European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 04, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes thursday november f by Steve scholar Kaiserslautern Bureau one bad or Cugnach High school student has left Germany and another faces expulsion from school after one brought an unloaded 9 my pistol to school oct. 19and the other tried to buy it. The weapon was found in an unsecured locker by another student who reported the weapon to the Prin Cipal s office who in turn reported it to the military police said Steve Cooper 53rd area support group spokesman. Military police from the 410th base support in determined that the youth who brought the weapon to school had taken it from his command sponsor Cooper said. The youths names Are being withheld because they arc minors. The parents of the student who brought the gun to school Nave already sent him Back to the United states. Although he has voluntarily gone Back the battalion commander m. Col. Frederick Conard has initiated an Early return of dependent action to prevent him of sergeant Dies after giving birth Aviano a Italy is a 28-year-oldu.s. Air Force woman died of cardiac arrest in an italian Hospital tuesday shortly after giving birth to her first child. Sgt. Andrea s. Johnson an administration specialist for the 401st Mission support so at Avi and a died at 8 45  at the polyclinic facility in the nearby City of por Denone. Johnson died minutes after being administered general aesthetic by Hospital personnel pre paring her for a minor pos delivery surgical procedure said Maurizio sista director of the medi Cal facility. _ a _1.t _ following the Normal delivery of t baby girl / the patient told medical personnel that she was tired and in pain and requested that they give her a general aesthetic before stitching  did As she requested and a couple of min utes later her heart stopped and could not be re Vived sista said wednesday. An autopsy was scheduled to be performed wednesday at por Denone s civil Hospital by both american and italian medical authorities apart of a joint investigation sista said. Because Aviano a has Only a base clinic about 100 babies born to women connected to the air base Are delivered each year at the to Lic Linico the nearest obstetric facility to the base sista said. Johnson lived with her , Ray in Aviano. She was a native of new York City and had been stationed at Aviano since july1991. A memorial service is scheduled for 11  in Aviano s base Chapel from returning Cooper said. The student who attempted to buy the Wea Poir has been suspended from school and is with is family inthe bad Kreuz Nach area until Joseph Blackstead director of the department of defense  Region decides whether to expel the two. Although the first teen has left the sch a still could expel him. _ / the other student May face severe misconduct action and he runs the risk of being returned to the United states Cooper  Jennifer Beckwith recommended to Dodds authorities that the two students be expelled following the findings of a committee of parents teach ers a Counselor and a student Council representative at bad Kreuz Nach High. The due process committee which Beckwith a. Pointed act As a sort of grand jury by weighing the Evi Dence against the accused and making a recommendation to the principal on potential punishments. Cooper said the committee also gives the accused a Opportunity to bring witnesses make statements answer Over gun ._.-. 11 � allegations and give explanations for behaviour. The committee met monday in a closed meeting of consider the evidence and question the accused it. Dents about Fie oct. 19 incident. Following the meeting the committee members recommended to Beckwith that the students be exp ii Cooper said. Beckwith . Blackstead will make the Inal decision Whit be returns from the United states said Hal Hagni Dodds spokesman. A bad or Cugnach High school teacher who Requet de anonymity said the school s teachers were outran we want people to know about this. We re Hen to teach not be potential targets he said. Possible actions against the remaining student include performing Community service and being barred from the military installation. Cooper said he would t specs Teabout the actions that could be taken against the Parent Haggard said the potential expulsion could last Nat Flthe end of the school semester or school tear Depe dim on Blackstead s decision. After the expulsion expires to her student could apply to return he  i m Prin Eidi Pic mini Juii Iain ii Munu View vii��v�.-.-.-. ,w-.,.Cooper Sai the committee als gives the accused a o Blackstead s decision. R the expulsion sex an t her student could apply t return he said. Go held in slaying of daughter May face charges of raping wife Ade Arch said. The initial charge claims Ricard killed theirl by striking her on the head and throwing her Bod by Mark Kinkad staff writer a Germany based Soldier accused of beating his 1 year old daughter to death and throwing her body from an apartment Balcony May face charges of assaulting and raping his  army preferred the new charges against spec. Edward a. Ricard i on oct. 12 in connection with the oct. 4 beating death of Elizabeth m. Ricard said a v corps spokesman maj. Dave Richards. Preferred Means that agents from the army criminal investigation come commonly called Cid Are investigating the charges prior to making formal charging recommendations to military  new charges Center of alleged abuse against Tessie Ricard by Ner husband Over a 12-month period prior to the baby s death near Fulda Germany. According to Richards the charges Are  Crape Ricard is suspected of rapine his wife in june. Richards would not say whether the wife file charges against Ricard or whether the charge results from the murder investigation. However sources in the Community said Tessie Ricard had not previously filed charges against her husband. Assault and Battery Ricard is accused of attacking his wife on various occasions from september 1992 to september 1993. Again Richards would not specify the details. Aggravated assault Ricard allegedly assaulted his wife intone 1993. Assault on a child Ricard was culpable negligent when thethile was injured in july. According to neigh Bors Tessie Ricard told them that the girl fell from her father s shoulders while he was carrying her. The baby stayed in the Hospital for a number of Days the neigh Bors said the original charge of unpremeditated murder filed the night of the slaying is still being investigated. Rich Ardshir y he boo from the fourth floor apartment Balcony  ,.,-.,. -.,   charge of premeditated murder must be supported by evidence that shows Ricard had some thought of killing the child prior to the slaying according to Lega experts. German police arrested Ricard on oct. 4 after neighbor discovered Elizabeth s battered body on i Lawn about 40 feet below the family s apartment in Unzell a Fulda suburb. Ricard a helicopter technician with the Lith army Cav regt had lived therewith his family since january. Shortly after the army gained jurisdiction in therase army investigators began an article 32 inquiry the military equivalent of a grand jury  Ricards neighbors said police at the scene told them that evidence indicated the girl had been throw against the Walls arid ceiling before being tossed from the Balcony. An army autopsy determined she die from severe head trauma. Police found Ricard asleep or passed out on a Couch after they broke Down the door to the apartment said sources familiar with the investigation. Ricard was wearing a to shirt smeared with bloody Han prints and the apartment was spattered with blood. The article 32 investigation should be Complete in about 30 Days Richards said. In the meantime Ricardiz in the . Army confinement facility in Mannheim  Ricard returned with her child s Corpse to the United states on oct 15, according to Richards. Corps would not release the Home of record for of cart or his wife. But neighbors said they believe the Ricer diary from puerto Rico. Some or All of the charges could be dropped be Monthe article 32 hearing concludes. Contracted . Hotels a toy must Washington Sas army travel ers on temporary duty in the nation s Capi Tal must use contracted hotels for lodging or pay for the room out of pocket. The Rule applies to both military an civilian army personnel and took effect monday. Army spokeswoman Linda Ritchie said the service started experimenting with contracting hotel rooms in january. Inthe 10 months since then the army s comptroller estimates $1.7 million or $15.37 per traveler per Day has Bee saved. All contracted hotels Are near bus an subway lines and All provide shuttle bus service to the National Airport the Pentagon and the Hoffman building Complex. This she said eliminates the need for rental cars which saves the army about $32 per Day per person. Individual travel offices both stateside and overseas have additional information about the new requirements. Up to 2,500 evacuated after train wreck Louisville. By. A ten car from a freight train carrying hazardous materials derailed wednesday prompt ing the evacuation of at least 1,000 Resi dents and three elementary schools. No injuries were reported said Wendy Peters a Jefferson county police spokeswoman. The evacuation covered an estimated 1,000 to 2,500 people within mile of the derailment site in the suburban area Southwest of Louisville. Authorities said some of the derailed Tanker cars tipped Over and were heavily damaged. But they said there apparently were no leaks. The cause of the derail ment was unknown. Russians prepared to fire atomic arms at attackers Moscow a Russia for to Hearst tune is declaring a willingness to use nuclear weapons if it or us allies Are attacked with conventional that is a reversal of the policy announced in june 1982 by then soviet Leader Leonid i Brezhnev. In that an no Cement at the United nations he made a unilateral commitment not Touse nuclear weapons first scoring propaganda Points because of a u refusal to make a similar pledge. The new nuclear policy was pan of Russia s new military doctrine Russia reserves the right to use All Means at its disposal to repulse a Gre Sion and crush the aggressors said Valery Manilov. Deputy Secretary of the country s top policy making Security  s new military doctrine allows use of nuclear weapons against Ute nuclear or non nuclear which have a Der taken aggression against Rush supported such aggression he said. He said Russia regards nuclear weapon As a deterrent necessary to of vent the escalation of local conflicts a full blown  Manilov said that Only Yeltsin sad few members of the 13-member Secund to Council had seen the 23-Page test of the doctrine. He said full details of doctrine would not be made Public