European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 14, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes saturday March 14,1992 at a glance sales representatives Are harping on musical instruments in Frank Furt. See Story and pictures on pages 14 and 15.castration plan to change a Houston Man who asked to be castrated rather than face trial on a child molesting charge has changed his mind a lawyer said thursday. A Page 4navy backs sub builders the Navy is urging Congress and the Bush administration to preserve the nations two nuclear submarine shipyards by buying vessels it May not need. A Page 5ex-celtic convicted a former Boston celtics basketball player was convicted of vehicular homicide in a hit and run Auto crash that killed two University students. He was sentenced to 4vfe years in prison. A Page 6heart valve flawed a defectively designed heart valve May be too risky to leave implanted and some patients May want to consider having it replaced the food and drug administration says. A Page 7officers face separation More than 700 air Force majors and captains with More than 20 years on Active duty could be forced out of the service officials said. A Page 8smoking bans supported Laws that ban smoking in restaurants do not Hurt business at the eateries says a study by the University of California san Francisco. A Page 17 Index Abby Ann Landers. 19 action line. 16 comics. 19-21 commentary. 13 crossword. 19 faces a no places. 18 letters. .12 Money matters. .17 sports. 22-28 to listings. ____27 weather. 11 heavy citing Buchanan s Mercedes Battle Creek Mich. A president Bush on Friday went on the attack against his conservative Republican challenger with a to and aimed at Michigan autoworkers pointing out that Patrick Buchanan drives a Mercedes Benz. Quot Michigan has too much at stake to Trust Pat Buchanan Quot says the and which began running thursday night and was to continue Over the weekend. Bush began stumping the state Friday in Hopes of winning Back voters embittered by the recession. He is expected to win the Michigan Republican primary on tuesday but the widespread economic discontent could slap him with a protest vote larger than he found in his sweep of Southern primaries last week. Buchanan campaigned at Chicago a croatian cultural Center and for a moment seemed to dismiss his Quot America first theme. A if i am nominated and i am elected Patrick Buchanan will be the first president of the United states to make a visit to the free and Independent state of Croatia a he said while seeking votes for tuesdays Illinois primary. Arkansas gov. Bill Clinton whose Appeal has been to conservative to Moder ate democrats raised the Issue of race relations at a Campaign Stop in Warren. With Only three Blacks among the approximately 150 people in the Community College auditorium it appeared the wrong message for the audience Given studies that show Many of these so called Reagan democrats abandoned the party because they believed its social policies too heavily favored minorities. Quot i do not believe we have any Hope of doing what we have to do in America unless we come together across racial lines a Clinton said thursday. A the problems Are not racial in nature. This is a crisis of economics and values. It has nothing to do with  As he looks to win the Midwest democratic front runner Clinton is trying to assemble the same biracial coalition that gave him huge victories across the South Over former Massachusetts sen. Paul Tsongas and former California gov. Jerry Brown. Hoping to Stop Clinton from steamroll Ling Tsongas and Brown Are working harder for Black support than they did in the South although the principal Battleground Between the three so for fan been for the labor vote left without a natural candidate since Iowa sen. Ton Hulun quit the race. Brown has been heavily courting the Union vote and he picked up Tibe endorsement of the Michigan teamsters. Loyalists threaten georgian official _. A m _ _ Fimma dtaltama1 to Tbilisi Georgia apr forces Loyal ousted president Oviad Gamsa Hurdia captured the Leader of Georgia a National guard Friday and threatened to decapitate him a spokesman of the provisional government said. The captured official was among 18 passengers on a government helicopter forced Down thursday night near the Western georgian City of Zug Didi by fire from Gamsa Hurdia forces said spokesman georgian City of Zug Didi by fire from pro Gamsa Hurdia forces said spokesman Sergei Chernykh. Those aboard also included a former Deputy defense minister the new georgian government headed by former soviet foreign minister Eduard a. Shevardnadze rushed reinforcements by helicopter to Zug Didi to suppress what Chernykh called an attempted coup. Pro Gamsa Hurdia forces surrounded the City on three sides Chernykh said. The strife was the most serious in the former soviet Republic since Gam Sathur Dia fled in january and poses the first crisis for Shevardnadze As head of Georgia a new state Council. After the helicopter was forced to land the passengers held off the pro Gamsa Hurdia forces overnight. But they were taken prisoner Friday morning and the captors threatened to decapitate the National guard chief Georgi Kar Karash Vili said the spokesman for the provisional government. Earlier Chernykh said he believed the National guard chief and the former Deputy defense minister had been killed. He said the hostages were among 52 being held by pro Gamsa Hurdia forces in Zug Didi who Are demanding the return of Gamsa Hurdia. Shevardnadze acknowledged thursday that a we still have a it vol War Quot in Western Georgia where most of Gamsa Hurdia s supporters Are concentrated. Tengiz Kito Vani the former National guard Leader who now sits on the state Council predicted it would be weeks if not months before pro Gamsa Hindia forces were brought under control in Western Georgia. _ Shevardnadze played no direct role in Samsak Hurdia a ouster which followed weeks of Street fighting in the German capital Tbilisi. Georgia a civil War lust erupted in september flared again in late december and tapered off after Gamsa Hurdia fled. Besides the three Baltic states Georgia is the Only former soviet Republic that does not belong to the Commonwealth of Independent states that replaced the soviet Union. Shevardnadze who was a leading reformer in the former soviet Union was seen As Likely to look for a negotiated settlement to the current  from Page 1 ried aloud about their own jobs. A was of today a ethics committee member Fred Grandy a Iowa told his colleagues a your talk show hosts have a topic. Your opponent has an Issue. And your constituents have a reason to support term  before thursday Only about five dozen lawmakers had confessed to writing checks beyond their balances. But when it became Clear that the House was going to vote to disclose All the names the number of confessors began to soar. Among those who came Forward were a rep. Charles Hatcher d-ga., who said he overdraw his account As Many As 780 times Over the 39 months under investigation. A rep. Duncan Hunter r-calif., who disclosed he wrote an estimated 160 bad checks in the past three years. A Sikorski who admitted to 671 bad checks. A we should have known better a he said. The times list included no names. But it showed for example that one House Bank user was More than $92,000 overdrawn at one Point. Quot this is a sad and embarrassing chapter in this institutions history. We cannot deny it a said rep. Mike Synard okla. The disclosure Resolution passed easily Only after democratic leaders abandoned their efforts to halt the revelations with the release of the names of the 24 worst offenders. _ but republicans insisted on exposing All the offenders and feeding on Public discontent with congressional Perks charged there was a coverup under Way. Under the Resolution the list of 24 labelled a a abusers a 19 current House members and five former members a will be officially released within 10 Days. The rest of the list will be released 10 Days later. In addition to calling for release of the names the House approved a report that sharply criticized the Way the Bank was run. The ethics committee report said Russ misused his office by cashing his own bad checks at the Bank and failing to Cany out reforms designed to end the abuses. Some members were threatening to vote on whether to fire Russ but he quit  fro Rii Pago 1 to anyone on the list a upon  iraqi military saboteurs torched the Oil Wells in late february 1991 after Saddam Hussein a forces began retreating from Kuwait. By Early March military officials were already advising . Forces to avoid smoke plumes when possible and Wash frequently to keep their skin free of soil and soot the report said. A medical personnel and health units also were alerted to the possibility that the smoke could cause lung irritation a coughing wheezing and illness among  by mid March military officials had Given More specific guidance on protective measures. A these included using goggles and disposable. Face masks or scarves rolling Down sleeves when encountering areas with Large amounts of smoke and soot restricting physical activity and staying As far away As possible and upwind from burning Wells the report said. Soldiers exposed to the smoke experienced burning eyes postnasal discharge coughing and Throat irritation according to information gathered by Public health service officials. In March 1991, those officials interviewed soldiers reviewed medical records and met with army medical personnel in the persian Gulf As part of an inter Agency Effort led by the environmental Protection Agency the report said. Results of a defense department study on the Long term health risks posed by exposure to the burning ii Wells Are expected in the fall. Based on the results officials will project the incidence of illnesses and diseases that service members will suffer because of their exposure to the fires. Staff writer Kevin Robinson contributed to this report