European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 21, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes . Monday november 21,1994 Meinhold May be nearing Washington a Clinton and Miri stration officials Are inclined to end a court Battle Over the Pentagon s former policy on homosexuals and probably will not ask the supreme court to overturn the reinstatement of a Sailor who declared his homosexuality on television. A senior administration official said Friday that solicitor general Drew Days who represents the government in the supreme court is leaning against asking the justices to overturn a 9th . Circuit court of appeals order reinstating Navy sonar operator Keith Meinhold. Meinhold a Petty officer first class revealed on National television in 1992 that he is Gay. He was discharged in August of that year under military regulations bar ring homosexuals from the armed forces. Those regulations which treated declarations of homosexuality As grounds for discharge were replaced last year with a Don t ask Don t Tell policy. Under the new policy service members who declare their homosexuality face discharge unless they can prove they won t engage in homosexual acts while in the service. Meinhold was ordered reinstated by Meinhold Cammer Mcyr the 9th circuit in november 1992. Days also is leaning against appeals in the handful of other pending cases involving the old policy according to the official who declined to be identified. One of these old cases involves nation Al guard col. Margarethe Kammermeyer a lesbian from Washington state. The Case has been put on hold by the 9th Cir Cuit in the Hope that a final ruling on Meinhold. Will Settle her Case As Well. Like Meinhold she has been reinstated pending the outcome of the court Battles Indianapolis a burglar who broke into an elementary school passed up computer equipment and Wen straight Tor the dough 80000 pennies weighing 450 pounds that pupils spent months collecting we had a lot of very unhappy faces today. This is very depressing said am Leclare fund raising chairwoman for the Parent teacher organization at Green Briar elementary sic Nool. A maintenance worker entered the school s cafeteria Friday morning and found that a see through Glass Well hold ing the $800 Worth of pennies had been smashed and emptied. Pupils from kindergarten through fifth Grade had been collecting the pennies since summer vacation to help pay for Library books extra computers and an artist in residence program. Officials said a plexiglas window in one arc Berchtesgaden the administration would rather concentrate its attention on defending cases under the Clinton administration s new policy the official said. One such Case Al ready is in the courts. Justice department spokesman Carl Stern said that Days has not made a final decision on the Meinhold Case and has until nov. 29 to decide whether to Appeal the 9th circuit s ruling to the supreme court.-. A three judge panel of the 9th circuit unanimously upheld . District judge Terry Hatter s reinstatement of mein hold. But the 9th circuit overturned the judge s nationwide order Banning Mili tary discrimination based on sexual orientation. The 9th circuit said the Case should be resolved by simply forbidding the Navy to discharge Meinhold solely because of his statement which expressed no desire to engage in prohibited sexual conduct. John Mcguire an attorney for mein hold said that at a hearing today before Hatter he plans to ask for an order for bidding the Navy to discharge Meinhold under the new policy. Pupils piqued of the school s rear doors was found Bro Ken. A. ". Not All of the pupils pennies were Sto Len. Around 200,000 or $2,000 Worth were picked up by a Bank Early this month principal Vickie Davis said. But the theft has left pupils worried about future fund raising efforts. My kindergarteners Are afraid some one will come Back and take the rest of the pennies Leclare said. Candidate claims the Best kids skiing in Bavaria Alaska Victory the ski kids program at the Skytop Lodge near the Gen Walker hotel has easy slopes for children to learn the basics of skiing. Parents can enjoy their own slopes at Skytop also. Snow making machines ensure the Best skiing conditions. Ski kids program at $129 includes 5 Days ski instruction ski equipment ski clothes 5 lunches adult supervision on and off slopes certificate & achievement medal Skytop lift pass ski kids available for youngsters Ages 5-7 local transportation to from slopes. Ski kids programs Start dec 18 l 4 Ami Ciul \2 lir 5 for reservations Call arc Berchtesgaden Dan 4415-623, civ.08652-61057 fax 08652-62768 Anchorage Alaska Democrat Tony Knowles declared Victory As Gover nor after a drawn out count of ballots showed him ahead by 528 votes Over re publican Jim Campbell. Only 217 Absentee ballots from Rural areas remained to be counted from the nov. 8 election. It s one of my biggest margins Ever Knowles a former two term mayor of Anchorage known for narrow triumphs said Friday. Because the election was so close the state elections division authorized a re count saturday. Democrat declared Winner in . Race Binghamton . A  Hinchey emerged the Winner saturday by about 1,200 votes Over re publican Robert Moppert in the 26th congressional District of South Centra new York. Hinchey a Democrat got 95,389 votes to Moppert s 94,166, said Joe Laughlin Broome county Deputy elections com missioner. The count from the nov. 8 election was held up primarily by Absen tee ballots. Moppert a former Broome county legislator conceded defeat in his secon Challenge of Hinchey. It s All Over with Moppert said. If twas within a couple Hundred we d con Sider challenging  Moppert lost his 1992 race to Hinche Yby about 8,700 votes. With Hinchey s Victory new York Shouse delegation stands at 17 democrats and 14 republicans. Immigrants Post increase in by. From the associated press new York immigration to new York City is up 30 percent since the 1980s and shows remarkable diversity with dominicans chinese and russians the largest groups. About 111,500 Legal immigrants Settle in new York City each year up nearly a third since the 1980s and More than 40 percent since the 1970s,according to data compiled by the department of City planning. New York City has Long been the no. 1 destination for immigrant nationwide getting about one out of every seven newcomers to the United states King team to get pay los Angeles a Federal court has ordered the City to reimburse Rodney King s lawyers More than $22,000 for transportation meals and other expenses incurred while King sued the City. A Federal jury ordered the City in april to pay King $3.8 million i damages following a 10-week trial stemming from his 1991 beating by los Angeles police officers. The lawyers had asked for $95,000in expense Money from the trial. On thursday King settled a child support lawsuit by agreeing to pay a undisclosed amount on behalf of a daughter in san Bernardino. Owens plans museum Bakersfield Calif. Buck Owens who helped popularize country music s Bakersfield sound is creating a museum in which to Honor it in Bakersfield of  on the museum and a restaurant bar stage and dance Are should begin within a few weeks said Owens spokesman Jim , a farming and Oil City 100 Miles North of los Angeles has been called Nashville West because of the Honky Tonk music of Owens Merle Haggard and  hits include the 1988 song the streets of Bakers Field. Suspect on Fri list Washington. Arginia Man accused of Mur Denny three Gay men in Florida geor Gicand of Aryland this year was placed Onither Lobl s list of ten most wanted fugitives on Friday. The Fri said Gary Ray Bowles 32,a native of Clifton forge va., is said to frequent Gay bars hustling homosexual men in Exchange for lodging household chores and or sexual  he should be considered armed and dangerous and has said he would rather die than go Back to prison the Fri said. Idea Down and out Charleston . The property that actor Nick Nolte and his sex wife once planned to turn into housing tract called Down and out in South Hills failed to draw a single Bidet a county tax auction. The couple who split up earlier this year owed $2,161 in taxes on the House and four acre lot which were valued at $425,000.before their divorce the notes had proposed turning the property into a 10-lbt subdivision but local planner rejected the idea after neighbors complained. The neighbors were particularly offended by the proposed development s name a Takeoff Onnolle s 1986 movie Down and out in Beverly  no one buying the property the notes now. Have 18 months to pay the Back taxes