European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 21, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes Friday january 21,1994 no decision yet on charges in alleged Florida car scam from staff and wire reports the Osceola county state s attorney s office i Florida has not yet decided whether to press charges against a Man who accepted a retired Soldier s payment for a new car but failed to provide the car. A spokesperson in the office said tuesday that the report from a county investigator is still in the intake division awaiting a decision in april Norman Moutray a retired Soldier living in Heidelberg Germany sent a cashier s Check for $22,321 to worldwide import and Export inc. I Kissimmee fla., to buy a new jeep Cherokee. However the vehicle never arrived. In August Moutray asked a detective with the Osceola county sheriffs office to investigate. The detective said he found that Lincoln Smith the company president had deposited Moutray s Money in an account. The detective handed the evidence to the state s attorney in november. The spokesperson said there was no Way of knowing when a decision on charges would be made. Lakenheath vying for award Raf Lakenheath England Raf Lakenheath has been selected As one of four finalists in the . Air Force s Competition for the commander in chief installation excellence award. Lakenheath 25 Miles Northeast of Cambridge was the Only . Base in Europe to qualify for the award. Its selection was based on How its people have maintained the base despite having fewer resources and increased Mission requirements abase spokesman said. The award was established in 1984 by president Reagan to recognize the people who operate an maintain . Air Force installations. The three other award finalists Are Altus fab okla. Elmendorf fab Alaska and Hanscom fab mass. "  " a special air Force team will inspect each base stopping at Lakenheath on Jan. 26-28, the spokesman said. The winning installation will receive $200,000 to be used to improve the Quality of life on base the spokesman said. Colonel s promotion a first in Ciurlik a Turkey col. Curtis Emery ii Isth first commander of in Ciurlik s 39th Wing to be selected for brigadier general while assigned there according to a base spokesman. Emery is also the commander of the combined forces air component combined task Force operation provide Comfort 7440th composite Wing at in Ciurlik. He was notified of his promotion selection in late 1993, said tech. Sgt. Eddie Boykin a base spokesman. Emery a graduate of the . Air forc Academy has been in the air Force 23 years. Nato Leader has surgery Brussels Belgium nato Secretary general Manfred Worner who has been suffering from Colon cancer underwent surgery late last week for an intestinal blockage spokesmen said thursday. Worner 59, had the surgery Jan. 14 at a Hospital in Aachen Germany for what spokesmen said was an acute intestinal  they said that the operation was successful an that there were no complications. Bobbin s knife attack controlled witness says Manassas a. A Lorena Bobbitt acted on an impulse of anger and was in control of herself when she Cut off her husband s Penis a psychologist testified thursday. Later in the Day the Case was expected to go to the jury after closing arguments. Evan Nelson named by the court to interview Lorena Bobbitt contradicted her claim that she was seized by an irresistible impulse when she attacked John Wayne Bobbitt on june 23. Lorena Bobbitt said years of physical and sexual abuse drove her into mental illness. She said she acted after Joh Bobbitt returned Home drunk and raped her. Her attorneys Are trying to prove she is innocent because of temporary in sanity. Nelson said that in the weeks leading to the attack Lorena Bobbitt showed signs of coming to grips with violence inner marriage. What s happening is that she s Start ing to get Strong she s starting to get More control of her life Nelson said. Nelson disputed testimony by a defense psychiatrist that Lorena Bobbitt was suffering from Post traumatic stress disorder at the time she Cut her husband he said she suffers from that now but her statements to authorities in the weeks after the attack showed no Indi cation of flashbacks of abuse that she said she experienced at the time of the severing. Nelson said Lorena Bobbitt suffers from severe de pression. But he rejected the defense s chief Contention that she had a Brief reactive psychosis when she Cut off the Penis with a Kitchen knife. Lorena Bobbitt leaves the Prince William county courthouse with he attorney Lisa Kemler left in Manassas va., on wednesday. It s certainly a goal directed behaviour he  s not a random Type of  on wednesday state psychologist Henry o. Gwaltney or. Said Lorena Bobbitt was a battered woman who had Good reason to fear her husband but was in control when she made the decision to Cut off his Penis. Lorena Bobbitt 24, faces up to 20 years in prison i convicted of malicious wounding. A native of Ecuador she also could be deported. John Bobbitt s Penis was surgically reattached. John Bobbitt 26, denied he Ever beat or raped his wife. Upper Heyford Church Hopes americans win t be forgotten by Nancy l. Torner . Bureau Raf upper Heyford England Church officials from the Village of upper Heyford Are determined to keep the memory of their american neighbors from fading. " the americans have become part of life Here and they integrated into the Community said Paddy Quinn chairman of the Parish Council. Personally i think it s a very sad thing that it s happening he said of the draw Down. The base is scheduled to be returned to the British defense ministry by september. The 43-year association Between Raf upper hey Ford and the local Village was to be celebrated at a Spe Cial service today at St. Mary s Church in upper hey Ford. During the service Quinn was to unveil a plaque that thanks . Forces for serving in England under nato. The purpose of the plaque is so that in future years they . Forces won t be forgotten Quinn said. The plaque will hang in St. Mary s. But More important said the Rev. Noel James it will memorialize the decades that americans occupied Raf upper hey Ford. Basically it s to remind those that come after the base is gone pupils from the Village school wrote essays about their associations with americans from Raf upper Heyford James said. Several of the essays were to be read during the service. Col. Randall Schmidt com Mander of the 620th air base Wing at Raf upper Heyford and so Leader John Guthrie the Raf station commander at upper Heyford also were to speak. Today also Marks the official re designation of Raf upper Heyford As the Home of the 620th air base Wing which will remain there for the duration of the base s draw Down. The base s former 20th fighter Wing replaced the 363rd fighter Wing at Shaw fab s.c., on Jan. 3, and the 363rd was inactivated. Raf upper Heyford was the last base in Europe with Folles the base runway closed dec. 15, and Only about 900 . Military personnel remain at the base the spokeswoman said. No Given jail term for using marijuana by Craig Marti staff writer a noncommissioned officer at Rhein main a Germany was convicted at a court martial wednesday of using marijuana. A jury of three officers and two no sentenced staff sgt. Debra Wilson of the 435th services so to reduction to the Low est enlisted Grade forfeiture of two thirds of her pay for four months 30 Days confinement and 30 Days hard labor without confinement said Joel Cohen Wilson s civilian defense attorney. Wilson was acquitted of a charge of pos session of marijuana. The trial stemmed from allegations last july made by staff sgt. Bobby Norwood Cohen said. Norwood testified that he called the base s office of special investigation and reported that he had seen his Girlfriend sgt. Lori Hairston of the 435th civil engineering so give a Baggie con Taining at least 1 ounce of marijuana to Wilson in Hairston s apartment after he saw Hairston smoking the marijuana. Hairston told Osi agents that the allegations were not True and offered urine for testing which came Back negative Cohen said. Wilson also denied the allegations an offered urine for testing. The test came Back positive Cohen said. The defense contended that the amount of marijuana detected in the urine Sample was too Small to have come from personal use. Osi agents who searched Wilson s and Hairston s residences found no Trace of marijuana Cohen said. According to the attorney Hairston testified that she is pregnant by Norwood an that he lied about the drug use because he was angry at her for refusing to have a abortion Midway through the trial the defense produced a witness who testified that on of the jurors had previously made statements that could be considered racist. The juror is White. Wilson is Black. Presiding judge col. Wade Morrison said he was not convinced that the juror s Deci Sion would be tainted by prejudice but he nonetheless removed him from the panel. I Don t think the accused should be required to stay in trial and have to worry about whether racial prejudice might enter a court member s decision the judge ruled. Wilson is a single Parent with 14 years in the air Force