European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 03, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes at a glance Alina Maria Salgado Furna Nycz left granddaughter of cuban Leader Fidel Castro hugs her Mother Alina Fernandez re Vuelta on Friday after arriving in Columbus ga., from Cuba. See Story on Page 6. Documents on pos newly declassified documents show the United states had information that suggested some downed . Pilots were not released at the end of the Vietnam War. Pages radiation research a department of veterans affairs investigation and a report about re search at Mit added to the Contro Versy Over the government s role in human radiation research. Page Post menopause pregnancy an italian doctor who helped a 59 year old woman become the oldest on record to give birth Calls it a big Victory for  pages elephants Stampede wild elephants Are heading to Ward Calcutta As indians try to turn them Back with Drums blazing torches and a few kind words. Page 10 future in doubt the closure of euro Disney is pos sible if its financial health does t improve Michael d. Eisner said. Page 22 Index Abby Ann Landers 28 automotive 14 classifieds. 29-31 comics. 26-28 commentary. 17 crossword. 28 education .13 faces n places. 18 focus .19-21 Horoscope 31 Jumble 31 letters. 16 Money matters. 22,25 Mutual .23-25 sports 33-40 to listings 39 weather 15 Reno stalling probe of Clinton Dole says Washington a attorney general Janet Reno should Stop drag Ging her feet and appoint an Independence counsel to investigate president Linton s possible links to a failed savings and loan firm in Arkansas Senate minority Leader Robert Dole said sunday. I think it s High time she did what she knows she should do said the Kansas Republican. For the president s Sake and for the Sake of the integrity of the attorney Gen eral s office she should move he Saidon Abc s meet the Ress. Dole said that Reno had wasted a Lotof time dragging her  Reno has said repeatedly that career prosecutors and not a specially appointed counsel should handle the Case of Madison guaranty savings and loan association the failed Thrift owned by Clin ton Friend James Mcdougal. Federal investigators Are looking into the costly collapse of Madison and whether any funds from the Thrift were illegally diverted to Whitewater development corp., a real estate venture owned jointly by the Clinton and Mcdougal when Clinton was governor of Arkansas also being examined is whether an Madison Money was inappropriately routed to Clinton s 1984 gubernatorial  and other republicans have also criticized the democratic controlled banking and finance committees in con Gress for playing politics in refusing to launch legislative inquiries. But senior White House adviser George Steph Nopoulos appearing on Abc s this week with David Brinkley spoke sunday of a remarkable conver Sion of republicans now seeking to resurrect the lapsed special counsel Lavic now that they sense that there might be some perceived political advantage to going after this they re All for it All of sudden he said. Gop lawmakers embittered by the drawn out Independent counsel investigation of the Iran Contra affair during the Reagan administration have fought renewal of legislation authorizing the appointment of counsels. House minority whip Newt Gingrich,r-ga., also speaking on Abc said there was no question that an Independent counsel was warranted and the longer the Clinton avoid doing that the More frankly people Are going to suspect there is a reason they Don t want an Independent  monday january 3,1994 at least 139 officers killed on Job in 93 from wire reports Washington at least 139police officers nationwide were killed in the line of duty during 1993, More than half of them 72 by gunfire according to the National association of chiefs of police. The figures Are based on preliminary data and will Likely Rise As final reports Are received from the nation s 21,000 Law enforcement agencies the association said. Final figures for 1992 showed 160 line of Dury deaths including 70 from gunshot wounds. In 1991, there were 143 such deaths and 75 officers were felled by gunfire. Death clock ticking -. W new York a grim new tally began shortly after the new year countdown in times Square a digital death clock that ticks off the nation s gun killings. The three Story High clock started at 1 . Saturday and added one gun death every 14.8 minutes a figure based on Federal statistics. The clock also showed the estimated number of guns in the United states More than 220 million with one new gun added every 5.5 seconds. The settings will be adjusted weekly to reflect National statistics. Threat from Page 1 ties with German and austrian right Wing extremists and has advocated Carv ing up Central Europe just As Adolf hit Ler and soviet dictator Joseph Stalin did in the late 1930s. A foreign ministry spokesman inborn would not confirm the Content of a Mirinovsky s threats. He made threats against Germany but we do not wish to mention them in detail spokesman Markus Ederer  also personally insulted the German consular  the spokesman would not confirm Welt am sonntag s report that a Hirino sky threatened to have the German dip Lomat liquidated through his goo contacts in russian intelligence. He yelled at the German official. Hews in fact very angry Ederer said. The German consular official in Bulgari could not be reached for comment on wednesday s encounter. At the time of the alleged confrontation a Mirinovsky was being expelled from Bulgaria for allegedly insulting president Zhenyu Zhelev. An official at a Mirinovsky s Liberal democratic party Headquarters in mos cow refused comment sunday on the incident and said the legislator elect could not be reached. Meanwhile a French official indicated that a Mirinovsky should think twice if he intends to visit Paris in the springtime or any time. If or. A Mirinovsky maintains his views i Don t see How we could Wel come him in France " Alain lamas Soure France s european affairs min ister said in a television appearance. Among a Mirinovsky s statements Caus ing alarm is his claim denied by russian military leaders that Moscow has a non nuclear secret weapon capable of world destruction some european diplomats have publicly questioned his sanity. Nato from Page 1 consolidated and that those countries must be protected from historic Preda tors by including them in the Alliance. Providing new details about the debate within the Clinton administration officials said Secretary of state Warre Christopher initially leaned strongly in favor or expanding nato s membership to the East. But Christopher was persuaded to re verse course after Strobe Talbott the journalist turned policy maker who was named last week As Christopher s Deputy intervened. On the weekend before a critical cab inet level meeting i october Talbott who has been ambassador at Large to the former soviet republics typed a memo on his Home computer arguing against nato expansion and  to Christopher. Within Days Christopher and defens Secretary Les Aspin were flying to Europe to explain the go slow approach endorsed by Talbott. Under the approach which is to represented formally at the Summit meet ing Jan. 10 and 11, the United states and its allies will endorse the principle that nato s membership should be enlarged eventually. But nato will not ease expansion of the Alliance by outlining a Clear set of standards for admitting new members. Instead Eastern european countries and former soviet republics Are being invited to take part in a program of military training and exercises that will allow them to associate themselves with the Al Liance without offering them formal membership or the Security guarantees that come with it. Reflecting the dominant View within the administration a senior official de scribed the approach As a prudent and evolutionary Way to update nato with out inviting a divisive debate within the Alliance Over adding members and alarm ing the russians. Critics within the administration however deride it As a Russia Only plan that puts off the question of nato expansion. An to from Page 1 people lost reception for a Good hour at  the spokesman said an checked it signal right after the first complaints came in and found it working properly. The problem was with the satellites inthe communities. They were collecting heaps of Snow the spokesman said. The Community satellite reception dishes Are leased from the germans and we called them to clean the dishes and the signal clicked right Back  the Rose bowl played in pasadenacalif., was won by Wisconsin which beat Urcla 21-16, the an spokesman said that when experiencing trouble with an television reception people should Call the staff duty person in the Community that is hav ing the problem. The duty person in turn would inform the 5th signal come in Worms which takes the Steps necessary to Correct the problem the spokesman said. Meanwhile a spokesman at the 5thsignal come said that in the future an television reception could become a problem for americans living on the Economy or in leased housing areas that get their broadcasts from areas hit by the draw Down. When a base and housing area close Down we will eventually Stop transmit Ting to that area. German Law does no permit us to transmit where there is no official . Housing area the spokes Man said. But for morale purposes he said the last thing we do is Stop transmitting an to a housing area that is  when the military housing areas close and transmission ther ceases american sin leased housing and on the Economy in the area will have to redirect their Anten Nae to receive an the spokesman said