European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 14, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes Friday january 14,1994 at a glance Aspin from Page 1 a member of the Caribbean stranding network holds the Oil encrusted carcass of a fish caught in last week s spill in puerto Rico. On thursday new Oil leaked into the sea. See Story on Page 7. Hubble working Nasa has pronounced the Hubble Telescope As fixed. Pages Citadel backed the Citadel has temporarily won a fight to keep a woman out of the Mili tary College. Page6 Wilder won t run Virginia gov. L. Douglas Wilder will not Challenge his rival Charles s. Robb in a . Senate race. Page 8 ism shoots to top for the first time since 1985, an american company ism ranks first in inventiveness. Page 18 Index Abby Ann Landers. 26 classifieds. 27-30 comics. 24-26 commentary. 17 crossword. 26 faces v places. 14 Horoscope. 29 Jumble 29 letters. 16 Money matters. 18 sports 32-40 to listings. 39 weather. 15 corrections of articles on tuesday and wednesday in correctly listed the first name of an airman found dead in Aviano Italy. He was air Man 1st class Jess . Enemy on the ground with weapons Are exposed to hostile fire and have a High probability of direct physical Contact with hostile troops. Aspin said All three factors must represent to prevent the assignment of women to a particular  the new policy women will still be barred from ground combat  combat support units will no longer be closed to women simply because they Are considered dangerous As was the Case under the risk Rule he  example a truck company that supports an infantry element May have been closed to women in the past be cause the risk Rule calculated that the danger of serving in that company was a great As serving in the infantry element itself he  the new policy women theoretically will not be barred from serving i that truck company solely because it sup ports an infantry , the services will still be Al Lowed to bar women from serving in com Bat support units that Are co located with ground combat elements for extended periods. Aspin estimated that the new policy has the potential to open 10,000 to 15,000 because of a reporting error the Sta Sand stripes on thursday gave an incorrect rank for an airman convicted in a court martial in Aviano a Italy. William l. Sharkey was reduced to airman e-2. Because of an editing error an article thursday incorrectly identified two Mili tary communities competing for army Community of excellence awards. The communities Are Kitzinger and Hanau in Germany. Jobs in a variety of areas now closed to women although details will not be known for several  the areas he said Are Likely to open to women Are Man Euver brigade Headquarters divisional Forward support battalions ceremonial units Engineer companies military intelligence units and divisional military police companies. Other areas that Aspin had asked the services to consider opening to women such As air defense artillery and multiple launch a pocket system and other Field Artill fyr units pose More of a problem he said. Some jobs in air defense artillery units May be opened but women will probably continue to be shut out of Mars and Field artillery units he  new policy drafted by the services under the direction of Edwin Dorn assistant Secretary of defense for personnel and readiness will not take effect until oct. 1 so that the defense department has time to Brief Congress on its  announcing the new policy Aspin stopped Short of giving the services specific instructions on which combat sup port jobs they should consider  is now up to the services to use this policy As guidance to determine which positions will be opened to everyone he  services have until May 1 to apply the new policy to All positions now closed to women and report to Dorn on which jobs will remain closed. They must provide detailed justification for those decisions Dorn said. Recent news reports have painted the army and Marine corps As putting up stiff behind the scenes opposition to broadening the role of female troops but Aspin and Dorn took pains to present a. Unified front. The services Are fully on Board wit this memo As it is worded Dorn said. Aspin has made the Issue of expanding opportunities for women one of the High profile items of his Brief stewardship at the Pentagon. Over the past year women have begun training As combat pilots in All service Sand the Navy is moving briskly ahead with plans to assign women to combat ships within the next few months. The push to open More military skills to women got a big boost during the per Sian Gulf War which showed that therein t a Clear Cut front and rear on to Day s fast moving High tech Battlefield. Female troops served throughout the theater in a variety of roles that put them at great risk. Aspin acknowledged As much when he announced the lifting of the combat aviation ban last Spring saying we know from operation desert storm that women stand up to the most demanding  Yeltsin fro Paget Reform but also prepared to accelerate it Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen said at a news conference with Christopher. President Yeltsin emphasized there Isno turning Back from lighting inflation and continuing to privatize Bentse said noting that russian inflation had dropped from 30 percent to 12 percent month last year. Opening three Days of talks Yeltsin and Clinton strode from opposite ends of the vast Hall of St. George in the Krem Lin meeting in the Center of the gleaming White and Gold room for a warm han4-shake. They were ending the Day with a Pri vate dinner at Yeltsin s country Home outside Moscow. The missile targeting Issue was to be discussed then an administration official said. Clinton hoping to steel Yeltsin against rising opposition to his economic and political reforms  russian president deserves our  at a reception he gave for artists writ ers and other opinion leaders Clinton noted Russia s dramatic changes but also took aim at the country s Ultra nationals tic rumblings. He  oldest of society s demons plague us  he urged Devotion to democracy to certain Freedom in our economic affairs and to a respect for one another s  Clinton also went sightseeing thursday in Moscow visiting a rebuilt russian orthodox Church chatting with workers in a Market and strolling through red Square. In the Church Clinton went to an altar for lost loved ones lighted a Candle and prayed for his Mother who died last week. From parliament Ultra nationalist Vladimir v. A Mirinovsky a Leader of Yeltsin s foes sniped at the Summit. It s nothing Good from or. Clinton to Russia nothing for Russia a Mirinovsky said. Only promises promises Well give you Money Money where where is this Money Well give you technology whereas this help we need no help from the United states and the West. We Are a very Rich country very Strong very  a Mirinovsky was not invited to Clinton s reception for writers cultural leaders and politicians. Christopher said a Mirinovsky s views do not make him fit for a meeting involving the president of the United  attack from Page 1 been  he did not specify How Many warrants were allegedly issued. Meanwhile in Oregon  sheriffs spokesman Bart Whalen said state conspiracy charges would be filed thursday against an unspecified number of people. Arrests will be carried out possibly a Early As this afternoon if we re Able to do that Whalen said. He refused to Nam who will be arrested saying arrest War rants May not have been issued yet. In Detroit Naploeon said a woman from out of state called the police department saturday and insisted on speak ing with him. She indicated to me that she heard conversation regarding the planned As Sault on Nancy Kerrigan several month Sago Napoleon said. She put it off As somebody talking. Once the assault occurred she became frightened. She wanted to make sure the people responsible were  Napoleon  woman identified about four people and he passed it along to the Fri. The woman said she hear the tape of the conversation a few months ago in the presence of somebody who was present at the conversation and discussed it with her. I am not going to indicate who she implicated to me he said. He said har Ding was not implicated in his Conversa Tion with the woman. Authorities had said there was no Indi cation that Harding helped plan the at tack or had any knowledge of it Accord ing to the oregonian newspaper i Portland and Abc. She and Gillooly were divorced aug. 28, according to papers on file with the court in Columbia county. They have reconciled and live to Gether. The investigation spread to three states As authorities in Oregon Michigan and Arizona pieced together the Story of the attack which was apparently aimed at wrecking Kerrigan s Chance to com Pete in last week s . Figure skating championships the qualifying trials forthe olympics next month in Lillehammer Norway. The scheme allegedly involved Eck Ardt Gillooly an Eckardt acquaintance in Phoenix and a Portland Man who hit Kerrigan for $100,000, the oregonian reported. Abc quoted sources As saying that after Therrien met in Portland the hit Man went to Boston where Kerriga lives and trains. It was there the investigators believe he planned to attack Kerri Gan but bad weather somehow fouled the attempt Abc said. Later in Detroit a Man brandishing club struck Kerrigan after a practice ses Sion at the . Championships severely bruising her right leg and forcing her to withdraw from the Competition. The at Tacker escaped after breaking the Glass out of a locked Arena door. The . Figure skating association named Kerrigan to the olympic Tea anyway along with Harding who won the . Championship two Days after the at tack. Asked by reporters wednesday if Shehad anything to do with the attack har Ding 23, said you Guys know me Bette than that. I had my Hopes for a Long time of competing against Nancy and proving i m As Good As her and  a private investigator in Portland Gary Crowe told the associated press that the Fri Learned of the alleged plot from a local minister Eugene Saunders. Crowe said Saunders came to him for advice after speaking with a Friend who played him a tape recording of men alleged to be Gillooly Eckardt and the unidentified Arizona Man discussing Kerri Gan. Crowe said Saunders told him Aman s voice on the tape asked Why Don t we just kill her the response was we Don t need to kill her. Let s just hit her in the  Crowe said Saunders Friend became worried after receiving threats from the Arizona Man because Gillooly had failed to pay $100,000 As promised. Detroit police said they had recovered Black Metal Baton believed to be the weapon. A Detroit resident found it in Atrash can behind the ice rink the Detroit free press said