European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 13, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 b the stars and stripes sunday december 13, 1992 at a glance Jerry a 39-year-old american is Happy to have visitors while serving a 14-month prison sentence in Germany for Possession of hashish and marijuana. The american women a club of Taurus is venturing behind prison Walls to visit americans who ran afoul of German Law. Sec Story in sunday Magazine. Blanket advice the Pentagon said Friday that it has urged 2,000 homeless shelters to discard 1.5 million blankets donated by the military and later found to be contaminated with the pesticide  Page 4 Weinberger Victory a Federal judge dismissed a key Iran Contra charge against former defense Secretary Caspar  Page 5 chief of staff named president elect Clinton announced saturday that he has chosen one of his oldest friends Thomas Quot Mack Mclarty to serve As White House chief of staff and that democratic party chairman Ronald h. Brown was his Choice As Secretary of  Page 6 a hot item Spanish booksellers had a hit on their hands As the new roman Catholic catechism sold out in shops across the country on its first full Day of sales. A Page 10 Battle Over women a polarized commission s report on women in the military is to be forwarded to Congress this month. A Page 11 airline suit planned the Justice department said it plans to file a lawsuit against major airlines accusing them of fixing prices. A Page 17 Index Abby Ann Landers .16 classified.20-24 commentary.15 faces a no places.16 letters.14 Money matters .17 mutuals.17-19 sports.25-32 weather .13 Yeltsin sacks top aide agrees to Compromise with Congress Moscow a president Boris n. Yeltsin fired a top aide saturday and approved a Compromise process for selecting a prime minister ending the worst political turmoil in Moscow since the soviet collapse. The government was thrown into a constitutional crisis last week when the Congress of Peoples deputies rejected Yeltsin a candidate for prime minister Yegor t. Gaidar the architect of his free Market reforms. For two hours saturday Yeltsin negotiated behind closed doors in the Kremlin with leaders of the Congress which is dominated by communists elected in partially free balloting in 1990. Valery Zorkin chief judge of russians constitutional court mediated the talks and announced the results to a hushed Congress in the grand Kremlin Palace. He said Yeltsin would submit the names of several candidates for prime minister to the Congress for debate on monday. Gaidar is virtually certain to be among them. The Congress will vote on All the candidates and Yeltsin then will select from the three highest vote getters. His Choice must be submitted to the Congress for confirmation but if the lawmakers reject it Yeltsin can name that person As acting prime minister. The Congress immediately approved the agreement by a vote of 541-98 with 67 abstentions. Yeltsin applauded and Shook hands with Congress speaker Ruslan Khas Bula Tov who has orchestrated a week of attacks on Yeltsin a Powers and Gaidar a nomination. Presidential spokesman Vyacheslav Kostikova said Gaidar is still Yeltsin Stop Choice. The Compromise process appears to give Gaidar a reasonable Chance of emerging As acting prime minister the Post he has held for the past six months. Gay Sailor s death probed report says Tokyo a the . Navy is investigating whether a Sailor based in Southern Japan was killed in october because he was a homosexual the Pacific stars and stripes reported. The newspaper quoted an Anonymous Navy spokesman As saying the a homosexuality Issue is certainly a motive being investigated in the death of Seaman Allen Richard Schindler 22. The report published in the newspaper sunday said Schindler was beaten to death about Midnight oct. 27 in a Public restroom in a Park near the Large naval base a choppers from Page 1 Casebo 615 Miles Southwest of Tokyo. It said two of Schindler a shipmates on the amphibious assault ship Belleau Wood a Navy airman Charles e. Vins and airman apprentice Terry m. Helvey a were taken into custody in connection with the death. Vins was punished and discharged and Helvey is awaiting trial it said. Military spokesmen were not immediately available for comment on the report. The newspaper said Schindler who had been in the Navy about four years had informed his superiors he was a homosexual and at the time of his death the Navy was preparing to discharge him. The paper quoted friends and relatives As saying Schindler and at least one other homosexual Sailor on the Belleau Wood had been harassed by shipmates. But the report said officials claimed they were unaware of any threats to Schindler before his death. Homosexuals Are banned from serving in the . Armed services a Long standing policy president elect Clinton has said he would change. Shu on saturday. The four trucks were shielded by circling helicopter gunships and outnumbered by armoured vehicles. The Convoy had been held up twice since operation restore Hopes first troops landed wednesday a first by rain then by a squabble Over whether . Or Marine troops would carry the food on this first symbolic trip. The pakistani . Peacekeepers who were in this Seaside City when the marines arrived prevailed and their White trucks carried the precious cargo a 20 tons of Rice Beans and Oil donated by France. A a it a Nice to see some Relief work after four Days a said Carolyn Snyder of Greenwich conn., a Relief worker for care International. The food was taken across a line that divides the capital into sectors controlled by Somalia a two main warlords who on Friday agreed to end hostilities and move their fighters out of the capital by today. A somali who had taken shelter in a Relief Agency s compound in Bairoa was shot and killed overnight by looters he had tried to Stop from raiding Aid supplies the los Angeles based world i Mission from Page 1 senior airman Phillip Ulmer a base spokesman. That is because some of Ramstein a miscellaneous traffic is being diverted in support of operation restore Hope. The Impact however has been minimal. A nobody has gone without a seat yet a Ulmer said. Service members Are Able to Fly on military flights for a Small fee when space is available. The air mobility come offers several tips for space a travellers that come in Handy now when a Large military operation is gearing up just As the Christmas travel Rush is starting. A first travel Early and give yourself plenty of time to get where you re going a Simpson said. Travellers also should take enough Money with them to cover commercial transportation food and lodging costs in Case they Are stranded As far As space a accommodations go. A a done to expect to rely solely on base facilities a one said. A you never know for sure what the situation is going to be at any Given location. This is the time of year when there is frequently no room at the  lastly passengers should stay in close Contact with the am terminal through which they expect to travel. A things can change very fast a Simpson said. A Check in with the terminal from time to time and keep up with what a  stall writer Kevin Dougherty in Kaiserslautern Germany contributed to this report Sion International said saturday. A we need Protection now Quot Russ Kerr of world vision said in a statement from Bairoa. A if they wait five or six More Days we might not have any Relief workers left to  a Rick Grant a spokesman for care said saturday that his workers in Bairoa Are holed up in a heavily fortified House guarded by More than a dozen men with ak-47 assault rifles who must stage a nightly firepower display to keep the bandits at Bay. A it is criminal negligence the marines Arentt there a Grant said. Care and world vision have asked the marines to at least Fly Over Bairoa in a show of  from Page 1 Ings and were pinned against a Railroad Bridge in the Manasquan River at Point pleasant n.j., the coast guard said. In Pennsylvania a roof heavy with Snow collapsed Friday in Pittsburgh killing three employees of a printing company. The storm was blamed for six More deaths thursday in the state. More than 3 feet of Snow was reported in parts of the state. Two women died Friday in new Jersey one killed by a blown off roof in Jersey c Ity and the other when her car was struck by a Tow truck in Deptford. In Bridgeport conn., police said a mentally disabled Man drowned Friday apparently while running an errand during the storm. Rescue workers in Manu Troneck . Were awaiting a break in the wind and rain Early saturday to look for a person they saw swept away on a country Road. Mum Roneck s police chief. Joseph Del Bianco said rescuers videotaped the Ner so Gnu in Gnu 0f a car Quot a hooded Road the n disappearing underwater. I he mountainous Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia got 2vi feet of Snow. Suzanne Herrmann red Cross coordinating manager for new Jersey Esto mated that the Agency had 5,000 to 6,00c people in shelters. Power to More than 100,000 people was disrupted. There were some dramatic rescues. Scuba divers donned wet suits and waded to motorists stranded on a Highway along new York City a East River. In upstate new York 128 soldiers from the . Army a 10th Mountain div uyt at fort drum finally departed Friday Nign on a 20-hour flight to Somalia after several hours of delay caused by heavy Snow