scores. Real life does t looking As hopeful. Local officials and gov Jim Florid Are supporting Ellis bid to take Over the 23,000-student District Paterson would become the second District taken Over by the state since a 1988 Law authorized such takeovers. In 1989, the state fired the Jersey City school districts administrators and appointed a superintendent because of what the state education department called misuse of funds and patronage. A Clark who stepped Down after five years As principal and Tours the country lecturing on education could not be reached for comment. Paterson administrators Are entitled to a hearing held by an administrative Law judge before the state can implement a takeover. Sex crime Barker did not Tell the woman he was infected wit aids said police sgt. Sue Hoffman. When office told the woman she became hysterical and tried to a tack him Hoffman said. A parole official received information that Barki had boasted that once he was out of prison he woul a take All the women i can with me before i die a a it lice officer told the Tribune in Oakland the news per did not identify the officer by name. Barker apparently has shown  of Aid authorities said. It was not immediately known if of woman now under a doctors care has contracted to virus. What banker is accused of a cries out for  dress a a Chambers said.  individuals conduct not criminal we want a court to Tell  Barker has not Given a statement to police to Fnu said. He is represented by the Public defender s 0 fice,.which has declined comment. . Weicker s Van taken from driveway from wire reports Greenwich Conn. A someone has stolen gov. Lowell p. Weicker  $17,000 minivan from the driveway of the governors private Home Here police reported saturday. Weickers wife Claudia reported the theft Friday said police capt. Donald merchant. Police believe the 1989 Dodge caravan was taken sometime Between monday and tuesday afternoon. Authorities said they were told the Van was locked and its keys were in the House at weickers Apple Jack farm when it was  not a candidate Winchester a. A House majority Leader Richard Gephardt d-mo., said saturday he will not be a candidate for the democratic presidential nomination in 1992. A a in a not running a Gephardt told reporters before a speech to local democrats. Gephardt who sought the  1988, said his duties As majority Leader will prevent another run. A i found from running the last time that you can Only do one thing at a time a he said a you can to do two jobs at once and this Job really is a full time Job a death tied to mob hit new York a a reputed member of the Gambino crime family was shot to death in his driveway saturday night and police say he May have been the victim of a mob hit. Robert Borriello 47, was shot a numerous times in the head As he got out of his car around 7 30, said sgt. Edward Burns a police spokesman. He was found next to his car in the Bath Beach Section of Brooklyn. Authorities said Borriello was a member of the organized crime family allegedly run by John Gotti who is in jail awaiting trial on racketeering charges. A this was a possible organized crime hit a said Burns. Although the shooting took place outdoors in a Well populated neighbourhood a nobody saw or heard anything a he said