European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 01, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes . Sunday August 1,1993 jury to hear psychologist in murder trial los Angeles a a therapist who said Erik and Lyle Menendz confessed to killing their parents and described themselves As being turned on while planning the crime will be allowed to testify in front of jurors a judge ruled. Psychologist l. Jerome oziel testified Friday without jurors in the courtroom that the Brothers spoke in the present tense while recounting their feelings about kill ing Jose and Kitty Menendez. We just get turned on with planning the murder. Once we Start nothing gets in the Way oziel quoted the Brothers As saying in a 1989 therapy session after the killings. He referred to notes he took at the time. Jose Menendez an entertainment executive and his wife were found shot to death in their $4 million Beverly Hills mansion on aug. 20,1989. Erik 22, and Lyle 25, were arrested six months later and charged with murder. The prosecution has alleged that the Brothers killed out Ridgway lauded As Soldier s Soldier in Arlington service Arlington a. A Gen. Matthew Bunker Ridgway the heroic commander who led his troops into Battle in world War ii and Korea was remembered As a Soldier s Soldier Friday As he was Laid to rest at Arlington National cemetery. The spirit of every american Soldier past and pre sent is with us today said Gen. Colin l. Powell chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. More than anything else Matthew Ridgway was Soldier s Soldier Powell said. Ridgway one of the nation s Foremost military Fig ure died monday at 98. He led elite paratroops in the european theater during world War ii was the . Commander in Korea and capped his career As army chief of staff. Among the mourners who joined Powell alongside Ridgway s grave on a Knoll beneath the Tomb of the unknowns were defense Secretary Les Aspin and Sens. Sam Nunn d-ga., and Strom Thurmond . Following the service the 3rd inf gun platoon fired a 17-gun Salute and a . Army firing party followed with three volleys. A bugler played taps As the Ameri can Flag held Over the  containing Ridgway s ashes was folded and presented to his widow Penny. A unit of the army s 82nd airborne div with which Ridgway first gained Fame when he transformed it from an infantry division stood at attention throughout the ceremony. Ridgway a graduate of the . Military Academy attest Point n.y., took command of the army s 82nd in 1942 and soon found himself leading it into paratroop training. He led his troops in North Africa in april 1943, and then on a highly successful drop into enemy occupied Western Sicily three months later. He also jumped with his men in the Middle of the night behind German lines in the massive a Day raid of Normandy France on june 6,1944. B of greed and hatred. The defense does not deny that they shot gunned their parents but claims it was self defense after years of sexual and psychological abuse. Superior court judge Stanley Weisberg who held the hearing to determine what testimony to allow in the trial said oziel could Tell jurors about the Brothers statements. But Weisberg ruled As inadmissible oziel s statement that the Brothers described themselves As sociopaths. Weisberg said it would be too prejudicial. The defense tried unsuccessfully to bar All the therapist s testimony from evidence. The trial is to resume monday. Oziel might not testify for jurors until tuesday said Deputy District attorney Pamela Bozanich. Oziel s notes and tape recordings of the sessions would normally be covered by doctor patient privilege. But oziel maintained that the Brothers threatened to kill him thus justifying his disclosure of their confidences. An army Honor guard prepares to fold an american Flag during the burial ceremony Friday for Gen. Matthew Bunker Ridgway at Arlington National cemetery. Just before Christmas in 1950, Ridgway was sent to Korea to replace Walton h. Walker As commanding general of the 8th army. He became supreme commander in the far East later that year and a year later Ridgway was ordered to Europe As supreme Allied commander there a Post Ridgway held unti August 1953. He served As army chief of staff from then until his retirement in 1955. Victory expected on National service Bill by the Washington Tost Washington president Clinton appeared headed for an important Victory on his National service Bill Afier Senate democrats on Friday picked up enough Republican support. But the program scheduled for final vote tuesday is a scaled Back version of what the president wanted. Democrats were guaranteed the 60 votes necessary to end a gop filibuster when two republicans Sens. William s. Cohen of Maine and Mark o. Hatfield of Oregon signalled that they would no longer support party members we Klong Effort to stall passage in Hopes of further whittling Back the College Aid program in Exchange for Community based service. Bowing to the inevitable the Senate s Republican Leader Robert Dole of Kansas removed his procedural objections to passage of the Bill. We did not have the votes Dole said. As it now stands in the Senate the Bill authorizes spending of $1.5 billion Over three years starting with $300 million next fiscal year for living costs health care Anco educational assistance of $4,725 a year for col lege students in Exchange for two years of participation in a wide Range of Community service programs. Democrats agreed to several amendments sought by. Republicans including one approved by the House to trim the size of educational Grants. They also agreed to ban political activities by participants and to increase the proportion of program funds allocated to states. But they fended off several others including one to require that the administration to return to Congress in two years to seek new authorization for the third year of the plan a proposal that Republican leaders offered earlier As the Price for agreeing to passage of the Mea sure. The proposal was Defeated 52 to 41. Another amendment to target the Grants to Low income participants was rejected 55 to 31. Before budgetary pressures lowered his sights Clin ton talked in terms of Grants of $10,000 and a five year program costing $10 billion. The Grants were reduced to $5,000 in his draft of the legislation with a three year Cost estimated at about $4 billion. J family wins fight to have Gulf War death reclassified from wire reports Plainfield Conn. After his Soldier daughter died in the persian Gulf War Paul Beaudoin began a Battle with the army to get her death classified As killed in action. This week the army finally agreed. Spec. Cindy m. Beaudoin 19, was killed in a february 1991 explosion on a desert storm Battlefield. An army investigation concluded that the explosion was caused by Oom lets carried by . Troops not by Irani land mines or hostile fire. After lobbying from Ner family the army Board for correction of military records changed the classification thursday from no Nbattle related because of uncertainty about How she died. Armed teens Rob bus new York two teen agers armed with handguns boarded a Cir bus Friday fired shots into the roof then robbed 22 people of Cash and jewelry before running away police said. The bus was travelling through the City s Borough of Queens when three teen age boys halted it Friday morning police detective Kim Royster said. As one of the youths waited outside Royster said the other two boarded the bus fired several shots and announced the robbery. The two forcibly removed $300 in Cash and jewelry from the passengers before All three ran. Shuttle delayed 3rd time Washington even the heavens seem to be conspiring against the flight of space shuttle discovery. The space Mission twice delayed because of mechanical problems now is being postponed because of a meteor  announced Friday that the launch of discovery s satellite delivery Mission will be delayed until aug. 12 so the shuttle will not be in orbit while Earth is bombarded by the perseid meteor Shower expected to Peak aug. 11. Elephant kills handler Tampa Fla. An elephant that had just been unchained swatted a handler to the ground with its trunk then fatally kicked her in the head Friday in a zoo holding pen officials  Torre 24, of St. Petersburg was responsive when paramedics treated her on the scene but she died in an emergency room an hour later at St. Joseph s  knocked her Down with its trunk and pulled her Back police officer Doug Dingle said of the elephant. It then began kicking her repeatedly in the  elephant a 31-Yearold female named Tillie became violent As soon As it was  officials did not immediately indicate what they would do with Tillie. Star trek actor ailing Evanston Iii. Walter Koenig who played Ensign Pavel Chekov in the Star trek television series and movies was in serious condition saturday after heart surgery. Koenig 56, underwent surgery at St. Francis Hospital m suburban Evanston on Friday night. Koenig who played the Sta ship Enterprise s russian navigator was hospitalized earlier in Chicago after he complained of Chest pains while attending a Star trek convention a St. Francis spokeswoman said. Mother convicted in arson Baltimore a jury convicted a woman of murder and arson Friday for setting a fire at her Home that killed six of her seven children. The trial in City court was the second for Tonya Lucas 29 the jury in the first trial was deadlocked. I he jury that returned Friday s verdict deliberated about 11 hours Over three  contended that Lucas was facing eviction from her Home and set the fire last july so she could receive help from Relief agencies. Lucas along with her Boyfriend. William Cook and her for year old son William Lucas escaped the fire but heavy smoke choked the others who ranged in age from 2 months to 12 years old. Defense attorneys said it was absurd to believe that Lucas would douse her Home with gasoline and then Rua upstairs to wait for flames to engulf the House. �