European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 12, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday May 12, 1994 the stars and stripes r Page 5 by Wayne v. Hall staff writer Rhein main a Germany a a chief master sergeant in the air Force who had an affair with a married colonel must pay a $3,000 Fine and face other penalties following her conviction tuesday of larceny adultery and other charges. The court martial at Rhein main a which began last week focused on a trip taken last summer by chief master sgt. Diane c Williamson to Randolph fab Texas. In connection with that trip Williamson was found guilty of theft filing a fraudulent travel voucher falsely obtaining service and adultery. Williamson pleaded not guilty to All charges. A five officer panel found her not guilty of making false official statements. Her sentence also Calls for a reprimand and demotion to the lowest enlisted rank. A a it a a classic Case in where the no has been made to pay for the same offences committed by officers a said Joel s. Cohen Lead defense counsel. Williamson went to Texas to handle her own retirement medical issues and other business at the air Force military personnel Center. However the temporary duty order indicated she was travelling there to attend a meeting at the air Force recruiting service prosecutors also said Williamson went to Randolph to conduct an affair with a Man named in court As now retired air Force col. Nick p. Ardillo. Ardillo did hot appear in court or testify. He is now the Deputy chief of staff to the governor of Mississippi. A i done to think have any comments to make a he told the stars and stripes. Clerk Linne Speier who typed Williamson a orders testified for the defense that Williamson a then commander it. Col. Charles Henthorn at Lindsey air station in Wiesbaden Germany authorized the temporary duty for the purpose of placing documents into Benthom s official military record just Days before inc selection Board for colonel convened. Defense Council attempted to show Henthorn was so focused on making sure head be selected for promotion that. He sent someone on temporary duty to make sure his records were in order. Speier also said Williamson had told her she was not going to Texas to attend a recruiting services meeting and asked Speier to change the reason for the trip on her or dvrs. The clerk testified that she told Williamson it was too late to change the orders and that the orders would not be questioned because Henthorn had signed them. In testimony last week Henthorn said a i believed it to be official  the prosecutors Case relied heavily on testimony from Henthorn now assigned to Wright Patterson fab Ohio and chief master sgt. To Karen Beck. Beck testified to the sexual nature of Williamson s relationship with ardillo. The jury deliberated for roughly seven hours tuesday before reaching a verdict before the Case went to trial the prosecution was jolted by the death of capt. Dean w. Kuljis who originally was to Lead the governments Case. Mullis died of injuries suffered in a motorcycle Acci a Dent april 23. Cohen noted that Williamson Over her 20-Ycar career saved the air Force a total of More than $2 million and that she had consistently placed the needs of others above her own. He asked that the jury allow her to retire. The 37th air Force commander the convening authority will review the  get separate Berlin Send off Bonn Germany apr Russia and Germany settled their differences wednesday Oyer How to lend dignity to the departure of the remnants of the massive Force that enforced Kremlin Rule in East Germany. German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and russian president Boris Yeltsin said Germany would be seeing the russians off in a separate ceremony aug. 31 in Berlin. A i wish to see off the russian soldiers with dignity respect and in a Friendly atmosphere a Kohl said at a news conference with Yeltsin at his Side. The russian Leader had wanted the troops to be included in joint Farewell ceremonies sept 8 for the three Western allies departing Berlin the United states Britain and France. Yeltsin in Bonn for three Days of talks with Kohl and other German leaders said Russia has been under pressure from nationalists who View a separate ceremony for the russians As a insult to the nation whose soldiers captured Berlin in 3945, suffering great losses in the nazis final defeat Kohl had resisted including the russians saying it would blur the distinction Between the soviet presence in East Germany and the British French and . Role in protecting West Berlin from the red army for More than 40 years. All of the russian troops a the remains of a Force that stood ready to invade Western Europe during the cold War a Are to be Home by september. German Chancellor Helmut Kohl right welcomes russian president Boris Yeltsin in Bonn on wednesday in race Philadelphia a with a Campaign slogan of a ready right now a it gov. Mark Singel won the democratic nomination for the Job he stepped into for six months last year while gov. Robert Casey recuperated from surgery. Singel will face Republican rep. Thomas Ridge who Defeated state attorney general Ernest Preate in a bitter race tuesday. Preate was Hurt by allegations he went easy on illegal video poker operators who had contributed to his Campaign. In other Pennsylvania races democratic rep. Lucien Blackwell of Philadelphia became the second congressman this year Defeated in a primary losing to state sen. Chaka Fattah. And rep. Rick Santorum easily Defeated former Bush administration aide Joe Watkins to win the gop nomination to Challenge democratic sen. Harris Wofford. In the democratic gubernatorial primary Singel spurned the popular political role of outsider to emphasize the experience he gained filling in for Casey during the two term incumbents recovery from a heart and liver transplant Casey is barred by Law from seeking a third consecutive term. Quot voters responded to the message that this state is ready right now a Singel said. Polls had shown Singel in a close race with Lynn Yeakel who in 1992 Rode a wave of feminist outrage Over the Clarence Thomas Anita Hill sexual harassment hearings to defeat Singel in the democratic Senate primary. Yeakel went on to lose narrowly to Republican sen. Arlen Specter in the general election. This time Yeakel finished fourth. Yeakel founder of an organization that raises Money for women a causes blamed her defeat on the High number of candidates and issues and said she was weary of politics and would probably focus on women a issues or election Reform. A i think in be had enough quite frankly a she said. A i have Learned so much since my outrage propelled me into the Public spotlight in 1992,�?� the gop Campaign marked the first time that Ridge a moderate Republican had tested his popularity outside his Home base of Erie in Northwestern Pennsylvania. Quot they say in a the Guy no ones Ever heard of from the City no ones Ever been to. In a Tom Ridge this is Erie they know who i am now and they know where Erie is a Ridge told supporters tuesday night. In the House race Fattah beat Blackwell 58 percent to 42 percent. In March democratic rep. Craig Washington of Houston became the first congressman this year to lose a primary. In the Senate race Santorum swamped Watkins 81 percent to 19 percent. Watkins who is Black had drawn attention by hiring Campaign consultant de Rollins who created a juror last year when he claimed he paid Money to suppress the Black vote in new jerseys gubernatorial race. He later recanted. Wofford whose 1991 upset Over former . Attorney general Richard Thornburgh helped put health care Reform on the National Agenda was unopposed in the democratic primary. Elsewhere a in Oklahoma a 6th District which includes parts of Oklahoma City and much of Western Oklahoma Republican state rep. Frank Lucas Defeated Democrat Dan Webber a former aide to sen. David Boren in a special election for the remainder of democratic rep. Glenn English a term. And in a bruising defeat for gov David Walters voters Defeated 3-to-2 a measure to make Oklahoma the 37lh state with a lottery. Walters whose political fortunes sagged after he pleaded guilty last year to a Campaign Law violation had made the lottery a personal crusade drawing charges he put the measure on the ballot to revive his career. A Nebraska gov. E. Benjamin Nelson won the democratic nomination for a second term. His gop opponent is Gene Spence. Retired phone company executive Jan Stony won the Republican nomination to Challenge Sim. Bob Kerrey who was unopposed. A in West Virginia sen. Robert Byrd chairman of the powerful Senate appropriations committee won the democratic nomination for a seventh term. He faces Wheeling businessman Stan Klos