European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 14, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday october 14, 1994 . The stars and stripes Page 7board, striking teachers make headway in Denver from the associated press Denver a the Denver school Board and the Union for striking teachers agreed on five of seven major issues wednesday after meeting in the governors office until Midnight. Gov. Roy Romer said that although the agreements covered a limited part of the contract they were on a possibly the More contentious parts a no agreement was reached on salaries. Both sides agreed to resume their negotiations. Thursday morning. V a judge refused wednesday to order 3,800 Public school teachers Back to work ruling they have a right to strike. / a a in a not trying to minimize the Impact on the Community a state District judge Larry Naves said. A but when the Lengi Slature decides to permit Public employees to strike these things Are  the teachers walked off the Job monday in their first strike in 25  rapes alleged Jacksonville Fla. A a Hospital aide was charged wednesday with raping a patient and a fifth charge was brought against a nurse accused of raping women still drugged from surgery in another Hospital. Charles Arthur Morales 33, of Jacksonville was arrested on a charge of sexual Battery after telling police that he had consensual sex with a 26-year-old patient at memorial rehabilitation Hospital. He was placed in leave from his Job As an occupational therapy aide. The woman who was being treated for a gunshot wound to the head told investigators that she had been raped three times during her three week stay at the Hospital. Meanwhile 45-year-old Bruce Alan Young was charged in a fifth attack at Citrus memorial Hospital in Inverness. Last week Young was charged with raping four women at the Hospital while they were under anaesthesia after surgery More than 40 women have come to police to express fears that they were assaulted after surgery at Citrus. Scores of others have requested their surgical records to see which nurse was on  says he s dry Grants pass Ore. A sen. Bob Packwood regularly attends meetings of alcoholics Anonymous he said in wednesdays Issue of Grants pass daily courier. Asked if he considered himself an alcoholic Packwood said that a i done to think that a a threshold i have to Cross a the Oregon Republican said he Hasni to had a drink in nearly two years and tries to attend a meetings twice a week in Washington. He quit drinking soon after publication of allegations from women who said he made improper sexual advances toward them. The Senate ethics committee is investigating. Claims by More than two dozen women. Some accused Packwood of touching and kissing them against their will. Packwood has apologized for a terribly offensive conduct but says he has no memory of most of his accusers. A -7 7 /7 7. / 7 a a fake Beard trips up thief Santa Rosa Calif a a Bank robbers disguise backfired when Bank employees noticed his obviously fake Beard. A it looked like a cheesy halloween like fake Beard a said Steve Sanders one of two loan officers who helped capture the Man wednesday. Police said the Man quietly held up a Teller at the american savings Bank. As he. Walked out of the Bank something caught loan officer Harry Coffey a Eye. A. A the said a boy that Guy has got the weirdest Beard a a Sanders said. Coffey and Sanders chased the Man who flashed a gun into a parking garage bathroom. As they stood outside warning people away they noticed a beardless Man  uneasy expression. A they you a Sanders yelled and the Man bolted. The loan officers caught up with the robber As he was being tackled by three parking officers who had been alerted by police. David Frank Anderson 52, was jailed. 2 marines die 13 Hurt in explosives Accident Bowling Green a. Apr several explosive devices were accidentally detonated on a firing Range wednesday killing two marines and injuring 13 others. The Accident at the army s fort . Hill occurred shortly before dusk during a training exercise for Clearing Small land mines said maj. Dan Schmidt an army spokesman. The victims were in a group of about 20 marines firing charges that detonate Small land mines on a Range at the sprawling base about 60 Miles South of Washington. Authorities were unsure whether the marines were injured by the charges or by an exploding mine. Stan Beeson who lives nearby said he often hears blasts from the base but the noise wednesday evening was much louder than usual. A i actually had a Loose closet door that fell off the Frame when it occurred and hit me in the Back of the head a Beeson told radio station Wols of Fredericksburg. The identities of the marines were being withheld pending notification of relatives Schmidt said. All of the victims Are from the 3rd in of the 8th marines from Camp Lejeune . Schmidt said he Wasny to sure How Long the battalion had been at . Hill. Ten people were being treated at Mary Washington Hospital in nearby Fredericksburg none of them suffered life threatening injuries said Hospital spokeswoman Kathleen Kenny. One Burn victim was flown by helicopter to medical College of Virginia hospitals in Richmond with second and third degree Burns Over 40 percent of his body superintendent James Nolc said. The location of the other two victims could not be immediately determined. Donnell. Douglas w1& to i. 4a v v rap the c-17 cargo plane which congressional auditors say is my of computer faults is seen in a 1991 Roll out ceremony computer bugs swarming Over new c-17, Gao reports Long Beach Calif. Apr congressional auditors found the c-17 cargo plane has so Many computer glitches that critical test flights have been delayed and its controlling computer May need a costly redesign. The general accounting office reported to defense Secretary William Perry that the problems could keep the c-17 Fleet from going into service Early next year As planned. 7 a a 77 \ a a a the report submitted to Perry on oct. 4, was detailed in defense week Magazine on tuesday and in the press Telegram of Long Beach on wednesday. The plane has been plagued by construction and performance problems. The Pentagon is paying $533 million for each c-17, a plane designed to land on Short runways and Man Euver in tight spaces. The air Force and Mcdonnell Douglas corp., which assembles the plane in Long Beach conceded that the c-17 still has computer problems but insisted they Arentt serious and denied they were holding up flight testing. A. \7 /. \ 7. A 77. A the Gao report is inaccurate because its based on dated information Mcdonnell Douglas spokesman James Ramsey said. The aircraft was recently cleared to perform nearly every Mission that it is designed to carry out said capt Scott Vadis a spokesman for the air Force Materiel Comdr a aeronautical systems Center at Wright Patter son fab Ohio. Those missions include Steep approaches and nighttime Aerial Refu Elings. Of an estimated 8,000 computer bugs reported Over the past eight or nine years about 97 percent have been corrected Vadis said. The Gao report said none of the 15 c-17s delivered to the air Force has fully operational computer software and As a result the testing of such Maneu vers As Low Speed Low Altitude Airdrop has not been completed. 7 a. 7 7 a. A 7. As of May records showed nearly 500 software deficiencies had not been fixed. The Gao also said the planets Mission computer which plans its route and Maneu vers is so slow that it May need a major upgrade. Newlyweds kidney surgery delayed san Diego apr Victoria Ingram and Randall Curlee had planned to spend their first Day of marriage in kidney surgery. Instead they spent it waiting and hoping their future together can be a Long one. Ingram was to give Curlee the ultimate wedding present wednesday afternoon her right kidney which doctors said could save his life. They were married tuesday in the Chapel at Sharp memorial Hospital at the last minute doctors postponed the surgery for at least several weeks after a final exam showed Ingram a left kidney has a slight abnormality that could prevent her from being a donor. A i want Victoria to be completely Well a Curlee said. A a we la go ahead when she is better. A during a final a Ray surgeons discovered that three Small arteries Supply blood to Ingram s left kidney rather than one Large one As is the Case for most people. The condition is found in 20 percent of the population and  affect Ingram a health said the couples surgeon or. Robert Mendez but one of the arteries swelled after it was nicked by. A Catheter during the tests and Mendez said the safest thing to do is wait three to four weeks and Check the kidney again