European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 07, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse The somand prices vol. 51, no. 294 500 sunday february 7,1993 b d 8693 a up their Alley marines search for gunmen in Mogadishu on Friday during a dispute Between two somalian clans that continued saturday. The marines evacuated eight so Malis to hospitals with gunshot and grenade wounds including a mortally injured 13-year-old boy. Sec Story and another photo on Page 9. % spin presses allies to Settle bosnian crisis from staff and wire reports Munich Germany the United states and its european allies must bring the full Force of our influence to Bear to restore peace in the former Yugoslavia defense Secretary Les Aspin warned sat urday. In his first formal remarks overseas As president Clinton s new defense chief Aspin told a group of european Ameri can and Canadian defense specialists in Munich for a conference that the North Atlantic treaty organization has a role to play in the former Yugoslavia and As a peacekeeper elsewhere. We must sum Mon the imagination and courage to redi rect our Alliance in this Europe and the Alliance arc not secure if we fail to bring the full Force of our influence to Bear in contributing to a Restora Tion of peace Aspin said according to a prepared text of his remarks. The conflict cannot be allowed to spread either he added. The 10-month War in Bosnia and Herze Govina dominated Aspin s round of introductory meetings in Munich said a de sense official at the sessions. Earlier Aspin told reporters accompanying him that he planned to consult with the europeans about a package of Clin ton administration dealing with the crisis. He declined to identify the options but press reports indicated that they ranged from modification of the Vance Owen peace plan to starting new talks among the warring serbian croatian and Muslim factions in Bosnia. German Chancellor Helmut Kohl told the annual session of defense and strategic leaders in Munich that he backed the peace plan by . Mediators Cyrus r. Vance and lord David Owen which Calls for dividing Bosnia into 10 provinces. Critics of the plan argue that it will be difficult to enforce and is unfair to the bosnian muslims who have lost territory to the serbs. Meanwhile a . Senator in Munich said the Lack of any meaningful response to the War in the former Yugoslavia is causing americans to wonder if nato has outlived its usefulness. Sen. William v. Roth jr., a Del said America s elected officials arc having a hard time convincing americans of the Al Liance s importance. Roth said the West s policy vacuum risks . Support for nato and brings into question the continued presence of . Troops in Europe. Contributing to this report., staff writer Ron Jonson health insurance claims linger unresolved by Kevin Robinson staff writer when Flora Chappell sought reimbursement from John Hancock Mutual insurance co. For the Cost of surgery in 1991, it took an eight month paper Chase be fore she received the Money. Chappell an army no appropriated fund employee in Heidelberg Germany lodged complaints with the defense department inspector general s office at Wiesbaden Germany Ana with her congressman be fore John Hancock contacted her about the claim. Once that happened Chappell said she asked insurance company officials Why they did not inform custom ers about delays affecting claims. She said they told her it was t their Chappell s Story is just one of Many from army non appropriated fund employees in Europe who have experienced problems receiving health insurance pay ments from John Hancock said Marcia Coldwells european manager of the Naf benefits office at Tompkins Barracks in Schwet Ingen Germany. There arc a lot of mistakes being made by John Hancock Coldwells said. The John Hancock insurance co. Is contracted to process medical and dental claims for army Naf employees worldwide. About 1,222 army Naf employees see health on Page 2 rank As cold fish in 3 nations Toronto Apas Valentine s Day approaches German polish and japanese men have received a slap in the face from their mates who rank them the world s least romantic men. The unromantic results reported a week before Valentine s Day by har Lequin the Toronto based publisher of Romance novels came from a Survey of 5,112 women from 14 countries. Asked to rate How romantic their partners were German men ranked 12th, japanese men finished 13th and polish men were last. On a scale of one to 11, japanese women gave their men an average 4.54 in sexiness and 5.11 in Charm both dead last. American men for their part finished in seventh place for sexiness but were in Lith place for Charm. On the More positive Side greek men received top Overall ratings for Charm consideration and sexiness. They apparently got to the top by Start ing out on the right foot 73 percent still remembered their first Date with their partner tops in the Survey. Combining results from the 14 coun tries the Survey found that italian and French men were most romantic. Final report on Tail Hook cites sex acts i a the los Angeles times Washington the Long awaited final report on the Pentagon s Tail Hook investigation expected to be released later this month alleges an assortment of sexual acts by Navy officers that go beyond grabbing and fondling female aviators and expands the potential targets for prosecution and discipline. In confidential memorandums expected to accompany the report inspector general Derek j. Vander Schaaf is expected to recommend that about 15 officers face courts martial on charges of assault or indecency according to know see Tail Hook on Page 2
