European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 9, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 b the stars and stripes tuesday july 9, 1991 at a glance sleep wars the stuff that can make or break a marriage. To your health. Sec pages 14-15.$15 billion Man Tai Kichiro Mori an 87-year-old japanese Worth about $15 billion is the world s richest Man Forbes Magazine reports. A Page 4naacp to study Thomas the a act plans to scrutinize the nomination of judge Clarence Thomas before deciding whether to support or oppose it the group s Leader says. A Page 5improving the meeting managers trying to get individuals to speak their minds Are turning to computer software to make meetings More productive and help employees Well do the right think. A Page 17inbex Abby Ann Landers. 19 action line. Comics. 19-21 commentary. 13 crossword. Letters. Money matters. 17 sports. 22-28 to listings. 22 weather. Corrections articles published sunday and monday in the stars and stripes incorrectly said that enjoy Tours owned the bus involved in a weekend Accident that resulted in eight people being hospitalized in Metz France. The tour company does not own any buses but rents them from private firms said . Doc Clark enjoys traffic manager. The bus involved in the Accident is owned by Lutz Reison located near Heilbronn. The bus Driver at the wheel when the Accident occurred was misidentified. His name is Helmut Lutz and he owns Lutz Reisen. The tour did not originate in Kaiserslautern As reported although the tour company is based there. It collected passengers from throughout Germany. Those injured in the Accident came front Heidelberg Stuttgart Augsburg Karlsruhe Ansbach Firth and Bamberg. I having nuclear arms program Washington a the iraqi government contrary to its previous statements has admitted to . Investigators that it has been engaged in a nuclear weapons program the state department said monday. The iraqi admission contained in a document sent to the International atomic Energy Agency and . Headquarters said the iraqi Effort includes a uranium enrichment program state a be apartment spokeswoman Margaret Tutwiler said. A a today a document was a step Forward but we will judge Saddam Hus seines pledges by the actions of the iraqi government not by his words a Tutwiler said. The iraqi admission was contained in the arabic language document. Tutwiler 1iad no further details on the document because translation into English had not been completed. A we understand that. That Saddam Hussein a government admits Iraq was engaged in a nuclear weapons program contrary to previous repeated denials of the iraqi government a she said. Under an april 3 . Security Council Resolution establishing the cease fire at the conclusion of the Gulf War Iraq agreed to open All of its suspected nuclear facilities to International inspection. President Bush said late last month that the United states had a in Controvert Ible evidence that Iraq was violating this pledge. And he refused to Rule out the possibility of a military response. At the White House press Secretary Marlin Fitzwater said monday a it would appear that this document substantiates two contentions a a first that Iraq has not up until now complied with United nations Security Council Resolution 687. A a and secondly that Iraq continues to engage in various activities related to weapons of mass destruction also forbid Den by 687. A it appears that nothing in this document changes the need for the comprehensive inspections required under 687. Without these inspections we have no Way of independently verifying either How accurate or How Complete the information furnished by Iraq is a Fitzwater added. He noted that a 37-member Iaea inspection team was in Iraq and a we expect that Iraq will cooperate fully and completely with this that teams report expected by the end of the week a will obviously have a great bearing on any further Steps we May contemplate to ensure rapid and Complete iraqi compliance with All relevant United nations Security Council asked what prompted the disclosures Fitzwater said a i assume it was the continuing threat by the United nations demanding Access to the iraqi nuclear Sites. Japanese brokerage houses forced to Cut sales As penalty for scandal Tokyo apr finance minister Ryutaro Hashimoto on monday ordered Japan a four leading brokerage houses to restrict business for four Days As a penalty for Shady dealings that have rocked the financial Industry. The ministry also directed brokerages to Stop compensating wealthy customers for millions of dollars in investment losses. That practice a and financial dealings with gangsters a touched off the scandal which involves Nomura securities co., the worlds largest brokerage. At the ministry a Behest Nomura said More than 30 Nomura officials including the chairman and president would take salary cuts for up to one year. Four other Nomura executives Are to resign for dealings with gangsters. Nikko securities co. Said two of its officials resigned 18 were taking pay cuts and four were demoted. Yamaichi securities co. And Aiwase purities co., the other big brokerages also announced pay cuts. A a it a absolutely pitiful that this was going on in the Market a Hashimoto said at a news conference. But Market analysts were sceptical the punishment would be any More than an ineffective slap on the wrist for the brokerage houses. A these penalties will have no Impact whatsoever. The securities firms must be very Happy about it a said Hiroshi Oku Mura economics professor at Ryu Koku University in Kyoto. A this will do them no harm at the disciplinary action came two weeks after the presidents of Nomura and Nikko resigned to take responsibility for the scandal. It also came two Days before prime minister Toshiki Kaifu is to leave for a Summit with president Bush in the United states where the scandal has focused unflattering attention on japanese business practices. Kaifu said monday that he was distressed by the scandal and he did not want to see a repetition. But a foreign ministry official quoted him As adding a that kind of incident. Should not be misunderstood As a problem of Japan As a under the finance ministry directives the brokerages Are not permitted to solicit business from corporate clients for four Days beginning wednesday. The head offices of Nomura and Nikko also will be restrained from soliciting business during that period Hashimoto said. In addition the Tokyo Stock Exchange announced fines totalling about $116,000 for the four brokerages a tiny amount compared with their profits. Last year for example Nomura had a pretax profit of $1.74 billion. . Police study to be released today i fac am 151 150 i Mirr it. A los Angeles up the Independent commission formed to investigate police brutality in the aftermath of the videotaped Rodney King beating today will release its much anticipated report on whether excessive use of Force and racism pervades the police department. The report three months in the making is expected to have far reaching ramifications that could affect the City for Many years to come. Police chief Daryl Gates has said he will resign if the panel finds that his leadership created an atmosphere in the department that allowed officers to believe their beating of the Black Motorist was acceptable behaviour. Mayor Tom Bradley who appointed the 10-member Independent commission on the los Angeles police department and who will not see its report until this morning has asked commission members to stay on for several months to help implement their findings. Bradley convened the commission headed by former Deputy Secretary of state Warren Christopher less than a month after the March 3 videotaped beating of the 25-year-old King thrust the land into the National spotlight. At least six radio and television stations including Cable news network planned to carry live an 11 . News conference by Christopher to discuss the report. City officials and civil rights leaders Are hoping the reports findings will Lead to a substantive reforms in How the department investigates citizens complaints of police misconduct. A How officers Are disciplined. A How the department relates to members of the City a minority communities. Quot everybody a hoping for some real changes a said Bill Lee Western regional director of the a acpt Slegal defense fund. 30,000 take final walk on mighty to / \ a. A. Long Beach Calif. A More than 30,000 people climbed aboard the battleship Missouri on the ships final Public display before it is decommissioned. A never since i was a kid i heard about the Missouri. 1 had a Model of it a said visitor Carl Huddleston 40, of Burbank a and to be walking on planks where history was made i mean Gen Douglas Macarthur walked this deck. There is just a sense of the a mighty to a site of the japanese surrender that ended world War ii recently returned from the persian Gulf during the Gulf War it launched Toma Hawk cruise missiles and fired about 800 rounds from its 16-Inch guns at Shore fortifications in Kuwait Petty officer Mike Perron said. The 887-foot ship was commissioned in 1944 and first decommissioned in 1955. It was recommissioned in 1986 and is due to be retired again next year
