European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 19, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes vol. .52, no. 276 500 wednesday january 19,1994 d 8693 a Inman Steps aside As defense nominee Surprise withdrawal blamed on harsh criticism Bobby Ray Inman Washington a retired adm. Bobby Ray Inman withdrew tues Day As president Clinton s nominee for defense Secretary blaming modern mccarthyism in criticism of his record character and reputation. Inman s decision which caught Washington by Surprise was accepted by Clin ton. And it sent the president searching anew for a successor to defense Secre tary Les Aspin who was forced to . A k. Blames modern mccarthyism this is not a decision i reached easily but it is one i have thought through and Felt comfortable with Inman told a news conference in Austin Texas that stretched on for an hour As he accused Senate Republican Leader Robert Dole of Kansas and columnist William Safire with the new York times of plotting to undermine his nomination. -. I in a column last month Safire criticized Inman calling him Clinton s worse cab inet  the stars and stripes carried the commentary dec. 28. Inman offered no proof but in a some times rambling presentation suggested Safire had been out to get him for More than a decade because of his decision during the Reagan administration to limit Israel s Access to . Spy satellite data. Inman said that there is no Daylight Between him and Clinton on defense pol icy but that he became discouraged after Early favourable reviews of his selection see Inman on Page 2 diary cited in Soldier s beheading by Mark Kinkade staff writer Fulda Germany a jealous husband s discoveries of a diary and a Telephone message Are key ingredients in the brutal slaying last month of spec. Gregory Glover according to army and Community sources in Fulda. The 21-year-old Soldier s head less body was found on Sickels army Airfield about 5 30 . Dec. 7. The husband sgt. Stephen Schap 26, was arrested about an hour later. Authorities said the helicopter Mechanic carried Glover s head to the bedside of Schap s wife Diane at a local Hospital. Doctors at the Hospital said Schap assigned to the Lith army Cav regt at Fulda told them that he believed Glover and his wife were having an affair. Authorities with the Lith army Cav regt have kept a tight lid on information about the Case. But sources familiar with both the investigation and the people involved have shed some Light on the events that preceded Glover s death. Many in the Community who knew Glover said the Soldier was not having an. Affair with the woman. Friends and co workers see diary on Page 4 a big Rig a motor Home and other vehicles sit stranded atop a broken Section of route 14, North of los Angeles. Grim reality settles on la. Los Angeles a the Earth quake death toll Rose to 34 on tuesday with the discovery of another body in a crushed apartment building. Many people struggling to get by with no Power or water stayed Home making the morning commute Light except on de Tours around crippled freeways. Thousands were left homeless by Mon Day s quake which measured 6.6 on the More stories photos on pages 1012 Richter scale and was entered in the sprawling densely populated san Fer Nando Valley 20 Miles Northwest of downtown los Angeles. State authorities said about 4,000 peo ple spent the night in emergency shelters. Fast food restaurants in hard hit areas were jammed with people. Giant chunks of the Region s vital free ways Lay smashed foretelling months or years of traffic snarls in a City that lives in its cars. Many commuters heeded officials advice to stay Home if they could. Traffic moved quickly tuesday morning from the see reality on Page 2 Complete program of the Winter olympics in Norway see Page 34 wintertime depression see Page 17