European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 13, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse J a a Page 2 b the stars and stripes saturday february 13,1993 at a glance president Clinton excoriated the drug Industry in a speech Friday a Day after his wife i Hillary criticized High drug prices. Launching an initiative to vaccinate american children the president accused the drug companies of profiteering. See Story on Page 8.potential jurors fearful prospective jurors have expressed fears and prejudices on questionnaires issued by officials preparing for the second trial in the beating of Motorist Rodney a King. A Page 4pr staff targeted agriculture Secretary Mike Espy said he would reassign Many of the department s Public relations officers because Quot we do not need 1,000 staffers. Telling the Public what a great Job we Are a Page cholera cases Rise a cholera epidemic that has killed More than 6,000 people in latin America has caused the largest number of cases of the disease in the United states since at least 1961. A Page 6lesbian wants to return. A minister involuntarily discharged from the army Reserve seven years ago for being a lesbian wants to return -1 As the military a first openly homosexual chaplain. Pago 7 Index Abby Ann Landers .21 automotive. 12 classifieds. 25-28 comics. 21-23 commentary. Crossword. Faces a no places. Focus. 17-20 Horoscope. Jumble. Letters. Money matters. 16 religion. .11 sports. 29-36 to listings. .35 weather. Major caterer win London up a court wednesday awarded undisclosed libel damages to prime minister John major and caterer Clare Latimer from the printers and. Distributors of new statesman and society Magazine for an article that alleged an affair Between the two. The printers and distributors also issued a Public apology to end the first round of libel claims Over the article. The Case against the actual Magazine is still pending. A major and Latimer issued a libel writ last month against All parties involved in the writing publishing and distribution of articles that appeared in new statesman and the satirical journal Scallywag. Latimer representing herself Friday before the High court said a i a germans from Page 1 pleased with the outcome so far but i will carry on pursuing this. The other actions Are continuing and i Hope they get tidied tip very a statement released by new statesman and society said = fridays settlements made no difference at All to the issues Between the prime minister and the Magazine and it would continue to fight the libel actions brought by major and Latimer. Quot our position has always been that there is no truth in the rumours concerning or. Majors private life our article made this Clear and is not therefore defamatory of him or of mrs. Latimer a the Magazine said. During fridays hearing the court ordered undisclosed damages be paid to the new statesman a printers Bocc magazines Colchester ltd., distributors coma and newsagents John Menzies. Major said in a statement Quot i am pleased that these three companies have settled the action and have made Clear and unequivocal apologies. I Hope that the other parties will now follow the statesman said it expressed regret to the printers distributors and major retailers Over the fact they had become involved in the litigation. Quot the new statesman takes full and sole responsibility for what appears in its pages and regrets that companies involved in its production should have been made the subject of Legal action As a consequence of fulfilling their contractual duties a the Magazine statement said. Is in All walks of in be been flying out of Frankfurt Airport for nearly 22 years and i have no reason to believe that the Security at Frankfurt Airport is below standards a Goebel added. The Interior ministry had said the Hijacker May have flown to Frankfurt from Oslo Norway. Roland Bachmeier seilers spokesman said that would mean the Security lapse was not in Frankfurt but in Oslo. Bachmeier said the Hijacker would not have been required to go Thi Bugh Security controls Here because that would have passenger on hijacked plane gets mileage new York apr one of the the request was granted Lufthansa passengers aboard the Lufthansa Jet executive Leo Henckel said. He did not liner that was hijacked and forced to identify the passenger. The distance be Fly to new York asked for frequent tween Frankfurt Germany and new flier credit. York City is about 4,000 Miles. Been done in Norway. But Klaus Severin chief of the Federal Border police at the Airport said there arc no indications Duemcke had been in Oslo and Quot he did go through Security checks at Frankfurt. _ Achim Wenz chief Frankfurt police investigator in the Case said Duemcke had been in Germany since last september and had once applied for Asylum. There was an exhaustive Security review at the Frankfurt Airport after the 1988 bombing Over Lockerbie Scotland which killed 270 people. A suitcase containing the bomb was switched onto the pan am flight at the Airport. Since then authorities say All Luggage is now checked on connecting flights. And Security at the Airport was put under the jurisdiction of Federal Border police in 1992.Powell from Page 1 services roles in such Basic areas As air Power air defense and ground combat forces. In an aug. 18 speech Clinton suggested such changes could save Quot billions of Powell a recommendations amount to a Point by Point rebuttal of most of the issues raised by Nunn last year. For exam pie Nunn asked whether the nation really needs four separate air forces and two Quick response contingency forces in the army and Marine corps. Quot America has Only one air Force the United states air Force a Powell said. Quot Butl the army Navy and Marine corps each have aviation arms essential to their assigned War fighting role. The nation is Well served by each one of our services having an aviation component in Powell also defended the current split in responsibilities for rapid reaction to regional contingencies Between the army and Marine corps As providing Quot valuable alternatives for military decision makers. Nunn also questioned whether adjustments should be made in the balance of land and sea based bombers and attack aircraft another area in which Powell recommended no change Powell supports maintaining the current setup in a wide variety of other aircraft missions shared by two or More services such As electronic surveillance attack helicopters combat search and Rescue assets tactical Airlift and electronic hammers. T he Only Maior aircraft consolidation backed by Powell is in the area of airborne woman from Page 1 january but declined to say whether he had offered her the Job. A a it a the presidents prerogative to make such an offer and in a not in any command and control. He said the air Force ec-135 program should be Cut and the Navy a e6-a should have an exclusive hold on this Mission. Nunn also questioned whether the theater air defense missions of the Rainy and air Force should be consolidated in one service. While not rejecting such a move Powell said a comprehensive review will be conducted before any changes Are considered in that area. Powell whose term is set to end sept. 30, went to great lengths to defend the Pentagon a uniformed leadership against charges that it is inherently resistant to any major change out of parochial concerns for their respective slices of the budget pie. Quot there has been a suggestion that somehow the chiefs were All fighting amongst themselves so there would be no changes and that this was a grand scheme to take on the new administration Quot Powell said. Quot that a just a he said he has presided Over More change within the military during the past three years than any other pcs chairman in history and emphasized that the new report is Quot not an end in itself but should be viewed As a snapshot in our continuing process of report much too modest he said. Quot others i am sure will find some of the proposals too Radical. I believe the report will stand on its own Merit. The most significant structural change proposed by Powell would set up a nov Wymand with responsibility for All based forces. Powell said the Atlantic come based in Norfolk a. Is the Best candidate to use As a framework for that initiative. He mapped Buhe president a she told the newspaper. Quot pm just Widnall 54, has conducted air Force sponsored research and was a member of the air Force Academy s Board of visitors from 1978 to 1984, the times said in an interview with the associated press last month Widnall discussed How researchers Are dealing with the Post the command would have responsibility for the training preparation and rapid response of forces currently under the army a forces come the Navy a Atlantic Fleet and Marine forces Atlantic under the Marine corps. The command which would probably be renamed would also train . Units to support United nations peacekeeping operations and work with civil authorities to respond to natural disasters such As the Hurricane in Florida last year. Although the Atlantic come has always been headed by a four Star Navy Admiral Powell said the top spot in the revamped command would be a nominated position that could be filled by any service. The joint chiefs Are also considering a plan to make the . Strategic come based at Offutt fab neb., responsible for All military operations in space and giving the air Force the Mission of developing and operating space systems under that command. Such a move would eliminate waste improve combat support from space and in crease effectiveness but Quot More analysis is needed before such a change could be made Powell said. On another Issue Powell called for formally including attack helicopters in official doctrine for close air support of ground troops. That Mission technically Fiir a fish i f a of Force but military officials acknowledge that army and Marine corps helicopters Are commonly used for that purpose now. The pcs chairman is required to submit a report on the future of the . Military every three years under the 1986 Goldwa Ter Nichols act. This is the second such report to be issued. Cold War military. The same airframes engines and win designs used on Mili Shearid is improve cd an Basic fundamental pc search which had Broad applications in a a mkt ,0 difference areas a she said. Now we re going to see a lot More of
