European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 16, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes wednesday october 16, 1991 at a glance spec. Steven Lawrence helps prepare a car for Sale at the one Stop car shop in Heilbronn Germany. See Story on pages 14-15. Safe seafood a National coalition of chefs is urging the Federal government to protect Consumers with a comprehensive mandatory seafood safety program. A Page 4 Swaggart Steps Down Jimmy Swaggart is stepping Down from the leadership role in his worldwide ministry following allegations he picked up a prostitute. A Page 5 Columbus Safe at Home baseball legend Joe Dimaggio said he would have none of the abuse critics have hurled at Christopher Columbus recently. A Page 6 assault weapons ban urged new York police commissioner Lee p. Brown appealed for a National ban on assault weapons. A Page 7 fewer Low level . Flights the number of Low level sorties flown by Royal air Force and . Air Force jets Over the United kingdom is expected to decrease by 30 percent Over the next three years. A Page 8 draw Down questions the draw Down of . Military forces in Germany has politicians in Rheinland Pfalz asking if German american relations Are All Over. A Page 9 free credit reports a leading compiler of personal financial data said it would allow Consumers to obtain free copies of their credit histories. A Page 18 Index Abby Ann Landers. 19 comics. 19-21 commentary. 13 faces a no places. 22 letters. 12 Money matters. 17-18 sports. 23-28 to listings. 27 weather. 11 4th yugoslav Republic declares sovereignty raising new fears Belgrade Yugoslavia apr the Central Republic of Bosnia Chrz Covina on tuesday became the fourth to declare its  following acrimonious debate by legislators laying the groundwork for possible secession from the embattled yugoslav federation. Even if Bosnia Herzegovina a which has an explosive mix of muslims serbs and croats a stays in Yugoslavia the decision by its legislature in Sarajevo raised the possibility that the civil War could spread across its Borders. Serbian legislators walked out before the vote and the yugoslav news Agency Tan Jug said the serbian party Leader charged that muslims and ethnic croats were leading the state a into a hell in which the Muslim people will perhaps  Alija Izet Bogovic the republics president and Muslim Leader said Radovan Karadzic a comments showed a Why we done to want to remain in present Day  Izet Bogovic has so far avoided having his Republic dragged into the civil War. But ethnic serbs already have carved out four self proclaimed a serbian autonomous provinces a which encompass a third of the republics territory. Of Yugoslavia a six republics Only Serbia the largest and Montenegro the smallest have not declared their sovereignty. Macedonia declared sovereignty last month but chose to remain within the federation for the time being. Fighting Between croatian forces and serbs opposed to secession backed by the serbian dominated Federal army has raged in Croatia since that Republic declared its Independence june 25. More than 1,000 people have died. Slovenia also declared Independence in june but a cease fire ended fighting there. The violence continued in Croatia on tuesday with rocket attacks on the Eastern croatian cities of Vinkovic and Osi Jek and fighting in the Central cities of Sisak Pankrac and Lipik. Serbia says Croatia can secede from Yugoslavia but not with territories dominated by the republics 600,000-Strong serbian minority. Croatia blames the civil War on serbian expansionism engineered by serbian president Slobodan Milosevic and fears that serbian dominated areas would be controlled from Belgrade the Federal and serbian capital. The presidents of Croatia and Serbia were in Moscow tuesday holding separate meetings with soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev who has called for an end to the fighting. Both Milosevic and croatian president Franjo Tadjman called for a ceasefire and negotiations to in the civil War. Thomas from Page 1 Fessor Anita Hill of making unwanted advances and humiliating her with lewd remarks a decade ago Wincn she worked for him at the education department and equal employment Opportunity commission. Her Surprise charges brought an abrupt halt to the Senate a plans to vote on Thomas nomination a week ago. Thomas emphatically denied the charges and complained he was the victim of a a High tech  the nation was transfixed As the accusations were spelled out in explicit detail and debated in nationally televised hearings. Supporters and opponents alike said in Advance that Thomas would be confirmed but president Bush worked the Telephone lobbying against last minute defections. A the White House has a lot of clout a said sen. Patrick Leahy d-vt., a leading opponent of Thomas. A Federal appeals court judge Thomas was nominated to succed retired Justice Thurgood Marshall. Thomas will become the nations 106th supreme court Justice and the second Black after Marshall to sit on the High court. Hills charges which resulted in a weeks delay in the confirmation vote do fined the final hours of Senate debate. A if we make a mistake today the supreme court will be living with it and the nation will be living with it for the next 30 to 40 years a argued sen. Edward m. Kennedy a mass. A that is too High a Price to pay. To give the Benefit of the doubt to judge Thomas is to say that judge Thomas is More important than the supreme  however democrats j. James Exon of Nebraska and Alan Dixon of Illinois said Hill failed to conclusively prove her allegations against Thomas during three Days of judiciary committee hearings. A the person being accused gets the Benefit of the doubt a Dixon said. A judge Thomas is entitled to the presumption of  Exon said both were credible Hill in making accusations and Thomas in denial and a unfortunately in my View the hearings have not provided any Overall conclusive facts or definite  in the absence of such proof Exon said he would give the nominee his vote a without enthusiasm a adding a judge Thomas will be a better Justice As a results of the ordeal. In an impassioned speech sen. Robert Byrd d-w.va., said he had been prepared to vote for Thomas but changed his mind after watching Hill on television. A Why should we give the Benefit of the doubt to him a Byrd said. A if there is a Cloud of doubt this is the last  a i believe Anita Hill a said Byrd the Senate a president pro tempore and former democratic Leader rejecting suggestions by republicans that she had fantasized her Story or made it up for some reason. He said that Thomas by charging that he was the victim of racist attacks a intended to divert both the committees and the american Public a attention away from the Issue at  republicans continued to assail Hills credibility. Sen. Charles Grassley a Iowa said he found her statements riddled with inconsistencies. A in my judgment the weight of the evidence supports judge Thomas a said sen. Arlen Specter r-pa., who led the questioning of Hill during the extraordinary weekend hearings. Minutes later Leahy added his Strong criticism of the republicans accusing them of using a falsehoods innuendo and Plain old fashioned political smears Quot to attack Hill s credibility. Sen. Barbara Mikulski d-md., one of Only two women in the Senate said a vote against Thomas could help persuade american women to speak up when they Are harassed. A we have an Opportunity to Send a message everywhere she said. Listings from Page 1 staffing Center in Macon ga., will handle referrals to Federal agencies and the defense manpower data Center in Monterey calif., will handle referrals to the private sector and state and local government agencies when that portion of the system goes on line shortly he said. When an employer accesses the network and provides a list of Job specifications the system will scan its data base and provide a faxed list of qualified employees within minutes. The Pentagon has been working hard to generate private sector interest in using the system Jehn said. A a we be sent 1,000 letters to various companies and Trade associations to spread the word a he said. A so far More than 100 employers have called in to get More information on How to use the sys tem. We re very optimistic about  although the network is designed to help defense department employees whose jobs May be threatened by the military a current Effort to shrink by about 25 percent by 1995, Jehn said any defense department employee a civilian or military a can Register. The Pentagon plans to trim More than 340.000 military personnel and about 100.000 civilian employees by the end of fiscal 1995.dog from Page 1 Side to get away from the doors of explosives. In several cases there was so much ordnance he put Carlo Back in their vehicle to protect the animal from setting off something. The work was As hazardous for All the team members As it w As overwhelming for Carlo bean said. One Mission took a team of special forces Eod and Carlo and Batta to the Palestine liberation organization Headquarters. A it was a Little bit of a tense time a bean said understating the dangers. A people liked to shoot at  the missions goal was to collect intelligence information bean said adding a we rummaged through the buildings floor by floor room by  Many of the rooms were Booby trapped bean said. After the Eod members inspected for obvious traps such As trip wires Carlo saved time by detecting where other explosives were hidden he added. Although Carlo did no to like the oppressive heat of saudi Arabia where he and Batta worked until the liberation of Kuwait he thrived on the attention he received from the american soldiers who were generous in their affection. Many of the special forces soldiers Hadnot seen a dog in seven months or More so they adopted Carlo Batta said. Carlo in turn had it made going from one person to another when he wanted to play until he found someone to oblige Nim Batta said