European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 03, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes wednesday february 3,1993 at a ounce defense Secretary los Aspin inspects troops As the department of defense welcomed its new chief in a ceremony at fort myer va., on monday. See Story on Page 5. Ins and outs Butts Are out and Broccoli is in at the Clinto White House. Page 4 senator to retire sen. John c. Danforth an influential Republican moderate from mis Souri will not seek a fourth term in 1994. Page elderly at risk a Hospital stay could bring other complications to elderly patients causing them to end up in a nursing Home a medical journal reports. Page 8 anniversary of a Battle the monumental Battle of Stalin Grad ended feb. 2, 1943, with the surrender of German Field marshal Friedrich von Paulus to soviet forces. Page 9 Meg loss for pm general motors corp. Says that it faces monumental expenses Over the next 20 years for Retiree health care benefits and that it was taking a $20.8 billion after tax charge against 1992 earnings. Page 13 Index Abby Ann Landers 21 action line 20 classifieds 25-28 comics 21-23 commentary 15 crossword .21 faces n1 places 24 focus 17-20 Horoscope 27 Jumble 27 letters 14 Money matters. 12-13 sports 29-36 to listings 35 weather 16 Arab americans suspected of aiding anti Israel group Washington a the Fri believes some Arab americans Are raising Money for the political and welfare activities of Hamas a Radical palestinian mus Lim movement in israeli occupied Territo Ries officials say. Law enforcement agencies arc monitoring several groups of Hamas support ers including those in Northern Virgin in Dallas in the Detroit and Chicago department s annual report on International terrorism he said. Hamas born in the poverty Ridden Gaza strip in late 1987, advocates the creation of an islamic state in what is now the jewish one. Israel blames it for the killings of at least 11 israelis in the four years. The . Immigration and Natura Lizar Tion service is also keeping an Eye on this is a great exaggeration said one . Official familiar with the Issue who spoke Only on condition of anonymity. The command and control Center of Hamas military Branch is in the occupied Gaza strip and West Bank the official said. Israel has detained two Arab Ameri cans from the Chicago area accusing them of being sent to rebuild the Radical movement. I3 m0 Tiv a sati visit i Ivy a us Jar huh twi View la Uit a Nawf q a _ Fareas and in Tucson Ariz. The groups some suspected Hamas supporters be an israeli Security official told report Are disseminating anti Israel propaganda cause they entered this country illegally ers that the two men had Given $300,000 and raising funds for palestinian welfare or overstayed their visas he said. The of to operatives in the territories and and religious causes said one official. Facial declined to elaborate but said their planned to distribute $350,000 More. He the monitoring was prompted by at numbers were Low. Said documents about armed Hamas at tacks sin 198y Hampas but he and other officials dispute tacks we rediscovered among one of the on israeli troops and civilians said the claims in the official israeli Media re men s  who said some of those activities a catch following last week s arrest of but a . Official said the majority of Are considered Bihe United states to be Arab americans in Israel that Hamas financial support for Hamas comes from terrorist acts. A Mas will be mentioned main command and control Center is in religious foundations in saudi Arabia for the first time his year in the state the United states. D some from the iranian government. Many Dod civilians to receive new w-2s because of printing errors by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington about 141,000 defense department civilians will be is sued new w-2 forms after printing errors were discovered in some of the originals officials said monday. The forms need to be reissued because of errors at a printing Plant in san Ber Nardino Calif. Said Jean Marie Ward a spokeswoman for the defense finance and accounting service. The Plant was under government contract to print the forms. As a result of the printing problem a potentially Large number of Dod civil ians will find their w-2 package contains information relating to other Dod employees in addition to their own w2s," Ward said. The packages include three copies of the w-2 r one each for Federal and state taxes and one for the employee s records. The problem first surfaced at Robins , ga., and has since been reported in other areas mainly san Diego and the great lakes Region. Accounting service officials were unable to estimate How Many of the forms printed by the contractor Are in error. The problem forms arc related to pay processed by the Dias Center in Den ver. Ward said some civilians in Europe could be affected although most of them arc paid through the Dias Center in Indianapolis. There s a slightly higher Chance that some employees in the far East could be affected but we really have no Way of knowing for sure at this Point she said. The reprinted w-2s will have the Nota Tion reissued by employer printed in the upper right hand Corner of each copy. The san Bernardino contractor has agreed to reissue the entire print run at no Cost. The new copies will be printed and mailed by Friday Ward said. Because the entire run is being Reis sued some employees could receive an other w-2 package even if their first package was Correct. If that happens employees can use either copy of the w 2s they received but they should not use both Ward said. Employees who have w-2 information for other individuals should take the erroneous forms to their local payroll of fice Ward said. If that in t possible employees should destroy the erroneous forms by burning or shredding them and then advise their local payroll offices so that Dias officials can get a clearer picture of the prob Lem Ward said. We Hope employees won t be unduly inconvenienced by the printing problem and will be Able to wait for the arrival of the reprinted w-2s before filing their in come tax returns Ward said. However if employees do not want to wait internal Revenue service officials have agreed to accept photocopies of Cor rect w-2s for filing purposes allowing employees to retain an original. Man from Page 1 c. Hunt 20 Patric g. Gardone 23 and Walter g. Walkins 26 were charged with assault. They were released on $400 bail each. The marines showed no remorse As they were booked police said monday. They were saying things like they hate All faggots and they wish they were All dead and they re not ashamed of it said de Gibson police desk sergeant. In an unrelated Case monday four sail ors and two marines were sentenced to a year in jail in san Francisco after they pleaded guilty to beating a 33-year-old homosexual Man they lured from a ballast feb. 17. Superior court judge Alfred Chiantelli accepted the Picas monday under an agreement with prosecutors said assist ant District attorney Chuck Haines. The men were Given administrative discharges under less than honorable circumstances Haines said. Pridgen credited three witnesses with saving him. One lady jumped on top of me and said that if they were going to beat me they were going to have to beat her otherwise he said "1 believe i Wouldhave been  Pridgen went to Raleigh on monday and met with representatives of gov. Jim Hunt who was at the meeting of the National governors association in Washington . He gave them a letter to Hunt and a copy of the police report. Hunt issued a statement denouncing hate crimes and ordered further investigation by the human relations commis Sion. Local police said they asked the Fri to investigate also. White House Deputy press Secretary Lorraine Voles said tuesday that she did not know anything about Pridgen s state wish 10 meet with Clinton. People want ing to see the president normally go through his appointment or scheduling offices and she did not know Whethe Rindgen had done so she said. Report from Page 1 cheering crowd by Paul Rusty Johnston. See that image Over by that Twig it s not very dark and not very big. It s a like Ness of me that s my Shadow 1 see six More weeks of Winter there la be Johnston read. The groundhog forecast is based on a German tradition brought to the Pennsyl Vania Hills in 1887. If a woodchuck or groundhog emerged from its Burrow in Early february and saw its Shadow it would be frightened and return to its Hole for another six weeks. The current Phil escaped a elate with the executioner to make it to tuesday s encounter with his Shadow. When the groundhog bit one of the inner Circle members last summer state and Federal health officials sought his head for a rabies test. But Phil got a re Grieve after the biting victim released Alth officials from liability. In three of the other . Towns that stage similar groundhog Day events two saw shadows but a third did not. Agreeing with Punxsutawney Phil that Winter would be Long this year were Staten Island Chuck at the Staten Island of m new York City and Jimmy the groundhog of Sun Prairie wis. The Lone dissenter predicting an Early Spring was Gen. Beauregard Lee a furry lore Caster in Lilburn a