European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 31, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Vol. 52, no. 257 50c Friday december 31,1993 a d 8693 Asale brings careful of trouble a a a a Quot a a a a a a. A a customer says dark basement led to dirty Deal by Kevin Robinson business writer when buying a new car what occurs before and after signing on the dotted line can be As Subtle As the con tracts Small print or As shocking As a Nightmare. Maj Tab Blazek of Frankfurt Germany says his attempt to buy a 1993 Bow 5251 demo Model left him dazed and More important $800 lighter in the pocket. On feb. 20, a Day after receiving his 1993 a mfg Sta see related stories on Page 3 Tion Wagon Blazek drove it Back to Pentagon car sales Frankfurt Dealership and demanded his $800 Down payment Back. He had picked up the car in a dark basement garage and because the car was a filthy inside and out a Blazek said he did no to notice a a sizable scrape along the right rear Quarter panel along the top of the wheel �?o1 understood that i was buying a demo. I expected minor problems but not fresh damage a Blazek said. A no one from Pentagon was willing to say How or when it was Blazek Felt that Pentagon had violated the Purchase agreement by Selling him damaged goods. Not so said Gary Ashmore the sales manager for Pentagon car sales based in Kaiserslautern Germany continued on Page 3 on commission 0 Joseph c Steffen. Victory will be challenged. Washington a battered on All sides by the Issue of Gays in the military the Clinton administration offered Only a limited Challenge thursday to a major court Victory for a Gay midshipman who had been forced out of the . Naval Academy. A statement issued by the Pentagon on thursday said the Justice and defense departments had decided a it is not necessary to take the extraordinary step of seeking rehearing on constitutional grounds because the Case dealt with the old military policy on Gays that is no longer in effect. The nov. 16 ruling for Joseph c. Steffan undermined the administrations new Compromise policy on Gays in the military but the Justice department is not. Going to attack the Core Issue in the Case. Three Federal appeals judges ruled that the see ruling on Page 2 2 held in parcel bombings that killed 5 in . State Rochester. . A a former convict who was said to be angry at his girlfriends family was arrested along with a Friend in connection with the parcel bombings that killed five people across new York. Michael Stevens and Earl Figley were charged wednesday with transporting across state lines the explosives used in two of the slayings. A they could get the death penalty if convicted on the Federal charges. Investigators said the bombs were targeted at members of the family of Brenda Lazore Ste Vensy Girlfriend. Among those killed in four nearly simultaneous blasts tuesday night were her Mother her Stepfather and a sister an Uncle was wounded. The Rochester Democrat amp chronicle quoted an unidentified source As saying that Stevens a Felt the family had turned his Girlfriend against the Buffalo news and the new York times said relations Between Stevens and Lazorek a see parcel on Page 2 inside today Santa Claus finally empties his Christmas mailbag Israel Plo talks hit Snag As Arafat rejects offer a see Page 2 Back Home in Russia Russia s Liberal democratic party Leader Vladimir v. A Mirinovsky Speaks to the press thursday from his Moscow office after returning from a european visit. Behind him hangs a drawing of the former russian territory with boundaries extending into Poland Finland and Alaska. A Mirinovsky has shocked the world with his comments on expanding Russia even beyond those Borders. See Story on Page 10. Asian acrobats put a spin on this circus pages 16-17 \
