European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 06, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Re Page 2 the stars and stripes saturday november 6,1993 Posey car Tentler a 30-year resident of the Malibu calif., area surveys the ruins of her Home after wild fires swept through this week. For details on the deadly blazes see the Story on Page 5. Aids tests planned employees of time inc. In Washington d.c., will undergo aids tests after a doctor used the same Needles to give flu shots. Page 5 aviator cleared 1 criminal assault charges have been dropped against another Navy aviator in the Tail Hook scandal. Page 6 top fuels disliked Drivers generally can avoid filling their tanks with Premium priced High octane gasoline experts say. Page 10 Grumman shot Down Grumman corp., a Pentagon mainstay for six decades is abandoning its combat aircraft design business. Page 14 Index Abby Ann Landers. .21 automotive 10 classifieds. 2225 comics 21,18-19 commentary. 13 crossword 21 faces n places 20 focus 15-17 Horoscope 24 Jumble 24 letters 12 Money matters 14 religion 9 sports 26-32 to. Listings 31 weather 11 i correction Gore Perot agree to debate Naftal but site is Washington a vice presidential Gore and Ross Perot squabble Friday Over where and when to debate the North american free Trade agreement both sides agreeing to meet sunday in Tampa,fla.,but differing on the details. We want a Neutral format and a Neutral  insisted Gore who wants can Larry King to moderate an evening debate far removed from Perot s afternoon rally atthe state Fairgrounds in Tampa. Perot accused the administration of try ing to Back  titanic is sinking and they re Des Perate he said in a satellite to interview with a Tampa station. They made the Challenge and now they re scared to death. The question is now How do we wriggle out of it Perot wants a one hour debate at 2 . Est at the state Fairgrounds. Gore aide said that was unacceptable they want an evening event and a site separate from Thena Farally. If we get an honest discussion on the issues the vice president will do just Fine president Clinton said. I understand Whymer. Perot wanted to have a rally packed with people. Who had their minds makeup against  worried that it was losing the Public re lations Battle Over Naftal the White House on thursday confronted the opposition directly and proposed the Gore Perot face off.  has certainly done everything he could to Cloud the atmosphere Clinto complained thursday the country s chief Naftal critic was Quick to snatch up the debate offer calling it an act of desperation by the White House. And so after months of sparring Over whether the Trade agreement would strengthen the . Economy or destroy american jobs the Battle lines sharpened just 13 Days before a nov. 17 showdown vote in the House. Kevorkian jailed in assisted suicide Detroit apr. Jack Kevorkian who has championed the right of the terminally to kill themselves was jailed for the first time Friday after a judge or dered higher bail in an assisted suicide Case. His attorney said Kevorkian would starve himself in jail. Detroit judge Thomas Jackson or dered Kevorkian s Bond increased to$20,000 and said he has to pay 10 percent of that to be freed. Two deputies took Kevorkian s arms and pulled him from court his feet drag Ging behind him after the retired Patho Logist refused to leave his courtroom chair and then went Limp. Kevorkian s attorney Geoffrey Fieger said he did t intend to Post Bond to Purchase his  he said Kevorkian 65, will refuse to cooperate with jailers will have to be carried every place and will not eat. I Don t think he will die today Fieger said. But i think he will die of Star vation. Kevorkian never has been jailed in the 19 deaths he has attended since_1990, de spite facing both murder and assisted Sui cide charges. Murder charges were Dis missed but the state passed a Law making assisted suicide a felony eight months ago. Kevorkian was charged twice with violating that Law and freed without having to Post a Cash Bond. The jailing involved the death of Thomas Hyde 30, of Novi. Kevorkian confessed that he helped Hyde kill him self aug. 4 of Belle Isle in Detroit. If convicted Kevorkian faces up to four years in prison and a $2,000 Fine. He has remained silent on his role in the sept. 9 death of Donald o Keefe 73. Police found Kevorkian at o Keefe s deathbed that night hours after he had been ordered to stand trial in Hyde s death. A third Case is being investigated in which Merian Frederick 72, a Lou Gen Rig s disease patient was found dead oct. 22 in Kevorkian s Royal Oak apartment. Police found Kevorkian there too. Cafes from Page 1 any provisions contained in it become bind  the Transfer will have an Impact on our organization As we know i today we will work diligently with the Exchange services to protect european Sta Sand stripes employees and to minimize any disruption of service to All who serve in harms Way said air Force col. Steve Hoffman the newspaper s publisher. We will work through1 this in the Beltway we can said Navy capt. Gordon Peterson a spokesman for the . European come in Stuttgart  command will work closely with the defense department and the Exchange services to maintain Bookstore operations during the transition period and Cushion the Impact on . And local National Bookstore employees As much As possible Peterson  Date for the Transfer was not available by press deadlines Friday. The original House Bill called for a Transfer of defense department officials vigorously opposed the Bookstore Transfer but Law makers on the House armed services com Mittee s morale welfare and recreation panel Felt the Exchange services could give deeper discounts on books and magazines than the stars and stripes offers. The bookstores Long have been the Finan Cial Backbone of the stars and stripes a sales of the newspapers traditionally have not covered production costs. Given the function that the Bookstore serve in offsetting costs of the paper it s important to restate that Neucom is firmly committed to the continued existence of the Starlund stripes As we know it today a first amendment publication with Edito rial Independence and integrity Peterson said. The relationship Between the Bookstore and newspaper operations is at the heart of lawmakers concerns. In the View of House mar panel members the need to main Tain a sufficient subsidy for the newspaper forces the stars and stripes to sell most books and magazines at or near full Price. The stars and stripes is ripping of serv ice members with its outrageous pricing policies h. Martin Lancaster , who chaired the House mar panel in the last Congress said after a hearing in August a which army and air Force Exchange serv ice officials discussed the Transfer proposal at the hearing cafes officials said they could pump millions of Douai into military mar funds while marking Down much More merchandise if they were Given control of the bookstores. Cafes officials Friday declined to com ment further on the Bookstore Transfer until they see details of the initiative in the final version of the authorization Bill the House version of the Bill that was crafted earlier this year called for the Exchange services to hip support the newspapers with dividends from Bookstore sales. House lawmakers Felt such an arrange ment would help stabilize the financial condition of the papers based in Tokyo an Darmstadt Germany. The House Bill faulted Stan and Stripe management for being slow to react to the draw Down and moving Only recently to begin putting downsizing initiatives into effect the Overall philosophy in Congress i that the troops should not be paying to sup port the stars and stripes newspaper through the bookstores said a congressional source who spoke on condition of anonymity. Those bookstores should be just like any other retail activity that supports mar programs in general. Because of a reporting error a Date or an Art exhibit was incorrect in thursday stripes Magazine. The Barbara Payne exhibit near Wiir Burg Germany is scheduled for nov. 20-21. Budget from Page 1 no funds for the planes. The negotiators split the difference and agreed on 12 planes. Rep. Ronald v. Dellums dcalif., chair Man of the House armed services commit tee had sought a separate vote on freeing up the Money for the radar evading bomber. Negotiators agreed that the vote will come when the House and Senate vote on the final defense package for the fiscal year that began oct. 1. The major provision of the Bill deals with homosexuals serving in the military. Clinton had set Forth a policy of Don task Don t Tell Don t  but lawmakers then adopted a plan that would allow future defense Secretary to reinstate the practice of questioning recruits and service members about their sexual orientation. Other major tenets of Clinton s policy Are absent from the legislation written by sen. Sam Nunn d-ga., the armed service committee chairman and a major opponent of lifting the ban outright. Both the House and Senate had adopted the Nunn language in their versions of the Bill. The legislation makes no mention that sexual orientation is not a bar to military service and has no language to discourage Witch Hunts to ferret out homosexuals in the armed forces. The legislation brands homosexuality an unacceptable risk to morale order and discipline in the military service. The administration eager to see the Issue disappear has accepted the legislation and described it As fully consistent with it sown policy. Once the Overall defense budget is approved by Congress and the legislation is signed by Clinton Nunn s policy will be come Law while the president s plan will simply be a directive to the armed forces. Other provisions of the Bill include $3 Bil lion for ballistic missile defense once known As the strategic defense initiative