European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 1, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Officer in fear 1 a policeman accused of striking the most blows in the videotaped beating of Rodney g. King defends a himself on the witness stand saying Quot i was completely in fear for my t. A. A a games of ice / a week before the Stanley cup playoffs National hockey league players go on strike for the first time in the. League s 75-year history hears grow that the lucrative playoffs might be washed out. But an agreement is reached Aprik 11, and the final regular season games resume the next Day. A Revoir a Edith Cresson whose 10-month i tenure As Frances first woman Premier was a struggle for respect resigns after the governing socialists suffer defeats in regional elections. A a Way probes find a Quot haphazard pattern 1 of expenditures by officials of the United Way of America in which they mixed personal pleasure with business and charged both to the Charity. _ iranian forces strike in Iraq iranian warplanes bomb a rebel 1 base near Baghdad in the first airstrike by Iran on iraqi territory since a 1988 cease fire halted their War. Iran says the attack is retaliation for a raid by a rebel group. 500,000 ii Arch wearing White and shouting Quot we will not go Back Quot an estimated half million a abortion rights protesters March in the nations capital election year backlash against threats to Legal abortions. Organizers Call the turnout Quot the largest Ever of any kind Quot in Washington Arafat Safe 8 searchers find Plo chief Yasser Arafat bruised but Safe in Libya s Remote Southern desert after his plane crash landed in a sandstorm a Day a earlier. Palestinians in Many parts of the Arab world flood into the streets to cheer reports that he is Safe.1noriega guilty 9 Manuel Noriega is convicted in Miami on eight of -10 drug and racketeering charges that led to the 1989 . Invasion of Panama there is no visible reaction from the former panamanian Leader or the jurors As verdicts Are read. R#4 m. It the Disney Castle is lit by floodlights during. Euro Disney a grand opening ceremonies april 11. The next Day about 70,000 people help euro Disney officially open is doors in mame la Valtee France about 20 Miles East of Paris. A amps do Casey a v Gen. John r. Gay Van to supreme Allied commander Europe and chief of the . European come applies for retirement la Gen. John m. Shall Ashvell Bottom is. Nominated to replace him. Reputed crime Boss John Gotti is convicted april 2 on All counts in his murder racketeering Case in new York. V i a Benefit in London raises funds for aids sufferers and salutes musician Freddie Mercury an aids victim who later died. Former Tennis great Arthur Ashe announces he has aids an unwilling disclosure. He says he. Went Public Only after a Usa today reporter asked if it were True that he had aids. Christian laettner Bottom leads cuke to the Mcaa championship. The Blue devils beat Michigan 71-51 in the title game. Page 10 the stars and stripes Friday saturday january 1/2, 1993
