European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 03, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The saw of vol. 52, no. 199 500 wednesday november 3,1993 r d 8693 a getting out the vote voters in tit United states Wert going to in polls tuesday in local and statewide elec Tion. San Francisco Pollet officer Bob Geary Sopwith his ventriloquist Dummy Brandan o Smarty put a proposal on the City ballot to allow him to make the Dummy his full time partner. New York mayor David n. A nuns right is seeking a second term in a bitter race and new Jersey  Florio above is seeking his last term. See related stories on Page 9. Pac diary Deal is rejected Washington a a fuming sen. Bob Packwood offered tuesday to turn Over every scintilla of information in his diaries on efforts to have lobbyists hire his former wife. The Senate ethic committee said no it still wanted the diaries themselves. R two Republican senators then pro posed the same Deal with the intention of forcing a Senate vote on the Issue. But the debate continued. The second Day of argument Over a Cess to Packwood s diaries punctuated with flashes of anger by the Oregon re publican and others moved the argument from Legal theories to new  was Packwood himself who told a rapt chamber that the committee raised Navy gets Tough on overseas assignments by Cindy k1luonwashington Bureau Washington More sailors willbe required to serve overseas and those who decline will not be allowed to re in list and could be discharged under re Vised 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  personnel planners said the pro portion of overseas assignments is grow ing 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 questions about his helping mrs. Pack Wood find employment and linkage to official  Packwood said the Job solicitations involved four people two of them lobbyists but did not elaborate. However the Core of the arguments focused on this question can the commit tee gain Access to material containing potential evidence of misconduct ranging beyond earlier allegations of sexual harassment. Packwood offered to provide All diary entries on the employment opportunities for his former wife Georgie in addition to his longstanding proposal to turn Over everything involving the original allegations that he made unwanted sexual advances to More than two dozen women see diary on Page 2 Yafo fest for chemical exposure by the Washington pos Washington the Federal government moved closer monday to acknowledging that some . Military personnel May have Bee 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 for health prob lems that May be related to their exposure to chemical  the a attributed its decision to the Pentagon s recent acknowledgement that very Low concentrations of chemical agents were detected by the Czechoslovakia military during the 1991 conflict. The a said its Hospital in Bir Mingham ala., would begin a Pilot program testing veterans from see a on Page 2