European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 7, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday december 7, 1992 the stars and stripes b Page 3 sen. Nunn Sparks Gays ire for 2 firings by the new York times sen. Sam Nunn d-ga., removed two aides a decade ago for being homosexual and Gay rights groups Are now contending that his action disqualifies him from a Post in a Clinton administration. Nunn chairman of the Senate armed services committee has confirmed that he asked the two aides to leave because of their homosexuality. He says he had no Choice because his office deals in sensitive Security matters and the two men because of their homosexuality were considered Security risks by the Cia and the defense department. The agencies contended that being homosexual made the men vulnerable to blackmail even though both were open about their homosexuality. Nunn Points out that he does employ openly Gay people in jobs that do not require Security clearance. 1 he stories of the two men first reported in the Independent Slovenia votes Ljubljana Slovenia apr slovenians turned out in Chilly Winter weather sunday to vote in the first elections since their tiny country won its Brief War of Independence against yugoslav troops last year. Slovenia a pragmatic and pint sized president Milan Kucan a former communist was favored to win reelection. But the race was less Clear for a new 130-seat bicameral parliament that will replace the three chamber system inherited from Yugoslavia sold communist system. Mainstream Liberal and Center right parties were ahead in opinion polls but a right Wing nationalist party has made a late surge. Voting began at 7 . By 8 30 at downtown Ljubljana a polling station no. 1, about 70 voters 5 percent of the 1,224 people registered had braved the Chilly Winter weather to cast ballots. Joze Secnik chief electoral officer at the station said he was expecting a 70 percent turnout. Voters marked three slips differing in size and color for president and lower and upper houses of parliament. Eight candidates Are running for president and 25 parties or coalitions competing for parliamentary seats in an election that for Many slovenians is a test of their fledgling democracy. Washington Blade a Gay weekly newspaper Are being brought to Light As Gay groups arc battling Nunn who opposes president elect Clinton a plan to end the ban on homosexuals in the military. A if Sam Nunns name is on the Short list for Secretary of defense we Hope its stricken a said Robert Bray a spokesman for the National Gay and lesbian task Force. A what he did was loathsome and  the cases of the two men involve Greg Baldwin who was assistant minority counsel on the permanent subcommittee on investigations in 1981, when the Senate was controlled by republicans and Nunn was a ranking minority member and Ralph White who had been on the armed services committee staff and in 1982 joined the senators personal  said that when a Security Check was imminent he met with Nunn about his homosexuality in de Cember 1981. A the said it would be Best if i left a Baldwin recalled in an interview Friday. A the Cia told him that if you were Gay you were a Security risk a no ifs ands or buts. He said he did no to agree with that but that it caused him a  Baldwin spoke Well of Nunn saying that he let him stay on for six months. White does not look As favourably upon Nunn As Baldwin does. In August of 1982, a letter from Georgia complained that White was a an avowed homosexual. A the said a in a not firing you but you should get another Job a a White recalled Nunn As saying. A a he a a homophobe. He was a rising Star on the armed services committee and he did no to want anything controversial to derail  White now 36, left Nunns staff five months after the letter arrived. Drawing smiles a amp a Ravin Dougherty capt. Andrew Smith poses with the 1992 red Chevrolet Camaro he won in a drawing at the vog Cloch shopping Center in Kaiserslautern Germany. Smith the Deputy Staft judge advocate at Raf Chicksands England was among three finalists in a . Air forces in Europe morale welfare recreation and services  music stars slated for series of Uso concerts by Ron Mckinney staff writer the Uso is presenting american service members in Germany and England an Early Christmas gift this month when country music stars Ricky Skaggs and Holly Dunn perform a series of free concerts. Skaggs a four time grammy award Winner headlines four shows in Germany and another on dec. 16, at Raf Ben Waters England. Skaggs also was named the country music associations entertainer of the year in 1985. This Marks Skaggs third tour with the Uso. Skaggs has scored 10 no. 1 singles throughout his 13-year country music career including such hits As crying my heart out Over you heartbroken done to cheat in our Hometown country boy cajun Moon and lovin Only me. Dunn once an Academy of country music Stop new female vocalist has Dunn been nominated three times for Gram my awards. Like Skaggs she has previously appeared on Uso Tours. A i know that the service members really enjoy and appreciate these Tours and that is part of the fun but i love having the Chance to do something really special for the people who sacrifice so much so that my family and i can enjoy this Holiday season in peace a Dunn said in the release. Some of Dunn a most popular _ songs include Only when i to Skaggs Ove daddy a hands its always Gonna be some Day love someone like me and a face in the crowd a duet with Michael Martin Murphy. The tour presented by at amp to and american International underwriters includes stops at Fulda on dec. 10 Wiesbaden dec. 11 Kitzinger dec. 12 and Baum older dec. 14. Skaggs performs alone in the azores on dec. 8. For More information Contact your local Uso , turks fight police in March against Neo nazis Frankfurt Germany a hundreds of leftists and turks battled Truncheon wielding police with rocks and flares saturday during a protest by about 3,000 people against Neo nazi violence police said. At least 18 people were arrested and several were injured in the Berlin confrontation. Authorities also reported an arson attack on a Home for Asylum seckers in Western Appel in Northwestern Germany. Police evacuated 39 refugees from former Yugoslavia. No one was injured. The government said Friday it was creating a special task Force to coordinate the work of state and Federal police in fighting Neo nazis and other rightist extremists. The Welt am sonntag newspaper in a report distributed to news agencies in Advance of its publication sunday said leftists have founded a nationwide a anti fascist organization to combat Neo nazis and other far right groups. The newspaper citing an internal report by the office for the Protection of the Constitution the German equivalent of the Fri said the leftists were increasingly ready to counter the rightists with brutal violence. Erwin Horn a defense expert and lawmaker for the opposition social democratic party suggested using 70,000 soldiers to boost the police As a signal that the government intends to end the violence. Swiss reject closer Europe ties Bern Switzerland apr Swiss voters on sunday ended weeks of bitter debate and rejected moves for closer ties with Europe. A majority of the 23 cantons voted against the governments plans for Switzerland to join the european economic area on Jan. 1. Voters in at least 12 of the 23 cantons voted against the sea according to returns compiled by mid afternoon. It appeared that the plans would also be opposed by a majority of the popular vote As Well. A projection by the Independent Swiss society for practical social research predicted 51 percent of the voters would oppose the move. Much of the government Hopes for an nationwide majority in favor of the treaty relied on a Large yes vote in the French speaking cantons along the Western Border with France acknowledging stronger opposition in the German speaking areas to the East. In fact resounding a a nose were registered in the first German speaking cantons or states to report. French speaking cantons were strongly in favor but the italian and romansh areas were opposed