European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 14, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a the stars and stripes saturday March 14, 1992turkey praised for staying out of enclave War Washington up a president Bush called turkish prime minister Suleyman Demirel on thursday to convey his support for the european leaders refusal to be drawn into the conflict Between Armenia and Azerbaijan the White House said. No details of the conversation were revealed but Bush took the Opportunity to reiterate his concern about the growing strife on turkeys Border in the disputed territory of Magorno Karabash an armenian enclave inside Azerbaijan. A the parties must not seek to gain a temporary military advantage during a time of great uncertainty and heightened tensions a Bush said in a statement. A we Call on them to exercise restraint even in the face of apparent provocation. The bloodshed must end. As the War continues however Demirel has been increasingly pressured by his people to become militarily involved in the dispute. The conflict pits the Christian armenians who have been at Odds with the turks for years against the azerbaijanis who Are muslims of turkish descent. Demirel fearing a military conflict with the kurd in Northern Iraq has refused to join the Magorno Karabash conflict. A we want a political solution a Demirel told the new York times on wednesday. A we will help but we done to want the military  giant stick in the mud a Delta air lines jetliner remains mired in the mud and Snow on thursday despite efforts to free it by workers at greater Rochester International Airport in new York state. The Jet whose flight originated in Nashville tcnn., Slid off a runway after the Pilot attempted to turn the aircraft around when adjacent taxiways were closed because of a heavy snowfall. No one was injured in the mishap. See other weather news Page 11.lawyer Houston a a Man who asked to be castrated rather than face trial on a child molesting charge has changed his mind an attorney representing the Many a family says. State District judge Mike Mcspadden last week approved Steven Allen butlers request to be castrated instead of going to trial on a charge of aggravated sexual assault of a 13-Ycar-Oldgirl. But attorney Charles Freeman said thursday that Butler told him Over the weekend that head rather go to trial. A the told me at that time a i have never wanted to be castrated. I just wanted to keep my options open a a Freeman said. Freeman said Butler 28, told him that he feared being sentenced to life in prison if convicted. At the time of his arrest Butler was on probation after pleading guilty to indecency with a 7-year-old girl. Because of that he May have Felt he had no Choice but to opt for the surgery Freeman said. The lawyer said he would file Legal action on butlers behalf shortly. Mcspadden said he was unaware Butler had changed his mind but added that he had that option. No Date for the surgery had been set. A whenever he wants to have it done he can with the understanding that he can change his mind at any time a the judge said. Butler has been in jail without Bond since april. He volunteered for castration after Reading about Mcspadden a support of the surgery for some sex offenders. Mcspadden ruled last week that if Butler underwent castration he would be placed on probation for 10 years. At a news conference thursday one of butlers Sisters Stephanie said that her brother was innocent and that the family wants him to face the charge. Del Lluli Jwj vim Ivd to a a informant receives severed Lamb s head in mail Boston a it seemed like a fairly routine crime a equipment was being filched from a computer company. Routine that is until an informant in the Case received the severed head of a Lamb in the mail. Now the Case has taken a bizarre twist with sonic wondering whether the underworld was responsible or whether the act was one of increasingly violent High tech criminals. The message though was unmistakable. A a it a the silence of the lambs a said Roger Cox an attorney for the recipient of the head Edward Desmond or. A someone does no to want him cooperating with the government any  the incident recalled the film the godfather in which mobsters leave a horses head in a movie producers bed As a threat As Well As the silence of the lambs last years thriller about an Fri trainees Pursuit of a serial killer. Federal prosecutors wont comment on whether the Case might have mafia links and Cox said he does no to think the mob was involved. But Edith Flynn a professor of criminology at northeastern University specializing in organized crime said the signs Are there. A my guess is that once the prosecution is done you la find the fingerprints of organized crime behind this operation a Flynn said Desmond 28, helped the government during its 2vi-year investigation that led to the july 1991 indictment of 16 people a including himself a on charges of stealing $6 million in equipment from digital equipment corp. The computer parts were resold in California. Cox said thursday that he and Federal prosecutors Are negotiating a plea bargain for Desmond who plans to testify at the trial in August. The White Box with a Boston postmark arrived at Desmond a Home in suburban Lexington on feb. 28. A the opened it up and Here a this hideous severed lambs head a Cox said. A when he called me his voice was  wrap causing headache for candidate Portland Ore. A a mayoral candidate who belongs to the sikh Faith was told that his photograph  run in a state voters guide unless he took off the head wrap he wears for religious purposes a a it a a violation of our religion to take it off for pictures a Sardar Singh Khalsa said. The state elections division  accept Khalsa a photograph for the voters pamphlet because the Law says candidates pictures in the guide can to include hats. Khalsa a Carpenter said that the Lurba like wrap in t a hat and that followers of his Faith arc supposed to Wear it at All times in Public. The elections director Colleen Sealock said she sympathizes. But the attorney general a office has said the wrap a very clearly fits the definition of a hat a Sealock said. Diver dealt setback in ironclad study Washington apr a Delaware diver lost another round thursday in his bid to explore the wreckage of the civil War ironclad Monitor which he says is disintegrating in the Atlantic off Cape Hatteras , Federal administrative Law judge William Ogden recommended that the National oceanic and atmospheric administration reaffirm its denial of a permit to Peter e. Hess a Wilmington attorney who accompanied a previous Monitor expedition. A permit is needed because the remains of the ironclad whose standoff Battle with the Confederate ironclad Merrimack ended the Era of wooden fighting ships is in a Federal maritime preserve. The oceanic administration argued at a feb. 13 hearing that Hess a scuba diver who was on a 1990 Monitor photographing expedition led by Gary Gentile of Philadelphia Nad not shown that he is qualified to Lead a new photography and research Mission. Hess said he wanted to use electronic devices similar to those used on offshore Oil rigs to measure the extent of corrosion of the vessel he said the vessel could col lapse in a few years if nothing is done a a conclusion disputed by Noaa and some other divers. The Agency has granted exploring permission to Rod Farb an author and photographer from Cedar Grove ., who has led expeditions to the site for the last three years. Farb has said he is going Back in May. The Monitor which Sank in a Gale off Cape Hatteras on dec. 31,1862, lies at a depth of 235 feet. The Union vessel had fought the Merrimack at Hampton roads va., nine months earlier. Though both ships survived the Merrimack was destroyed by its own Crew in the evacuation of Norfolk shortly after the Battle. Hess said he will file objections with Noaa which must decide whether to accept the administrative judges recommendation. If the recommendation is accepted Hess could Appeal to a Federal court. He said it would be premature to say now whether he will do so