European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 1, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday May 1, 1991 the stars and stripes Page 7man picked to head West Point sees no reason to demean plebes Washington apr West Points upperclassmen should not be permitted to Force first year cadets to perform useless or demeaning tasks As part of their indoctrination says the Man who has been tapped to be the next superintendent at the . Military Academy. However it. Gen. Howard d. Graves believes there Are positive aspects to the so called fourth class system of bossing the  _ a it will retain a demanding and stressful introduction to the spartan life of the Cadet a Graves said monday. A the abuses of the fourth class system have been attacked. And Are being  a a. The fourth class system is one of Many areas Graves said he will be studying As he prepares to take Over As West Point superintendent in july. Defense Secretary Dick Cheney announced last week that president Bush had nominated Graves for the Post. The nomination must be approved by the Senate. A Graves 51, is currently assistant to Gen. Colin Powell chairman of the joint chiefs of staff a Post he has held since june 1989. Graves has been a Rhodes scholar a master parachutist and an army Engineer he was decorated for his service in Vietnam. Graves will succeed it. Gen. Dave r. Palmer who has been superintendent since 1986. Hazing was reportedly abolished last year at the 189-year-old Academy on the Hudson River. No longer can upperclassmen order plebes to. March double time around the Barracks squaring Corners like robots or Parrot Back lengthy new York times articles. A Graves said the fourth class system should stress Quot leadership growth learning to identify with Small groups learning to be a Follower learning How to discipline ones use of  \ among Graves other concerns for West Point will be instituting curriculum changes recommended by a recent assessment of the Academy s future. The curriculum will continue to emphasize a solid Core of science mathematics and engineering he said. A but there Are a lot More opportunities for studying behavioural science sir International relations government economics English literature sociology. And those Are All relevant subjects for a military  Graves spent three years in the 1970s teaching social sciences at West Point and said he Hopes he will have time to teach occasionally As superintendent. Graves will come to the new Post with 12 years experience in Academia including two years As commandant of the . Army War College in Carlisle a. A a 3wr Ltd a Ait. It seeking Refuge a haitians crowd a . Coast guard Cutter monday after the refugees who were trying to flee to America were picked up from three overloaded boats near Miami last weekend. The haitians Are making requests for political Asylum to immigration agents on Board. The ship is expected to take Back to Haiti those whose claims Are denied. Those with credible claims will be brought to Miami where a judge will decide their Fate. Palm Beach police receive 2 other recent rape Palm Beach Fla. Apr two other rapes were reported on this quiet resort Island during the past month in addition to the alleged attack at the Kennedy estate. Only one alleged rape was reported in All of last year. A a. A a a v a a v a the most recent report was april 24 in Northern Palm Beach. A woman told police she was attacked w Hile jogging on a picturesque Trail along the Western Side of the Island which is 11 Miles Long and three blocks wide. All three alleged rapes Are still under investigation. A 29-year-old woman from nearby Jii piter told police she was raped at the Kennedy estate on March 30. She said she went to the estate with William Kennedy Smith after meeting him at a bar. Smith Nephew of sen. Edward Kennedy d-mass., has denied wrongdoing. He has not been charged. Police have said they expect their investigation to take at least another week. In the alleged rape reported last week police mistakenly included the woman a last name when they issued the a report to the Media. State Law prohibits the release of the names of rape victims. 7 a it was an error a sgt. William Atkinson said monday. A we always Block it out but this time it somehow slipped  the name of the woman who reported the alleged Kennedy estate attack was not released by police. In last week s alleged attack the woman told police a Man approached her asking if she had seen his sunglasses. She told police he struck her twice on the right Side of her forehead with a heavy Rock. The other alleged rape was reported March 29 and it apparently involved two juveniles in a Beach Tunnel. Actor Ken Curtis of gun smoke Dies in his sleep Fresno Calif. Up a actor Ken Curtis who As a youngster worked in his fathers Colorado jail and went on to portray a scruffy Deputy named Festus on a  has died. He was 74. Curtis found dead by his wife when she awoke sunday had been in apparent Good health attending a Rodeo saturday. The \ cause of his death has not been determined. Curtis replaced Dennis Weaver As Matt Dillon a Deputy in 1964 in a role he held until a gun smoke a the most enduring Western series in to history a went off the air in 1975. Most viewers who knew him As the seedy unwashed Deputy with a droopy hat would probably have been surprised to learn. About the actors Curtis fir Evious career a As a big band Singer crooning bal ads such As a love sends a Little gift of roses after Tommy Dorsey hired him in 1941 to replace Frank Sinatra. Afters is big band Days Curtis continued a it sing with the sons of the pioneers Western group. Director John Ford hired those vocalizing cowboys for a soundtrack of his 1950 a Wagon master a and Curtis became a Stock player with Ward Bond Ben Johnson and Harry Carey or. In the legendary Ford John Wayne collaboration. Born july 2, 1916, in Lamar c�?Tolo., Curtis a whose first wife was Fords daughter Barbara a began his acting career in the late 1940s, starring in Low budget westerns and appearing As a supporting player in some top films including a emr. Roberts a _ along with a gun smoke a his television work included a co starring role As a sky diver in a a ripcord from 1961 to 1963. In playing Festus Haggen on a gun smoke a Curtis was Able to borrow on some  own life experiences a his father was sheriff of Las Animas colo., when Curtis was a  i was 12 when dad was elected a he said in a 1967 interview. A your living quarters were on the ground floor and the cells were upstairs. Mother used to Cook the meals for the prisoners and i took them up the cells while she held a Shotgun in her hands in Case any of them got  survivors include his wife Torrie and her two children by a previous marriage. A a a a a q. A. Inventor researcher Dies Covington by. A George Speri Sperti a cancer researcher and inventor who developed preparation a died monday at age 91. Sperti also invented a sunlamps discovered a Way to enhance Vitamin d in milk formulated Aspe Creme for arthritis Relief developed a meat Tenderizer and came up with a method for freeze drying Orange juice concentrate