European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 22, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes . Thursday. Juty 22,1993 trapped Man uses knife to Hack off his own leg from wire reports Punxsutawney a. A Man used pocketknife to Cut his Lee off below the knee after a tree rolled onto him while he was Clearing Timber after cutting through broken Bones and torn ski tuesday Donald p. Wyman of new Bethlehem crawl a 200 feet to a tractor which he Rode to his pickup. He drove the truck about two Miles to a farm and found help. He was so Sharp and mentally Strong said Farmer John Huber jr., who called paramedics. Surgeons later re attached the piece of leg. Wyman 37, told Huber that he had screamed i vain for an hour and tried to dig his leg out from under the. Tree. He finally put a Tourniquet around the leg and started cutting. Wyman underwent the surgery at Punxsutawney Hospital where he was listed in serious condition. Rodney King jittery in la. Los Angeles Rodney King said tuesday that he is not comfortable walking the streets of los Angeles and Hopes to one Day leave the City. King gained International notoriety in 1991, when four White los Angeles police officers were videotaped beating the Black sex convict following traffic Stop on a radio talk show at Kif am King said want to get far away from Here for a minute and get some air for a couple of  King said he was not comfortable in los Angeles saying it was very annoying. Now that everybody knows who you  King said he Felt victimized again when it was reported last week that he was targeted for assassination by a White supremacist group. Crash on Carrier kills flier san Diego a Navy fighter Iet crashed on the aircraft Carrier Abraham Lincoln during an exercise tuesday in the Indian Ocean killing one of the plane s two Crew members officials said. The other Crew member of the f-14 was injure but appeared to be in Good condition according to the Public affairs office at the naval air Force . Pacific Fleet Headquarters in san Diego. Six sailors on the Abraham Lincoln also suffered minor injuries As a result of the crash officials said. The f-14 was from fighter so 213 based at Nas Miramar in san Diego. The injured weren t identified and further information was not immediately available a duty officer at the Pacific Fleet Headquarters said. Teens kill disabled Man Atlanta three teen agers stabbed and Beatty death a disabled Man and poured Salt into his wounds police said. I m sure it was a slow very painful death Dewey Brown of the Dekalb county medical examiner s office said tuesday. Charles Conrad 55, who had multiple sclerosis and used a wheelchair was killed in his condominium Over the weekend. Police said the motive appeared to be robbery his new wheelchair equipped Van and other items were stolen. Mark Edward Jackson 17, and two juveniles 14 and 15, whose names were withheld were charged with murder and armed robbery. Police said they were tracked Down after officer found another teen Ager with the Van. Conrad apparently let the three into his Home because he recognized Jackson As a Friend of his 14 year old daughter capt. Rodney Maddox said. Drug warning was issued Omaha neb. The Omaha Veteran administration medical Center Hospital where four patients were Given the wrong drug had Bee warned about the potential for a mix up because of the packaging the drug s manufacturer says. One patient died and another was in a coma after they received the wrong drug. Burroughs wellcome of research Triangle Park,n.c., said its warning letter to hospitals contained red stickers to help Tell the difference Between two of its drugs an Antibiotic and a muscle relaxant that were similarly packaged. Panel backs Federal curb on insurance for abortions by the Washington Post Washington a Senate subcommittee in opposition to Clinton administration policy voted tues Day to prevent Federal employee health insurance plans from offering coverage for abortions. Under an amendment health insurance coverage for abortions would be allowed Only if the fetus were conceived through rape or incest or if a woman s life were endangered by her pregnancy. The amendment proposed by sen. Christopher s. Bond r-mo., prevailed on a 3-to-2 vote in the Senate appropriations subcommittee on Treasury postal serv ice and general government. Voting with Bond were subcommittee chairman Dennis Deconcini d-ariz., and sen. Alfonse m. D Amato . Opposing them were Sens. Barbara a. Mikulski d-md., and Robert , a neb. In april president Clinton deleted the provision that would Nave banned abortions for Federal workers fro the government s budget one in a series of Steps his administration has taken to break with Reagan Bush abortion policies. Tuesday s vote seems to assure that the administration s abortion policies will be debated on the Senate floor this year. Senate aides noted that the appropriations committee to avoid wasting time with multiple Battles Over issues traditionally forwards such questions to the floor for Resolution. The House version of the fiscal 1994 appropriations Bill does not include an anti abortion provision. Bond s aides noted that an anti abortion provision had appeared in administration budgets since 1983 As part of the Treasury postal service and general govern ment appropriation. They said the senator wanted to maintain the status quo. An aide said Bond also questioned whether Ameri cans wanted their tax dollars used to subsidize abortions for women who can afford  Bond s amendment would forbid the use of Federal funds to pay for an abortion or the administrative expenses in connection with any health plan under the Federal employees health Benefit program that pro Vides any benefits or coverage for  Mikulski said she would vigorously oppose Bond amendment arguing that abortion is a Legal procedure available to women in the private sector and should note denied Federal workers a spokesman said supporters of abortion rights also Point out that fed eral workers pay part of the Premium under the health program and that women in the civil service and female dependents should have Access to Complete health coverage. Cracked head9 survivors Joseph r. Biden or. Left decl chairman of the Senate judiciary committee Speaks with committee member sen. Arlen Specter it-pa., at the confirmation hearing tuesday on Capitol Hill for supreme court nominee Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Specter returned to work monday after surgery to remove a brain tumor. Biden who also had brain surgery a few Yean ago welcomed Specter Back to work and into the cracked head  added political rights endorsed Senate passes Bill to help Federal employees Washington a legislation to expand the rights of most Federal employees to participate in parti san political activity was passed 68-31 by the Senate on tuesday. The vote to liberalize the 1939 Hatch act came after the Senate acted to keep employees of the Justice department s criminal division under the stiffer current rules. The democratic controlled Senate acted after it Dis regarded Republican warnings that the change would politicize the nation s civil service. But in the Days before the vote republicans did succeed in excluding from the provisions of the Bill employees of All major Law enforcement and National Security agencies of the Federal government a total of about 85,000 workers. The House passed a separate version of the legis lation earlier and the differences must now be worked out by the two Chambers. Under the Senate Bill Federal employees would be entitled to hold office in a political party. To solicit political contributions for employee organizations Only. \ to distribute Campaign literature and to take part in a full Range of political activities on their own time. They would continue to be barred from running for partisan political office