European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 05, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes saturday february 5, 1994 at a glance former president Reagan caring 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. A. Page6 fishermen Aid vowed French Premier edouard Balladur anxious to placate rampaging Fisher men has promised to help his coun try s fishing Industry. Page 9 . 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 utters. 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 soc 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  . Member on the Ion agreed the Ioc would prob ably not seek to bar Harding from the games which Start a week from today. 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 soc 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 soc determines she was involved in the Jan 6 attack on Kerrigan. Pound a lawyer suggested Harding should be Able to skate unless proven guilty. Trade with Hanoi praised protested Washington a families of missing Vietnam Era servicemen say president Clinton s decision to resume Trade with Vietnam Breaks a Promise he made to keep the pressure on Hanoi to fully account for mias. But . Busi Nesses Are reveling at the Prospect of a new multimillion Dollar marketplace. By dropping the 19-year Trade Embar go Clinton has assured . Companies a sizable share of business expected to be generated As Vietnam modernizes its fallen Down infrastructure updates its Tele communications system and develops new consumer markets. The Bottom line is it allows us an equal footing to compete for the business in Vietnam said Robert e. Driscoll president of the u.sasean Council an association of about 100 . Compa Nies. Asean stands for association of Southeast asian nations. Mark Rosenker vice president of the electronic industries association said the sanctions outlived their usefulness and renewing Trade would be key to ensuring competitiveness Over the Long  in announcing his Long anticipated decision. Clinton on thursday insisted that it was based solely on securing further vietnamese cooperation to account for . Servicemen missing in action from the Vietnam War. I wanted to make sure that the Trade questions did not enter into this decision. So ,.\ we never had a discussion about it he said. One administration official said How Ever that while the overriding concern focused on the Issue of prisoners of War and the missing in action economic pres sures also were noted. Clinton cited considerable Progress in recent months in accounting for 2,238 american mias in Vietnam Laos and Cambodia. But veterans and Mia family organizations criticized Clinton s decision. They had lobbied heavily in favor of maintain ing the embargo As a pressure tactic to get a full accounting of All the missing. I think it s a mistake. We have 2,000 people Over there who Are Unac counted for. The vietnamese will not Send us any remains now said Roy Les see who was Selling to shirts arid buttons to raise Money for veterans causes at the Vietnam veterans memorial. The embargo was the Only leverage that we had said John summer executive director of the american legion. Budget from Page 1 trib table to a congressionally mandated military pay increase. And even that in crease does not cover what the administration projects is a $20 billion Gap be tween its Pentagon spending plans and the available funding a Gap that stems from predicted inflation. Sen. Christopher j. Dodd conn., de fended the administration plan calling it a prudent measured approach that Intelli gently will guide this country through the challenges of the 21st century.". Proposed reductions included in the Clinton plan for next year include $1.1 Bil lion in 2 stealth bomber construction and research $488 million in the Navy f/18 c and d versions of the Hornet fighter Jet $293 million in development for the air Force Mil Star nuclear War communications satellite and $889 million from the Navy lhd-1 amphibious assault ship the documents show. The reductions 35 items in All including the personnel cuts add up to $10.4 billion in savings. In addition the administration is eliminating $1.48 billion in programs including four Navy helicopters the landsat 7 sys tem and the space lifter launch system development. But All the cuts and reductions Are More than negated by the pay raise the effects of inflation and increases in other defense programs. A act fro 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 Justice system is among the topics Chavis plans to Dis cuss with military leaders during 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 doctor ate in ministry from Howard University in Washington  he became the civil rights Organiza Tion s youngest Leader when he was appointed in april. He also spent 4vz years in North Caro Lina jails for. A conviction in connection with a civil rights demonstration. His conviction was overturned in 1980. In contrast to attitudes of past dec 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 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 corny 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 inde cent 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