European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 31, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes us. Thursday August 31,1995 50,000 included in probe . Queries workers in Good o boy outings Washington apr the government is questioning at least 50,000 employees to find out if they attended Annua Quot Good o boy roundups a described by some As racist gatherings that included past and present Federal workers. A Union representing several thousand of those workers a primarily from Law enforcement agencies in the Justice and Treasury departments a objected on wednesday to the government s a dragnet approach a. Quot i done to know what the fallout will be but if there a any Adverse reaction for any employee Well be there a said Robert Tobias president of the National Treasury employees Union. Most of the 5,000 . Customs inspectors in the Union already have been questioned by their supervisors about the roundups said the unions Deputy counsel Elaine Kaplan. She said such probing could be a violation of a persons first amendment rights to free Assembly and is an invasion of privacy. The government already has identified 33 employees who have attended the outings Over the past five years according to a month old internal investigation called by Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin. A Treasury official wednesday confirmed the mass questioning saying it was necessary As part of the a fact finding portion of the probe. A we went through the Treasury a general counsel to ensure that employee rights were being considered and adhered to a said the official. The investigation began after a 90-second videotape of one of the roundups surfaced showing racist aspects such As the Sale of to shirts showing the Rev. Martin Luther King or. In Cross hairs. Federal investigators arc still trying to determine if the video is legitimate. I in the stars and stripes 10 years ago aug. 31,1985 a All recruits and persons entering the armed forces starting oct. 1 will be Given the new aids blood test and rejected if results show they have been exposed to the virus the Pentagon announced. 20 years ago aug. 31,1975 a the defense department is keeping under strict secrecy a plan to Cut in half the number of . Nike Hercules anti. Aircraft missile batteries in West Germany. A 30 years ago aug. 31,1965 a president Johnson summoned steet Union and management negotiators to the White House in an Effort to Avert a strike. 40 years ago aug. 31,1955 a the United states offered to Exchange military inspection teams with the soviet Union to give Early warning of mobilization for a Surprise attack. Meanwhile it was Learned that the soviet Union has offered arms to some Middle East countries. 50 years ago aug. 31,1945 a . Gen. Douglas Macarthur landed at Katsugi Airfield in Japan promptly set up Headquarters at Yokohama As Japan s military ruler in command of the first alien armed forces Ever to occupy Nippon s a a sacred islands and pronounced everything Quot going  meanwhile 10,000 . Marines and sailors occupied the Yokosuka naval Center. Harry we holds a yellow ribbon that he and his wife Ching Lee left Cut Down from his Hometown City Hall in Milpitas Calif., on tuesday. Won t Milpitas Calif. A human rights activist Harry we thanked his neighbors for their support during his two months imprisonment in China and said he May return there one Day despite the threat of a lengthy prison term. A a in a so very proud to be defended by my fellow americans a we said after cutting yellow ribbons Down from his Hometown s City Hall. A i will never never forget  wuss wife Ching Lee we and City officials had tied the ribbons on out return two pillars vowing that we himself would take them Down. We spent 19 years in chinese prisons before immigrating to the United states in 1985. He later became a . Citizen and has returned to China several times to secretly document conditions in prison labor  was arrested at the Border june 19 and was convicted of spying last week. Amid High level pressure from the Clinton administration China expelled him the same Day. Overcooked meal seen As motive for slaying Framingham mass. Apr a Man is suspected of hacking his wife to death with a Butcher knife in a fight Over overcooked Ziti cutting her open from Throat to Navel and impaling some of her organs on a stake in Woods behind their stately Home. Richard Rosenthal his 4-month-old daughter with him in his car was arrested about Midnight tuesday after he followed a couple Home and tried to engage them in a driveway conversation about gun control. A i did something terrible. I want a lawyer a the 40-year-old Rosenthal allegedly told police after the couple called them prosecutor Martin Murphy said. Police followed a Trail of blood from Rosenthals suburban Boston House to the Woods and found the beaten mutilated body of a woman. A Butcher knife was found in the House and a plastic bag full of bloodied menus clothing was found in Rosenthals car Murphy said. The body Hadnot been identified by wednesday morning but Rosenthals 34-year-old wife Laura Jean had not been seen for at least a Day. Rosenthal a senior financial officer for John Hancock Mutual life insurance co. In Boston was arrested on a murder charge and ordered held without Bond. He pleaded innocent tuesday and Framingham District judge Paul Healey ordered him to a state mental Hospital for evaluation. The couples infant was placed in state custody. Football player 15 others Hurt by lightning in Texas from the associated press Forney Texas a lightning struck a High school football player during practice tuesday critically injuring him and sending 15 other people to the Hospital. The Bolt apparently hit 15-Ycar-old Clay Jones in the helmet said Denise Walton a spokeswoman for Baylor University medical Center in Dallas 20 Miles West. A Quot a a a a a. Quot a ,. A a he suffered cardiac arrest and Burns and was in critical condition. Twelve other students two coaches and a Trainer were also treated at hospitals. The coaches Trainer and at least one student were released. Walton said some of the students have Burns and internal injuries. A second student was admitted to the intensive care unit and the rest Are in stable condition she said. Kean wont run in . Trenton . A Thomas Kean a popular two term governor who has been president of Drew University since he left office said wednesday he wont run for sen. Bill Bradley a seat next year. Kean 60, pondered running after Bradley announced recently he wont seek a fourth term. Kean a announcement helps Clear the Way for . Rep. Richard Zimmer r-. Considered the cop front runner. Passaic county freeholder Richard Duhaime is also running. . Rep. Robert Torricelli who is expected to seek the democratic nomination for Bradley a scat said Kean a decision a is another painful reminder that an increasingly right Wing Republican party has Little or no  his moderate leadership in new Jersey or the  Oakland Hills fire doused Oakland Calif. A firefighters beat Back a Brush fire that was threatening Ridge top Homes in the Oakland Hills just Miles from where a firestorm consumed 2,900 houses in 1991. More than 80 firefighters battled tuesdays wind whipped fire that raced up a Canyon and scorched 15 acres. A a a a a. A a a a a a a a a a the Blaze started by four children playing with matches was under control in 90 minutes fire capt Don Parker said. Residents of two streets were evacuated. One House had minor roof damage from falling branches. Speed Reading expert Dies Tucson Ariz. A Evelyn Wood whose Speed Reading courses taught students including president Carter and actor Burt Lancaster to Whiz through thousands of words per minute is dead at 86. Wood died saturday of natural causes at her daughters Home in Tucson where she had lived since 1987. Wood who reportedly could read up to 15,000 words per minute opened her first Evelyn Wood Reading dynamics institutes in Washington in 1959. Those taking Woods course. Reported Reading and. Wood. Comprehending ability at thousands of words per minute after Only a few weeks. Her students also included members of Congress said her daughter Carol Davis Evans. Wood and her husband m. Douglas Wood sold the institutes in 1966, but she continued to teach until she had a massive stroke in 1977. Wood is survived by her daughter and seven grandchildren. Her husband died in 1987, Garcia a heart gave out san Rafael Calif. A Jerry Garcia a heart simply gave out the Coroner has concluded. The grateful dead Leader had used heroin within Days of his death at a rehab Center aug. 9, but that. Did no to contribute directly to his heart attack Marin county coroners investigator Gary Erickson said tuesday. A the was a 53-year-old Man with hardening of the arteries Quot he said. A this was a mechanical  of three arteries leading from Garcia a heart had been reduced to a a pinpoint with 85 percent blockage Erickson said. The third artery had 30 percent blockage