European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 30, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes sunday january 30,1994 at a glance Byron de la Beckwith is being tried again on charges he killed civil rights Leader Medgar Evers in1963. Two other trials ended in Hung juries but Evers widow mad sure that a transcript of what wit Nesses said 30 years ago has sur Vived. See Story on Page 7. South Korea worried South Korea is concerned that tensions with North Korea could escalate because of . Plans to de ploy Patriot missiles. Page 4 miserable weather heavy Rains in parts of Ohio West Virginia and Pennsylvania sent creeks surging Over their Banks. In the Northeast snowdrifts and Freez ing rain made life miserable. Pages Christopher critiqued Secretary of state Warren Christo Pher was criticized by his predecessors for what he has wrought Over the past year particularly his policy on Bosnia and  Page 10 Ontario is. Rockers Ontario officials Are playing Tough with the Rock group Dropkick me Jesus by refusing to Register the band s name. Page 11 Young boys killed police in South Africa Are searching for More bodies of boys who May have been murdered by a serial killer. Page 13 growth rate surges the . Economy finished 1993 with a Strong 5.9 percent fourth Quarter growth rate the Best in six years. Page 20 Index Abby Ann Landers. 17 classifieds 24-27 commentary 15 faces a places 17 Horoscope 26 letters 14 Money matters 20,23 mutuals., 21-23 sports 29-36 weather 16 japanese parliament passes reforms to curb corruption Tokyo a parliament approve watershed measures saturday to Stem political corruption saving prime minister Morihiro Hosokawa s Job and enabling him to shift focus to Japan s no. 1 prob Lem the faltering  political reforms were considerably. Weaker than those originally envisioned by Hosokawa who had said he would quit if they were not passed during the legislative session that ended saturday. But amid widespread sentiment that watered Down package was better than none Hosokawa expressed satisfaction with the  have climbed one big Mountain a Mountain that we had to overcome and twas hard Hosokawa told reporters after the vote. He pledged that his 6-month-Oid government would immediately turn its at Tention to the Economy which has been somewhat neglected in the push for Reform. The reforms weren t secured until late Friday when Hosokawa agreed to a com Promise with the opposition Liberal democrats.  ,.to Cement the Accord the prime minister was obliged to Back Down on a key corruption fighting measure corporate contributions to individual politicians now will delimited but not banned As Hosokawa had urged. Even the half baked Reform. Offers Hopes for a better political future the English language Japan times editorialized in sunday s editions. The reforms represent a substantial change in Japan s political system. Battles Over Reform have toppled several govern ments and voter anger Over big Money corruption ousted the Liberal democrats Las year after 38 years . The people have been waiting almost 40 years for this said Kozo Watanabe a Law maker from the Shi seito party one Fifthe parties in Hosokawa s coalition. We have begun tote Pond to the wishes of the peo ple. Today we just made a  the plan announced Friday by Hosokawa and opposition Leader Yohei Kono will Cre ate 300 single seat districts in the More powerful lower House replacing the multiple seat districts. The change is meant to discourage candidates of the same part from competing against each other by peddling favors to constituents. Peace from Page . Command. The new guidelines product of a months Long review among Security officials Are a Sharp departure from the Early Days of the administration. Before his election Clinton had called for the creation of a Small permanent rapid deployment Force for . Mis Sions. But after the painful lessons of Soma Lia Haiti and Bosnia and Herzegovina in the last year and tempered by Public opinion Clinton has pulled Back steadily from his Campaign comments. He has premised any american Mili tary involvement in . Operations on an increasingly restrictive set of conditions and the new policy reflects that. The United states plans to pull out Al remaining military personnel m Somalia by March .31. The administration has de fined its role in Bosnia in increasingly equal Opportunity claims army claims of sexual harassment substantiated or confirmed claims of discrimination substantiated or confirmed 1992 92 43 258 49 1993 104 62 238 31 1 Navy 1 ,1992 4 " -4 \ /. 1 i 1999 5 5 0 0 air Force 1992 82 65 98 30 Jwj 100 62 84 in narrow terms basically to help carry outa nato commitment to use airstrikes if necessary to open the Tula Airport to re Lief flights and to protect Canadia troops when they leave Srebrenick which is under siege by serbs. Administration officials said Friday that they planned to consult congressional Lead ers this week on the new policy. Suggestions from lawmakers May be incorporated but administration officials said they did not expect to make Maior changes. The president then would sign the plan. Harding from Page 1 source us Artuh Havtur and Safe claims from Page 1 basis of race religion color gender National origin ethnic background or age. I Don t think that there is More of problem Here said capt. Lisa m. Meade chief of social actions at Rhein main a Germany where the number of social complaints More than doubled going from nine to 22 from 1992 to 1993. We Sec the Rise in complaints Asmore positive than negative. People Are increasingly aware of what sexual harassment really is through articles in the stars and stripes and incident coming out of Tail Hook Meade said. Meade was referring to the so called Talhook scandal of september 1991 in which dozens of women More than Hal of them naval officers say they were pawed and abused in a hotel hallway Gauntlet by Drunken aviators during Tail Hook association convention. The group takes its name from the Hook used to Brake jets Landing on air Craft carriers. The . Naval forces Europe has worked diligently to make its equal Opportunity program a top priority Saida Nav eur release. The Bottom line is that we Are pro Viding the leadership guidance and pol icy to ensure adherence the release also said citing its systematic approach of training and requiring unit assessments when deficiencies Are identified. Over the period in question the num Ber of airmen assigned to the . Air forces in Europe has dropped by about3,780. Usa eur has lost an estimated 20,000 soldiers. The Navy s troop strength has remained steady at roughly 14,000 sailors. At Rhein main 11 of the 22 complaints in 1993 were substantiated Meade said. Seven of those substantiated involve sexual harassment and the other four involved various types of discrimination. Three sexual harassment complaints Are still being reviewed. In 1992, four out of nine complaint were confirmed. Of the four three involved sexual harassment. Meade emphasized that not Bei Gable to substantiate a complaint does not mean that it was groundless or concocted. There simply May not be enough Evi Dence to support it she said. She also pointed out that some perpetrators May act out of ignorance no realizing the damage their words or actions May cause. The key thing to remember is Impact versus intent warned Meade whose operation was named 17th air Force Stop social actions office in 1993. Impact is important not the intent you re accountable for what you Don know it s not an excuse for Dis criminal Back to the assailant in Detroit. The at tack actually took place As Kerrigan stepped off the rink after  said thursday that she Learned of the plan to injure Kerriga Only after returning Home to Portland from Detroit on Jan. 10. In Portland on Friday More than 2,000people turned out to watch Harding practice at a shopping mall  Quintero a Friend of har dings testified before a grand jury investigating the attack but said she could not discuss her  s my Best Friend in the entire world and i know she s innocent Quin Tero said. Also Friday Detroit station wbk to reported that Telephone records showed seven Calls were made from a Detroit hotel on Harding s credit card to her bodyguard in Portland the same Day Ker Rigan was attacked. Investigators Are also looking at other phone Calls Harding made. One was to Dor Othy Baker of Wilmington del., who has been Active in figure skating circles for More than 40 years the free press reported. Baker denied a report that she had somehow passed on information about Kerrigan s practice schedule. She said they had spoken Only about Harding s financial needs. The . Figure skating association moved up its timetable for recommending a Hether Harding violated the organization s code of conduct which could bring her removal from the olym Pic team. A special panel will have a report ready by feb. 10, two Days before the Start of the Winter games said chairman William Hybl in Colorado Springs  reports said Gillooly will plead guilty this Veek to one count of racketeering and face up to two years in Pris on a year less than sentencing guideline for the conspiracy charge. He is to appear in court thursday