European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 14, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday. July 14, 1994.be . The stars and stripes Page 9navy challenged on Admiral s Case by John f. Harris Washington Post. The Navy dropped its nomination of adm. Stanley r. Arthur vice chief of naval operations to a top military command three weeks ago to avoid a divisive congressional Battle but the services handling of the Case continued to sow discord tuesday on Capitol Hill sen. John Warner r-va., said he has demanded that the Navy Stop two officials a Secretary John Dalton and the chief of naval operations adm. Mike Boorda a answer the Cloud of accusations still swirling after Arthurs withdrawal As the next head of the . Pacific come. 4 while Arthur was still up for promo Jet set Tion the controversy stemmed mostly from allegations by sen. Dave Duren Berger r-minn., that the Admiral May have mishandled an inquiry into a female pilots claim that she was retaliated against after leveling a sexual harassment charge against an instructor. But in the weeks since his withdrawal it has been the Navy not Arthur whose actions have come under assault. An array of critics have charged that Boorda and other Pentagon leaders More concerned about Public relations than treating a top officer fairly folded to pressure rather than fight allegations that had no Merit. Durenberger meanwhile wrote colleagues tuesday complaining that he is survives being unfairly blamed for scuttling the nomination of Arthur who will remain As vice chief of naval operations. Instead Durenberger said he held up Arthurs promotion because Navy leaders failed to answer legitimate questions about How they handled the Case of it. Rebecca Hansen a constituent who flunked out of Pilot training Atter complaining about her instructors actions. The Navy inspector general upheld Arthurs finding that Hansen was dropped for poor flight performance not retaliation. But the Navy official said he worried that answering Duran Berger a objections would Lead to an unacceptable delay in Arthurs confirmation and recommended Arthur withdraw. By new Day a new York a the Orde Al spanned More Thap 12 Days 30,000 Miles aboard a 747, a Federal lawsuit and even psychic intervention. But Tabitha the elusive female feline whose disappearance during a Tower air flight kept the new York metropolitan area guessing survived it Al and in Fine shape. The transcontinental Odyssey ranging from the truly ridiculous to the Sublime finally ended tuesday at about 9 30 a.m., after a nearly eight hour search of the Boeing 747, when Tabitha was discovered in a drop ceiling in the cargo area. The cats owner Carol Ann Timmel wept. A i hear this wondrous a meow a and i just lost it a Timmel said after an emotional reunion with her cat at Kennedy Airport. A i was calling her and she was calling indeed the 3-year-old striped Tabby was speaking though its unclear exactly who was on the receiving end. Psychic Christa Karl allegedly guided the search team including Timmel to Tabitha in the drop ceiling. Joining them were Carol Caver a professional animal rescuer with the animal adoption league and Ger Aid Collymore an airline Mechanic. Caver credited Karl with assuring the felines survival. A she was communicating with the cat All the time to find food and water a Caver said. Tabitha escaped from an animal Carrier june 30 during a flight from new York City to los Angeles where Timmel 26, has moved to pursue an acting career. Tabitha a sister Pandora disembarked. Tabitha did no to. The cat which lost 2 pounds of a Normal 8, flew a series of round trips a Between new York and los Angeles new York and san Juan puerto Rico and new York and Miami. The jets cargo hold was temperature controlled airline officials said. Tabitha a prognosis is for a full recovery. Timmel had filed a Federal suit but she dropped it when the airline agreed to ground the plane for a 24-hour search if necessary. Warner who served As Secretary of the Navy in the 1970s, said tuesday that he wants Boorda and Dalton to answer the allegations in Durenberger a latest letter in Hopes they can put the controversy to rest. He made the comments at a hearing to determine the qualifications of the Man who was tapped for the . Pacific come after Arthur withdrew vice adm. Richard c. Macke. A Navy officials at first teared Warner was threatening to hold up Mackes nomination Over the Arthur controversy but Warner said that was not his intent. But he said he considered the lingering questions Over the Arthur affair a a matter of extreme urgency. There Are grave concerns arid forget about the frequent flier Bonanza. A maybe some wings a said Alison Dowling a Tower air spokeswoman. Woman says shampoo shop roasted her dog Bay Shore . Apr a grieving woman claims her Cocker Spaniel was cooked to death in a groomers drying ? Cage. A l. A my dog was tortured to death a Ernestine Kujan said tuesday. A a it a so sad. I can to Stop crying Over she filed a $37,500 lawsuit against the pet Pavilion last week charging neg Vise the animal properly. Jay Vivlin of the pet Pavilion denied that Sandy was left unsupervised and said his death was a Fluke. Kujan said she brought 6-year-old Sandy in for a shampoo and haircut on april 29. Several hours later the shop called to say the dog had been found comatose in the drying Cage. A veterinarian Carol Ann Timmel carries Tabitha at new Yorks Kennedy Airport on tuesday. The cat was found Safe in the bowels of a Jet after a 12-Day transcontinental Odyssey. Teens sizes to incomes Chicago a obese teenage girls and Short teen age boys make less Money when they be come Young adults than others a their age a study of thousands of British youths found. The study does no to indicate whether the culprit is discrimination or some internal Factor such As Low self esteem but it suggests that appearance can have a big effect on teens transition from school to work the researchers said in the july Issue of the archives of Pedi Ancs arid adolescent Medicine. They said research indicates that the same problems exist in the United states. A the effects Are very important ust As people enter the labor Market a said co author David g. Blanchflower an economics professor at Dartmouth College in Hanover . Or. James d. Sargent Lead author of the study said obesity needs to be prevented by teaching children to eat properly. Previous studies including a recent Survey of More than 10,000 americans Ages 16 to 24, found that overweight people especially women Are far less Likely to get married or make a comfortable living when they get older. Or William h. Dietz who led that study said the new work a provides once again pretty compelling evidence that obesity is a major social Handicap As Well As physical licence and failure to care for and super pronounced him dead 12 hours later. Kujan said Sandy had a 106-degree fever when he arrived at the vet. The Normal temperature for a dog is 100.5 to 101.5 degrees. Sandy a nostrils were burned he suffered widespread internal bleeding and his skin was peeling off she said. An autopsy found that the dog died from complications of heatstroke said Kujan a lawyer Andrew Siben. Teen killed by bomb placed in restaurant Bellingham Wash. Apr a teen Ager with a history of making explosives died tuesday after a bomb went off As it was planted in a Mcdonald a restaurant bathroom police said. Craig Oseroff 16 died at St. Joseph Hospital after surgery following the explosion monday. The blast a completely blew the toilet apart a Deputy police chief Duane Schenck said. Damage was mostly limited to the bathroom. Two men in the room when the device exploded were not Hurt. The restaurant reopened tuesday. Oseroff who was conscious after the explosion did not admit making the bomb. However he had a history of making homemade explosives police said
