European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 17, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes monday february 17, 1992 at a glance Matt Hall 16, Jet skiing through a Creek in Goleta near Santa Barbara calif., Hasni to let the floods slow him Down. For More on that states weather see Page 11.snapping at Bush a heels Bush said he is facing Quot attack dog tactics Quot right and left while a Republican and five democrats All campaigning to oust him waged offensives in a final weekend drive for votes. A Page 4just cattle a around the last remaining Florida Panther in Everglades National Park made a surprising visit with two female cats delighting biologists. A Page 5across the Ocean Blue escorted by More than 1,000 private boats replicas of Christopher Columbus ships arrived in the United states As part of the 500th anniversary Celebration. A Page 6naacp head to resign Benjamin Hooks said he is resigning As the a acpt a executive director. A Page 7message handed Down Kevin Douglass Greene s Grandfather was the grandson of one of the most famous slaves whose Freedom led him to become a scholar author and advocate of equal rights. A Page 9squabble in open open members agreed to reduce its Oil output but saudi Arabia and Iran later objected to the Accord. A Page 14 Index Abby Ann Landers. 20 action line. 16 comics. 18-20 commentary. .13 crossword. 20 faces a no places. 10 letters. 12 Money matters. 17 sports. 21-26 to listings. 27 weather. 11 opposition leaders ask Baker to open ties with Uzbekistan Tashkent Uzbekistan a opposition leaders in this former soviet Republic on sunday urged Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii to establish . Diplomatic ties with Uzbekistan to Force its government to allow greater political Freedom. Baker conferred with the Heads of two opposition groups after meeting with president islam Karimov who promised he would build an open society and allow a multiparty democracy. It was bakery a first meeting with opposition groups since he began his tour of six former soviet republics with which the . Government is opening diplomatic relations. Karimov told reporters that a we have political parties. They Are gaining  he noted that the Leader of one of these parties had run against him in presidential elections dec. 29. But Abdurrahim Bulatov a Leader of the Kirlik movement said that the political freedoms granted to the opposition were on paper Only. Quot i think the sooner diplomatic relations Are established with the United states the better it will be for these forces that do not have democratic Freedom a Bulatov said. Karimov has refused to allow up Latov a Kirlik movement to Register As a political party thereby hindering it from nominating political candidates or gaining Access to newsprint which is sold by a government monopoly. Five Kirlik members have been on a hunger strike since feb. 5 demanding that Karimov Register their movement and allow them to buy paper for their newspaper. Bulatov said that although authoritarian regimes in Moscow and elsewhere had been removed a this totalitarianism continues to  Baker said . Experience with newly emerging democracies showed that a when we Are in a position to talk and reason we can be a Force for seeing the things move in the direction of political  the . Secretary of state sat next to Bulatov at the uzbek government guest House where the american delegation was staying. Baker told reporters that Karimov had agreed with several principles Laid out by the United states As a prerequisite for diplomatic ties among them respect for human rights democratic reforms and a Market Economy. Baker received similar pledges in All the asian republics of the former soviet Union he has visited this week. He is expected to recommend to president Bush that the United states open embassies in All their capitals. Asked Why Baker had not met with opposition groups at any other Stop Baker said the United states had been unable to identify such forces. The United states already has established diplomatic missions in former republics of Ukraine Belarus Armenia Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. During his current trip Baker has visited and indicated readiness to open missions As Well in Uzbekistan Moldova Azerbaijan Tajikistan and  from Page 1 Tims gasped sobbed and embraced one another. They sat across the aisle from Dahmer a parents. In closing arguments Friday the defense lawyer called Dahmer a a a steamroll Ling killing  a this willpower was gone a said Boyle. A the was so impaired As he went along this killing spree that he could not Stop. He was a runaway train on a track of madness picking up steam All the time on and on and  in his rebuttal the prosecutor described Dahmer As a Cool calculating killer who cleverly covered his tracks. A a he a fooled a lot of people a said District attorney e. Michael Mccann. A please please done to let him fool  if Dahmer had taken the stand his lawyer said a the perception of him As a human being would a displace this concept of him being a  but the defendant chose not to testify. Quot i done to think he could have handled it a Boyle said. The prosecution held photographs of each of the victims urging the jury to remember their suffering. Relatives of the victims wept in the courtroom. A the knew what he was doing a said Donald Bradehoft a 33-year-old hotel Jeffrey l. Dahmer Porter whose brother was one of Dahmer a victims. Pinned to his shirt was a photograph of his 25-year-old brother Joseph whose body was found in Dahm crts apartment in july. Before the verdict was read relatives of the victims held hands and prayed quietly. Afterwards they lauded the work of the jury. Theresa Smith whose brother Albert was among the victims said the verdict a brought Back the Faith i lost in the Justice  Dahmer sat impassively during most of the trial wearing a dark suit and looking a bit whiskered and weary. The testimony included a discussion of cannibalism mutilation and sex with corpses. It was revealed that Dahmer had used a condom while having sex with some of the bodies. The prosecutor cited his desire to avoid sexually transmitted disease As evidence of his sanity. Some television and radio stations carried the testimony uncensored. But the trial with its Strong doses of absurd and disgusting elements put the local Media in an awkward position. A we had a Tightrope to walk a said Steve Hannah the managing editor of the Milwaukee journal. A on the one hand we did t want to assault our readers with gratuitous details. On the other hand we wanted our readers to appreciate the thrust of the defendants Case that Jeffrey Dahmer is crazy a that what he did was so bizarre so heinous that he must be  Dahmer a ability to elude police capture even after officers watched a dazed naked and bleeding 14-year-old boy run from Dahmer a apartment has enraged Many Gay activists and members of minorities in  from Page 1 Tion for the grease due to Cost considerations a said an oct. 3 air Force report warning of the Uhlna so High Accident  the Navy which oversees Marine aviation Accident investigations briefly suspended use of syn tech grease after the first uh-1n crash killed two marines and injured three others. Testing later indicated that the grease while meeting Bell helicopters standards May not have provided adequate lubrication to the helicopter a a drive Shaft coupling located Between the uh-1n engines and transmission the report said. Air Force analysts reported finding that the grease a most Likely used in a uh-1n that crashed in january 1991, killing two airmen came from the same 1987 syn tech Batch used in the earlier Marine helicopter Accident. That Batch was in the last year of shelf life at the time of both accidents the report said. An air Force Laboratory then faulted the Quality of two other batches of syn tech grease including one produced As recently As february 1991. A Navy Board also urged the services to buy a higher Quality grease after finding that Bell helicopter lowered its contamination and temperature standards in 1984, possibly a to make the specification meet the product a the report said. Last week military officials said that the uh-1n accidents spurred air Force and Navy interest in a program launched in october 1990 by the array research development Center at fort Belvoir  to develop a multipurpose aircraft grease. At the air forces request last year the army tested several batches of syn tech grease and then shared detailed plans and specifications for the new grease with both the air Force and Navy. There has been no request to Speed up development of the new grease officials said. A it originally was undertaken to reduce the number of proprietary and military greases required for helicopter servicing and maintenance a Rhynedance said of the army research. The goal is to develop a single grease made to strict military standards that can meet a wide Range of temperature and lubrication needs in several kinds of helicopters he said. A replacement grease should simplify and standardize some helicopter maintenance procedures across he military the major added. Syn tech grease which costs less than $6 a tube is a synthetic material designed to withstand High temperatures and resist oxidation. It was introduced to the military in 1978 by syn tech Ltd. Of Addison 111., for use in uh-1n drive Shaft couplings military officials said