European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 04, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 b the stars and stripes saturday april 4, 1992 senator House member join ranks of exiting congressmen Washington a sen. Kent Conrad plans to quit after a single term joining a growing roster of House and Senate members opting out of a Congress awash in controversy and bickering. Democratic rep. Claude Harris a three term Alabama congressman also said that he would not seek re election. Thursdays Senate floor announcement by Conrad d-n.d., came just Over a week after new Hampshire Republican Warren Rudman said he was leaving the Senate because he was a terribly frustrated at its inability to accomplish much of substance. Conradus statement took Many colleagues by Surprise. Yet a general malaise has seemed to cover Capitol Hill in the Wake of the House Bank and Post office scandals and in the midst of a Long standoff Between Republican presidents and the democratic controlled Congress. Retirements Are running Well ahead of their Normal level for this time of year leading to predictions that House turnover in the 103rd Congress will top 100 of its 435 members. Four dozen House members had either announced retirements or had been Defeated in primaries before Harris announcement. And seven senators have now bowed out for a variety of reasons. A listening to Kent Conrad comment a said sen. John Kerry a mass. A a it a very obvious that there san awful lot of cynicism around. Too Many Are fed up with a government that a simply not working paralysed by the rivalry Between a democratic Congress and a Republican  for his part Conrad said he was holding to a pledge he used successfully in 1986 to oust Republican sen. Mark Andrews. Conrad a former North Dakota tax commissioner said he would get out at the end of his first term unless be saw substantial Progress in slashing the Federal deficit. Harris 51, a former Tuscaloosa county circuit court judge said his District had been destroyed by a court imposed redistricting plan Harris who is White was placed in a majority Black District. Conrad 44, had found that life in Washington Wasny to like the life he left behind in Bismarck. His wife Lucy Calautti was attacked by an armed Man outside the couples Capitol Hill Home late last year. She was dragged away As Conrad called for the police. The Man soon let her go without causing serious injury. He was not caught. Sen. Kent Conrad and his wife Lucy Calautti leave the Senate , 10, raped Young girl police charge Columbus Ohio up a 10-year-old boy has been charged with raping a 10-year-old girl police said Friday. The boy was charged with delinquency counts of rape and kidnapping in last weekends attack. An 11-year-old boy and his 8-year-old brother were charged with delinquent counts of complicity to rape and kidnapping. Police said two 7-year-old boys also took part but were not charged because of their Ages. Police said the attack occurred when the girl was Riding a Bike and some boys knocked her Down. They dragged her behind a House police said. Police said the 10-year-old boy then allegedly had Intercourse with the girl As the others held her Down. As the girl attempted to get up one of the boys allegedly knocked her Down again and attempted Intercourse police said. Police said a passer by came to the girls Aid. Sgt. Tom Meek said the boys a made incriminating admissions when , abandoned alzheimer s patient reunited Portland Ore. Apr an alzheimer a patient whose abandonment at an dog track made headlines was reunited with a daughter he had not seen in nearly 30 years and she plans to take custody of him. Nancy Myatt of Dickson tenn., recognized her fathers photograph in the newspaper. On wednesday she flew to Portland and had an emotional reunion with John Kingery 82, at the Laurel Hurst care Center. Holly Berman Kingery a Public guardian said Kingery would be placed in a nursing Home near family members in Kentucky. She said courts in both states would have to work out the details. Myatt said she and her sister in Law Shirley Kingery of Morgantown ky., borrowed Money to Fly to Oregon. A what we want everybody to know is that alzheimer patients Are people too they Are the people who built this country Myatt said. During the reunion said nursing Home director Hal Elliott a what i heard mostly was crying. They immediately closed the door and we allowed them to have that  Myatt 55, said her parents divorced when she was about 10 years old after 15 years of marriage. She said the family of seven had lived in Flat Rock mich., where Kingery worked for Ford motor co. Her father remarried in 1964, and he a slipped away from us a she said. She said it Wasny to Clear that he recognized her but she took Comfort in his smile. A the More i see him the More i want to see him and talk to him a she said. Quot he can to talk to me but the grins and the expression on his face make a  the family tried to find Kingery six years ago when their Mother died but could not locate him and assumed he was dead she said. Kingery was found at Coeur do Alerie greyhound Park in Idaho on March 21. A note identified him As a John King and said he was a retired Spokane wash., Farmer who suffered from alzheimer a disease. He was identified after news reports publicized his plight. Myatt said she knows very Little about her half sister sue Gifford who moved their father from Laurel Hurst to Regency Park living Center against a doctors advice in Early March. Police said she checked him out of Regency Park hours before he was found at the dog track 320 Miles away. Officials Are investigating whether charges should be filed in connection with Kingery a abandonment. Myatt said the important thing now is to get her father to Kentucky where he can be taken care of a for the rest of his  round of Mideast talks set for april 27 Washington a Israel and its Arab neighbors have agreed to meet in Washington on april 27 for a fifth round of talks aimed at achieving peace in the Middle East the state department said Friday. State department spokeswoman Margaret d. Tutwiler also said the parties had All responded to a . Request to present a list of potential Sites for a sixth round outside Washington. She said there was a some commonality in the lists and the state department would announce before april 27 where the subsequent meeting would take place. The Middle East peace talks began in Madrid Spain last october followed by three sessions in Washington. Israel and its negotiating partners a Jordan Lebanon Syria and palestinian arabs a have made Little headway on the key issues of self government for palestinians in territories occupied by Israel Arab recognition of the jewish state and the future of lands seized by Israel in the 1967 six Day War. Captain should have tried to save titanic s passengers inquiry says London apr the Captain of a ship that was near the sinking titanic should have tried to save the More than 1,500 people who died even though he probably  Nave done anything an official inquiry concluded thursday. The captains son viewed the report As partial exoneration for a Man a portrayed As a liar and a drunkard the Baddie in a great  the report disagreed with an official finding in 1912 that said capt. Stanley lord of the californian might have saved everyone if he had responded quickly after the titanic hit an iceberg. The report presented by capt. Peter Marriott chief inspector of Marine accidents for the department of transport said lord lord saw the titanic a distress signals but did not take proper action. Still Marriott said lord could not have reached the scene until a Well after titanic had sunk Quot in the freezing North Atlantic on a Calm april night in 1912. A this of course does not alter the fact that the at tempt should have been made a the report said. The 46328-ton titanic of the White Star line a British operated but .-owned. It was the largest an most luxurious liner in the world when it Sank South East of Newfoundland on its Maiden voyage Fror Southampton to new York on the night of april 14-15, the British Cunard liner carpathia responded lit mediately to radio sos Calls from the titanic and co elected lifeboats holding 705 people the Only survivors. Lord was censured by the British inquiry that reported in july 1912 that his cargo passenger vessel Boun for Boston from London could have reached the Titar to after seeing distress signals and a might have save Many if not All of the lives that were  lord who was never prosecuted argued that his Shi was too far away to grasp the situation. He and his it fenders blamed lax British regulations that allowed the titanic to sail with Only enough lifeboats for half ii 2,228 passengers and Crew. The new inquiry begun two years ago was a a it spouse to pressure from the captains family and Britis ships officers. The report published 12 Days ahead of the 80th Ai Nive Saiy of the disaster is Likely to be the last offi ii word on a Long Campaign to Clear the reputation lord who idea in 1962 at age 84. Lord went Back t sea and retired in 1927