European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 16, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday february 16,1993 . The stars and stripes b pages Powell denies disloyalty to administration by Robert Burn the associated press Washington first came the Standard fare of military briefings charts and maps filled with acronyms. Then As a final word came this extraordinary disclaimer this report is not the opening shot of an  the Long detailed briefing by the joint Chi ifs of staff which coordinates military planning inside the Pentagon was designed to explain its recommendation for ways to shrink and reorganize the military. The recommendations did not go nearly As far a president Clinton and some in Congress have suggested in eliminating duplication of tasks by the  Navy Marine corps and air Force. Rather than a Road map for major change it was an encyclopedia of Rea sons Why big change is unnecessary or even dangerous. Thus apparently the unusually Public disavowal of disloyalty to the commander in chief who thinks the Post cold War military needs a shakeup and slim Down. Gen. Colin l. Powell chairman of the joint chiefs has been taking most of the heat recently for actions seen by some As resistance even insubordination to Clinton s push for change. He seemed mindful of that accusation which he vehemently denies when he led Friday s briefing for reporters. He disputed the notion that he and the service chiefs had deliberately watered Down the blueprint called roles missions and functions As a Challenge to Clin ton and the armed services civilian overseers. There was a suggestion that somehow the chiefs were All fighting against themselves so that there would be no change and that this was a grand scheme to take on the new administration Powell said. That s just  he said he and the service chiefs had wrestled with Many difficult issues addressed in the report and income cases simply could not resolve them. This is no insurrection Powell declared. Powell seemed pained having to deny that he was a Odds with Clinton. Earlier in the week he took to the morning to talk shows to deny a new York times re port that he wanted to retire Early out of dissatisfaction with Clinton s policies. Powell s report which is required by Congress recommended some organizational changes for the armed forces and the elimination of some weapons and facilities. But it gave a resounding no to suggestions made by some congressional democrats and by Clinton Dur ing the presidential Campaign that the services undergo Radical change such As merging some of their air Power. Powell said he was ready to take new marching or Ders from Clinton but that Friday s report had been prepared during the Bush administration. We Are in the third fourth week 1 guess of the Linton administration he said in a tone of slight exasperation. We arc prepared to go right Back to work and Deal with this concern. We arc not Here posturing ourselves to  the most publicized idea for Radical change in the Structure of the armed forces one embraced by Georgia democratic sen. Sam Nunn chairman of the Senate armed services committee and by Clinton during the Campaign is merging some or All of the four services aviation . It May have a surface attractiveness but it is Funda mentally dumb Powell said. In the stars and stripes 10 years ago feb. 16,1983 soldiers in Europe who use drugs have switched from harder drugs to hashish and marijuana a panel of Usa eur experts said in a report. 20 years ago feb. 16,1973 the women s  corps May soon be a thing of the past said  Secretary Rob Ert f. Froehlke predicting a return to just one  with women serving  30 years ago feb. 16,1963 Paris police smashed a plot to assassinate pres ident Charles de Gaulle with a High powered Rifle during a formal inspection of the French National Mili tary school. 40 years ago feb. 16,1953-the coast guard reported no signs of survivors from a National airlines dc-6 that crashed into the Gulf of Mexico with 46 people on Board. 50 years ago feb. 16,1943 a number of ships from the French Fleet including the battleship Richelieu arrived in . Ports for repairs after which they will join the Allied naval forces fighting against the Axis. I world War ii i 50 years ago today feb. 16 soviet troops capture Kharkov after five Days of bitter fighting on the outskirts of the City forcing the germans Back toward poltava. In Tunisia Axis armoured spearheads attacking toward Kasserine pass move near Feria a and Sbei la. Japanese bombers strike a new . Army Airfield on Amchitka Island in Alaska s Aleutian Chain. Source. 2194 Days of War. W. H. Smith publishers inc. World almanac Book of world War ii. Bison books corp., 1981 transsexual officer wins Job Back Jacksonville Fla. A it. Belinda Joelle Smith is Back on the Job As a corrections officer eight years after being fired for conduct unbecoming an officer for dressing As a woman before her sex change operation. Smith who was known As it. William Harvey Smith when he was fired for dressing As a woman while off duty got the Job Back As part of a settlement that included a $149,500 Cash award. I m satisfied Smith said after re turning to work last week. I needed to get my career  the Florida commission on human rights ruled feb. 21, 1992, that the 1985 firing was discriminatory because it was based on a disability transsexualism. Smith who had the sex change opera Tion in september 1990, said she fought for her Job for herself and All victims of discrimination. After the commission ruled in her favor the City agreed to bring her Back to the Jacksonville correctional institution at her old rank. Pending final approval by the City Council she will also receive $50,000 in compensatory damages and her lawyers will be paid $99,500. The City also agreed that Smith not be it. Belinda Joel la Smith formerly known As William Harvey Smith is Back on the jobs a Florida corrections officer after a sex change operation and a Long Legal Battle. Subjected to any discriminatory conduct so far she says her colleagues have or Job impediment relating to or arising held up the City s end of the Deal in any Way from her transsexuality land everyone is treating me real Good promised her Good Faith support and she said. They have been real support   lawyer gets death penalty in courtroom killings Amarillo Texas a a lawyer was sentenced to death for killing two attorneys during a rampage in a for Worth courtroom last summer that left three other people wounded. A Potter county jury deliberated for about an hour saturday before sentencing George Lott to die by injection. The same jury convicted Lott 45, of capital murder on Friday. I got the impression that people Inthis area Felt this was an attack against them judge John Hill who was wounded by Lett s gunfire said in a phone interview from fort Worth. Peo ple i did t even know took this Matte very  Lott stepped Back slightly when stat District judge Sharen Wilson read the verdict. He made no comment but asked that the jurors be polled individually. Lott had confessed in a television interview saying he wanted to draw Atten Tion to wrongs he claimed had been done to him by the Legal system during his divorce and in a child molesting charge brought against him by his sex wife. He represented himself during the trial. In a one minute closing argument Lott braced his on a podium stared at the jury panel then quietly and evenly advised jurors make your decision so that you can live easy with yourself and  prosecutor Alan Levy said jurors should give Lott a Date with the executioner because he deserves  Levy said Lott planned for months to ambush a courtroom and kill people he did t know. Lott radiates hate like a stove radiates heat Levy said Kevorkian helps 13th patient kill self Roseville Mich. Apr. Jack Kevorkian assisted for the 13th time in a suicide helping a former Security guard kill himself monday his attorney said. Hugh Gale 70, gave himself a fatal dose of Carbon monoxide Gas at 9 55 a.m., said Michael Schwartz one of Kevorkian s attorneys. He said Gale had Emphy Sema and congestive heart disease. Gale had been disabled for More than10 years and was in terrible pain Schwartz said. He said Gale s wife Che Ryl and Kevorkian were on hand when Gale died in the living room of his Home. Police tape surrounded the House monday in this Detroit suburb. Roseville police patrolman Gary Clark said he had no details on the Case because command ers were still at the scene. Schwartz said that an assistant a comb county prosecutor was at the scene and that authorities were seeking a search warrant. The latest death was Kevorkian s fourth assisted suicide this month including one last week. Elaine Goldbaum 47,of Southfield died feb. 8. She had multiple sclerosis and said in a letter that Sheno longer saw a value in living with the loss of control of her body. Kevorkian a retired pathologist is a outspoken advocate of medically assisted suicides for the severely ill. He was charged with murder in the first three suicides but a Judee dismissed the charges because Michigan had no Law Banning assisted suicide. No charges have been filed in the suicides since then