European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 25, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday january 25. 1993  the stars and stripes b Pagos Fri Washington up Fri director William s. Sessions came out fighting sunday against a Justice department report that accused him of improperly Bil government for personal Pensis and other abuses. Ing the government for personal sex when asked if political enemies were seeking his ouster he said Quot i would think that s probably  he said he did not know who. In an interview with the new York times however he blamed his Boss in the former Bush administration attorney general William p. Barr. In television and newspaper interviews sessions vigorously defended his reputation and sought to save himself from possible dismissal by president Clinton who had his own personnel problem last week in having to withdraw his nominee for attorney Gener in the stars and stripes 10 years ago Jan. 25,1983 a an emergency open meeting in Geneva suddenly collapsed one Day after an apparent agreement raising the likelihood that world Oil prices would continue to fall. 20 year Sago Jan. 25,1973 a a Washington and Hanoi revealed details of a Vietnam peace Accord signed the Day before in Paris which according to presidential adviser Henry a. Kissinger. Guarantees Saigon s political Independence. 30 year Sago Jan. 25,1963 a president Kennedy took the wraps off his proposed tax program aimed at cutting everyone s tax Bill by an average of 18percent by 1965. 40 year Sago Jan. 25,1953 a Senate Republican leaders served notice that they expect prospective military service secretaries to follow defense Secretary Charles e. Wilson s example and dispose of Stock in companies doing business with the government.50 year Sago Jan. 25,1943 a american b-17s struck another heavy blow at nazi a boat pens at Lorient and Brest in France highlighting a series of weekend attacks extending from the Atlantic to Germany. World War ii 50 years ago today Jan. 25 19 4 3 spearheads of the soviet assault on German troops trapped at Stalingrad meet in the Middle of the City splitting the German Force into two pockets soviet soldiers capture Torandzh after a fierce two Day Battle inside the City in Tunisia. American Force push Forward to Manassy threatening Axis positions at Sfax and Gads source 2194 Days of War w a Smith publishers inc. World almanac Book of world  books corp. 1981 a at because of ethics problems. Sessions Midway in a 10-year term and subject to removal Only by the president went on the offensive against a report filed last week by the Justice department s office of professional responsibility that at legend he consistently took improper advantage of the government through personal trips tax exemptions and other charges. A every single item that is mentioned is answerable and is Vety clearly very clearly not the Case As they present it a sessions said on the Abc news program this week with David Brinkley. Without elaboration sessions 62, said he May be a target because a of my Independence maybe because of some investigations that Are going on a and his efforts to rid the Fri of any pattern of discrimination against Blacks. He said he has made a preliminary response to the White House although he has not spoken to Clinton. A i am not ashamed a sessions told the new York times. Quot my conduct was not improper. My conduct was not unethical. A my attorney general Barr accepted the report and then fled the office. He was in league with others in the department who Are determined to scuttle the director. It is they who should hang their Heads in  report said that sessions billed the government for private trips aboard Fri aircraft that he improperly charged the government $10,000 for a wooden Fence at his residence that he improperly claimed a tax exemption on his official limousine As a Law enforcement vehicle and that he did not cooperate with investigators about whether he received favourable terms on a Home mortgage loan. Sessions said he would pay the govern mint for any unauthorized trips involving visits to friends and family. He said that he often coordinated his visits to Fri Field offices so he could take advantage of opportunities for personal visits but that nothing was wrong about the practice. Sessions said he would take care of any improper costs associated with the Wood Fence which he said he and his wife Alice wanted instead of an Iron Fence to Circle their property and give him no sense of Freedom. Clinton a spokesman George Stephano Poulos has said that the Justice department report is disturbing but that the president wants to hear sessions out before deciding on his hit Urc. Grants pass Ore. Apas sen. Bob Packwood prepares to return to Oregon for the first time since he was accused of sexual misconduct supporters and detractors Are questioning whether he still can be an effective senator. A that s certainly a burning question to us right now. I done to think anyone knows sharia Moffett executive vice president of the Southern Oregon Timber industries association said Friday. Her group meets with Packwood today. A we Are still very supportive of the senator a she said. People who no longer support him have had a harder time making Contact said Tia Plympton state coordinator for the National organization for women. A the basically Nas gone into deep deep hiding Quot Plympton said a that is not for me a person who would be an effective  she said Packwood s visit should include an open forum so women can confront him about sexual harassment. Packwood 60, has generally admitted allegations by about a dozen women a including several of his former Senate employees a that he made unwanted sexual advances. He apologized and said he would cooperate with a Senate select committee on ethics investigation. His return to Oregon on sunday Marks his first visit to his Nom state since the allegations were published in the Washington Post on nov. 22. In the two months since pack Wood held Only one news conference. More recently he has granted interviews to reporters who Promise to stick to a specific Agenda. Packwood a Republican was elected to a fifth six year term in november. Some Oregon residents have dial Packwood legged his election contending he defrauded voters with tactics that delayed publication of the allegations until after the vote. The Challenge has been referred to the Senate s rules committee. Packwood a office has t released much information about his itinerary As it once did and Plympton said she was having a hard time planning protests. A we think it s going to be orchestrated sound bites rather than open communication Quot Plympton said. A the is trying to do the most Safe kind of Man Euver to allow him to say 1 came Back to the state while at the same time not really coming Back to the  the secret itinerary prompted Mark Wiener spokesman for oregonians for ethical representation which is calling for Packwood s resignation to dub Packwood s trip a the stealth  Packwood spokeswoman Julia brim Edwards said the senator s trip is to discuss Timber and resources agriculture and Trade. Timber remains a important part of Southern Oregon s Economy and Packwood advocated Timber jobs Over the Northern spotted owl. That won t satisfy Many residents Wiener said. A the owes oregonians the Opportunity to talk with them a he said. A this thinly disguised string of Pep rallies he is organizing up and Down the state Are hardly what oregonians have in mind when they say a come on Back Bob we d like to have a Chat with you. A Brett Weston Dies after suffering stroke Carmel Valley Calif. A photographer Brett Weston famed for his studies of abstract patterns in Urban and natural settings has died at age 81. Weston shocked his admirers in december 1991 when he burned All of his negatives saying he did t want any of his work reproduced after his death because a nobody can print it the Way i do a if  be my work a he died Friday at Kona Hospital in Kona Hawaii about two weeks after suffering a stroke friends in Carmel Valley reported. He had Homes in Kona and Carmel Valley. Weston who had his first major one Man show at the Mil Deyoung museum in san Francisco in 1932, continued to work until suffering the stroke said fellow photographer Robert Byers. He won a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1947 and a Grant from the National endowment for the humanities in 1973 with his Black and White images of plants Sand dunes and architectural facades he bewildered Many in the Art world when he gathered his friends and family together on his 80th birthday and turned his negatives. But Weston said he was simply protecting his work. A the prints Are posterity not the negatives a he said. A this is not photojournalism. It s not commercial  among the owners of his prints Are the Princeton University Library in new Jersey san Francisco museum new Yorkus museum of modern Art the los Angeles museum the Chicago Art Institute and the University of Indiana. The los Angeles native began his career at 13, when his father renowned photographer Edward Weston gave him a camera and took him on a trip to Mexico. A Brett is doing belter work at 14 than 1 did at 30,�?� Weston a father wrote a year later. Mari who aided zoo break sought los Angeles up a Man visiting the los Angeles zoo May have thought he was just monkeying around but officials said Friday they want him arrested for helping three chimpanzees escape. Zoo director Mark Goldstein said an unidentified Man thursday suspended a rope into the enclosure where the chimpanzees Are kept allowing three of them to climb to Freedom. Goldstein said it took an hour and 15 minutes to recapture the three chimps the zoo director said he is a angered by the irresponsible  a Large male Chimp named Toto had to be sedated with a tranquil Izer gun because he became excited when animal handlers grabbed one of the two female chimps who had escaped. Toto bit a zoo curator who suffered a broken Finger trying to subdue the frightened animal. Zoo officials Are asking anyone who saw the Man to Contact them. Officials said the Man faces felony charges of animal endangerment