European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 25, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday May 25, 1991the stars and stripes Page 7 a group of sailors comforts Seaman Stephen Ruthc dec left at thursday s funeral service at Oklahoma Gity for Petty officer Harold j. Mansfield or. Children vent anger at hero s accused killer Jacksonville Fla. A teacher John Roberts took up a pupils suggestion and had his fourth Grade class write letters this week to a murder suspect a White supremacist charged with killing a Black Sailor. Not the usual fare for 10 and 11-year-Olds, but the late Petty officer 3rd class Harold j. Mansfield or. Had been the personal persian Gulf War hero of 29 students at Shidler elementary school in Oklahoma City. On thursday the pupils attended military funeral services for Mansfield in Oklahoma City his Hometown. Mansfield survived the Rigours of War Only to be gunned Down in the Jacksonville suburb of Neptune Beach after an argument Over a car Acci Dent in a supermarket parking lot. A Mansfield drove to a shipmates Home and they returned to confront the Man who hurled racial insults at Mansfield who was carrying a Brick police said. The assailant fired a .25-caliber semiautomatic pistol into Mansfield a Chest police said. Police issued a murder warrant for George David Loeb 34, the Jacksonville Leader of the Church of the creator a White supremacist organization based in Otto . He had not been arrested by thursday. The school class comprised mainly of Blacks and hispanics had adopted Mansfield at the Start of the persian Gulf conflict last August. The students wrote letters and Mansfield sent occasional videotapes from the aircraft Carrier Saratoga where he was an air traffic controller Roberts said. Mansfield visited the class april 25, and received a heroes Welcome. A they were appreciative that he had risked his life. They were proud of him that he was a Black american Quot said Roberts who had taught for several years with Mansfield smother Connie. The students were so devastated by Mansfield a death last Friday night that grief Counselor were called in to the class this week. A we discussed that this Man that killed Harold did no to Only kill Harold he killed a piece of All of us. We All were very dramatically touched by this horrible act of violence a a Roberts said. He saw the letters As a Way to a event our rage in a positive  "1 feel very mad about what you did a wrote Tonya Franklin. 1 dislike you very much. Why did you have to kill Harold that Sall right i already know Why. Amanda Bartholomew wrote Quot he really did no to do anything to you. We loved Harold so much. Why did you kill him Why i loved him. He was my  says Boston apr sen. Edward m. Kennedy reportedly has acknowledged to his Friend sen. Orrin Hatch that he should Stop drinking but has made no promises. In an interview with the Boston Herald published wednesday Hatch described a recent talk he had with the Massachusetts Democrat. Quot i said a its time to change. Its time to quit drinking a a the Utah Republican said. A the Kennedy said a i  knew i was right. A the acknowledged it would be better for him not to drink. He knows sooner or later he must come to grips with these  Hatch a close Friend of the Liberal Kennedy despite their differences in political philosophy described Kennedy As an evening Drinker and said he did not think 2 . Legislators 3 others indicted in Federal probe Columbia . Apr a continuing Fri. Investigation resulted in grand jury indictments for two state legislators a former legislator and two others raising the number of those snared in the a corruption probe to 27. Reps. Pirn Wilkes of Winnsboro and Ken Bailey of Eutawville both democrats were charged  violating the Hobbs act an anti bribery statute and conspiring to violate the act. David o. Hawkins of Roebuck who  in the House from 1975 to 1987 and More recently we As gov. Carroll Campbell s director of legislative affairs was charged with obstruction of Justice. Two other men were charged with cocaine Possession. So far in current and  ers have been indicted in the Federal investigation dubbed a operation lost Trust a in which a former legislator posed As a lobbyist and offered Money in Exchange for votes. Nine other people also have been charged including six statehouse lobbyists and a former High ranking state official. Wilkes 43, an accountant who has been in the House since 1989, is accused of taking $1,500 in bribes. If found guilty he faces a maximum sentence of 60 years and a $750,000 Fine. Bailey 44, an educational adm Nistra a Tor who has been in the House since 1985, is accused of taking $500. His charges carry a maximum sentence of 40 years and a $500,000 Fine. Bailey did not immediately return Tele phone Calls to his House and there was no answer at his office. Wilkes denied the charges in a statement. Quot i have. Not broken the Law and emphatically deny any w  it said. Hawkins on medical leave from Campbells office since october is accused of trying to influence the testimony of another former legislator implicated in the probe. There was no answer thursday night at Hawkins Home. Campbell spokesman Tucker Eskow said the governors office had to knowledge of any wrongdoing w Hile i Law Kins worked for c Ampbell. The two men facing drug charges Are James Hopkins an administrator at Clemson University and David Little owner of i health management systems inc. Of Spartanburg. There was no answer at either Many a Home. The Federal sting began in 1989 alter authorities caught lobbyist Ron Cobb a former democratic state representative from Greenville in a cocaine Deal. Cobb had become a lobbyist after losing the seat he held from 1977 to 1984. During the 1990 legislative session he told lawmakers he worked for a Georgia company supporting a Bill to let voters decide whether they wanted legalized betting on horse and dog races. The company was an Fri front. Cobb offered legislators $100 Bills in Exchange for their votes. He often wore a hidden microphone and the Fri secretly videotaped lawmakers taking Cash bribes from Cobb. High school relents will let 400-Pound senior graduate Chicago a a 400-Pound senior with an inoperable brain tumor who was banned from High school graduation will be allowed to attend after All his lawyer said Friday. Reginald Brown principal of George Washington High school on the City a Southeast Side said thursday that Jim stands presence at the june 14 commencement would be an interruption. A one thing you have to think about is that we have 240 other graduating students in the audience a Brown had said. A this is a 400-Pound lad and they re going to wheel him up a Friday lbs radio quoted Charles Pulliam a lawyer consulted by the Stan family As saying he was told Stan will be allowed to participate in commencement after All a based upon his ability to do so his medical ability to do spa Stan who uses a wheelchair and experienced a weight gain because of medication for his cancer has been tutored at Home since he was a Junior when doctors diagnosed him and gave him six months to live said his Mother Mary Ann. Stands nurse Doris Johnson said his poor health would prohibit him from staying for the entire ceremony. She said he hoped to attend at least Long enough to get his diploma. The thought of attending graduation has kept Stan going and he was devastated by Browne a decision she said. A this is what the kid has been living for All this time he a already outlived what the doctors gave him Quot the Mother said. A a. A a stands class rates agreed that he should be allowed to participate. Kennedy has a severe drinking problem or that drinking has hindered Kennedy a work in the Senate Kennedy spokesman Paul Donovan declined to comment wednesday on hatches remarks the Herald said. A devout mormon Hatch said he thought it would do Kennedy a lot of Good to quit. A a in be watched him go on those liquid diets for months on end when he did no to take a darned drink a Hatch said. A i done to think he san alcoholic but clearly if he did no to want a drink he  have gone out that night in Palm Beach Fla a Kennedy a Nephew William Kennedy Smith has been charged with sexual Battery the Legal term for rape in Florida while staying at the family estate there easter weekend. According to police documents Kennedy woke up his son Patrick and Smith logo out  the night before the alleged rape. It Hatch said he did not think the incident has interfered with Kennedy a Senate work or would prompt him to retire when Bis term expires in 1994. A if he does drink he becomes very Jovial. He a not mean or spiteful or Rotten a Hatch said of Keri Nedy and also said Kennedy and his Brothers were taught to a work hard and play  a if he made up his mind to quit he could do it a Hatch said. A a in a trying to help him. I consider him a Friend. I done to mean to be moralizing. I think a real Friend will Tell him to quit drinking Quot