European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 15, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes saturday january 15,1994 i at a glance thirteen year old Mandy and about 10,000 other people have demonstrated in the Eastern Ger Man City of hade to protest an at tack in which Neo nazis carved a Swastika on a teen Ager who uses a wheelchair. See Story on Page 9. Reagan gives up attorneys for former president Reagan say he s ending his Legal fight to suppress parts of a report on the Iran Contra scandal. Pages drug fighter picked new York state s police superintendent has been chosen to Lead the . Drug enforcement administration pages mistrial declared Erik Menendez s trial on charges of slaying his Rich parents has ended in a Hung jury. Page Yeltsin foe wins a hard line opponent of president Boris n. Yeltsin has been elected speaker of the lower House of rus Sia s parliament. Page 9 High tech hits jobs get corp. Plans to Cut 17,000 jobs because emerging technology will allow customers to do such things As get a phone fixed without having to wait for a repair worker. Page 14 Index Abby Ann Landers. 21 classifieds. 22-24 comics. 18-19,21 commentary .13 crossword .21 faces n places. 20 focus 15-17 Horoscope. 24 Jumble 24 letters 12 Money matters 14 sports 27-32 to listings 31 weather 11 War from Page 1 de by the .. Central command and provided by the air Force would not have been sufficient to handle the Large number of predicted casualties the Gao concluded. Further even though the units had to treat fewer casualties than were predicted the units still experienced difficulty accomplishing their  the study covered air Force medical operations in the Gulf War Region As Well As staff in Europe deployed to help in medical evacuation operations. These Are among the key findings of the Gao report while 28 aircraft were needed to meet anticipated demand for ferrying wounded to hospitals in Europe the the Ater commander would commit no More than 15 because of other demands. Medical kits for treating patients in flight would have run out in two Days if casualties had reached anticipated Levels. Medical Supply packs used during the War were not updated so that Inmany instances intravenous fluids and sterile and pharmaceutical items had expired before they were needed staffers in one unidentified unit used expired intravenous fluid because they were told it was  medical laboratories experienced Simi Lar problems including supplies that included chemicals dating Back to the 1950s. A Ray film in Many cases did not fit the a Ray machines used in hospitals. One Hospital spent $1.5 million buying supplies locally that should have Bee provided by the military. Reserve nurses who had been work ing in administrative jobs and had no maintained their proficiency As nurses were nevertheless assigned to nurse the wounded. Communications Between the air Force and other services on medical mat ters was complicated by such problems As incompatible computer systems and ambulance radios that lacked the Range to reach into Battle zones. Communications problems resulted in 43 percent of the patients arriving at the wrong airports and being rerouted to appropriate medical facilities the report stated. The Gao study was commissioned by rep. Ike Skelton d-mo., chairman of the House armed services subcommittee nonmilitary forces and personnel. From Page 1 in the men s House said she knows such a Radical move is not going to happen tomorrow in an institution As tradition minded As the military. I know that that s going to take some time. It s Tough to move an animal this big with this much history and this much institutional tradition said Barkalow who now works at the Pentagon. Aspin gave the services until May 1 to review All positions now closed to women with an Eye toward opening As Many As possible. However in a statement released late thursday the army s uniformed and civilian leaders announced that they will open a variety of jobs to female troops immediately. Secretary of the army Togo West or. And chief of staff Gen. Gordon r. Sulli Van said they will open the following units to women without further study Man Euver brigade Headquarters. Division military police companies. Reconnaissance and smoke platoons in chemical companies. Mechanized smoke companies. Forward maintenance support teams in division Forward support battalions. Engineer companies equipped for medium girder Bridges and assault float Bridges. Collection and jamming companies in military intelligence battalions. Ceremonial units in Washington such As the old  the move will open about 7,000 positions in the Active duty Force 1,000 in the army Reserve and 10,000 in the army National guard. This decision when added to others that have been made Over the past three years has increased the Active Compo nent positions open to women from 60 percent to 67 percent West and Sulli Van said in their statement. Other areas Aspin had asked the serv ices to consider opening to women will be studied. Those areas include air defense Artil Lery multiple launch rocket system or Mars and Field artillery units. Aspin said his feeling is that some air defense artillery jobs May open to women but the Mars and Field artillery communities Are Likely to remain closed. The new definition of direct combat states that women May not serve in units that engage an 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 be present to prevent the assignment of women to a particular unit. Leaders from Pagel Tough economic reforms despite unrest Over the hardships they be caused. Clinton said the lives of russians should improve this year As the benefits will begin to flow from expanded Trade. I come Here As a Friend and a part Ner said Clinton who has Lent unflinching support to Yeltsin through political turmoil in the former soviet Union. Trying to spread the gospel of economic and democratic reforms Clinton also spoke to russians in a nationally Tele Vised speech and fielded questions from a studio audience and Call in viewers. The old system failed before. That i Why you Are in the present period of transition Clinton said speaking from the Bullet scarred Osta Kino to Center. The Center was the site of an oct. 3 show Down when anti reformist forces sought to take Over the Central broadcasting facility. If you attempt to reimpose it i would fail you again. This is a crossroad and a difficult one but the younger generation of russians will look Back on this time with either gratitude or regret Clinton told the town half style meeting. He urged rus sians to train their eyes on future oriented solutions rather than looking to the past. The arms accords and agreements on Trade human rights and curbs on weapons proliferation completed the main business portion of Clinton s three Day stay in Snow blanketed Moscow. First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton and 13-year-old Chelsea landed in Moscow on Friday morning to join the president. Yeltsin offered to have his grandchildren take Chelsea to the famed Moscow Cir Cus. ,. Accepting the ultimate in russian hospitality the president and his family were to sleep overnight within the ancient for Tress Walls of the Kremlin. Clinton is the first american Leader to stay there since Richard Nixon. Attack from Page 1 Mil assault a state charge and unlawful flight a Federal charge. He s a paramilitary sort of Guy who is familiar with weapons Gori said. Gori had described slant As armed and dangerous and said he was believed to pos sess a Shotgun and a 9 my semiautomatic pistol. Gori said the Fri was not searching for any other suspects in the Case but said we have some leads and Are Pur suing  Portland assistant District attorney Norm Frink did not respond when asked if More arrest warrants were expected. Bodyguard Shawn Eric Eckardt 26,and Derrick Brian Smith 29, were arrested thursday night and charged with conspiracy to commit assault in last week s attack on Kerrigan in Detroit. The charge is a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a $100,000 Fine. Meanwhile indictments unsealed Fri Day said Stant Eckardt and Smith conspired in late december in Portland to unlawfully and intentionally cause phys ical injury to Nancy Kerrigan by Means of a dangerous weapon by striking Nancy Kerrigan in the leg with the dangerous weapon District attorney Michael Schrunk declined to comment on the roles each of the men played in the attack nor would he answer any other questions from re porters including whether More warrants Are expected. Radio station Kex am in Portland reported that slant was Smith s Nephew. The oregonian newspaper said Stant is accused of being the hit Man in the at tack on Kerrigan. Stant checked into a suburban Detroit Motel on Jan. 4 and remained there until Jan. 7, the Day after the attack investigators said in a report in Friday s Detroit news. Smith is believed to have stayed in the same Motel the investigators said. Kerrigan was forced to withdraw from the . Figure skating championships after she was struck above the knee by a Man wielding a club but she was named to the olympic team anyway along with Harding who won the championships. There was no indication that Harding was involved in planning the attack authorities said disputing a report by bos ton to station a cab that a sealed War rant contained her name. Eckardt handcuffed and wearing Agreen jacket and Blue jeans was brought to the jail in an unmarked official car. It was t the 350-Pound bodyguard s first Brush with the Law. He pleaded no con test in 1988 to a charge of soliciting prostitution. Smith also handcuffed was booked half an hour later. Blue leaned and poker faced he like Eckardt. Ignored questions shouted from a group of about 25 reporters. Smith moved from Portland to Phoenix about five months ago authorities said. Fox news quoted unidentified Law enforcement officials As saying Smith acted As the getaway Driver in the attack. It. Jim Turney of the mul Tomah county sheriffs department said he could no confirm that report