European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 28, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes Friday january 28,1994 a at glance x a doctor cares for a woman injured wednesday when a supermarket s roof collapsed in Nice France. Rescuers have Given up Hope of finding More survivors in the rubble. See Story on Page 12. Lithuania signs up Lithuania has followed Romania in signing up for nato s partnership Tor peace plan. Pages contract abuse cited the defense department and other agencies with strict contracting rules have routed their hiring through agencies that could award contracts without Competition a Senate panel says. Page 6 Jackson probe open Michael Jackson remains under criminal investigation despite his settlement of a child molestation Law suit sources say Page Flag protest brewing civil rights leaders Are threatening to protest the Georgia state Flag with its Confederate Battle Emblem that will be flying Over the site of the super bowl. Pagos Cut in raises foreseen president Clinton s budget is Likely to contain spending limits that would Force Congress to Cut Federal pay raises in half Over the next four years. Page 18 Index j Abby Ann Landers. 26 classifieds ,. 27-30 comics. 24-26 commentary .17 crossword 26 faces n1 places .14 focus 19-23 Horoscope 29 Jumble 29 letters 16 Money matters 18 sports 32-40 to listings 39 weather 15 Fulda Soldier pleads guilty to fatally beating r by Mark Kinkade staff writer Hanau Germany spec. Edward a. Ricard Iii pleaded guilty thursday to charges that he beat his 1-year-Olddaugnter to death and threw her body from the family s fourth floor apartment in a Fulda Germany suburb oct. 4. I believes. I got pretty angry for some reason and decided to hit her i card said. I believe that i beat her pretty bad sir and in fact due to the beating i gave her that she died  Ricard an Lith army Cav regt Heli copter Mechanic stationed in Fulda pleaded guilty to unpremeditated murder in the Case during a general court martial in Hanau the plea was part of a pretrial agreement Between military trial and de sense counsels. Sentencing is scheduled for March 1. During the court martial judge it. Col Charles e. Trent asked Ricard to describe the circumstances behind each Vietnam charge. Trent also read a detailed description of each incident for which i card was charged. The accounts revealed past violent be Havior often aimed at his wife Tice pre ceded by drinking bouts and triggered by minor provocation. Ricard said he could not recall actually killing his daughter but was Able to re member events immediately before and after the slaying Ricard said he finished 24 hours of guard duty the morning of the slaying. Hemet his wife and daughter for lunch at a Downs Barracks snack stand then took the child Home. On the Way he stopped at a German store and bought one half liter of  an hour at Home Ricard finished the rum and left Elizabeth in the apart ment while he went Back to the store for More alcohol he said. He returned Home about 20 minutes later after stopping to talk to neighbors. One neighbor went to the apartment for a drink then left. Ricard testified that he was drinking the rum straight. Trent asked Ricard if the evidence convinced him that he killed his Daugh Ter. ,. Yes sir Ricard said solemnly. Ricard also pleaded guilty to rape aggravated assault and drunk and disorderly conduct. Specifically Ricard testified that he raped his wife at knife Point last june after he had been drinking because she refused to have sex with him. He also beat his wife on numerous occasions during 1992 and 1993. On one occasion he said he grabbed her Arm with a pair of keys in his hand and pressed the keys into her flesh Caus ing deep cuts. He also tried to choke his wife after she stopped him from jumping off a bed room window ledge. From Page earned our  this organization was disappointed said Bill Crandell legislative advocate for the Vietnam veterans of Ameri Ca. He said Vietnam still needs to do More to provide Access and we Hope the presi Dent will continue to take into account the advice of the veterans organizations on this . Robert c. Smith r-n.h., the Lead ing opponent of lifting sanctions said family members Are petrified that this Amend ment is going to pass and they will lose the leverage they have to get the answers about their loved  the Senate voted 58-42 against a Sepa rate amendment introduced by Smith stat ing that the embargo should be lifted Only after the president certifies that Vietnam has provided the United states with the fullest possible unilateral Resolution of All  Mccain speaking quietly about his experience As a pow recalled going to sleep every night memorizing the names of fellow inmates so that no one would be left behind at the end of the War. Every name that i knew of has been accounted for Mccain said. Sen. Robertj. Kerrey a medal of Honor Winner  lost a leg in Vietnam spoke of the lingering doubts and animosity among veterans and family members but said lift ing the embargo was in the Best interests of both the families and the United states. The Nebraska Democrat added that the United states must continue to press Viet Nam on its human rights abuses. I believe it is time for us to end these sanctions but it is not time for us to Stop fighting for the Freedom of the vietnamese  the administration last year took initial Steps to break Down the Wall with Vietnam by permitting american businesses to set up offices in Vietnam. Reno from Page 1 on Heymann and his Long Federal govern ment experience referring Many major matters to his office including a review of mandatory minimum criminal sentences a review of the bloody siege of the ranch Davidian Complex near Waco Texas and the internal investigation of Rodriguez which was later transferred to the department s internal watchdog unit. Justice department sources  declined to be identified by name have said for several weeks that there has been ten Sion Between Reno and Heymann and that Reno once dressed Heymann Down in front of subordinates. They declined to identify the matter involved. Rodriguez resignation dated monday was not released by the department at that time the first Public word of it was Reno s confirmation in answer to a ques Tion thursday. Rodriguez  came to the depart ment from Miami with Reno and handled her schedule has denied any wrong doing in the vote fraud Case. Law enforcement sources demanding anonymity have said she witnessed contested Absentee ballots in a mayoral election narrowly won by her brother in Law. Some of the 11 Absentee ballots that Rodriguez witnessed before the nov. 9 election Are among the hundreds being contested in a civil suit by Nilo Juri  lost a Runoff to Raul Martinez in Hia Leah fla., according to the Miami her Ald. The Fri is also investigating the Validity of the Absentee ballots cast in the run off said James Kohanek. Assistant director of the Miami Dade elections department Juri narrowly won a majority of vote cast at the polls but lost the Runoff be cause Martinez carried the Absentee bal lots 826-448. Work from Page Flanders a systems analyst with the 55th personnel services co at . Darby Cavern wanted to have the perfect score the 1,000 Points. But his triple-9 Mark has those around him scratching their Heads. I personally have not known any  scored 999 said 1st sgt. Kenneth Arndt a 17-year army Veteran. I be heard . Regina Lipscomb the company commander said she has heard of one in 15 years of service. That one is Flanders. Flanders  will soon attend the Basic no s course in the United slates will probably become a staff sergeant in May less than six years after joining the  average Arndt said is seven or eight years. You always have to look at your weak Points find out what you have to work on Flanders said when asked How he reached such a lofty plateau. My hard est was it physical training. I kept working at it and working at it and finally made  Flanders joined the army late. He is 35. His maturity was an asset he said. He took advantage of everything that would help him from educational courses to that Pesky physical training. I did t sit Back and wait for the Points to come to me he said. I went Tor  of course he had motivation. In his military occupation a score of 998 is needed to get promoted. The army has enough systems analysts so it set the High score to guarantee almost that there would be no promotions in the category. In the process of accumulating the 999 Points Flanders was named Soldier of the Quarter for the 5th personnel group. He also earned the respect of his supervisors. He s the Renaissance Man of our company said 2nd u. Jennifer Voigts child. When she needs something done from fixing the Printer to planning train ing schedules she knows Flanders will get the Job done. He s one of the soldiers you can Al ways count on no matter what the task is she said. Lipscomb said he is a role Model for my other sergeants. He definitely sets the  Flanders said his determination gained him mostly respect from his Peers but there were some soldiers ass than thrilled with the presence of such a motivated colleague. You get mixed  he said. I be come quite a ways pretty Quick. I did t like to see people passing me by so i know How they feel. But in general everybody was supportive. I Hope i be provided a mule motivation for