European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 23, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday april 23, 1994 the stars and stripes Page 5 Sandra Mcbrayer the 1994 National teacher of the year and president Clinton meet thursday at the White House. Teacher of Home Ess children makes Grade As Best in . Washington a a san Diego woman who teaches homeless pupils and has seen More than 25 of them go to College was saluted by president Clinton on thursday As the 1994 National teacher of the year. Sandra Mcbrayer was honoured for establishing an developing California s first successful classroom for homeless Young people aged 12 to 19. I cannot Tell you How much it Means to me to have someone Here who has proved you can teach homeless kids. They count Clinton said during a ceremony inthe White mouse Rose Garden. Mcbrayer s pupils do not follow a regular school schedule. Instead they attend classes Between their jobs or the chores of caring for children of their own the White House explained. Pupils sign contracts committing themselves to com Plet Irig a course of study that can Range from something a simple As learning to read a bus schedule or shop for Gro Ceries economically to understanding advanced algebra. At school the homeless pupils Are Given two meals Aday showers and the use of laundry facilities. I have shown firsthand that All children have a right to learn and we have shown in California that every child can learn Mcbrayer said after Clinton gave Herthe award a Crystal Apple. The award is sponsored by the Council of chief stat school officers in partnership with the encyclopaedia Britannica. Each state chooses its own teacher of the year to form the Pool from which the National Winner is selected. Since 1980, the Winner has been released from classroom work for a year to permit travel and speeches on education before Community business and educational groups. To enter Miami a. Haitians in a freighter intercepted off the Florida coast were to be allowed to land Friday , but the Clinton administration insisted that the Sion was t a change in the much criticized policy of turning away haitian refugees at sea. An administration official said this was a special Case because the wooden freighter intercepted thursday with More than400 haitians aboard got so close to american shores. We will continue to repatriate in other cases the official said in Washington. On thursday the ousted president of Haiti Jean Bertrand Aristide denounced administration policies toward the country As racist those policies included returning would be haitian refugees to their Island a . The haitians were transferred to a coast guard Cut Ter Early Friday from their dangerously overloaded freighter. The Cutter was expected to at the coast guard s Miami Beach station around midday. They will be brought in and their immigration stat us will be determined the administration official said. Immigration policy allows refugees who reach the United states to apply for political Asylum. Even if they still face deportation the Legal process often take years. /. ". . Policy has also come under intense criticism from human rights advocates especially since cubans found at sea usually Are allowed to land. Joe Dye a coast guard Petty officer said the order to bring the haitians ashore came from Washington. Our information is passed to us from our Headquarters in Washington d.c., and the information passed to us was to bring them in Dye said. Man executed for killing woman 77 Starke Fla. A an inmate went to his death in the electric chair Friday for raping and strangling a 77-year-old sunday school teacher in her Home. Roy Allen Stewart 38, was executed at Daybreak one Day afer the . Supreme court turned Down a round of appeals without comment except for the Standard dissent from Justice Harry Blackmun who opposes capital punishment. Stewart was convicted of murdering Margaret Haiz lip of Perrine. She was beaten raped bitten and strangled with an electrical Cord in 1979. Witnesses testified Haizlip had invited Stewart a neighbor into her Home for a Sandwich. Stewart said she became angry and confronted him after he took a Gold watch from a Cabinet. In his testimony Stewart acknowledged beating a draping Haizlip. But he said he left her alive. The defense had argued that Stewart s sanity at the time of the crime had t been considered and that Testate had failed to turn Over letters favourable to Stew Art including one from a former prosecutor. Stewart became the 33rd inmate to be executed in Flor Ida and the 233rd nationwide since the supreme court in 1976 allowed capital punishment to resume. 2nd blood test confirms Bobbitt s probable paternity from wire reports Niagara Falls . John Babbitt second blood test in a paternity Battle ended the same As the first he s the Likely father of a 16-month-old whose Mother is suing for child support. The test showed a 99.99 percent likelihood Thabo Boytt fathered the son of Beatrice Williams said her attorney William Berard i Williams said sedated Bobbin in 1992 while he was living with relatives near Niagara would be Nice to have him support his child Berard said. And it is his child. The child looks jus like Williams 21, is seeking child support which under new York Law could amount to 17 percent of Bobbin s income. And Bobbitt s income is on the Rise from paid appearances ail Over the world after his wife Cut off his Penis last summer. Holdup note spells trouble Braintree mass. S oct count a Bank robber gave himself away because he could t spell thief police c. Mercon 19, was charged with two Bank robberies wednesday after police matched the handwriting on the two Holdup notes to that on a note found m Mercon s pocket after he was picked up on shoplifting charges. The biggest clue in All three notes the writer had switched the i and the a in thief witnesses later identified Mercon As the Bank robber. He pleaded innocent and was released on bail. ". O a a total of less than $2,000 was taken in the robberies by a Man who handed tellers a not demanding Money and warning he had a gun. The note in Mercon s pocket was to be used for robbing store police said Man Milfs wife family self Tucson Ariz. A painting contractor shot and killed his wife drowned his two children and killed himself with a Arizona daily Star quoted an unidentified source on Friday As saying a suicide note Intlehouse told of the family s financial troubles. Investigators would not give details of the note apparently written by Nicholas Ryding. Ryding was found dead thursday of a self inflicted Shotgun wound sheriffs deputies said. Janice Ryding 32, was dead on a bunk bed couple s son Nicholas 3, was found in a tub filled with water and their daughter 18-month-Oldalexis, was floating in the backyard Pool. Sheriffs deputies went to the House after a 911operator received a Call in which she heard no voices and what sounded like a door slam. Plays fatal Roulette Robards by a 12-year-old boy shot and killed himself while teaching his 7-year-old brother How to play russian Jacob Dixon and his brother Joshua were Home alone waiting for their school bus tuesday morning when Bryan got a .38-caliber pistol from his parents bedroom police said. The parents had left for work. Bryan shot himself in the head and died a few hours later at a Hospital. Dog s burial enrages City Providence , a German Shepherd was found buried alive with Only its head above ground and the mayor said that whoever did it deserved similar Fate. The 9-year-old dog died in surgery after it was freed tuesday done in by the ordeal. Veterinarians determined that it had been trapped in dirt an debris at least two Days and Given birth within the past two lovers reacted angrily wednesday. Mayor Vincent Cianci or. Called the radio and television stations were flooded wit Telephone Calls from people eager to contribute to a fund to catch those responsible. By Early wednesday afternoon authorities had received numerous tips said Mike Disano an animal control officer. Police were investigating an searching for the puppies. Conviction for cruelty to animals is a felony Andis punishable by a year in jail and a $500 Fine Disano said
