European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 03, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes wednesday november 3,1993 hat a glance by the thousands fun of Federko Felling on tuesday filed past the coffin of the Oscar Wynn uni director in the Rome studio where he filmed most of his work. See the Story on Page 14. _ i Airdrop studied Western forces Are considering in creased air shipments of humanitarian Aid to Bosnia As Winter closes in. Page 4 Domestic role pushed the . Public believes the top goal of the country s foreign policy ought to be protecting american jobs a Survey finds. _ pages Guroian kills workers a new Hampshire Man involved in a dispute with town officials stormed the municipal building with a Summa Chine gun and a pistol killing two workers and then himself Pagitt Gay Marine wins round Gay Marine Justin Elzie May re main on Active duty for at least 10 Days while suing the department of defense Over its ban of homosexuals in the military a judge has ruled. Pages growth forecast the government s economic fore casting gauge is signalling moderate growth into 1994. _. Page 10 l Index j Abby Ann Landers. 22 classifieds. .,28-30 comics.22,26-27 commentary 19 crossword. 22 faces a places. 17 focus 23-29 Horoscope 30 Jumble 30 letters 18 Money matters 15 sports 34-40 to listings 39 weather 16 House a for vets drawing disability pay hike Washington a the House the measure Atso would raise Pornpen approved a 2.6 percent Cost of Hving. Station r ates Jorj Fri a raise tuesday for the 2.2 million veterans veterans who died of service related receiving compensation for disabilities causes by 2.6 percent. Resulting from military service. The department of veterans affairs is sex the Bill supported by the president pc Ted to pay $10.4 billion in compensation now must go Back to the Senate which in fiscal 1994 to veterans who contracted a had passed a version without some amendments attached by the House. The Bill would provide a Cost Omi ving adjustment or cola based on the Esti mated rate of inflation. The new payment rates would go into effect dec. 1. Ill a Liju j or i t a  or suffered an injury in the line of duty during Active duty service. The Bill also states that spouses of de ceased veterans who lost their benefits when they remarried cart resume receiving benefits and Are eligible for burial at National Ceme Tery if their subsequent marriage ends in i Packwood from Page 1 Over one of his eyes so he can Only look at these two things sexual misconduct and Job offers to Packwood s wife Bryan said. The Senate ethics committee has demanded More than 8,000 pages of pack Wood s writings As part of its investigation into allegations that the Veteran lawmaker sexually harassed More than two dozen women Over the years and used his staff to try to intimidate them into silence. Pack Wood has defied the panel s subpoena and the committee is seeking Senate approval to go to court to compel his compliance. Packwood held the floor for much of the first hour of debate As he struggled to keep Large portions of his diaries from the scrutiny of the committee. As lawmakers filed into the Senate forthe debate Senate majority Leader George Mitchell said he hoped the Contro Versy could be resolved by late tuesday. The Oregon Republican claims the com Mittee wants to rummage through his papers in search of violations. He got Little support during monday s debate but one conservative Republican came to his de sense As the morning s debate began. We do not know that women have been abused said sen. Malcolm Wallop r Wyo. We have seen that reported in the papers maybe it is True and maybe it is  Wallop said that Packwood like another american citizen accused of wrong doing is entitled to a presumption of innocence. _ Wallop s continents came a Day after sen. Patty Murray one of the seven women members of the Senate warned colleague about sending a poor message about sexual harassment. A vote against this Resolution seeking Acourt order against Packwood sends a Clear message to every woman in this coun try if you Are harassed keep quiet say nothing the freshman Washington dem Ocra raid. The question of striking a balance be tween Packwood s right of privacy and the ethics committee s demand for information was again at the Crux of the Senate  the underlying Issue of the institution s attitude toward women moved inexorably to the surface once More. Vorce or their spouse s death. Under current Law spouses of Veteran who died of service related injuries lose their benefits if they remarry. The 1990 omnibus budget reconciliation act want further to say that they could not regain those benefits even if their subsequent marriages ended. In a separate vote the House double monthly pensions for congressional medal of Honor winners from $200 to $400. The medal of Honor pension program began in 1863 with a $5-a-month payment. It was last raised in 1978. There Are about 200veterans receiving the pension. Defendant admits he beat trucker during la. Riots los Angeles a Henry  pleaded guilty tuesday to a felony count of assault and apologized for at tacking a truck to Driver at the outset of last year s  the plea agreement he will be spared a prison  judge also denied a reduction in bail for Watson s co defendant Watson 29, entered the plea after prosecutors said they planned to retry him on the jury s one deadlocked count from the trial that ended last  Exchange for the plea Watson will be on probation until january 1997 and will be required to do Community service. He could hav received seven years in  stood in court and admitted beating trucker Larry Tarvin at the someplace another truck Driver Reginald 0. Denny was assaulted and nearly  bail hearing for co defendant Dami an m. Williams convicted of mayhem inthe Denny beating the judge turned Down a defense request to reduce Williams bail from $580,000 to $35,000. A from Pago 1 Georgia and Alabama who have complained that they were exposed to Chemi cals. Symptoms have included fatigue headaches diarrhoea irritability forgetfulness and weakness the a said. Our efforts to resolve health prob lems among persian Gulf veterans must now be accelerated and expanded Brown said in a statement we Havi never ruled out the possibility of a sure to chemical agents despite the fact that until recently the defense depart ment had assured us there was no Evi Dence that chemical agents were detected in the persian Gulf  on Friday three members of the House said the Pentagon had retreated from its position of denying any . Mil itary personnel May have been expose to chemical or biological agents during the War with Iraq. The lawmakers cited a classified Brief ing they had received from defense intelligence Agency personnel and a report from the czech ministry of defense that said members of that country s military were exposed to very Low concentrations of chemical agents during the War. A Pentagon spokesman suggested that the a May have overreacted to the Pentagon s announcement that defense Secretary let Aspin had directed the army to study the czech report we Haven t changed our position yet and if there is a change we won t until we have the results of that study a spokesman said. Rep. Lane Evans d-iu., said i will continue to press the defense department for full disclosure and a thorough investigation that provides answers on whether our troops were exposed to chemical  Nave to get to the Bottom of  Brown said he has directed officials to re View their examinations of 10,000 persian Gulf veterans to determine if More neurological and other tests Are needed. He also called for More research on the health effects of chemical exposure. Now that we know some of our men an women May have been exposed we must immediately focus our research efforts on the Way to help them get better and look for the Long term health effects he said. Last month the a awarded a contract to the National Academy of sciences to re View what effect service in the persian Gulf May have had on soldiers health. Brown s actions came shortly after he received a letter from sen. Donald w. Riegle or d-mich., requesting that the a furnish him with records of All persian Gulf veterans who have complained of exposure to chemical or biological agents during the Gulf War. Navy from Pago 1 Tours or can leave the  that the Navy has fewer people Don t have the flexibility that we used i the aft a of tic am a j4�m . A we  a 1a9w to have when it comes to assigning peo ple Bates said. Re enlistment decisions Are targets of the new policy. Previously sailors often waited until their overseas orders were cancelled before re enlisting. Now. Those who need More service time to completed heir overseas tour immediately must re enlist or face ouster. We just can t be lenient As we were Bates said seas either can serve unaccompanied some aspects of the revised policy had not arrange for their family s care Over seas. In addition some sailors with family members requiring specialized medical care or schooling were exempt from serv ing overseas said it. Dan Bates spokesman for the Navy s Bureau of per  the revised policy sailors who can t arrange for their family s care Over existed  said but enough sailors were available for overseas duty to allow Navy personnel managers to Over look portions of the policy. Personnel planners said the service canno longer afford to have overseas jobs left open because it s unfair to those stationed overseas. Trie Navy has about 40,000 overseas positions about 20 percent of which Are dually vacant Bates said. Tie 8,000 in ruled jobs Force others to work harder. We now have to make every Sailor in every Billet count Bates said. W