European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 06, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 r the stars and stripes White House rejects Calls for specials a inquiry Washington a under mounting pressure the White House on wednesday again rejected requests for an Independent counsel to investigate a failed Arkansas savings and loan whose owner had ties to president Clinton. I Don t think there s any change in our View Here press Secretary Dee Dee Myers said. Justice department attorneys Are investigating the failed Madison guaranty Sav Ings and loan association headed by James Mcdougal a Clinton Friend Busi Ness partner and political ally. Investigators Are trying to determine whether depositors funds were diverted to Clinton s 1984 gubernatorial Campaign and to Whitewater development corp., a real estate venture owned by the Clinton and Mcdougal when Clinton was governor of Arkansas. The White House has become increasingly troubled by Media accounts of the financial deals although As Myers said repeatedly wednesday the Clinton have not been accused of doing anything illegal. What s the charge. What s the charge she snapped during an informal Chat with reporters that turned into a grilling on the subject. Myers noted that the Independent counsel statute allowing a court to name an investigator has lapsed thanks in part to the same republicans who Are de manding a special prosecutor now. I think their motivations Are clearly political she said. There Are people particularly Senate minority Leader Robert Dole who were staunch opponents of an Independent counsel stat Ute. Dole a Kansas Republican has been joined by editorial writers for major newspapers in urging attorney general Janet Reno to appoint an Independent counsel. Reno has said that career Law yers at the Justice department will run an unbiased inquiry and that any appointment she made would be subject to criticism because she owes her Job to Clinton. Thursday january 6,1994 Tim Yeo the British environment minister is driven by wife Diane As they leave their Home in East Bergholt for a meeting with local conservative party members. Yeo who admitted fathering a child outside his marriage resigned late wednesday. Aide quits Over second British official Falls after adultery revelation London a a government minister who admitted fathering a child outside his marriage resigned wednes Day after failing to win backing in his Home District. Tim Yeo 48, resigned As environment minister the second ranking Job in the department of the environment. Yeo who is married and has two grown children admitted last month that he was the father of a baby girl born in july to Julia stent 34, a lawyer and conservative member of the Hackney Bor Ough Council in London. He was the second member of prime minister John major  to re sign after newspapers exposed their Adul Tery. -. .-.". / Yeo s Fate was sealed after meeting tuesday with his conservative party constituency association in his Suffolk parliamentary District. Patricia Fitzpatrick chairman of the association said wednesday that activists hoped Yeo would continue As a member of parliament. However the officers were nevertheless deeply concerned at the widespread disappointment and criticism being expressed by party members and urged or. Yeo to reflect on the views  Media reports played up the apparent contrast Between Yeo s behaviour and major s recent Back to basics policy theme. Some government ministers last year lashed out at single mothers As a particular social problem. Welsh Secretary John Redwood started the controversy in july when he spoke of a Public housing estate where half the Resi dents belonged to one Parent families. He called such families Orfe of the biggest so Cial problems of our  in a letter to the prime minister Yeo said he was resigning with extreme  major said in a letter that he was sorry to lose the talents of a most effective min ister and hoped they would be used again at a future  David Mellor a close Friend of majors resigned As heritage minister last year after his affair was exposed. But Mellor May have been More damaged by questions about his Friendship with a woman whose father was prominent in the Palestine liberation organization. Transport minister Steven Morris is still in office despite newspaper reports in sep tember that he had several mistresses. More gis arrive in Colombia amid protest Juan Chaco Colombia a . Soldiers began a Road improvement and school building Mission wednesday in a Jungle Region of Colombia where leftist rebels operate and which is near the base of the world s largest cocaine Cartel. An Advance team of 14 soldiers who arrived last month was joined tuesday by 120 soldiers flown by helicopter to the humid coastal Village of Juanc Naco. Juan Chaco is 45 Miles Northwest of Call Home of the Cartel that controls most of Colombia s $20 billion a year co Caine Trade. . And colombian officials say the purpose of the Mission is to build a school and clinic and to improve a Road in the impoverished Village. But some newspapers and politicians say the real purpose is to pursue rebels and drug traffickers and they accuse the United states of interfering in Colombia s internal affairs. The mayor of Tulus 75 Miles East of Juan Chaco ordered the colombian Flag flown at half staff until the american troops leave. And a leftist rebel group the renova Tion socialist current issued a statement condemning the . Presence. We join the clamor of the multitudes the political sector and the news Media which have demanded that this Mission be suspended the statement said. About 25 unarmed american soldiers in Jungle camouflage uniforms prepared to unload equipment wednesday on Juan Chaco s Beach. They were guarded by about a dozen colombian soldiers toting automatic weapons. One colombian Soldier searched the bags of onlookers mostly swimsuit Clad tourists and locals in shorts and to shirts. The american soldiers mostly from the 46th engr in at fort Rucker ala., refused to answer questions. One nodded her head when asked if she was under orders not to speak to reporters. President Cesar Gaviria Trijillo on a visit tuesday to Northern Colombia de fended the Mission. This work is strictly civic and humanitarian he told reporters. The colombian government has tried in the past to improve roads and schools in rebel areas to win the Confidence of the people. But . Participation in such an operation is extremely rare in latin America. The . Embassy in Bogota has re fused to comment on the Mission which was announced in Washington in de Cember. Work set to begin on $19.3 million Mildenhall projects Raf Mildenhall England is construction is to begin this month on $19.3 million Worth of air Force building projects needed to accommodate a unit moving to Raf Medenhall from Raf Alconbury. Six projects Are planned in connection with the Relo cation of the 352nd special operation group. The group which has 1,000 military members is to be re assigned to Mildenhall by March 1995, a spokeswoman for the Alconbury base said. A Mildenhall base spokesman said the construction projects All of which will be built on Mildenhall s South Side include an electronics maintenance building and an administration building. Construction is to begin this month with completion in october. An avionics maintenance building and a Squadron operations building. Work is to Start in february with completion in december. A hangar for c-130 transport aircraft. Work will begin m May with completion in december. Refurbishment of two dormitories. Although the base will gain about 1,000 service Mem e is by next year As a result of the move the net gain will be about 700. Mildenhall s 100th regional support group and its associated squadrons and detachments will inactivate in september causing a loss of about 300 military personnel. Alconbury is 50 Miles Northwest of Mildenhall