European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 9, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday March 9, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 7 sex Navy offic of illegally accepting gifts by the Washington Post Washington a a former Deputy assistant naw Secretary has been convicted of abusing his Public office by accepting gifts in Exchange for funnelling classified military procurement documents to consultants working for major defense contractors. James e. Gaines 64, was cleared Friday on a conspiracy charge but the jury in the five Day Federal trial in Alexandria va., found him guilty of accepting an illegal gratuity theft and conversion of government property and use of a Telephone in a crime. Gaines from Seattle is one of the highest ranking Public officials prosecuted in the four year operation 111 wind investigation into Pentagon procurement fraud. He had been accused of taking Over the role of a corrupt insider when his Boss Melvyn r. Paisley left government service and became a consultant. Paisley a former Navy assistant Secretary pleaded guilty last year to Selling his influence routinely while with the Navy and helping friends in the defense Industry. Assistant . Attorney Joseph j. Aronica presented evidence showing that after Paisley left the Navy he gave Gaines theater tickets tires and a $1,300 artwork in an Effort to encourage Gaines to leak confidential information about military contracts. Michael Schatzow Gaines attorney said a a it a mind boggling that the prosecution would bring this Case and that a Man could go to prison for a few theater tickets and a set of  Schatzow noting that Paisley and Gaines had been friends for 20 years said the Art work a lithograph was a Christmas present to Gaines and his wife. . District judge Claude m. Hilton set sentencing for May 22.dinkins enters Hospital to be treated for flu from wire reports new York a mayor David n. Dinkins went to a Hospital Early sunday with a Case of the flu a spokesman said. Dinkins 64, the first Black mayor of the nations largest City woke up just after 4 . With a fever Ana bad chills that he could not shake said spokesman Leland t. Jones. A a it appears to be a Case of the flu Quot Jones said. A a. He a been under the weather the last couple of Days. It just seems to be what a going around new  was driven to the Hospital in a car and walked into the hospitals emergency room under his own Power he added. Tests were being conducted and Dinkins was in a Good spirits a Jones said. Dinkins had been scheduled to March sunday in an Irish Parade on Staten Island but Jones said the illness would prevent him from  und coyed Conway . A police used a fake patrol car to try to get speeders to slow Down but most motorists said they weren to fooled. It. Steve Wilson of the South Carolina Highway patrol said he flagged Down 10 to 12 motorists after they passed a Decoy during a test last month on a Columbia Highway. A i asked them a did you realize the parked car was not real a a Wilson said later. A about 80 percent of them said yes they knew it  the patrol car was made by custom training aids inc., a company that also produced tank decoys during the persian Gulf War. The police Decoy was a photographed image of a patrol car on cloth held together with ropes and stakes 75 tax return budgeted Boston a a $98 million budget Bill includes an unusual item a funds to pay for a $234 tax return that was tucked inside a woman a stolen purse. Merle Bruno 53, said she never had a Chance to Cash the 1975 refund because her bag was stolen. And when the purse was later found the state refused to Cash the Check citing its one year deadline. Bruno a faculty Dean at Hampshire College m Western Massachusetts began trying to collect the Money after the bag was found in 1988 by a couple on the College Campus. One ran into bureaucratic snags because the Bob Farrell grandson of naturalist Eugenia Shorrock shows a headband on a South american indians shrunken head. Mon by "pay1 for to Sld was Long gone. But shrunken Heads bring $22,000 Portsmouth . A two shrunken Heads dark skinned and Complete with hair and headdress stared impassively As curious bidders examined them at an unusual auction of Indian artefacts saturday. The Grapefruit sized 19th-Century South american Indian Heads sold for a total of $22,000 to Ripley a believe it or not. It plans to display them in one of its museums which features unusual objects. A the Heads i think set a world record a auctioneer Michael Bennett said adding that he expected the pair would sell for Only about $14,000. The Heads were part of a collection of artefacts collected by naturalist Eugenia Shorrock 95, of Dover. Other items included tribal masks wooden Indian statues and an antique Buffalo skin Robe. The Robe expected to sell for about $15,000, brought just $7,000. But some of the statues went for More than $10,000. Shorrock who lives in a nursing Home acquired her unusual collection from various sources Over the years but did not travel to South America said her daughter Ruth Farrell. A she became acquainted with people who had them and made it known shed take anything Quot Farrell said. The Heads came from the Jivaro tribe which collected enemies Heads after Battle removed the skulls boiled the skins then carefully shaped them by hand to retain the victims features Bennett said. He did not know which South american country they came from. Farrell said she decided to sell the collection because she had no interest in it. A Bureau drawers done to do a thing for shrunken Heads. I like to see things used or displayed a she said. After she appealed to her state representative the House ways and Means committee agreed Friday to appropriate the Money for her Check As part of its supplemental budget  gets life for slaying Oregon City Ore. A 16-year-old boy was sentenced to life in prison Friday for killing a woman with his boy scout knife. Todd Davilla had been convicted As an adult after pleading guilty to killing 22-year-old Lisa Flormoe of  the hour Long sentencing hearing Friday Clackamas county circuit judge Robert Morgan said he found no evidence of the a milk of Lisman kindness in Davilla. He said Davilla enjoyed himself at the county fair hours after the killing. Flormoe was visiting family friends in suburban Portland when Davilla forced his Way into the House and Slit her Throat after trying to rape her police said. Offshore quake hits n. California i game ends in tragedy Hastings. Minn. A a name of russian Punta Gorda Calif. A a moderate offshore earthquake jolted a wide coastal area of Northern California on saturday night authorities said. No injuries or major damage were reported. The quake that struck at 7 43 . Registered 5.2 on the Richter scale said Pat Jorgenson spokeswoman for the  geological Survey in Menlo Park. It was entered just off Punta Gorda about 43 Miles South Southwest of Eureka and about 120 Miles South of the Cali fornia Oregon Border. The quake occurred just off the coast where the san Andreas fault the Mendocino escarpment and the Punta Gorda tectonic plate come together she said. A this is in an area of frequent earthquake activity Jorgenson said. Fire officials in Petrolia a Small Community near Punta Gorda reported the quake shattered the windows of some Homes and businesses. Items were knocked off shelves in Petrolia and neighbouring communities said Humboldt state University a earthquake hot line in Areata Calif. The Richter scale is a measure of ground motion As recorded on seismographs. Every increase of one number Means a tenfold increase in magnitude. Thus a Reading of 7.5 reflects an earthquake 10 times stronger than one of 6.5. An earthquake of 5 on the Richter scale can cause considerable damage in the local area. Hastings Minn. A game of russian Roulette played by two teen agers who took turns pointing a gun at each others Heads and pulling the trigger ended with one dead and the other arrested. A unfortunately the gun discharged when it was pointed at the head or the victim Dakota county sheriff Rod Boyd and county attorney James Backstrom said in a statement. About 10 people were present in the Rural Rome Friday night As the 16-year-old victim and the 19-year-old suspect played the game with a .44-Taliber magnum authorities said. No names were released. The 19-year-old was to be charged today