European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 12, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes . Wednesday january 12,1994 Ray claims conspiracy in King killing by the associated press Memphis Tenn. The Man who confessed to killing the Rev. Martin Luther King or. Asked for Freedom monday on what he contends is new evidence of a conspiracy in the slaying of the civil rights Leader. Short of release James Earl Ray told the state criminal court in a petition that he believes he is entitled to a hear ing on his claim Ray s attorney William Pepper said such a hearing could allow the defense to question witnesses under oath review sealed government files and test the Rifle authorities say was used to shoot King in1968. It also could Lead to a state grand jury in the stars and stripes 10 years ago Jan. 12,1984 president Rea Gan sought chinese Premier Zhao Ziyang s backing for a formation conference to pacify the korean Peninsula and end the tense three decade stalemate. 20 years ago Jan. 12,1974 . Secretary of state Henry a. Kissinger arrived in Egypt for a third round of talks with president Anwar Sadat amid Hopes that a basis could soon be found for negotiating an israeli pullback from the Suez canal. 30 years ago Jan. 12,1964 heavy cigarette smoking is the principal cause of lung and Larynx cancer posing a health Hazard grave enough to re quire remedial action a Blue ribbon science panel has concluded. 40 years ago Jan. 12,1954 severe Winter storms played havoc with aviation As three f-86 Sabre jets crashed near Darmstadt Germany and a charter Jet crashed in Louisiana kill ing 12 people including 10 Busi Ness executives. 50 years ago Jan. 12,1944 a five Point pro Gram headed by enactment of a National service Law permitting total manpower mobilization by the government was recommended by president Roosevelt in his state of the Union message. World War ii 50 years ago today Jan. 12 19�44 some 650 . Bombers attack German factories at Halberstadt Braunschweig and Oche shave opening a Campaign the allies Hope will cripple the nazis air plane Industry american soldiers capture Cevaro and push toward Monte Cassino on Italy s Western front farther Inland moroccan and algerian troops attack toward Sant Elia Fiumera Pido. Source 2194 Days of War. W. H. Smith publishers inc. World almanac Book of world War ii. Bison books corp. 1981 a investigation into the slaying said Pepper who is from London. Ray a drifter and Small time criminal was arrested in London two months after King s slaying and brought to Memphis. Since his guilty plea in 1969, he has tried to recant and go to trial. Ray he is serving a 99-year sentence at a state prison in Nashville. Pepper contended that a Broad conspiracy led to King s slaying and that Ray was set up As a fall Guy. The lawyer accused state and Federal authorities of a cover  s petition also argues that Tennes see Law in 1969 did not authorize plea negotiations in first degree murder cases. Pepper told a news conference that Ray continues to argues he has for More than 24 years that he was set up by a shadowy underworld figure he knew Only As  he declined to name the people he believes were behind the alleged plot. Also at the news conference was a group of. Pastors who want a grand jury investigation or trial for Ray. Many americans particularly Blacks v. It Takeoff Hopes ballooning members of the Earth winds Hilton balloon Crew Are hoping that the fourth time is the Charm. If All goes Well hey will lift off from Reno ncv., today on a round the world trip that has already suffered three setbacks. The Crew members for the High flying excursion Are from left Michael Emich Larry Newman and Dave Melton. Are dissatisfied with the official conclusion on How King died said James Law son a los Angeles pastor who had a Church in Memphis in 1968. In the guilty plea of James Earl Ray we did not get any semblance of the reality of How Why or who assassinated or. King Lawson said. John Pierotti the state prosecutor declined comment on Ray s petition. Pierotti recently refused a request by Ray s lawyers to reopen the King investigation. King was shot As he stood on a Balcony of the Lorraine Motel while in Memphis to help organize a strike by sanitation workers. Reform asked in allocation of new hearts Dallas up men and women awaiting heart transplants will have Al most no Chance of getting new hearts in less current transplant policies Are changed a report said monday. The waiting list is growing like a Brush fire. So few hearts Are available that soon Many patients will be waiting for a heart that will never come said or. Lynne Warner Stevenson of Brigham and women s Hospital in Boston. Stevenson and colleagues at the University of California los Angeles said in the journal circulation that too Many hospitals focus Only on transplants when facing a patient with heart failure. More carefully tailored medications could help some of the patients the re searchers found. Better screening of patients to identify those most Likely to die suddenly could get transplants to those who need them most. Ideally what we would like to do is to identify people who have the highest risk of dying suddenly or becoming critically ill and give them a transplant before that happens Stevenson said. The waiting list for transplants has More than doubled in the last four years. Interior drafts plan for 50% Job Cut by the Washington Post Washington the Interior department plans to Cut its personnel staff by half next year eliminating 860 jobs As part of the Clinton administration s Effort to reduce the Federal work Force. Jay Ziegler a department spokesman confirmed monday that Interior officials had drafted the plan As part of the department s fiscal 1995 budget proposal. He cautioned that the plan has not received final approval from Interior Secre tary Bruce Babbitt and White House administration officials. The Secretary has Given us a Clear Man Date to find savings that Don t affect the Way we do business Ziegler said. ". We Are looking at everything we do asked if the proposed Cut in the personnel office was the most dramatic step the department s 1995 budget anticipates Ziegler replied people will View it that  one Interior official familiar with his department s proposal described it As an ambitious  he added there is no Way the personnel reduction can be achieved though attrition and reassignments. There will be people hitting the  the proposed Cut in the Interior personnel office is significant because it is one of first indications of How Federal agencies Are planning to Cope with the administration s promised cuts in the fed eral bureaucracy. The president has pledged to eliminate 252,000 civilian jobs during the next five years As part of a plan to reinvent  vice president Al Gore who is leading the administration s Effort has made no secret of his belief that the government has too Many personnel workers. He also has suggested that there Are too Many auditors accountants and procurement specialists in the Federal work Force. The administration has said it believes the Federal payroll can be reduced largely through attrition and Early retirements. But a number of agencies including the department of veterans affairs have successfully deferred proposed personnel cuts from the current budget. Move to limit terms in Congress getting Federal court test Seattle a initiatives limiting the number of terms members of con Gress May serve so far approved in 15 states were to get their first Federal court test tuesday in a Case challenging the Washington measure. . District judge William l. Dwyer has set aside three hours for arguments. He s expected to Issue a ruling in five weeks. At least eight attorneys will take part including two former Carter administration officials one time attorney general Griffin Bell representing organizers of initiative 573, and former White House counsel Lloyd Cutler arguing against it. The movement for term limits Bills it self As the antidote to fat cat career politicians who Are out of touch with constituents. Opponents argue that term limits can be imposed Only through an amendment to the . Constitution. A Brief filed by Cutler s firm called the limits an attempt to Trump the judgment of the founders that Only age citizenship and state Resi Dency and not other qualifications such As no incumbency should be qualifications for service in  Washington s Law limits . House members to three two year terms Over 12 years and Senate members to two six year terms Over 18 years