European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 11, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes Friday february 11,1994 at a glance sen. Donald ring la d-mich., says the Commerce department approved the Export of lethal viruses to Iraq that May have been used against . Soldiers in the persian Gulf War. Sec Story on Page 6. Blood staff indicted the manager and four employees of a German plasma company have been indicted on charges of Selling tainted blood that infected three peo ple with the aids virus. Pago 4 icy West Virginia ice and Snow thursday hampered West Virginia s recovery from the state s worst flooding in nearly a decade. Pages Purchase rules fought new defense Secretary William j. Perry is going to War against costly procurement regulations on every thing from chocolate Chip cookies to battleships. Pages economists optimistic Many of the nation s top economists foresee the . Economy gaining strength this year. Page 18 l Index Abby Ann Landers classified comics commentary. Crossword faces of places focus. Horoscope Jumble letters. Money matters. Sports to listings weather. 26 27-30 24-26172614 19-23 .29 .291618 32-403915 correction because of a reporting error a Story thursday about the use of smaller parachutes in operation provide Promise ave an incorrect rank for col. . Ohnson commander of the 435th operations group. Hope from Page 1 inside but they scurried away. Later Rose crossed the Bridge with re porters in Tow and stopped amid wrecked cars trenches and mine Fields on the ser Bian Side to talk to  civilians separated from the rest of Sarajevo by 22 months of War watched from their windows. The cease fire began a test of wills that could lift the siege of Sarajevo or drag the West deeper into the was. Until a mortar Shell killed 68 people Ina downtown Market saturday nato had never gone beyond threats to Autho Rize air Power. The allies ended their indecision wednesday telling bosnian serbs to withdraw 500 howitzers mortars andante aircraft guns within 13 Miles of Sarajevo by Midnight feb. 20 or risk Nat air attacks. They also authorized immediate air a. Trikes on artillery that attack civilians in the  if serbs withdraw their artillery the threat to the City would not  of the deaths in Sarajevo have been blamed on snipers and some Serbi an artillery has a Range of 25 Miles. Serbs also promised to place their heavy weapons under . Control. President Clinton and nato Secre tary general Manfred worrier said they were encouraged by the cease fire a  one should doubt nato s re solve. Nato is now set to act Clinto said. Others feared the serbs were stalling for time waiting for world outrage Over the massacre of civilians at the Market place to subside. In Geneva bosnian serbian leade Radovan Karadzic furious at nato s threat attended a new round of peace talks thursday with rival muslims and croats but he refused to discuss peace. Karadzic demanded that first an inter National panel be set up to investigate saturday s mortar attack on the Sarajevo Market accusing Muslim led forces of carrying out the atrocity in order to blame it on the serbs. Before the nato announcement Karadzic warned against air raids and sue tested serbs would retaliate against  on the ground. We will shoot Down every plane Pecan he said. In Case of an attack we cannot guarantee safety to any foreigner who finds himself on our  serbian troops control 70 percent of Bosnia and Are trying to pressure the bosnian government into a peace Deal that would Divide the Republic into three ethnic states. The government has refused saying the one third of the Republic it was on feed was insufficient. More than 200,000 people have Bee killed or Are missing since april 1992, when fighters from the bosnian Serbia minority armed by the yugoslav army rebelled against Bosnia s secession from serb dominated Yugoslavia. Niece from Page 1 apartment in Vilseck. The child Speaks German and English likes to dance and watches Barney the Dinosaur to shows Jensen Smith  the . Adoption hearing the judge advised Smith that if there were Tobe a divorce he would be responsible for providing child support according to Jen sen Smith. The Smiths were legally separated injure. The divorce ending their five years of marriage will be final this june. Recurrently pays $900 per month in child and spousal support out of his salary of$2,100 per month he said but that could increase. David and Ute Jensen Smith did not have a written adoption with Marlene Smith. Jensen Smith contends that Shar Ryn s natural Mother Only met her once and does not know what a Good Mother she could be. Sharryn s German Mother Speaks English articulately and says that she will raise her daughter speaking both languages and intends to keep close Contact with the girl s american relatives. She has written and sent pictures to Sharryn s grandmother both mothers said. As far As staff sgt. Smith is concerned he feels that he is fighting a losing Battle against the German  had sought advice from Legal assist Ance offices in Bamberg and Vilseck he said. They could not represent him in court because it was a civil matter. His German lawyer does not speak English. He said the German judge mistook his need to be away on duty in the Field As negligence. Also once the couple separated hews required to live in the Barracks. The child remained with. Jensen Smith after the separation. I feel that these 11 years in the Mili tary have been wasted said Smith a persian Gulf War Veteran. I Haven t had one person offer help except a chaplain. Nobody cares although i give 150 per cent to the .  Smith said Sharryn would have a Bette life in the states than with his sex wife who is unemployed. She worked As clerk at a military guest House when they were stationed in the states. Smith is due for a new assignment i september 1995. Until then visitation rights have been arranged through the court for the first and third weekend each month. Smith said that the racial Issue handsome changing German attitudes towards foreigners concern him what would it be like in German school. Kids could be  he will pursue the custody of his adopted daughter and Niece. She s Worth everything i be got he said. Before the adoption the couple had Foster child who was returned to the Nat ural family. Jensen Smith argues that when she adopted Sharryn she made the commitment to never give her  she Saidt Ai soon As a Mother gives Hal Titis up a i forever Harding from Page 1 7 was postponed until today. Moving swiftly to counter Harding Section soc executive director Harvey Schiller said the committee on thursday would file motions in Portland to throw out the lawsuit. Asked on lbs this morning what the soc would do if Harding won a re straining order Schiller said we obey court orders. We have in the past and Well do whatever s  Harding has denied Advance knowledge of the plot to hobble her rival but admits she did t immediately come Forward when she Learned about it afterwards. She said wednesday that she would like to Tell Kerrigan she s sorry and give her a hug if Shell let  the soc wants Harding to appear before its 11-member games administrative Board in Oslo on tuesday to answers charges that she violated olympic rules of ethics and sportsmanship. Jeff Gillory Harding s sex husband who claims she gave the of for the at tack had been asked by the soc to be available to testify at the hearing. But Schiller said thursday the commit tee had no plans to Call Gillooly who awaits sentencing after pleading guilty to racketeering in the Kerrigan assault. We want to just give Tonya the Opportunity to speak to the Board and to discuss some of the issues that Are involved Schiller told lbs. And that is our  on Abc s today show Schiller said the soc inquiry and the criminal investigation by Oregon authorities were Sepa rate matters that did not  the soc Are not focusing on criminal issues with Harding at All he said. I think there Are issues of conduct and sportsmanship. We Don t want to do anything to interfere with any athlete rights. We Are not fighting her ability to skate. We re not against any  the International olympic committee meanwhile said it would remain on the sidelines while the soc and Harding lawyers wrangled the Case. We have 194 organizations in the world. With their due processes Here and their other concerns there Ioc director general Francois Carrara said. There Are Many Legal arguments an problems arising. We Are in support of whatever the . Olympic  Harding s lawsuit contends she has complied with All rules and regulations of the . Figure skating association an should be allowed to compete in the Winter games. Seeking $20 million in punitive dam Ages plus compensatory damages to be determined at a trial the lawsuit note that people close to Harding have been charged in the assault but that no charge shave been filed against her. It also said the soc is not providing adequate due process. It cited the timing and location of the hearing the makeup of the hearing Board limits on Harding s ability to Call and question witnesses the Lack of an appeals process and conflicts with a similar disciplinary procedure under Way before the Ussa. In an interview with inside edition Setfor broadcast today and Friday Harding said i m going to the olympics. I going to win a Gold medal. And i m going to hang it on my Wall  also said that she would apologize to Kerrigan if Given the  la Tell her that i m really sorry that this has happened and that i always wish her Thebes and hopefully Shell forgive me for All this crap that s going on Harding  i la give her a hug. If Shell let me. She said it Means More than Money former to win a Gold medal. If it All ended tomorrow and i had Agold medal in my hand with the people i m surrounded with now my life would be Complete Harding said. 2 More sailors rescued after Oil Tanker blast Santo Domingo dominican re Public a a . Coast guard Cut Ter rescued two sailors at dusk wednes Day More than 27 hours after their empty Oil Tanker caught fire exploded and split in two in the Caribbean. Six other Crew members on the Baha Mian registered Bioni were presumed killed in the  people were rescued earlier from the 500-foot ship which was bound from the dominican Republic to Venezuela to Load Oil when it exploded tuesday