European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 05, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 b the stars and stripes Friday february 5,1993 at a glance raids on the Homes of far right Rock band members and a Cologne Germany area music production company netted thousands of hate records and other Neo nazi Materi Al police say. Sec Story on Page 10. Drug prices debated leaders of a Senate panel have demanded More Federal regulation of drug prices. Page 4 family leave Bill House democrats Are hailing Quick action on a family leave Bill As a sign that Congress and the White House Are ready to return working families concerns to the forefront. Page 5 Clinton nears decision a decision is close at hand on president Clinton s second Choice for attorney general an official said. Page Eye opener on dreams now it looks As if even dreaming May be hazardous to your health. Page 8 Rains hamper Rescue heavy Rains in the Philippines slowed Rescue operations and raised fear of new landslides in an area where a Volcano has erupted. Page it i Index Abby Ann Landers. 16 comics 16,22-23 commentary 15 classifieds. 25-28 crossword. 16 faces in places 24 focus 17-21 Horoscope 27 Jumble 27 letters 14 Money matters 12 sports 29-36 to listings 35 weather 13 correction Christopher to head to Mideast Washington a president Clinton on thursday announced that he is sending Secretary of state Warren m. Christopher to the Middle East to try to get suspended peace talks resumed. It is an indication of the priority my administration attaches to peacemaking in the Middle East Clinton said. This is an historic moment. It can slip away All too  Christopher was optimistic saying i think we will see a re sumption of the peace process at an Early  the Secretary of state is expected to make stops in Arab coun tries and in Israel with the aim of reopening the talks that ground to a halt Here in mid december. He is expected in Israel feb. 17 and also will make stops in Arab capitals. The other parties to the talks arc Syria Jordan Lebanon and the palestinians. Clinton said he was dispatching Christopher in Accord with my pledge to maintain continuity in the Arab israeli peace Neotia  his purpose will be to convey to All the parties my commit ment to Advance the peace negotiations to elicit their views on How Best to promote Progress and he will discuss bilateral issues and regional problems including Iraq Clinton said. It will be Christopher s first Mission abroad As Secretary of state. Clinton said the trip presents an Opportunity to the parties to focus their energies on the formidable Challenge of achieving peace in a strife torn  Clinton said that with violence engulfing so much of the world it is striking that in the Middle East the process of direct negotiations has begun Israel All its Arab neighbors and the palestinians have been engaged in a common Endeavor to achieve a just lasting and comprehensive  based on . Security Council resolutions. Clinton said the United states cannot afford to impose a so Lution on the Middle East. Only the leaders of the Region can make peace. Theirs is an awesome  at the same time the president warned that those who oppose the process who seek to subvert it through violence or intimidation will find no tolerance Here for their  Kevorkian helps Man 82, woman 72, with suicide Gefrom Page 1 Southfield Mich. Apr. Jack Kevorkian helped a Man and woman kill themselves thursday the 10th and Lith people the proponent of medically assisted suicide has helped Todie. Kevorkian s attorney Geoffrey Fieger of Southfield said the two died thursday in Leland a picturesque Community on Lake Michigan North of traverse City. Fieger identified them As an 82-year old Man with pancreatic cancer and a 72 year old woman with breast cancer. They died of Carbon monoxide poisoning he said. The previous suicides assisted by Kevorkian took place in the Detroit area. On March 30, assisted suicide will be come a felony in Michigan punishable by up to four years in prison and a $2,000 Fine. The ban approved in december hours after Kevorkian helped two women kill themselves will remain in place for 15 months while the Issue is studied. Kevorkian has vowed to defy the ban arguing it is immoral to take the Choice of suicide away from severely ill people who Are suffering. Kevorkian a re tired pathologist performed his ninth assisted suicide Jan. 20. It involved a 53 be Voldan year old Man suf Fering from Bone cancer who breathed Carbon monoxide through a mask. Previously All the assisted suicides had involved women. Kevorkian was charged with murder in the first three deaths but prosecutors were unable to make the. Charges stick because the state has no Law Banning As sisting suicide. Tended that it was the fire not the initial crash which killed him and that the fire was hastened by the placement of the fuel tank. Pm contended the. Youth died quickly from a head injury and disputed mat gasoline from a punctured fuel tank fed the flames. Last year the washing ton based consumer group Center for Auto safety urged Federal regulators to recall the trucks. The group contends More than 100 people have died in crash related fires in the trucks. The National Highway traffic safety administration is studying the Issue. A key Issue in the Georgia Case was whether Moseley experienced pain and suffering before dying. Georgia Law Al lows punitive damages in such a Case Only if pain and suffering can be proven. More will Burn More will die unless something is done about it the parents attorney James e. Butler told the jury in his closing argument monday. General motors has a heavy dose of Justice com ing the time is  cuts from Page 1 budgets. Aspin s 1994 budget blueprint would Cut defense funds by about $10.8 billion beyond the $267 billion Pentagon budget the Bush administration had proposed. It Marks the first instalment in an estimated $60 billion Worth of reductions the Clinton administration plans to make in the Penta gon s budget Over the next five years. Aspin s policy and programming guidance memo sets a target of 1.4 Mil lion . Troops in 1997 including 100,000 troops in Europe and orders cuts of $2.5 billion in the Pentagon s Star wars budget. It also defers the Start of production on a new aircraft car Rier and establishes a program under which some idled defense plants would be paid to maintain their readiness for future military production. Under Aspin s proposal the Navy would experience the largest budget Cut $3 billion from its planned 1994 spending level. The air Force was directed to reduce its 1994 budget by $2.8 billion and the army by $2.5 billion. The figures in Aspin s memorandum correspond roughly with Clinton s Campaign promises although Aspin s Overall target for future troop Levels is slightly lower than those projected by Clinton i Campaign speeches. The proposed reductions Are much deeper than the Bush administration had planned or military leaders have sought. The Bush administration and Gen. Colin. Powell chairman of the joint chiefs of staff had argued that . Forces  be reduced below 1,620,000 troops from a current level of about 1,775,000. Bush and . Military officials have argued that . Troop Levels in Europe should fall no lower than 150.000 fro the current level of about 180,000. A Force smaller than that would be unable to fight effectively they have said. The Broad policy guidelines Aspi enunciated tuesday called for transition to a Force of 1.4 million Active duty troops by 1997, with 100,000 of them stationed in Europe. Because of an editing error an. Article wednesday did not completely identify w. Glenn Smith director of military banking for merchants National Bank enlistees from Page 1 several months to put in place a strict new code of conduct for military members regardless of their sexual orientation. The president believes we have to study the Issue for six months and work with the military on How Best to fulfil his commit ment White House spokesman George Steph Nopoulos said thursday on Abc s today show. We have to make sure we have cohesion in the  bowing to pressure from Congress including some democrats Clinton last week agreed to continue the ban on Gays while Congress holds hearings on the Issue this Spring. He told defense Secre tary Les Aspin to prepare a draft executive order by july 15 to formally end the prohibition. While continuing the ban Clinton or dered that recruits not be asked their sex Ual status and that acknowledged homosexuals already serving not be discharged. The questionnaires that recruits have been required to fill out include two questions on sexual orientation in a Section titled character and social  the first is Are you a homosexual or a bisexual the second is do you in tend to engage in homosexual acts t until now an applicant who answered yes to either Guestion would be Dis qualified from joining the military. Now those two questions Are deleted. The army and air Force have told recruiters if applicants Volunteer that they Are homosexual they will be placed in temporarily disqualified  that Means the applicant could not immediately enter the service but would be contacted again if the ban is formally ended. The Pentagon order did not address that matter. In the order he signed wednesday Aspin temporarily sus Pended the formal firing of homosexuals in cases in which their discharge is based solely on sexual status. Aspin ordered that homosexuals continue to be subjected to discharge hear Ings but instead of being kicked out they would be put on standby  this Means they lose their pay and health and other benefits but remain eligible for re instatement in the event the Gay ban i fully lifted. B