European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 25, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday october 25, 1991 have to give up new weapon army May plans for by Jane a defence weekly the �?T90s lean mean . Army May have to forego new weapons on its wish list such As the Block Iii main Battle tank and the so called Bunker Buster. As Gen. Gordon r. Sullivan army chief of staff puts it a we Are the Force for sustained land combat. But that a the one thing that wont  among the new weapons the army is calling for is a a Bunker defeat munitions to destroy Earth and Timber bunkers that May be used in future Battles. Originally the army wanted a handheld weapon to be used in action against enemy soldiers inside bunkers and any enemy Light Armor in the area. Some $13 million had been set aside for the weapon in 1991 army development funds. But competing contractors were unable to meet the specifications so the Money was redistributed to other projects. Now Congress is debating on whether to fund the weapon in 1992. F in the interim the . Army special forces come has asked for a different Type of Bunker Buster a single shot disposable rocket launcher weighing no More than 17 pounds with an effective Range of roughly 825 feet a to be available As Early As 1994. They want the weapon to be Able to collapse a Battle Field Bunker or destroy at least one Wall of it a with an additional capability to incapacitate enemy troops. Iraqi fortifications during the persian Gulf War were often made of corrugated Iron covered with Sand Wood and stones. In some cases the sides were built of corrugated Iron sandbags or ammunition boxes filled with Sand Earth and stones. A candidate for the new weapon May be Smaw a developed by Mcdonnell Douglas missile systems division. Smaw a is a shoulder launched multipurpose assault weapon. Another is the Valliant tech systems at-8, a Light anti Armor weapon. Both use a High explosive warhead. Meanwhile the army a proposed Block Iii main Battle tank is also facing criticism. For one thing the soviet tank it was designed to counter May not be fielded for years. Still Sullivan said a the army needs a new tank at the turn of the  he believes upgrades to existing tanks Are not the answer because they add to its weight. A i done to want a 70-ton tank a he said adding that Speed is also an important Factor. For instance a lesson Learned during operation desert storm was that some of the older equipment simply could not keep Pace with the High Speed m1a1 Abrams tank. Doctor defies ban to assist two ill women in suicides Pontiac Mich. Apr or. Jack Kevorkian who used a drug dispensing machine to help an alzheimer a victim kill herself helped two More women commit suicide wednesday using a new device in at least one Case authorities said. A judge had barred Kevorkian from helping peole commit suicide after e assisted in the june 1990 death of Janet Adkins of Portland Ore. That Case prompted intense debate on the Issue of physician assisted suicide a and later led a California woman to come to Michigan to kill herself. Michigan Law does no to specifically ban assisted Kevorkian suicide. The women who died wednesday were found in a Cabin in the Remote Bald Mountain recreation area North of Pontiac North of Detroit Oakland county sheriffs capt. Glenn Watson said. Adkins also died in Oakland county. Watson said Kevorkian called the sheriffs department telling them there had been doctor assisted suicides. Kevorkian then called one of his attorneys Michael Schwartz. A the requested that i come out there because. He Felt he might need my representation a Schwartz told television station Xyz to. Sheriffs sgt. Dale Romeo said Kevorkian used two devices. A one had three bottles and one looked just like an oxygen tank with a mask a he said. A we May pursue it As a homicide a Romeo  school lifts ban Garland Texas apr a principal on wednesday lifted a ban he imposed on speaking Spanish in hallways and classrooms after residents and hispanic groups objected to the policy. Of Banion Middle school principal Joe Brown had enacted the ban to end students cursing in Spanish. Garland Independent school District superintendent Jill Shugart said the most negative response came from outside the school. She said she talked with Brown to consider other options. A we had a meeting of the minds. And i support the principals determination to maintain an educational environment a Shugart said adding that students  verbally abuse teachers regardless of the language involved. Kevorkian a 63-year-old retired pathologist was questioned late wednesday at the sheriffs department in Pontiac and released. He  comment As he left the building and drove off. Another Kevorkian attorney Geoffrey Fieger identified the women As Sherry Miller 43, of Roseville who had multiple sclerosis and Marjorie Wantz 58, of Sodus who had a Pelvic disease. Roseville is a Detroit suburb Sodus is near Lake Michigan 180 Miles West of Detroit. Fieger said the women a participated in physician assisted  he said a new version of a suicide device was used. A a there a a mask that Miller placed Over her face a he said. A she just breathed it and went to  Fieger said Miller was with her Best Friend also a Roseville woman and Wantz was accompanied by her husband at the times of their deaths wednesday evening. County prosecutor Richard Thompson said two bodies were found but he declined further comment. Last year Thompson charged Kevorkian with first degree murder in the death of Adkins 54, who suffered from alzheimer a disease a progressive neurological disease. Adkins died june 4, 1990, using a machine Kevorkian invented. It was an intravenous device consisting of three suspended bottles on an aluminium Frame and a Small motor. Kevorkian hooked her up to the device inside a Van and she pushed a Button that triggered a flow of coma and death inducing drugs into her bloodstream. An Oakland county judge dismissed the first degree murder charge earlier this year but barred Kevorkian from assisting any More suicides. Thompson said he would consider charges following the sheriffs departments  speaking Spanish a but i also think its important to keep the scope of the problem in perspective. If there is a better Way to handle it then we need to pursue that  Steve Knagg the districts director of communications said Brown intends to appoint a task Force of students parents and administrators to study the problem of students cursing in Spanish. Twenty percent of the 981 students at the school in the Dallas suburb Are hispanic but Only two faculty members speak Spanish officials said. Both teach Spanish courses. Under the ban imposed Friday students caught speaking Spanish risked detention or possible expulsion. The ruling excluded Spanish spoken in classroom settings. The stars and stripes a Page 7 .teen killed for refusing to hand Over earrings from wire reports Philadelphia a a teen Ager who recovered her cherished $450 Gold earrings the first time they were stolen died fighting for them during a second robbery police said. Chedell Ray Williams was pronounced dead tuesday afternoon after she was shot in the Throat at close Range with a revolver. Police said they Haven to recovered the earrings. The 17-year-old High school Junior and a Friend had entered the Fern Rock subway station when two men approached them and demanded the earrings. When Williams refused she and the Friend ran. One Man followed and grabbed her snatched the earrings then shot her police said. The Friend was not injured. The two men and a third Man who was waiting in a car drove off. The earrings were a gift from a Boyfriend according to Chedelle smother Barbara Williams. In june someone had stolen them from her in another subway station. But she was Able to get them Back after the thief sold them for $75 to someone she knew. A she told me lots of times a in a not going to give them up a a her Mother said. A i told her give the earrings up its just a material thing. If someone has a gun in your face give them  bar ban illegal Alexandria a. A a Federal judge on wednesday ruled that a state Law Banning Gay bars is unconstitutional. . District judge Albert v. Bryan signed the order preventing state alcoholic beverage control officials from enforcing the Law which will remain on the books unless state lawmakers vote to repeal it. The order settles a lawsuit filed in August by owners of the French Quarter cafe in Alexandria. The bar owners and state officials agreed to the order last week. A we never thought that they a just give up a bar owner Murray Greenberg said. A but what a right is  state officials said the Law which denied liquor licenses to establishments catering to homosexuals had not been enforced in decades. But Greenberg said Abc officials visited his establishment this summer and were preparing to shut it Down. A resident of Alexandria William Glasgow had complained the bar threatened family life and Askea the state to enforce the   her record Anderson ind. A Linda Essex Chandler the worlds most married woman wants out of marriage no. 22 after less than a month. Chandler 51, filed a petition monday for an annulment from Jessie m. Chandler 63. The petition cites fraud but no other information was available a spokeswoman for Madison circuit court said wednesday. The Chandlers were married oct. 4. The guinness Book of world records lists Linda Chandler As having the most marriages  s no joke Appleton wis. A the out Agamie county Board is considering naming a new Justice Center after Wisconsin born sen. Joseph Mccarthy notorious for his Hunt for communists in the 1950s. Board member Robert Schmieder said the idea started out As a joke. He said he and another Board member were discussing where a courthouse bust of Mccarthy should be displayed and he suggested that if people feel strongly about Mccarthy they should name the Justice Center after him. Edward Nackers said he liked the idea and helped draft a Resolution to do so. However the Board voted tuesday that a com Mittic should decide on a name for the Center. While the Resolution praises Mccarthy a for his continuous service to democracy and fight against communism Quot not All Board members agreed. A naming this the Mccarthy Justice Center would be a contradiction in terms a said Board member Helen Nagler