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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 23, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 b the stars and stripes . Monday november23m992 sen. Packwood harassed female workers paper says Washington a sen. Bob Packwood of Oregon has made uninvited sexual advances to a number of women including 10 who offered specific accounts of his behaviour throughout the Republican s 24 year Senate career the Washington Post reported sunday. The newspaper citing former staff members and lobbyists said that a since Packwood a earliest Days on Capitol Hill he has made uninvited sexual advances to women who have worked for him or with  of the 10 who offered specific accounts the Post said Packwood was told the detailed allegations Packwood and the names of six of those women before his re election earlier this month. The paper said it told Packwood before the election that the Story it was working on was incomplete and would not appear before the election. At that time said the Post the senator said none of the accounts was True. In a statement issued saturday night Packwood said a i am very concerned about the reports in the Wash Post. 1 have always tried to be mindful and resp in of the wishes of others. The reports to the Washington Post indicate that 1 have not always succeeded in  the Post said that on Friday Packwood issued a three paragraph statement to the newspaper the amp a said a i will not make an Issue of any specific  both statements included an apology a if any of my comments or actions have indeed been unwelcome or if 1 have conducted myself in any Way that has caused any individual discomfort or embarrassment for that i am sincerely sorry. My intentions were never to pressure to offend nor to make anyone feel uncomfortable and i truly regret if that has occurred with anyone either on or off my  Packwood a accusers said his advances were unwelcome and a reciprocated the Post reported. In some cases they said the behaviour took place when he had been drinking and several said he had grabbed them without warning kissing them forcefully and persisting until they made Clear that they were not interested or had pushed him away. The Post said none of the former staffers said Packwood punished her for rejecting him but several decided to leave their jobs within months. Several pointed out that Packwood was married when he approached them. He and his wife divorced last year after 27 years of marriage. The 5,000-word article which recounts alleged specific incidents dating from 1969 to 19s9, Points out that none of the women made formal complaints. Some said they feared that no one would believe them and that their careers might suffer. The earliest account came from Julie Williamson who said that Packwood kissed her on the Back of the neck White she was working in his office in 1969. Paige wagers who in 1976 was a 21-year-old mail clerk in Packwood a office said the senator called her into his office locked the door embraced her and forcefully kissed her. Maura c. Roche who was 22 when she served As an intern in Packwood a office in 1989, said Packwood once read her several sexually explicit jokes. Minnesota senator plaintiff give blood for paternity test Minneapolis up a sen. Dave Durenberger of Minnesota and the woman who claims he raped her and fathered her child have Given blood samples in her paternity suit their attorneys said. But they gave blood at different medical centers and Hoth want the tests conducted at different laboratories. The tests which Are More than 99 percent reliable cannot be completed until at least one of the centers has blood samples from All three people involved. Joyce Rauscher of cottage Grove is suing Durenberger alleging the Republican raped her at her Home in 1963 when he was her lawyer in a divorce Case. Rauscher alleges that her son Kenneth Mill Etc was born As a result of that attack. Durenberger denies the allegations. He gave his blood Sample at the memorial blood Center in Minneapolis on tuesday. Rauscher and Mill Etc gave blood samples at the Minneapolis health department on thursday and those samples were shipped to the blood Center of Southeastern Wisconsin in Milwaukee for testing Rausch cry a torn by said. The woman a attorney said Rauscher and Millotte arc willing to give blood samples to the memorial blood Center if Durenberger will provide a Sample to the Milwaukee facility. Duran Berger a chief of staff Rick Evans said the senator had not discussed the request with his lawyer yet. Inouye s accuser says he s forgiven Honolulu apr a woman who claims sen. Daniel k. Inouye sexually assaulted her 17 years ago says she will not take part in any investigation of the Veteran Democrat because she has forgiven him. The allegation by Lenore Kwock Inouye a longtime hair stylist surfaced during his successful re election Campaign against Republican state sen. Rick Reed Inouye denied the allegation As Well As similar ones made later by nine unidentified women. A recently formed group calling itself code of silence broken is pressing the Senate select committee on ethics to investigate Inouye. Kwock said at a news conference Friday that she never intended her statements about Inouye to become a political Issue which she said has left her feeling like a Quot human  Quot i done to have any anger or resentment toward him a she said adding that she considers him an effective senator. She said she believes people who want her to testify before Congress Are politically motivated. She characterized Inouye As a sex addict. A the is addicted to wanting that sort of excitement and using his Power to attain it Quot she said. Defendant in racial beating convicted m1neola, . A the first of five White men charged in the beating of a popular Black High school student was convicted saturday in the 1991 attack that stemmed from the victims Friendship with a w Hite girl. Shannon Siegel 22, was found guilty of assault conspiracy riot and criminal Possession of a weapon. He was acquitted on charges of attempted murder aggravated harassment and violation of the civil rights act. Jermaine Ewell now 18, was clubbed from behind As he talked with the girl who had once dated Siegel. The attack occurred on the Atlantic Beach Board walk on june 1, 1991, following a graduation party for students of Lawrence High school in Cedarhurst on Long Island. Ewell was severely beaten and was hospitalized in a coma. He is still undergoing physical therapy and suffers from impaired vision in one Eye and migraines. Siegel faces a maximum five to 15 years on the most serious assault charge. He is to be sentenced Dee. 15 he w As jailed after the verdict. The other four defendants Are to be tried m  on charges of assault and cons Piuck visit with police trainees won t be Tough to Swallow from wire reports Douglas Wyo. Wyoming a Law enforcement Academy is looking for a few Good drinkers. The Academy wants six to seven volunteers willing to get drunk in the Middle of the Day dec. 1 to serve As class subjects for prospective Law enforcement officers said John Rabun an instructor at the Academy. The volunteers will be paid $25 each. Its an annual exercise to help the students develop a sense for whether a person is  volunteers Are Given drinks containing varying Levels of alcohol and police trainees treat them As if they Are motorists who have just been pulled Over. A what we do is ask the student a would you have arrested this person a Quot Rabun said. Rabun said he rations out liquor in varying doses to achieve a Good mix of the legally drunk and the legally sober. Volunteers must be 21 and must have arranged for a ride Home from the Academy after the exercise Rabun said. He said that in the three years he has worked at the Academy no Volunteer has become sick. A we done to want them to get sick a he said. A a we a have to clean it  reportedly fired los Angeles a eight los Angeles county deputies were fired in connection with the fatal shooting and beating of a Black Man following a Chase in 1990, a newspaper reported saturday. Deputies said they saw Arthur Jones robbing and kidnapping a Man at gunpoint on March 1,1990. During a 10-minute Chase deputies fired at Jones who crashed several blockades ran Stop signs and threw away a Shotgun. One Bullet fractured a Vertebra in his neck and he died three Days later. Deputies said that when Jones got out of his vehicle he resisted arrest and was struck several times with a flashlight. A coroners report said the beating might have killed Jones if he had not been already mortally wounded by the Bullet. The incident was cited in an Independent review of the sheriffs department released this summer that criticized the department for frequent use of excessive Force. Sheriffs sgt. Larry Lincoln said Friday that the department could not comment on what action was taken. The los Angeles times quoted unidentified sources As saying the eight deputies were fired following an internal  crashes on Volcano Volcano Hawaii a two men were forced to spend the night near the top of Kilauea Volcano after a helicopter crash landed and were still awaiting Rescue sunday. The unidentified Pilot was taken out by Rescue helicopter saturday after the helicopter crash landed inside a vent about 150 feet below the craters rim a Hawaii volcanoes National Park Ranger said. But his two passengers both Paramount studios cameramen had to spend the night in the vent before the Rescue Effort resumed at first Light sunday a Hawaii county fire department spokeswoman said. The Pilot suffered multiple cuts which were treated at the scene the Ranger said. The three aboard the Bell Jet Ranger helicopter owned by Hilo Bay air appeared to be All right when rescuers first arrived at the scene Park Ranger Mardie Lane said Bell ringer arrested Menomonee Falls wis. A salvation army Bell ringer collecting Money for Christmas was arrested for allegedly Selling marijuana to High school students police say. Authorities spotted the 24-year-old Milwaukee Man Selling a Small amount of the drug to a 14-year-old Friday. A salvation army spokesman said the Man was immediately fired. He was one of our Bell ringers last year a said Robert Reasoner an officer with the salvation army. Quot we had no problems at All a i he Man had been stationed in front of a store several blocks from a High school in this Milwaukee Miburn since nov. 16, police capt. Darick Ottow said we got a tip from some students that this Guy was filing marijuana toothed students on their lunch me As while he was working Quot Ottow said. I be m m was a paid employee earning$4.25 an a r m i a Volunteer Reasoner said  
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