European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 03, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes . Saturday. September 3 1994 award nearly doubled a. In sex Case san Francisco a a former Law Secretary who said a lawyer at her firm groped her breast was awarded $7.1 million in punitive damages on thursday in her sexual harassment lawsuit nearly twice the amount she sought. Rena weeks said the lawyer at Baker and Mckenzie the world s largest Law firm dumped candies into a breast pocket of her Blouse groped her breast and pulled her arms Back to see which one breast is big  ,.a. ,. She said the lawyer Martin Greenstein later lunged at her breasts in the office and made sexually suggestive comments at a luncheon. Greenstein denied the claims / v on aug. 26, weeks also was awarded $50,000 for emotional distress in the first phase of the trial. She jihad sought $600,000. Leek or attorney Philip Kay said the believed the damages were the most Ever awarded for sexual harassment. The firm said it would Appeal. A tearful weeks said she was surprised by the ver diet. A a a. I Hope it never happens again. But if it does i d Dothe same thing because i be got my rights my civil rights like everybody does she told reporters weeks 40, worked forthe 1,700-lawyer firm in Palo Alto for about three months in 1991. She is now a preschool teacher. Greenstein 49, re signed from Baker and Mckenzie in october atthe firm s urging after working there for 22years. In the trial s first phase the jurors f9undthat Greenstein had squally harassed weeks and that Baker and my weeks Kenzie failed to take sufficient action to prevent it and showed a conscious Dis regard for weeks rights. In the second phase that ended thursday the same jury awarded weeks $6.9 million from the firm and $225,000 from Greenstein. Weeks attorneys had asked for $3.5 million in punitive damages from the firm and $200,000 from Greenstein. The six woman six Man jury deliberated for about Aday before awarding her nearly twice that much. In the stars and stripes 10 years ago sept. 3,1984 iraqis air Force chief was quoted As saying his country has Laid Down a Contin gency plan to choke off All of Iran s crude Oil exports. 20 years ago sept. 3,1974 president Ford signed what he called a massive pension Reform Bill saying it would give about 30 million americans a greater degree of certainty As they face retirement in the  3qjrearsago sept. 3,1964 president John son ordered the Fri to investigate a Republican allegation that former Senate aide Robert Baker was involved in a $25,000 Campaign contribution Kickback Case.  40 years ago sept. 3,1954 about $500 Mil lion Worth of arms can began flow ing from the United states to West Germany if a new defense plan re places the collapsed europen de sense Community. I world War ii 50 years ago today sept. 3 tanks of Britain s guards armoured div liberate Brussels. Belgium As British forces thrust northward into Belgium. The . 1st army takes Mons and the . 3rd army crosses the Moselle River in Northern France but both forces Are running into Supply problems from their rapid Advance free French troops enter Lyons. In the Pacific a . Flotilla bombards the japanese on Wake Island. Source 2194 Days of War. W. H. Smitn publishers inc. The world almanac of world War ii. Bison books corp 1981 " a b-52 aerobatics cited in crash report says Spokane Wash. A Theair Force Secretary said in a letter to Congress that a b-52 bomber that crashed at Fairchild fab Vio lated Normal operating procedures by doing aerobatics lbs new reported thursday air Force Secretary Sheila Widnall wrote the confidential letter to members of Congress who had inquired about the june 24 crash that killed the plane s four Crew members lbs said. Widnall wrote that Normal operating procedures were exceeded cd said.  after the crash Widnall said the plane had not been per forming aerobatics at the time. Maj. Laura Feldman an air Force spokeswoman at the Pentagon said she could not comment thursday on the crash investigation or the letter. Staff sgt. Allen Geisler a Fairchild spokesman also declined to comment.    / the bomber had been practising at the base for an air show when it crashed according to the flight plan the Crew filed. _ the air Force had initially said the plane had been practising touch and go landings As part of a training Mission. A videotape showed the bomber made a Steep climb Over the base banked at about 45 degrees levelled off and went into another Sharp Bank in which it appeared to be flying sideways with its wings nearly perpendicular to the ground. The plane crashed at that Point and burst into flames. Lbs reported that an air Force source said the turn was totally outside the limits of flight policies. The report did not identify the source. "  " "  /. A spokesman for rep. Norman Dicks d-Wash., said Dicks was told the air Force expects to Issue a final report on the crash in about three weeks. T 1 to con Man reportedly used scam like one in True Les Palm Beach Fla. A a Manj used As a Cia agent in Ajam so he could steal jewelry from elderly women a 7use similar to one used by a character in the movie True lies police  Mark Rancourt 28, was held thursday in the Palm Beach county jail without Bond in the  sgt. Michael Mason said wednesday that the criminal would allude to a government background and show women fake identification to prove he was a Cia agent. Next he d have the woman set him up in a hotel room buy him some suits from Brooks Brothers and then he d steal her jewelry Mason said. Rancourt admitted using the scam All Over the state an would target women in their 60s who lived in affluent areas Mason said. Rancourt was arrested aug. 26 after a woman recognized him Ata bar As a Man named Dennis who stole a Diamond ring from her. Rancourt tried to flee but police caught him a few blocks from theban. He was charged with resisting arrest by fleeing and obstruction of Justice by disguise and is scheduled to appear in court sept. 13.rancourt also is wanted on warrants of grand theft and failure to appear from Sarasota county and on a dozen warrants in other Flor Ida counties. E the con is similar to the one used by the character Simo n in the movie that stars Arnold Schwarzenegger. Lawmaker assails proposal to resume spy plane flights from the associated press Washington-themothballedsr-71blackbird spy plane belongs in a museum and not Back in the air As some lawmakers Are proposing the House intelligence committee chairman says. The museum is much More appropriate for the aircraft than being pressed Back into service at great expense to the taxpayer and Little Benefit to intelligence users rep Dan Glickman d-kan., said thursday the House has adamantly opposed spending $100 million to reactivate three of the High flying super fast planes. But the Senate has fought to include the Money in defense spending Bills for fiscal 1995 by claiming the plane has capabilities unavailable in satellites to create photos for maps. Accused killer feared rays new York the Man accused of shooting Annec stagehand to death outside the today show s Street level studio told police that he did it because the to networks were spying on him and the stagehand was a network  said the networks Abc lbs and Abc were after him chief of detectives John Hill said thursday. They were bugging him tapping his phones and sending rays through his to set and he could t take it  William Tager 46, of Charlotte n.c., is accused of killing theron Montgomery 34, at the bustling tourist site in Midtown Manhattan. Illness cuts Short cruise san Pedro Calif. The liner Viking serenade steamed into port a Day Early thursday after one Man died and More than 400 others comedown with an intestinal illness during a Baja California cruise. Health authorities were investigating the illness which brought on vomiting and diarrhoea but the cause was still unknown late thursday. A spokesman for the Federal centers for disease control and prevention in Atlanta said he could Only narrow it Down to a possible Gastro intestinal illness. -., a ,., "  a company spokesman Rich Steck said 410 of the1,734 passengers and eight of the 612 Crew members became ill. Letha heroin Only killed 1 new York a lethal Batch of heroin Calle China cat killed one person in the past week not 14 As feared the City medical examiner conclude thursday. Toxicology tests found that of the 14 cases under investigation two men died of natural causes four of cocaine overdoses and seven of a combination of cocaine and heroin said a spokeswoman for the medical examiner s  one victim a 48-year-old Man found dead sunday died from a heroin Only overdose she said. Nebraska killer executed Lincoln  Lamont Otey convicted of raping a woman then beating her with a Hammer and stabbing her to death was executed Early Friday in Nebraska s first execution in 35 years. Otey 43, died in the electric chair for the 1977rape and murder of Jane Mcmanus of Omaha. Otey initially confessed to killing Mcmanus 26,who had been stabbed 15 times and beaten in her Home. He later recanted. Parks hero under arrest Detroit a Man hailed As a hero  Rosa Parks suspected attacker and holding him until police arrived was arrested himself thursday by the Fri. Mario Jefferson 27, was charged for allegedly driving a getaway car in the 1991 robbery of a suburban Detroit Bank an Fri spokesman  was arrested As he left a to station where he and a Friend had been interviewed about How they tackled Joseph skipper on wednesday after recognizing him from a police , 28, was charged thursday with breaking and entering in the attack on Parks in her Home tuesday night. Police expect to file assault charges. Parks who is Black helped ignite the civil right movement in 1955 by refusing to give her seat on a Montgomery ala., bus to a White Man