European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 04, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes . Wednesday. August 4,1993 ignore Street panhandlers Aid for vets group urges from wire reports Boston the new England shelter for homeless veterans urged americans to ignore panhandlers on City streets and donate their spar change to programs designed to break the vicious Cycle of poverty and  americans need to learn to Channel this Money into outreach and counselling programs Ken Smith executive director of the Boston based group said in a statement monday. Smith who estimated that one third of Al homeless people in the United states Are veterans said a Large percentage of such vets use the Cash handouts they collect to feed addictions to alcohol and drugs. Please Stop donating your spare change to the homeless Veteran on the Street Smith said. It s killing my  sex congressman sentenced Miami former . Rep. Larry j. Smith los this bid to avoid prison monday when a judge ordered him to serve three months after listening to South describe the heavy Price he already has paid for his tax evasion conviction. I m terribly sorry for what i be done said the Florida Democrat his voice cracking As he appealed for leniency. There was no excuse for what i did. I beg you to View the totality of my  Smith 52, a former five term congressman pleaded guilty May 25 to tax evasion and filing a false Campaign expense report. He also face possible Federal elections lines and possible disciplinary action by the Florida bar. Lawmaker s Kin arrested Chicago the 35-year-old daughter of embattled rep. Dan Rostenkowski was pulled Over for running a Stop sign and wound up under arrestor charges of cocaine Possession. Gayie Rosten and two others were arrested sunday night after a packet of White powder dropped from Between the Knees of her front sea passenger As police spoke to Rosten Cook county state s attorney spokesman Andy Knott said. Police said they found about a Gram of a substance believed to be cocaine on Rosten. Two other passengers had about 2 Grams apiece police said. Rosten who changed her name from Rostenkowski several years ago was release without bail monday. The offence carries up to three years in prison. Her father an Illinois Democrat and chairman of the House ways and Means committee is under investigation on suspicion of embezzling from the House Post office. Safe ride proved unsafe Charleston . An amusement Par ride that broke Down Over the weekend injuring 18 passengers passed a safety inspection in april unofficial said monday. One deficiency was noted but it apparently had nothing to do with the Accident on Trie Enterprise at Camden Park in Huntington said Andy Brown a assistant to state labor commissioner Roy Smith. A Hydraulic Hose on the ride burst saturday slamming 20 cars into a Walkway. Only one person an 11-year-old girl with a Back injury remained hospitalized monday. She was in Good condition. Singer charged in drug Case Glendale Calif. Drug charges were file monday in los Angeles county against the Singer Marisela known As the mexican Madonna. Marisela Hernandez 27, pleaded innocent to a Misdemeanour count of being under the influence of cocaine and will be eligible for a drug diversion program which if successfully completed usually results in charges being dismissed. Hernandez was arrested june 13 in a Glendale hotel room after a department store Security guard who delivered some clothes she ordered observe strange  a Deputy District attorney for the county Larr Mcgrail said Hernandez told the guard she was disabled and claimed she was in  Hernandez is free on Bond pending a hearing sept. 10 to determine if she is eligible for the drug diversion program. R a satellite Valoze m $2 billion Accident. From wire reports an unmanned Titan 4 rocket carrying a top secret spy satellite exploded monday moments after launch from Vandenberg fab in California in what civilian space experts said May be the most expensive . Space Accident since the challenger disaster. It vaporized said sgt. John Dendy a spokesman at Vandenberg. It. Col. Phil Johnson said the rocket was launched from Vandenberg on the coast about 140 Miles North West of los Angeles at 12 59 . And exploded two minutes later Over the Pacific Ocean. It blew up itself. We did not blow it up Johnson said. Air Force officials would not identify the satellite aboard the rocket. But the Titan reportedly carried a Lacrosse radar imaging satellite one of the most secret sophisticated and expensive tools in the . Space reconnaissance network. Vandenberg officials estimated the Cost of the rocket and its launch at about $200 million but refused to Dis cuss the Cost of the satellite or any other details con Corning the payload. Pentagon officials could not be reached for comment. Between the Cost of the spacecraft and the Cost of the satellite this was a $2 billion Accident said John Pike director of the space policy project at the federation of american scientists in Washington. That is the equivalent of this year s space station  the 200-foot-tall Titan 4 is the most powerful . Rocket the air Force has used it for its heaviest pay loads almost exclusively since the challenger acc dentin 1986 As a More reliable alternative to the manned space shuttle. Monday s Titan 4 launch was the seventh since 1989. Air Force officials said they did hot yet know Why the rocket exploded. The loss of the satellite leaves an important Gap in the . Space spy network at a time when the Cia and the National reconnaissance office which manage the secret satellite network have been attempting to stave off budget cuts to their space surveillance pro Gram Pike said. General motors Retiree Karl Schwab cruises along in his 1967 am Hicar 770 on Lake St. Clair near Detroit spin or. Do Motorist has Choice Detroit a when Karl Schwab wants to cruise around in his car he can do it on land or on water. The general motors corp. Retiree owns a 1967 am Hicar 770, one of the last made by the am Phi car corp. Of Germany. I always thought How novel a machine this has Tobe Schwab said. Schwab 57, who lives in suburban Warren gets plenty of double takes when he takes it out on Lake St. Clair. They Point and yell and laugh he said. They stand there in amazement especially Heyoung  it was eight years ago when Schwab gave in to the urge to buy an am Hicar being sold by a private owner. The Cost was not disclosed. The am Hicar with a 1. Miter engine can go unto 75 Mph on the Street and 10 Mph on water. When i first had it i could t get to the boat ramp without the Marine patrol being on me Check ing everything he said. Now they All pretty much know  sex Sailor decries Navy raid in Gay Case Cam a Irner sad a r. I  a. San Diego a a former Sailor says . Citing the invest Oating Law  violated Hie Rivil right Kun �%,.,� b u1c  investigators violated his civil rights by entering his Home and seizing videotapes that allegedly show him and an enlisted Man engaged in homosexual acts. Norman Furnace 24, said five agents from the naval criminal investigative service served a search warrant at his apartment thursday to look for the tapes. Furnace would not identify the Petty officer who is under investigation but said the Man used to be his Lover. As a civilian american i do believe my rights were violated he said in a Telephone interview Friday. I m just flustered for All Gay people As Well As heterosexual people. If my rights Aren t secure As an american civil Ian i Don t think anyone else s rights Are truly secure. They pushed me from the front door Back into the living room and shoved me into the Couch he said. Capt. Mark Neuhart a spokesman for naval a second san Diego said the warrant was issued by a fed eral magistrate. He would not identify the Petty officer the agents involved in the search were operating under a valid search warrant and their investigation was operated professionally he said. Certain materials relating to an ongoing Navy investigation regarding an Active duty member were confiscated. Neuhart said the raid did not violate a new policy on homosexuals in the military announced by president Clinton. The new Don t ask Don t Tell Don t pursue policy does not take effect until oct. 1. Neuhart confirmed Furnace s statement that investigators confiscated 26 videotapes including several commercial1 motion pictures dozens of pictures and re sults of an aids test tha Turnace took recently. When Nance Sid i16 served in the Navy for 4vi years and honorable discharged in february. He and the Petty officer had been Lover than a month and that the relationship about a month ago