European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 1, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Vol. 51, no. 288 350 monday february 1,1993 d 8693 a As p i n o r d ers Gay a by the new York times Washington a defense Secretary Les Aspin has directed top Pentagon aides to review the practical aspects of dealing with avowed homosexuals in the armed forces including whether to bar them from combat or give them separate Barracks and showers administration officials said saturday. A preliminary list of about 30 issues including overseas deployments and segregating Gay and heterosexual troops is circulating among senior policy planners at the Pentagon officials said. Administration officials emphasized that no final decisions had been made and that the list of issues was merely a starting Point for a discussion that con Cress the military and senior defense department officials will join overage next six months before president Clinton issues any executive order allowing homosexuals in the military. Still there was concern among Gay rights leaders that Mere consideration of barring homosexuals from combat ships or ground combat As heterosexual women Are now appeared to undercut further Clinton a pledge to end the Mili Tarys discrimination against homosexuals. White House spokeswoman Dee Dee Myers do Blind to comment saturday on whether Clinton would exclude homosexuals from combat. She said he was Rulin nothing in or out during the six Mont i review. But Gay rights advocates saturday reacted with outrage to the possibility of any exclusion from combat ships and units comparing it to the Jim Crow Laws that discriminated against Blacks. Quot that a unacceptable a a said Tanya Domi director of the civil rights project of the National Gay and lesbian task Force in Washington. Quot we stand absolutely opposed to any segregation of Gay see Aspin on Page 2berlin Marks Hitler s Rise. By the new York times Berlin a hundreds of thousands of germans turned out for candlelight vigils and other anti racist observances saturday on the 60th anniversary of the Day Adolf Hitler became Chancellor. The largest was in Berlin where More than 100,000 people joined a candlelight Vigil linking the Eastern and Western sections of the City. 1 hey stood along the same route where jubilant nazis marched in a torchlight Parade 60 years ago to celebrate their Triumph. Hitter was chosen German Chancellor Jan. 30,1933. Martin Buchholz a cabaret performer and an organizer of the Vigil described the event As Quot a sign of our outrage and our  demonstrations were held in Many other cities including Bonn Munich Hannover Dresden Augsburg. Bremen Potsdam Leipzig Diss Oldorf Stuttgart Kiel Magdeburg and Rostock. German and foreign performers gathered in Hamburg for a Quot gala against racism Quot scheduled for sunday night. Among the entertainers expected at me event were actor Roger Moore actress and comedian whoops Goldberg and actress Vanessa Redgrave. S Kief is protesters in Berlin spell Quot never again a in German in a candlelight Vigil marking the anniversary of hitlers Rise to Power. A fears Over croatian dam grow Hoe in dynamited Structure could prompt collapse Perucca Croatia apr a gaping Hole formed Ray sunday 1 j l a treating serf a i a a a a my a a a / be it Myrmo a Early sunday on the Crest of a dam dynamited by re orbs indicating the Structure was sinking Fursee related stories on Page 3 ther and increasing the danger to 20,000 croatians living downstream. Meanwhile Croatia a president Franjo Tadjman warned that his army would broaden its attacks on serbian held areas unless . Peacekeepers disarm serbian militants. Quot we have to get rid of those serbian imposes As soon As possible with the help of the peacekeepers and if not with them then. With our own forces a Tadjman told 2, cheering people in split. A Pavle Stojic who has overseen repair and maintenance operations at the Perucca dam expressed concern As he inspected the dam with three British experts who had arrived from London on saturday night. He said a 5-Yard-wide Hole formed on top of the dam and a crack in Jfe dam Wall opened just 5 Yards away. Quot i am afraid i the water is still flowing through the base of the Sprta meaning it keeps eroding its Clay base a Stojic said Jling Quot this is nothing  danger appeared to have lessened saturday after emergency Crews plugged holes to keep the Structure from bursting. The dam is 22 Miles North of the Central Adriatic port of split. Many villages downstream from the item Are deserted because of the fighting. Serbs had rigged the dam with mines after capturing it in the War that broke out after Croatia seceded from Yugoslavia in 1991. Croatian soldiers took the dam Back thursday but serbian troops set off the mines As they retreated. Fighting in Croatia renewed last week As croats launched an offensive to retake some of the territory captured by serbs in the civil War. Croatian and serbian forces declared a Casc fire saturday in their Battle for the Perucca dam. But clashes raged elsewhere in Croatia and in neighbouring Bosnia and Herzegovina. Eighteen people were killed in a surge in fighting in the bosnian capital of Sarajevo. A British rail off track with idea Union says London apr British rail wants to tie some of its workers to posts near High Speed trains. The idea is delighting Volunteer thrill seekers but antagonizing a rail Union. The Experiment in March is intended to find out How close workers can safely stand to new trains operating at up to 140 Mph. Maintenance workers would be harnessed to posts 6 feet to 9 feet from the tracks. Quot this is a bizarre Way to try to and out what they want to know a said Jimmy Knapp general secret any of National Union of rail maritime and transport workers Quot we will certainly not do it this Way a a British rail spokesman said that More than 50 people called to Volunteer after news of the Experiment appeared in saturday newspapers. The spokesman said one caller called it Quot the railway equivalent of bungee  however British rail said it intended to limit the Experiment to experienced track workers