European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 13, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes . Sunday february 13,1994 Kelso denies allegations says he won t resign Post by the Baltimore Sun Washington in an emotional defense of his career arid reputation adm. Frank b. Kelso ii the chief of naval operations Friday denied accusations of deception and cover up in the Tail Hook scandal and said he was not prepared to resign. The 60-year-old Admiral was accused by a military judge last week of lying about his activities and whereabouts at the 1991 Las vegas convention of Navy and Marine aviators where 83 females allegedly were molested and of trying to manipulate the investigation to protect himself. I categorically deny i did either of those things said the 38-year Veteran of naval service in a meeting with the news Media in his Pentagon office. I am an honorable Man. I did t lie and i did t manipulate any  he said he had spoken to Navy Secretary John h. Dalton and had not been asked for his resignation. I have no intention of resigning. He has not asked me to resign said Kelso adding that he now Hopes to continue in the service until his Normal retirement Date in june.-. -. ". His Fate now rests with Dalton and defense Secre tary William j. Perry who will have to decide whether an officer under such a Cloud of accusation can provide the appropriate level of leadership at a time when the Navy s Honor is also being battered by cheating at the . Naval Academy in Annapolis my. Officials in Perry s office did not return Calls Friday when the Federal government was closed because of snowfall. Dalton sought the Admiral s resignation last year for failed leadership during the Tail Hook scandal which stigmatized the service As a sexist male dominated organization. But Kelso appealed to then de sense Secretary Les Aspin and survived. The judge who was formally investigating the partic. Spation of three other officers in the scandal reported in his judgment that the preponderance of evidence pointed to Kelso s witnessing a striptease performance and being in the Vicinity of male officers shaving the legs of females at the Tail Hook association convention which was Well known for Baw Diness. But Friday the Admiral said i deny that i did any thing untoward or participated in anything untoward. I did not see any lewd  he said he did not know what leg shaving was until the investigation of the scandal began. He had he asserted no idea that anything happened at tailgate until the first complaint of harassment lodged after the convention by it. Paula Ann Coughlin who announced last week that she is re signing because of continued harassment Over her role in the scandal. In the stars and stripes 10 years ago feb. 13,1984 vice president George Bush said in London that he believes the United states could be at a turning Point in its relations with the soviet Union. 20 years ago feb. 13,1974 Nobel prize Lau reate Alexander Solzhenitsyn was taken by Force for questioning by police who muscled their Way into his Moscow apartment the writer s wife reported. 30 years ago. Feb. 13,1964 the defense department announced that no More families military or civilian would be sent to the . Naval base at Guantanamo Cuba and that de Pendents now there would be re turned Home Over a two year period. 40 years ago feb. 13,1954 a series of roadblocks presented by soviet for eign minister . Molotov put a cold chill on All Hopes for Ahac Cord on the austrian peace treaty at the big four foreign ministers con Ference in Berlin. World War ii 50 years ago today feb. 13 1944 Gen. Douglas Macarthur targets Early april for the capture of Manus largest of the admiralty islands and Kavi eng new Ireland with the goal of isolating Japan s big naval and air base at Rabaul new Britain. On the Northern soviet front the red army drives the germans from Luga and reaches the Narva River and the Edge of Lake Peipus. Source 2194 Days of War w. H. Smith publishers inc. The world almanac of world War ii. Bison books corp., 1981 a Farnan Conrad d ies of h Eart attack los Angeles a William Conrad who played the rotund District attorney in television s Jake and the Fatman and whose Boom ing voice narrated such popular shows As Rocky & his friends and the fugitive died Friday of a heart at tack. He was 73. Conrad became ill at his Home and died at the medical Center of North hol Lywood Hospital spokeswoman Trici Spellman said. Conrad played , Fatman Mccabe a Tough District attorney and former cop on the lbs to series Jake and the far Man which ran from 1987 to 1992. He also starred in the detective series can non which ran from 1971 to 1976 on lbs and in Nero Wolfe in 1981 on Abc. Conrad was the original Marsha Matt Dillon in the gun smoke radio network drama which ran for 11 years on lbs. His resonant voice provided background Conrad narration on Many television programs most notably the fugitive and the invaders. During the 1960s, he also narrated the animated television series Rocky & his friends a cult favorite once called the bullwinkle show. In 1946, he made his motion picture debut in the killers. His other acting credits include body and soul sorry wrong number East Side West Side the naked Jungle five against the House Johnny con Cho -30 and the Road Back. Teen Given life sentence for 9 murders at Temple Phoenix a a teen Ager was sentenced Friday to spend the rest of his life in prison for the murders of six monks and three other people at a Buddhist Temple. A judge spared Johnathan Doody the death penalty saying he could not determine without a doubt whether Doody was the trigger Man inthe 1991 slayings. Doody 19, was convicted july 12 of murder armed robbery and other charges. He was sentenced to nine life terms and must serve a least 25 years on each one. Superior court judge Gregory Martin ordered the life terms to be served consecutively with sentences for the other charges for a total Ofat least 281 years in prison. According to testimony Doody and Alessandro Garcia 18, ran sacked the monks quarters and took cameras electronic equipment and $2,790 in Cash. Prosecutors said Doody ordered the monks an elderly nun and two male followers onto the floor and shot them in the head for fear they might identify him. Doody s brother had studied at the Temple West of Phoenix. Garcia pleaded guilty to first degree murder in Exchange for avoid ing the death penalty. Doody ignored reporters questions As he was led away. His lawyer Peter Balkan said an Appeal was planned. Paula Jones meets with reporters Friday in Washington to discuss her allegations of sexual harassment by president Clinton when he was governor of Arkansas. Woman says Clinton made sex moves by the los Angeles times Washington a former Arkansas state employee saying she wanted to restore her Good reputation charged Friday that in 1991 then gov. Bill Clinton made sexual advances to Ward her in his hotel room during a conference in Little Rock. The charges by Paula Jones at a news Confer ence in Washington Are the latest in a series of allegations of sexual misconduct that have plagued president Clinton since he began his drive for the White House in 1992. In a letter to the president Jones lawyer Daniel m. Traylor asked for a Public apology and warned of a possible lawsuit. White House officials refused comment. Jones who is in her late 20s and now lives in California said in an affidavit and in response to reporters questions that she went to Clinton s hotel room because an Arkansas state trooper told her that the governor wanted to talk to her. Although Jones had never met Clinton she said she believed she could Trust him because he was the governor. But she claimed that after the trooper whom she identified As Danny Ferguson escorted her to the room and left her alone with Clinton the governor became aggressive. Jones said Clinton pulled her to him Slid his hand up her leg and asked her for a Type of  when she protested that she needed to re turn to her assignment at the conference registration desk in the lobby she said Clinton told her Don t worry about  claimed that she rebuffed the governor s advances and left in 15 minutes. It was wrong that a woman could work in the workplace and be harassed by a figure that High she said. Jones was accompanied Friday by her Hus band Steven who said what happened in that room was a disgrace to Paula. I have bad feelings toward or.  Jones account of the Epi Sode was supported by affidavits from a co worker Pamela Blackard and a Friend Debra Ballen Tine both of whom said Jones told them about the incident on the Day it occurred May 8,1991. She subsequently married and moved to Cali fornia where her husband was transferred. The couple has one child. Jones came Forward tray Lor said because of a report of the episode in the january Issue of the american Spectator. The Story which identified her Only As Paula reported that she had spent an hour in Clinton s room and had told the trooper that she was willing to become the governor s regular Girlfriend t if Clinton so