European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 19, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes wednesday May 19,1993 at a glance the conspiratorial voice of presi Dent Nixon As Well As a buzzing i8ti-Minu c Gap can be heard on while House tapes made available to the Public monday. Sec Story on Page. Program called vital president Clinton holding a town meeting says his $20 billion defense conversion plan is a critical invest ment even in Tough times. Pago 4 jury makeup studied the supreme court will Rule on the constitutionality of lawyers efforts to keep All men or All women off juries. Pages germans Back pact Union leaders and employers in another Eastern German state have accepted a wage pact for striking metalworkers. Page funds cause worries the Long Boom in Mutual funds is making some investment analysts queasy. Page 12 i Index Abby Ann Landers 21 classifieds. 25-28 comics 21-23 commentary. 15 crossword 21 faces a places. 24 focus 17-20 Horoscope 27 Jumble 27 letters 14 Money matters 12-13 sports. 2936 television. 35 weather 16 -1 correction Ltd aerospace pleads guilty in defense contracting fraud Washington a Ltd Aero space and defense co. Pleaded guilty tuesday to criminal charges in connection with the Jung running Iii wind probe of def Ensor contracting fraud an agreed to pay $2,3 million in fines and restitution. The company a former division of Ltd corp., pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiracy to defraud the government and commit bribery plus two counts of filing false claims prosecutors said. The guilty plea was entered before . District judge Claude m. Hilton i Alexandria a. Ltd agreed to pay $2.3 million in fines and penalties on behalf of its former aerospace division. As part of a Deal with prosecutors Ltd agreed to pay a $1.3 million Fine and $725,000 to Settle civil claims arising from the Case. Ltd also agreed to pay $250,000 to cover the costs of the investigation prosecutors said. The company admitted participating in a conspiracy with its former Washington based defense consultant Sheldon i. Matzkin to bribe Navy procurement offi Cial Stuart Berlin. The scheme was part of a successful Effort by Ltd to obtain a Navy contractor shipboard radio equipment. As part of the conspiracy Berlin agreed to furnish Ltd inside information about competitive bidding for the contract. The information was relayed to Ltd by Matzkin who was paid a monthly retainer by the company prosecutors said. Matz pm s retainer was increased after Ltd won the contract to enable him to pay addition Al Cash to Berlin prosecutors said. Both Matzkin and Berlin have been convicted in connection with the investigation Matzkin was sentenced to 33 months in prison following his conviction in Jan uary Berlin who served an 18-month prison term for a separate briber scheme is cooperating with prosecutors. Mark Tomasch an Ltd spokesman in Cleveland said the Case involved activities of a former Ltd defense unit Sierra research co., based in Buffalo n a. The principals in that Are no longer with the company Tomasch said. Ltd corp. Has since divested itself of Sierra along with its other aerospace and defense units. The company decided to plead guilty to the criminal charges because we concluded this was in the Best interest of everyone to resolve this situation to Masch said allies from Page 1 present time. Well be discussing with them their approaches to this matter which seems to get More difficult Ever time you look at  meanwhile a lawmaker who has received private briefings from top Intelli gence officials said the Cia is now con Vinced that without forceful Allied intervention on behalf of Bosnia and Herzegovina they see the emergence of a greater Serbia and a greater Croatia and a sharply reduced Muslim Bosnia As a kind of United nations  the pessimism and resignation within the administration were underscored by actions in which the United states seemed to be pulling farther away from direct involvement in the conflict. State department spokesman Richard Boucher denounced As having no legitimacy the bosnian serbian referendum against the peace plan mediated by . A cd Viator Cyrus r. Vance and lord David Owen of the european Community. May daily combat 34 daily combat . 12 total combat 1,222 total combat . 633 totals do not include reconnaissance or refuelling missions. Source 5th Nataf but when he was asked whether the Vance Owen peace plan was dead As bos Nian serbian Leader Radovan Karadzic has claimed Boucher said our View of this is it s not for us to make that determination. It s really for the parties. We be made Clear there needs to be a negotiating process. What s been missing Here is the willingness of the bosnian serbs to enter into Good Faith  the United states had been Active in persuading the bosnian muslims to Sig the plan. And the United states had threatened military action against the serbs if they did not sign. Now Boucher said our focus is in the discussion that we re having on what next Steps we can take together with our  however he also announced that the United states would not attend a tentatively scheduled foreign ministers meet ing Friday on . Peacekeeping at which Bosnia was to be a primary topic because the United states had not passed its budget and was not ready to discuss peacekeeping. In addition Boucher said the United states has no plans to Send americans As observers to Monitor the Borders be tween Bosnia and Serbia. Serbian Leader Slobodan Milosevic has pledged to Cut off Aid to the bosnian serbs for their refusal to approve an International peace plan. Nor is the United states planning to ask the . Security Council for further actions to protect the remaining Bosnia Muslim enclaves. Croats from Page 1 with mate Boban Tadjman s handpicked Leader of the bosnian croats International negotiators and . Representatives. Tadjman and Boban arrived in limousines International mediator lord David Owen and bosnian leaders arrived in White , personnel carriers. The meeting came amid growing con Cern in the Muslim led bosnian govern ment that Croatia has turned against bos Nia and May be party to a serbian croatian Deal to Divide up Bosnia and Herzegovina Between them. The european Community last week blamed Croatia for the Mostar fighting and threatened it with sanctions like those punishing Serbia for its role in the Bosnia War. But Tadjman continues to deny responsibility. Tadjman in split told croatian television tuesday that to blame Croatia is absolutely  extreme Muslim forces. Make Suici dal policy by provoking conflicts with bos Nian croats he said. In Midi Gorje Sefer Halilovic com Mander of Bosnia s government forces said his Side was prepared to let bygones be bygones but would not be a Pushover. I will try to explain rationally that every thing is history and this meeting should decide on the future he told the associated press. But we will not allow them to fool around with us anymore.". I the Mostar conflict ironically appears to have grown out of an International peace plan for Bosnia. It highlights the morass the International Community faces in trying to impose peace in the fractious Republic. Because of a reporting error a Story Friday omitted the name of a member of the gospel group Light. Curtis brow Soldier assigned to the 101st Ord in in Schwabish Hall Germany is one of the singers. Doctor from Pago 1 aches with narcotics he said. The overuse of such treatments stems from doctors individual biases and the Lack of Good data bases that would allow them to compare an individual Case wit similar ones part of what we need to do is set up anew system that is Able to provide full a Cess to Quality care for everybody who needs it. And if 25 percent of the work that we re doing is needless that gives me a margin in there to allow a draw Down and improve services Lanoue said. A establishing procedural protocols could Cut the num Ber of unneeded treatments but still allow a doctor to exercise profession Al judgment an perform a proce Dure if a particular patient s condition seems to Call for it. The current re View is important because the army has directed the medical corps to re Lanoue Duce its number of doctors by 1,007, or nearly 20 percent Over the next few years. The army already suffers from a shortage of some types of doctors such As obstetricians and Anaesthesiologist a How Ever so it in t Likely to release those specialists. Aside from doctors other professionals in Short Supply include certified registered nurse anaesthetists and medical equipment maintenance technicians. If it comes to a if reduction in Force or to selective Early retirement boards we re going to be very protective of those areas where we re Short Lanoue said. A More efficient health care system also is crucial because while the army is shrinking the percentage of soldiers with dependents is growing and so is the Mili tary Retiree and Retiree dependent population Lanoye said. They deserve full Access to Quality care As Well and it s not our intent to turn them away As secondary citizens. We need to build a system that accommodates everybody s needs he said