European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 18, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday january 18, 1993 . The stars and stripes Page 7 Seattle a a Sailor fatally beaten in a Public restroom not Long after disclosing he was Gay May have been victimized by the military As Well As those who killed him a speaker at his memorial said. Quot it s a tragedy that we have to be Here to Grieve for Allen Schindler former col. Margarethe Kammermeyer said at a memorial service for Schindler on Friday. Kammermeyer Quot it s a travesty that this Type of hate crime could take place in an organization devoted to discipline Quot said Kammermeyer who was discharged from the army National guard last year after disclosing she is a lesbian. It lil Kary own a re his Quot what is it that we re teaching people in the military that makes them vicious enough to attack their of she asked. Schindler 22, was killed on oct. 2? near when vessel the amphibious assault ship Belleau Wood was ported in Casebo Japan. The Navy has released few details about the Case. One month before his death Schindler told his Captain he was Gay and asked for a discharge. His supporters say Schindler was being harassed by shipmates because he was Gay and Gay rights groups say he was the victim of Gay bashing. A hearing was scheduled tuesday in Yokosuka Japan to determine whether airman apprentice Terry m. Helvey 20, of Westland mich., should be court Martiale on a murder charge in Schindler s slaying said it. Cmdr. Betsy Bird a spokeswoman for the Pacific Fleet. _ another apprentice airman was convicted it a court martial in november on charges of concealing a crime and resisting arrest. He was sentenced to one year in custody and was Given a bad conduct discharge. Schindler s Mother Dorothy Hajdys 46, said Navy officials Haven to been forthcoming about her songs death. She said she Wasny to told her son May have been a victim of Gay bashing until she read a Story in the Mil itary paper the Pacific stars and stripes. She also said officials did no to Tell her How brutally her son had been  autopsy report said his Skull was crushed All but two of his ribs were broken most of his vital organs were damaged and his genitals were lacerated. Kammermeyer was discharged in june from the Washington state army National guard after 26 years in the military. The former veterans affairs nurse of the year has sued in Federal court claiming the military ban against Gays is unconstitutional. In the last 10 years More than 15,000 military men and women have been discharged for being homosexual. President elect Clinton has said he opposes the ban on homosexuals in the military. Katie Mastic Beach . Apr the Man accused of kidnapping 10-year-old Katie Beers and keeping her locked in a coffin like cell gave her $500 to keep quiet before turning himself Over to police a source said saturday. John Esposito gave Katie the Cash wednesday just before leading police to the cell authorities say he built beneath his Long Island Home said the source who spoke on condition of anonymity. The Cash was recovered from Katie As the wide eyed girl asked police a is this Money real a Esposito who is charged with kidnapping remained jailed in lieu of $500,000 bail saturday. A grand jury is considering additional charges against him. Katie disappeared dec. 28, while on an Outing with Esposito 43, who initially told police she had vanished from a video Arcade. Although she was unhurt authorities said Katie was kept chained around the neck at times and also placed for Long periods in a coffin like Box that was suspended from the ceiling of the cramped Bunker under Esposito a House. Katie and her Mother Marilyn Beers were briefly reunited Friday night their first meeting since the girls to Day ordeal. Police have said they believe Esposito locked up Katie after she spurned his sexual advances. Marilyn Beers spirits seemed lifted by the visit said a Friend dem trios Rod Rigacz. In an interview saturday Marilyn Beers described her reunion with Katie. A she hugged me kissed me and would t leave my arms for a Good 20  Marilyn Beers is trying to regain custody of the child after temporarily turning her Over to county officials. The child a godmother also is fighting for custody. Neighbors expressed support for Marilyn Beers and said they hoped for Katie s Quick return. Neighbor Debbie Hack placed balloons and a a Welcome Home aties sign outside her Home after she heard the girl had been found. Her 8-Ycar-old daughter Laura said she was looking Forward to seeing Katie again Quot we played Barbie we played basketball with the buckets a she said. Hack said the Katie she knew Wasny to the Barefoot orphan like child depicted in some news accounts. Quot her and my daughter hit it off very Well a she said. A a she a a very charming Little  group urges nursing Homes to ban smoking Oak Brook Terrace 111. A the nations principal health care accrediting body moved saturday to order a no smoking Standard in the More than 1,000 n ursing Homes it accredits. If the facilities Don t eliminate smoking on their grounds they run the risk of losing their accreditation by the joint commission on accreditation of healthcare organizations spokesman Stephen l. Davidow said. The policy which takes effect today affects Only a Small percentage of the nations 20,000 nursing Homes and unlike in hospitals the panels Seal of approval does no to enable nursing Homes to obtain reimbursement for medicare and medicaid. But Davidow said the accreditation can help a facility obtain Loans and Low insurance rates. Nursing Home residents Are excepted from the ban but it applies to All visitors and employees officials said. The policy also applies to 1,000 accredited mental health centers out of a total of 25,000 nationwide. T failure to comply does no to mean a facility won t be re accredited he said but such failure would be weighed with the health care provider s Overall record. Miami up1 a after shooting three people to death at an office Christmas party Steve Alford called 911 and calmly reported what he had done then launched into a series of sarcastic taunts tapes of the conversation show. Alford first told the metro dad 911 dispatcher Why he had shot his co workers at the a amp a aircraft office dec 23. A Weil i just lost my. Mind Man a he said. Then Alford issued a Challenge. Quot you re not going to take me alive How a that a he said Alford spent More than four minutes talking with the dispatcher during1 a standoff with police who surrounded the office. The tapes were released Friday. As he talked on the phone Alford sexually assaulted the wife of a co worker who Lay dying of a gunshot wound to the Chest. He described in graphic detail what he was doing and made the woman talk on the phone the tape showed. Alford 38, also spoke contemptuously of former Girlfriend Lorraine Newell who became his first victim after they argued during the office party. Alford blamed Newell for making him lose his mind. He described her death in matter of fact fashion a Well i killed my Girlfriend by the Way a he said. A you killed her a the dispatcher said. A ooh sure a afford replied. A a there a about. Six people dead Here. And i got about 100 rounds left of a in fact the massacre left three people dead and one Marilyn Beers Mother of 10-Ycar-old Katie Beers who was abducted and held captive in a hidden vault for 16 Days talks to reporters at the Home of a Friend in Mastic Beach ., on saturday. / on phone critically wounded. In addition to Newell Alford killed coworkers Jose Acosta 23, and Omar Rincon 35. Colleague James Kingo 36, was shot in the stomach and was still in intensive care at Jackson memorial Hospital saturday police said Alford shot Ringo and Acosta As they tried to help Newell. As swat team officers surrounded the warehouse office Alford baited police and dared them to come inside. A a in a heavily fortified and in a dying to kill a cop of that a my life ambition All right Quot he told the Dis Picher. Alford a former Marine with previous convictions for cocaine Possession and burglary said he would never go to jail. The dispatcher tried to keep him Calm and offered Hope. Bui Alford whose Mother had recently died grew increasingly despondent a a in a beyond help a he told the dispatcher. Alford also telephoned Newell smother. He said he had just killed her daughter and would come for her next he urged her to turn on her television and watch news reports of the shootings. He also spoke by phone to a Miami Herald reporter saying a Why done to you come out to the scene in be got a round just for  for four hours hostage negotiators tried to persuade Alford to surrender. Finally after firing tear Gas into the building they stormed in and found Alford had hanged himself from a Stair Banister with a yellow Nylon rope