European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 30, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 16 the stars and stripes thursday april 30,1992 faces no place midshipmen reveal secret of raid s Success from wire reports seventeen seniors at the . Naval Academy in Annapolis my have declassified details of their daring raid on an enemy base the capture of four army mascots from West Point on the eve of last years army Navy game. The mules were locked in a veterinary compound at the . Military Academy at West Point n.y., said midshipman 1st class Chris Middleton of Laurel md., Leader of the dash behind enemy lines. He said the Battle plan had been mapped out by members of the class of 1991. Several Days before last Falls big game members of the raiding party disguised themselves in enemy uniforms camouflaged their vehicles with a beat Navy stickers and penetrated the base driving unchallenged to the mules stable. There Middleton said they engaged enemy forces handcuffing and gagging several soldiers and a civilian before making off with the mules. The army threw its forces into a counterattack scrambling three helicopters and alerting state police and defense department Security police. The defense department agents outflanked the returning naval Force intercepting them at the naval Academy Gate. But a lieutenant in temporary command of the naval station ordered the agents to escort the midshipmen and the mules to a Navy Pep rally Middleton said. The big week ended dec. 7, when Navy a football team clobbered army 24-3 a its Only Victory of the season. Embarrassed army officials never pressed charges. The commandant of midshipmen created a unique Honor for the raiders a the order of the mule a certifying their exploit to be a in the highest traditions of the naval  tradition Louie Hamner or. Of Franklin ind. Never had the time growing up to be a boy scout but he made sure his eight sons had the Opportunity to achieve scout Inge a highest Honor. After he completes a tree planting project this Spring 17-year-old Spencer Hamner is expected to become the last of eight Hamner Brothers to earn the Eagle scout rank. Fewer than 2 percent of All boy scouts Advance to the Eagle rank. To qualify scouts must Complete a substantial project that shows leadership and allows other scouts to earn service Merit badges. And they must earn at least 21 badges  Sanctuary planned a proposed african wildlife Sanctuary for chimpanzees has gotten a boost from supporters of or. June Goodall a a efforts. A dinner in Dallas on sunday briton wins Britain s top chess player Nigel Short left concentrates on a move during the final match of a 10-game series at the candidates chess tournament semifinal against former Champion Anatoly Karpov in Linares Spain. Short won the series 6-4�?z raised $35,000 to help the British scientist establish the Sanctuary in Burundi Africa. Goodall told about 600 people at the Dallas fort Worth Hilton that she wanted the world to know about the chimps plight in Africa. She said chimps biologically closer to humans than to monkeys Are vulnerable to poachers who sell the animals for entertainment and for scientific research. A we have to create a Sanctuary for them a said Goodall 58. The researcher has spent three decades studying chimpanzees in the tanzanian rain  honors Raitt Bonnie Raitt will receive an honorary doctorate in music from the Berklee College of music at its graduation exercise saturday in Boston. The 42-Ycar-old Singer songwriter has been per forming her own blend of Folk and country blues since the 1960s. But she did no to score big in the charts until 1989, when her 10th album Nick of time earned her four grammy awards in 1990.new Art director named the National gallery of arts trustees tuesday selected As its new director Earl a. A a Rusty Powell Iii head of the los Angeles county museum of Art and a former official of the Washington based gallery. Powell will take Over the position at a still to be determined Date in the fall succeeding j. Carter Brown who resigned in january after 22 years As director because he said the National gallery in Washington needed fresh leadership. He will become the fourth director in the gallery a 51-year history. You can now pick up selected magazines shipped directly to your stars and stripes Bookstore by air. If you want your favorite Magazine air shipped to your Bookstore simply Contact the publisher of the Magazine. Current Airship tries include american Iron May muscular development May ironman bodybuilding May us May sixteen june super teen june cry anode at most bookstores