European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 25, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday. May 25, 1992 the stars and stripes c Pago 3 Down with drugs a amps Poggy Davidson Michael Lyndon an eighth grader at Kam Stcin Junior drug free vol Smarch on thursday. The eight Milonic High school in Germany carries an anti drug sign As Ter March is designed to carry the schools anti dog he leads a group of Young people. Michael was one of message to others. Marchers walked in groups divided More than 850 pupils parents and faculty members by Grade and carried banners and signs made in their from the school who participated in the third annual Ramstein advisory program elects Independent As president Vienna Austria up1 a career Diplomat Thomas Klestil won a landslide Victory Sumia to replace president Kurt Waldheim the former u n. Secretary general whose suspected a i past had isolated Austria diplomatically. Klestil an Independent won almost >7 Pei cent of the vote in a Runoff election defeating Rudolf Streicher who conceded defeat after preliminary returns were announced. Klestil won handily in what Hail been expected to he a dose two Man race to replace the controversial Waldheim who did not seek re election. Streicher the candidate of the social democrats so held a narrow Lead of just More than 3 percent after the first round lie conceded defeat to Klestil when the first results indicated a landslide Victory. Klestil is a former ambassador to Washington. Although supported by the people s party which is in the coalition government he took a Gamble and vigorously campaigned As an Independent. In a country where party line policies permeate almost All walks of life Klesmits Success is seen As a watershed. Klestil was perceived As the right Man to rebuild Austria a image. At 39, he is too Young to have been tarnished by the Type of War experiences that caused Waldheim to be placed on a . A watch list requiring an investigation of the charges before he could gain entry to the country. Waldheim was placed on the list after he was elected. Klestil will take up a largely powerless constitutional position that has been described by the Media As Quot a disabled giant a but Public opinion favors the retention of a figurehead Leader in the country which likes to remember its glorious Imperial past. Army apologizes to reservist alleging assault Santa i a . Apr the army has apologized to a Soldier and removed a letter of reprimand it placed in her file after she accused a sergeant of sexually assaulting her during the persian Gulf War. An initial investigation conducted in saudi Arabia concluded that the sodomy Between army Reserve spec. Jacqueline Ortiz and 1st sgt. David Martinez was consensual army officials said. Both Ortiz 28, and Martinez 41, received letters of reprimand for breaking a policy against fraternization. A brigade commander said Friday that the army a initial findings were incorrect and it was removing the letter of reprimand from Ortiz a file. A i know this has caused you great concern and i sincerely apologize for the error a said a letter from Brig. Gen. John m. Gosdin commander of the 420th engr brigade at Bryan Texas a Titch is Ortiz a and Martinez a unit. �?o1 am pleased to now set the record Ortiz alleged that Martinez forced her to perform Oral sex in january 1991 while the two served in saudi Arabia with Della co 52nd engr in based in Santa be. Martinez of Albuquerque has denied the allegations. His attorney Richard Utman jr., said saturday that he hoped the army would also remove the letter of reprimand from Martinez a file. A new investigation was requested by rep. Bill Richardson d-., after Ortiz complained about the army a conclusions. A what i wanted was the truth to be known and it is proved in this letter a Ortiz said Friday. Last month Ortiz sued Martinez for defamation based on comments that the sex act was consensual. Martinez filed a counterclaim denying her allegations As a malicious attempt to harm and humiliate president pushes for open Borders Seville Spain apr German president Richard von Weizsacker said saturday that open frontiers Are crucial for his country since it is located in the Center of Europe. Von Weizsacker spoke at a ceremony commemorating German Day at expo �?T92. A we Are a state situated in the heart of Europe and we have nine neighbors. Open frontiers Are a vital necessity for us a the president said. He also praised the Spain a alignment with Germany in the push to create a Frontier free european Community in 1993. Quot just As Columbus set out live centuries ago bound Lor new discoveries we europeans Are again today on the path toward new horizons a von Weizsacker said. The German Pavilion is one of 110 National pavilions at expo �?T92, the Universal exposition that commemorates Columbus first voyage to the new world 500 years ago this fall. On sunday von we Sacker was to travel to Granada before going to Madrid for a private dinner with King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia. T he German Pavilion was built by companies from both sides of formerly divided Germany. Among its exhibits Are pieces of the Berlin Wall that split the country for nearly three decades. Von Weizsacker thanked Spain Lor its help in uniting the two previously planned pavilions Lor the Lormer West and East Germany. 1 israeli 3 palestinians die during clash in Gaza strip Jerusalem at palestinians filled an israeli Soldier in the occupied Jaza strip in a predawn firefight sunday and troops firing Back killed three of the crabs the army said. The clash i Mokma Muslim Tunda Lenl lists was one of the worst in months Between israelis and palestinians a the occupied Tei i hones it of Eureil Seiei Al Louis Bettie an is Ali girl was stabbed to death by a Kazan m a suburb of Lei Xix. It was nil Leal How Xei whether the two attacks i e linked Arab reports said armed palestinians fired a pistol and threw a hand grenade at soldiers outside a House in Gaza c Ity killing one Border police Oltimer and seriously wounding another. T he army said the soldiers had armed at the City a Sahra Quarter to detain unrest suspects. It said that Quot they encountered a terrorist gang inside one of the Homes a a who tiled on them killing one of the soldiers other troops returned Lue and killed three of the palestinians the Aims slate me 111 Aid Walesa visits russian Forest where polish officers slain Moscow a polish president Lech Walesa visited a Forest near Katyn on saturday and mourned the thousands of polish army officers massacred there by soviet secret police. Quot polish officers did not die soldiers deaths. T hey died at the hands of torturers a a the 11 a Tass news Agency quoted Walesa As saying. More than �?~1,000 polish Ollices were killed in the Forest near the a Vest Ein russian Loxen of Smolensk by lose Stalin steamed secret police 1 he officers captured it the Start of world War ii were shot in the Back of the head and stacked on lop of each other in mass Graves. The soviet government refused to admit responsibility for the massacre until 1990 and blamed the nazis instead. Two years ago the government acknowledged that Archive material showed the murders were the work of Stalin a secret police chief i Arienti Bena Stalin s protege Merkus Liiv and Otchis
