European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 8, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 c the stars and stripes sunday december 8,1991 . Highway patrol thanked after rescuing teens from wire reports Murfreesboro Tenn. A the Tennessee Highway patrol went to the Rescue of a crowd of Little tourists and just in time. Fifty students from Dekalb county Middle school visiting the municipal old fort Park on nov. 15 discovered that the Parks restrooms had been closed for winterizing and repairs. One of the teachers with the group went to the patrols nearby Driver s License testing Center and said the youngsters were starting to squirm. A so we just told them to come Over and use ours a said Highway patrol Cpl. Phyllis Henley. The students were so relieved they later wrote thank you letters to the Center. Last week Henley and her four co workers received the letters and a certificate signed by the students teachers. The certificate lauded the Agency for its a High Standard of excellence in restroom  Ltd Spiker sentenced Pontiac Mich. A a judge has sentenced a former High school student to six months in jail for spiking a teacher s Coffee with the drug Ltd. Oakland county circuit judge Deborah Tyner also sentenced Linda Marie Conflitti 18, to three years probation at fridays hearing court spokeswoman Bonnie Wojciechowski said. On oct. 29, a jury convicted Conflitti of poisoning the Coffee of Robert Heffernan her former English teacher at Troy Athens High school in suburban Detroit. Look alike gets Boot Tampa Fla. A a Jolly looking Man with a White Fluffy Beard was asked to leave a Christmas festival after organizers decided he looked too much like the person who had been brought in to play Santa Claus. A we try very hard not to have More than one Santa. Because kids go to one area and see a Santa and then go to another area and see one and we Felt that would be very confusing a said Mart Pieper executive director of the festival of the Trees that was held at the Florida state Fairgrounds. A i was flabbergasted a said Bill Scott the Santa look alike. A a in be never had that happen before. It Hurt my  the 53-year-old school bus Driver said he sometimes works As a Santa Claus adding that his natural resemblance to the gift giver from the North pole delights children everywhere he goes. Mom 81, gets probation Houston a an 81-year-old woman was placed on five years probation for fatally shooting her daughter during an argument. The punishment is the state minimum for murder. A jury handed up the sentence for Ocie Brown on thursday in state District court. Defense attorney Charles Freeman contended Brown shot Gracie Brown Lewis 48, in self defense. Brown told police that Lewis barged into her Home on aug. 26,1989, and began going from room to room As  Quot she a always stealing from me. She do anything a shoplift forgery Quot Brown said in a confession. She forged on my Light Bill. It just got me madder and madder a cause she got on my nerves so i reached under my Pillow and got my .22  Lewis had a criminal record that began when she was 15 and had been sent to prison twice for shooting people Freeman said. Jury acquits former chief Stroudsburg a. A a jury acquitted a former police chief Friday of stealing More than $50,000 in coins from City parking meters. The Monroe county common pleas court jury deliberated an hour and 45 minutes before finding John Pansy not guilty of three counts of theft and two counts of Money laundering. At Pansy s Home Federal investigators found thousands of dollars in change including marked coins that were placed into the parking meters. Defense attorney Jim Swetz said prosecutors had presented circumstantial evidence too weak to justify a conviction. Joseph Cicippio greets Well wishers who welcomed him Home Friday with a ceremony on his brother a front Lawn. Hometown turns out to cheer return of sex hostage Cicippio Norristown a. Apr Friday was a Joseph Cicippio Day a officially and by Universal sentiment in a Hometown Salute that Drew hundreds of Well wishers to see the sex hostage and serenade him with god bless America. A a it a been a Long time since in be been Back Here a Cicippio told the cheering Crow d gathered on his brother a front Lawn in this Philadelphia suburb. A but nothing has changed there is no better place in All the  the 61-year-old Cicippio was abducted by pro iranian shiite muslims on sept. 12,1986. As he walked to his Job As acting comptroller at the american University of Beirut. It was the Day before his birthday. On monday he was set free and he returned Home thursday night. Some schoolchildren presented the former hostage with a cardboard cake crowned with five yellow candles a one for each year Cicippio spent in Captivity a and led the crowd in singing Happy birthday. Mayor William Deangelis proclaimed Friday a Joseph Cicippio  seated beside his wife Elham and surrounded by his five Brothers and his six surviving children Cicippio smiled throughout the morning Celebration. On his hands were special gloves designed for victims of frostbite an injury suffered while he was held hostage. Cicippio told the crowd How Happy he was to be free. He also touched on the years he spent in chains and How he was shifted 20 times from one secret place to another taken each time in the trunk of a car. Cicippio said he is often asked Why he did no to leave Beirut when others did. A i did not want to be the last american to leave the Aub Campus a he said. A that reason it Cost me five  but he did no to dwell on his. 1,908 Days of imprisonment and when the Celebration ended Cicippio waved his arms and led the children in singing god bless America. Later in the afternoon Cicippio received a Telephone Call from president Bush. Cicippio said he plans to stay with his brother Tom through the end of the year while planning his next step. To Fuquay Varin a . Up three members of a television news Crew died saturday w Hen their helicopter crashed while flying Back to Durham from a High school football playoff game in Wilmington. A a it a devastating the loss of three of our team members a said Tim Bennett general manager of Wavd in Durham. A clearly they were valued terrific members of our team and our prayers go out to their families and loved  the Lone survivor sportscaster Tony Debo said the chopper apparently suffered a mechanical problem and lost Power. Wake county sheriff John Baker said the Craft bounced once or twice in a Field before going into a skid and crashing in a wooded area near route 401 South of Raleigh. A injured in the crash somehow managed to get out of the Craft and walked about a half mile to a House. A woman inside initially thought Debo was a prowler and would not let him in. After a few minutes she phoned authorities after Debo told her there had been a crash and that he was injured. Debo is listed in stable condition at the Wake county medical Center. He was taken there by ambulance after refusing to be flown there by helicopter Rescue personnel. Baker said the crash occurred shortly after Midnight and that it took Debo about 45 minutes to make it through the Woods from the crash to get help. Baker said the victims were strapped in by their seat belts inside the copter when authorities arrived at the scene. Bennett identified the victims As Rick Sherrill 33, imn. Konroe.., who had worked at Wavd since u j u a Smith a 28-year-old Tennessee native who had been at the station since 1987 and Jim Lane a 48-year-old Michigan native the Pilot. Scientist bails out school District Wales mass. Apr the generosity of a retired scientist is improving education in this Cash stranded Community where three teachers and a principal aided by Parent volunteers were teaching 200 students. Aj.r99m at Wales elementary school was filled with 7.1 kindergarten first and second graders and a single teacher. But that changed last week school officials said a Cambridge Man who asked to remain Anonymous donated 53,600, enough for the school to rehire a second Grade teacher Quot a it just lifted our morale so much Quot a said Joseph Difabio the school s principal. David Roach superintendent of the Qantas qua regional school District said Friday that he Learned the Man was interested in making the donation on nov. 27, the Day after voters rejected a tax increase. The failure or the referendum forced the Littie elementary school to Lay off most of its teachers. The Man made the donation after visiting the school monday Roach said. The donation restores teacher Ancy Hutchinson to her second Grade class of 36 Stu dents until a second referendum set for Jan. 3, asking ,t0 approve a s160,000 increase in school taxes of j less a c0mmunity of 1,500 East of Springfield suf Erea from three years of state Aid cutbacks and has exhausted its Reserve funds