European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 20, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday january 20, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 5tv contestant not exactly a Winner Newark . A answer John Ferraro Winner of $6,700 on the television game show jeopardy last week. Question who is scheduled to plead guilty to embezzlement next week in state court Ferraro a former teacher of the year from Clifton ., with 25 years of classroom experience is to appear tuesday in Passaic county Superior court on charges that he embezzled $10,055 from a part time employer. He has agreed to plead guilty said Randolph Subryan chief assistant prosecutor for Passaic county. Ferraro 46, pleaded guilty to embezzlement in april 1990, but withdrew the plea before sentencing when he Learned he would lose his teaching certificate and pension Subryan said. But Ferraro mentioned none of this when he chatted with jeopardy Host Alex Trebek during his appearances on the show taped in november and broadcast nationally tuesday and wednesday. A Why did you give up teaching a a Trebek asked. A Twenty five years is Long enough to do anything a the former geography teacher replied. Robert Greco a Passaic county detective who investigated Ferraro said he was astounded when the former teacher popped up on his television tuesday. A i thought am i really watching jeopardy or some other show like America s most wanted a Greco said. Police weren to the Only ones who were surprised. A a it a total news to us a said jeopardy spokesman Rocky Schmidt. A the just filled out an application told us his hobbies were Reading and such and that he won the teacher of the year Schmidt said the show try to recover Ferraro a winnings. Ferraro plans to travel from his Cape Hayes fla., Home to plead guilty in Paterson this week Subryan said. The charges Stem from Ferraro a part time work at a Macy a department store from 1987 to 1989. He and another employee falsified each others time sheets authorizing overtime and vacation time for each other when they weren to entitled Subryan said. The other employee pleaded guilty and agreed to testify against Ferraro the prosecutor said. Ferraro has since struck a Deal to plead guilty and in return Subryan will remain silent at the sentencing putting Ferraro a Fate in the hands of a Superior court judge. Subryan said that since Ferraro retired before his official guilty plea was entered his pension Isnit in jeopardy. Ferraro who now works As a landscapes would not answer questions when reached at Home Friday. His lawyer William j. Demarco did not return several phone Calls to his victims were Only figures of speech san Jose Calif. Apr the recession victims cited by gov. Pete Wilson in his state of the state speech last week were fictitious a newspaper has reported. The san Jose Mercury news said Wilson a aides Learned that the unidentified people Wilson mentioned in his speech did not exist when they tried to track them Down at the request of the newspapers reporters. But his spokesman defended the practice As a rhetorical device. In the introduction to Wilson his state of the state speech delivered Jan. 8, Wilson said a a in be watched the eyes of a Gruff Gray haired businessman grow wet As he spoke of having to Lay off people who a kept his Small shop running for years. A a in be seen worry in the face of a farm worker idled by a killer Arctic freeze. In be seen worry among our own state employees among entrepreneurs and aerospace workers a he said. A and in be seen the kindly face of a there is no . There is no Carpenter. That first part of the speech is a composite of the thousands of californians who the governor has come in Contact with a Franz Wisner a Wilson Deputy press Secretary Carpenter who could find no work framing houses and now makes children a toys for free. A Tough times demand compassion realism and Wilson press Secretary Bill Livingstone admitted thursday that the governor had created the characters and his encounters with them but defended the approach As a an allegorical on wednesday members of the governors staff told the Mercury news that the Carpenter did not exist. A there is no . There is no Carpenter. That first part of the speech is a composite of the thousands of californians who the governor has come in Contact with a said Franz Wisner one of the governors Deputy press secretaries. Wilson and not chief speech writer Mark Davis wrote the introduction that included the fabricated characters Livingstone said. Livingstone said its purpose was a to communicate the Tough times California is experiencing. Its a much More emotional communication to use an when Livingstone was asked whether some listeners could have inferred that Wilson was talking about real people he replied a i done to think that a important to the however the use of fictitious characters was criticized by Marvin Kalb director of the Joan Short Stcin Barone Center on the press politics and Public policy at Harvard University in Cambridge mass. A it demonstrates the need that politicians feel to mislead the Public. They feel this need to put out stories that Arentt True a said Kalb a former correspondent for both lbs and Abc television networks. Its a deflating mechanism. He wants to show he is no better or worse than the he said Wilson and his spokesman a obviously took the Wise course and a fessed up to the in the stars and stripes 10 years ago Jan. 20,1982 a president Reagan staunchly defended the record of his first year in office saying his economic program was beginning to work and denying his programs Hurt the poor and discriminated against Blacks. 20 years ago Jan. 20,1972 a Navy f-4 phantom Jet shot Down an enemy Mig-21 inside North Vietnam during a blazing air Duel in which at least eight surface to air missiles and flak were fired at three american planes . Military officials said. 30 year Sago Jan. 20,1962 a a group of air Force officers staged a sudden counter coup in the dominican Republic ousting the Junta that had seized Power the week before. 40 years ago Jan. 20,1952 a West Germany announced plans to contribute at least 300,000 troops to a planned european army. It was to be made up of forces from France Italy Belgium Luxembourg West Germany and the Netherlands. Marine corps aviation Pioneer Dies by the new York times Vernon e. Megee a Pioneer in combat aviation for the Marine corps and the Only person in that service to Rise from private to the services highest rank four Star general died tuesday at the age of 91. Megee was a resident of Albuquerque n.m., the past three years and previously lived in Austin Texas. He died of pneumonia at Albuquerque a St. Francis gardens nursing Home after a Long illness his family said. Megee helped develop the Marine tactic of supporting ground troops with air strikes world War ii against nearby positions using rockets napalm and strafing and having pilots directed by radio messages from land controllers. In world War ii he was the first commander of an air unit supporting a Marine Landing Force. Using his strategy of close air support As a commander at iwo Jima in 1945, he instructed Marine pilots to a go in and scrape your bellies on the Beach. He also commanded the air support units at Okinawa. In his 40 years with the marines Megee also fought against rebels in Nicaragua in 1930, when a plane he piloted sustained dozens of hits and in the korean War when he was commander of the 1st Marine aircraft Wing. He won the legion of Merit Bronze Star and several other medals. Among his assignments he was the first aviator to serve As Deputy commandant and chief of staff of the corps and served on the War College staff. Surviving Are his daughter Laverne m. Broad of Albuquerque two Sisters Opal Jones of Fresno Calif., and Walsa Meier of broken Arrow okla. And two grandchildren. 50 years ago today 20 Jan. 1 a 9 4.2 at what will become known As the wan see conference Hitler is presented with plans Tor the Quot final solution for the jews it Calls for All european jews to be moved to extermination Camps soviet troops retake mocha ask 60 Miles West of Moscow in the Pacific planes flying from four japanese aircraft carriers attack new Britain and new Ireland in preparation for an invasion source 2194 Days of War. W h so to a i in seers inc. World almanac Boox of world ii b son books corp .1981 a year ago Day 4 sunday Jan. 20 iraqi scuds Are shot Down by Patriot missiles As they approach Dhahran saudi Arabia. Iraqi television shows blindfolded prisoners of War paraded through Baghdad streets and broadcasts interviews with downed pilots. The pos Are identified As three americans two britons one italian and one kuwaiti. A total of 15 Allied warplanes Are reported lost including nine american aircraft. A
