European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 28, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 a the stars and stripes saturday March 28, 1992 at a glance cuts it soon will be 100 years since Liz Zalc Borden was accused of giving her Stepmother 40 whacks with an a and her father 41. Whether she did or did no to do it still Isnit known. See Story on pages 14 and 15.boxing floored by Tyson boxing officials expressed sorrow and Indianapolis Blacks anger about the fait of Mike Tyson one of boxing a biggest stars. A Page 4other checks bounced House members wrote bad checks for Cash at . Embassies overseas the state department s inspector general said thursday. A Page 5aids Campaign launched the government on thursday unveiled advertisements designed to remind americans that aids is not limited to inner City drug addicts and homosexuals. A Page 6bush�?Ts doctor kept quiet White House officials say they Are unhappy that president Bush s doctor initially failed to disclose that Bush had four potentially precancerous skin patches removed from his face during a physical checkup. A Page 7cis detects foreign sub a foreign submarine was chased out of russians Northern Waters this week a spokesman said thursday. A Page 9plant violations admitted Rockwell International corp. Pleaded guilty thursday to 10 criminal counts of hazardous waste and water violations that occurred while it ran the Rocky Flats nuclear weapons Plant in Colorado. 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 a .17 sports. 22-28 to listings. .27 weather. .11 from Page 1 House but its details still have not been approved by the houses armed services or appropriations panels. Strong opposition is expected. Both the National guard and reserves have unusually influential lobbying organizations in Washington buttressed by grassroots support from thousands of Hometown units whose members enlist the Aid of voters eager to keep their local armoires intact. Reaction from the major lobbying organizations was As expected. Gen. Robert f. Ensslin president of the National guard association warned that if Congress were to follow the Pentagon a recommendations spellers from Page 1 it a would break the guard and it would require a five year revamp Effort. Defense Secretary Dick Cheney estimated the initial cuts would affect 830 guard and Reserve units in All 50 states affecting a 139,488 slots. Over the next five years the Reserve and guard forces would be reduced by 234,000, at a savings of $20 billion. Currently there Are 1.15 million Reserve and National guard members. Cheney applauded the a a indispensable role of tens of thousands of guardsmen and reservists who were ordered to Active duty during the persian Gulf War. Cheney also said the cumulative proposed cuts in guard and Reserve forces Between 1992 and 1997 would be 234,000. He specified units to be Cut Only for 1992 and 1993. Gen. Colin l. Powell chairman of the joint chiefs of staff appearing with Cheney said the proposed cuts were in line with changes in the global political environment. Service by service the cutbacks would include a 80,000 from the army National guard and 45,000 from the army Reserve. A 10,500 from the Navy Reserve. A 2,700 from the Marine corps Reserve. A 740 from the air Force Reserve. States hardest hit by the cuts Are California with the loss of 12,775 people Massachusetts 8,473 Michigan 7,212 new York 9,865 Ohio 8,041 Wisconsin 6,546 and Illinois 5,879. Among the largest facilities on the hit list Are the 40th Mech div in California and the 10th army Cav regt in Ohio. From Aschaffenbur Middle school in Germany said studying was going better this year than last. A we covered All the words this year a the 12-year-old said thursday. A there Wasny to enough time last English teacher Virginia Wright Melissa a coach said their plan to conquer the words that have been described As Quot nonhuman was More organized this year with the help of audio tapes for Melissa to study at Home. A she is so motivated a Wright said. A when you have someone willing to work like that it spurs you on but we re both worn out Melissa said butterflies were setting in a a Little bit a but added that this years Competition might be a a Little easier because i was there last year and i wont be so Wrights advice to Melissa was to relax and a get some rest. I done to want her to feel strained in terms of expectations. She puts so much pressure on herself. She a a wonderful Little girl and i know Shell do her Scott Mckelvy from Lakenheath elementary school in England was the Only third grader to compete in Europe last year. He a the Only fourth grader this year. Rosanne Nielsen who runs the spelling bees at Lakenheath said thursday that Scott seemed confident As she Shook his hand and wished him Luck. Scott and his dad left for Germany on thursday. Quot he did very Well last year a Nielsen said. A i know hell give it his Best Tracy Sargeant is a sixth grader from accent elementary school who said spelling bees Are a sort of a family tradition a since both her parents and her 1992 european spelling Bee contestants school. _ _ Smith elementary school a How ext Many Crail sheim elementary Middle school Germany Frankfurt International so foot Seri Najr Karlsruhe elementary school Germany Aschaffenbur Middle school Germany accent elementary school Brun sum Netherlands Brussels elementary High Schoot 6etgium Oesterberg High school Netherlands Alconbury High school England Croughton Middle school England Lakenheath elementary , George c. Marshal elementary High school Ankara Turkey Naples High school Italy Oslo american school Norway Span Dahiem Middle school Germany osterholz elementary High school Germany Stephen Decatur school Sigon Efla Sicily Patch High school Stuttgart Germany shape High school Mons Belgium Grade contestants 6th Missy Shoemaker 8th Jennifer Smith 7th Michael Bakeh 5th Jonathan s. Jacobs 7th Melissa Dejesus 6th Tracy l. Sargeant 8th Jennifer Mulhall 8th Kellie Boisse 7th Cheryll Ladrido 6th Shelley Irons 4th Scott Mckervy 6th Nasiha Mohiuddin 7th Sean Soper 8th David Taylor 8th Rhonda Blair 7 the Leslie Ruth Gray 8th Erich w. Dethmann 8th Casey Franklin 8th Dianna Boise brother have competed in them. She and her brother dominated the school Competition As the last two contestants who went through 56 rounds she said. Tracy said she a been preparing since february. A a in a now studying the advanced list. The words Are realty hard a especially the foreign ones she said. A but my mom Speaks French and Spanish and my dad Speaks italian so Between the two of them we can usually find out what the word to handle her nervousness Tracy said she usually thinks a of something else. I wander into space a lot eleven year old Jonathan s. Jacobs is a first time contestant who will represent Karlsruhe elementary school in Germany. A i think it will be fun a he said. A i Hope i win but i expect that i might come in Sec ass he said his nerves Hadnot wrecked yet but he expects a when i get up on stage that a when it in addition to the trip to the nations capita saturdays finalist will receive the new classic Blue binding set of the 15th edition of encyclopaedia Britannica a websters ninth new collegiate dictionary and websters collegiate thesaurus and the word master 1055 from Franklin electronic publishers inc. Judges for the Competition Are Gen. Crosbie e. Saint commander of . Army Europe Archie Grimmett the Usa eur assistant Deputy chief of staff for personnel and Esther Lee 26th area support group chief of from Page 1 Dence of libyan involvement in the 1988 bombing Over Lockerbie Scotland that killed 270 people. The West also seeks four other libyans suspected in the 1989 bombing of a French Airliner Over niger in which 171 people died. The United states and Britain have issued warrants for two suspects they say Are libyan government agents and asked the . Security Council to punish Libya for refusing to surrender the two for trial. Diplomats said a sanctions Resolution was Likely to be adopted monday or tuesday that would impose an air embargo against Libya ban All weapons and aircraft sales to Libya and urge expulsion of most libyan diplomats abroad. Libya went to the world court to seek emergency Protection from attack or International sanctions. The Security Council discussed the sanctions in a closed meeting thursday. Libyans ambassador Ali Echo Uteri told reporters thursday that his government tried to turn Over the men to an Arab league delegation in Tripoli this week. The delegation declined he said awaiting a world court ruling. But Egypt a foreign minister a member of the Arab league delegation that met with libyan Leader Moa mar Qadhafi on wednesday denied Friday that the envoys refused an offer to turn Over the suspects. A that is nonsense and simply not True a foreign minister Amr Moussa said in a Telephone interview in Cairo. The Arab league envoys have said Gad Hafi give up the suspects unless ordered to do soby the world court. Echo Uteri reiterated libyans willingness to release the men. But . Ambassador Thomas r. Pickering dismissed the offer As a More smoke and mirrors. More Shell games and Libya also met accusations of stalling at the world court. A Libya will say anything. Which May help postpone the Day when it will have to accept responsibility for its actions a Alan Rodger Scotland a solicitor general said. Olympic airways adds . Flights Athens Greece a olympic airways is expanding its services by introducing flights to Chicago and Boston. The greek National Carrier will Fly from Athens to Chicago via new York every sunday and thursday starting sunday the airline said Friday. Beginning tuesday it will Fly to Boston via new York every tuesday. Olympic has been flying daily to new York since 1966, but this is the first time it has introduced other . Destinations. It also flies to Toronto and Montreal in Canada. Olympic flies to 27 countries on five continents with 41 International and 32 Domestic destinations
