European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 13, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 c the stars and stripes Friday december 13, 1991 at a glance sampling Gingerbread Are from left Damien Seine 5, Rene Lher it nitty 7, and Judith Nazlini 7. A French chef is teaching the children How to bake traditional Holiday treats. See Story on pages 14-15. Plane crash probed investigators Hope the remnants of a corporate Jet yield clues into a plane crash that killed executives of a grocery Chain and two pilots. A Page 4 a very belated birthday it was not really his birthday but Terry Anderson celebrated a make believe anniversary thursday As a substitute for the seven birthdays he spent in Captivity. A Page 5 breast cancer update despite two decades of intensive research most women a chances of dying from breast cancer Are scarcely better today than they were in the 1970s. A Page 6 Man arraigned in shootings a 42-year-old Man has been arraigned on four counts of murder and one count of assault in a two Day journey of violence that ended tuesday night in California to. Page 7 historic unit May deactivate the army is deactivating its historic 2nd army Cav regt As troop cuts continue in Europe members of the unit said privately. A Page 10 now accepting applications a combination of factors has helped deplete the ranks of workers at cafes exchanges Burger bars service stations and other outlets run by the Exchange service. Page 17 Abby Ann Landers 19 action line .16 comics.19-21 commentary.13 crossword .19 faces 1 places .18 letters .12 Money matters.17 sports.22-28 to listings.27 weather.11 humanitarian Aid to soviets to be outlined at conference Washington a president Bush will hold an International conference Here Early next month to coordinate humanitarian assistance for the people in the collapsing soviet Union the White House announced thursday. He also is appointing Deputy Secretary of state Lawrence Eagleburger a former . Ambassador to Yugoslavia to coordinate . Assistance to the country As it struggles through a bitter Winter. Eagleburger will be responsible for overseeing a . Aid programs which total about $4 billion that Are targeted for the soviet Union and the republics said White House spokesman Marlin Smith from Page 1 dress a Haller said. Juror Doris Welsch 60, Fater told the Miami Herald a we went in there and did a Job and Felt we did a Good one and its  two jurors  comment. The other two had unlisted Telephone numbers and did no to answer the door at their Homes. Supporters of the woman condemned the cheering and the verdict. A this has Hurt All rape victims and you re going to have a lot of victims that wont come Forward because of what has been done to this woman a said Robin Miller who Heads a group called Fame Fitzwater. Taking a cautious line on the rapid disintegration of the Central government Fitzwater said the United states was still dealing with embattled president Mikhail s. Gorbachev and also with Boris n. Yeltsin the president of the russian Republic and the guiding hand in a newly emerging Commonwealth of republics. A we see a massive coordination problem on both ends of this problem and Larry is the perfect Man to pull this together a Fitzwater said of Eagleburger. A the Issue is More one of coordination than new financing a Fitzwater said. A i lies enraged against rape. Smith 31, had taken the stand adamantly denying the woman a charges. He painted her As a sexually aggressive woman who initiated sex after they met at a nightclub during easter weekend. Smith grinned As the verdict was read and embraced his lawyer Roy Black. Smiths Mother and other Kennedy family members were in the courtroom when the verdict was read. Among those absent was his Uncle sen. Edward m. Kennedy d-mass., whose name had been sullied by his link to the Case. Witnesses testified that he roused Smith and his son Patrick to go drinking Early on March 30 at the disco where Smith said he was a picked up by the woman. Circuit judge maty Lupo thanked the jurors saying a you have done Justice regardless of your  done to have any new Money to announce today. That does no to mean there wont be any new  Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii said the soviet Union was undergoing a a promising democratic revolution that already has ended any fear of a nuclear War with the United states. A yet the dangers Are equal in scale to the opportunities a Baker said at a noontime speech thursday at Princeton University. The dangers include protracted anarchy and chaos. Baker believes the problems Are too grave for the United states or any other nation to alleviate by itself. She noted the trial had been televised live across the country. A this has not been a movie made for to a she told them. A the to has come into the courtroom. The Only difference Between this Case and any other is that More people want to see this  she told jurors it was up to them whether they wanted Quot to talk publicly about their decision but a i need to Tell you that you Are the Story  prosecutor Moira Lasch left the courtroom without comment. Smith graduated from Georgetown University medical school this year. He Hopes to begin his residency at the University of new Mexico medical Center in Albuquerque next month his family said. School officials said they will talk to Smith before deciding  from Page 1 paper Nezah Ishimaya gazeta. A i done to categorically reject the Commonwealth idea but in a not sure it will help a said Gorbachev who was to address the soviet legislature later. A in my fire from Page 1 incidents Are being vigorously debriefed afterwards not in a punitive sense but in an investigation Al sense to increase our understanding of the causes of fratricide a Clark said. The army already knows what caused Many of the Friendly fire incidents in the persian Gulf a Battles were fought at night in an environment that was often choked with dust smoke or rain. Eleven of the army a 12 Friendly fire incidents on the ground occurred at night in very poor visibility Clark said. To allow units to see each other better the army is developing several new identification devices said maj. Gen. Jerry Harrison chief of the army Laboratory come at Adelphi my. The devices most units had on hand for the persian Gulf War were rudimentary a reflective paint chemical lights and brightly coloured panels that could be Hung on vehicles. New devices include two types of infrared vehicle beacons that can be seen through night vision goggles and Thermal tape that can be picked up through Thermal targeting sights such As those used by the m1a1 tank. The army also plans to increase use of the global positioning system a device that can be carried on each vehicle so Crews opinion it will Lead to disintegration in chaos i can to agree on moral grounds to support the states falling  support for the Commonwealth agreement is growing among non slavic republics Yeltsin said with Armenia kirghiz and Moldavia expressing interest in joining. He also said he believed Kazakhstan would become a full member. Yeltsin said he and Gorbachev agreed at know where they Are in relation to other Friendly forces at All times. More than 16,000 of the devices will be in the Field by the end of fiscal year 1994, and All contingency units will be equipped with them by then. Also being developed is a laser warning receiver for ground vehicles to lets Crews know when a Friendly vehicle has locked a targeting laser on them so they can quickly identify themselves. A in general these devices would have been effective in reducing fratricide in the persian Gulf a Clark said. In the longer term army scientists will work to develop improved optics and targeting systems that will identify Friendly and enemy forces out to the maximum Range for a particular weapon system Harrison said. He conceded that the principal near term fixes a the infrared beacons a have problems. For one thing the beacons Are useless during the Day because their Light can be seen Only through the military a night vision goggles. More importantly the beams can also be seen by anyone on the Battlefield who has night vision equipment including the enemy. The iraqis did not have such devices but most modern armies would be expected to have them. Clark and Harrison did not fully address questions of Why Middle East Battlefield conditions were not anticipated prior to the War and Why existing technology was not made available to units be a meeting wednesday to keep the a currently working structures of the Central government functioning until a majority of the republics join the Commonwealth. He said the creation of the Commonwealth of Independent states on sunday was made necessary because Gorbachev a plan to hold the nation together with a Central government was rejected by eight of the 15 former soviet republics. Fore the fighting broke out. The Budd Light had been developed at least two years prior to the War yet was not distributed to units heading to the persian Gulf. The Darpa Light was developed within just a few weeks of the initial Field request from the Middle East a but that request Cape after the War started. Clark and Harrison said that while All the initiatives under development can help reduce fratricide there really is no single solution to the problem. A the use of identification devices entails risks Quot Clark said. A the Field commander has to weigh the risks of being identified by the enemy with the risks of fratricide. What we want to do is provide a a kit bag to the commander in the Field so that he has a number of options to use As the situation Calls  the army must walk a Fine line in dealing with this Issue by not reducing Battlefield effectiveness to the Point where . Forces might take greater losses from the enemy than they would save through fewer Friendly fire incidents he said. A we must balance caution against fratricide with the need to maintain our Battlefield Edge a he said. A we can to make soldiers timid. We must maintain our a first shot