European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 01, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 b the stars and stripes monday february 1,1993 at a glance this statue often called Mother Russia glorifies the soviet Union s role in world War ii. Today russians and germans alike arc reflecting on their coun tries roles in that terrible conflict. See stories and photos in focus. Gays demonstrate president Clinton s Compromise in his Effort to lift the military s Gay ban prompted a protest at a new York recruiting station. Page 4 la. Subway on track thousands in los Angeles clogged underground stations As the City inaugurated its first subway line. Pages recalling tet offensive Twenty five years ago Viet Cong commandos approached the . Embassy in Saigon and opened fire. Those shots at the Start of the 1968 tet offensive proved decisive. Pages gis help somalian kids members of the army s 41st engr in Are helping fulfil a dream of so malian children to return to school. Page it checks and balances pfc. Stephanie Loveland has Learned that when it comes to per Sonal finances even honest mis takes can Hurt you. 16 Page Index Abby Ann Landers. 21 action line. 20 classifieds. 25-28 comics. 21-23 commentary. 15 crossword. 21 faces n places. 24 focus. 17-20 Horoscope. 27 Jumble. 27 letters. 14 Money matters. 16 sports. 29-36 to listings 35 weather. 13 prayers separate slopes Mark ski resort for relaxing iranians Iran a Majestic peaks dazzling Sunshine and deep powder Snow could make this a hot ski resort any where but a few unmistakable signs put Dizin in the hear of the islamic re pub he. Men and women ski on separate slopes. The ban on alcohol and most music Means no end of the run bar serv ing mulled wine to a disco beat. A mos que blasts the Call to prayer across the mountains five times a Day. And instead of billboards featuring the near naked pushing suntan lotion the Walls Bear slogans like All muslims re vere the the resort is an archetype of every thing that both inspires and throttles Iran As the islamic revolution enters its 15th year. The mullahs who helped the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini topple the Shah Over the first 11 Days of february 1979 arc firmly entrenched in Power. The number of novices tumbling Down Hill attests to the fact that the revolution has made skiing available to More peo ple. Sas a student. Like most iranians he said he feared reprisals and would not give his full name. Iranians see the resort As a potentially lucrative tourist attraction if and when the country opens up to tourists. But there has been no investment in Dizin 60 Miles North of Tehran in the Pean ski instructor brought in by Iran ski federation a private organization to work with iranian teachers. He did not want to give his name to avoid possible problems with the government which runs the resort. But even if it were fixed up the resort would remain a strange place for most skiers. Like the rest of Iran it is policed by revolutionary guards who enforce strict islamic Laws. The european instructor stands out in his electric red White and purple ski suit. Most iranian ski outfits Are in the drab Earth tones that dominate wardrobes to such an extent that even president Hashemi a Sfanjani recently told people to lighten up. Islamic Law requires women to Cove their hair and bodies. The ski version of the chador is a baggy knee length Nylon jacket Over trousers. Women also must Wear a Cap or Scarf. The slopes Are segregated an islamic convention not All Are pleased with. I Don t like it. I want to ski with my husband said Ziba a 30-year-old schoolteacher. Roes also Divide the restaurant. If the but the paralysis brought on by inter Nal political wrangling has left the spirits Alborz mountains since it was a play revolutionary guards feel lenient they of Iran s 60 million people sagging under ground for the Rich under the Shah. May let husbands and wives eat together rising prices economic stagnation and skis in the rental shops Are often worn or they May penalize a male ski instructor curbs on personal Freedom. Down to the wooden Core and boots Are caught teaching women by suspending his i come because there is so Little to do held together with wire. Credential for a few hours in Iran no dancing no casinos Noth i think the lifts Are Safe but i Don t if the guards Are in a dour mood ing said Yousef a 25-year-old medical want to look too closely said a euro transgressors face jail terms. German soldiers linked to attacks Bonn Germany a the de sense ministry on sunday confirmed a re port in Bild newspaper that German sol Diers Are suspected of taking part in More than 50 cases of rightist activities including attacks on refugee centers and two cases of november defense minister vol Ker Rishe vowed to expel Radical rightist from the military after reports said sol Diers had been involved in the wave Oneo nazi violence that totalled More than 2,100 attacks in 1992 and 17 deaths. The Hamburg based Bild said its editions today would report that the de sense ministry had a confidential report on soldiers involvement in 54 cases with an extreme rightist background. Among them were two cases of manslaughter and 14 attacks on refugee centers Bild said. Defense ministry spokesman Ulrich twi snick confirmed that the report existed and said the allegations had not been cleared up in All the cases. He declined to comment further on details. Bild said soldiers had used their Mili tary weapons or ammunition in some at tacks on refugee shelters. The two in stances of manslaughter which were revealed last november involved soldiers with skinhead backgrounds attacking German said the military was not More prone to rightist Violet the than Ger Man society in general but every Case is one too said the Specter of the military s nazi past was awakened by some of the allegations against soldiers including the use of the stiff armed Hitler Salute and the nazi Sieg Heil greeting As Well As singing nazi songs and using racist slogans. Aspin from Page 1 Are treated with the proper dignity they Clinton s decision has created wide spread uncertainty among troops in the Field the aide said. So i m told to live with homosexual Joe. Do i have any rights nowt fhe aide asked rhetorically. These Are the questions the 23 and 24-year-old command ers in the Field have to grapple with now. But what if a to homosexual says he s threatened in his unit new standards must be drawn up so commanders know How to on Nellc s meet the press Senate minority Leader Bob Dole r-kan., said sunday that consideration of proposals to segregate Gays to separate living quarters or keep them out of combat units just exacerbates the a Gay men and straight men have been sharing dormitory showers health clubs for a very Long time. We Don t have ourselves dry cleaned rep. Barney Frank d-mass., said sunday during an interview on chs of acc the i ution. Frank eluded Senate armed services committee chairman Sam Nunn d-ga., Dole assails focus on Gay Issue sent Toubs Lac " ban on Homos a Inthac was strengthened by the six by a Federal a meanwhile a poll shows americans oppose Clinton s plan to let Gays and lesbians serve in the . Military by a 48 percent to 43 percent margin. Mitchell a Maine said the Compro Mise Clinton struck with moderate democrats delaying the formal lifting of the ban for six months improves Clinton chances for repealing the ban Clinton calling it a dramatic a i Early this week to plan a strategy Forward on Friday cried out a Camp Hetio Clint a s a with a Dole said Clinton should have encouraged congressional hearings or a commission on military policy on Gays rather than trying to Force his decision on his opponents in Congress and the military. He s keeping a Campaign Promise to special interest groups Dole said on Abc s meet the press. Maybe he feels compelled to do Dole said Republican leaders would and others in Congress for their silence in the Ake of the Tail Hook scandal in 1991. I do not remember them leading the outcry after operation Tail Hook " Frank said. I do not remember when a pattern systematic abuse of women serving their " ame Forward that some of these. 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