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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 7, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 b the stars and stripes thursday May 7, 1992 at a glance a French police officer walks through the debris after a temporary grandstand collapsed in Bastia Cor Sica killing at least 20 people and injuring 700. See Story on Page 8.Bush, Clinton coast president Bush and Bill Clinton having crushed their Lone rivals in three primaries on wednesday resumed a White House Campaign folded by racial unrest and the likelihood of Competition from Ross Perot page4seawolfs remain afloat the Senate voted tuesday to preserve funding for two nuclear powered sea Wolf attack submarines that president Bush wants to scrap. A Page 5hamburg project halted a Developer on tuesday halted work at a former jewish cemetery in Hamburg Germany that has become the focus of a clash Between orthodox jews from abroad who seek to save the site and German jews calling for Compromise. A Page 8hitler defender convicted Gerd Honsik a right Wing writer and publisher was convicted in Austria on tuesday of Neo nazi activities for writings that defended Adolf hitlers third Reich. A Page 10automakers gain Hope a spurt in vehicle sales late last month boosted Industry Hopes but analysts said the gain stopped Short of a recovery from the two year recession. A Page 17 Index Abby Ann Landers. 17 comics. 17-19 commentary. 14 crossword. 17 faces n places. 16 letters. 13 Money matters. 15 sports. 26-32 to listings. 31 weather. 12 video of retreating officers prompts new questions in . Los Angeles a Home video a this time of police retreating from the intersection where last weeks bloodshed began a has the police department on the defensive again. Police commission members said tuesday that they want to know Why police withdrew As rioting began whether plans to combat the rampage were invade uate and whether officers were con used Over who was in charge. A everything we Are hearing indicates some Basic decisions were not made or went wrong a said Ann Reiss Lane one of five commissioners. The Home video broadcast tuesday showed youths throwing rocks and police cars speeding away from the intersection of Normandie and Florence avenues in South Central los Angeles. Police loudspeakers blared a warning to pull out if More rocks were thrown. Shortly after officers left rioters dragged motorists from their vehicles and beat them and looted and burned stores. See related stories on pages 3,14 and 16 to Crews in helicopters recorded at least three of the attacks including the beating of truck Driver Reginald Denny. Police did no to intervene in the intersection for roughly two hours. Overnight the City was largely Calm. But National guard troops shot and wounded a Motorist who struck a police officer with his vehicle. Police arrested the Driver when he tried to run away. The officer was in Good condition wednesday at Cedars Sinai medical Center. The motorists condition was unknown. On sunday guardsmen shot and killed a Man who they said tried to run them Over with his car. In another development the legislature passed and gov. Pete Wilson signed emergency legislation tuesday night that gives prosecutors More time to process those arrested in the  from Page 1 any pilots or their commanding officers saying his comments could taint the military a investigative and Legal process that is under Way. After reports of the abuse surfaced the Navy severed its relations with the Tait Hook association which is a Booster club for both Active and retired aviators. It takes its name from the device used to Brake planes Landing on aircraft carriers. The Admiral said the events have prompted the Navy to begin training aviators in a score values a such As integrity Honor and respect. The training also will Deal with alcohol abuse racial issues and sexual harassment the Admiral said. The three Star Admiral also revealed in an interview with defense writers that he has a no problem with putting women in Navy combat jets and that should Congress Al Dunleavy said he and a fellow Admiral had mapped out a strategy for putting women into combat jets More than a year ago. The plan was developed when con teas a plan to do of it. Gress was considering legislation that would authorize such a move but it was not passed. Quot if the rules change we can have women in combat squadrons within six months a Dunleavy said. Reminded that some of the aviators at the 1991 Tail Hook convention had said in Public conferences that they  accept women in combat squadrons Dunleavy said  a women can pull a a so just As hard As men a the Admiral said referring to the Force of Gravity in  from Page 1 Oto Are demanding a 9.5 percent pay increase from the German government. The representatives were scheduled to resume negotiations with government officials wednesday evening in Stuttgart said Sabine Ehrhardt a Union spokeswoman. If Union negotiators accept a proposal it would be voted on by the 500,000 workers who belong to Oto which represents workers in Public services transport and traffic. At least 50 percent of the Union workers must approve any proposal before it can be accepted. The process would take about six Days if negotiations proceed smoothly Ehrhardt said. Buses trains Hospital services and garbage collection were interrupted wednesday in areas of in Western Germany. Ehrhardt said the Union has not decided if the strike which began april 27, will be expanded today. The effects of the tuesday shutdown prompted about 400 service members to visit the Uso office in the Frankfurt Airport on wednesday morning where they were trying to figure alternate travel plans said Frankfurt Uso manager Gabriele Walsh. She said Many of the service members were new arrivals in Germany who had not heard about the strike. A plus crying babies a she said. On tuesday Many service members whose flights were cancelled went across the runway to Rhein main a and tried to catch a military hop. By a sheer Luck there happened to be 216 space available seats on a commercial plane and a military aircraft leaving the air base tuesday said Susanne Bartsch a Public affairs spokeswoman. On wednesday there were Only 20 seats available on a single flight to Philadelphia and St. Louis. Two air Force members trying to catch a hop from Rhein main on wednesday gave up and bought a commercial ticket at the Frankfurt Airport. Sherrika Preston who is married to a Soldier in Aschaffenbur Germany planned to Fly Home tuesday to Surprise her parents on their 33rd wedding anniversary. But the Surprise was on her when she called the Airport and discovered that her flight to Houston was cancelled. She was scheduled to depart from the Frankfurt Airport wednesday. Passengers were not the Only ones affected by the strike. The military postal system received a 24-hour setback when about 50 commercial planes that carry military mail to and from Europe were grounded said it. Col. Robert Demmel commander of the 7025th air postal so the Squadron handles most of the military mail in Europe. But Demmel said the mail flow was Back on schedule wednesday. The stars and stripes will be delivered on time today after being a couple of hours late in some areas with wednesdays newspaper said circulation manager Jim Wysocki wednesdays editions were trucked from the newspapers printing Plant in Griesheim Germany to Brussels Belgium then flown to England Italy Spain and  from Page 1 her a the Kraut Quot and said she was a the Best thing that overcame into the  privately she was the Hemingway heroine a Tough uncompromising and romantic. Dietrich a career ended in 1975 when she broke her leg in Australia and in recent years she fled As a Recluse in her fashionable right Bank apartment behind the champs elys6es. One was rarely seen in Public choosing to come and go through the buildings basement garage. Marlene Dietrich was born Maria Magdalene von Losch in Berlin Germany on dec. 27, 1901, according to the Berlin registry. Other versions had her born in 1902 and 1904. The daughter of a Well established society family Young Marlene attended school in Berlin and Weimar and showed unusual musical Promise. She had every intention of becoming a concert violinist until a tumor developed on a nerve in her left wrist when she was 17. Her passion for the arts did not Lessen and she turned to the stage. A bit part in the taming of the shrew was her first role. While playing As an extra in a Berlin film studio she met her future husband Rudolph Seiber an assistant director who described the Flaxen haired Beauty with the startling eyes As a a glamorous  they were married in 1925, and had one child Maria Riva who had a son in 1948, earning Dietrich the affectionate title Quot the worlds most glamorous grandmother a which she never liked. As a Young actress Dietrich performed on stages throughout Europe. Without telling her upright family she even High stepped in a scantily Clad chorus Jine. In 1926, she was a hit in a musical comedy its in the air which led to movie offers and a successful career in German Cinema. In 1930 she got a major break when a forceful Young viennese director named Josef von Sternberg persuaded her to take the Lead in his film the Blue Angel. The German production of the film earned Dietrich a contract with Paramount pictures and it was on von Sternbergs Arm that she swept into Hollywood. The two collaborated on other films including dishonoured Shanghai express and Morocco with Gary Cooper an instant Success. Dietrich went on to make More Hollywood pictures including the song of songs the Devil is a woman desire the Blond Venus and the Scarlet express on the eve of world War 11, she took . Citizenship and after America entered the conflict she joined other film stars in volunteering for performances overseas. A i Felt myself responsible for the War which Hitler had caused and i wanted to help bring it to a close As soon As possible Quot she wrote in Marlene Dietrich my life her memoirs published in Germany in 1979. 1  
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