European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 11, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes wednesday december 11,1991 at a glance they Call Erin Mammy the ice Malden on the Tennis court a jury s Story it part at a Park agr looking at Tennis in Europe. See stories on pages 14-15. Smith takes the stand More than eight months after a Jupiter fla., woman charged that he raped her at the family a Palm Beach estate William Kennedy Smith was giving his version of what he Calls a a Damnable a Page 4 Fri wants hostage takers the fat is trying to identify the terrorists responsible for taking 17 americans hostage in Lebanon since 1984, with an Eye to bringing them to Justice. A Page 5 Early outs snubbed fears about the Economy and the shrinking private Job Market lessened the Appeal of Early retirement unthinkable for most government workers. Such Lack of interest could Hurt younger workers next year. A pages write in votes questioned accepting a Challenge to Hawaii s election Law the supreme court agreed monday to decide whether states May constitutionally prohibit write in votes. Three states in addition to Hawaii ban write in voting and Many others limit the practice. A Page 7 Maxwell Money missing trouble at Robert maxwells Wrecke Media Empire deepened monday word that Bank lenders failed to find More than half of the $1.2 billion in missing Money he had frantically shuffled before his death. A Page 17index Abby Ann Landers .19 action line. Comics. 19-21 commentary. .13 faces a places .22 letters. .12 Money matters. 17-18 sports. 23-28 to listings. .27 weather. .11 a act honors Vii corps for advisers work in Gulf by Joseph Owen Stuttgart Bureau Stuttgart Germait a the National association for the advancement of coloured people has died the army s Vii corps As the Only . Command to have fielded an equal Opportunity adviser team in operations desert shield and desert storm. To formalize the recognition a act officials awarded the corps a trophy monday afternoon at the corps Kelley Barracks Headquarters in Stuttgart. They also issued a plaque to each of the teams advisers. Michael a. Lamberg elected a act european conference president on saturday said the awards had nothing to do with his organizations recent strife with the army about discrimination complaints. Quot i did no to come Here to present this to Vii corps to heal the wound because the wound is far from being healed a Lamberg said after a Brief ceremony at the officers club. Issues that prompted the dispute will take a Long time to resolve he said hand its Only going to happen if we All work lamberts predecessor air Force tech. Sgt. Arthur w. Diggs staged a six aay hunger strike in september to protest Shatne called . Army Europe a disregard of a Quot wide Range of injustices in its equal Opportunity program. Diggs ended his fast at the urging of . Civil rights commission chairman Arthur a. Fletcher who had made similar allegations in August. Diggs resigned As president oct 5 while under threat of a act suspension for having conducted an unauthorized March in Frankfurt to protest the alleged injustices. Master sgt Orrin d. Miller the corps equal Opportunity chief was among those who received a plaque monday. Quot i done to think we did anything different from what the regulation requires a milk said speaking about his teams work in the fenian Gulf which induce Date to Al major subordinate commands assistance to units that did no to have advisers and briefs a to the corps commander who was then it Gen. Frederick m. Franks or. Corps personnel and administration director col Johnny d. Rusin disagreed with milk. The arduous Condo Ems under which the Conn operated in saudi Arabia and Iraq would have made it Cam to put the equal Opportunity program on the Back Burner he said but Franks made it a High priority. Asked Why a act bom commands that failed to sen Sian Gulf Paula Brown dem _ Tor said that while adherence to regulations is to be my cited in reality we know that it May not always be the Quot certainly Vii corps took a step to the right direction a she said. Britain Europe wrestle with differences maastricht Netherlands a the Fate of a Long sought european Community treaty Hung in the balance tuesday As reluctant Britain and Continental Europe wrestled Over economic and defense policies. Leaders of the 12 european Community nations met for a second Day of talks aimed at concluding months of negotiations on monetary Union and closer political ties among member states. European Community finance ministers agreed monday to adopt a Stogie european currency Byj a. 1,1999-set strict economic criteria for membership and left Britain a Way out by agreeing that its parliament must first endorse participation. But the agreement to adopt the european currency unit a or ecu a by 1999 will be moot if the nations do not also reach Accord on political Union. A it is not a question of me getting a settlement a British prime minister John major said As he arrived for talks. A it is a 3uestion of Europe getting a set ement we Are still some Way Short of that if the treaty is signed it would be the most far reaching step in the dec since 1986, when Laws were enacted creating a single economic Market of 338 million people by 1992. The two Day Summit was scheduled to end tuesday with leaders signing an apr Efa tweet it Britain a Long the dec member most wary about closer unify a continued to differ with its trading bloc partners on a number of issues. Britain was seeking watered Down proposals for Community wide regulations on workers rights Ana also insisted that the european Community a foreign and defense policies not undermine nato. Britain also says dec dictates on maternity benefits and working hours would make the Community uncompetitive. France which represented the positions of Many dec members said further concessions to Britain would be unacceptable. It said dec regulations on worker conditions should be enacted by majority vote not unanimously As sought by Britain. British foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd said a other people have a greater tendency to sign first and worry later. We do tend to do our worrying before we agree to something. A France later tried to break the impasse by suggesting Britain be exempted from regulations on labor issues. But it was unclear whether other nations would agree. Quit from Page 1 news after he met with Republic leaders Gorbachev on monday urged that the National parliament the Congress of Peoples deputies Convene to take up the matter. He suggested a nationwide referendum to decide the Fate of the country. However the Congress Power has been effectively neutralized m the collapse of the Central government following the abortive coup and the individual republics have increasingly taken charge of administration. Russian president Boris n. Yeltsin cancelled All scheduled appointments tuesday to work on details of the slavic pact at his country Home or Dacha the Tass news Agency reported. Soviet newspapers questioned whether the new Commonwealth would trigger further chaos or provide stability. The former communist daily pravda said news of the Commonwealth was a a a Shock for Many people and speculated that it might a become a catalyst to accelerate a further ungovernable disintegration of the country. Armenia late monday became the first Republic to indicate a willingness to join the slavic pact. Armenian president Levon Ter Petrosian was quoted As telling Tass his caucasus Mountain Republic supports the initiative a was a historic step toward the renewal of relations Between the former soviet the three slavic republics appeared determined monday to ignore the Central government in confronting the grave economic breakdown which has aggravated the political crisis. Yegor Gaidar Russia s minister of economics and finance told russian television the three republics had agreed to coordinate their economic reforms including the eventual introduction of separate currencies. Gaidar said Russia would delay by two weeks until Jan. 2, plans to free prices on most goods. The Ukraine and byelorussian pledged to increase deliveries of consumer goods and food to Russia which suffers severe shortages. Gorbachev addle recognizing that each Republic has the Yigit to secede from the Union contended monday that a the Fate of the multinational stale can to be decided by the will of the leaders of three from Page 1 Derson along with Bassil and Salome appeared at the front door and joined in. Anderson said before leaving for the Frankfurt Airport that he expected to get Quot a Little weepy upon seeing the statue of Liberty to new York Harbor. Many of Anderson s relatives were waiting for him in new York on tuesday ready to give their Long missing loved one a Welcome hell never forget. A a in a coming Home a an excited Anderson blurted out to a Wake up Call to his Cousin to Long Island ., Early monday. A it was Beautiful to hear his voice a no matter what time it was a said the Cousin Tom Anderson a new York City police sergeant. A it Felt so Good to say see a tomorrow a a in a just going to give him a big old fashion Anderson family hug and not let go a said the Cousin at is Home in Valley Tream Tom Anderson his wife Susanne and their three children planned to join other Anderson relatives and friends in a Rous ing Welcome. Another Anderson brother Jack a sister Judy and the Rev. Lawrence Jenco a Catholic priest and former hostage were Abo expected to be on hand. Terry Anderson chief Middle Bart correspondent for the associated pert also was to visit a Headquarters upon his arrival to new York. Doctors at the Hospital say the Exma toe survived his ordeal remarkably Well. Anderson has jogged around the Hospital grounds every Day. Staff writer Vince Crawley contributed to this report 1
