European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 21, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes Friday january 21,1994 at a glance George p. Shultz while secretory of state considered George Bush to be a up to his ears in the Iran it Contra scandal a report shows. See Story on Page 7. Bobbitt trial Lorena Bobbitt was in control of herself when she Cut off her husbands Penis a psychologist has  Page 4 Mexico seeks pact an envoy for the mexican government has appealed for a peaceful settlement of a rebel uprising. A Page 5 wish comes True Shannon Faulkner got her birthday wish thursday As she attended her first Day of classes at the  Page 6 China oks inspection China will allow american officials to inspect five prisons they suspect of producing goods for Export Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen  Page 12 croat yugoslav Deal Croatia and Yugoslavia have signed an agreement to improve relations Page 13 . Growth found the . Economy is looking up practically everywhere except South pm California the Federal Reserve Board says. A Page 18 Index Quot Abby Ann Landers. 26 classifieds. 27-29 comics. 24-26 commentary. 17 crossword. 26 faces a no places -14 focus .19-23 Horoscope .29 Jumble .29 letters. 16 Money matters .18 sports.31-40 to listings .39 weather. 15 Nunn from Page 1. .�?1 11 11 ii i Mem a / need to move quickly to Shore up the administrations much criticized foreign policy team. Nunn considered the offer a in the interest of the nation a Blit ultimately told the White House that he could serve the country better in the Senate officials in the Pentagon said. Senate officials also said Nunn was reluctant to give up his Independence and become a subordinate to Clinton. The Job offer to Nunn was strongly supported by Thomas a a Mack Mclarty the White House chief of staff and David Gergen a senior White House adviser As Well As other White House aides administration officials said wednesday. A senior White House official said a you reach out to Sam Nunn for his expertise because he has the most knowledge of defense issues of anyone in the party.�?�. V an administration official said the White House first contacted Nunn last week even before receiving inmans letter. The official said vice president a1 Gore had been deeply involved in the process but refused to say whether it was Gore or Clinton who extended the offer to Nunn. The official refused to say exactly when the senator rebuffed the offer but indicated that it had been in recent Days. A Btl Here was More than one Contact a the official said a but the initial Contact was made last week a Ain a Brief Telephone interview from Georgia Nunn said a i done to want to talk about the defense thing. In be never been  / with Nunn the consensus Choice out of the picture the administration is re viewing five to 10 possible candidates including William j. Perry the Deputy defense Secretary and Warren b. Rudman a former Republican senator from new Hampshire. Associates of Inman said that he had recommended Perry. A senior White House official said the search process was being coordinated by Mclarty and Anthony Lake the National Security adviser. Other candidates include Norman r. Augustine chief executive of the defense contractor Martin Marietta corp., and John a. Young a retired head of Hewlett Packard co. Another White House official said that Cia director James Woolsey was not being viewed As a credible candidate. But the official said some consideration was being Given to asking Lloyd Bentsen the Treasury Secretary to move Over to the Pentagon. Safi re from Page 1 committee about defense related business dealings exploiting his spook service. Another he was rattled by the probing by More than one of us into his longtime a a source on the staff of the Senate intelligence committee helping to manipulate unsuspecting senators during inmans last six intelligence years. Conducting the Public self destruction of his reputation the embittered Admiral invoked the example of Vincent Foster a it another country boy a in inmans self pitying construct driven to self destruction not by a guilty conscience but by the mean spirited denizens of the Washington press corps. He cited a a reports a known Only to himself a of scandalous collusion in the supposed conspiracy sen. Bob Dole would Zap Inman if i would pursue Whitewater. If Inman really believed the cockamamie notion that i needed some political incentive beyond my Normal journalistic lust to follow up last july a columns about Vince Foster that would indeed be evidence of paranoia. But i think Inman is not crazy that was the old disinformation specialist in full manipulative Mode screening his final evasion with a newsy concoction. That need for a smokescreen is also his reason for tossing the smear of plagiarism at his main Tormentor. Calling a writer a plagiarist is like calling a spook a mole the charge once made lingers. In this Case however i can prove a negative. Y a a a deep in inmans dossier about me is reference to a lawsuit 35 years ago when i was a press agent. One Magazine writer charged another with using some of his material about a client the firm 1 worked for was the conduit Between the disputants. To suggest that i was Ever accused of plagiarism is a lie at no time in a Long career has anyone said i used anyone else a prose under my byline. Thus on the offensive during his Day in the spotlight Inman almost succeeded in directing attention away from his True reasons for quitting. Then he ran into some hard questioning by Ted Koppel on abcs nightlife and Nis cover proceeded to crumble before the nations eyes. Asked the source of what he called a a reports of a sinister conspiracy to do him in he was unable to answer coherently it was Plain that the plot existed Only to his mind. When Koppel pointed out the hypocrisy of complaining about a Mccarth a ism while dredging up a 1950s lawsuit and twisting it falsely into a damaging charge Inman caved in completely. Retreating in the face of the facts he retracted his smear and apologized. I accept the apology Admiral. My Friend and former target Bert Lance called wednesday with his own conspiracy theory that you and i cooked up this contretemps to drum up lucrative lecture dates. Because you Are no longer a danger to the nation As the prospective Secretary of defense i can turn Over the Pursuit of the reasons for your withdrawal to your personal demons. Even your severest critic Hopes you will get help. The Pentagon has dodged a Bullet Bill Clinton is fortunate that his worst nominee came apart in Public before he could damage More than the presidents judgment about people. The next nominee should be an exemplar of stability a civilian experienced in National Security and above All a person of character. Perhaps i am mistaken about inmans realistic fears of exposure. Perhaps All it took was a single factual blast to tip him Over into failing the president who honoured him. If so the defense establishment was spared the agony of being led by a deeply conflicted Man with no grasp of our system of checks and balances. Let us remember Bobby Ray Inman for his intermittent Good works and his truly spoken political epitaph. The country is better off with me in the private  from Page 1 by the government directly to the landlords on a quarterly basis through the individual area support groups. However landlords who were due to receive a Check in october did not receive it until late december or january. Some have not received payment for the first Quarter of 1994, which was due Early this month. The statement from Usa eur does say that All checks were to be in the mail by today and it urges landlords who do not receive prompt payment to Call the 9th regional finance and accounting office in Kaiserslautern at 0631-4117143. The problem according to Usa eur was not limited to one area support group or base support battalion but Chester said it was limited to certain areas. A a in a not sure what those areas were a she said. Although Usa eur is not pointing fingers some people have blamed 9th regional finance for the problem. One area support group official said wednesday that the problem was caused when the  finance and accounting 0%e in Frankfurt handed response bitty for a jump payments to 9th regional finance. Also mentioned As a problem is a new requirement by 9th regional finance for More documentation from the base support battalions. Kenny lungs an american landlord in bad it Nosheim said thursday that he thinks landlords Are owed an explanation. But he added the landlords should have received an explanation Long ago. A i still think a simple letter out of a computer would have been More than right for the landlords a lungs said. In the Usa eur statement col. Roger Scearce the staff finance and accounting officer for Usa eur is quoted As saying a we cannot afford to lose grip housing units or the Good relationships we have had Over the years with those landlords a Chester said no landlords have dropped out of the program because of the payment problem. She also said she doubted that the delay would Hurt attempts to i Cruit new landlords into the program. However another area support group official said thursday that there was concern within his support group that recruiting efforts would be damaged. A this is really hurting us a he said. One tenant near Schweinfurt said thursday that her landlord was new to the program and had considered leaving it when a recent Check was three months late. Quot our landlord was not Happy a she said. A a it a been on my mind because we have a great House and a great  j Budapest Hungary a a hungarian born american physician disclosed plans thursday to build a private Hospital at the site of a former soviet army tank base near Budapest. Or. Stephan j. Wittmann said the project is being organized under a joint venture signed last year with the hungarian National health care and anti cancer Center foundation. Wittmann told a news conference that the project could Cost $40 million to $75 million. The hungarian foundation is contributing about 20 acres to the venture from a 49-acre former soviet base North of Budapest. The site was granted to the foundation by the hungarian government