European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 05, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes saturday february 5, 1994 i at a glance former president Reagan nearing the age of 83, has t lost anything off of his anti Liberal rhetoric. See Story on Page 20. Network users warned users of the International computer network internet Are being advised to change their passwords be cause of break ins to the system. Page 4 food line shelled shelling killed eight people waiting in line for food Friday outside of Sarajevo in Bosnia. Pages harassment uncovered most female students attending . Service academies have witnessed or experienced sexual harassment a report says. Page6 fishermen Aid vowed French Premier edouard Balladur anxious to placate rampaging Fisher men has promised to help his coun try s fishing Industry. Paged . Racism protested two Large religious councils Are prodding the United states to eliminate human rights violations and racism. Page 10 vans to be destroyed Nissan motor corp. . Will buy Back its flawed 1987-90 minivans and destroy All 33,000 vehicles. Page 14 Index Abby Ann Landers. 21 classifieds. 22-25 comics. 18-19,21 commentary. 13 crossword 21 faces n places.20 focus. 15-17 Horoscope. 24 Jumble 24 letters. 12 Money matters. 14 religion 10 sports 26-32 to listings. 31 weather 11 International group unlikely to bar Harding officials say Lillehammer Norway a it s unlikely the International olympic com Mittee will step in and bar american Fig ure skater Tonya Harding from the Lille Hammer games Ioc officials said Friday. Ioc executive Board members said the decision on Harding the focus of allegations that she helped plot an attack on rival Nancy Kerrigan rests with the . Olympic committee. While the Ioc has the final authority to accept or refuse an entry members said they would be reluctant to overrule the if it clears Harding to compete. If. The . Enters her that s a . Decision said Dick Pound a senior Ioc Board member from Canada. It would be very difficult for the Ioc to say to the . We re sorry you have someone on your team that we Don t think is right. Your full structures have decided she s of but we Don t agree and we re going to eliminate this competitor hah Anita Defrantz the Lone . Member on the Ioc agreed the Ioc would prob ably not seek to bar Harding from the games which Start a week from today and run through feb. 27. The Ioc has the final authority Dur ing the games so if it the Harding controversy continues that s a possibility but i think that s very unlikely she said. Harding s name was included on the american team roster submitted monday by the to the Lillehammer organizing committee. However she could still be removed from the team by feb. 21, two Days before the Start of the skating Competition if the determines she was involved in the Jan. 6 attack on Kerrigan. Pound a lawyer suggested Harding should be Able to skate unless proven guilty. Absent a confession or conviction it seems to me that the system in the United states is based on presumption of innocence he said. It s simply an accusation and you have to consider the source of the  however Pound indicated the Ioc could be in a position to take action after the games if Harding wins a medal and is later convicted. If she were to compete and win or get some result and later it turns out it should t have happened perhaps the Ioc should say it should make some decision in the interest of the olympic movement he said. Kevan Gosper an executive Board member from Australia said the Ioc will let the Case run its course in the United states before considering whether to get involved. The possibility of involvement could be in the event that the person is still considered appropriate to compete and then it May be a matter for us he said. But for the moment it s not a matter for us. The Ioc does t need to get involved at this stage because the matter is being considered absolutely appropriately in the United states. Our position is to wait and see the outcome of that. The worst thing we could do is make any observations or interfere with that process at this  a Rule in the olympic charter states that the the right of final acceptance of entries rests with the Ioc executive  if the Ioc were to act it could conceivably cite a regulation in the charter that says athletes must respect the spirit of fair play and non violence and behave accordingly on the sports  embargo from Page 1 said John summer executive director of the american legion. But Clinton s decision won support Friday from retired army Gen. William c. Westmoreland who commanded american troops in Vietnam from 1964 through 1968. Westmoreland who was notified by the White House before the announce ment said lifting the embargo should help in finally resolving the Fate of americans missing in action. I think the Hanoi government is going to be More diligent than they have in the past and i think it s a plus in that direction he said his Charleston s.c., Home. I think it closes a chapter of the Book. We have embarked on a new relation ship and i think it s very  in Vietnam Deputy foreign minister be Mai said his government reiterates its policy of consistently regarding thie questions of americans missing from the War As a humanitarian concern not linked with political  he added the government and people of Vietnam have been Are and will be cooperating in a constructive spirit with the american people to solve this Issue to the fullest possible extent he said. Clinton said the United states will not fully normalize relations with Vietnam until there is More Progress More cooperation and More  in Hopes of spurring further Vietnam Ese cooperation one veterans group the Washington based Vietnam veterans of America inc., launched its own project asking current and former . Service personnel to turn in souvenirs they brought Back from the War that might help account for dead or missing Viet namese soldiers. Anticipating the resumption of Trade about three dozen american firms Al ready have offices in Vietnam. Over the next three years nearly $4 billion Worth of deals Are expected in aviation telecommunications heavy equip ment and construction. A Survey of .-Asean Council members found that the potential invest ment marketplace in Vietnam will reach $8 billion in the next five years including Airport construction Power generation hotel development medical needs and port construction Driscoll said. Although the Senate gave Clinton political cover when in a nonbinding Reso Lution it voted 62-38 to drop the Embar go there was considerable negative reaction in Congress on thursday. Sen. Robert c. Smith r-n.h., said that Vietnam has not yet been fully forthcoming on the pow Mia Issue and that the embargo thus should remain. More than 50 House members had sent Clinton a letter urging him to retain the embargo until he could certify to the Congress and the american people that Hanoi is fully forthcoming with respect to pow Mia information and  a act from Page 1 want to bring problems to their attention. We be gotten a number of Calls from military personnel who have heard about this trip and we re going to meet with As Many people As we can Chavis said. He said he is particularly concerned about the fact that Blacks imprisoned at the army s confinement facility in Mann Heim constitute a percentage of total prisoners there that is far out of proportion to Blacks share of the whole military population. As a result the military jus Tice system is among the topics Chavis plans to discuss with military leaders Dur ing his trip. I m concerned about the process of military Justice he said. Somebody needs to look again at what happens in these proceedings in disciplinary proceedings As Well As criminal Justice proceedings to make sure that there s equal Justice  Chavis 46, holds a doctorate in ministry from Howard University in Washington . He became the civil rights organization s youngest Leader when he was appointed in april. He also spent 4vi years in North Carolina jails for a conviction in connection with a civil rights demonstration. His conviction was overturned in 1980. In contrast to attitudes of past  Ades current . Military leaders Are committed to rooting out the effects of racial prejudice Chavis said adding that the emphasis on civil rights and equal Opportunity has grown stronger under the Clinton administration. The a act delegation also is visiting Europe to research plans to expand operations on the continent Chavis said add ing that even after the draw Down is com plete the number of Blacks serving in or affiliated with the . Forces in Europe still will be quite sizeable. I want to go on the record As saying that soon we will have full time staff serv ing the european conference of branches of a act he said. We in tend to extend the internationalization of the  the organization now has 21 adult units and four youth units operating among military communities in Germany and Italy. Army no found guilty of indecent act Mannheim Germany is an army sergeant first class was convicted of committing an indecent act with a child under 16 and of false swearing. The 38-year-old Mannheim Soldier committed the offences in september 1993, according to master sgt. Debra Arden a 21st theater army area come spokeswoman. He was demoted to specialist. At the two Day court martial that ended Jan. 27 at the Mannheim Legal service Center he was found not guilty of several other charges. They include two counts each of rape indecent assault and adultery and one count each of obstructing Justice indecent liberties and assault and Battery. All those charges stemmed from allegations about events Between september 1992 and september 1993, Arden said. The stars and stripes is withholding the Soldier s name to protect the victim