European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 03, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes tuesday August 3,1993 Roberta Duboer on sunday plays with Jessica the Center of a dispute Between the a Boen and an Iowa couple. Michigan couple giving up custody of girl in dispute Ann Arbor Mich. A the couple who have raised a 214-year-old girl made a final plea monday morning to her biological parents not to take the child away from them. Dan and Cara please Don t take our Little Jessica away reads a sign mine overnight by Jan Deboer who with his wife Roberta has been trying to keep the  sign has a picture of a Large red heart broken in two. The deboers and Jessica drove away from their House shortly before 10 . For what a Security guard said would be a last family Outing. The guard said the three would return within an hour. Roberta Duboer carried Jessica who was wearing Pink flowered print dress with White background. Roberta Deboer sobbed As the family drove away. Jessica holding a set of keys looked out the window at the re porters and photographers recording their  a Battle that reached the . Supreme court Jessica s suitcase was packed and her new travelling companion a doll named brie also was ready. The Day had come for her to leave the couple she has known Allier life As her parents to go Back to Iowa with the biological parents she barely knows. A court ordered the deboers to turn Jessica Over to her biological parents Cara and Daniel Schmidt by monday. Both couples under a court order not to speak to reporters were keeping details of the trans Fer secret. The schmidts spent about two hours sunday wit Jessica at the deboers Home. They paid a similar visit saturday. Jessica knows she is going to move to Iowa but did t learn until sunday she would leave monday said Suel Lyn Scarnecchia an attorney for the deboers. After the schmidts left the deboers took Jessica and the family dog to the Park to play. Roberta Deboer then began crying. Mom you of you of Jessica asked her. Why Are you so sad the schmidts plan to go into seclusion rather than return immediately to Blairstown Iowa said their at Torney Marian Faupel. They be arranged for a therapist to help in the transition if Nec Cesary. The deboers fought for More than two years to keep the child they once tried to adopt but first Iowa and then Michigan and Federal courts ordered them to turn Jessica Over to the schmidts. The . Supreme court on Friday refused to bloc the Transfer. Meetings Over the past three weeks Between the schmidts and their daughter were intended to ease her move. The visits marked the first time Schmidt has seen his daughter. Cara Schmidt had t seen her since shortly after giving birth feb. 8,1991. Cara Schmidt then unmarried gave the baby up for adoption and named the wrong Man As father. Shortly afterwards she changed her mind and informed Schmidt of his paternity. They then began trying to get the baby Back. The schmidts were married in april 1992. They have since had another daughter Chloe. The deboers who have no other children wanted to adopt Jessica but the plan fell apart when Cara Schmidt changed her mind about giving up the child and Dan Schmidt started Legal action to get her Back. Although they acknowledged they could never adopt Jessica the deboers argued they should be granted custody because they were the Only parents she had Ever known. Construction spending jumps in june Washington a construction spending Rose 1.2 percent in june the largest gain this year the Commerce department said monday. The department said that spending on residential nonresidential and government outlays Rose to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $460.1 billion in june a gain of $5.5 billion. It was the second big monthly gain following a 1.1 percent increase in May. The june Advance was the largest increase since a Rise of 1.3 percent last Decem Ber. The jump was propelled by a big increase in outlays for highways and other government projects. The Clinton administration is counting on interest rate sensitive sectors of the Economy such As construction to do Well in coming months in response to the lowest rates in More than two  Hopes that gains in construction and big ticket Pur chases by businesses and Consumers will be enough to offset weakness from its deficit cutting package of tax increases and government spending cuts. Monday s report showed Public construction was Upa Sharp 3.6 percent in june the biggest Advance since May 1992. The gain which put Public construction atan annual rate of e$125.6 billion was led by a 9.3 per cent Rise in spending on highways and streets. Private construction spending was up a More modest0.3 percent climbing to $334.5 billion at an annual rate with a gain in residential outlays offsetting a drop in nonresidential spending. The residential increase reflected a 2.9 percent jump in spending on apartment buildings and a 0.5 percen Advance in spending on single family Homes. Total residential building advanced to an annual rate of $200.6billion in june. Former congressman starts prison term for corruption from wire reports i Bradford a. 4 a former Massachusetts congressman who pleaded guilty to corruption charges has begun a 15-month Federal prison  Mavroules a Democrat arrived at the Federal correctional institution on sunday prison spokeswoman Chrystal Pitts said monday. He was assigned to the prison s minimum Security Wing Pitts said. He would be treated As any other person she  seve term congressman lost a re election bid last  of Peabody mass., pleaded guilty in april to is corruption charges including failing to report All his income and accepting gratuities. The government agreed to drop More serious charges of racketeering. He also was fined $15,000 and ordered to serve three years on probation after his release. Clinton ally 10, Dies Cleveland a 10-year-old girl who president Clinton described As a Symbol of the need for health care Reform has  Weber who had cerebral palsy died Friday at Home two Days after a Power outage from thunderstorms shut Down Ner medical equipment and put her into a coma. Her funeral was  called the family two hours after her  Sarah was about 5, she developed stomach problems. She could not Swallow and was fed through her veins. The girl s medical Bills exceeded the $2 million maximum of her family s private insurance coverage. Sarah s Mother Marie Kostos Weber of suburban Cleveland Heights quit her Job so her daughter could qualify for  met Sarah and her Mother during a Campaign trip to Columbus in july 1992. Sarah was among those honoured at the faces of Hope luncheon during the inauguration. Bill has unpleasant ring Chicago Jeff Faird did t think much about it when his phone would ring once and Stop. He did t follow up even after he picked the phone up in mid ring and heard a recording saying the Call was coming from a prison inmate. He said he thought it was a problem with the phone lines. What did get his attention last week was $200 i collect Calls billed to his number from an Illinois  Bell said an inmate ordered Call forwarding for Baird s phone along with a Remot Access feature that allowed him and other inmates to dial Baird s number punch in the secret code and then make a Call to the person of his Choice Illinois Bell said Baird will not have to Payfor the Calls. Al 6s survive collision Plattsburgh n. A. Two air Force jets bound for Europe collided Over Vermont Early monday. But both Craft returned safely to Pittsburgh a bin upstate new York and both pilots apparently escaped  air Force said the two f-16s were assigned to the 2nd air delivery group out of Langley fab i Virginia. The jets were apparently involved in a midair incident Over Vermont about 7 15 ., i said. Both planes were damaged. Mayan centers found Washington four ancient mayan Cente shave been discovered in a mountainous area of Southern Belize. Scientists on a National geographic society expedition announced the discovery monday of four communities that centuries ago were Home to up to 7,000 people. F the mayan civilization flourished Between 1000b.c. Until 1500, developing writing science and Trade throughout Central America and Mexico. The main site includes a a shaped Plaza nearly the size of a football Field. The site surrounds a Large Pyramid like Structure that archaeologist think was Home to the City s ruling family. A Long Flat Structure believed to have been an administration building lies opposite. The Sites Are in the Bladen Branch Region of the Monkey River on the Southern coast in Belize a Central american country