European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 18, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes tuesday. January 18, 1994 at a glance figure skater Nancy Kerrigan exercises her right knee As she takes to the ice for her first practice since she was injured in a Jan. 6 attack in Detroit. She skated publicly for an hour at an ice rink in her Home town of Stoneham mass. Sec Story on Page 8. In a deep freeze a storm spread nearly 2 feet of Snow on top of layers of ice across the Ohio and Tennessee valleys closing major highways and tearing Down Power lines. Pages youngsters at risk an estimated 2.2 million american children aged 12 to 17 smoke cigarettes and 9 million children under 5 live with a smoker raising their risk of health problems a report says. Pages Neo nazis convicted a German court monday convicted two Young Neo nazis of beat ing an american luge racer in an at tack that caused outrage in the United states. Pages a buyer s Market smaller Down payments and the lowest interest rates in 30 years enabled Many people previously locked out of the housing Market including s Igles. To buy their first Homes a report said. Page 14 l Index Abby Ann Landers. 21 classifieds. 22-24 comics. 18-19,21 commentary. 13 computers. 10 crossword 21 faces n places. 20 focus. ,4 15-17 Horoscope 24 Jumble 24 letters .12 Money matters. 14 sports 26-32 to listings 31 weather 11 Boutros Ghali holds Parley on nato strikes at serbs Geneva a in. Secretary general Boutros Boutros Ghali closeted himself with top aides monday to discuss invoking nato airstrikes against serbs. Islamic countries strongly endorsed the strikes. Boutros Ghali met with his advisers even As leaders from the former Yugo Slavia were gathering in Geneva for an other round of talks today aimed at Stop Ping the fighting in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Russian envoy Vitaly Churkin who like his american counterpart Charles Redman works on the sidelines of the negotiations said he was telling All the warring sides in Bosnia that the time had come to sign an agreement we Don t see any Prospect for efforts to Settle this matter militarily Churkin said. Boutros Ghali met for 45 minutes with key foreign ministers of the 5i-coun try organization of the islamic Confer ence who later issued a declaration de manding Protection of muslims in Bosnia. " . Spokeswoman Therese Gas taut described the meeting As very positive and said the Oil ministers assured Boutros Ghali of their full support for his efforts in Bosnia. The Oil statement urged nato to commence airstrikes against serbs rapidly and said further . Approval was in needed because the Security Council had already authorized the action. The Oil ministers express the Hope that unlike previous such threats this decision will be fully and expeditiously in  president. Clinton and other govern ment leaders of the North Atlantic treaty organization last week asked that . Forces urgently draw up plans to use airstrikes if necessary to open. Tula air port to humanitarian flights and to ensure rotation of . Forces in the Serbi an surrounded enclave of Srebrenick. Community work urged on King Day it s a time to help offers commission official says from wire reports Atlanta people should help the needy instead of sleeping shopping and watching to sports on the Holiday Honor ing the Rev Martin Luther King jr., advocates said monday. If. Folks Are taking the Day off and sleeping in then it s not going to help much said Alan Minton director of the Martin Luther King Federal Holiday commission in Atlanta but if you can get people to go outland do Community service then you be got a Good  the ninth annual Martin Luther King Day was marked monday in All 50 states with some cities holding rallies and parades. In Washington president Clinton is sued a Call to rebuild poor blighted neighbourhoods while creating jobs in  and towns. But Minton and other supporters say they still Are struggling for credibility for the Federal Holiday. Most companies Donot give workers the Day off. One reason for Lack of support is that some people wrongly perceive the Day As a Celebration for Blacks supporters said. There s no need for the Federal government the state government and corporations to give off a Day if it just be Longs to just one group said Minton whose commission was created to encourage Observance of the Holiday. The White Community has not embraced the Holiday As much As they Possi Bly could but they certainly Are embracing it More and More he said. One Way to increase the popularity of the Holiday is to link it to Community service and prevent it from evolving into another Day of shopping and sports on television supporters say. At a White House meeting attended by business leaders from around the country and several government officials Clinton announced the Start of the application process for the Federal empowerment zones and Enterprise communities pro Grams. Some 104 poor Urban and Rural . Communities will be chosen for the two programs. Top from Page realize that a number of other lawmakers were getting similar complaints. Every Case is a Little different of course loud said but Gener ally All the families Felt that some How the investigations were inadequate or incomplete. Somehow they were flawed in that important evidence had been overlooked or left  loud said the lawmakers saw enough of a pattern to Call for action. They want these deaths investigated again loud said. Last month the Philadelphia inquirer reported that its research disclosed 40 cases of soldiers deaths where military investigators concluded they were suicides eve though evidence indicated some of the soldiers had been killed. A number of those cases occurred at european installations. The newspaper said it checked documents in the 40 cases after being contacted by soldiers families. Self inflicted deaths Are the third leading cause of death in the military behind accidents and ill Ness according to the defense department. The 1982 starting Point for re thing to live for. So they Felt that suicide was not the True cause of death the congressional aide said. Many families he said believed their relatives were slain. Loud said he has heard theories from suicide among service members  inflicted deaths of . Military personnel from 1982 to 1993 total Nam  _ _ _. Lawmakers loud said. Congressman Pallone wanted to go Back As far As the mid-70s," loud said. The most consistent family concern he said was that the deceased showed no suicidal signs before the death. The families All said that their loved ones were Young on top of the world sex loud said the number of new investigations could be As High As 90. More families Are coming Forward it s been a snowball effect. We think the final number will be quite High he said. And there s More at stake than peace of mind for the families. In the Case of some suicides there is a loss of All veterans Bene fits including burial and headstones. In suicide cases the department of veterans affairs conducts a sanity investigation spokesman Ken Mckinnon said. If the individual is found to be sane at the time of death the death is classified As wilful misconduct and All benefits Are lost Mckinnon said. It s a lot like a line of duty investigation in the military he said referring to a probe conducted to determine whether a sickness injury or death was incurred in the line of duty. The defense department do snot conduct such investigations said a Dod spokesman it. Col. Doug Hart. The same benefits apply in a suicide As in any other death Esaid. Should the new investigations re sult in a change in the cause of death the new Law puts some requirements on the defense depart ment and separate services that Are not currently covered. In a _. 1 is piracy incompetence and cover  it won t Gle credence Tony of them at this Point for instance details on How a death sketchy said defense department p. ,1 spokeswoman Susan Hansen. No current Verall he said the general feeling is guideline exists so directions Are still mat me investigators Are simply Over Beine written " she Sai worked they Don t have the time or re to do a Complete Job. They just the guidelines must be finished wrap up a Case As quickly As Dos 15 and be implemented by the services. N cited to bin the Milf Tao and had eve Siulc so in chemo the Olp