European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 13, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes saturday february 13,1993 in i at a glance to a Hillary Rodham Clinton signs Lacy Manga Rio a cast at St. Agnes Hospital in Philadelphia on thursday. The lint lady later attended a health care Reform conference in Harrisburg pa., where she assailed drug companies for their High prices. 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 q.  Pago 4 or staff targeted agriculture Secretary Mike Espy said he would reassign Many of the departments Public relations officers because a we do not need 1,000 staffers. Telling the Public what a great Job we Are doing.�?�. A Page 5 lesbian wants to return a minister involuntarily discharged from the army Reserve seven years ago for being a lesbian wants to return a As the military s first openly homosexual  Page 7 Homes More affordable the ability of a typical american family to buy a Home Rose in the fourth Quarter to its highest Levei in 18v� years a real estate Trade group said. A Page 16 Index Abby Ann Landers. 21 automotive. 12 classifieds. 25-28 comics.21-23 commentary. 15 crossword.21 faces n places 24 focus. 17-20 Horoscope .27 Jumble. 27 letters.14 Money matters.16 religion. 11 sports. 29-36 to listings. 35 weather .13 Hijacker says hat trick helped him get starter s pistol on Jet new York a the Man who carried out thursdays trans Atlantic hijacking was armed with what turned out to be a starters pistol he claimed he smuggled aboard the Lufthansa Jet with a Little sleight of hand authorities say. No one was injured during the 11-hour ordeal which began Over Austria about 40 minutes into thursdays flight to Egypt and Ethiopia. It ended when the Airbus 310 with 104 people aboard landed at Kennedy International Airport and the Hijacker surrendered. Nebiu Cwolde Demeke 20, an ethiopian student living in Morocco made two demands that the plane be flown to new York and that he receive political asyl Tim assistant . Attorney Thomas Roche said. Initial reports that Demeke also demanded that the United states intervene in the bosnian civil War were false Roche said. Demeke was to be arraigned Friday on charges of air piracy which carries a penalty of 20 years to life in prison. Flight 592 had taken off from Frankfurt Germany for Cairo Egypt and Addis Ababa Ethiopia when the Hijacker stormed into the cockpit pointed a gun at the Pilot and said if you do not turn West ill shoot you a recalled the Pilot Gerhard Goebel. Demeke said he got the gun past Security at Frankfurt Airport by hiding it under his hat and placing the hat on a table As he passed through a Metal Detector then picking up the hat As he headed for the plane a Law enforcement source said on condition of anonymity. The gun turned out to be a starters pistol that fired Only Blanks police spokesman sgt. John Mcclusky said. The Jet landed at Kennedy at 3 50 . And taxied to a Remote area of the air the Hijacker of the Airbus 310 surrenders thursday at Kennedy International Airport. Passenger on hijacked plane gets mileage new York a one of the passengers aboard the Lufthansa jetliner that was hijacked and forced to Fly to new York asked for frequent flier credit. The request was granted Lufthansa executive Leo Henckel said. He did not identify the passenger. The distance Between Frankfurt Germany and new York City is about 4,000 Miles. Port. Twenty minutes later the gunman gave the gun to the Captain. When he surrendered the Hijacker left behind the hat and a note for the Pilot said James m. Fox head of the of big a new York office. The note read a thank you. Here s yours. To Schuss a German for a so Long a the Lufthansa Jet carried 94 passengers including seven americans along with japanese egyptians germans and one Canadian an airline spokesman  from Page 1 Security measures at the Airport. But sitting next to scoters the Lufthansa Pilot said Friday a a there a always room for  the Hijacker has told . Authorities that he got through Security controls at the Airport by putting a starters pistol a which looks dangerous but Only fires Blanks a under his hat and placing the hat on a table As he passed through a Metal Detector. He then picked up the hat As he headed to the plane. But German officials said that account still has not been proven. The plane was headed to Cairo Egypt and Addis Ababa Ethiopia when it was hijacked Over Austria. Twenty year old Nebiu Tewolde Demeke threatened to kill people if he was t flown to new York where the ordeal ended without bloodshed. Roland Bachmeier Seiters spokesman said Demeke initially told the Fri that he flew to Frankfurt from Oslo Norway. Bachmeier said German authorities were still checking if that were True. If Demeke were telling the truth Bachmeier said the Security lapse would have occurred in Oslo not in Frankfurt. He said Demeke would not have been re ? tired to go through Security in Frank Urt again. A the would have been checked at Oslo Airport a Bachmeier said. Klaus Severin the chief of Federal Border police at the Airport said passengers on thursday went through a Normal tight Security before boarding Lufthansa flight 592. Severin said Security would be further tightened and an investigation begun including a review of the competence of 650 Federal police and hundreds of other  from Page 1 crating dangerous and career criminals. Senate judiciary committee chairman Joseph r. Biden jr., d-del., said he welcomed the nomination and would schedule a hearing a was expeditiously As  but committee sources said they did not expect a hearing before next month. Reno who once a swore i would never be a prosecutor because i thought they were More interested in securing convictions than in seeking Justice a has been the elected chief prosecutor in Dade county since 1978. I she supervises a 900-person office that handles More than 120,000 cases annually. I Reno s Start in the Job was marred by riots that broke lout after the 1979 acquittal of five police officers in the beating death of Rynn Black insurance agent Arthur Mcduffie. She has also been criticized for losing several High profile Public corruption cases and for failing to bring charges in other local scandals. Speaking to reporters after the announcement Reno offered forthright answers. She said she was a personally opposed Quot to the death penalty but a probably asked for it As much As any prosecutor in the country and a will advocate for it As the Law of the lend in particular  she described herself As a pro Choice Quot on abortion rights and a asked if she considers herself a feminist a said a my Mother always told me to do my Best to think my Best and to do right and to consider myself a  from Page 1 make such an offer and in a not in any sense tapped by the president a she told the newspaper. A a in a just  Widnall 54, has conducted air Force sponsored research and was a member of the air Force Academy a 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 cold War military. The same airframes engines and Wing designs used on military planes can improve civilian flights she said. A this is just Basic fundamental research which had Broad applications in a whole lot of difference areas Quot she said. A now we re going to see a lot More of