European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 30, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 a the stars and stripes monday March 30, 1992 at a glance Zaragoza a Spain symbolized by this Road on base is rapidly growing deserted. See Story on pages 14 and 15.Brown tax plan challenged Arkansas gov. Bill Clinton charges that his democratic opponent Jerry Brown would profit from the 13 percent Flat tax proposal that Brown is pushing. A Pago 4mothballs for a mighty Mon the Missouri the Navy a last battleship sits in its funeral berth in Long Beach Calif., awaiting to be decommissioned once again. A Pago 5teachers punished four Michigan teachers have received bad Marks for having their students do school work when they Are supposed to be watching Channel one commercial television. A a Page 7thais threaten lawsuit Thailand s largest political party plans to sue the United states Over allegations by the state department that the party s Leader was involved in drug trafficking a party spokesman said sunday. A Page 8letters do the teaching american students in Wiesbaden Germany have become pen pals of sorts with some athletes As part of a program designed to improve the youngsters Reading and writing. A Page 9advice paying off learning the secrets of Success is As simple As understanding the difference Between a mule and a Man Dollar general founder Turner once observed. And based on the company s performance he was right a Page 17 Index Abby Ann Landers. 20 action line. 16 comics. 18-20 commentary. 13 crossword. 20 faces a no places. 10 letters. 12 Money matters. 17 sports. 21-28 to listings. 27 weather. 11 training from Page 1 Bat training Sites a the National training Center at fort Irwin Calif. The joint readiness training Center which is moving from fort Chaffee ark., to fort Polk la. And the combat Man Uever training Center at Hohenfels from Page 1 inc., a Philadelphia company specializing in the planning and administration of retirement and group Benefit plans. No one answered the Telephone saturday at Savitz a 23rd-floor condominium in a High Rise near Rittenhouse Square. No one was allowed into the building without a tenant. One of the suspects lawyers on saturday disputed allegations of dangerous sexual conduct. Lacheen also said reports of the arrest were feeding a the frenzy of aids a this is being pumped up and exaggerated because the headlines say a aids Carrier a a he said. Quot so far there have been allegations of a sexual nature none of which could have created any danger to Lacheen said that the charges he knew of consisted of two incidents of touching and one of Oral sex which did not involve Savitz a semen. He said allegations of the Gao said army officials Are confident that they can adjust training scenarios quickly to address any potential threat. For example officials said the army changed its training Model at fort Irwin to simulate an iraqi threat within six weeks of the invasion of Kuwait in August 1990. The one area where the army is making changes involves classroom training which the Gao said involved Only minor adjustments. Other kinds of sexual activity were unproved. He described Savitz As slight Meek and mild mannered a Quot the Guy sitting next to Abraham said she chose not to charge the suspect with attempted homicide As prosecutors elsewhere have when individuals who knew they had aids failed to inform their sex partners. She said prosecutors could not prove the Man intended to kill people he Savitz had sex with. A in fact the information is to the contrary. He wanted to have sexual gratification a Abraham said. Neighbors gave authorities information that led to his arrest Abraham said. Afterwards Savitz admitted he has had aids for at least one year. Such changes Are being made at the combined arms and services staff school and the command and general staff College both based at fort Leavenworth Kan. Portions of those courses that once focused on the soviet threat to Europe Are being expanded to include the study of potential threats to latin America Southwest Asia the Pacific and the Continental United states the Gao said. A this defendant May have been engaged for several years in both Oral and anal sexual Contact with As Many As several Hundred males a Abraham said. Abraham said the Man invited boys to his apartment and paid them for their underwear and socks and for sexual Contact. He did not cruise for the teens but relied on youths spreading his name and his pay rates to others Abraham said. Lacheen a partner Barnaby Wittels said Friday that he had tried to persuade authorities to place Savitz in a mental Hospital. A if they can prove that he had sex with boys knowing that he had aids its a fail a Wittels told the Philadelphia inquirer. A i can to really put it into words How wrong that is but we have to understand that this is a tragedy for everybody a people done to want to look past the aids and the allegation of sexual misconduct to see that this is a human being who is not a monster that a got sexual problems that ought to get from Page 1 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 Ana 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 Britannica. Then we could do our reports at Home a Tracy said. A a we be been wanting 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 Lakenheath elementary school in England. The remaining four spellers battled for 16 additional rounds hurdling words such As a did scaly a a exoneration a a Ulep toc Ercal a a thana Tophilia a a a Jacama a 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 he would rather be no. 1. In the end the children spelled nearly 250 words in about two hours. In addition to the trip to the nations capital Tracy received the 15th edition of encyclopaedia Britannica and the word master 1055 from Franklin electronic publishers inc. Melissa and Jonathan re Cei Ved a websters ninth new collegiate dictionary and websters collegiate thesaurus. Other contestants from the Atlantic Region were Jennifer Mulhall Brussels j elementary High school Belgium Kellie Boisse Oesterberg High school Netherlands Cheryll Ladrido Alconbury High school England Shelley Irons Crough ton Middle school England Dianne to Nise shape High school Mons Bel cum and David Taylor Oslo american school Norway. Other Germany Region contestants were Leslie Ruth Gray osterholz elementary High school Jennifer Smith Crail sheim elementary Middle school Michael Baksh Frankfurt International school Rhonda Blair Span Dahlem 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 Simonella 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 Grimmett the Usa eur assistant Deputy chief of staff for personnel and Esther Lee 26th area support group chief of staff judged the from Page 1 identification under the name of Peter a. Long. He then returned to Germany. He and an accomplice went to the East coast of Sicily for a a a vacation the next month. On May 28, they rented a Motorboat and Gaffney jumped overboard in the ionian sea. He swam ashore and spent the night in a different hotel under his assumed name. The accomplice told local authorities that Gaffney had drowned. In june italian officials issued a death certificate. Gaffney returned to Missouri then moved to North Carolina under his false identity. The accomplice continued pursuing insurance claims from Germany with Gaffney s help. On May 27, 1987, the Prudential insurance co. Paid $98,240.85 to Gaffney a wife and the Money was deposited in the Luxembourg account. Once the seven year anniversary of his death had been reached a he was apparently just Short of it a Gaffney a estate might have been Able to obtain a declaration of death from a . Court that would have strengthened claims with five other companies involved Cullen said. A a we re dealing with someone who is very smart Quot Cullen said. A the was cunning. He was shrewd. He had this thing planned very solving the Case Cullen said a was like putting a Jigsaw Puzzle together in the dead of
