European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 9, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday june 9, 1992 the stars and stripes b Page 9 military Bill again seeks of for abortions overseas by Chuck v1nch Washington Bureau Washington a for the fourth straight year an Oregon Democrat has introduced a proposal to allow abortions at overseas military medical facilities at patient expense. But its Clear that rep. Les Aucoin and other congressional supporters of the proposal face another Uphill Battle this year. The measure is proposed As an amendment to the House defense authorization Bill. The first two tries were ringing defeats but Aucoin finally mustered enough support to win approval last year by a slim vote of 220-20o. The proposal fell victim however to political infighting during negotiations with the Senate that included Strong vows from president Bush to veto the entire Bill if that single provision remained in it when it reached his desk. Last week the House once again approved the measure As an amendment to the fiscal 1993 defense authorization Bill this time by the slightly wider margin of 216-193. But it again faces an Uncertain Fate in the Senate where it fell two votes shy of the number needed for approval last year. Its sponsor in that chamber has been Colorado Democrat Timothy Wirth. Even if it somehow passed in the Senate this year the threat of another presidential veto has already been levelled. Before the House voted on Aucoin a amendment last week defense Secretary Dick Cheney had informed House republicans that Bush would veto the package if the abortion measure survived As part of the final Bill. A a it a really a moot Issue a said one House staff member. A even if its approved by both Chambers there Arentt nearly enough votes to override a veto which will leave the whole Bill hanging. And when that happens its usually Congress that feels the most heat and Congress that ends up  Aucoin a proposal would reverse a 1988 Pentagon de airman jailed demoted for drug sex offences Raf Lakenheath England a amps an air Force vehicle operator was Given a bad con duct discharge and ordered jailed for seven months for drug and sex offences after a general court martial thursday at Raf Lakenheath according to a base spokesman. Airman 1st class Jeffrey d. Miller 48th trans so was also demoted two grades to airman Basic and fined $1,500 by col. Michael b. Mcshane the judge who tried the Case. Miller pleaded guilty to wrongfully distributing hashish and having carnal knowledge and sodomy with a child younger than 16 years old said tech. Sgt. Rich Shick of the Public affairs office. According to court records Miller said that in september 1991 he arranged a Sale of a Small Quantity of hashish Between two British citizens and an air Force office of special investigations informant. The Sale took place in the Village of Feltwell about five Miles North of Raf Lakenheath. Miller also said that Between last september and november he had sexual Contact with the minor a 15-year-old american girl. Miller has been assigned to Lakenheath since october 1990 and in the air Force since november 1989. He a being held at Raf Lakenheath a confinement facility pending review of his Case by the 3rd air Force commander. Vision to ban patient funded abortions in overseas hospitals and clinics a practice that bail been sanctioned since the late 1970s. 1 he measure died during House Senate negotiations last year not so much because of Strong sentiment among abortion opponents but because lawmakers were generally Content with the tone of the rest of the Bill. Quot lawmakers were reluctant to face a presidential veto when that might have meant reopening other issues such As the b-2 stealth bomber and the strategic defense initiative that had already been settled to the House democratic leadership a satisfaction. About 15 to 20 abortions a year had been performed in overseas facilities before the 1988 change which was made unilaterally by the Reagan administration with no congressional input. The Issue has sparked fiery debate each time it has been brought up in Congress. Advocates say the policy leaves women with two equally unattractive choices seek off base abortions in nations where medical care is Well below . Standards or spend considerable time and expense to travel to the United states. Aucoin said he is not advocating a Radical new policy but Only wants to extend to military women overseas the same rights women in the United states have under the Roe is. Wade supreme court decision a rights that the military itself had in place before 1988. Lawmakers who oppose reversing the policy have said such a move would turn overseas military medical facilities into a abortion  opponents also have said that while women would pay for the operations they would be done in taxpayer funded facilities by military doctors and thus would violate the spirit if not the letter of current Laws prohibiting Federal funding for abortions. It is Uncertain when the Senate will begin work on its version of the fiscal 1993 defense authorization  Wax artist edit Iri Berga from Latvia puts the finishing touch on the makeup of a Wax figure of Queen Elizabeth ii. The figure and other members of the Royal family a the Queen Mother Elizabeth Prince Charles and his wife Diana the Princess of Wales a were put on display in berlins Wax museum last week. . Refusal to approve treaty hangs Over Earth Summit debate Rio de Janeiro Brazil a Earth Summit talks on funding for environmental Protection were overshadowed monday by debate Over the United states refusal to sign a treaty supported by its main allies. Following a weekend recess delegates from All 178 . Members resumed sessions to discuss who will pay to protect resources and who will decide How the Money will be spent. The delegates also Are working to Complete treaties by wednesday so that they arc ready for signing by the More than 116 Heads of state including president Bush who is due to arrive by Friday. Bush on sunday repeated in Camp David md., that he would not sign the treaty to protect animal and Plant species. That leaves the United states isolated from Japan and 12 european nations which have indicated they will sign. Bush said the biodiversity treaty would Hurt . Industry and Cost american jobs. Sen. Albert Gore jr., d-tenn., said at a news conference monday that the United states was missing a Chance to Lead an a environmental  a i think it is false. To say we have the Choice Between a healthy environment and a healthy Economy a Gore said. A i believe millions of jobs Are at stake unless our nation gears up to Lead the environmental  Gore said that Japan and Germany had jumped ahead of the United states in developing environmentally Safe products. But sen. Larry Pressler r-s.d., criticized the anti american sentiment at the Summit. He said the biodiversity treaty would let third world countries dictate Aid Levels. A a we re letting them Tell us How much Aid we have to give them Quot he said. A i done to think we should let the International left gathered Here define this thing. A the United states is doing More than any other country in terms of the environment a he added. Delegates Are also lobbying for signatures for the global warming and biodiversity treaties which were opened for signing last week. Nations have until june 1993 to sign either convention. Both almost certainly will receive the minimum number of signatures a including those from Europe and Japan a to be enacted. That made Bush a opposition to the biodiversity treaty hard to explain even to americans allies. A to those who Are sitting on the Fence harbouring reservations on the biodiversity treaty we Hope that they comprehend a world partnership a Kamal Nath indians minister of forests and the environment said. The United states is expected to sign the global warming treaty but the Bush administration made sure a Section was removed that would have set deadlines for capping production of harmful products. The United states produces a Quarter of the worlds Carbon dioxide a main Gas contributor to the greenhouse  statue destroyed no discharged jailed for child abuse Stockholm Sweden apr an explosion destroyed a Stone statue of a Young Man on a horse Early monday the fifth such attack on statues in Central Stockholm in five months. Police said the explosion at 3 . In the medieval old town Section of Stockholm reduced the statue to rubble and broke 20 windows in nearby buildings. No one was injured. Other statues damaged in explosions since february include those of Hjalmar Branting who led Sweden in the 1920s As the country a first social democratic prime minister and Karl Wilhelm Scheele an 18th-Century chemist. Raf Lakenheath England a amps an aircraft maintenance specialist was Given a bad conduct discharge and ordered jailed for eight months for abusing his child according to a base spokesman. The general court martial was held May 29 at Raf Lakenheath. The stars and stripes requested information about it june 1, but the information was not received until monday. Tech. Sgt. Shelton j. Randall of the 492nd fighter so was charged with unlawfully striking his son a number of times last november said tech. Sgt. Rick Shick of the base Public affairs office. Randall also was charged with abusing his son on several invasions by forcing him to sleep in a closet and remain standing in a Corner. Randall pleaded guilty to All charges and was tried by col. Michael b. Mcshane. The charges resulted from a child advocacy investigation conducted after Randall a son 11, revealed to school officials that his father Hail been beating him Shick said. Randall who has been in the air Force about 10 years and at Lakenheath nearly two years started serving his sentence at the Raf Lakenheath confinement facility immediately after the trial