European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 17, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes Friday december 17,1993 at a glance sen. Bob Packwood has been on dered by a . District judge to turn Over his diaries. See Stone on Page 8.ira plan detailed the Ira can join peace negotiations without immediately surrendering arms a British official says. I a Page 4tv violence opposed a citizens panel has Given attorney general Janet Reno a series of recommendations aimed at curbing violence on television. A Page 6revenge suspected a Man accused of shooting four pizza parlor employees to death had been fired from the Colorado restaurant and was said to have threatened to get even. A Page 8, bureaucracy targeted the Clinton administration plans to reorganize the Way the bureaucracy hires and fires a draft report shows. A Page 14diana to take break Diana Princess of Wales prepared thursday to make a last Public appearance and then begin a respite from Public life. A Page 20 c Index Jabby Ann Landers. 21 classifieds. 24-26 comics .21-23 commentary 13 crossword. 21 faces a places .20 focus .15-19 Horoscope .26 Jumble .26 letters. 12 Money matters. 14 sports. 26-32 to listings .31 weather.11 ., Russia to join forces on building space station Moscow apr the United states and Russia on thursday signed space and investment accords designed to boost Russia s battered Economy and president Boris n. Yeltsin a political standing. Vice president Al Gore said Quot the world cannot remain silent Quot about the views of Russia s emerging opposition Leader. Gore and russian prime minister Viktor s. Chernomyrdin were in buoyant moods after they and deputies signed a dozen agreements chief among them a 300-Page contract bringing Russia into the International space station project. Quot i found the russian leadership in a positive determined and confident mood committed to moving ahead with democracy and Reform Quot Gore told a joint news conference after the signing. As he celebrated the new agreements with Russia Gore also escalated the. A see related Story on Page 6 Clinton administration s criticism of Vladimir v. A Mirinovsky. The Ultra nationalist whose Liberal democratic party made a surprisingly Strong showing in sunday s parliamentary elections. A neither i nor my country can remain silent about the outrageous and reprehensible views with which he has associated himself Quot Gore said. A i feel compelled to say that Given All of the experience of this Century anytime someone emerges on the scene with a claim to a share of Power and popular Appeal who talks cavalierly about mass death the world cannot remain silent Quot Gore said. A this is a Challenge for Russia and this is a Challenge for the world the space station contract culminated a process begun at the Clinton Yeltsin Summit in Vancouver Canada earlier this year. The Deal includes . Payments to Russia of $400 million Over the next four years in Exchange for up to 10 Nasa space shuttle missions to the russian space station Mir to help . Astronauts prepare for the new station s construction. Yeltsin i fires 2 Wake of ballot results in Moscow a president Boris n. Yeltsin fired a top aide and the head of state television thursday apparently blaming them for the Victory of Ultra nationalist candidates in sundays parliamentary elections. The dismissals came a Day after Sergei Stankevich was fired As a advice before the election. Shaken reformers made some Progress thursday in late counting of paper ballots from the elections. But they had Little Hope of catching up with Vladimir v. A Mirinovsky and other anti Yeltsin forces russian newspapers projected that  a Liberal democratic party the communist party and other anti Reform groups could take two thirds of the seats in Russia s new parliament. Parties supporting Yeltsin would hold about 160 of the 450 seats in the state Duma the a lower Quot but More powerful House of parliament the Moscow news said. On thursday Yeltsin sacked Vyacheslav Bragin Cha Irman of the Osta Kino television co., often called Commonwealth to because it broadcasts throughout the Commonwealth of Independent states. He also fired Alexander Kotenkov As head of the president s Legal  official reason was Given for the e firings but Kotenkov linked his dismissal to the e election defeat he told the itar Tass news Agency that he had refused to push the Small pro Reform parly of Unity and Accord to join the main pro Yeltsin coalition Russia s Choice. The splintering of the pro Yeltsin Camp into several competing parties is widely believed to have contributed to its defeat Yeltsin also has been faulted for failing to endorse any party. The Liberal democrats received five hours of television time during the month before the election a More than any other party according to a study by the russian american press and information Center. Zhi Vinovsky s right Wing party was the top vote getter in sunday s elections with 23 percent at last count thursday. Russia s Choice was second with 15 percent followed by the communist party with 13 percent the anti Yeltsin agrarian party had about 9 percent end women of Russia followed with 8 percent three other parties seemed Likely to get at least 5 percent the minimum to win seats. The first cosmonaut to Fly on the . The two countries also signed several space shuttle will join a Mission scheduled modest investment agreements including to take off in six weeks negotiators an .-russian ventures in Gold mining and bounced. The manufacture of heavy truck  from Page 1 used. Quot but we re not sure in the current budget climate whether we can afford to do anything about  outgoing defense Secretary Les Aspin requested the study in August following a firestorm touched off when Gen. Carl e. Mundy jr., the Marine corps commandant approved a plan to Stop enlisting married men and women in 1995. Aspin halted the plan which neither he nor president Clinton had approved. Mundy expressed concerns that most Marine corps recruits Are away from Home More than half the time because of the services Small numbers about 178,000, and its far Flung deployments around the world. He pointed out at the time that 75 percent of the services enlistees Are 19 years old or younger and that some have wives As Young As 14 or 15 years of age. The new study found that there is no statistical relationship positive or negative Between marital status and the readiness of troops to go to War a second military officer said. The study does include several recommendations including a better counselling on family and financial issues. A improving chances for Young families to live on  and stepping up a family support Quot systems inside the services. Other Steps could be increasing Cost of living allowances or other financial support fori family members. But such Steps May Tiave Little Chance of approval Given the Pentagon a tight budget prospects officials said Snag from Page 1 ministry indicating that the two insurance firms were not authorized to conduct business in the country it remains unclear Why the police acted on the memo issued months ago. As of thursday afternoon italian police had not released the impounded cars but . Military officials said they expect the vehicles to be released soon. A the hardest part was finding the right people to communicate with Quot said master chief Petty officer Wes Beadle the top enlisted Sailor with commander forces air Mediterranean a once you do that you find the problem was t As hard As you thought it  the command is responsible for most . Navy personnel in Italy army Ngo convicted of indecent assault Vicenza Italy a amps a . Army noncommissioned officer was acquitted of forcible anal sodomy but found guilty of three lesser charges at a general court martial wednesday a spokesman said. At the conclusion of his two Day trial in Vicenza sgt. 1st class Kenneth c. Williams was be rite need to six months in prison. Williams 33, was convicted of indecent assault indecent language and wrongfully impeding the investigation of a crime said maj. Bob Mcelroy. The major is a spokesman for the army s Southern european task Force Headquarters at Vicenza. In addition to the sodomy charge Williams was cleared of communicating a threat and of wrongfully impeding the report of a crime Mcelroy said. Judge col Craig s. Schwender also sentenced Williams to a bad conduct discharge forfeiture of All pay and allowances for six months and demotion to the Lowe unlisted rank Mcelroy said. Williams who is married was an oper tons no with the 167th signal co Vicenza he will serve his sentence at to army confinement facility in Mannheim Germany. The charges against Williams a native Aurora n.c., stemmed from incidents Vicenza in july and reportedly involved a a year of id boy. The boys family lives the Vicenza military Community