European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 8, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday septembers 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 7robb quits Reserve after promotion feud by Mary Jordan the Washington Post Washington sen. Charles s. Robb d-va., has resigned from the Marine corps Reserve because he thought it a was in the Best interest of the services after questions were raised Over his recent promotion to colonel his spokeswoman said Friday. A the did not feel he did anything improper or got any special treatment a said Chris Bridge the spokeswoman. However because a group of reservists who had wanted and not received promotions contested Robbs the senator decided a not to be included in the questioning of the process a Bridge said. Robb who earned a Bronze Star in Vietnam informed the marines of his retirement in a letter he sent thursday. On Active duty for 11 years the senator was transferred to inactive status in 1981. In late 1989, he received a letter informing him he was about to be dropped from the Reserve for non participation. This april he was reinstated and promoted to colonel not Long after remarking to a military escort that he was disappointed that he was no longer in the marines. Two captains a lieutenant colonel a brigadier general and a major general worked on a petition to reinstate him. To obtain the promotion he was Given credit a in lieu of Reserve meetings and weekend encampments a for a activities with a military  the activities included Public appearances with defense officials base inspections and ship commissioning. The Marine corps Reserve said it gave Robb no preferential treatment. Military rules provide exceptions in the promotion process for a key personnel a such As Robb who occupy important civilian positions. Kerry Walsh Skelly Robb s acting administrative assistant said Robb recently received letters from marines who raised concerns that the promotion process had been compromised. Quot he does not believe that happened but in the Best interest of the marines he decided to step aside a she said. Robb has not been drawing pay from the Reserve and will not do so when he joins the retirement ranks she said. Robb s retirement from the service Means that he will no longer be Able to lawfully Wear his uniform the thing that his aides said most bothered him about being dropped from the marines in 1989. A if you asked me one thing at Chuck Robb s Core it s his Marine status a his former press Secretary. Steve Johnson said earlier this year. Johnson recently resigned from Robb s office Over a controversy involving tape recordings of Virginia gov. L. Douglas Wilder s phone  s rhetoric not a threat attorney says fort Smith Ark. A religious rhetoric by flamboyant evangelist Tony Alamo was misinterpreted As a threat to Kidnap a judge a defense attorney said Friday. Alamo a onetime country music Singer and clothing store owner went on trial Friday on a charge of threatening to abduct a Federal judge. Federal prosecutors say Alamo made Telephone Calls in. Which he threatened to Kidnap . District judge Morris Arnold of fort Smith. The evangelist was angry about losing $50 million in assets As a result of a ruling by Arnold. The remarks were misunderstood defense attorney Jeffrey Dickstein said in his opening statement. Dickstein said Alamo is being persecuted for his religious beliefs. . Attorney Mike Fitzhugh told the jury the evidence against Alamo was Clear. A we will show you that this Man Tony Alamo out of retaliation threatened a . Judge a Fitzhugh said. If convicted the 56-year-old Alamo could face up to five years in prison and a $5,000 Fine. Defense attorneys acknowledged that Alamo made the Calls but said his statements were misinterpreted. Alamo told an Fri agent after his arrest july 5 in Tampa fla., that he did no to threaten Arnold but wanted Justice to be done to the judge in heaven. Alamo a vocal anti Catholic founded a ministry 25 years ago with his late wife Susan. The Mission grew into a multimillion Dollar conglomerate including his Church restaurants clothing stores and dozens of other ventures in Arkansas California and Tennessee. The key prosecution witnesses will be Arnold and Jack Moseley editor of the Southwest times record of fort Smith. Arnold had issued a civil warrant in fort Smith against Alamo for not responding to a suit brought by a family of former Alamo followers. Arnold had awarded a $1.4 million judgment in the suit resulting in liquidation of the foundations assets in Arkansas and Tennessee. Alamo telephoned Moseley on feb. 21,1991, eight Days after authorities seized vast real estate holdings and personal property owned by Alamo and his followers. A handcuffed Tony Alamo leaves Federal court after the Start of his trial on charges of threatening to Kidnap a judge. Moseley wrote that Alamo said the Christian police Force would come and get Arnold and some former Alamo followers. Alamos Empire crumbled in the late 1980s because of tax problems and an allegation that he ordered a severe paddling of a child in California. He moved from California to Arkansas in the late 1970s. Alamo also faces a civil contempt charge and in California a charge of unlawful flight to avoid child abuse prosecution. Horn of Africa to receive extra $22 million from . Washington up president Bush has authorized $22 million in emergency funds to meet the needs of starving refugees and displaced persons in the Horn of Africa the state department said Friday. Spokeswoman Margaret Tutwiler said in a statement that the newly authorized Money has boosted to $308 million the total contribution of food disaster assistance and refugee Relief to the troubled Region for fiscal 1991. The $22 million comes from the . Emergency refugee and migration assistance fund and will help fund emergency programs run by . And red Cross organizations she said. Administration officials estimate. That there Are 2 million refugees an even larger number of displaced persons and 15 million drought victims in the Horn of Africa. A this year has seen Large scale displacements of people resulting from the demise of the regimes in Ethiopia and Somalia a Tutwiler said. Hundreds of thousands of somalis and ethiopians have fled the somalian conflict she said. A the situation of the 950,000 somali refugees and the ethiopian returnees in Southeastern Ethiopia is particularly dire As food supplies had been disrupted by insecurity in the Region a Tutwiler said. Senior state department officials said it is difficult to determine the exact number of people who starved in recent months but added that the loss of life had not been As great As had been anticipated. The United nation will be looking for an additional $400 million for International assistance during the next six months the officials said. . Ordered to pay rape damage award san Francisco a a divided state supreme court upheld a $150,000 damage award against the City of los Angeles for a 1981 Case in which a police officer raped a woman he had stopped for erratic driving the ruling thursday makes it easier for victims to collect damages in such cases and is a blow to a City that is already reeling from the uproar Over the police beating of Black Motorist Rodney King. The court said in its ruling that rape by a policeman who holds a a unique position of Trust in our society a can be grounds for civil damages against the City that employed him. In los Angeles the City attorneys office said that the ruling was being studied and that there would be no immediate comment. The woman had been drinking before she drove and pleaded with sgt. Leigh Schroyer not to take her to jail the court said. Schroyer a 15-year police Veteran then drove her to her Home in his patrol car told her he expected a payment a threw her on the Couch and raped her the court said. She stopped screaming after he threatened to take her to jail. The officer was convicted of rape and sentenced to prison. The woman filed a suit and won $150,000 in compensation from both Schroyer and the City and another $150,000 in punitive damages against the officer. In overruling a lower court opinion and reinstating damages against the City the supreme court split Over the Issue of whether a rape by a policeman can be considered an abuse of Job related authority for which the employer is legally responsible