European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 24, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday january 24,1993 Page 2 the stars and stripes re at a glance a woman mourns outside a House in Molln Germany where a turkish woman and two girls were killed last november when Neo nazis set fire to the building. The attack was part of the right Wing violence that germans Are trying to come to grips with see sunday Magazine Dod possibility defense Secretary Les Aspin is expected to tap William Perry the Pentagon a research and engineering chief during the Carter administration As his top Deputy Dod officials said. A Page 4 findings disputed Fri director William s. Sessions said that findings by the department of Justice that he engaged in Legal and ethical misconduct Are Quot misleading and  a Page 5 deadly wagering two Junior High school pupils accused of plotting to Hill a teacher May have Felt pressured to try to commit the murder because classmates were betting on whether they would do it police and school officials said. A pages physician withdraws a prominent German physician with a nazi past said he was giving up plans to become head of the world medical association because of the controversy. A Page 12 Wall Street reaction the Stock Market marked Bill Clinton a presidential inauguration with a sell off in the Blue Chip sector and ended the week with a moderate loss. A Page 17 Index 1 Abby Ann Landers 16 classifieds .20-24 commentary 15 daily Horoscope .20 faces n places 16 letters. 14 Money matters .17 Mutual .17-19 sports .25-32 weather. 13 abortion from Page 1. Human Wall blocking the Entrance to a planned parenthood clinic. Police carried away about 30 protesters who refused to leave. A few abortion rights advocates cheered police including six men dressed in drag who called themselves Quot Church ladies for choice.�?�. In Washington a Southeast Section about 75 protesters blocked the Entrance to a second clinic. Police were forced to remove five protesters who themselves to a homemade bloc Talo made from pieces of Railroad Era there were no confrontations with cents because the clinics had not yet opened abortion rights advocates called the opponents tactics Quot desperate. Quot they be lost the White House they be lost the Congress and they never had the support of the people Saia Ginny Montes National Secretary for inc National organization for women. As abortion opponents from As far away As Guam gathered Friday near the White House the Rev. Stephen Lowery offered a prayer for the cause. A god we ask for a Miracle a a Miracle of favor with the new administration a he said. On Friday Clinton signed memos saying the restrictions he was Liftig had interfered with the Progress of medical science and the ability of physicians to care for their patients. A a the american people deserve the Best medical treatment in the world. We re committed to providing them with nothing less a he said. Quot our vision should be of an America where abortion is Safe and Legal but  Hospital from Page 1 that decision a said sen John a Lemed Ohio a consistent supporter of efforts to overturn the military ban. Anti abortion lawmakers vowed to vehemently oppose Clinton a new policies. Rob Schwarzwalde a spokesman for sen. Dan Coats said the Indiana a club heart is a a Long standing opponent of abortions at military facilities overseas and he is maintaining that stance a the 1988 ban altered a policy that had been in place since 1982.it allowed female military personnel and family members overseas to obtain abortions at military hospitals and clinics As Long As they paid for the procedure themselves. A German from Page 1 abortion rights advocates in Congress argued that the ban discriminate Dagamat thousands of women overseas by denying them the same abortion rights under the Law that their Peers in the United states had. The Only options for women overseas they said were to risk seeking off base abortions in countries where medical care is often inadequate or spend a Large amount of time and Money to travel to the United states for the procedure. But opponents routinely painted the legislation As a Means of allowing a abortion of demand in government facilities. They said it violated the spirit if not the letter of the prohibitions against taxpayer funding for abortions because the military medical facilities and the doctors who would perform the procedures Are supported by appropriated funds. Before Federal restrictions were placed on the use of taxpayer funds for abortions in the late 1970s, up to 10,000 abortions a year were performed in military medical facilities in the United states and abroad according to information compiled by congressional staffers. That changed in 1982, when the defense department barred the use of taxpayer funds for All abortions in military facilities except when the mothers life was threatened. But the military continued to allow female  and family members to obtain abortions at overseas facilities if they paid for them until the current ban took effect in 1988. Defense department officials declined to comment on the Issue until they received and had a Chance to study the executive order. A creative Christian democratic unions foreign policy committee called the . Military presence in Germany and Europe an absolute necessity. Wimmer docs not share the opinion of some political scientists that the United slates could remove All the troops from Germany As Long As it agrees to return when needed. Quot we need symbols a Wimmer said. A in the old Days one married off a daughter to a neighbouring Prince to secure the Alliance of the country. Today we need the physical presence of the  Karl Lamers foreign policy spokesman for the Christian democrats agreed that physical presence by the United states military in Germany and Europe is critical. A perhaps we done to need As Many americans Here As during the height of the cold War a Lamers said a but one should not underestimate the psychological Impact of their presence a no matter what the nuni. Bers  the germans must look at their National interests not Only for the present but for the coming years As Well Lamers said. When they do that they will find More common values with the americans than differences he said. Although politically left of the ruling Christian democrats the social democratic party also supports a sizable american military presence a we need the americans now More than Ever Quot said social democratic spokesman Karsten Voigt. A a it san Undis muted fact in our party for several reasons it the main one is american presence is a great stability Factor for Germany and  a Complete withdrawal of . Forces from Germany would cause concern among Germany s neighbors in the East and West Voigt said adding that such concerns would be unjustified. A we need that troop presence a he said. Quot it calms the nerves of our immediate neighbors who think the americans should be Here to keep us from doing w hat we done to intend to do anyway namely expand As an imperialistic  nato Leader warns . Against Brussels Belgium a nato s top official urged the new Clinton administration Friday to maintain a a a meaningful level of troops in Europe. Quot it would have severe consequences if the american presence would be reduced to a Token or a symbolic presence a said Manfred Worner so arc Tail general of the 16-nation North Atlantic treaty organization. Worner said he did not expect the Clinton administration to scale Back the number of american service Mem Bers below the 100,000 level set by Congress for 1997. A a we need to have something militarily. Meaningful a he said. R troop cuts with the end of the cold War the Bush administration had recommended slicing . Forces stationed in Europe by about half to 150,000 by 1995. But congressional critics called for deeper trims As a Way of saving Money and cutting the government s hefty budget deficit. Worner acknowledged that the United states and its nato allies were justified in paring Back their forces in the Post cold War Era. But he also said that a there is a danger that the allies could put too much emphasis on smaller peacekeeping and rapid reaction forces to the detriment of main defense troops and reinforcements. In mid december Voigt published his ten proposals for a renewal and reinforcement of German Atn Crinan ret a Tion St which Calls for intensified relations Between Germany and North America a Quot new  even further to the political left than the social democrats where nato formerly had its staunchest critics there now is support for continued Allied and american presence in Germany. Die Tage Zeitung a daily newspaper closely Allied with the traditionally Ami nato Green party recently ran an editorial pleading with the allies to keep troops in Germany. A Ami stay Here a wrote Mathias Brockers m an article that he said was humorous in tone but serious in intent. A you americans taught us germans How to be Laid Back disrespect the dress codes and put our feet up on the table a the 38-year-old Brockers wrote. A you drove out our dullard a Beer Swilling habit with marijuana and our prussian Parade step uprightness with Rock v Roll and Funk. Stay Here. A you British substituted your Parli Centarian articulate Ness and your distinguished Art of debate for our Goebbel Stike frothing at the Mouth. Stay Here. A. You russians. Instead of Rushing Back into your cold Homeland and inc turbulence of capitalism a continue to work against fascism. Stay  Brockers said Adolf Hitler was neither an Accident of history nor a Demon Bui a a deeply Felt expression of the will of inc German people Quot he ended his Artic with a reference both to hitlers time ant the current rightist violence. A do not leave the germans alone will their old and new  in an interview with the stars an it stripes Brockers said he could expand for hours on Why he wants a Strong american influence in Germany. Quot my generation grew up with the influence of an and the Woodstock Anu authoritarian movement a he said. A it a the Best thing that could have happens to us  the american influence spawned the 1968 student revolt Brockers said. Quot i was never a fan of the military by the culture that came with the America troops was and is still very admirable Brockers said