European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 21, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 c the stars and stripes tuesday january 21, 1992 at a glance teaching children to Cook can help them learn healthful eating habits. See stories on pages 14-15.book bans succeeding efforts to get books and magazines banned or restricted in school libraries succeeded nearly half the time Over three years researchers said. A Page 4countdown begins Nasa began the countdown for the first shuttle flight of the year a Laboratory research Mission by discovery that will examine the effects of weightlessness. A Page 5gotti trial starting journalists from around the world will converge this week on a Brooklyn courtroom for the murder and racketeering trial of reputed mafia Kingpin John Gotti. A Page 7race not blamed in fight the new year s Day fight involving seven american soldiers and seven civilian men in Bremerhaven Germany had nothing to do with race or nationality the civilians said. A Page 9gm chief blasts Media consumer criticism spurred by a hostile Media has crippled the . Auto Market and obscured recent Progress at general motors corp., chairman Robert Stempel said. A Page 17 Index Abby Ann Landers 20 action line. 16 comics. 18-21 commentary. 13 faces no places. 10 letters. .12 Money matters. .17 sports a. 21-28 to listings. 27 weather. 11 King from Page 1 and reawaken Hope in the poor. In her annual state of the dream speech she called on government and the private sector to increase Job training Ana child and health care programs. Quot our nation cannot do less she said. Quot the time has come for us to civilize ourselves for the total direct and immediate abolition of  also on sunday mrs. King presented mrs. Mandela with an award from the King Center for nonviolent change for the Progress the mandelas have made in fighting apartheid. Elsewhere monday civil rights leaders hailed Kings dream Ordinary citizens joined marches and demonstrators protested rejections of the Holiday in Arizona and by a Louisiana school District. In Washington d.c., the Rev. Jesse Jackson announced a drive for statehood for the City with a demonstration planned for april 4, the anniversary of Kings death. Washingtonians Quot Are serious about being part of the Union a he said. In Boston the Rev. Joseph Lowery president of the Southern Christian leadership conference founded by Wall from Page 1 the stalinist state of former East Germany and this was the first prosecution stemming from the deaths. Defense lawyers in the politically charged Case insisted that the defendants were following the legitimate orders of a then Sovereign country when Chris Guif Froy 20, was killed by a Bullet through the heart feb. 5,1989. Just nine months later anti communist protesters breached the Wall. In announcing the verdict Theodor Seidel chief judge of the Berlin regional court Drew parallels Between the Blind obedience to orders in the nazi Era and in communist East Germany. Defense attorneys had repeatedly challenged the court s authority to hear the Case. And Many germans criticized the proceedings As unfairly singling out four Young guards while former East German Leader Erich Honecker and other top ranking communists remain free. King warned against too much dreamy nostalgia for King. While the film of Kings i have a dream speech is often replayed a i Seldom see the clips where he talks about materialism racism and greed a Lowery said. In Philadelphia new mayor Edward Rendell and civil rights leaders marked the Day by tapping the Liberty Bell. In Phoenix up to 5,000 people a a smaller crowd than in previous years a turned out in the rain to March in support of a paid state Holiday for King in Arizona the Only state without one although new Hampshire a civil rights Holiday does no to Honor King by name. However Many Arizona cities and schools observe his birthday. Then gov. Evan Mecham scrapped the states King Holiday in 1987, and the subject has caused controversy since. Voters rejected two King Day proposals in 1990 but will vote again on the Issue in november. Quot we in Arizona May do things in our own Way but we Are second to none in our support for the Basic principles of Freedom and Equality a said gov. Fife Symington. Quot Well March a thousand Miles to get this  arizonans controversy also was mentioned in the Atlanta service. The keynote speaker the Rev. James Alexander Forbes or. Of new Yorkus Riverside Church denounced the rap group Public enemy for in what May have been an attempt to Lessen criticism the prosecution asked for suspended sentences Ingo Heinrich 26, was convicted of manslaughter and received a 3v4-year sentence. Andreas Kuhn past 27, received a two year suspended sentence for attempted manslaughter. Acquitted by the court of three judges and two jurors were Mike Schmidt and Peter Schmett also former Border guards. The four defendants charged with manslaughter had faced maximum sentences of life in prison. Seidel in pronouncing sentence before the tense courtroom said Quot there is no doubt that the deadly shot came from Heinrich he said Giffroy and a companion had simply wanted to escape the communist led regime to seek better opportunities in the West. The judges reference to nazi Germany angered defense attorney Hubert Dreyling who was representing Kuhn past. Quot comparing the German democratic Republic to the nazi Era is improper a Dreyling told reporters. Its recent video portraying Blacks assassinating White officials in Arizona. Quot done to go around suggesting destruction As a Way to Honor or. King a Forbes said. A March for a King Holiday also was held in Northeast Louisiana where about 100 people protested the ouachita Parish school boards refusal to Honor the Holiday. In Denver about 100 Kun flux klan members and supporters rallied opposite 10,000 King Day marchers. Mayor Wellington Webb called the klansmen Quot misguided representatives of hatred and intolerance a and said Quot those who would spread evil and racial hatred. Need our  marchers in Alabama trekked to the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham were four Black Eirls were killed in a 1963 terrorist bombing and traced the final Steps of Kings 1965 March from Selma to Montgomery. A rally at the end of the Atlanta Parade turned ii to a Pep rally of opposition to president Bush who visited the King Center on Friday. A a done to vote for Bush a the crowd chanted. Quot Martin Luther King said we must be non violent but he did no to say we  be angry a said rep. Maxine Waters a Calif Quot if you done to like George Bush Send him  As Seidel announced the manslaughter conviction and sentence Heinrich sat in the  looking dismayed and angry. Afterwards he refused to talk to reporters. Heinrich will remain free pending further Legal moves in the Case. The defendants said during the trial that they regretted the death but had no other Choice. A at that time i was following the Laws and commands of the German democratic Republic a said Heinrich in his final plea. A what was right then can to be wrong now a defense attorney Rolf Boresi told the court. The verdict comes while two other former Border guards Are on trial in another Berlin courtroom and while Justice officials seek to try Honecker for giving Border guards shoot to kill orders. Honecker has refused to Budge from his Moscow Refuge. Defense lawyers for the four Border guards repeatedly questioned the authority of the Berlin court arguing that it had no jurisdiction because the Case was being tried after the unification of  from Page 1 times wields considerable influence in the government because of his seniority. But be is less Active in Day to Day mane vering in parliament. Criticizing Bush a Jan. 7-10 visit As merely aimed at Selling cars Sakurauchi Quarter of a Washington up the nations Reserve forces will be Cut by at least a Quarter of a million within the next five years the vice chairman of the joint chiefs of staff said monday. Navy adm. David e. Jeremiah vice chairman of the joint chiefs of staff told the annual midwinter conference of the 115,000-member Reserve officers association that after the cuts the reserves strength will still be above the Levels before the 1980s buildup. The reduction in forces will eliminate Quot at least a Quarter million men and women from our Reserve components Quot Jeremiah said. Quot some have accused the defense department of beating up on was quoted As saying Quot the deterioration in the Quality of . Workers is at the heart of Japan a $41 billion Trade surplus with the United states. He said it May be difficult for Tokyo to meet targets of increased imports of . Auto parts because of the Quot Many defective products Quot american workers make. Other japanese politicians have made disparaging remarks about americans in the past. The reserves but nothing could be further from the  the reductions would be possible because Quot today the Warsaw pact is gone and so is the soviet Union a Jeremiah said. Quot we have no reason to keep the Large forces we once required for a Short notice War along the Central front in Europe. We no longer need some Active forces a like the 3rd armoured division. Nor can we afford to pay for them at the Cost of hurting the readiness and technical superiority of the base Force. A similarly we no longer require a and can to afford a the Large Reserve combat forces we built during the cold War Quot he added. Quot nor do we have any reason to in 1986, for example then prime minister Yasuhiro Nakasone said americans have lower intelligence than japanese. In 1988, the current foreign minister Michio Watanabe caused an outrage when he said Black americans do not care about running away from their debts. In 1990, then Justice minister Seiroku Kajiyama compared foreign prostitutes in Tokyo to Blacks moving into White neighbourhoods in the United states. Keep other Reserve units whose Mission has gone away now that the Active forces they support Are themselves being deactivated. And so we re reducing that cold War Reserve Cushion we added in the 1980s.�?� but Jeremiah said a five years from now when our planned cuts Are Complete our total Reserve component strength will still be above what it was before the 1980s buildup began a and even that was a Reserve component based on a War in Europe. And More importantly the Reserve components will still account for 36 percent of the total Force a the same balanced share of the total Force they do  million reservists to be Cut