European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 4, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday february 4, 1992 the stars and stripes b Page 3pinball wizard goes full tilt new York apr a californian who said he wanted it a badder than anyone else came out on top sunday at the International professional Amateur pinball association championship. Rick Stetta of Sunnyvale calif., won $1,500 and a trip to the world pinball exposition in Chicago. More than 400 pinball players from around the world gathered saturday for the two Day tournament at the Lone Star cafe roadhouse. The tournament was broken Down into three competitions the a open a for experts the a open by for less skilled competitors and the �?ounder-16�?� category. The first class players combined scores on eight machines the first Day. Sixteen people who made sundays finals played on four machines to determine the Champ. Stetta 31, said he won because of years of practice and because he considers the game both physical and mathematical a plus desire of course. A you got to want it badder than anyone  Pitburg Squadron to Wing its Way into history books by Kevin Dougherty Kaiserslautern Bureau Pitburg a Germany a the 525th tac fighter so will inactivate april 1 As part of the military draw Down in Europe. Nicknamed the a bulldogs a the unit is one of three squadrons that make up the 36th fighter Wing. Although it was created 50 years ago this month the 525th lost out to the wings other two squadrons because it had not been a part of the 36th for As Long. A a it a like losing a Friend a said col. Michael b. Tobin the wings Deputy commander for operations. The Squadron a is More than just a number a he said. The 525th deployed to in Ciurlik a Turkey for the persian Gulf War As part of operation proven Force. The deployment of the f-15 unit helped the allies open a second front by attacking Iraq from the North. The Squadron shot Down six iraqi aircraft without suffering any losses. After the War the Squadron participated in the kurdish refugee Effort called operation provide Comfort. The Squadron traces its lineage to feb. 10, 1942, and the will Rogers Field in Oklahoma. Originally designated As the 86th bombardment group the unit deployed in april 1943 to North Africa for the italian Campaign. Later that year the unit was predesignated the 525th fighter bomber so. Following world War ii the Squadron was inactivated for one year As part of a . Military realignment. It was reactivated in August 1946 and deployed to Nordholz Germany. Its association with the 36th fighter Wing began in 1957. The 525th became an official member of the Wing in 1968. To Date the Squadron which once numbered 24 jets and about 40 pilots has been Cut by about half. Some of the pilots have been reassigned to the wings other two squadrons a the 22nd and 53rd fighter squadrons. An inactivation ceremony is planned for april 1 at Pitburg a. A a in be been very proud of the Squadron a said it. Col. Jim Reed the Squadron commander. A a it a equally the Best of any Squadron that in be been associated with. Its a great Squadron with a great combat  Marcos traces wealth to Wii japanese Gold Manila Philippines apr Imelda Marcos has claimed for the first time that her late husbands wealth stemmed from japanese and other Gold the former president found at the end of world War ii. The former first lady said monday that president Ferdinand Marcos kept the Fortune secret because a the amounts were such astronomical proportion that it would be  the government of president Corazon Aquino claims Marcos built a secret Fortune from embezzlement and kickbacks during his 20-year Rule. There was no government comment on the claim of Marcos who is running for president in May elections while at the same time contesting 50 criminal charges in connection with alleged ill gotten wealth. Ferdinand Marcos was ousted in the 1986 military civilian uprising that installed Aquino in office. He died in exile in Hawaii in 1989. A transaction of precious Metal was very secret and confidential a his widow said. She said Marcos refused to put the Gold in the Bank or reveal its existence because it would have Hurt his chances to be elected president in the 1965 Campaign. She said some of the Gold was from the legendary Yamashita treasure which japanese Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita allegedly looted from Southeast Asia and buried in the Philippines during world War ii. The existence of the Yamashita treasure has been the source of Rumor and speculation in the Philippines since the War ended in 1945. According to legend Yamashita tried to evacuate the Gold when the americans invaded the Philippines in 1944 but was unable to move All of it. There were rumours that Marcos found most of the treasure but members of his family had never commented publicly on the reports until monday. In 1987, the Aquino government authorized a Las vegas firm to search for Gold believed hidden in fort Santiago a Spanish fortress near the Mouth of the pasig River in the heart of Manila. The search was discontinued months later with no indication that any Gold had been found. Officials of the firm claimed they had helped Ferdinand Marcos retrieve some of the japanese Gold but had broken off the search for More because they feared they would be double crossed. Marcos claimed her husband hid the Gold in secret locations including the Walls of their Home in Northern  Post office under drug probe paper says Washington a Federal authorities Are investigating allegations that clerks in the House Post office sold cocaine Over the counter and embezzled postal funds to buy drugs a newspaper reported monday. The Washington times said investigative documents it had obtained indicated that one employee even told House postmaster Robert v. Rota about the allegations but that Rota a turned his head the other  Rota declined comment on the allegations the newspaper said. The times quoting sources it did not name said the allegations Are being investigated by . Attorney Jay b. Stephens and the postal inspection office. It also said no members of Congress had been implicated. It said the investigative documents quoted House postal employees As saying several congressional postal clerks and at least one manager regularly used cocaine and embezzled postal funds to finance their purchases. The newspaper said a postal inspection audit last summer found that four employees had embezzled about $35,000 in one year alone and that the total amount of stolen Stamps and embezzled Money could reach As much As $250,000. At least four employees at the Post office have been fire the times reported. The times said one employee was quoted in the documents As saying a colleague was a Selling dealing drugs at the window and that half the people in the building know he is Selling  another employee told investigators she found a bag of cocaine under the mat in her work area and told Rota about the discovery. A she went on to say or. Rota just turned his head the other Way and nothing was done about the drugs Quot the newspaper reported. Washed up four armed dutch police officers surround a German Motorist at a car Wash in Vlaardinger Netherlands Over the weekend. The Driver alter impatiently waiting in line for half an hour at a car Wash in this southwestern town stepped out of his car and threatened the Motorist in front of him with a gun. When the line failed to move any faster he drove off to another car Wash where he was arrested. Stolen tape shows struggle with cancer Dallas apr burglars stoic a videotape recording of a 3-year-old boys struggle with cancer and Many of the special moments he has shared with his parents. The tape was in a video camera that was stolen thursday night or Friday from Dan and Heather Coopers House while the parents were tending to their Only child who was in the Hospital. It shows their son Chad at his second and third birthdays and the past two christmases. It also contains special sequences Dan Cooper and Chad made that the boys Mother Hasni to seen and some sequences with Mother and son that the father Hasni to seen. A it is of immense value to us. They can Hock the camera a said Dan Cooper who is considering offering a $500 Reward. A i know it is a Long shot. I done to know what kind of Money it takes but we be got to try. How do you put a Price on it a he described the footage As a special chronicle of the child a life since his disease developed. Chad has lost a kidney to the disease which has spread to his Chest his father said