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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 19, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes wednesday january 19,1994 at a glance Charles and Rosie Gore Check out the record 19 inches of Snow that buried Louisville ky., on monday. They were far from the Only ones to feel the freeze. Sec Story on Page 8. Woman beats Citadel chief Justice William h. Rehnquist has cleared the Way for Shannon Faulkner to become the first woman to attend Day classes at the Citadel. Page 4 threat reported a psychiatrist says Lorena Bobbin reported Only Days before she Cut off her husband s Penis that he had threatened her. Page s Boycott makes gains Cincinnati has lost two conventions since residents voted to repeal an anti discrimination Law for homosexuals. Page6 soviets got pos several dozen american service members were taken to the soviet Union from korean War battlefields in a Kremlin intelligence operation a study concludes. Page Mission questioned the departing commander of . Forces in Somalia says the operation May never be Able to leave the Afri can nation with a lasting peace. Page 9 wind rules protested Mobile Home makers say new fed eral wind standards will blow away Many people s Chance of affording a Home. Page 16 Index Abby Ann Landers. 24 classifieds. 25-27 comics 22-24 commentary. 15 crossword. 24 faces n places. 21 focus 17-20 Horoscope 27 Jumble 27 letters 14 Money matters 16 sports 29-36 tvs tongs 35 weather 13 reformer reportedly quits As russian stance hardens Moscow a finance minister Boris Feodorov reportedly resigned tuesday the second major reformer to step Down amid signs that president Boris n. Yeltsin is backing away from Radical economic change. In another signal that Yeltsin is alter ing course foreign minister Andrei v. Kozarev said Russia needs to maintain a military presence in the Baltic states and the other former soviet republics to protect russian interests. Both developments appear to be in response to the Strong showing of communists and Ultra nationalists in december s elections. The Ruble tumbled to a record Low tuesday amid uncertainty Over the shape of Russia s economic future. Deputy prime minister Yegor t. Gai Dar architect of Russia s free Market re forms and the favorite target of hard liners quit sunday warning that recent government decisions had put the course of economic reforms in danger. Prime minister Viktor Chernomyrdin was expected to announce his new cab inet on tuesday after meeting with Yeltsin. Feodorov s departure which had been expected after Gaidar s announcement was reported by the itar Tass news Agency  radio station Echo Mosk by. The reports could not immediately be confirmed. Olga Leonova Feodorov s press Secre tary told the associated press that Feodorov had rejected an offer of a ministerial Post in the new Cabinet saying he wanted to remain a Deputy prime min ister As Well. Leonova said she could not confirm whether her Boss had quit. Feodorov s personal Secretary Valery Volga Rev said he would have no com ment so far on the report. A Yeltsin spokesman also declined comment. Feodorov 35, an advocate of fiscal and monetary restraint said earlier that he would remain in the Cabinet Only if two conservatives including the chairman of the Central Bank were replaced. Itar Tass and Echo moskva said the prime minister had rejected those de mands. Yeltsin who last week told president Clinton that Russia s reforms would continue accepted Gaidar s resignation monday. In comments tuesday to russian ambassadors to the Baltic and the other former soviet republics Kozarev said russian troops must re Nain on what has become foreign soil to prevent a Security  we should not withdraw from those regions which have been the sphere of russian interests for centuries and we should not fear these words about the military presence he said. A Security vacuum will emerge As soon As russian troops withdraw from former soviet territory and that vacuum will be inevitably filled in by forces which Are often not Friendly and in Many cases hostile to russian interests Kozy Rev said. His comments were especially Surpris ing because of their source. He is consid ered a pro Western reformer opposed to the angry nationalist rhetoric of such politicians As Vladimir v. A Mirinovsky. In Man from Page 1 lican criticism of Clinton s investment in a controversial Arkansas land development. In a column last month Safire criticized Inman calling him Clinton s worst cab inet  the stars and stripes carried the commentary dec. 28, Inman said his disagreements with Safire dated Back to his Reagan administration work As Deputy director of Central Intelli gence when he decided to limit Israel s a Cess to . Spy satellite photographs. In a sometimes rambling explanation of his decision Inman said his nomination was covered fairly by the daily newspaper and television journalists. But he said he was concerned in this new Era of modern mccarthyism with the columnist who is afforded the pages of the newspaper and the syndication and the talks shows to carry on attacks with no one  Inman said however that he himself had decided not to respond to Many of the criticisms. I be already Given 30 years of service to my country Inman said. I am simply not prepared to pay the current Cost of Public service in distortion of my  yet Inman said he was confident he would have been confirmed easily possibly by a unanimous vote he said he wrote his resignation letter Jan. 8 but did not deliver it to the White House until Friday. Inman also said my family was not enthusiastic about my return to Public serv  ,. Y. He said his wife had specifically asked him to Promise that a former Domestic worker would not be embarrassed because the inmans had not paid required social Security taxes an Issue that came to Light shortly after Clinton announced the Nomi nation t Inman said he recently paid Back social Security taxes even though he believed he was not required by Law to do so and planned to hire a lawyer to help the former employee resolve any outstanding tax is sues. During a question and answer session Inman said he has resisted pressure to withdraw from the All male Bohemian club because he did not want his membership to become a litmus test on my support for women or women s  Dole in South Carolina for a speech was not immediately available for comment. His spokesman Clarkson Hine said he did not know Why Inman singled out the minority Leader for criticism. All senator Dole said was that Admiral Inman would receive Tough questioning just like any other nominee Hine said. Last month when Clinton chose Inman Dole hailed Inman As a very Good person for the Job but criticized Clinton for try ing to make big big defense  sen. Strom Thurmond , ranking minority member of the Senate armed services committee said he was not aware of any criticism of Inman by Dole. Capitol Hill had widely praised Clinton s Choice of Inman to succeed Aspin. Clinton announced his Choice dec. 16. Aspin had said he would stay on until a successor was confirmed. Inman s confirmation hearings were scheduled to begin next week in the Senate. Reality from Page 1 commuter train from Fontana to reach her medical office Job about 40 Miles away. I was kind of leery about using the freeway today. Because of the quake she said after stepping off the train at Union station downtown. Hundreds of aftershocks rolled through after the quake hit at 4 31 . Monday including one at 3 33 . Mon Day measuring 5.3. The aftershocks were diminishing in intensity tuesday said Cal tech seismologist Reily Geary with one at 1 40 . Measuring 3.6. The lingering threat kept Many people from returning to their Homes overnight especially in Northridge the neighbor Hood at the quake s epicentre. We could sleep in the apartment to night but we re not taking the risk said Juan Magallanes who drove his Van onto the baseball Diamond at Reseda Park in Northridge. This is the worst Day of my  the state emergency Agency sent about 300 search and Rescue teams to find people dead or alive in the rubble. The teams were equipped with High tech listening de vices and cameras that can be lowered into crevices. Crews on tuesday continued searching a Northridge apartment House that yielded 15 bodies on monday. The two top floors of the three Story  smashed the ground floor Flat. There were no reports of anyone from the building missing. All the bodies we found were in bed. They did t have a Chance to Wake up City firefighter John Hanson said. A dusk to Dawn curfew was in effect As police and the National guard patrolled to prevent looting. About 75 people were arrested in the first 24 hours for earthquake related crimes said officer Don Cox a police spokesman who said the scene was largely very  we were prepared for a whole lot but we did t get it Cox said. The California National guard said that by tuesday it had mobilized More than 2,000 soldiers Many awaiting orders at a Mories. V at least 500,000 Homes remained with out Power and at least 200,000 had no water. Phone lines worked on and off. Without Power Many filling stations were closed and Cash machines did t work. Officials said most Power should be re stored tuesday. But water remained a big Ger question because of damage to key pipelines and aqueducts. Residents in some areas were advised to boil water in Case of contamination. The quake was Felt from san Diego 125 Miles to the South to Las vegas 275 Miles to the Northeast. But it still was t the big one expected to strike the san Andreas fault in the desert to the East. Downtown skyscrapers were barely damaged and Busy tourist spots such As Disneyland and uni Versal studios were untouched. But in the Valley the ruins of More than 40 houses soldered from  started by Gas or Oil main ruptures. Dozens of More houses crumbled after the first Jolt. The freeways alone could Cost hundreds of millions to rebuild. And gov. Pete Wil son said it could take a year to repair some vital roads. You Don t want to Rush and risk it fall ing again he said. President Clinton declared Southern California a disaster area opening the Way for Federal Relief and sent Federal Emer gency management Agency chief James Lee Witt to California  
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