European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 19, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 c the stars and stripes thursday december 19, 1991panel reviewing doctor s role in Lincoln plot Detroit apr. Richard Mudd has worked so Long trying to Clear his Grandfather of complicity in Abraham Lincoln a assassination that he was dumbfounded when he Learned hell finally get the Chance. A after 75 years in a getting tired of the thing a the 90-year-old Mudd said tuesday from his Home in Saginaw Mich. A but in a not tired to the Point i wanted to give it  an army panel said monday it Wilt consider next month whether to expunge or. Samuel Muddy a 126-year-old conviction on charges of aiding Lincoln a Assassin John Wilkes Booth by setting Booths broken leg. The hearing could mean Victory for Richard Mudd who has struggled for decades to win exoneration of his Grandfather. Mudd and his family Are to appear Jan. 22 in Washington before a panel of the army Board of correction of military records. Samuel Mudd 32, was arrested april 24, 1865, 10 Days after president Lincoln was shot at Fords theater. Graham tells Dod staff of Hopes for world peace by Janet Howells Tierney Washington Bureau Washington a hundreds of Pentagon employees gathered in the buildings Center courtyard tuesday to hear evangelist Billy grahams Christmas message which called for renewed Hope for world peace. Stepping to the podium in a White Trench coat Graham told the crowd shivering in the 30-degree weather that he is usually in warmer countries at this time of year. Graham who just returned from Argentina has Given the Christmas message at least twice before to Pentagon employees he said. The evangelist reportedly prayed with president Bush in the White House the night before the persian Gulf War began. During his Short talk Graham using no notes told stories from his travels that related to the Basic goodness of Humankind and his belief that god forgives All people for their sins. A has the Story of Christmas changed your life a Graham asked. A history remembers the babies bom in any Given year rather than the Battles  he urged the group to remember the sick who Are hospitalized during the holidays and recalled his visit to a military Hospital during the korean conflict. A a in la never forget a Young sergeant who had been mortally wounded in the Back and had to Lay face Down on his Hospital cot Graham said. The dying Soldier asked to see the face of the army general who had accompanied the evangelist. When the officer Knelt and then Laid beneath the cot to accommodate the youths request a tear fell from the soldiers Eye onto the general a face. Graham 73, has preached christianity for More than 40 years throughout the United states and 84 countries. He spoke to service members during world War ii and travelled throughout Europe after hostilities ended. Graham has written 15 books of which his latest answers to life a problem was published in 1988. He is widely known for his television show hour of decision which airs weekly in the United states. Graham German merchants have Jolly Christmas season by Kevin Costelloe the associated press Berlin a while Many american merchants worry about slow Christmas business glittering department stores in Germany arc jammed with shoppers. The reunited country is still grappling with unemployment and other economic problems As it jolts former East Germany out of the communist past into a capitalist future. But that Hasni to dampened the Holiday buying frenzy in this country of nearly 80 million people. Germany a retailers association is predicting sales will match last years Christmas shopping Binge. At Berlin s landmark Madewe the largest department store on the european continent a harried woman at the information Booth directs the arriving throngs like a Busy traffic cop at Rush hour. Among the first possible gifts you la see at Madewe an 8-foot-High a  a a turning Pyramid of Christmas scenes with Hants car Ved figurines. The Price just 17,995 Marks or More than $11,600. Karin Tauer a Madewe spokeswoman says the store is estimating a 10 percent increase in sales this year Over the 1990 Christmas shopping season. Hubertus Tessar a spokesman for the National retailers association says the German merchants mood is a a considerably better than in the United states. A a we re at a very High level a he adds. We re at a very High level. We re satisfied but in Germany being satisfied always Means things could be better a Hubertus Tessar a spokesman for the National retailers association virtual gridlock has hit Many of berlins sidewalks the last few saturdays when local shoppers tourists and Eastern germans flocked to stores. Even in the outlying Spandau District customers line up six deep to have presents wrapped at the Douglas parfume Rie. At least three people crowd around each Cash Register at the nearby Hertie department store. A a we re satisfied but in Germany being satisfied always Means things could be  German merchants already Are bracing for a slowdown in sales next year Tessar said. Tessar said Christmas gift buying nationwide in Germany this year will be about $18 billion up from last years $16.9 billion. But he said when Price hikes Are taken into account the two years will be about the same. Tessar said 1990 was a Boom year even though comparisons with 1989 Are difficult because East Germany was operating with a communist system then. But Tessar notes that Christmas sales in Western Germany climbed to the equivalent of $16 billion at today a rates last year up $1.1 billion from 1989. This years results reflect the Overall economic situation where Western Germany a booming 4.5 percent growth in 1990 has slowed to an estimated 3 percent this year. Last year Many Eastern germans with their fists full of recently acquired German Marks headed West and into Western Berlin to do their Christmas shopping. This Holiday season Quot Many of those shoppers Are staying Home now that Western chains have opened up Branch stores in the East. That in turn is crowding streets and sidewalks from the Alexande Platz in Eastern Berlin to major Eastern cities like Dresden Leipzig and Halle. Medic gets 4-year prison term for beating his wife Girlfriend by Joseph Owen Stuttgart Bureau Stuttgart Germany a four Days after dispatching a similar Case an army court sent a Soldier to prison tuesday for multiple beatings of two women. Judge it. Col William Fischer sentenced spec. Donel Mott 35, to five years after Mott pleaded guilty to assault and Battery and other charges after a one Day general court martial. A pre trial agreement cuts the term to four years in prison with the rest dismissed four years after his release conditional on Good behaviour. The judge also sentenced the 191st medical det medic to a dishonourable discharge and demotion to the lowest enlisted rank. Mott received administrative punishment in june including demotion from sergeant to specialist for having beaten his Girlfriend. Set. Linda j. Day according to testimony at his general court martial. But the demotion was suspended. The suspension was revoked after Mott attacked his wife Joyce on sept. 7, choking her hard enough to leave bruises. Mott of Tampa fla., admitted to the september at tack and to two on oct. 5. He beat his wife at their Robinson Barracks apartment that night then drove her to a wooded area and whacked her twice with a Metal pipe. Based on those incidents he also pleaded guilty to threatening to kill his wife driving without a License violating an order to remain at his Post and avoid Contact with his wife and false swearing. The Soldier also pleaded guilty to assault and Battery for having beaten Day Between january 1989 and last june. During one attack Day suffered a Black Eye and a broken rib. Day said Mott went to counselling sessions in 1990 after he beat their 10-month-old son. Mott whom colleagues called a competent and hardworking medic wept As he apologized to his wife and Day in court. He said he had been beaten As a child. Or. Mai Julian t. Adams a clinical psychologist who attended the court martial testified that Mott exhibited classic signs of abusive men including inability to control anger difficulty with women in close relationships a need to control women a High stress life and intense caring for his family. The court had sentenced another specialist Friday for successive beatings of a turkish woman in  who died in Abrams elevator identified by army Frankfurt Germany a a v corps Soldier who died Early tuesday in the Abrams building has been identified As spec. Dena r. Cundiff of co a 302nd military intelligence in in Frankfurt. Cundiff a 21-year-old voice interpreter Lin Guist died Early tuesday. She was discovered in a Section of an open air a a Paternoster elevator in the Southwest end of the building. An autopsy will be conducted to determine the cause of death. The incident is under investigation. Cundiff is survived by her husband sgt. Sean e. Cundiff also of co a 302nd military intelligence in and her parents or. And mrs. Danny d. Richardson of Belle rive Iii. A memorial service will be held at 1 . Today at the Abrams Complex Central Chapel