European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 7, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday february 7, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 3 Clinton Able to avoid draft in Vietnam Era paper says new York apr democratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton was Given a Vietnam draft deferment for a Reserve officers training program that he never joined the Wall Street journal reported thursday. An official of the local draft Board where Clinton was registered was quoted by the newspaper As saying the then future Arkansas governor had told her he would a pull every string he could think of to avoid being drafted. Opal Ellis former executive Secretary of hot Springs ark., draft Board said Clinton approached her in 1969 and a told me he was too Well educated to  the Issue of Clinton a conduct in connection with service in the Vietnam War which he opposed is not unprecedented. Vice president Dan Quayle a participation in a National guard unit during the War was an Issue during the previous presidential Campaign. Clinton graduated from Georgetown University in Washington in 1968 and went to Oxford University in England As a Rhodes scholar. He was still eligible for the draft because graduate school deferments had been eliminated in 1967. Ellis a Republican said hot Springs was so proud that a Hometown boy was a Rhodes scholar that the local selective service Board told him he would not be drafted until the fall of 1969 so that he could Complete his studies at Oxford. Clinton returned to Arkansas in the summer of 1969, knowing that he faced being drafted. He told the journal he does no to recall any confrontation with Ellis and denied using Strong Arm tactics to avoid the draft. Anyone who says he did Clinton is quoted As saying a has at Best a faulty  a democratic candidate Bill Clinton talks to High school students in Concord . But Clinton said he did decide to a look around a for other options. He took officers training exams for the air Force and Navy but failed them because of vision defects and hearing problems. As the draft deadline loomed Clinton said he met with an army Roth Recruiter at the University of Arkansas and agreed orally to join the officers training program at the Law school there. Based on that information the hot Springs draft Board in August 1969 reclassified Clinton from 1-a to 1-d, Down Rading his status from a available or military services to the status ranted to those in Reserve units or taking military training the journal said. But Clinton never attended Law school at Arkansas nor participated in Roth. Instead he enrolled at Yale University but not until 1970, after he attended Oxford one More year. And even his Mother does not remember her songs Ever planning to attend Law school at the University of Arkansas the journal reported. A i was under the impression when he came Home from Oxford that he was going to go to Yale a said Virginia Kelly Clinton smother. Clinton informed the army Roth Recruiter at the University of Arkansas col. Eugene Holmes that he would not be participating in the program so Holmes had Clinton a draft status returned to a available for military services status the journal said. His status was changed on oct. 30,1969, less than a month before a new draft lottery system based on dates of birth went into effect on nov. 26,1969. Clinton a lottery number based on his birthrate was 311. No one with a number higher than 195 was Ever called by the selective service system the journal  charge or. Jack Kevorkian 63, listens As a grand jury in Pontiac mich., indicts him on two open counts of murder and one count of delivery of a controlled substance. The retired Royal Oak pathologist was charged in the deaths of two women who used his suicide machines to kill themselves last  erred on $40 million in taxpayer refunds Kansas City to. A the irs says it mistakenly told More than 36,000 taxpayers filing electronic returns that they were getting about $40 million in refunds. Many of those people May have already borrowed Money against the refunds. As a result Banks could lose millions of dollars. Janice Lawrence a spokeswoman with the internal Revenue services regional Center in Wichita Kan said the error was caused by a now corrected computer glitch. Computerized returns filed with the Center Jan. 10 to 27 were affected. It Wasny to immediately ear How Many states the returns came from but the Kansas City Star said thursday that hundreds of taxpayers in Kansas and Missouri were affected. An advantage to filing a computerized return is that the irs can give Quick confirmation by computer of the amount the taxpayer can expect to be refunded. Many people then use that information to borrow from a Bank while they wait for the refund. The irs then sends the refund directly to the Bank. A it appears the Banks Are out $40 million a said Harry Buckley chief executive officer of a amp a blocks tax preparation division. John Galvin a vice president with Bank one corp. Of Columbus Ohio said his Bank would try to recover any Loans it May have made. But he acknowledged that could be difficult. Galvin said the Bank lost some Money last year when the irs made similar errors involving about $3 million. A we were Able to recover some of it from the taxpayer a he said. Army copters in Europe getting Gulf Sand cleanup by the stars and stripes Heidelberg Germany a the army is spending More than $110 million to clean the Sand from 400 Europe based helicopters that flew in the persian Gulf War and its aftermath officials said this week. The Europe based aircraft make up 40 percent of an army wide helicopter cleanup Campaign that will Cost $277 million Over two years said officials at the army a european Headquarters in Heidelberg. The project is designed to literally a a shake out the Sand that accumulated in aircraft while flying across the desert said col. Virgil e. Raines commander of the army aviation systems come Europe. Inspections last summer at fort Hood Texas revealed no immediate safety problems for 10 aircraft that had flown in the Gulf War said col. Gary Johnson of the aviation commands Headquarters in St. Louis. However mechanics filled a 55-gallon drum with Sand from one cd 47 Chinook cargo helicopter that had already been cleaned twice Johnson said in a recent army times Story. The refurbishment began in december in the United states Ana Early january in Europe. An army release said the Europe based aircraft involved will include a 159 ah-64 Apache attack helicopters. A 160 uh-60 Black Hawk Utility helicopters. A 47 of the Chinook cargo helicopters. A 45 of the new oh-58d Kiowa Warrior observation helicopters which Are equipped with sophisticated optics and electronics. Each aircraft will be out of service up to 31 Days while it undergoes a a super inspection to repair damage and prevent corrosion caused by the Fine Sand of the arabian desert Raines said. Rota s Navy Exchange takes Over at Moron a by the stars and stripes naval station Rota Spain a the Navy Exchange at naval station Rota took Over operations last week at Moran a outside Seville from the army and air Force Exchange service. The change in operations was brought about because the mor6n Exchange a part of the main Exchange at Torrejon a outside Madrid could no longer be supported by cafes according to Navy it. Cmdr. Dave j. Warkentien the Navy Exchange officer at Rota. A with the gradual phasing out of Torrejon and Zaragoza air bases cafes could no longer support Moran a a Exchange a Warkentien said. Moran located about 45 Miles Southeast of Seville is approximately 75 Miles Northeast of Rota. A it really just made common sense to offer the mor6n base to Navy Exchange. When they brought the proposal to us we looked at it from a business standpoint approved of it and then sent the proposal to our Headquarters in new York a Warkentien said. Moran sent its approval to cafes Headquarters in Dallas Warkentien said. The Navy shopping facility at mor6n is a combination Exchange and commissary. It serves an american Community of 300 people. Rotas Navy Exchange will be re supplying the Moran outlet every two weeks Warkentien said