European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 17, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes . Monday january 17,1994 Aspin seeking Post on Dod commission " a a ? ". By the new York times Washington departing de sense Secretary Les Aspin May be staying on the Pentagon payroll after All. Aspin has told his designated Succes Sor Bobby Ray Inman that he would like to serve on a High level Pentagon com Mission that will study How to reduce duplication in the roles and missions of the armed forces branches perhaps even As the panel s chairman. Congress created the panel when it approved the military budget last year Inman will not appoint members of the commission until the Senate acts on his nomination later this month. But Inman s associates say he is intrigued by the idea of appointing Aspin to study one of the most vexing problems facing the military. Aspin submitted his resignation last month citing personal  but apparently he and president Clinton had discussed the resignation for Sev eral Days or weeks before his announcement. Meanwhile Clin ton was quietly searching for a re placement. That Aspin would express in Terest in serving on an advisory panel Aspin that must go hat in hand to Inman for staff and travel allowances has dumb founded Many military and civilian Pentagon officials. You mean Aspin the outgoing Secre tary of defense said one retired three Star general. I suppose that s a possibility if he enjoys reporting Back to the Guy who replaced  some Pentagon officials also expressed amazement that Aspin could be put on a panel to reorganize the military especially when they say his own disorganization and indecision apparently contributed to his ouster. Cornajs Jpn members will be paid on a daily basis earning up to $108,200 a year if  full time. As defense Secre tary Aspin s annual salary is $148,400. Even Aspin s biggest supporters acknowledged that in leaving the elevated world of defense Secretary with chauffeured limousines meetings with world leaders and control Over 1.7 million troops for what would amount  consultant s Job in his old office would be a bit unorthodox. Of course it s a comedown but it also makes some sense said a longtime Friend of Aspin s. Close associates say Aspin would bring Broad intellectual and analytical skills to a knotty subject that he is familiar with and eager to  s a Little weird that he d want to do it but Les is an ideas Man who never met a series of options he did t like said one Long time associate. He d be Superb at  Aspin has hailed As one of his proudest accomplishments the Long term review of the military s War fighting strategy that the Pentagon conducted last year. Producing a High level report to streamline the military would be similarly attractive aides said. Aspin is mulling Over an array of Job prospects once he leaves the Pentagon. If he takes a seat on the commission it probably would be a part time position allowing him the Freedom to pursue other interests. In the stars and stripes 10 years ago Jan. 17,1984 the veterans administration will not support a pro posed Law sanctioning a nationwide commercial network of centers that would sell human hearts and other organs a spokesman said. 20 years ago Jan. 17,1974 . District court judge John j. Sirica said he might refer to a Federal grand jury the controversy Over How a crucial watergate conversation was erased from one of president Nixon s tape recordings. 30 years ago Jan. 17,1964 astronaut John h. Glenn or. Resigned from the space program presumably to seek election to the . Senate from his native Ohio. \. 40 years ago Jan. 17,1954 Berlin Germany commandants resumed negotiations suspended for two Days to select Sites for the big four foreign ministers conference scheduled for Jan. 25. 50 years ago Jan. 1.7,1944 Gen. Dwight d. Eisenhower who commanded the triumphant Allied forces in North Africa and the Mediterranean arrived in England to take on his greatest Challenge directing an attack on Adolf Hitler s Western european for Tress. 50 years ago today Jan. 17 19�4 4 Australia begins rationing meat for civilians. Three British divisions attack German troops along the Garigliano River on the Western end of the italian front getting across along the coastal strip but being repulsed near Sant ambrogio. Soviet forces capture Slawuta in Western Ukraine and Advance toward Rovno. Source 2194 Days of War. W. H. Smith publishers inc. World almanac Book of world War it. Bison books corp., 1981 a gun owners wait at the Union Temple Baptist Church in Washington ., on saturday to turn in their firearms for $100 each. Guns for Cash Swap in  A hit More than 3,600 weapons exchanged in Boxer Riddick Bowe s offer Washington a from teen agers to grandmothers gun owners waited in single digit temperatures sat urday to accept Boxer Riddick Bowe s offer of $100 Cash for each firearm. By 11 p.m., Bowe manager Rock new Man said More than 3,600 guns were exchanged for Cash at Washington s Union Temple Baptist Church. An elated Newman said the $360,000 expense to him and the former heavy weight Champion was Well Worth  there were 13-year-Olds to 87-year Olds Newman said. It was a magnificent  the guns ranged from .357 magnums to rifles and sawed off shotguns. The Exchange far exceeded the 265 weapons exchanged a week ago for merchandise offered by Washington merchants. Bowe and Newman announced late Friday that they would limit the Exchange to three guns per person and put a ceiling of $100,000 on total payments. Once the Exchange began however they decided they would pay anyone who appeared up to the Midnight deadline. By about 5 p.m., with their initial Cash Supply gone they were writing checks. The image and the perception of hav ing a gun is changing from it being hip and Slick to be carrying a gun to turning it in being the right thing and that perception is monumental Newman said saturday. Mayor Sharon Pratt Kelly said the turnout was a sign of financial problems among Washington residents. There s a lot of pain a lot of economic anguish in the Community and i think that s one reason so Many folks Are com ing Here today Kelly said. Owe said he was influenced by the killing of a Washington policeman Jan. 6 when the officer tried to Stop a Man for questioning. I thought about the cop that was killed two weeks ago and i said to my self Why just imagine if that was my gun cause i had a 10 millimetre that i turned in. I just thought i should do something Bowe said. Reno offers support for woman in Citadel fight of of a t w t % t a t it it / a \ rtt i Columbia . A the woman who wants to become the first female to join the Citadel s All male ranks said she got a Telephone Call from attorney general Janet Reno offering her per Sonal support. Reno telephoned Shannon Faulkner on Friday afternoon at the Home of her parents Faulkner said saturday. The Justice department has already backed Faulkner s attempts to join the state supported military Academy s corps of cadets. She said she was trying everything to help me out in getting in to the school Faulkner said. To have a work fun that i was just watching on the news. And she is the first female attorney general to have her Call me. It was Only a minute but that s a min Ute in my life that i la always  she arrived on the Charleston Campus to Register for classes wednesday armed with . District court judge c. Weston Houck s ruling that she could attend Day. Classes with the corps of cadets while her Case was argued. But before the Day was out . Chief Justice William h. Rehnquist granted the school s request to Block that order