European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 26, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes tuesday May 26, 1992 first Iran Contra prison term going to retired Cia officer by Pete Yost the associated press Washington a arms middleman and retired Cia officer Thomas Clines on monday was to become the first participant in the Iran Contra scandal to go to prison. Clines was scheduled to serve a 16-month term at Camp Mckean a minimum Security Federal correctional facility in Bradford county pa., his lawyer Tom Spencer said sunday night. A Federal appeals court would not let Clines remain free while he appeals his convictions for failing to disclose to the . Government some of the profits he made from arms deals for the nicaraguan contras. Clines is asking the . Supreme court to review his Case. In 1985 and 1986, Clines assisted the secret Contra Aid network run by White House aide Oliver North who was assigned by higher Reagan administration officials to help the rebel Force when Congress Cut off military Aid. Clines used contacts in the East bloc and Western Europe to arrange the Purchase and delivery of rifles machine guns grenades and explosives to the contras fighting Nicaragua a then leftist government. A Federal court jury in Baltimore found Clines guilty on sept. 18, 1990, of four felonies including failing to report to the internal Revenue service More than $260,000 in profits from the arms shipments. He also was convicted of failing to Tell the irs about overseas financial accounts. A the basically failed to file a piece of paper with the government a Spencer said. A a this was a situation in which the prosecutors decided they were going to get him and then they scoured hundreds of thousands o Federal statutes to determine what they com get him on. This is the Best they could come up  a Federal appeals court in Richmond va., upheld Clinest convictions in february. Spencer said he expected his client to serve about half of the 16-month term. Clines is an executive for panel corp. Of Mclean va., an International Security consulting firm. He retired from the Cia in 1978 after 29 years in which he Clines was a Cia agent in Southeast Asia and was involved in the Bay of pigs invasion in Cuba. He later was director of training in the Ciao a directorate of operations. Seven people have pleaded guilty to various crimes in the Iran Contra scandal but none received jail time. North was convicted of three felonies but an appeals court set aside the convictions and the Case later was dismissed. Former National Security adviser John Poindexter was convicted of five felonies but All were reversed on Appeal. Serious whimsical gizmos show children Are mothers of invention by Chris Torchia the associated press Boston a Brittaney Cormier was so upset with the bugs that bit her every summer that she came up with the idea of washing her clothes in a mixture of Bug repellent and laundry detergent. A when a Bug tries to bite into your clothes its going to die because there a Poison inside the clothes a said the 6-year-old, who admitted she a never tried her Bug away laundry detergent. Brittaney a detergent was one of dozens on display sunday at Bostons museum of science part of a northeastern regional convention of invent America a non profit group. The organization runs an annual contest nor Young inventors. Among the other wares were a drip free ice Cream Cone a combination thermometer and pacifier a Squirrel proof Bird feeder crutches with attachable baskets for carrying things and a pet bowl that sounds an alarm when the water level dips too Low. Children often make better inventors than adults because youngsters minds Haven to been tainted by social conventions said organizer Kevin of Brien. A a they re not folded they re not under a lot of peer pressure a of Brien said. A the younger they Are the More creative they  the top inventors trom the Northeast will head to the National finals in july in Washington. The organization gives out More than $600,000 each year in awards to youngsters in kindergarten through eighth Grade teachers and schools. Some inventions such As a glow in the dark football were whimsical. Others were hardly frivolous. Glenn old 11, of East Greenwich r.i., said he designed instant Needle Armor for syringes to protect medical workers from Needle pricks that can transmit the deadly aids virus. A Spring flips the Armor a a Glass Cylinder a Over the Needle after blood is drawn Glenn said. A it would solve one of the major problems in the medical profession a he said. Sally Mcandrew 12, said she got the idea for her personal Ivas in intravenous after her Mother complained about being hooked up to a cumbersome apparatus during a Hospital stay. The device which Sally said she tested on her sister supports tubes and bags of fluids such As glucose on a Short pole attached to a Bulky Vest enabling a patient to walk around. A no More squeezing into bathroom stalls getting wheels stuck in elevator spaces a a description of Sally a apparatus reads. �?o1 Hope i done to get a Chance to use it a said her Mother Mary. Louisiana s pollution ranking disputed Baton Rouge la. Up More pollution is released into the environment from industries in Louisiana than from any other state according to a Federal list to be released this week. But a state official questions the rankings saying not All forms of pollution Are being counted. Louisiana a department of environmental Quality said the . Environmental Protection Agency advised it that the state will Edge out Texas the current top polluter when the Epa makes Public its annual list of toxic contaminants discharged by major industries. The department was confirming a sunday report in the advocate a local newspaper. The statistics come from Large manufacturers who must report to the Epa the amounts of 332 chemicals they discharge into the atmosphere and surface water place in landfills ship to waste disposal Sites or pump Down deep Wells for disposal. For the first time this year the Epa will not count underground injection of hazardous waste in computing state rankings said Bruce Hammatt of the state department of environmental Quality. Louisiana which releases about half of its toxic wastes into underground injection Wells has been second Only to Texas in the amount of hazardous waste injected into deep Wells Hammatt said. Hammatt after looking Over the Epars data said the Agency also appeared not to take into account other methods of toxic releases that it had considered in past state rankings such As plants transfers of waste to off site disposal Sites. The Epars data show Hammatt said the following toxic release information in pounds for Louisiana 100.9 million pounds to water 105.6 million to air 1.5 million to land 218.5 million to Wells 15.5 million off site and 53,000 pounds to sewers. The figures for Texas he said included 4.4 million pounds to water 165 million to air 11.3 million to land. 244.9 million to Wells 73.4 million off site and 38.6 million to sewers. Oldest female Veteran 104, Dies in n. Carolina from wire reports Salisbury . A Ida Anne Barnhardt Tighe the oldest woman Veteran of the . Military has died. She was 104. Tighe died Friday at the a medical Center. Records identified her As the oldest female Veteran in the country said Brenda Poole a Public affairs official. Tighe enlisted in the Navy on july 18, 1918. She was honorable discharged feb. 3, 1919, three months after world War i ended. She said she joined the Navy to see the world but she spent her entire enlistment at Norfolk va., where she was a Secretary. Tighe was born in nearby Cabarrus county on March 25, 1888. At a 103rd birthday party last year she received a framed proclamation from gov James g. Martin and letters from president Bush and his wife Barbara. A it was a tremendous thing she thoroughly enjoyed it a her Nephew Lamont Barnhardt said at the time. Tighe a husband John died in 1958. The couple had no children. Police Cadet fails Short Baltimore a a 4-foot-11-Inch police Cadet completed Basic training but failed the course when she  reach the Gas or Brake pedals during a driving test. Latisha Price 21, does no to think that a fair. A i was told that if i did no to do Well they were going to put me on foot patrol anyhow a she said. A i done to think they should have done this to  the Law prohibits the department from discriminating on the basis of height but passing the driving test is mandatory for All officers said police spokesman Sam Ringgold. It took Price eight minutes to finish a test that should be completed in three. But Price is hopeful she can pass the test when she takes it again in 60 Days. The department is replacing its Fleet of Chevrolet caprices with a smaller Cruiser. She a hoping the new cars Ford Tau ruses will be available when she tries the driving test again. A i think i can drive that one a she said. Angry bees delay Rescue Williston Fla. A a truck Driver who survived an Accident that killed another Man was trapped in his truck for three hours because rescuers had to fight millions of angry bees to get him out. A it was a Nightmare a said John Paul Shane i 43.Shane was transporting 250 beehives each i containing Between 20,000 and 30,000 bees when his flatbed truck collided head on Early saturday with a  driven by John Lewis Griffin 41, police said. Griffin was killed. Shane said he was stung numerous times while rescuers worked to free him from the twisted wreckage. A that was a mental trip surviving the wreck and then thinking i might get stung to death a he said. It. Mauro Porcelli of the Marion county fire department said freeing Shane was a difficult Job for Rescue workers because of the bees. A it was incredible. They were All Over the place a he said. Porcelli and three other rescuers were treated at a local Hospital for multiple Bee stings. Crasher s party is Over Jericho . Call it the Case of the thirsty bartender. Richard Spellman the maitre do at the mule Ridge cottage inn in Jericho on Long Islan it was working at a wedding reception saturday night during the Long memorial Day weekend. He recognized a Man joining in the Celebration whom he had seen at a wedding party at the establishment a week earlier. The curious maitre do questioned members the bridal party and found the Man was not invited guest. And it turned out he had not Bee invited to the wedding a week ago either. Police were summoned to the inn an Arre the wedding Crasher. Paul Barnard 5, a tender was booked on charges of theft ots it ices according to Nassau county police he e Tive William Bennett