European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 29, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2. B the stars and stripes Friday March 29, 1991 at a glance p the Art class assignment was to draw can ii. Norman Schwarz Kopf. So youngsters went to work capturing More than a Little of this military giant on paper. Story and pictures on pages 1415. A Hospital probed the chief of staff of a Large veterans Hospital was demoted and two types of surgery discontinued after a probe showed poor care May have caused patient deaths. A a pago7 Reagan backs gun control former president Reagan said he supports a proposed Federal Bill that would require a seven Day waiting period for handgun purchases. A pages calling �?~800�?T numbers if you re operating under the Assumption that there a no Way to Call an at amp to "800" number in the United states while living overseas you re mistaken.  a a Page 17. Index Abby Ann Landers a a a 19 comics 19 �?�21 commentary. A m a 13 crossword. I a i 19 letters. A a a 12 Money matters. A a a 17 sports a. .,.,. 22 -28 weather. 11 correction because of a reporting error an article yesterday gave the wrong Date for the annual sergeant Morales Ball the event will be held in Heidelberg on april 26. Because of an editing error an article yesterday said terrorist attacks in 1981 on Safe Headquarters and the usar eur commander occurred six weeks apart. The bombing of the air Force Headquarters took place aug. 31. The attack on Gen. Frederick Kroesen occurred sept. 15. The vol Smarch listings in thursdays stripes Magazine had incomplete information on the walk in vol Klingen Germany. The March scheduled for monday was listed As a 10 and 20-Kilometer walk. There is also a 42-Kilometer walk the same Day with the same starting times. It s time. By the stars and stripes Daylight saving time begins sunday in most european countries meaning you la have to move your clock ahead one hour at 2 . Sunday to keep in step with the rest of the  turning the clock Forward will be Austria Belgium Britain Czechoslovakia Denmark Germany Greece Finland France Hungary Ireland Italy Lux Cobourg Malta the Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Sweden Switzerland Spain Turkey and Yugoslavia. Turning i heir clocks Forward two hours on saturday will be Bulgaria Romania and Cyprus. Daylight saving time in most of the countries will end sept. 30. But Romania Bulgaria and Cyprus will return to Standard time on sept. 29 and Britain and Ireland will turn Back their clocks almost a full month later on oct. 27. The United states does not switch to Daylight saving time until april 7, and it will continue there until 2 . Oct. 27. Canada has the same schedule As the United states. Nether saudi Arabia nor Iceland has Daylight saving Tirifie. In the soviet Union which has 11 time zones clocks Are usually set Forward an hour each Spring. However soviet clocks have been off by an hour for More than legislator apologizes for iraqi women jokes la Anse Mich. Up rep. Robert w. Davis rmich., under pressure from Arab american and women a groups did an abrupt about face and apologized for jokes he told about iraqi women at a political roast earlier this month. T a i do not and did not intend those jokes to offend Arab people nor did i want to be malicious towards women in general. I was making fun of Saddam Hussein simple As that a Davis said in a statement released wednesday by his Washington office. Davis told a series of jokes about iraqi women before an audience of about 100 people attending the annual upper Peninsula legislative dinner March 2 at the american legion Hall in la Anse. Davis the ranking Republican on the House armed services committee opened by declaring that a it is a Good night to pick on the iraqis and pick on Saddam Hussein a then told jokes he indicated he had heard on Capitol Hill. The first three were slurs about iraqi women. Two implied they smelled bad and had bad teen. The third was a what do you Call two iraqi women going into a bar incoming  Davis continued with several More jokes about Saddam Hussein and the iraqi military including a a what a the National Bird of Iraq  the jokes were published in la Anse newspaper then received wider notice after a female audience member decried them in an interview with Minnesota Public radio. Initially Davis defended the jokes and offered no apology but As the Story spread wednesday he began feeling the heat from feminist and Arab american groups. Scott Easton spokesman for the american Arab anti discrimination committee in Washington said his group worked much of the Day with Davis staff on the wording of an apology which was to be read at a news conference in Detroit thursday morning. A i understand some people were offended by my remarks and to those individuals i apologize a Davis said. A Arab americans deserve the same degree of respect and dignity afforded to other groups in Northern Michigan the upper Peninsula and anywhere else for that matter there is no room in the 1990s for maliciously smearing someone a  a Given the fact that it was civilians a women and children particularly a who paid a High Price of Allied bombing in Iraq the Man shows an appalling Lack of decent. By a said Jessica Daner the regional director of the american Arab anti discrimination committee. Feminists were equally incensed Patty of Donnell president of the Michigan chapter of the National organization for women called Davis remarks a in very poor taste and absolutely  Karlsruhe Germany a amps one member of the former East German. Secret police evaded arrest tuesday when police picked up five others in connection with the 1981 attacks on usage urn a commanding general and ran Stein a a prosecutors spokesman said thursday. A the just Isnit Home Quot said Rolf Hari Nisch a spokesman for the Federal prosecutors office in Karlsruhe. A maybe he a ducked out or just gone someplace on a  Hannisch would not disclose the Many a name. The suspects in custody Are a Erich Mielke former director for the ministry of state Security Stasi. A Gerhard Neiber one of Mielkey a assistant directors. A it. Col. Gerhard Plomann who was in charge of intern ministerial Coordt a Tion. A col. Harry Dahl a representative for the stasis Section xxii which was responsible for contacts with West German terrorists and extremists. A col. Gunter jacket Dahl a assistant. A Gard Zaumseil who was in charge of training terrorists. Mielke was already being held in another Case when police launched their sweep tuesday Hannisch said. Mielke who was arrested last year before German reunification is under investigation for such crimes As murder falsifying election results and embezzlement he said. All seven men Are suspected of providing the German terrorist gang the red army faction with financial and material support in the bombing of Ramstein a on aug. 31, 19sfy and the rocket attack on Gen. Frederick Kroesen commander of the . Army in Europe in Heidelberg on sept. 15, 1981. 60 years following an error in changing Between Daylight and Standard time in 1930, and the change will not be made this year. The Baltic states of Estonia Latvia and Lithuania and the Republic of Moldavia however will still set their clocks ahead. Some other rebellious regions of the soviet Union will even set their clocks Back to better organize Daylight hours. The soviet Union Isnit the Only place where the system is confusing. Arizona Hawaii the Section of a Indiana in the Eastern time zone puerto Rico the Virgin islands and. Aore rican Samoa will not Spring Forward with the rest of America on april 7. Elections Washington Illinois and Texas will conduct special congressional elections to replace two representatives who have resigned Pentagon voting officials  members government employees and their family members who Are Legal residents of these areas should Contact their unit voting officers for details on How to Register and obtain Absentee ballots. Voting for the 3rd congressional District in Texas will be May 4. If no candidate wins a majority a Runoff is scheduled for May 18. The 3rd District includes Collin county and part of Dallas county. Rep. Steve Bartlett gave up the seat to run for mayor of Dallas. The mayoral election has been moved from May 8 to nov. 5. Illinois has set May 21 for the 15th congressional District primary. The general election is july 2. The District includes de Witt Ford Grundy Kankakee Iroquois Livingston Mclean Piatt and some portions of Champaign la Salle Logan will and Woodford counties. Rep. Edward Madigan resigned. When he was appointed to a Post in the department of agriculture. Go s wife collapses her Home m Wurzburg Germany a the 22-year-old wife of an american Soldier died sunday after collapsing in her off Post apartment. Julie Rodriguez was pronounced dead at the scene by German medical officials. The cause of death has not been determined pending autopsy results a statement from the military Community said. Rodriguez who was from Del Rio Texas is survived by her husband pvt 2 Annando Rodriguez and two children Kristen 2, and Kristopher 2 months. Her husband is assigned to cod 103rd military intelligence in 3rd inf div. Amtrak derailment injures at least 10 Peotone 111. A an Artrai train carrying 146 people derailed after hitting a truck carrying steel beams and at least 10 people were injured. The Accident occurred wednesday evening at a crossing without Gates on a Highway just North of this Northern Illinois town will county sheriffs sgt. Pat Mather said