European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 19, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 c the stars and stripes saturday october 19, 1991 at a glance it col. Frank Thomas adds touches to a painting depicting action in the persian Gulf War. He is one of two army Reserve artists whose wartime work is being displayed at fort myer a. See Story on Page 16.evacuees return Home hundreds of people chased from their Homes by wildfires in four Northwest states were allowed to return As firefighters counted on Calmer weather to help douse the flames. A Page 4house deletes gun ban despite impassioned appeals from lawmakers who represented texans killed in a restaurant massacre the House Defeated a proposed ban on the Sale of 13 semiautomatic weapons and Large ammunition clips. A Page 6official implicated american mercenary Jack Terrell said the Philippines foreign Secretary hired him to assassinate a renegade officer who has played a key role in attempts to overthrow president Corazon Aquino. A Page 8 _ Senate panel oks Gates the Senate intelligence committee voted 11-4 Friday to endorse Robert Gates nomination to head the Cia despite charges he hid the truth about the Iran Contra affair and slanted intelligence reports in the 1980s. A Page 10bad news for recovery a Survey released by the . Chamber of Commerce showed a stagnant manufacturing sector and accelerating inflation raising fresh doubts about recovery from recession. A Page 17 p Index i Abby Ann Landers 19 action line. .16 comics. 19-21 commentary. .13 crossword. .19 faces a no places .18 letters. 12 Money matters. 17 sports. 22-28 to listings. 27 weather. 11 Tough Little town mourns Killeen Texas apr churches opened their doors Friday and gov. Ann Richards joined the mourners As this town tried to shake its sorrow Over the massacre of 22 people. Later Richards admired Killeen As a a Tough Little town.�?�. Quot the Way these people have pulled together through this awful tragedy gives you real Hope of the human spirit and the ability of people to rebound a she said. It was Homecoming at the High school and Pep rallies and the Friday night football game were set to go As scheduled Only two Days after a gunman a rampage through a crowded cafeteria. Quot its our opinion that we need to go on with life As usual a Killeen High school principal Corbett Lawler said. Three school administrators were among those killed in the attack wednesday at a Lubye a cafeteria. Quot some of this strikes Home pretty close a Lawler said. A but its our Job to go on living and try to heal the  All afternoon scores of people wandered in and out of the first Baptist Church of Killeen. Workers meantime boarded up broken windows in the cafeteria where George Hennard 35, crashed his pickup into the dining room and opened fire with two semiautomatic pistols in the worst mass shooting in . History. Hennard took his own life with his last Bullet police said. The motive for the killings remained a subject of speculation with investigators focusing on evidence Hennard Felt a rage toward women. Police had not determined if Hennard had a Girlfriend. A the has an evident problem with women for some reason not All women a police chief . Giacomozzi said thursday. A a we re trying to look into that to see if it can Lead us to where we need to  fourteen of the 22 people killed were women As were at least 16 of the wounded. In june Hennard sent a rambling letter from Nevada where his Mother lives to Sisters Jill Fritz 23, and Jana Jernigan 19. He asked the two of them to go out with him saying it would a give me the satisfaction of someday laughing in the face of All those mostly White treacherous female vipers from two towns who tried to destroy me and my  or. Georges m. Hennard speaking outside the family Home in Belton 15 Miles East of Killeen said he did no to know Why his son went on a rampage. A it was not drugs that a for sure a said Hennard a Houston orthopaedic surgeon who is briefly staying at the House where his son had been living. In interviews former associates of the killer described a difficult Man who for years roamed the world As a Seaman until he was thrown out of the merchant marines in 1989 for smoking marijuana. A the was very vindictive a said Isiah Williams a Branch agent for the National maritime Union in san Pedro Calif. A the always wanted to straighten out the score. He acted like he did no to confide in anybody or Trust in  the coast guard which stripped Hennard of his merchant Seaman a License said Hennard received voluntary drug treatment at a Houston Hospital. Sex Navy official gets jail for taking bribes Alexandria a. A a former assistant Navy Secretary was sentenced Friday to four years in prison for taking bribes from military contractors As part of the Pentagon procurement scandal uncovered three years ago. Melvyn r. Paisley who pleaded guilty in june also was ordered by . District judge Claude m. Hilton to pay $50,000 in fines and serve two years on probation. A emr. Paisley deserves no break in this matter a said assistant . Attorney Joseph Aronica. A the has brought disgrace upon the . Navy and the Public in general by his  Paisley 67, the highest ranking Pentagon official convicted in the operation i wind investigation addressed the judge before the sentence was imposed. He agreed that he had disgraced the Navy but added a a in be been a Patriot All of my  his attorney e. Lawrence Barcella jr., argued unsuccessfully that Paisley should be sentenced to Home detention because he is being treated for prostate cancer. Barcella said later he would consider appealing the sentence. In pleading guilty last june 14, Paisley admitted that he agreed to take kickbacks from three defense firms in return for helping them win lucrative manufacturing contracts during his service As assistant Navy Secretary for research and engineering. Within 15 months after he resigned in 1987, Paisley was paid nearly $500,000 by defense contractors for providing secret Pentagon information he had obtained while working for the Navy according to court  from Page 1 sunny Day in october at the White House there is Joy in the morning a he said. Before taking his seat at the court Thomas must take a judicial oath of office next week. Supreme court Justice Byron r. White administered the oath of office while Thomas wife Virginia held the Bible. A the brings that hard won experience to the High court and America will be the better for it a president Bush said in Brief remarks at the ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House. A Clarence Thomas or. Justice Thom As congratulations a Bush said. Thomas looking out at a crowd of several Hundred Well wishers including Many of his relatives from tiny pin Point ga., declared a i thank almighty god those who stood along the Road of 43 years of my life from pin Point to the supreme  with a passing reference to the tumultuous confirmation hearing that saw him confirmed with the Slimmest margin of any supreme court nominee this Century Thomas said a it is a time to look for solutions rather than exploit  Quot now is a time to move Forward a time to look for what is Good in others for what is Good in our country a he said. He quoted former British prime minister Winston Churchill a let us go Forward  sen. John Danforth r-mo., who had been Thomas chief Senate supporter delivered the invocation that began the ceremony. A we thank you for his strength his courage and for the kindness and Devotion of his heart a Danforth said in his prayer. A especially we thank you that he has persevered through adversity that he has fought the Good  in his own remarks Bush recalled that he had said when he nominated Thomas three months ago a that this Man is a fiercely Independent  a since then the whole nation has Learned that the passion and the intellect and the Independence of mind All Spring from a single source an inner strength stamped on his character Long ago a Bush  from Page 1 a minimum level of nuclear arms to protect against future attacks. A nuclear weapons will never be Oisin vented a said nato Secretary general Manfred Worner. A that is the reason Why i do not foresee a situation where pc will Denu Clarize  the ministers decision to make the biggest Cut Ever in the nuclear Arsenal was nudged out of the spotlight by an unexpected plan from France and Germany for tighter european defense links. The plan unveiled just a Day before the nato meeting appeared to catch officials by Surprise with its Call for creation of what would eventually be a european army. Even so German defense minister Gerhard Stoltenberg without mentioning names insisted the a overwhelming majority of natos 16 members welcomed the idea. Cheney and other ministers sought to dismiss any suggestion of a rift among the allies. The . Official said the United states understood the West european desire for a Security dimension in their ambitious plans to create a political Union of the 12-nation european Community. The countries want to form a common foreign. Security and defense policy to give them More influence on the world stage. But Cheney emphasized the need to keep the 42-year-old nato which North America to Western Europe. A we believe very deeply that nato continues to be the foundation for North Atlantic Security questions a he said. A Onato is the mechanism by which the United states has been involved and will stay involved in questions of european  he cautioned against moves to give Western Europe a stronger Security role at natos expense. A whatever is done. Should not detract from or undermine or in any Way weaken or erode the cohesion. Of the nato Structure a he said. He along with Worner and British defense Secretary Tom King said they wanted France and Germany to provide More details about their ideas. Cheney asked what the new Force would do and where it would operate a inside or outside nato territory. The proposal would build on a Franco German brigade of 4,200 soldiers possibly growing to a corps of tens of thousands. Other West european nations could take part. France which is not a member of natos joint military command did not attend the nuclear strategy sessions. An earlier plan by Britain and Italy also called for closer Security links among european nations but appeared to place More emphasis on links to nato