European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 03, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday november 3,1993 Page 2 the stars and stripes at a ounce by the thousands fans of Federko Felling on tuesday filed past the coffin of the Oscar winning director in the Rome studio where he filmed most of his work. See the Story on Page 14. 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. Page6 gunman 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 Page 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. Patio Index j Abby Ann Landers. 22 classifieds 28-30 comics. 22,26-27 commentary 19 crossword 22 faces n places. 17 focus 23-25 Horoscope 30 Jumble 30 letters. 18 Money matters 15 sports 34-40 to listings39 weather House a for vets drawing disability pay hike Washington a the House approved a 2.6 percent Cost Omi ving raise tuesday for the 2.2 million Veteran receiving compensation for disabilities resulting from military  Bill supported by the president now must go Back to the Senate which had passed a version without some amendments attached by the House. The Bill Oxild provide a Cost of living adjustment or cola based on the Esti mated rate of inflation. The new payment rates would go into effect dec. 1. I the measure also would raise compensation rates for widows and children Olvet Erans who died of service re later causes by 2.6  department of veterans affairs is expected to pay $10.4 billion in compensation in fiscal 1$94 to veterans who contracted a disease 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 can resume receiving benefits Ana Are eligible for burial at a National Ceme Tery if their subsequent marriage ends in i diary from Page 1 and tried to intimidate some of them to keep them quiet. Packwood and his wife were divorce Din 1991. Packwood s offer was embraced by Sens. Arlen Specter r-pa., and John Danforth r-mo., who offered it As a amendment to a pending motion which would put the Senate on record As authorizing a lawsuit to obtain the diaries. Under the proposal Packwood would relinquish his diaries to a Neutral third party former . Court of appeals judge Kenneth Starr who would for Ward relevant material to the  that decision out of the hands of sen. Packwood and put that decision into the hands of the examiner. Kenneth Starr so there would be no doubt spec Ter said. Committee chairman Richard , d-ncv., and vice chairman Mitch Mcconnell r-ky., said they rejected Packwood s offer in part because it would give him a Choice unavailable to Ordinary americans facing a subpoena of their records. The proposal suggests that there be two standards one for 250 million Ordi nary citizens and another for 100 . Senators Bryan said. He added that i suggests that the Senate must have a greater level of , he argued Packwood s suggestion would require that Starr turn Blind Eye to any other areas he found that could involve  put a Patch Over his Eye. If there s anything unrelated to the first series of allegations unrelated to the matter sen. Packwood described the Job solicitations. If there s anything else he could not report that Back to the commit tee he said. Bryan acknowledged that he was refer ring to the efforts to hire mrs. Packwood when he said last week that the diaries raised questions of possible criminality by Packwood. I am informed those Are the areas that were of concern to our counsel Bryan said adding the committee sought to learn whether those incidents involved any kind of a  Packwood his voice rising said of his proposal it strikes a reasonable bal  Vorce or their spouse s  current Law spouses of veterans who died of service related injuries lose their benefits if they remarry. The 1990 omnibus budget reconciliation act went further today that they could not. Regain those benefits even if their subsequent marriages ended. In a separate vote the House doubted monthly pensions for congressional medal of Honor winners from $200to$4qo. 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 Ana attacking a truck Driver at i year s riots. Under 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 have 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  a 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  $580,000 to $35,000. _ _ for at outset of last a from Page 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 have never ruled out the possibility of expo 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 love 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 Les 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-i1i., 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  have 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 foe is 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 re cer cd a letter from sen. Donald  a mid 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 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 seas either can serve unaccompanied Tours or can leave the  that the Navy has fewer people we Don t have the flexibility that we use to have when it comes to assigning peo ple Bates  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 Complete their overseas tour immediately must re enlist or face ouster. We just can t be lenient As we were Bates said. Some aspects of the revised policy had existed before Bates 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. The Navy has about 40.000 overseas positions about 20 percent of which Are usually vacant Bates said. The 8,000 unfilled jobs Force others to work harder. We now have to make every Sailor in every Billet count Bates said