European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 29, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday March 29, 1992 the stars and stripes c Page 3sixth-grader s Success is spellbinding by Jimi Jones education writer Heidelberg Germany a when 11-year-old Jonathan Jacobs misspelled a a bacchanalian on saturday Tracy Sargeant showed Little emotion. Calmly nearly expressionless Tracy listened As the word a Bombi lations was called. As she had done throughout the spelling Competition Tracy 11, jotted Down the word pronounced it spelled it and then pronounced it again. When the announcer declared her letter perfect the audience roared. But Tracy just calmly gathered her Pencil and paper from the table and walked toward her parents in the audience. It Wasny to until she reached her mothers arms that a smile spread across the face of the Winner of the 10th annual european spelling Bee. Tracy a sixth grader from accent elementary school in Brun sum Netherlands said she May have looked Calm at Jonathan a miss but was thinking a i Hope i can spell the next  a Bombi lations clinched the Victory for Tracy in the 1992 Competition run by the european Congress of american parents teachers and students. The Victory earned her the right to represent the department of defense dependents schools at the Scripps Howard National spelling Bee in Washington d.c., starting May 24. A pretty excited was How Tracy described herself shortly after the last of 54 rounds that featured obscure words rolling off the tongues of the 19 entrants. A i done to think its had time to sink in a she said. A my mom said just before we started that i should win so i could get the set of encyclopaedia Britanni Ca. Then we could do our reports at Home. We be been wanting one a Tracy said. This was the first year Tracy had entered the Bee but she said thursday that spelling bees were a family tradition. After 56 rounds in her school she beat out her brother. Saturdays spelling Bee started about 10 30 . With 12 girls and seven boys. Some travelled from As far away As Turkey and Norway to compete. Ten contestants were eliminated after two rounds. The remaining nine made it through round three but Only five contestants were left by the ninth round. One of those was Scott Mckelvy the Only fourth grader in the Bee and one of Only two entrants returning from last year. The 11th round which ended about noon was the last for the youngster from the Lakenheath England elementary school. The remaining four spellers battled for 16 additional rounds hurdling words such As a did scaly a a exoneration a a Lepto Cecal a a thana Tophilia a a Jica May a Tonga Wallah and  Missy Shoemaker from Smith elementary at Baum older Germany faltered in the 29th round. That left Only Melissa Dejesus from Aschaffenbur Middle school Jonathan from Karlsruhe elementary and Tracy. The three went four rounds before Melissa a seventh grader misspelled a Upha Lacrois a a word that Means baldness. Jonathan and Tracy continued through round 42, when the group broke for lunch. Twenty two words later in round 53, Jonathan tripped Over  he later said he had written the word correctly but a said it  Jonathan who predicted on thursday that he a might come in second a said holding the no. 2 spot was a wok a but head rather be no. 1. In the end the children spelled nearly 250 words in about two hours. In addition to the trip to the nation s capital Tracy received the 15th edition of encyclopaedia Britanni Ca and the word master 1055 from Franklin electronic publishers inc. Melissa and Jonathan received a websters ninth new collegiate dictionary and websters collegiate thesaurus. Other contestants from the Atlantic Region were Jennifer Mulhall Brussels elementary High school. Belgium Kellie Boisse a Oesterberg High school. Netherlands Cheryll Ladrido Alconbury High school England Shelley Irons Croughton Middle school England Dianne Boise shape High school Mons Belgium and David Taylor. Oslo american school Norway. Other Germany Region contestants were Leslie Ruth Gray osterholz elementary High school Jennifer Smith trails him elementary Middle school Michael Baksh Frankfurt International school Rhonda Blair Sangdahl ctn Middle school and Casey Franklin Patch High school Stuttgart. Mediterranean Region contestants were Nasiha Mohiuddin George c. Marshall elementary High school Ankara Turkey Sean Soper Naples High school Italy and Erich w. Dethmann Stephen Decatur school is Gonella Sicily. Bernard a. Zovistoski editor of the stars and stripes briefly addressed the group following the Competition. The newspaper sponsors the finalists trip to Washington. Gen. Crosbie e. Saint commander of . Army Europe Archie Grimmitt the Usa eur assistant Deputy chief of staff for personnel and Esther Lee 26th area support group chief of staff judged the Competition. Tyson spends second night in jail As judges delay ruling on Appeal boxing promoter Don King talks with members of the Media Friday. Mike Tyson some of whose fights were promoted by King remained in prison Friday after three judges delayed ruling on a request to free him while he appeals his rape conviction. Indianapolis a Boxer Mike Tyson remained in prison for a second night Friday after three judges delayed ruling on a request to free him while be appeals his rape conviction. Alan Dershowitz the Harvard Law professor now handling the former heavyweight champions Case pleaded for his release Friday saying Tyson a Fame would prevent him from fleeing. A emr. Tyson is the most famous or notorious convicted rapist in the world. He wears a Scarlet letter on his forehead a Dershowitz told the appeals panel. Deputy Indiana attorney general William daily countered that Tyson is Rich enough to leave the country easily even though he surrendered his passport. A if a person with $10 million in assets wants to live in another country fight in another country i done to know any reason Why he  get on a private plane Fly there and live out the rest of his life a daily said. But presiding judge v. Sue Shields said the Indiana court of appeals panel wanted to read excerpts from trial transcripts before ruling. David j. Dryer special counsel to the Marion county prosecutors office said it could take several Days to get the transcripts. The delay Means that Tyson will remain in prison at least until the panel reconvenes. Tyson a now inmate no. 922335 a a was taken to a prison intake Center in nearby Plainfield on thursday after being ordered to serve six years for sexually assaulting a miss Black America contestant last july. Marion Superior court judge Patricia j. Gifford sentenced Tyson to 10 years with four years suspended on each of three counts on which he was convicted on feb. 10 one of rape and two of criminal deviate conduct. The terms Are to run concurrently. She denied an Appeal Bond. Dershowitz promised that Tyson 25, would obey any terms of bail and would accept House arrest at his Cleveland Home if the appeals panel allowed his release. Sex polish aides held in $96 million arms sting from wire reports los Angeles a two Southern California men and six former top officials of the polish government have been arrested in a . Customs service sting a newspaper reported saturday. The arrests halted a Deal involving $96 million in arms possibly including nuclear weapons the los Angeles times reported. Included in the Deal were 4,000 grenade launchers 1,000 portable anti aircraft missiles and 73,000 Kalashnikov assault rifles. Authorities said the arms ring was exposed by customs agents posing As front men for Iraq. The weapons were to have come from Stock built up by the soviet army in Germany Czechoslovakia and Poland and would have been shipped through the Philippines. A your goal was to find people willing to sell arms to the iraqis a said Tanya Hill an assistant . Attorney in new York who is prosecuting the Case. A we found  Ronald James Hendron 51, of Eltoro and Lehmin Lah 44, of Newport Beach were arrested in new York on March 11 after flying in from Europe the newspaper said. The Day before the six polish officials were arrested at a hotel in Frankfurt Germany. The newspaper said Federal court papers indicate Hendron promised the undercover agents that he could provide nuclear weapons including uranium bomb triggers Tyson is assigned to a single cell at the reception diagnostic Center where prison officials will evaluate him Anil assign him to a prison within 45 Days the intake Center has an outdoor basketball court but no running track or weight room he said. Tyson logged regularly during his two week trial. Tyson met Washington then 18, during festivities for the Beauty pageant. She said Tyson lured her to his hotel room and raped her ignoring her pleas to Stop. Tyson said she agreed to have sex. Meanwhile Gifford said Friday that the term a Date rape should be dropped from the Public vocabulary because it improperly implies consent by the woman. A my opinion is that a Date rape  be in existence As a term Quot the judge said. A the statute is very Clear about the definition of rape and whether or not you know the perpetrator has absolutely nothing to do with it. A i think its a couple of words we need to eliminate from our vocabulary and simply refer to it As a rape. It Date rape sounds like consensual or  and bombs. Hendron who said he was a licensed International arms dealer denied the charges in an interview the newspaper said. He said the Deal that he arranged was to Send arms legally to the Philippines. The arrests in Germany caught polish officials by Surprise and the polish embassy in Bonn has lodged a protest with German authorities for failing to inform Poland foreign ministry official Jacek Caputo Wicz told the gazeta web orca newspaper. The United states has requested that the six polish officials be extradited to face Export Law violations in the United states. Preliminary hearings have been set for april 8, Hill said. Both men Are out on  of people getting food Stamps reaches 25 million Washington a a record 25 million americans relied on the governments help to buy groceries in january according to the latest food stamp enrolment figures from the agriculture department. During the month 100,000 More people enrolled in the us a food assistance program than in december