European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 11, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a the stars and stripes sunday August 11, 1991army doctor gets 2vi years in prison fort Leonard Wood to. Apr an army Reserve doctor convicted of desertion for refusing to report for persian Gulf War duty was dismissed from the army and sentenced Friday to 2vi years in prison. Capt. Yolanda Hunt Vaughn showed no emotion when the sentence from a jury of army officers was announced at her court martial. A prosecutor capt. David Harney called for a the acc year sentence. A she reneged on her promises. Her conduct is inexcusable. When duty called she deserted Quot Harney said. The maximum sentence was five years. Huet Vaughn Al Thost her army pay and allowances. Luther West Hunt Gnu hits lawyer said she chose not to serve for religious reasons. A you d he putting her in jail for following Catholic doctrine. It s not a political Case. Its a Racli Sipus Case Quot he told the jury in his closing statement. A she is truly Defeated. You done to have to destroy her or her  capt. Dean mings an army Recruiter from St. Louis testified Friday during the sentencing phase of Huet Vaughn a court martial that he told her last year she could request conscientious objector status. But he said she told him she Likely would be shipped out with her unit anyway. Mings said he advised Huet Vaughn that she could ask to remain on Active duty in the United Stales but she said she did not want to. Huet Vaughn testified that she did not report in order to calf attention to her concerns about the death and destruction of War. A a my intent at that time was to bring to the Public the issues about the catastrophic consequences of the War which resulted and that it was preventable a she said. She said she stands by her decision. A when i took this action. I knew there were consequences and risks involved with it a she said. A not acting and not taking the position that i took was a much worse evil a. Huet Vaughn smother two Sisters and two of her three children sat nearby in the Small packed courtroom with actress Margot Kidder a Gulf War oppo capt. Yolanda Huet Vaughn with lawyer Luther West right hugs her son Daniel 2, after fridays sentencing. Nent who testified in support of Huet Vaughn. A the verdict was unfair. I m heartbroken at the moment a Kidder said. The jury could have convicted Huet Vaughn of being absent without leave which carried a maximum one year sentence. Huet Vaughn 40, a family physician from Kansas City kan., left her unit in december shortly after it received notice of deployment to saudi Arabia. She appeared on television talk shows at anti War rallies and lobbied in Congress and atthe United  s 1781 signature fetches $12,100 new York apr George Washington out slugged babe Ruth while Marilyn Monroe a autograph proved More attractive than Greta Garbo sat an auction of famous scribbles. Of 377 signatures open to bidding at a Manhattan hotel ranging from Winston Churchill s Mark under his inaugural speech As prime minister to Richard Nixon s resignation letter on White House stationery the . Revolutionary leaders commanded the most. Washington a signature on a june 178l letter in which he asked new York gov. George Clinton for a Money for the payment of the troops of the new York line a brought $12,100 at an auction thursday organized by autograph dealer Herman Darvick. Babe Ruth was a Distant second. A signed photo of the Sultan of swat gazing at the Outfield seconds after he Hud hit the Ball fetched $6,000. It was believed to be the highest Price Ever paid at auction for a signed photograph of a baseball player. The next highest bid a $5,000 a went for a signature of Abraham Lincoln. Three other world leaders Churchill Nixon and former israeli president Chaim Weizman came in fourth through sixth. Signatures by Churchill and Weizman israelis first president each took in $4,675. One by Nixon went for $4,400. In Iris first speech As British Leader to the House of commons in 1940, Churchill declared to a nation at War a i have nothing to offer you but blood toil tears and  in the matchup of screen goddesses Monroe won on a $1,760 Sale for a card containing a statement of her Credo As an actress. Garbo a signature clipped from a tax return took in $1,210. On a White card containing a Monroe attributed quotation a a it a a responsibility a being a Symbol of sex a the actress added in red Ink �?o1 did no to say that 1 said its a responsibility being an actress mar Ilyn  the Nixon signature is on a typewritten copy of a letter to then Secretary of state Henry Kissinger dated aug. 9, 1974, and saying a i hereby resign the office of president of the United  the auction proved that the signatures of assassins can be Worth More than the people they kill a Book autographed by former president Garfield went for Only $275, while the signature of his Assassin Charles Guiteau sold for $1,760. A crime pays or is it just the fascination a dealer Darvick asked. Most of the autographs were bought by private american collectors whose identities were not released. Postal service reports deficit of $1.6 billion a act gives in allows Branch to Back Thomas Washington a the . Postal service is facing a $1.6 billion deficit for the fiscal year the Agency a Board of governors was told Friday. Most of the loss results from a shift in responsibility for health and Cost of living payments for retired postal workers. But lower income and mail volume since new rates took effect earlier this year Are also factors officials said. The switch in Retiree payments from the Federal budget to the postal service will Cost the Agency an added $800 million in the fiscal year that ends sept. 27. In addition the new postal rates that took effect in february led to a drop in third class mail volume and a decline in income from first class mail. The Independent postal rate com1 Mission approved a 29-Ccnt first class rate instead of the 30-cent rate the postal service had sought while it raised third class advertising Rales by More than postal officials had wanted. The commission said its intent was to offset income lost by lowering the first class charge with added Revenue from third class. The postal service has appealed the current rates and is awaiting a decision from the commission. Besides the actual spending losses of $900 million the deficit is inflated on paper by about $700 million because of an accounting Rule the Agency said. Accounting rules require another $700 million in retirees health and Benefit costs which will be paid later to he counted against fiscal 1991. Compton Calif. Up the a act withdrew an ultimatum ordering leaders of a tiny Branch of the civil rights group to retract their support of supreme court nominee Clarence Thomas or resign on Masse. A agreement has been reached that the vote of the Compton Branch will stand As an expression of the sentiment of the Compton Branch but not As an official a act position a said a joint statement Friday by Benjamin Hooks a act executive director and Royce Esters Compton chapter president. The statement emphasized that White All a act branches Are free to express opinions on the Thomas matter and other issues they cannot do so Quot in the name of the a act Quot after the organization has adopted an official position. The unanimous vote by the Compton chapter to Back Thomas came at a meeting july 20, 11 Days before the National leadership had voted to oppose president Bush a nomination to fill the Seal of Thurgood Marshall. The 150-member Compton Branch was the Only one of the 5,000 local branches of the National association for the advancement of coloured people to take Issue with the National leadership. The statement announcing the Resolution of the dispute said no further action would be taken effectively dropping the National a acpt a demand that Compton members rescind their vote or lose their charter and resign. The news that the potentially divisive Issue had been resolved reached the a act Compton office about 30 minutes before a noon deadline set by the National office