European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 3, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Vol. 52, no. 199 500 wednesday november 3,1993 o 8693 a Packwood Compromise Washington l senator Bob pack i senators a Compro Wood struggled to set Muse tuesday and Avert a showdown on a subpoena for his diary in a controversy expanded to include possible official misconduct As Well As sexual harassment. As senators sat grim faced through a second morning of debate Packwo Oadis closed that the ethics committee had found diary entries suggesting he had solicited lobbyists to hire Nishite. A the Issue was employment or ties for my wife Ana whether there was some quid pro quo in legislation or anything like that a Packwood said. Packwood offered a and the ethics committee chairman urged rejection of a a Compromise that would restrict the diary subpoena to a review of sexual misconduct intimidation and Job offers lobbyists made to his wife. Packwood said he would turn his entire diaries Over to a third party a former . Appeals judge Kenneth Starr a who would Forward the relevant material to the committee. Sen. Richard Bryan d-nev., chairman of the panel said an informal offer from Packwood was rejected in a meeting after the Striate session monday night. But sen. Arlen Specter r-pa., introduced it for consideration of the full Senate on tuesday before senators recessed for lunch. A a Bryan said the Compromise would prevent the parcel from looking into any additional wrongdoing that might be found in the diaries. Further he said Starr would be prohibited from pursuing preview of any new allegations under the proposal. A in other words we put a Patch see Packwood on Page 2 Tough on overseas by Cindy Kilton Washington Bureau Washington a More sailors will be required to serve overseas and those who decline will not be allowed to re in list and could be discharged under revised Navy policy released this week. However sailors facing mandatory retirement and those who have reached their maximum time in service for their rank will be Able to stay in uniform by accepting an overseas assignment under the policy revision. Navy personnel planners said the proportion of overseas assignments is growing As the Navy shrinks because most installation closures have occurred in the United states. Under past policy single parents or sailors with Large families often were exempt from overseas duty if they could see Navy on Page 2 a to test for chemical exposure by the Washington Post Washington the Federal government moved closer monday to acknowledging that some . Military personnel May have been exposed to chemical warfare agents during the persian Gulf War. Secretary of veterans affairs Jesse Brown announced that his department soon will begin a Pilot program to test individuals who served in the Gulf a for health problems that May be related to their exposure to chemical . The a attributed its decision to the Pentagon so recent acknowledgement that very Low concentrations of chemical agents were detected by the czechoslovakian military Quot during the 1991 conflict. The a said its Hospital in Bir Niin Gham ala., would begin a Pilot program testing veterans from see a on Page 2 the House approves a Coit uhlving raise for disabled vets see Page 2 air Force Sites in the United kingdom Start to Swap fuel coupons set Page 3inside today publication of White House staff salaries causes tongues to wag Busy strip Kuwait a Quot. Highway of death hat returned to life see Page 23-24