European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 19, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes Friday june 19, 1992 at a glance Iran Contra special prosecutors have concluded that president Reagan knew about the arms for hostages Swap from the beginning. See Story on Page 4.atom smasher rejected the House voted on wednesday night to Block continued construction of a $8.3 billion atom smasher in Texas. A Pago 5cop killer protest grows a protest Over cop killer spread wednesday when a Large record store Chain removed the compact disc containing the rap song. A Page 6maxwell�?Ts sons arrested police arrested two of Robert maxwells sons thursday and charged them in the disappearance of millions of dollars in pension funds. A Page 9f-15 work concluding Mcdonnell Douglas corp. Has begun the shutdown of its f-15 Eagle fighter production line signalling the first of what could be thousands of layoffs. A 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. 17 sports. 22-28 to listings. 27 weather. .11 Yeltsin from Page 1 crime it succeeds and becomes permanent and  Yeltsin boarded a . Marine helicopter at the Washington Monument for the Short flight to Andrews fab in suburban Maryland and departure for the Midwest. The russian Leader was to visit a farm a meat processing Plant and Wichita state University before heading to Canada. Yeltsin scored political Points with his speech wednesday to a joint meeting of Congress in which he implored lawmakers to support a $24 billion Western Aid package for Russia and the other republics of the former soviet Union. A the said everything americans want to hear a said rep. Lee h. Hamilton d-ind., chairman of the House foreign affairs subcommittee that oversees policy toward the former soviet bloc. Hamilton called Yeltsin a speech a a command performance and said Yeltsin a has probably changed the momentum on prospects for congressional support of the package. It was a Good Day for .-soviet relations All around. Bush granted Russia most favored nation Trade status and the two leaders cemented several accords a the most dramatic being a sweeping arms reduction Deal. In addition Yeltsin pledged anew to spare no Effort in seeking out american prisoners of War missing during the cold War. Yeltsin a speech to Congress marked t emotional High Point of the two Day Sumit. He invited the people of the unit the sum people of the United states to join us in partnership in the name of the worldwide Triumph of  Senate majority Leader George  Mitchell a Maine and minority Leader Robert Dole r-kan., said they thought Yeltsin a speech might loosen the congressional logjam on the Aid package. National Security adviser Brent scow Croft speaking thursday on no cd a today Snow said Yeltsin a willingness to make major cuts in nuclear strength a was an attempt to reach out to demonstrate that this was the new Russia the democratic Russia striving to change its relationship with the world in general and the United states in particular. So its a pretty dramatic  from Page 1 commission Gen. Dmitri to Logonov expressed doubt that any american pos might still be alive in Russia. The commission said in March that it had found no evidence of american servicemen from the Vietnam or korean wars in the former soviet Union. A the last five years were absolutely open and if there was an american pow he would have stepped Forward to Logonov said in Washington in an interview on russian television wednesday night. Yeltsin told a cheering Congress during a speech wednesday a was president of Russia i assure you that even if one american has been detained in my country and can still be found i will find him. I will get him Back to his  keeping that Promise May involve frustrations for both sides however because of chaos in the archives and in Russia Overall. A we know who died where they Are buried a Yeltsin said. But some Are unaccounted for. A we have simply no information about them. And this is Why we say that maybe some of them Are still alive and Are still in  during its Peak the network of soviet Krison labor Camps known As the gulag and 10 million prisoners at work. Russia released 10 inmates from Perm-35 in february and called them its last political prisoners. Finding americans will be difficult because of the enormous volume of gulag prisoners Over the decades the length of time involved and the practice of often keeping the identities of special prisoners secret. The Camps were often in isolated areas. Members of the joint .-russian commission on pos and mias planned to Fly thursday to Northern russians Pechora Region to search for information on 1st it. Robert Martin. Martin was an american Pilot captured by the North koreans and sentenced to one year in prison for striking an interrogator according to russian television and the Ark project an american organization searching for pos. Boris Yuthin the arks associate director said it was unclear whether Martin was taken to the soviet Union or was interrogated by soviet officers during his Captivity in North Korea. Yuthin is a former Kab agent and gulag inmate. The Vietnam news Agency quoted a foreign ministry spokesman in Hanoi As denying any pos were sent to the soviet  from Page 1 of fighter pilots said women should not Fly combat missions. Simpsons briefing included a quote from one fighter Pilot a Captain i believe women Coula do their Job in combat. Its their effect on everyone else that should exclude them from combat duty in All male  the defense department advisory committee has recommended that the services use a ability rather than gender As the basis for assignments. Jean Appleby Jackson who leads the committee said she was especially pleased with the findings presented under the category a if we went to War  they included a nine of 10 male aircrew members who flew in combat support missions with women would do so again. A eight of 10 female aircrew members would willingly accept a Chance to Fly combat missions. A four of 10 fighter aircrew members would willingly accept the Chance to Fly combat missions with women. A two thirds of female air Force members would willingly go into ground combat. Committee members resolved to support earlier statements from members of the House armed services committee who were unhappy that the services have taken Little action since the ban on women flying aircraft in combat was lifted. The air Force has expressed interest in beginning studies on issues such As different requirements for male and female ejection seats. The committee recommended earlier this year that a particularly in Light of experience in the Navy whose women have been flying combat aircraft since the mid 1970s, no further study is  Simpson said her analysis indicated a widespread concern that the air Force maintain equal standards and requirements during the integration of women into combat roles. Answering criticism from committee members who found a negative tone in Many Survey questions Simpson said a goal of the project was to test acceptance of gender based stereotypes. Simpson noted that although some literature indicated Strong support of the stereotype of women lacking a a killer instinct a the Survey did no to support that. Equal numbers 40 percent agreed and disagreed with that statement she said. The testing of stereotypes also highlighted differences in opinion Between male and female fliers. Responding to the proposal that women in combat would increase disciplinary problems because of fraternization 79 percent of male combat pilots agreed and 74 percent of women aviators disagreed. Correction because of a reporting error Debra Cook the cafes Vendor for Ford at Rhein main a was quoted incorrectly in a june 5 Story. Cook should have been quoted As saying cafes had authorized sales personnel to remove cafes new car sales pricing labels from new vehicles not the factory manufacturers retail Price stickers required by . Law. Clarification maj. Gen. Jerry r. Rutherford has been nominated to receive his third Star but the promotion has not yet been confirmed by the Senate. An article thursday on the v corps change of command identified him prematurely As a lieutenant general. William Figueroa a sixth grader from Trenton n j., holds a potato dish before his appearance on a late night with David Letterman on  from Page 1 vice president look like a potato head. Until tuesday William had never stayed up late enough to watch the Abc show late night with David Letterman. Once More William was called on to recount what happened to him at a sixth Grade spelling Bee at his school. Introducing William Letterman spoke of the 12-year-old approaching the Chalk Board and a the events that followed terrified an entire  a i was kind of excited to meet the vice president a said the youngster who Speaks English and Spanish. When Quayle called on him he went to the Board and spelled a a potato correctly. William said that when he started walking Back to his chair Quayle said a Slop. Go Back and put the of on a potato Quot a that would be traumatic a Letterman said. A what did you think a a i knew he was wrong. I put the a econ  and he said a that a  then he told me to sit  William said he then went to a dictionary. A the reporters came to me. I showed them the word in the Book. They were All  William As he has since the incident defended Quayle in his Way a i know he a not an  Quayle in an interview wednesday with Kron to of san Francisco said a i should have caught the mistake on that spelling Bee  As Mark Twain once said a you should never Trust a Man who has Only one Way to spell a  a officials at the Mark Twain museum in Hannibal mo., could t find the quote nor could experts at the Mark Twain project at the University of California at Berkeley