European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 13, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thomas won t withdraw labels charges racist lies in the spotlight Anita Hill said she had no motivation Quot to make up something like this. I m not Given to  Angela Wright said Clarence Thomas had pressured her for dates and appeared at her apartment unannounced. Clarence Thomas said the allegations played into the Quot worst stereotypes about Black men. And i have no Way of changing  John n. Doggett Iii said Anita Hill has the Quot ability to fabricate the idea that someone was interested in her when in fact no Suchi interest  Washington apr Republican senators attacked the credibility of Anita Hill on saturday and Clarence Thomas said defiantly a a in a rather die than withdraw his supreme court nomination in the face of Ner charges of sexual harassment. A i never cry Uncle a Thomas said nearing the end of a Long Day of testimony in which he denounced allegations against him As racist lies. Struggling to regain his composure he said a i died upon learning that the charges would be made Public. With Hills lurid charges from Friday still reverberating in the ornate Senate hearing room Thomas said the allegations played into the a worst stereotypes about Black men. And 1 have no Way of changing  both he and Hill arc Black. Tuesday the Senate is scheduled to vote on his nomination to the supreme court notwithstanding Hills allegations that Thomas described pornographic movies bragged about his sexual prowess boasted about the size of his Penis and pressured her to Date him. Thomas a conservative Federal appeals court judge had seemed assured of Senate confirmation until Hills charges became Public last weekend. The Senate agreed to a we Klong delay in its confirmation vote to permit the judiciary committee hearings. At a second Day of nationally televised hearings Thomas said he would not discuss a my sex life or my private  but asked by sen. Patrick Leahy Dot whether he was denying he had Ever talked about dirty movies with Hill a former aide at the education department and equal employment Opportunity commission Thomas said a that s  asked whether he was denying he had such discussions with anyone in the workplace Thomas again replied a thai s  in several hours of testimony Friday Hill outlined her allegations in detail. She was followed in the witness chair by Thomas who denied them forcefully calling the hearings a a High tech Lynching see Thomas on Page 2chernobyl Plant catches fire soviets reassure Public Moscow apr fire forced the shutdown of a nuclear reactor in the chernobyl Power Plant but soviet officials saturday gave assurances that no one was injured and no radiation leaked from the site of the 1986 disaster. The Blaze Friday night in a Turbine room at the ukrainian Plant a the most serious since the 1986 explosion spewed radiation across Europe a was expected to renew debate Over the safety of soviet reactors and intensify Calls for chernobyl and Simitar facilities to be closed. A special commission immediately was dispatched by the ukrainian government to investigate the Accident at the Plant 80 Miles North of Kiev the republics capital. Yevgeny Ignatenko spokesman for the nuclear Power ministry said the fire broke out As a Turbine driven by the no. 2 reactor was shut Down for repairs. An automatic switch accidentally activated and overloaded electrical circuits causing the fire he said. Ignatenkov a statement carried by the soviet news Agency Tass said the initial fire in the ducts was extinguished within one minute. The situation momentarily appeared to be under control As the reactor was shut Down the Oil was drained from its turbines and the explosive Hydrogen in the reactor was replaced with nitrogen an inert Gas. However the fire in the ducts released some Hydrogen into the Turbine room where the heat of the reactor is turned into electricity the statement said. The Hydrogen burst into flames setting the roof ablaze and destroying a truss. About 390 Square feet of roof collapsed. A spokesman for the International atomic Energy Agency in Vienna David Kyd said the soviets did not immediately report the incident to the Iaea which would have been necessary if radioactivity had escaped. A memories still Bloom for woman residing alone in empty Cavern Giuseppina Fumo s Valdez Barracks. A amps Joseph Owen times alone inside by Joseph Owen Stuttgart Bureau ludwigs Burg Germany the chained Gates and empty parking lots at Valdez Barracks suggest Only one thing a that the army has closed the books on this tiny Urban Post just As it had planned. But the Large flags and plants that crowd a Corner window of one of the posts multistory Brick buildings signal one last item of unfinished business. Her name is Giuseppina Fumo and since Midsummer the Post has been the cleaning woman a own personal ghost town. Fumo a native of Salerno Italy moved to Valdez Barracks in 1977 when she began working for the army there. She became deeply attached to the put my heart is broken. God help me i Don t want to go a Giuseppina Fumo in the years that followed planting roses and erecting seasonal decorations in a Yard that other people might dismiss As an Asphalt wasteland. A my heart is broken a the 42-year-old woman said. A god help me i done to want to go but in be Given my  the Post was one of dozens that appeared in september 1990 on a list of installations the defense department said it planned to close. About three months ago the Stuttgart military Community asked the five employees living there a including Fumo a to move out offering them similar lodging at Grenadier Cavern in nearby Stuttgart according to maj. Carlton l. Jackson the Community a staff judge advocate. The Community wanted to close the Post and turn it Over to the German Federal assets office by sept. 26. Fumo accepted keys to a room at Grenadier at first but then walked. She had too much of an emotional investment in Valdez to be satisfied with something else that easily. Rummaging through souvenirs in her first floor room last week she pulled out a Small bucket filled with snapshots most taken at Valdez. Some depicted people who had worked there others were slots of her roses and sunflowers. Mans see memories on of Njo 2