European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 25, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday april 25, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 7 Thornburgh May enter race for Heinz s seat in Senate Washington apr attorney general Thornburgh said wednesday he is considering whether a to run for the Senate seat left vacant by the death of Pennsylvania Republican John Heinz v Thornburgh said a a a lot of people have asked him to run. A i will give it consideration a he told reporters after appearing before the supreme court in a victims rights Case. Asked if he was planning to run Thornburgh Sang a ooh what a Beautiful morning a he then added a i have made no such a former two term Pennsylvania governor Thornburgh became the front runner for the Republican nomination for a special election this fall after Heinz a wife Teresa took herself out of consideration. Gov., Robert p. Casey a Democrat has yet to appoint an interim successor to Heinz who died april 4 in a plane crash outside Philadelphia. A special election will be held nov. 5 to fill the seat for the balance of Heinz a term. Mrs. Heinz said tuesday a i simply have too much Healing to do too Many family responsibilities and too Many new Thornburgh already was been urged to run by Pennsylvania republicans two key Senate gop leaders and a radio station interviewer in Des Moines Iowa tries to get a comment from Brooks but the baggy faced bulldog appears a bit Tongue tied. Brooks gained local White House political director Ronald c. Kaufman an associate said. He also has informally discussed his political future with president Bush and White House chief of staff John Sununu. A proven vote getter in Pennsylvania Thornburgh is regarded by state gop party officials As the Best candidate or keep the scat for the republicans the White House is also anxious to keep the seat in the gop column particularly if the party Hopes to regain control of the Senate in 1992. Quot Thornburgh has had a Stormy tenure As attorney general since he came to the Justice department in 1988 at the end of the Reagan administration. A Senate candidacy would be a Graceful exit from what critics have termed a less than satisfactory performance. The Republican state committee is scheduled to choose a candidate May 11, but already there is pressure within gop ranks to delay the selection until after Casey names an interim senator. Sources in Harrisburg familiar with the process said Casey May appoint state labor and Industry Secretary Harris Wofford to the interim seat and remain Neutral on the democratic nomination for the fall race. This would Clear the Way for it. Gov. Mark Singel to seek the party nod in the special election. Fame after winning the 13th annual Drake bulldog Beauty contest on monday. The celebrity will be the official Mascot of this weekends Drake relay races. superintendent named for West Point from wire reports Washington it. Gen. Howard d. Graves has been named superintendent of the . Military Academy at West Point . The Pentagon announced tuesday. Spokesman Pete Williams said Graves succeeds l.,t. Gen. Dave r. Palmer who is retiring after 33 years in the army Palmer a native of Ada okla., has been superintendent of the Academy since 1986. Graves a native of roaring Spring Texas is currently an assistant to Gen Colin Powell chairman of the joint chiefs of die in crash Malvern Ark. A a helicopter tracking two burglary suspects crashed tuesday in Central Arkansas killing two sheriff s deputies authorities said. The helicopter crashed shortly after 6 p.m., said Mary Mckinney a radio room supervisor for the Saline county sheriffs department. The helicopter crashed in Traskwood about 25 Miles Southwest of Little Rock. The deputies worked in neighbouring Garland county but were assisting the Saline county department in the manhunt Mckinney said. The cause of the crash is under investigation collapse kills 2 miners Hindman by. A the Rock ceiling of a Coal mine collapsed tuesday in Eastern Kentucky killing two miners of Licals said. The Accident occurred at Bullion hollow mining big Branch mine no. 1, said Angie Byrd a Secretary with the state department of mines and minerals in Lexington the company had 11 other miners at the mine in Knott county in the rugged appalachians of Eastern Kentucky when the Accident occurred. The deaths were announced by Mike Fulkerson of the state mining department. He said the two were pillar mining a process in which workers Retreat from a mined out area of a mine taking out the Coal p Lars that had been left behind during regular mining to hold the roof vans being recalled Detroit a general motors corp. Will recall about 31,000 1990-91 Model full size vans because of a potential safety problem with the rear Bench seat the company said tuesday. Pm said seat backs in Chevrolet and Csc full size vans May break away from the seat Frame possibly injuring occupants. The automaker said it was unaware of accidents or injuries stemming from the problem. Owners Are being notified by mail and a Brace will be installed for free. A real Tongue twister secret College society tied to murder Case Northfield it. A William Brueckner left Norwich University 20 Days after he arrived saying five years in the Navy Hadnot prepared him for the hazing at the military College. And now a murder Case in Washington d.c., has led the College to investigate the alleged existence of night riders which some say is a secret disciplinary society that started in the 1800s. A if the night riders exist and they re doing bad stuff then they will be out of Here a Norwich spokesman Frank Griffis a Zjr. Said. Thei school previously clamped Down on hazing activity supposedly performed by the night riders in the 1920s and the 1980s. A students were invited to make appointments beginning last week to Tell school officials their experiences with hazing and possible night rider encounters. The school which was founded in 1819 and has 1,100 cadets would not say How Many students made appointments but Griffis said the investigation could last a few weeks. Robert Lappin Norwich class of 1951 and chairman of the school Board of trustees Legal committee arrived on Campus this week to take depositions from Ca dets. A a a a a a a the investigation was prompted by the murder trial in the District of Columbia of Chander a a Bobby Matta a former Norwich Cadet who was convicted in March of Fobbing and strangling three prostitutes. Matta admitted he killed the women but said he was insane partly because of torment in 1988 by cadets he claimed were the night riders. Matta attended the school for less than a year. Most vulnerable to hazing Are a a Rooks or freshmen who Are closely supervised by upperclassmen. For the first three months of school Rooks cannot speak unless spoken to must look straight ahead at All times walk in the gutters and must make All turns at right angles. A some students might go overboard in their instruction a Griffis conceded. A but the administration sends a Clear signal that this wont be Brueckner who is still in the Navy and had a scholarship said he was hounded nearly every Day by the same dozen upperclassmen. They forced him to do push and lie face Down on the ground so he would be punished for a dirty uniform. Brueckner said the upperclassmen messed up Rooks rooms and destroyed Homework assignments cadets can to lock their doors so Brueckner said he would lie awake at night waiting for them. In one incident he said someone wearing a Black Hood and Cape entered his room and poured water on his Homework. According to Campus lore the night riders Wear hoods and cloaks. A we were a secret and hooded order because we were Small in numbers and Large was the opposition a an Anonymous night rider wrote in the 1926 yearbook. Brueckner said he dropped out earlier this year after two Cadet officers assaulted him. A i was cornered and they punched me in the shoulder which was separated and in a Sling because i did no to have my name badge on a Brueckner said. Quot one of them said to the other a we be doing then the first Guy punched me he left in the Middle of the night walking 17 Miles Home and leaving his possessions behind. Strict discipline sets the military schools regimen apart from civilian colleges Griffis said. But while at least 10 percent of the new students normally drop out in their first year the attrition rate this year is 30 percent he said. The school is investigating whether there is a link Between the higher dropout rate and the hazing allegations. Mark Dahm a 1983 graduate and president of an alumni club in Northern Cali fornia said the night riders tried unsuccessfully to get him to join in 1982. A a there a no place for them at Norwich but its a Uigh tradition to kill off a he said. A there will always be somebody who will do things in the name of the night riders but i think they Are isolated incidents and they Are
