European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 15, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday september 15, 1994 woman gets prison term for stealing secret papers from the associated press Washington a former employee who took thousands of state department documents that wound up in Possession of a Liberia i rebel Leader has been sentenced to 37 months in prison longer than the prosecution had asked. Geneva Jones 48, of Silver Spring md., pleaded guilty in june to 21 counts of theft and two counts relating to the unlawful communication of National defense information. In handing Down the sentence monday , District judge Harold Greene rejected the request of assistant . Attorney Eric Dubelier that Jones be incarcerated for two years. Dubelier had argued that Jones caused no harm to . National Security. The defense claimed she had a personality disorder that keeps her from understanding the consequences of her actions. Somebody would have to be a Complete Moron not to know that when you work for the state department you can t take documents out and give them to anybody Greene said. Jones began removing documents classified As secret and confidential in 1991 when she was a Secretary for the Bureau of Politico military affairs prosecutors said. She had top secret Security clearance. A 7 / in Early 1993, state department Security officers recovered several classified documents in Liberia at the recently abandoned command Post of Charles Taylor the Leader of a rebel Force attempting to overthrow that country s government prosecutors said. Tourist s attacker convicted san Francisco a teen Ager has been convicted in last fall s shooting of an Irish tourist. Jason treas 17 of Richmond calif., will be sentenced oct. 17. He was convicted tuesday on charges of assault with a deadly weapon using a gun and inflicting great bodily injury in the oct. 14, 1993, attack on tourist Tracy Keane of Dublin. Treas was also convicted of the attempted robbery of Keane and her two friends and of a restaurant burglary during the same night. Treas cousins Jorge Fernandez and Jose Fernandez also were convicted in the crime spree which included an attack on a balloon Vendor. Baby mammals Wash up Virginia Beach a. Two infant Marine mammals a pygmy sperm whale and a bottle nose Dolphin washed up on a Park Beach and Are being cared for at a zoo. Neither mammal was Hurt or sick leading experts to believe that Ocean currents swept them away from their mothers said Lyman Smith spokeswoman for the Virginia Marine science  May have happened to their mothers Smith said. They May Wash up next. We just Don t  the mammals were covered with wet towels and driven to Nas Oceana in Virginia Beach then flown by helicopter to the National aquarium in Baltimore. Top Bridge players gather Albuquerque  world s top 5,0.00 Bridge players from about 80 nations Are gathering this week for the world Bridge federation championship with South africans competing for the first time since 1980. It s Bridge for peace All these countries coming together in a melting pot out of respect for each other said federation president Bobby Wolff a syndicated Bridge columnist who is the second ranked player in the world. The Competition held every four years starts Friday and runs through oct. 1. Tunnel water main Breaks Boston a water main broke tuesday in a Tunnel being dug under Boston Harbor prompting workers to be evacuated. Authorities said no one was Ever in any danger. The Power inside the Tunnel went out but there was no dancer of collapse and no one was injured according to the fire department. Workers walked to the Tunnel  is not a collapse it is a water leak said firefighter Ron Caron. The supervisor ordered workers out he said. The stars and stripes � 1 debris from flight 427 is assembled near the crash site prior to being taken to Pittsburgh for sifting by investigators. Blind alleys leave experts still baffled by us air crash Coraopolis a. A new evidence in the crash of us air flight 427 has put investigators searching for a cause Back at Square one and they Aren t ruling out anything but they do know this much the thrust reverser theory in t panning out and it appears that an engine on the Boeing 737-300 did t break Loose. You go up Blind alleys but you have to go up them to see that they were Blind alleys Tom Haueter chief investigator for the National transportation safety Board said tuesday. We Are still looking at every possible ave   ,./ a the jetliner dropped from 6,000 feet thursday arid nose dived into a wooded Ravine at 300 Mph killing All 132 people on Board. Investigators said they think the plane s right Wing May have risen forcing the plane to Roll to the left and go out of control. Federal investigators initially speculated that the thrust of the Jet s right engine was suddenly reversed. Some of the engine s actuators devices that engage the thrust re verses were found in the deployed position. A closer inspection showed the actuators probably shifted on Impact suggesting that the engine was operating normally when the crash happened. Jets use reverse thrust to slow Down after Landing. Also a close inspection of the right engine s rear mount which was located tuesday cast doubt on the the Ory that the engine came Loose from its position beneath the Wing Haueter said. Damage on All engine mounts was consistent with crash damage. Despite the new evidence investigators Are continuing to test those scenarios and others on a computer Model of the plane. Metallurgists will be asked to examine Ttoe   ". One theory still under consideration is that the spoilers Wing flaps used to slow a plane in flight or after Landing worked unevenly. No evidence has been found to Indi Cate the spoilers were malfunctioning. No other theories have emerged to explain the crash although investigators Are studying whether a possible autopilot malfunction might have contributed to it Haueter said. Haueter said he could not confirm a new York times report that the plane s cockpit recorder taped a strange bumping noise followed by a voice asking jeez what was that Haueter said about 90 percent of the wreckage has been recovered and taken to a hangar where the plane is being reassembled or sent to laboratories. He said pilots of planes flying near the Jet said they did not see the crash and saw no flocks of Birds which can damage engines if sucked inside. The plane appeared to be carrying no hazardous materials its cargo was mainly magazines. Airline workers who spoke to Crew members before the plane left Chicago said they appeared Alert and in Good spirits. Everything seemed to be Normal Haueter said. Tired workers continued picking through the wreckage tuesday gathering pieces As Small As shards and wires. They used Putty knives to scrape human blood and tissue off some fragments. Lawyers circling like Buzzards around grief stricken relatives Philadelphia a Many relatives of the us air flight 427 crash victims Haven t even scheduled funerals for their loved ones let alone thought about suing Over their deaths. That has t stopped lawyers from clamouring to rep resent people in the litigation that routinely follows major airline disasters. Less than a week has passed since the crash killed All 132 people on Board. One wrongful death lawsuit was filed monday and More Are expected. One lawyer was thrown out of a memorial service Mon Day after offering Legal help to a victim s widow. They re circling like Buzzards us air spokesman Dave Shipley said tuesday. William Fry director of halt a Legal Reform group in Washington said victims families May be roped into in needed deals. Some lawyers insist that families need representation right away and negotiate hefty percentage fees for themselves he said. The survivors and the families Are very distraught and they re suddenly faced with a Complex Legal situation they did t know anything about Fry said. But Chicago lawyer David e. Rapoport said lawyers can help protect their clients from deceptive airline executives and insurers eager to push through the Best settlement they can get the families ought to be cautioned that their interests and us air s directly conflict Rapoport said. The airlines initial generosity Days after the crash can help Curry favor among family members he said. It feels to me like an air Carrier Brown nosing its victims right at the moment that they re weakest Rapoport said. Us air has offered free hotel rooms air fare and other services to the families of All the victims