European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 17, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a the stars and stripes . Thursday december 17,1992 Packwood says Congress still needs his expertise Washington apr sen. Bob Packwood says Calls for his resignation Are expected a was part of democracy a but he wont step Down because Congress needs his expertise on abortion rights health care and Northwestern forests a frequently in the past in be been picketed by groups who did no to like me that goes with the territory a said Packwood r-ore., the target of a Senate ethics committee probe into allegations of sexual harassment. A you never like it but you understand that is part of democracy Quot he said in an interview tuesday with the associated press. Packwood 60, discussed a wide Range of topics. But he would not comment on allegations by 16 women that they were the victims of his unwelcome sexual advances or that he has tried to gather information to discredit his accusers. Police stand around an armoured truck that was held up tuesday by four masked men while it was parked at a Bank in Urc Clonta puerto Rico. Police said the mock trial criticized Washington apr a mock court proceeding conducted by Iran Contra prosecutors preparing for the trial of former defense Secretary Caspar w. Weinberger provided fresh ammunition tuesday for critics of Independent counsel Lawrence i. Walsh. Sen. Robert j. Dole a vociferous critic of Walsh a 6-year-old investigation issued another broadside after seeing a report about the mock trial last weekend. Quot their a mock trial is a mockery of the taxpayer and is the latest arrogance from Lawrence Walsh a outrageous. Political persecution of republicans a said the Senate Republican Leader from Kansas. Stephen cillers a new York University Law professor who specializes in Legal ethics defended Walsh Shaker s records sought Washington apr congressional investigators Are seeking interviews with White House chief of staff James a. Baker Iii and two aides in an investigation of the pre election search of Bill Clinton s passport records. The general accounting office in a letter to the White House also requested electronic and written records of Baker and aides Margaret Tutwiler and Janet Mullins. The investigation centers on an expedited state department search of Clinton a passport files during the presidential Campaign. Republicans had made an Issue of Clinton a visit to Fonn. He also has been one of the Gopas leading advocates of abortion rights Over the past 20 years. In recent years he has defended the Timber Industry and become a steadfast opponent of what he views As excessive environmental Protection in the Case of the Northern spotted owl. A my knowledge on those subjects Hasni to gone away a Packwood said. A a in be got a Quarter Century of experience in dealing with them and i think i can continue to Deal with them Well. The issues Haven to changed that much. My positions Haven to changed. A i will still support and sponsor the abortion Freedom of Choice act which is More important now than its Ever been. My views on family leave Haven to changed. A my views on the medicaid waiver Haven to changed. My views on health insurance Haven to changed. A fall of these you continue to work on and Hope you Are judged on your entire  armed men escaped with nearly $1.4 million in the biggest robbery in the Island s history. Barc Clonta is about 35 Miles West of san  Iran Contra Case use of mock juries saying Many Large Law firms do a dry run of a Case before taking it to trial. A it helps a lawyer to understand what the jury is interested in. Its unusual for the government to do it and i have never heard of it being done in criminal cases but i am not offended by it a Gillers said. Walsh a office hired a marketing consultant to assemble three panels of Washington residents to hear evidence in the Case. The affair involved the Sale of arms to Iran in Hopes of freeing . Hostages in Lebanon. Profits from that Exchange were diverted to pay for illegal arms shipments to the contras anti government rebels in  Clinton passport Case the former soviet Union while he was a student at Oxford University in England in 1969-70. They raised questions about whether Clinton sought British or norwegian citizenship to avoid the Vietnam War draft. The Gao the investigative  of Congress said it wants the White House officials appointment calendars Telephone logs and messages computer messages memos files and reports a Ftnat discuss or mention then governor Bill Clinton a passport records citizenship files including the rumoured existence of a letter renouncing . Citizenship and his activities in Moscow London and  a Call to the White House press office late tuesday seeking comment was not  accused As molester blames political enemies from wire reports Memphis Tenn. A a judge charged with sexually molesting women in his Small town courthouse says he a the victim of political enemies but the government describes him As a vulture preying on women under his control. A people have a right to go into court and talk to a Edge without having that judge grab their private arts Quot Albert Moskowitz a Justice department Awyer said tuesday in Federal court. Moskowitz described judge David Lanier of Dyersburg Tenn., As a Man who sought sexual Power Over women and used his judicial authority to get it. Lanier 58, faces 10 civil rights charges. Jury deliberations were to begin  sprays Pepper Gas new York a at least 76 students and teachers required treatment tuesday after a 14-year-old student released a canister of Pepper Gas in a stairwell of a Queens school officials said. The boy later charged As a juvenile with assault was carrying a used canister when he was arrested outside intermediate school 125, the officials said. The Spray is similar to Mace and is illegal in the City police said. Noxious fumes seeped from a first floor stairwell about 10 40 ., while the students were changing classes. The Gas also was carried through air vents to the upper part of the five Story  fights aids spread Chicago a . Inner cities trying to Cope with the aids epidemic May find a lesson in the Eastern african nation of Rwanda where health workers Are reducing the heterosexual spread of the disease by working with Young women. Rwanda with 7.6 million inhabitants has one of the worlds highest aids rates. Nine of 10 deaths among Young Rural women Are caused by aids and almost one third of Urban adults Are infected with the his the virus that causes the disease said researchers from the University of California san Francisco. They studied 1,458 women Ages 20 to 40 who enrolled in a prevention program in 1988 in the rwandan capital Kigali. The program provided confidential his testing a 35-minute educational video and group discussions. All participants were Given regular physical examinations free condoms and spermicides and invitations for male partners to be tested and taught. After one year condom use had risen from 7 percent to 22 percent among All the women a partners the researchers reported in wednesday s Issue of the journal of the american medical  for plants animals Washington a in what environmentalists called a major Victory the Interior department agreed tuesday to Speed up Federal Protection for More than 400 varieties of plants and animals that had been proposed for consideration As endangered species. The departments fish and wildlife service agreed to designate the 400 plants and animals for endangered species Protection by september 1996. The settlement was reached with defenders of wildlife the fund for animals and other environmental  losers win a s Boulder Colo. A hundreds of angry French language students were guaranteed a son their final exams after losing a dispute with the University of Colorado women a basketball team Over use of the basketball court. A scheduling mistake caused the problem monday. The team had scheduled the Coors events Center for practice at 9  There was no record of a Slot for a French exam to be taken on the court said Charles Middleton arts and sciences Dean. The exam was cancelled and cd officials apologized to the students saying they could All have a a. As the ranking Republican on the Senate finance committee Packwood has been an avid student of health care insurance and influential player in tax re big heist