European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 28, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2$ the stars and stripes saturday july 28,1990 in Gay Case by the los Angeles times Washington a the House of representatives voted overwhelmingly thursday to formally reprimand rep. Barney Frank d-mass., for ethics violations stemming from his relationship with a male prostitute. The 408-18 vote came after three hours of uncommonly rancorous debate. The House easily turned aside attempts by some republicans to impose on Frank a one of two openly Gay congressmen a the harsher penalties of censure or expulsion. In an emotional speech on the House floor Frank apologized to his colleagues. A these mistakes were mine a he said. A i should have known better. Now i do. But its a Little too  Frank 50, attributed his ethical problems to a 34-year Effort to keep his homosexuality secret an Effort that Frank news briefs abandoned three years ago with a Public announcement that he is Gay. A three years ago i decided that concealment did not work a Frank told members who packed the House chamber. A i wish i had decided it  after the votes rep. Julian c. Dixon d-calif., chairman of the House ethics committee said a a in a very pleased the House stayed with the  of Frank Dixon said a i think he indicated he made a serious mistake but he wanted to let people know Why he had done so and that is because he is a Gay  on july 20, the ethics committee recommended the reprimand in a 57-Page report capping a 10-month investigation of Franks relationship with admitted prostitute Stephen a Gobie. At his own expense Frank had placed Gobie on his personal staff. A reprimand is the least serious of three punishments that the full House can administer followed by Cesore and expulsion. Reprimand and censure require simple majority votes while it takes two thirds of the House to expel a member. The ethics committee found that Frank acted improperly by fixing 33 parking tickets largely accumulated by Gobie while he Droye Franks car on personal business. In addition the committee found that Frank wrote a 1986 memorandum on gobies behalf that contained a misleading statements about Gobie and his relationship with Frank. The memorandum ultimately wound up in the files of a Virginia prosecutor. Specifically Frank wrote that he met Gobie through Mutual friends when in fact their relationship began in 1985 after Frank contacted Gobie through a male escort service. And Frank said in the letter that Gobie was adhering to the terms of his probation on drug and sodomy charges when Frank in fact knew that Gobie continued to work As a prostitute. But the committee rejected charges that Frank knew Gobie was using his Washington townhouse As a base for a prostitution ring. That assertion was rejected by rep. William e. Dannemeyer r-calif., a conservative who introduced a motion calling for the House to expel Frank that motion was ultimately Defeated 390-38. Later a motion offered by House Republican whip Newt Gingrich r-ga., that would have had the effect of censuring Frank failed 287141. Despite Gin in Chi Scall for tougher sanctions he termed the proceedings a a tragic and said Frank a has been one of our brightest and a most energetic  has been about $16.25 per barrel the agreement set a new output ceiling of 22.5 million barrels a Day a bit above the current Cap but lower Man the Cartel s actual production. To reach the new target Price open open reaches pact to hike prices curb production Geneva a  Oil ministers agreed Friday to raise the cartels prices and restrain production in Hope of forcing up the Price of crude by several dollars in the next few months. All 13 ministers of he organization of Petroleum exporting countries signed the Accord to raise their target pigs from 518 a barrel to $21. Because of an Oil glut the actual Price recently a a a $16.25 per barrel. Put ibo  will have to rein in a eduction by about 700,000 barrels a Day. _. France frees gunman hired by Iran to kill sex Leader Paris apr Anis Naccache convicted of killing two people during a botched assassination attempt ordered by Iran was freed by the French gov emment Friday after spending 10 years in prison. The Justice ministry said Naccache and four accomplices left France for Iran in the afternoon after president Fum Cois Mitterrand ordered their release Naccache whose release had been sought by several hard line Arab leaders went on a 19-week hunger strike ending in january in a bid to obtain his  news reports said he ended the list after obtaining assurances he would be freed sometime this year. He and three members of his group were sentenced to life imprisonment for an attempt in 1980 to kill Shapour Bakhtiar Iran s prime minister before tha 1979 islamic revolution. A fifth member of me team received a 20-year sentence. Bakhtiar escaped injury and still lives in Paris but a police officer and a bystander were killed. ? two quake victims pulled from rubble of Hyatt hotel Baguio Philippines apr rescuers erred by cries of help us Quot pulled two survivors from the rubble of a hotel Friday 11 Days rescuers and spectators cheered As Luisa Mai alerted by cries after it collapsed in an earthquake that killed More than 1,600 people Spect Lorca was pulled from the wreckage of the Hyatt hotel about 9 50 . Amel Calabia was rescued about an hour later. Foreign Rescue teams gave up the search for survivors last week but filipino miners and other volunteers had vowed to search until All the missing were accounted for doctors said Calabia a hotel Security guard and Mallorca a cleaning woman were in surprisingly Good condition. By j. King Cruger let Emutan Bureau a military judge to Tot a Navy it. J-8 rob1 e. Brown guilty Friday of Rapin a female officer in her stateroom aboard the ammunition so ii Suribachi. Navy capt. Thomas a. Lawrence deliberated for about 30 minutes before finding the 27-Yea�Ojd resident of Rawlins wyo., guilty and said he would tence Brown on saturday morning. J Brown faces a possible life sentence in prison dismissal from the service and loss of All ipg Ufary benefits. Family and friends of the def amp Taft testified on his behalf Friday the fifth Day of a tace general court martial at naval station Rota Spain. Browne a wife Sarah said her husband was an infrequent Drinker and a peaceful person. Earlier in the Day or. Patricia a Slik associate director of a Colorado chemical Laboratory testified that tests of Browne a blood tact Fri roughly four hours after the rape medicated Bathe was drunk at the time. The rape occurred holy april 4 when Brown entered the sleeping woman s stateroom after returning from Shore leave doth Brown and the victim whose name and have been withheld to protect her privacy Jefe assigned to the Suribachi. The assault took place while the ship was docked in Cartagena Spain. In the prosecutions closing argument Marine capt. Sharp told the judge that the evidence was waiter in Brown rape Ehm Gand beyond a reasonable doubt that rape Toto. Quot a Over  while she was sleeping. The Law says sleeping person cannot give consent Sharp said. A a. A. Defense lawyer Marine capt. . Drescher said the defense acknowledged that sexual Intercourse had taken place but told the judge that there was reasonable doubt that a rape had occurred. Contributing to that Raj cwt it a court a pro in Roto 8pln bomb from Page 1 a machine gun. The letter said the attack was carried out by the Oose Manuel Sevillano  according to the Federal prosecutors office Sevillano was a convicted member of Grapo who died in May after a six month hunger strike. The Interior ministry said the 62-year-old Neusel had no Security detail and his automobile was not equipped with any protective equipment such As Armor plating or bulletproof Glass. Federal prosecutor Alexander von Stahl indirectly criticized Neusel for not using a bulletproof car As some Federal officials do a it would suffice if existing possibilities for safety Are consistently used Quot he told the Passau newspaper Neue Presse. Asked if that meant an official with Nusele a standing should be using a bulletproof car Vyp Stahl was quoted As saying a yes that a the Way id see  fridays bombing was the first red Arajj faction attack since eight Long sought fugitives a reputed to be top members of the group a were captured in East Germany in recent weeks. The eight had been living there under assumed names some for As Long As 10 years. Some say they had been granted Sanctuary by East Germany a former communist government. West German Security officials have been boasting about the roundups in East Germany but fridays attack proved the red army faction remains a serious threat. Also on Friday Law officials announced that one of the eight has been released for Lack of evidence. Ekkehard von Seckendorff sudent a 50-year-old doctor was picked up june 14 by East German police. Seckendorff sudent who has been living in East Germany since the Early 1980s, was a suspect in a 1984 Bank robbery in the West German City of Wil Ryburg. The West German Federal prosecutors office said Seckendorff sudent was released by East German authorities after witnesses were unable to identify him As a participant in the robbery Neusel is in charge of counter terrorism at the Interior ministry. Israel has chemical arms official hints Jerusalem apr science  Nee Man said Friday that Israel could respond with chemical weapons if raq attacked it with such weapons. It was the most far reaching statement by an israeli Leader on the subject. Israel is widely believed to have chemical weapons but officials have never admitted it. Defense ministry spokesman Danny Naveh refused comment on Neeman s remarks. Neemann a statement was the latest in an escalating series of provocative comments by israeli and iraqi officials ii Tai president Saddam Hussein said in april that he would Torch half of Israel with binary chemical weapons if attacked with nuclear arms by the jewish state. Iraq from Pago 1 cattle and a $200 million line of credit for commercial goods through the Export import Bank it would also bar sales of weapons High technology goods and items that could have a military use. Sen. Richard Lugar Rind a senior member of the foreign relations committee said the sanctions would a badly undercut any possibility we have of influencing iraqi behaviour. They will More Likely respond angrily and  and he said it would Cut into important farm exports. But Kassebaum said serious human rights violations by Iraq make those considerations less important