European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 6, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 a the stars and stripes sunday december 6,1992 at a glance americans Are starting to debate the Quot miliary Factor a the effect the first lady to be will have on her husband and the nation. Some lib eral women already have elevated her to  status. Sec sunday  advisory a Gay group issued a a travel advisory to homosexuals planning trips to Colorado saying Quot Adverse conditions exist in the state. A Page 4democrat wins sen. Kent Conrad d-n.d., easily won his bid to succeed a deceased colleague in the Senate. A Page 5questions remain after concluding More than a year of hearings the Senate a special pow committee is still divided Over questions that have haunted the nation for two decades. A Page 6new spy plane Lockheed corp. Has built a secret spy plane capable of cruising As fast As eight times the Speed of sound according to British reports. A Page 9job Outlook improves in the Best report on the . Job Market since last Spring the labor department said the unemployment rate fell to 7.2 percent. A Page 17 Index Abby Ann Landers 16 classifieds.20-25 commentary.15 faces�?Tn�?Tplaces.16 letters.14 Money matters .17 mutuals.17-19 sports.26-32 weather .13 weather hampers shuttle experiments. A. Tin or tires. Astronaut James Voss said. Space Center Houston a discovery a astronauts saturday continued work with a new camera system that identifies the location of objects it photographs on Earth but bad weather thwarted a laser Experiment. A severe snowstorm coating new Mexico with near blizzard conditions forced the astronauts to pass up a Chance to try to receive laser signals from a laser facility at Sandia National laboratories near Albuquerque. Clouds Over Alabama a Redstone Arsenal foiled another Opportunity. Instead the Crew was told to concentrate on photographing targets with the shoppers from Page 1to our readers was addressed in the meeting which they described As  Bruce Szostek spokesman for the brigade that was formerly the 42nd military police group could not say Friday whether soldiers will patrol parking lots this weekend. Americans often Cross Borders to shop in Germany because of the better selection of merchandise at the larger stores. Helen Collins a civilian at Schinnen Netherlands was shocked when soldiers from the brigade told her and other Cross Border shoppers recently that they were shopping illegally. Collins sports director for the 54th area support group was loading $82 Worth of Tennis shoes and jeans into her new camera. They took a shot of the tip of Cyprus in the Mediterranean sea. The snowstorm also knocked out Power to the ground station at White Sands n.m., that relays satellite communications Between the Johnson space Center and the shuttle. However Nasa said backup generators would prevent interruptions in communications Between the orbiter and the ground. The computerized camera system designed by naval research Laboratory scientists provides the latitude and Longitude of photographed objects. As of Friday night the shuttles third Day in space Crew members had snapped 28 car with dutch plates in Pir Masens last weekend when a military policeman wearing civilian clothes asked her if she knew she was not authorized to shop there. She said the agent told her that the Rule had been in place since the world War ii victors signed the nato status of forces agreement with Germany in the 1950s. A Well this is the first in be heard of it and no one in Holland knows anything about it a she said she told him. Collins said she visits military shopping facilities in Germany at least once a month when seeing her Mother in Pir Masens a Svi hour drive from Schinnen. A Captain also assigned to the Netherlands drove four hours to shop at Ramstein a Only to be told she had to return her commissary purchases. The unexpected and embarrassing confrontation forced her to abandon plans to buy pictures astronaut James Voss said. Clouds Over alaskans Kodiak Island prevented the Crew from photographing the coast guard station there As planned for a location targeting Experiment Voss said. Instead they photographed two lakes with dams in the Northeast Cuba and the Cayman islands. The astronauts All military men took time out Friday to videotape a Brief message for broadcast during the pregame show of saturdays football game Between army and Navy. Discovery screw is divided evenly two Navy two army and one uncommitted air Force officer. Christmas shoes and Winter clothes for her daughter at the Exchange. She returned the goods and drove four hours Home. Barbara Kirsch a spokeswoman for the european he of the army and air Force Exchange service in Birndorf Germany said that Exchange officials had not been aware of the military police operation. A spokesman for Aviano a Italy said thursday that some airmen occasionally Brave the 10-hour trek to air Force stores at Ramstein or to army stores five hours away in Bavaria. But they usually travel with leave orders and he had not heard of anyone being prevented from shopping there. Dorothy Spagnuolo a spokeswoman for the army a Southern european task Force in Vicenza Italy was unaware of any incidents. Holiday music magic a amps Dave Casky Leiden music schools accordion players March saturday in in Heidelberg Germany. Two other German bands were among the 7th annual Holiday magic Parade at Patrick Henry Village the 40 groups in the military Community a Parade. The outland episode in this weeks comics Section is a repeat. Cartoonist Berkeley breathed was injured in a boating Accident and has been unable to do the cartoon strip. He should be resuming out and soon his Syndicate  from Page 1 patrons so severely they had to be hospitalized. The newspaper said the attack happened nov. 7. The defense ministry said last month a handful of soldiers had taken part in at least two dozen acts of far right violence including three murders. The defense minister has vowed to expel right Wing extremists from the military. German police have had Little Success in combating the nearly 2,000 extremist attacks this year in which 16 people have been killed. Criticized abroad and within his own country for doing too Little to Battle the Neo nazi threat Chancellor Helm Kohl pledged thursday to a use All Possi ble Legal measures to fight violence ant political  a we politicians must ask ourselves i we did no to talk too Long instead of acting a said Rita Stis Smuth president of that lower House of parliament and a member of Kohls Christian democratic Union