European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 7, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes Friday january 7,1994 a i at a glance president Clinton says the United states has decided to reassess its support for Jean Bertrand Aristide the exiled president of Haiti. See Story on Page 6.rebellion waning mexican troops took control in Southern towns thursday As an uprising by Indian peasants subsided. A Pago 4bosnian Aid blocked serbian shelling kept in Aid flights from Landing in Sarajevo for a second Day thursday. A Page file Access curbed a grand jury subpoena will restrict Access to records being Given to officials investigating a failed real estate investment by the first  Pago Almarines kicked out two marines have been discharged for allegedly posing nude for a Man who says he ran a Gay pornography ring officials say. A Page 9cities see gains a majority of local government officials saw slight economic improvement but Many Are concerned about Federal rules and violent crime a Survey shows. A a. A a Pago 14 i Index i Abby Ann Landers Quot. .21 classifieds. 24-27 comics. 21-23 commentary. Crossword. .21 faces a no places .20 focus. 15-19 Horoscope. Jumble. Letters. Money matters. .14 sports. 28-32 to listings. Weather. 11 Aspin from Page 1 even More restrictive than current poli a a a a a a the new policy does not specify which jobs remain off limits and one official said that a like any Legal document it subject to  but senior officials acknowledged that by defining ground combat in Broad terms the policy would Grant the services License to sex elude women from Many categories a spin had sought to open. The policy was developed amid unusual secrecy by Edwin Dorn the assistant defense Secretary for personnel in consultation with army chief of staff Gen. Gordon r. Sullivan and Marine corps commandant Gen. Carl e. Mundy. Or a. A a a a. A a a a it had been slated for announcement this week although its Fate was unclear wednesday. Dorn did not return a message left with his military assistant the opening of at least some combat jobs to women was never in very Mucho Neill from Page 1 to pay his respects. A the never lost the common touch and our state has lost one of the greatest Public servants it Ever  of Neill was a rumpled and gregarious old style politician who remembered birthdays sent Flowers when a constituent died and did countless Small favors. Of Neill did no to always spare fellow democrats from his ire. Bobby Kennedy was a a self important  and Lyndon Johnson s weakness was that a if you had four stars on your shoulder he believed everything you  of Neill whose White hair and 250-Pound physique gave cartoonists a Field Day Only heightened his image when he referred to himself at a news conference soldiers from Page 1 ration Able sentry is the greatest Christmas gift any of us could possibly have wished  in the same vein Gen. David m. Maddox commander of . Army Europe said a now Christmas is really Here and we All have the greatest reason to celebrate a and that a your Safe  Maddox said that when members of the task Force left Germany in july he knew they were the right soldiers and the right unit for a sensitive Mission which was to act As a Buffer against potential serbian aggression. He said that the troops Safe return to Berlin and the Lack of incidents on the Border during their six month deployment proved he was right. Ulrich Renzet mayor of the Zehlein Dorf District of Berlin also spoke. His District includes Mcnair Barracks the battalions Home. The mayor visited the soldiers in Macedonia. He said Berlin was Happy to have the soldiers Home but was also sad because All . Troops Are to leave the City a health official to Wiesbaden Germany a amps a the assistant Secretary of defense for health affairs will hold the first of three Public forums saturday at 7 . At the Caincr Berg Chapel. Or. Edward Martin is touring . Military communities in Europe Over the doubt. During the persian Gulf War women served throughout the combat theater As truck Drivers mechanics and helicopter pilots often at great risk. Advocates of an expanded role argued that Modem weapons have blurred traditional lines Between combat and noncombat jobs. In announcing the lifting of the aviation ban last Spring Aspin also said he was ordering the services to explore opportunities for women in combat jobs Short of the front line a we know from operation desert Storich that women stand up to the most demanding environments a Aspin said. A i think the Way the order. Is worded is that they should look at these other areas in particular take a look at Field artillery air defense. We also think there a a couple of other possibilities perhaps military intelligence perhaps the quartermaster corps a Aspin said at the time. To that end Aspin ordered the services to come up with a new definition of ground combat to replace the Pentagon so risk rules that had been used in the past to exclude women from combat jobs. As a one of the big spenders of All  he accused the Reagan administration of helping Only a a privileged  of Neill was born in Cambridge mass. He won a seat in the Republican dominated legislature in 1936. A tip a his nickname from boyhood came from an Irish american baseball player who could foul off pitch after pitch before drawing a walk. In 1949, at age 37, he became the youngest speaker of the Massachusetts House and the first democratic speaker since the civil War. He was elected to the . House in 1952 when John f. Kennedy who previously held the seat moved up to the Senate. Perhaps the first time of Neill gained any National attention was in 1967, when he broke with his longtime colleague and Friend president Johnson on the Vietnam War. Despite of Neillis old guard image part of the military draw Down. In a Brief interview following the Berlin ceremony Holton said that Well trained combat soldiers can adapt quickly and easily to missions other than combat. A they Are combat soldiers who can adapt to any situation or condition a Holton said of the task forces soldiers. As the army shrinks soldiers must grow accustomed to such noncombat missions he said. Discipline was the key in Macedonia and the training the soldiers have had during their army careers provided that discipline. Some of the soldiers who returned car Lier from Macedonia recalled a Mission that they found strange. Quot we re infantry. We re trained to do camouflage and play hide and seek a said spec. Michael Schrader a military policeman a we had to be seen Down  spec. David Williams a communications specialist said wearing a Blue Beret As a member of the . Forces and driving around in the open in a White . Vehicle Are unique duty for a ground Soldier. A i Felt kind of weird. It was different a whole lot different a he said a like in a the target out  the Macedonia Mission which began conduct forums next several Days to discuss expanding Access to military health care. He plans to hold two Public sessions in addition to saturdays. He will be Host of a forum in Vicenza Italy beginning at 7 . Monday and at the officers club in Pitburg Germany at 7 . Wednesday. But the proposal met fierce resistance from the army and Marine corps at least As it related to ground combat. Last summer an internal panel of military officers drafted a proposed definition of ground combat that would bar women from units that a co located with ground combat units an ambiguous restriction that some officers said would prohibit women from serving in Many jobs to which they now Are assigned. Sources said the new version has been retooled a bit and. Would not close positions now open to women. Nevertheless sources familiar with the draft said it uses much the same language As last Summers version and would Nave the effect of closing off most new opportunities except a on the margins a As one official put it. Under the proposed definition fore ample women could serve in intelligence jobs at brigade Headquarters but not in a battalion tactical operations Center officials said. Under army doctrine the a it oct is situated three to five Kilometres 1.9 to 3.1 Miles from the front line. A no one wants women in their battalion toys a one male army officer said. A a they re too  his four years As majority Leader and his 1977-87 tenure As speaker under presidents Carter and Reagan marked the breaking of the once unchallenged Power of congressional committee chairmen. Of Neill instituted rules changes that granted broader Powers to the rank and file. And under his speaker ship the House approved a new ethics code placed limits on outside income and approved to coverage of House proceedings in retirement of Neill looked Back wistfully on the a Good old Days when a politician could go into a room Light up a smoke and make a Deal. A now they go in there and All they want to talk about is saving the whales or abortion a he said. Survivors include his wife Mildred three sons including former it. Gov. Thomas p. Of Neill Quot Iii and two daughters. _ funeral arrangements were not immediately known. In july started out with All the comforts of Field training such As cold showers and crude toilets. But the water turned warm the toilets improved and a routine settled in. A probably the first two to three months were very hard a getting the Camp set learning the duties a said sgt. 1st class Joseph f. Bullock the noncommissioned officer in charge of the military police. Or at it became pretty routine. American forces network television was available. The Garrison a former Barracks for the yugoslav army eventually had a Library and a gym. A every week or two soldiers would get to visit Skopje the macedonian capital about 12 Miles from the Catnip. A believe it or not a lot of people spoke English a Bullock said. A probably As Many As Here in Berlin. It was quite a  for the most part contacts with the macedonian people were positive he said. The people were glad to have the americans there to prevent the War Between serbs croats and muslims from spilling across the Border. A the macedonian army is so new and so ill equipped there a no Way they could Stop an intervention a Bullock said. For six months then soldiers from the Berlin brigade which is due to leave this City by years end did pretty much what soldiers in the brigade have done for More than 40 years a let the other Guys know they re close by and that there is a Price to pay for Orne riness. A it was really just Basic patrolling a said spec. Aaron Hammond a Rifleman. A we just walked the Border. Our Job was to be