European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 22, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday december 22. 1992 . The stars and stripes b Page 7 sexual harassment Case exposes . To scrutiny by the new York times new York a an american who is a . Employee has ignited a juror by doggedly pursuing sexual harassment accusations against a top official of the International organization. They Are the basis for the first sexual harassment Case to make its Way through the United nations system of internal Justice. The Case is being watched closely m Light of new guidelines published by the organization to try to prevent harassment and resolve accusations. But the episode also provides a rare and disturbing View of what Many female employees of the United nations and some of their male colleagues say has been widespread acceptance of sexual harassment and sex discrimination at the organization. The charges were filed by Catherine Claxton 45, against Luis Maria Gomez 58, an Argentine. According to . Documents Claxton says that in May 1988 Gomez then the comptroller of the United nations grabbed her kissed her against her will and when she was Able to escape his grip a furiously told her How dare she think he Wasny to Good enough for her. Subsequently she said he became her immediate supervisor and continued to harass her even As he sought to eliminate her Job. Some . Employees argue however that Claxton Sklan Cross pulled Down in Square Cincinnati apr members of the Kun flux klan peacefully put up a Cross in a downtown Square near a jewish menorah before Dawn monday. Despite police barricades around it a Man pulled it Down about four hours later. Four or five members of the klan put up the Cross about 6 20 . And left officer Howard Nichols said. The klansmen had a City permit and a detachment of police stood by to protect them. On sunday several Hundred people turned out to protest the plans for the klan Cross saying it was divisive and a Symbol of a racist organization. Nichols said no protesters were nearby when the wooden Cross was erected but about an hour later a Man tried to remove the Cross and was arrested on a charge of disorderly conduct. Then later in the morning another Man got beyond the barricade and pulled Down the Cross. Police identified him As David Miller 44, of suburban Loveland. He was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct and released. Accusations Are fabrications intended to derail the career of Gomez now assistant administrator of the . Development program. Both Claxton and Gomez refused to be interviewed and . Spokesmen said no one at the organization could comment on a pending Case. Claxton a attorney refused to discuss the Case. Supporters of Gomez said Claxton a assertions Are ridiculous and add that Gomez has a Long history of promoting and supporting women. But interviews with staff members from different . Departments and agencies who asked to remain Anonymous paint a picture of a workplace at which the advancement of women has been slow sexual favors have sometimes been prerequisites for promotions or keeping jobs and where Many women believe that if they resist sexual advances from their superiors they will lose their jobs. . Officials Are immune from lawsuits in . Courts so there is no Independent Legal route for those facing sexual harassment. A there is an enormous potential for abuse especially for Young not terribly worldly women who occupy positions Low in the Hierarchy and Are exceedingly vulnerable said Linda Perkin president of the group on equal rights for women in the United  suspect attempts suicide after to show Newark . Apr a murder suspect shot himself in the head after being surrounded by police a Day after he was named on the to series americans most wanted. He was in guarded condition sunday. Police in West Orange said James Henry Hampton shot himself saturday As officers confronted him on a Street in the City near Newark. Earlier an informant told police that a pastor had sheltered Hampton since August the Star Ledger of Newark reported sunday. A suddenly Hampton backed up whipped out a revolver from his pants placed it under his Chin and fired a shot a West Orange police chief Edward Palardy told the newspaper. The Fri had been Hunting Hampton 54, in the kidnapping and murder of a 58-year-old St. Louis woman who was abducted from her Home aug. 3. A re enactment of the crime was broadcast in August and again Friday on the Fox network show. Diner Patron wills bundle to waitress Chagrin Falls Ohio apr a regular restaurant customer has left most of his $500,000 estate to a 17-year-old waitress but the Many a sister is challenging the will. William Cruxton 82, ate lunch and dinner at Dinky a colonial restaurant in this northeastern Ohio town virtually every Day from his wife a death in 1989 to his own nov. 9. Cruxton who did no to have any children left most of his estate to Cara Michelle Wood a High school senior he had known for a few months. But Cruxton a sister Cora Bruck 86, is charging that her brother did no to know what he was doing when he wrote the will. Cruxton left her enough Money to pay for funeral expenses. A a it a obviously very unusual that he would leave virtually his entire estate to a 17-year-old girl who he had known for Only a few months a said Bruckus attorney Mark Fishman. Quot we feel we can show that this was not his full  Howard Stern the executor of the will said his Friend knew what he was doing. He said the sister is Well cared for by social Security and medicare. Quot Bill said Cara was very Nice to him a Stern said. Quot he indicated that she was the Only one at the restaurant who he could rely on to Tell him the truth. He said the rest were condescending about his age and his unsteady hands. He liked that about  Cruxton who owned the Cruxton piano moving co. Of Cleveland until it closed in the mid-1970s, first found a Friend in a Young waitress named Paula Laforce. She visited his Home and sometimes would pick up after him pay his Bills or balance his Check Book. In return Cruxton made Paula his sole heir. Friends said he often pulled the document from his jacket pocket to show around the diner. But that changed when the girl started dating a boy whom Cruxton did no to like and she stopped seeing Cruxton As often. Last april Wood stepped in to help with his chores. Soon Cruxton was waving a new will around the diner friends said. In an interview with the weekly Chagrin Valley limes Wood said Quot he was a great  learning about the inheritance was Quot kind of strange. I did no to expect it a she said. A amp Russia holds no veterans against will lawmaker says from wire reports Tallahassee Fla. A a congressman just Back from Russia and Ukraine said Quot he found no evidence during his we Klong trip that missing . Veterans were being held there. A we tend to agree that there arc no americans living in the old soviet Union against their will a rep. Pete Peterson d-Fla., said sunday. A there Are a Good number i done to know How Many living there willingly but did no to want to talk to us a Peterson said. He said those veterans had been there since the korean War Era. Peterson said the group was optimistic about opening talks with leaders in North Korea and Czechoslovakia to gain Access to files on americans listed As missing in action and never accounted for after world War ii the korean conflict and the Vietnam War. Peterson a retired air Force colonel was held captive in Vietnam from 1966 to Early 1973.quake rattles san Francisco san Francisco a Chimney bricks rattled Loose but no major damage or injuries were reported from a Small earthquake in the san Francisco Bay area sunday. The quake struck shortly after 1 . And measured 3.3 on the Richter scale said Robert Uhrhammer a scientist at the University of California at Berkeley a seismographic station. It was entered on the Hayward fault North of san Leandro which is about 15 Miles East of san Francisco. It was Felt throughout the East Bay area and across the Bay in san Francisco. Several chimneys in an Oakland neighbourhood about a mile North of san Leandro had bricks shaken Loose san Francisco radio station Kobs reported. Upper Michigan loses Power Sault Ste. Marie Mich. A a Power outage plunged the Eastern third of Michigan s upper Peninsula into darkness for about three hours Early monday. About 75,000 Homes and businesses were affected including the Kewadin Casino run by the Sault Ste. Marie tribe of Chippewa indians. Several gamblers were in the 24-hour Casino when the lights bickered and went out around 1 30 . Casino officials quickly locked away the chips and Money and shut Down about an hour later. A Security officer said patrons were allowed to Cash in their chips. The Casino reopened about 5 . After the Power was restored by Crews from Edison Sault electric co. A state police spokesman in Negaunee said the outage apparently was caused by damage to a trunk  costs disputed Washington a a new study disputes the theory that rising medicaid costs Are caused by Federal requirements to include More pregnant women and children in the program. The primary reasons for escalating costs Are the recession and the growing number of aged and disabled said the report released sunday by the Kaiser commission on the future of medicaid. 1 he increased costs also Are due to More services being provided per patient and higher medicaid payments to hospitals the study said. 1 he Cost of the Federal state health program for the poor Rose by $37 billion from 1988 to 1991 to $88.6  killed in Florida Osteen Ida. A a Hunter was killed in Volusia county after a fellow Hunter shot at what he thought was a gobbling Turkey. I he sound actually was a game Call being used to attract wild turkeys to the victims Hunting Blind. Michael Kelly 31, of Pembroke Pines was Hunting with his brother and Nephew on the farm ton wildlife management Hunting preserve when he was hit in the head saturday with a 16-gauge Shotgun slug. Stephen thoeming 43, of St. Cloud told investigators that he shot at the noise without seeing his target. Officials said it was the fifth Hunting related death statewide this year. No charges have been filed in the incident