European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 20, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes saturday August 20,1994 airman in . Sentenced for staging dorm break in by the stars and stripes Raf Mildenhall England a an air Force sergeant pleaded guilty to one count of filing a false and fraudulent claim and two counts of obstruction of Justice during a general court martial monday officials said. Sgt. David d. Stewart of the 100th Supply so was sentenced to confinement for three years forfeiture of $400 in pay per month for three years reduction to the lowest enlisted Grade and a bad conduct discharge according to a news release from the Mildenhall Public affairs office. A Stewart was charged with making a false and fraudulent claim when investigators discovered he staged the november 1993 break in of his dormitory room the statement said. The sergeant was paid More than $5,000 on a claim he filed in february the release said. In March investigators discovered Stewart had hidden the allegedly stolen items with a Friend. Stewart also was charged with two counts of obstruction of Justice for asking two Junior ranking military members to lie for him the statement said. Group gets new Leader. Raf Alconbury England a col. Franklin Pruismann succeeded col. Carl Gaymon As commander of the 10th logistics group on tuesday. Pruismann comes to Raf Alconbury from Raf Mildenhall where he was the commander of the 100th regional support group. Gaymon is retiring after 27 years in the air Force. Pruismann will command a group of More than 400 officers enlisted personnel and civilians providing Supply transportation comptroller and logistics plans and support for the communities of Raf Alconbury Raf Molesworth and Raf Upwood. Officers can try Law school army officers interested in attending Law school at government expense have until nov 1 to apply for the funded Legal education program. Under the program up to 10 eligible army officers can attend Law school while on Active duty. The program is open to Active duty commissioned officers who have at least two but not More than six years of Active duty at the time Legal training starts. Participation is contingent on availability of funds. Further eligibility requirements and the application procedures Are set Forth in army regulation 27-1, ept. 15,1989. Eligible officers who Are interested should immediately Register for the Law school admission test to be Given in the fall. Applicants must Send the original application to their personnel commands Branch manager no later than nov. 1. They also must furnish by the same Date a copy of the application to personnel plans and training the judge advocate general 2200 army Pentagon Washington . 20310-2200. Interested officers should Contact their installations staff judge advocate for information. Admiral Hopes raise gives boost to morale by Peter Copeland Scripps Howard news service Washington when adm. William a. Owens tries to assess the strength of the . Military he a looking for fast ships and powerful weapons but also a sparkle in the eyes of the troops. A some a some people say a it s the budget  i say a it s the people stupid a a a people say a its the budget  i say a its the people stupid a a said Owens vice chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. Owens the nations no. 2 military officer since March remembers when military morale crashed during the 1970s. A i was on a sub and suddenly people started to leave. We had maybe 5 to 10 percent retention a Owens said. A then equipment started to break and suddenly we  go to  even though the military is being Cut sharply following the cold War Owens said morale has held up so far. A there is concern about what is going to happen to our military. The facts Are a lot better than the troops fear they might be a Owens told reporters wednesday. A the question is of Central importance to All of us As we look at the readiness  a Pentagon study released wednesday found that 50 percent of those surveyed say morale at their location is Elow average but less than 25 percent Are dissatisfied with their jobs. Eighty eight percent of those surveyed report uncertainty Over their careers while 77 percent assume that their pay and benefits will not keep up with inflation. Owens said the primary concerns of troops in the Field Are Job Security pay medical benefits and retirement. That a Why Owens and the brass backed by defense Secretary William Perry overcame White House resistance and included a 2.6 percent pay raise in the proposed fiscal 1995 Pentagon budget. Military pay still lags behind civilian pay however and there Are lower ranking service members with families who Are eligible for a a a food Stamps. A. There a a Good Side and a bad Side to new demands a a the Force Owens said such As peacekeeping in Bosnia embargo enforcement in Haiti and humanitarian Aid in Rwanda on the one hand a real involvement in real things is More exciting and meaningful for Many people than the cold War years of training for War against the soviet Union. A a a \ a. A  a a a a a a a a but the new missions put a Strain on families because troops Are deployed More than Ever. Despite the uncertainty Owens said a i judge that the readiness of our people is extremely  adm. William a. Owens vice chairman of the joint chiefs of staff Senate coalition nears Deal on revised health care Bill Washington apr a bipartisan bloc of senators neared completion of a proposal Friday to break the deadlock on health Reform by scaling Back the benefits and bureaucracy in the Bill drawn up by Senate majority Leader George Mitchell. Participants in the group calling themselves the a mainstream coalition a said they would put Cost containment ahead of Universal coverage. Their plan is expected to fall Short of Mitchells goal of getting 95 percent of americans covered by 2000. A a we re talking about cutting health care costs not increasing them sen. John Breaux d-la., said Friday on Fox television. He said the package a helps people get insurance helps them keep it and at the same time reduces the Federal  sen. Edward Kennedy d-mass., a key White House ally said he welcomed their suggestions adding that a we can do  a other liberals expressed misgivings. A a in a be very cautious in doing business with them. I want a Bill but i want a Good Bill a said sen. Jay Rockefeller . And sen. Paul Wellstone d-minn., objected a to the direction of where this is  Senate minority Leader Bob Dole meanwhile said republicans May Call for a halt to the Senate debate while the congressional budget office figures out How much the revisions and other Bills would Cost. A a a motion to postpone is what most people think we ought to do at least until we get co numbers a the Kansas Republican told reporters. Sen. Robert Byrd ., said the debate has made voters sick and left him discouraged. He pleaded with colleagues thursday to Stop the partisan warfare and pass a stripped Down Bill. San Vito from Page 1 with government prosecutors. Williams who also admitted taking part in the thefts returned to the United states on . 1, 1992, to separate from the air Force under its selective Bonus program. The former staff sergeant testified that he collected a selective Bonus Check for $21,250 in december 1992, in the United states and cashed it there. He also testified that he collected and cashed a second Check for the same amount in january 1993, after claiming that the first Check had been lost in the mail. Williams insisted that Townsend had put him up to the larceny and that she had instructed him in How to go about getting the second Bonus Check. Sgt. Randy h. Tipton who worked for Townsend in the san Vito finance office testified that Townsend constantly pressured him to Issue a replacement Check for Williams. He said he did so after she claimed that she had the proper paperwork. Joel s. Cohen Townsend a civilian attorney repeatedly tried but failed to get Williams to admit that he had lied in a statement made to air Force office of special investigations agents during their probe of the Check offence. But Williams did admit that he was testifying As part of the Deal with prosecutors. That Deal according to Cohen allowed Williams to plead guilty to a Misdemeanour offence carrying a maximum one years jail sentence. As part of that agreement Williams received probation for three years and has agreed to pay the air Force $250,000 in restitution of which he has paid $35,000 to Date. Townsend was arrested after $49,000 in currency was found by air Force office of special investigations agents in her unaccompanied baggage shipment to South Korea in july 1993. Her conduct was characterized As a simply a Case of deep seated greed by capt. Wade Winegar one of the government prosecutors. Winegar asked the judge to imprison Townsend for at least 20 years. In a statement presented to thu court Townsend state that the government had already recovered the $49,000 found in her baggage shipment plus $1,000 in stolen Money she mailed to a Friend and that she had made or was making restitution of $23,200, including $13,500 from a Mutual fund she was liquidating. Her statement according to Vinega also included an account of what she had done with the rest of the Money. According to Townsend she a had sent $40,000 to her husband now residing in East St. Louis to a had mailed $18,000 to Williams a mind 5j? s7�� 10 a Friend a Quot Ltd $10,000 to her Mother. Townsend a statement also said she had sent $3,000 to one sister and $1 700 to another sister paid $15,000 in Legal a Man and or phone Bills spent $10,000 on clothes $11,000 on trips and vacations $4,800 for a car $7,000 on furniture and $5,800 on College tuition and student Loans among other things. L Cohen said after the trial that his client has no Money left. A i anticipate the Fine will not have to be paid because it will become apparel to authorities that she does no to have any Money and that time the additional five years will not have to be served a Cohen said. Winegar said Townsend is awaiting Transfer to the . Army confinement facility at Mannheim Germany where he expects she May be kept for some months before being sent to the . Penitentiary at fort Leavenworth Kan. A the investigation is continuing a Winegar  beheaded Riyadh saudi Arabia apr a pakistani was beheaded Friday for drug smuggling and another had his hand Cut off Foi looting the Interior ministry announced. It said Kash Khan Fathi Khan who was convicted of smuggling heroin hidden in his intestines was executed in the capital Riyadh. Maarouf Ahal banja who was convicted of breaking into a depot and looting and had his right hand Cut off in the port City of Liddah the ministry said