European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 4, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 4 the stars and stripes saturday december 4,1993clinton plays Down tension on Korea Washington a president Clinton is trying to refuse tensions with North Korea Over its nuclear program say ing there so no cause for any great alarm even though the Pentagon to drafting of Tion that include a military buildup �?�1 still think there a a Chance that we can put North Korea in a position where they can crawl Back off this ledge they Are on and i certainly Hope they will a Clinton said. Saying he did not want to raise the threat of military confrontation Pentagon planners nonetheless were considering All possible options Quot thinking about every conceivable thing that could happen bad and  he said. He added a there is no Caus great alarm on the part of the american if people or the North koreans for that mat  cantly. A Quot we in the air Force Are doing absolutely nothing that we Haven to done Day the president made his remarks in in to Day for the last five years a the four Ter views with . News amp world report Star general said. Quot we have not sent and Magazine and Abc news. Dit ional forces and we Are not prep atm North Korea responded by calling the 10 san additional forces _ . Government a trigger Happy and Quot the Alert state of our forces in Korea saying Washington wants a to push the has not been increased he added. A senior Pentagon official who spoke on condition of anonymity said thursday Tai ice to Western demands to inspect its nuclear facilities. The Cia believes North Korea could have enough nuclear material for one or two weapons although the North koreans deny having any nuclear weapons program. Lire Washington Post reported Friday that a new . Intelligence analysis has forecast that the administration will fail to get North koreans approval for inspections of its most sensitive nuclear related facilities and thus May never determine situation on the korean Peninsula to the Brink of  Gen. Merrill a. Mcpeak the air Force that preparing a list of possible Steps to How much bomb Grade plutonium North chief of staff said to an interview Friday strengthen . Troops in the area is part Korea has made. With defense writers that the 10,000 .  Plann tog Quot Beins undertaken an administration official a knowl airmen in South Korea Are constantly by the military. Edged to the associated press that the training for the possibility of War against the crisis with North Korea stems United states we never know How cause for any the North but that nothing has changed re from the Pyongyang government s Resis much plutonium they be got. On by Craig Martin staff writer. Darmstadt Germany a a Darmstadt Soldier accused of stealing mail was acquitted in a two Day general court martial that ended thursday night. A jury of two officers and five noncommissioned officers including two first sergeants found spec. Edward c. Knight of the 40th postal co not guilty of stealing baseball hats clothing gloves boots and a Nintendo video game from the Cam brai Fritsch Cavern mail room. The items were bound for the army and air Forte Exchange service main Exchange sight and sound Center and military clothing sales store in Darmstadt. Knight also was scheduled to be tried on charges of attempting to steal cigarettes from the Nathan Hale depot commissary and the cafes shop Pette on Kelley Barracks and unlawfully entering those buildings sometime in March and april. A however acting on a motion from the defense team a David court knights civilian attorney and capt. Mike Mulli 5an, his military attorney a presiding Edge it. Col Larry Vick decided tuesday to try Knight in separate courts martial. A the government decided to try him on the mail charges first because it Felt that was its strongest Case said a source familiar with the Case. No Date has been set for the trial on the cigarette theft charges _ the prosecutions Case relied heavily on testimony of pvt. James Johnson who was convicted last summer of receiving stolen property a six pairs of Bools a from Knight Johnson who served time in the army confinement facility in Mannheim is awaiting a bad conduct discharge. However when chief prosecutor capt Jeannine Butts questioned Johnson about his involvement with Knight including questions about the stolen boots Johnson testified �?�1 done to remember.�?�. Johnson also testified that he did not remember Ever meeting with Butts or with court Over the past several months and that he could not remember meeting with Butts the Day before he testified. Johnson also testified that reviewing the sworn statements he gave to investigators when he was arrested in Decernea 1992 did not refresh his memory. At the end of the trial the defense asked the judge to strike Johnson s testimony. Court said the defense was not Given the Chance to Cross examine Johnson because Johnson would not answer questions. Vick ordered the jury to disregard Johnson a testimony. During the prosecutions Case a witness testified finding parcels of mail and rat used to the Exchange facilities in the Atti oof the mail room. Other witnesses testified that those items were found in boxes that were addressed to the Exchange. Special agent Ken Zawodny of the Darmstadt office of the army a criminal investigation come testified that although his office had identified the items found in the attic As being stolen from the mail room he did not perform any fingerprint tests on the evidence. At no time did the prosecution offer testimony linking the items found in the attic to Knight. The prosecution wanted to Call a Soldier identified Only As spec. Washington to the witness stand to testify against Knight under an offer of immunity from prosecution. A Washington was convicted earlier this year for stealing mail from the Darmstadt mail room. However court objected to Washington testifying because he had not been Elvin the Opportunity to interview Wash Luton Vick upheld courts objection. Knight did not testify. Definitely to go pizzas bound for shipment to american soldiers in Somalia Are put into package by r1 hot he manages in Aston pay a a shipping Row Ahll prepares to Load the boxes onto a truck. A total of 600 Large pts ass or 7300 slices were donated by pizza huts in the Philadelphia area. The pies were Toffy from Dover fab in Delaware to Mogadishu on thursday aboard Del charged with premeditated murder in daughter s death by Mark Kinkade staff writer the army has charged spec. Edward a. Ricard 111 with premeditated murder in the oct. 4 beating death of his 1-year-old daughter near Fulda  a helicopter Mechanic with the 11th army Cav regt in Fulda was formally charged monday and will face a general court martial. He is accused of beating to death Elizabeth m. Ricard and throwing her body from the Balcony of the family s fourth floor apartment in Kinzell a Fulda suburb. He also is charged with rape aggravated assault and drunk and disorderly conduct a v corps spokeswoman said. Prosecutors will not seek the death penalty if Ricard is convicted the spokeswoman said. A trial Date and location have not been set. A charge of premeditated murder must be supported by evidence that shows Ricard had some thought of killing the child prior to the slaying according to Legal experts _ German police arrested Ricard on oct. 6 after a neighbor discovered Elizabeth a battered body on a Lawn about 40 feet below the Ricard family apartment. Ricard had lived in the town since january. The charges follow a nearly two month investigation into the Case. While the spokeswoman could not provide details about the charges v corps previously said Ricard was being investigated for raping and assaulting his wife Tessie Ricard on numerous occasions. Shortly after the army gained jurisdiction in the Case. Army investigators began an article 32 inquiry the military equivalent of a grand jury investigation. V corps commander it. Gen. Jerry r Rutherford ordered the trial monday after reviewing charging recommendations by col William s. Wallace com Mander of the uth army Cav regt the spokeswoman said Ricard is being held in the army confinement facility in Mannheim Germany. Tessie Ricard returned with Hei daughters body to the United states or oct. 15, according to a v corps spokes Man