European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 30, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday april 30, 1994 us. The stars and stripes Page 5 by the Washington Post _ Navy Secretary John h. Dalton ordered 24 . Naval Academy midship men expelled thursday in the biggest cheating scandal in the schools history ending a wrenching 16jaipnth investigation. A a. Dalton ordered that two other midshipmen who had been recommended for expulsion receive lesser punishment. Officials would not say Why Dalton agreed to allow the two midshipmen to graduate next month from the institution in Annapolis md., and probably receive their Navy commissions later this year. A this has been a very difficult decision to make but in my judgment it is both fair and just a said Dalton an Academy graduate. A we must strive to maintain a spirit of Honor and integrity within the naval  Navy officials withheld the names of those expelled from the 4,100-student Academy citing privacy considerations. However sources said six of the midshipmen were members of the varsity football team. A a a a a a a a a officials said Dalton decided the 24 expelled midshipmen will not be required to repay the Academy for their educations which Cost As much As $90,000. Nor did he order them to serve for three years in the enlisted ranks. Current seniors will be allowed to finish their Spring courses but will not get degrees. A separation from the Academy without a commission or degree was thought to be enough punishment said it. Bill Spann a Navy spokesman. Brian Pirko 21, one of the expelled midshipmen said he was a very upset but not surprised by Dalton a actions. The 26 midshipmen Dalton reviewed were among 134 seniors implicated in cheating on an electrical engineering exam in december 1992. The incident triggered harsh questions from Congress and the naval inspector general a office about the Academy a moral training programs. Those investigations also faulted Academy officials for reacting too slowly when the cheating first was disclosed and appearing to play favourites especially with members of the 1993 varsity football team.  a before Dalton a review 62 of the 134 midshipmen were found guilty of Honor violations by a special naval tribunal and Given punishments Short of expulsion such As loss of privileges and restriction to Academy grounds. An additional 38 midshipmen were exonerated and the rest left the Academy for reasons unrelated to cheating on the electrical engineering  girl Shelley Hileman right flies an Airbus flight simulator thursday at american airlines Headquarters in fort Worth Texas with encouragement from her Mother Sharon and Fleet manager capt. Jim Mcnamara. Shelley was taking part in the take our daughters to work Day a Campaign that gave girls a peek at the world of work open to them from the White House to a suburban Denver firehouse. Sponsored by the is. Foundation a women a advocacy group the Day was designed to boost girls self esteem and expose them to male dominated careers they might not otherwise consider. The second annual event proved More popular than the first involving thousands More employers than last year despite objections to its girls Only  invests in multipurpose computer screen Washington apr a new Type of computer screen is viewed As so crucial to the military of the future that the Pentagon is spending $580 million Over the next five years to Back its production. The screens could be used in items ranging from an Alert on a soldiers helmet to Battlefield maps that can be instantly updated with information gleaned from satellites. The display panels also can be used in armoured vehicles ships Jet cockpits command posts and training programs officials said thursday. Ency have potential applications for commercial markets As Well particularly in Lap top computers and High definition televisions. Kenneth Flamm a Deputy assistant Secretary of defense for dual use technology said at a Pentagon briefing that the military needs assured and Early Access to such technology at the lowest possible Cost. This is not possible now because most of the sup elders Are foreign companies Flamm said. A we do not ave enough Domestic sources a he said. The plan to increase government spending sharply on the la Flat panel displays is aimed at overtaking Japan a Lead in producing items based on . Technology the program will provide Matching research and development funds to businesses willing to build plants to produce the panels the Pentagon said. Private Industry will be expected to kick in a similar amount of Money officials said. Even though the military is expected to account for Only 5 percent of what is expected to be a booming Market for the technology its applications for combat and military use Are enough for the government to get involved Flamm said. Flamm said the program will continue a research Effort now run by the Pentagon a advanced research projects Agency but add a Pilot test manufacturing Plant to develop a base for High volume  reviews items Detroit a jurors deliberating or. Jack Kevorkian a Fate Friday asked to review the Legal loophole that allows a doctor to give a dying patient Medicine to ease suffering even if that Medicine will hasten death. Kevorkian 65, could get up to four years in prison and a $2,000 Fine if convicted of breaking Michigan a year old Law Bannin amp assisted suicide. Hyde 30, had Amy trophic lateral sclerosis a fatal nerve condition known As Lou Gehrig a disease. The illness left him barely Able to walk talk or feed himself. Or Jack Kevorkian said Hyde did no to even have the. Strength to hold their 15-month-old Hyde a Fiance Heidi Fernandez Quot child by the time he died aug. 4. Cia critics plan close look at spy Community s budget Washington a congressional critics of the Cia plan new scrutiny of the . Intelligence Community even As its director pledges a soul searching in the Wake of agent Aldrich h. Ames life sentence for spying. The Ames Case cited by government officials As the most damaging intelligence breach in . History has Given new impetus to the Post coid War pressure for spending cuts or at least a redirected focus by the Cia. A you will find this years budget debate on the intelligence Community a lot More heated than in years past a said rep. Dan Glickman d-kan., chairman of the House intelligence committee. Glickman also suggested a fresh look at which Cla operations really Are needed. The danger to spies should be weighed against the value derived from the information they get he said. The government disclosed thursday that Ames compromised at least 11 russians and East europeans who helped the Cia and were either killed or have disappeared. Ames once head of counterintelligence in the Ciao a soviet East Europe Section pleaded guilty thursday to conspiracy to commit espionage and to Eva tic taxes. The highest ranking Cia official Ever convicted of spying he admitted having been paid $2.5 million by the russians since april 1985. He was sentenced to life in prison. His wife Rosario Ames pleaded guilty to a lesser espionage conspiracy count and conspiracy to evade taxes. Her sentencing has been put off until aug. 26 so the government can see whether Ames fulfils his agreement to Tell investigators what Quot secrets he disclosed to the soviet Union and later Russia