European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 23, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes . Sunday january 23,1994 Gulf illness panel sets May deadline by the Washington Post Washington a members of a new Federal task Force held out Hope Friday that they will be Able by May to define the mysterious illnesses that have plagued hundreds of persian Gulf War veterans. If the departments of defense veterans affairs and health and human services can agree on. What the illnesses Are the a could begin paying benefits to ailing veterans without new legislation members of the task Force said. The departments have scheduled a workshop for May to discuss the findings of 20 research projects they said. But at a joint news conference Friday none of the officials could offer any hint of a breakthrough and one noted that a major study by the National Academy of sciences Calls for research Over several years. The a which has screened 13,000 veterans of the conflict with Iraq said it has found a no unusual pattern in diagnoses and Gulf veterans Are not reporting to the a any single unifying sex in the stars and stripes 10 years ago Jan. 23,1984 a Rock a no Roll Singer Jackie Wilson once billed As Quot or. Excitement and a top performer until he collapsed on stage in 1975, died of an undisclosed ailment at age 49. 20 years ago Jan. 23,1974 a Secretary of state Henry a. Kissinger said he expected the Arab Oil embargo against the United states to be lifted before the egyptian israeli military disengagement along the Suez canal is completed. 30 years ago Jan. 23,1964 the United states singled out three proposals for East West agreement As offering the most Hope for Quick Progress at the 17-nation disarmament conference in Geneva. 40 years ago Jan. 23,1954 a the three Western foreign ministers assembled in a divided Berlin for the upcoming big four conference pledging to insist on a United Germany. World War ii 50 years ago today Jan. 23 19 4�4 despite the Surprise of the Anzio Landing Allied troops move slowly in expanding their toehold on the italian coast while the germans Rush reinforcements in to try to Seal off the a beachhead. Australian infantrymen capture Mau Kiryo in new Guinea s Ramu Valley aided by Allied warplanes flying virtually unopposed by the japanese. Source 2194 Days of War w. H. Smith publishers inc. The world almanac of world War ii Bison books corp., 1981 to sure that would account for the illnesses., veterans advocates in Congress have accused the Pentagon of a Lack of Candor Over the Issue comparing the dispute to the prolonged controversy Over use of the herbicide agent Orange during the Vietnam War. Task Force officials said they want to resolve the Gulf Issue quickly. A i personally believe that we Are Likely to find multiple causes for the Gulf ailments said Robert h. Roswell a a physical who is the executive Secretary of the new persian Gulf veterans coordinating Board. Congress last year authorized the a to provide medical care for ailing Gulf veterans for conditions that May be related to service in the War the most commonly reported conditions physicians have been unable to explain in the persian Gulf syndrome Are general fatigue muscle and joint pains headaches and memory loss Roswell said. Scene of kids video Charleston . A a disgruntled employee added part of an a rated movie to the end of at least 500 copies of a cartoon video forcing 20,000 copies to be recalled. Nav corp. Of fort Mill s.c., recalled copies of the 30-minute tape Woody Woodpecker and friends no. 3015 last month after complaints the company president Jerry Pettus said Friday. The video production worker who has been fired added a two minute scene from the 1991 movie whore starring Theresa Russell As a woman who turns to prostitution after a bad marriage. The scene shows a prostitute haggling with a Man and later shows the Man forcing her head into his Lap said Billie Haymond of Bridgeport who discovered the scene thursday night while watching with her three children. Haymond said she had watched the tape Many times with her children Ages 18 months 2vi and 11, but did no to discover the scene until they watched the tape to the end. She said there was no nudity but a a it a very  a i went to buy a cartoon a she said. A i did no to go to buy something 1 did no to want my 11-year-old to  Pettus said the employee copied the movie from a satellite signal onto a master video with the cartoon then made at least 500 copies. Since it was not Clear which tapes had the scene All 20,000 were recalled. The tapes were distributed in about 10 states in the East Many through the Canton  Hills department store Chain. Pettus would not name the employee or say Why the employee was upset. A we have taken great pains to make sure this never happens again a Pettus said adding that no charges would be filed against the employee. Nav a family entertainment company told retailers to pull the videos from their shelves and gave people refunds or new copies of the cartoon. Several thousand tapes have been returned Pettus said. Former convict Wanda Valdes no a Eads shows off her wedding ring Friday outside Florida state prison in Starke where she married death Row inmate Frank Valdes. Row sex con Starke Fla. Apr it was a marriage made in prison surrounded by razor wire and armed guards in watchtowers. The Groom is a death Row inmate. The Bride is a former convict once known As a wicked  there was no cake no Champagne. There la be no honeymoon. The Cou pies Only physical Contact was a ring Exchange through a Hole Cut in the Clear plastic Barrier separating them. Wanda Eads 51, married condemned inmate Frank Valdes 32, on Friday at Florida state prison. They met 15 years ago when Valdes was serving time As a juvenile with his future brides son. The ceremony in the prisons a no contacts visiting area was performed by attorney Joseph Karp who is handling Valdese Federal appeals and was vested with the Power to marry the couple. When asked Why the couple was marrying Karp said a number one in prison she believes he is not guilty of murder and number two she cares about  Only Karpys intense lobbying won them the right to make the ring Exchange. It was the third marriage for Eads who served five years in prison for a robbery committed 10 years ago. She was dubbed a wicked Wanda by the Media. Her maid of Honor a woman she met on bus trips to visit the prison said the Bride has turned her life around. A a she san Angel Quot Charisse Harbi son said. There is no guarantee Shell Ever be permitted physical Contact with Valdes. If the state gets its Way Valdes will die in Florida a electric chair. The Date of the execution Hasni to been set. The wedding came three years after the couple persuaded prison officials to change rules that prohibited  unions. Valdes was sentenced to death in 1990 for his part in the killing of a prison guard during an escape attempt. Sex army official leaves Dod Job by the new York times Washington a the former acting army Secretary who was hired As a Pentagon consultant last year shortly after he was put on administrative leave for a shoplifting arrest will leave the Job at the end of the month defense department officials said. John w. Shannon was arrested aug. 26 outside the Post Exchange at fort myer va., after store detectives saw him put a skirt and Blouse Worth about $30 into a shopping bag and leave without paying. The Pentagon put him on administrative leave. But on nov. 17 he was hired by James Klugh a Deputy undersecretary and a Friend to study defense department Stock inventories. He was paid about $7,100 a month or the yearly equivalent of $85,200. Klugh ended Shannon a contract because he had completed his study a Pentagon spokeswoman said