European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 18, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 6 stars and stripes . Saturday december 18,1993 Meinhold re enlists in Navy As ouster attempt continues san Francisco a an openly Gay Sailor reenlisted in the Navy on thursday then listened As a government lawyer resumed the Battle to expel him from the military. Petty officer 1st class Keith Meinhold who was discharged in August 1992 after revealing that he was homosexual took his oath from it. Zoe Dunning a Reserve officer and a lesbian who is also fighting Navy efforts to kick her out. About an. Hour later Justice department lawyer Mark Levy told a panel of the 9th . Circuit court of appeals that a lower court order forbidding the military from any forms of discrimination based on sexual orientation would prevent implementation of the new a a done task done to Tell formula worked out by president Clinton and  discrimination ban was narrowed at the administrations request to apply Only to Meinhold while the Case is on Appeal. The ruling could affect government policy on homosexuals in the military. Thursdays hearing focused on the old policy which has been commonly described As a ban on homosexuals. Judge Pamela a. Rymer a in the past the panel s most conservative member a said a policy based solely on homosexual status would have a a lot of constitutional  Levy said the Pentagon policy is not an absolute ban. It would allow a homosexual to remain in the military if the person could a live by the  the stars and stripes10 year Sago dec. 18,1983 a terrorists exploded a car bomb at harrods department store in London raining tire Glass and debris onto thousands of Christmas shoppers. Police said at least five people died.20 year Sago dec. 18,1973 a terrorists fire bombed a pan american jetliner at the Rome Airport killing 30 persons then hijacked a Lufthansa Airliner to Athens killing four hostages before Greece released two jailed palestinians.30 year Sago dec. 18,1963 a the Berlin Wall is to open dec. 20 for the first time in two years beginning a flood of an estimated 8,000 people into the communist sector for a Christmas visit with relatives. 40yearsago dec. 18,1953 a a homeward bound b-29, forced by engine trouble to turn Back toward Guam plunged into a military housing area on the Island and exploded killing 17 persons and injuring 14.50 years ago dec. 18,1943 a the Royal air Force s sixth major raid on Berlin in four weeks a 1,500-ton Cascade of High explosives and incendiaries left huge fires burning in the Reich s capital and evoked a fresh wave of reprisal threats from nazi broadcasters. World War ii 150 year Sago today dec. 18 1 9 4 �3 Chiang Kai Shek puts All nationalist chinese troops in India and the Hula Wing Telley in Northern Burma under the command of . Forces led by Gen. Joseph w. S til Well. American warplanes strike japanese targets on new Britain Island in preparation for a second . Landing at Cape Gloucester. Allied troops make More gains on Italy s Western front. Source 2194 Days of War w. H. Smith publisher inc. A Leithross during meeting Chelsea Mich. Apr a High school teacher allegedly shot and kilted his superintendent and wounded two colleagues during a grievance meeting thursday. The teacher then returned to his classroom and quietly graded papers until police came. A i found him sitting in a chair in the classroom by himself. He said a his and he was taken into custody a police chief Lenard Mcdougal said. A Calm that would be the easiest Way to describe  no immediate charges were filed and police would not release the suspects name. But students and colleagues at Chelsea High school identified him As science teacher Steve Leith. Police said the teacher had walked out of a Union grievance. Meeting thursday and got his 9 Jhm semiautomatic pistol from Nis car. A the came Back and stood at the doorway for a couple of seconds Drew a pistol from his pocket and started shooting a Mcdougal said. The teacher then dropped the gun and walked to his classroom police said. Leith a wife Alice an English teacher administered cardiopulmonary resuscitation to the superintendent 47-year-old Joseph Piasecki. A then she made a statement to better go take care of Steve a said Bud Janich a retired teacher at the school which has about 730 students. Piasecki was shot four times in the Chest and died at a Hospital. English teacher Phil Jones 44, was treated for an abdominal wound and released. Principal Ronald Mead 43, was in Good condition with a leg wound. Leith was at the meeting to discuss a grievance he had filed about a personnel Hie the District was compiling said Kim Brennen Root a spokeswoman for the teachers Union. She would not give details. It has been about 20 years since the last slaying in Chelsea a Village of 3,800 about 15 Miles West of Ann Arbor. The town has Only seven full time police  enters Hospital Pontiac Mich. Apr or. Jack Kevorkian was freed from jail and taken to a Hospital Friday after promising a judge that he would not help anyone else die while appeals courts consider the constitutionality of assisted suicide. The ruling lowering his Bond to $100, which was quickly posted came on the 18th Day of a hunger strike that the suicide doctor has staged in jail. The bail had been set at $50,000. A feeble looking Kevorkian who came to court in a wheelchair told Oakland county circuit judge Jessica Cooper Quot i must and will pledge that i will not participate in. What i Call Mcd Icide until the matter is resolved by Higner courts of this state or a vote of the Public at  Kevorkian was driven from the jail to Detroit a Sinai Hospital by his attorney Geoffrey Fieger. Security guards kept reporters Back while Kevorkian stepped out of Fiegert a car sat in a wheelchair and was wheeled in through the emergency Entrance the Hospital would not immediately say whether he had been admitted. Fieger said Kevorkian would be treated for dehydration and examined for possible Organ damage As a result of the hunger strike. The Bond was posted by a Kevorkian supporter John Tydings of Baltimore. Earlier Tydings offered to pay Kevorkian s $50,000 Bond but was turned Down by Kevorkian Kevorkian has attended 20 deaths since 1990, including five since assisting suicide was made illegal in Michigan. He is challenging the constitutionality of the Law which was passed expressly to Stop him. He argues that suffering people have a right to die with dignity and get medical help in doing so. Cooper lowered the bail during the hearing attended by a weakened unshaven Kevorkian. He has refused solid food since he was jailed nov. 30, saying he was prepared to die in jail for his beliefs. Last weekend he was briefly hospitalized after complaining of Chest  kills at least 2, then himself in Oklahoma from wire reports Hugo okla. A a Man opened fire with a Rifle in a shopping Center parking lot Friday killing at least two people and wounding three. The gunman drove a Short distance away and killed himself authorities said. A the gunman targeted two of the victims and the three wounded were hit As they left a store said a Kym Koch spokeswoman for the Oklahoma state Bureau of investigation. She said she did not know the relationship Between the victims and their assailant. Witnesses said the Man pulled up near the front of a Wal Mart store and began firing with a semiautomatic  Koch said the gunman used a .223-caliber Rifle. One victim died at the scene and the second died at a Hospital. Two of the wounded were treated at the scene and the third was taken to a Hospital in Paris Texas she said. The Man drove Down a dirt Road a Short distance away and shot and killed himself Koch said. Police found the Rifle a pump Shotgun and an automatic Rifle in his truck. Doctors Back health plan Washington a leaders of 10 doctors organizations appeared on stage with president Clinton on thursday to express support for his health care plan. The doctors also underlined their differences with the american medical association which has objected to Many elements of the plan. The group included obstetricians paediatricians family doctors internists specialists in preventive Medicine and spokesmen for groups representing Black and hispanic doctors. The group also endorsed one of the plans most hotly debated features a requirement that employers buy health insurance for their workers. Republicans and conservative democrats have been pecking away at Clinton a plan endorsing the presidents goal of Universal health insurance coverage while complaining that his proposal relies far too much on a Complex untested Federal regulatory apparatus. Last week the Ama urged Congress to consider alternatives to Clinton a proposed employer  a Section rejected Chicago a the states highest court refused to enter a dispute thursday Over an attempt to Force a pregnant woman to have a caesarean Section to save her endangered fetus. The Illinois supreme courts two sentence order upheld an appellate court ruling and effectively ended an Appeal by Cook county Public guardian Patrick Murphy the fetus court appointed guardian. A the Case is Over the Mother does no to have to have the operation a said supreme court spokesman John Madigan. Murphy said he would Appeal to the . 1 supreme court but he questioned whether the High court could act in time. Doctors said the fetus which is nearing full term is being deprived of oxygen and will die or suffer severe brain damage unless it is surgically removed from the womb. The 22-year-old Chicago woman identified As a mrs. Does or a Mother does in court papers says god will protect her fetus through miracles records show Packwood probe expanded Washington a the Senate ethics committee is expanding its investigation of sen. Bob Packwood to determine whether he obstructed its yearlong. Inquiry by altering tape recordings of his diaries. Senate lawyers told . District judge Thomas p. Jackson on thursday that the Oregon Republican a senator for 25 years altered the diary tapes As he anticipated an ethics committee subpoena for the material. Jackson ordered the diary materials taken into protective custody and they arrived thursday afternoon at the Federal courthouse. The committee has been investigating Packwood Tor alleged sexual misconduct and intimidation of witnesses. The panel subpoenaed the diaries to consider extending the inquiry to include a lobbyists Job other to the senators wife