European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 6, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 b the stars and stripes wednesday january 6,1993 at a glance a . Cd hrs it a. A it. Or it j it y it i a it Quot a  i Viv Evjy a a Kim Campbell was named Canada a first female defense minister under Cabinet changes announced monday by prime minister Brian Mulroney. See Story on Page 9, left behind american prisoners of War probably were Quot left behind Quot in Southeast Asia in 1973, says a draft report by a special Senate committee. A a. A a page5no. 11n murders the California City of East palp Alto about 30 Miles South of san Francisco has earned the title of the nation s murder capital. A Page 6oh leaks off shetlands a disabled Oil Tanker carrying twice As much Oil As was spilled from the Exxon Valdez ran aground off the Shetland stands with leaking Oil endangering a Bird Sanctuary. A pag#10americans frail Swiss a a i the Swiss were the world s top wage earners in 1991, according to the world Bank which said american workers came in 10th place. A Page 17 Index a Abby Ann Landers 19 comics. 19-21 commentary. .13 crosswords. .19 faces places. Letters. Money matters 1718 sports. 23-28 weather. A a correction because of source and editing errors an article sunday misidentified a girl scout and the Honor bestowed her. Be thany Buckingham is a 16-year-old senior at George c. Marshall High school in Ankara Turkey the Honor i the Gold award which is  from Page 1 / today and one Dollar will buy about 1,542 italian lire on the open Market. The Dollar is benefiting from a recovering . Economy that enjoyed solid growth from october through december Cnober said a stronger Economy often Means higher interest rates which makes the Dollar More attractive to foreign investors. That combines with a european Community that is struggling to forge a common economic Union amid hard financial  factors affecting the  the Dollar in Europe Are a an expectation Scho Kcf said that the German Central Bank or Bundesbank will lower its Short term lending rates by 1 percentage Point within the next six months. A a German inflation rate that economists say will be higher this year than the projected 3 percent inflation in the United states Uthe View by currency traders that the Dollar now is a a Safe Haven Quot amid the continuing plight of the italian lira British Pound Spanish peseta and possibly the French franc. The British Pound after peaking around $2 at military banking facilities during 1992, has reversed to the.$1.50 Range and. Could fall to the $1.30-to-$1.35 level in six months Sard Pete Luxton an International economist with Barclays of London. However he said some experts still Are sceptical on whether . Growth will continue. Quot the . Economic recovery is still quite fragile a Luxton said. A the current euphoria Over its recovery could be  Schober and Luxton agreed that world events such As the conflict in the former Yugoslavia and the International Relief Mission to Somalia May affect the Dollar but Only temporarily. A most events produce Short term gut reactions that affect currency traders for a few minutes Luxton said. It would take a major world event a civil War in the former soviet Union the ouster of russian president Boris n. Yeltsin or intervention by other nations in the yugoslav conflict a to make a longer lasting Impact on world currency markets he  from Page 1. Cleared the Way for the execution when it issued a one sentence ruling rejecting a bid by 26 Washington residents to halt the hanging As cruel and unusual punishment. The vote was 7-1. It was Washington states first execution since 1963, the last hangings in the United states were in 1965 in Kansas when four murderers were put to death. Among them were Richard Eugene Hickock and Perry Edward Smith the subjects of Truman capote a cleared the Way for the execution when it issued a one sentence ruling rejecting a bid by 26 Washington residents to halt the hanging As cruel and unusual punishment. The vote was 7-1. It was Washington states first execution since 1963. The last hangings in the United states were in 1965 in Kansas when four Mur no. I was wrong. A i was wrong when i said there was to Hope no peace. Therein Hope. There is peace. I found both in the lord Jesus Christ. Look to the lord and you will find  after Dodd dropped through the trapdoor there was Little movement other than the gentle swinging of the body before a curtain was drawn across a window Between witnesses and the death chamber. Death penalty opponents had held prayer meetings vigils and demonstrations across the state in the hours before the execution. Prison officials arrested five death penalty opponents after they climbed a snowy embankment near a guard Tower. They were in jail Early tuesday. About Iso people in favor of Dodds deters were put to death. Among them were Richard Eugene Hickock Ana Perry Edward Smith the subjects of Truman capote a Book a cold blood. A i was once asked by somebody 1 done to remember who if there was any Way sex offenders could be stopped a Dodd said in his final statement a said Span Dodd pleaded guilty to the 1989 murders of three Beys in the Vancouver wash., area and was sentenced to death in 1990. The crimes were so grisly that some of the jurors who sentenced him sought psychiatric help afterwards. Dodd admitted that he stabbed to death Brothers William Neer 10, and Cole Neer 11, in a Park and strangled 4-year-old Lee Iseli the following month. Dodd said he abducted Iseli from a Portland ore., school playground and took him to his apartment where he molested and tortured the boy and finally killed him the next morning. Dodd Hung the Corpse in a closet before dumping the nude body into a Lake. Once described by a prosecutor As a predatory and uncontrollable Dodd had been arrested several times for child molesting by his mid-20s. For years his pattern was to molest get caught confess serve a Little time and undergo a Little counselling. A until the youngsters slayings he never served More than 10 months in prison. Two earlier cases involving known sex offenders a 1988 murder Ana a 1989 mutilation coupled with the Dodd murders spurred the legislature to pass a package of Laws aimed at habitual offenders. The Centrepiece is a Law permitting the state to confine sex offenders indefinitely unto they Are deemed cured. In prison Dodd wrote a pamphlet to tied when you meet a stranger warning youngsters to stay away from people like him. Timothy Ford a lawyer for those opposed to the execution had argued before the states High court that hanging amounts to torture. A Dodd has chosen hanging because he wants to be treated equally cruel a he  from Page 1 shrink from further challenges to the United states and Allied nations however . Officials said iraqi planes had continued to probe the Edge of the zone the 32nd parallel. According to one government official there Yvere three iraqi incursions into the zone monday. A Pentagon official said the movement of the missiles was not itself a violation of any restriction imposed by the allies. But he said that if the United states deemed the missiles a threat to its enforcement of the no Fly zone it might take military action. It is not Clear what if any action the Bush administration is prepared to take in its final weeks. Options that have been discussed include conducting airstrikes against airfields and other targets in Iraq or possibly extending the no Fly zone to cover All iraqi territory As was the Case immediately after Iraq s february 1991 defeat in the Gulf War in addition to military Steps the United states also could take political Steps to further Blacken the image of president Saddam Hussein a government and undercut the Case for lifting economic sanctions. One proposal has been to push for a hearing on alleged iraqi War crimes citing newly acquired documents on the a a _ Inqui persecution of kurd in Northern Iraq. Even after the zone Over Southern Iraq was established Iraq kept some Sui to air missiles in to area. Iraq surface was warned that activating the radars that guide the missile batteries or otherwise threatening the american British and French planes that patrol the zone would be considered hostile activity. But in recent Days . Officials said Iraq has taken two other Steps moving if Tore surface to air missiles South of the 32nd parallel and shifting some of the missiles that were already in the South a government official said. The movement of the missiles is seen by american experts As an attempt to confound american intelligence which has been monitoring the missiles in the South. The Pentagon official said some of the Southern missiles had been moved closer to the 32nd parallel in a possible Effort to protect iraqi planes that skirt the zone. A chief judge removed in Honecker trial Quot a Berlin a the chief judge in the manslaughter trial of former East German Leader Erich Honecker has been removed from the proceedings because of possible prejudice a court spokesman said tuesday. The decision is yet another setback for prosecutors. Doctors predict the 80-year-old former communist Boss will die of liver cancer before a verdict can be reached. Honecker is charged with manslaughter stemming from the deaths of East germans killed White trying to fice to West Germany. Court spokesman Bruno Rautenberg said that chief judge Hansgeorg Brauti Gam would be replaced by assistant judge Hans Boss in the trial. An alternate judge will step in to Complete the three Mem Ber panel. T defense lawyers and attorneys for the victims families had claimed Brautigam compromised himself by passing on a request for Honecker a autograph from one of the alternate judges on dec. 21 a panel of judges from berlins District court agreed and removed Brautigam because of concerns about possible prejudice. During mondays session defense attorneys said Honecker a health had worsened dramatically and demanded the charges be dropped. They have also sought Honecker s immediate release from prison. Of trial with Honecker Are Heinz Kessler 72, the former East German defense minister former Deputy defense minister Fritz Streletz 66 anti Hans Albrecht 72, a former District communist chief from Suhl. A the trial will resume As scheduled on Thui Imp Tria Hudsay