European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 8, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a the stars and Stripe wednesday april 8, 1992 . Says Iraq s air fight with Iran violated treaty Washington up a . Officials have charged that Iraq violated the desert storm peace agreement when its Jet fighters flew against iranian warplanes striking at rebel bases just North of Baghdad. The sunday iranian air strike on Camps in Iraq of the Mujaheddin a Khaliq an iranian guerrilla group came one Day after the rebels attacked two kurdish settlements in Iran officials  said its artillery downed one of eight iranian f-4 phantom its during the confrontation and captured the Pilot and navigator. The iranian f-4s, purchased from the United states during the Early 1970s, were met by iraqi Jet fighters a defense department official who spoke under conditions of anonymity said. Although he did not know what Type of aircraft were flown by the iraqis their front line fighter is known to be the soviet built Mig-29 fulcrum. A Pentagon spokesman Marine it. Col. Stuart Wagner said monday that before the persian Gulf War the iraqi air Force consisted of 300 fighters fighter bomb ers and tankers. Wagner estimated that Iraq still possessed 50 combat aircraft after operation desert storm during which 90 pilots and their planes defected to Iran and Many of the rest were destroyed by Allied bombardment. Baghdad is barred by the peace treaty a signed after the Gulf War with the .-led Allied coalition a prohibiting Iraq from flying fixed Wing aircraft. A they had some planes in the air and we done to like it a said an administration official. The dogfight was the first significant confrontation Between the two countries since iranian troops last March crossed the Border and joined with kurdish and shiite rebels fighting iraqi soldiers. More than 1 million people died in the eight year War Between Iraq and Iran that ended in 1988 with a . Resolution calling for a cessation of hostilities. State department spokesman Richard Boucher said Iraq must abide by the . Resolution and the Gulf War peace agreement. The iranian airstrike in no Way changes that obligation he said. Quot this incident however in no Way affects iraqis obligation to comply fully with All . Resolutions a Boucher said. Boucher said the iraqi minister of foreign affairs sent a letter to the . Security Council protesting the iranian air incursion which the International body was discussing. He praised the new York police departments handling sunday of an attack on the iranian diplomatic missions to the United nations by five intruders armed with knives. As a result of the attacks he said police have a enhanced Protection of the iranian ambassador and the Deputy permanent  similar attacks occurred in Ottawa and eight Western european countries. A we regret very much this violation of diplomatic premises a he said. A we regard the violation of the iranian Mission in new York and its diplomatic missions elsewhere in the world As Clear violations of diplomatic status. Our police authorities in new York Are taking All necessary measures to provide Protection for the iranian Mission in the fullest possible  kicks off for Elvis stamp of fans approval Memphis Tenn. A voting began monday in a National election the founding fathers never envisioned. How could they have known about Elvis Presley fans must choose which of two likenesses of a the King should be pictured on a postage stamp fresh faced Memphis Rocker or be spangled Las vegas Star. A a it a a hard Choice. I just wish they a let us have both of them a said fan Cyndi Sylvia. Ballots can be picked up at any Post office but Sylvia and other members of her Elvis fan club wanted to get theirs at Graceland Presley a former Memphis residence where he died in 1977 at age 42. A we wanted to be the first ones to get our ballots a said Jean Donovan newsletter editor for Sylvia a club Elvis Memphis style. Graceland a tourist Complex which draws More than 600,000 visitors annually includes a Small Post office. A postal service Van was set up in a parking lot to help pass out ballots. William Genovese of los Angeles drove 200 Miles from Nashville where he is vacationing to tour Graceland and pick up his ballot. A i wanted to be in his Home territory a said Genovese. Five million ballots have been distributed. Voting ends april 24, and the results Are expected this summer. The stamp part of a series featuring giants of american music is due out next  join Battle against male military school Richmond a. Up Virginia military Institute and the Justice department will return to do Battle in court today Over sex discrimination and More groups Are lined up against Vii a 153-year-old All male bastion. The Institute admits Only men for its regular school year which runs from August to May. However women May attend classes during the summer. Now that the Justice departments attempt to Force the state school to admit women for the regular school year is before the 4th . Circuit court of appeals women a groups and the american civil liberties Union have joined the fray. The groups stayed on the sidelines last year when the Case was argued in . District court in Roanoke. Two months later judge Jackson Kiser ruled in favor of the Lexington school. The Vii defense team used what has been called the endangered species argument because so few All male military schools remain it is worthwhile to keep the Institute All male to maintain choices in education. Vii alumnus Robert Patterson of Richmond led the defense team which cited the legendary bonding that has occurred among the citizen soldiers the Institute has produced throughout its Long history. Army or air Force officer train ing is required of All students during the Normal school year. Most of the students at the Institute receive military commissions upon graduation. Ellen Vargyas of the National women s Law Center said if Vii continues to win All the Way through the . Supreme court the effect on sex discrimination Laws could be dangerous. The argument on All male schools for diversity is like saying we should have All White colleges because it gives Whites an added element of Choice a Vargyas said. Kiser in his decision last june said a a Vii truly marches to the beat of a different drummer and i will permit it to continue to do  a Public school can remain single sex if it serves an important governmental function and the discrimination is crucial to achieving that goal Kiser said. Though the original trial lasted several weeks each Side today will have Only 30 minutes to state its Case. The Justice department sued Vii in March 1990, contending its All male policy violated the Constitution and the civil rights act. The department was prompted to review the Case when a High school student from Northern Virginia complained that Vii would not admit  Secretary Grants clemency to reservist jailed for War refusal fort Leavenworth Kan. A an army Reserve doctor convicted of desertion for refusing duty in the persian Gulf War was released monday after serving about eight months of her 30-month prison sentence. Army Secretary Michael . Stone decided monday to Grant clemency to Yolanda Huet Vaughn who had been sentenced in August. Huet Vaughn 40, was released from the . Disciplinary Barracks at fort Leavenworth. Upon leaving she said she did t regret her stance against the War. She joined the reserves in 1977 As a medical student and agreed to serve seven years. Huet Vaughn said she left her Reserve unit without permission in december 1990 because she considered the War a immoral inhumane and  she surrendered to Federal authorities in Kansas City about a month later. During her court martial at fort Leonard Wood mo., former . Attorney general Ramsey Clark testified on Huet Vaughn a behalf saying she had the right to refuse to take part in the War. Gloves play Surprise role in trial White Plains . A prosecutors of a former schoolteacher accused in a love Triangle slaying surprised the defense monday with evidence that the woman bought gloves Matching one found at the scene of the crime. County judge John Carey said the new evidence would require him to rethink his reservations about admitting the Glove As evidence against Carolyn Warmus. Warmus 28, is accused of killing Betty Jeanne Solomon on Jan. 15, 1989, with a Silencer equipped gun in the victims Greenburgh apartment. Warmus allegedly was having an affair with Solomon s husband Paul. Crime scene photographs show a Black Glove near the body but it subsequently disappeared and Nevei was seen at Warmus trial which ended in a deadlock. Solomon a husband found the Glove in january after prosecutors asked him to search his apartment Anu for evidence. Assistant District attorney James Mccarty said cred it card records and his visit to a department Stort showed Warmus purchased a pair of gloves tha matched the one Solomon found. Rancher Selling land to pay drug fines Salt Lake City apr an 81-year-old rancher who accused the state of bringing drug charges against him to seize his strategically located property says he has agreed to Settle the Case by giving up most of the land. The government will not get the land however said Bradshaw Bowman. Bowman said monday he has agreed to plead no contest to four drug charges and sell three quarters of the 160-acre ranch to private buyers. He will use the proceeds to pay $120,000 in fines and also must serve 10 Days in jail. Garfield county attorney Wallace Lee refused to comment. Authorities confiscated at least 60 marijuana plants and arrested Bowman in 1990. Prosecutors demanded he forfeit 80 acres for using it for criminal purposes. The ranch in Southern Utah lies at the Gateway to one of the areas most spectacular Canyon systems. The property has Long been coveted by developers and conservationists alike. Bowman said the marijuana could have been planted by his children their friends or any of the hikers or outdoor enthusiasts he lets use his land