European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 8, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday july 8, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page .5 fort not to quit clarifies earlier statement after officer fort Worth Texas apr fort Worth chief of police Thomas Windham on saturday said he  automat police chief Thomas Windham May step aside if pressed Mically resign in the Wake of a videotape showing one of his officers beating a Man in custody. Windham s remarks came As Fri director William sessions said about half the civil rights cases investigated by his agents involve allegations of police brutality. In an address to the National association for the advancement of coloured people sessions praised citizens who have made videotapes of police beatings in los Angeles and fort Worth. A i am delighted that those videos do appear because they Are very graphics and show the Public the extent of such brutality sessions said in Houston. In March following a National outcry Over a videotaped beating of an unarmed Quot Motorist by four los Angeles police officers Windham had said he would resign if such a beating happened in fort Worth. On Friday fort Worth police officer Edward James Parnell i was charged with assault with a deadly weapon for allegedly beating a car theft suspect with a Baton wednesday. Parnell was suspended with pay. Windham on saturday clarified his earlier statement. A if we had the mayor calling for my resignation and other influential and not so influential citizens jailing for my resignation i would  Windham said. After the los Angeles incident. Mayor torn Bradley called foil police chief Daryl Gates to step Down. A if you have an irreparable situation 1 think the police chief should move aside and let someone else take Over a Windham said. A so if resigning needed to be done. I d do  meanwhile the car theft suspect in wednesday s beating. Ernest Alvin Anderson is expected to surrender to police monday for questioning in an attempted murder last month. Said flt. Alvin Allcon. Anderson. 21, faces four charges of criminal mischief theft resisting arrest and evading arrest in wednesdays incident. Fort Worth police issued an arrest warrant on the attempted murder charge Friday after Anderson left the Tarrant county jail on $2,500 Bond. Allcon could t provide details of the attempted murder Case. Anderson s attorney Mark Daniel would not comment on either Case. In wednesday s beating Anderson was in Parnell a patrol car in route to a fort Worth jail when he allegedly kicked out a rear window and tried to jump out on interstate 30. Parnell stopped the car along the High Way and was filmed beating Anderson As he was hanging out the window and slumped against the car. A woman taped a the beating from a Home near the Highway and gave the tape to a television station. Unlike the March 3 beating in los Angeles. Which involved a Black suspect and White police officers both Parnell and Anderson arc Black. A the strongest feeling i had was disappointment. Great disappointment that a fort Worth police officer would resort to using such tactics in such  Windham said. A there was nothing 1 could see about the incident that would either necessitate or justify the manner in which the officer was utilizing his Baton a he added. In an interview Friday with television station exas Parnell who joined the Force in 19ss, said he expects to be cleared. A i believe in the end of the investigation i la be found not guilty of All charges Quot he said. Assault with a deadly weapon carries a prison sentence ranging from two to 10 years plus a $1,000 Fine. Parnell was released on his own recognizance. Anderson told exas earlier that he had beco Jne angry in the police car because he wanted his Handcuffs loosened. Trial of $90 million suit against Swaggart set new Orleans apr a preacher who supplied photographs of evangelist Jimmy Swaggart with a prostitute goes to court today to press his $90 million lawsuit claiming Swaggart conspired to ruin his ministry. But the trial pitting Swaggart against rival evangelist Marvin Gorman will be a Little less steamy because Gorman has been barred by a judge from bringing up Swaggart a sex life. The two fallen ministers for the assemblies of god were swept up in sex scandals that came to Light in the Wake of one that brought on the downfall of pal founder Jim Bakker. Gorman was dismissed from the assemblies of god the nations largest pentecostal denomination in 1986. Swaggart was toppled in 1988 after he tearfully confessed from the pulpit that he had sinned against his family and god. He never specified the sin. Gorman claims in the 1987 defamation suit that Swaggart and others tried to Ruih his new Orleans television ministry by falsely accusing him of adulterous affairs. He admitted to a single illicit sexual encounter. Swaggart Gormanos suit says tried to discredit Gorman so Swaggart could take Over his smaller but successful ministry. The photographs of Swaggart that Gorman had supplied to Church officials were shown on Cable news network. Debra Murphree appeared on can and said she was the woman in the pictures. She said Swaggart paid her to pose naked and talk dirty to him. Swaggart said god told him not to defend himself against the can report. The instructions did t extend to Gormanos defamation suit Swaggart said. The trial is expected to last six weeks or More. Since Swaggart a tearful 1988 confession to his Baton Rouge congregation his television ministry has dropped from no. 1 in the nation according to Achi tron. It now stands about fourth with 445,000 households. Gorman is no longer on television but has re established a store front Church in the new Orleans suburb �olvmetairie7 v 4 t. / in the stars and stripes 10 years ago july 8,1981 a president Reagan nominated judge Sandra d. Of Connor of the Arizona court of appeals to become the first woman Justice in the history of the supreme court. She was chosen to succeed the retiring Potter Stewart. 20 years ago july 8,1971 a sen. Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield of Montana criticized the . 7th army in Europe saying its resistance capacity had declined because of drugs race problems comforts in the Field and too Many family members. 30 years ago july 8,1961 a the soviets again rejected . Proposals for a nuclear test ban and demanded that test ban talks be merged into a general disarmament conference. 40 years ago july 8,1951 a in 63 minutes american Dick Savitt Defeated australians Ken Mcgregor 6-4, 6-4, 6-4, to win the menus singles title at the 65th Wimbledon Tennis tournament. Postal executives collect bonuses despite service deficit paper says Pittsburgh a postal service executives nationwide collected nearly $20 million in bonuses during a three year period in which the Agency lost More than $1.4 billion a newspaper reported. During that period the quasi govern mental Agency lobbied for a rate increase to offset its losses. More than 97 percent of executives eligible for bonuses received them according to 1988-90 Bonus and budget figures obtained by the Pittsburgh press under the Freedom of information act. In its sunday editions the press reported executives at postal service Headquarters directors at five regional offices and 73 division postmasters and their top staff members received bonuses averaging More than $5,900 a year. Postmaster general Anthony Frank said it was unfair to tie executive bonuses to the financial performance of the postal service. He said the Agency does no to operate like a private business and can to readily adjust its rates to cover losses. A rate increase went into effect in february. The Cost of a first class stamp Rose from 25 to 29 cents and Overall rates increased by 19 percent. Last week the postal service said it would seek the additional one cent increase it requested earlier a to 30 cents a for first class mail raising an additional $900 million in Revenue. Figures provided by the postal service show there is not necessarily a Correla Tion Between bonuses paid and whether an individual division loses Money or delivers mail on time the press reported. T he Chicago division for example lost $142 million in the past three years but 62 of its executives collected a total of $503,298 in bonuses the newspaper said. Chicago received the worst rating in the country for Overall performance. Just 66 percent of customers in Chicago said they were satisfied with their Post office. Only 69 percent of first class mail was delivered overnight. Frank said he was examining ways to revamp the Bonus system. A i want bonuses to be higher and More difficult to attain a Frank said. Oregon Deputy shoots himself during dream Oregon City Ore. A a sheriffs Deputy shot himself in the leg while having a Nightmare that someone was attacking him authorities said. Todd r. Rollins 24, told investigators he apparently grabbed his 9mm semiautomatic pistol from his bedside while having a bad dream Friday morning. He awakened to find he had shot himself. A the did recall struggling with someone a said detective Gordon Huiras of the Clackamas county sheriffs office. A that shot was part of the dream and he did no to realize he was wounded until he woke up and saw  Rollins said his wife Jennifer slept through the episode and had to be awakened to drive him to the Hospital. Huiras said investigators were first sceptical but found that Rollins Story checked out including the Gunpowder Burns on his pyjamas. Rollins was listed in Good condition a saturday at Willamette Falls Hospital with a Bullet wound to his right thigh. He is employed As a guard at the Clackamas county jail