European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 30, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Takes amp is vol. 50, no. 350 350 monday March 30,1992 d 8693 training passes inspection army combat programs need no overhaul Gao says by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington widespread changes in army training programs Are unnecessary despite the dissipation of the soviet threat to Europe a government analysis concludes. The general accounting office the investigative Arm of Congress said that top army officials Are reviewing combat training in Light of recent political changes in Eastern Europe. For More than 40 years the army considered soviet expansion into Western Europe As its chief threat. But the report said a army combat units Are structured and trained to respond to various threats ranging from special operations to Large scale  the service will continue to train combat units to meet a ground threat to Europe a but it also trains forces to meet Otner threats and can adjust its training to depict virtually any kind of threat Sce Nario. The Gao prepared its review of army training at the request of rep. Earl Hutto d-fla., who chairs the House armed services committees readiness panel. The army a training and doctrine come develops its programs by analysing whether current warfare requirements meet the services needs in five areas a doctrine training leadership Force Structure and Materiel the report said. The command prepares those analyses every two years. The most recent review was completed last summer. Although the 1991 assessment is not final. Army officials told the Gao that training plans which include Large scale Maneu vers at its three major combat training Sites As Well As combined exercises with Allied forces Are sufficient to meet projected threats. The army operates three major com see training on Page 2police rearrest Quot Uncle de after fresh allegations Philadelphia a a Man with aids who May have paid hundreds of boys and Young men to have sex with him was rearrested saturday night after two More teen agers made allegations against him police said. The Man known to Many As a Uncle eds was Back in custody saturday evening less than a Day after he posted 10 percent of his $3 million bail he was first arrested wednesday. It. James Mooney of the sex crimes unit said the two latest accusers were identified Friday. They bring to four the number of teen agers who have made allegations. Mooney said that police have identified other youths and that he expects additional charges will be filed As the investigation continues. District attorney Lynne Abraham who Friday announced the arrest said her office signed an agreement with the suspect and his lawyer letting officials say he had aids so those who had sexual Contact with him could take appropriate Steps. Abraham would not release the suspects name because of a state aids confidentiality Law but a court official speaking on condition of anonymity identified him As Edward Savitz 50. One of his lawyers Steve la Cheen confirmed that saturday. Aids Telephone hot lines were inundated after Fri Days announcement and a police Mug shot of the Man was released. A there were 300 to 400 Calls packed into a couple of hours a Francis l. Stoffa jr., executive director of the aids task Force of Philadelphia said Friday. Some callers said they knew the Man More than a decade ago As a fast Eddie a said Brad Hume a hot line switchboard operator. Savitz faces a preliminary hearing wednesday on charges of involuntary deviate sexual Intercourse sexual abuse of children indecent assault and corrupting the morals of a minor. Savitz is a vice president of the Savitz organization see police on Page 2 a amps Dave Dudlo Tracy Sargeant gets a hug from her Mother Rosalynne after winning the spelling Bee saturday in Heidelberg Germany. At right Jonathan Jacobs puts his head in his hand after missing a wont to finish second to Tracy.6th-grader follows family tradition with spellbinding results in Bee by Jimi Jones education writer Heidelberg Germany a when 11-Ycar-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 m 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 appeared Calm at Jonathan a miss but was see tradition on Page 2ex-Aafes manager accused of faking death for insurance Richmond a. Up a former civilian employed by cafes in Frankfurt Germany has been arrested Here after authorities uncovered what they called an insurance scam involving the faking of his death in Europe seven Yean ago. At stake in the scheme by Joseph m. Gaffney ii were life insurance benefits Worth $784,000, said prosecutors who outlined the pains he allegedly took to Engineer his take death and hide for so Long. A a it san interesting Story a . Attorney Richard Cullen said Friday. A a it a a Story i think that will show the lengths the criminal mind will go to commit  Gaffney 47, was arrested by Fri agents feb. 7. Authorities said he was living under the name Robert l. Dorsey and was employed As a $21,000-a-year computer operator for a Law firm. He had moved to the Richmond area in 1989. Gaffney has agreed to plead guilty to wire and mail fraud charges in connection with the alleged life insurance scam authorities said. He faces a maximum of 10 years in prison and $500,000 in fines. Collecting on the insurance policies was not Gaffney a sole motive in faking his death said his attorney Dennis Doh Nal. A there were some other things going on in his life at the time a said Donna who would not elaborate. Gaffney was employed As a manager in an Exchange at Frankfurt when he concocted the plot with unnamed accomplices in Early 1985, according to an indictment filed by Federal prosecutors. As part of the plan authorities say Gaffney and his wife a whose name has not been released a opened an account at a Luxembourg Bank that they intended to use to Deposit the life insurance proceeds. The indictment outlines the following scenario Gaffney flew from Germany to St. Louis in april 1985 and obtained a fake birth certificate . Passport and other see manager on Page 2