European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 11, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page6 the stars and stripes . Tuesday january 11,1994 a i Perm d rops out As Dod nominee Brussels Belgium a presi Dent Clinton agreed monday to a request by embattled nominee Morton h. Halperin that his name hot be resubmitted for Senate confirmation to head peacekeeping policy at the Pentagon. Halperin s nomination has been under fire from Senate conservatives. With deep appreciation for your willingness to serve our country and with real regret i accept your request Clinton said in a letter released in Brussels where he is attending a nato Summit in the stars and stripes 10 years ago Jan. 11,1984 the United states established full diplomatic re lations with the Vatican under presi Dent Reagan s belief that the importance of the ties outweighed protestant opposition. 20 years ago Jan. 11,1974 Secretary of state Henry a. Kissinger warned the nations of the world against unrestricted Competition to obtain Oil supplies declaring that no single nation can solve the problem by it 30 years ago Jan. 11,1964 at least three . Soldiers were killed and 49 injured in an outbreak of Savage Street fighting triggered by the display of an american Flag at a . School in Panama City. 40 years ago Jan. 11,1954 blizzards with Hurricane Force winds whipped Continental Europe snarling traffic and sinking two ships in the Baltic sea with a probable toss of 21 lives. 50 years ago Jan. 11,1944 the Date for the allies invasion of Europe was set. Undersecretary of the Navy James v. Forrestal said in Washington As the War department named maj. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith As Gen. Dwight d. Eisenhower s chief of staff. World War ii 50 years ago today Jan. 11 1.9.4.4 president Roosevelt asks Congress for a National service Law to bar damaging strikes and to mobilize the whole adult work Force for War work. Italian dictator Benito Mussolini executes five former fascist leaders convicted of overthrowing him including marshal de Bono and count Galeazzo Ciano Mussolini s son in Law. American forces put the Airfield at Saidor new Guinea into operation. Source 2194 Days of War. W. H. Smith publishers inc. World almanac Book of world War it Bison books corp., 1981 a the Only reason cited by Halperin for withdrawing was the change of command at the Pentagon with the resignation of defense Secretary Les Aspin and the naming of retired adm. Bobby Ray Inman to succeed him. Halperin s nomination to the newly created Post of assistant Secretary of de sense for democracy and peacekeeping ran into trouble with conservatives on the Senate armed services committee be cause of his opposition to the Vietnam War criticism of . Spying operations and activism in civil liberties issues. Plug pulled on distribution of night trap video game Redwood City Calif. A faced with growing scrutiny Over video game violence Sega of America inc. Will Stop distributing a game that challenges players to save scantily Clad women from a gang of hooded killers. The company said it will pull the compact disc version of night trap from the Market re edit it and re lease a new version when an Industry wide ratings system is in place. The perception of the game became different from what we had intended Sega spokesman Richard Brudvik Linder said monday. Our intention was to Lampoon and create a parody of a Grade horror movies. I think that s not the Way people took in night trap the player tries to thwart the Black hooded killers who Are intent on capturing sorority women. When the women Are captured the kill ers Drill through their necks and Drain their blood. Products already on store shelves won t be recalled though retailers can return them for refund. Kay Bee toy stores and toys a us decided to pull night trap from their shelves last month. Another Bank collapses All 18 stories of the first hawaiian Bank Tower crumble As the building is demolished by explosives sunday in downtown Honolulu. The demolition makes Way for the 30-Story first hawaiian Center. ,-.-. Snafu on abortion directive reportedly angered Clinton by the new York times Washington the administration s plan to require medicaid coverage of abortions in cases of rape or incest was disclosed before anyone had told presi Dent Clinton of the order and he was furious at its premature disclosure administration officials said sunday. After he was briefed on the policy Clinton raised no objections they said. On dec. 28, three Days after disclosure of the plan the department of health and human services sent letters to officials in All states saying their medicaid programs must finance abortions for Low income women in cases of rape or incest. Time Magazine reported this week that Clinton said he was shocked to learn of the directive. In an interview last week time reported that Clinton declared there was no decision by me. It never came to the Oval office. I m going to find out what happened Why it happened and then Well health and human services officials insisted that they had sent a draft of their directive to the White House left it was disclosed. But White House officials evidently did not take notice of it. In any event medicaid officials said they had no discretion in the matter. Under an appropriations Bill passed by Congress and signed by Clinton in octo Ber they said Federal Money is available for abortions in cases of rape or incest and states must contribute to the Cost of the procedure in such cases. Federal health officials said the presi Dent was not angry about the Content of the directive but was distressed Over the Way it had been disclosed. Health and human services Secretary Donna e. Shalala said i was As angry As the president. We All hate leaks. The problem was the at various times last year administration officials said they wanted to give states flexibility and discretion to cover abortion or to not cover it As the states saw fit. Government lawyers said the new Law does not allow such flexibility. State medicaid officials echoing Clin ton s complaint said they were not consulted on the directive. And some state officials asserted that the administration had misinterpreted the appropriations Law an assertion rejected by government lawyers. Clinton Deal defended by so figure. Little Rock Ark. A a for Mer partner in an Arkansas real estate venture is defending president Clinton and his wife in face of controversy Over their investment in the company. James Mcdougal who owned an a Kansas Thrift that failed in the 1980s and was a partner with the Clinton in the Whitewater development corp., said they in no Way benefited from his so business dealings. But Mcdougal said he believes the Clinton May have lost far less on the Whitewater venture than the $68,900 the presidential Campaign claimed in 1992. Mcdougal defended the president and first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton in an interview As demands mounted for a special prosecutor to take Over the Justice depart ment s investigation of the Thrift and any possible dealings with Whitewater. Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan d n.y., said sunday that the president can put the matter behind him with the appointment of a special prosecutor. Republicans in Congress have made similar demands accusing the Justice department of trying to manage the investigation. Vice president Al Gore said those repeated requests were politically motivated. The career prosecutor heading the investigation is a Republican incidentally who came in to the Justice department in the Nixon and Ford administrations Gore said sunday on lbs face the nation. Federal officials Are reportedly trying to determine if Mcdougal illegally put Money from the failed Madison guaranty sayings and loan into a Clinton gubernatorial Campaign in 1984 and 85 or used any of it illegally to pay debts of prominent people including the Clinton. The president s Whitewater records Are being turned Over to the Justice department the White House said. Mcdougal and his attorney Sam Heuer denied there was any big mys Tery about Why a Whitewater file was found in the office of Deputy White House counsel Vincent a Foster or. After Foster s suicide last summer. Foster handled the signing of the con tract by which the Clinton interest in Whitewater was transferred for $1,000 to Mcdougal in december 1992, after Clin ton resigned As governor but before he was sworn in As president Heuer said. After Foster committed suicide in july the Whitewater records in his office were Given to the Clinton attorney. 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