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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Thursday, April 21, 1994

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 21, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 4 the stars and stripes thursday april 21,1994u.s., s. Korea hike pressure on North be w from Page 1 Range of issues with the South and with Washington including a Long running dispute Over whether the North is developing nuclear weapons. North Korea denies it is building nuclear weapons but Strong doubts persist in Seoul Washington  elsewhere because the North Nas refused to go along with International atomic Energy Agency inspections of its suspect facilities. South koreans chief of combat Intelli ence col. Park Sung Chun said wednesday that his government believes North Korea has accumulated 15 kilograms 33 pounds of plutonium that is enough to build two nuclear weapons he said. He added that it is Uncertain whether any bombs actually have been built since there is no evidence of bomb testing. A a =. Also wednesday a senior Clinton administration official said the United states was interested in resuming direct but lower level talks with North Korea to possibly set the stage for a third round of nigh level talks on nuclear and other issues. A the official who was in Seoul with defense Secretary William Perry said the administration would set no conditions for resuming the lower level talks and that they could happen soon. He declined to say whether the North koreans had expressed an interest in talks. The military exercise had been suspended earlier this year after North Korea said it would permit the inspections of its declared nuclear facilities. But the March inspection was curtailed by the North prompting Calls for possible . Economic sanctions against North Korea and a reconsideration of the team spirit decision. Tensions heightened still further when . Defense Secretary William Perry left and South korean counterpart race Byoung Tae Salute during Honor guard ceremonies in Seoul on wednesday. A North korean official recently warned that his country would turn Seoul into  sea of fire if the North was pressed too hard on the nuclear Issue. During Perry a visit South korean officials sought to ease the tensions by stressing they believed a peaceful solution to the nuclear standoff can be achieved. Indeed a visit by american reporters wednesday to the heavily guarded demilitarized zone that has separated North and South since the end of the korean War in 1953 showed no signs of imminent conflict or worried soldiers. About the Only thing flying were magpies and the Only noise was a female singing voice being broadcast across the Border on North korean loudspeakers. Perry discussed the team spirit Issue and other matters related to the South a military preparedness in a series of meetings with South korean defense minister knee Byoung Tae foreign minister Han Sung Joo  president Kim Young Sam. Afterwards Han made Clear that team spirit remained a bargaining Chip in the nuclear dispute. A whether team spirit will resume this year will depend entirely on North Korea whether it will allow necessary inspections by the atomic Energy Agency or not a Han told a news conference. After Perry a meetings with Rhee and Hart the two sides issued a written statement saying they agreed to resume planning for team spirit. The statement said the exercise would be held a in the november time Frame if North Korea continued to resist full nuclear inspections that had been tried in March. Washington and Seoul a would still be willing to consider suspension of team spirit for this year if the North permitted full inspections and other arrangements were made for a resumption of High level .-North korean talks the statement. Said./. A. V \ . The net effect of the .-South korean statement seemed to be a return to the situation that was in effect late last year before the North koreans declared they would permit the nuclear inspections. At that time plans for team spirit were suspended and a resumption of High level .-North korean talks was anticipated once the inspections were successfully completed. The last High level .-North korean talks were held last summer. After his meeting with Rhee Perry told reporters he was confident a whatever North koreans reaction to a resumption of .-Soruth korean military Maneu vers a that talk of a potentially imminent military conflict was premature. A  i believe there a no danger of imminent hostilities of imminent military confrontation Between North and South Korea a Perry  from Simonella Dies after surgery at Lan Stuhl Nas Simonella Sicily a amps a Navy member assigned to Simonella died saturday evening at the army regional medical Center in Lan Stuhl Germany a Simonella spokesman said wednesday. Petty officer 1st class Pamela c. Mason 40, died or natural causes following surgery the spokesman said. Details concerning the cause of her death Are unavailable until after an autopsy the spokesman said. Mason who worked for the operations department at Simonella is survived by her husband Greg Mason of Nas Simonella and her Mother Florence Rasmusen Curtis of Royal Oak Mich. A memorial service for Mason is planned for today at 10 . At Simonella Nasi base  delayed Ramstein a Germany a amps a the court martial of an air Force colonel facing accusations that Range from sodomy to solicitation was delayed and no new Date has been set Ramstein officials said tuesday. The trial of col. James r. Martin was scheduled to begin today at Ramstein. A statement released by the base said Martins Legal counsel had been assigned to other Legal matters but did not elaborate. Martin agreed to the delay the statement said. Gainesville Fla. A a drifter was sentenced wednesday to die in the electric chair for killing five students during a we Klong string of sex murders that terrorized this College town in 1990. Danny Harold rolling amp to beheaded one victim and left her head on a bookshelf pleaded guilty in february to five counts of first degree murder three counts of sexual Battery and three counts of armed burglary. A Justice is beyond these Walls  shouted Mario Taboada one victims brother As rolling was led out of the courtroom. It took a jury Only one vote last month to decide that the 39-year-old drifter from Shreveport la., should get the death penalty rather than life in prison. Circuit judge Stan r. Morris was not bound by that recommendation when he imposed the sentence wednesday. The death sentence is subject to automatic Appeal. Morris concluded rolling that suffers from a chronic mental disorder and has a mental age of Only 15, but added a the does not suffer from a psychosis. He is in touch with  j assistant Public defender Johnny Kearns said he had tried to dissuade rolling from pleading guilty because he believed it would Hurt rolling a chances for mercy at sentencing. A i still regarded the decision to be hopeless a Kearns said. A . A a rolling said nothing during wednesdays sentencing but during the March hearing he apologized for the killings. A i regret with All Ray heart what my hand has done a rolling said. A i have taken what i cannot  the judge also sentenced rolling to three consecutive life terms on the rape and burglary charges. He already was serving a life sentence for a series of robberies around the time of the killings. The students were slain in their off Campus apartments in August 1990, just before the fall semester. They attended the University of Florida and Santa be Community College. German denies role in turks deaths attack suspect flushed out fair play . Apr a Man has been arrested and charged with heaving a toilet bowl off an interstate 85 overpass onto a passing truck injuring its Driver. David Lee Glenn 20, was charged monday with assault and Battery with intent to kill in the april 10 incident. The trucker Gene Allen 56, of Commerce ga., suffered Chest bruises and had to have Muscles and nerves reattached in his . Dusseldorf Germany apr one of four men charged in the 1993 arson attack that killed five turks has denied any involvement in the crime claiming he was with two other defendants at the time of the fire. The suspects in what Many regard As the worst hate crime in unified Germany have Given conflicting statements at their trial and wednesdays testimony by Christian Buchholz added to the confusion. Buchholz 21, told the court that he was with co defendants Felix Kuhnen and Markus Gartmann on the night of the attack last May 29, in the apartment of a Mutual Friend. The apartment was about one Kilometre 0.62 mile from the House in Solingen where the Large Turkis family named Gene was sleeping. The fire killed two turkish women and three girls i Buchholz testified that the three defendants were 1 Gether at the time of the attack very drunk. He Call Nis Mother from a Telephone Booth and asked her pick him up Buchholz told the court. He was still with his companions when his Mother 1 need and when they parted the Gene family House v already on fire he testified. It Buchholz said he was not a person who hates flt Eigners and had always found Neo nazi slogans a is pid embarrassing and  judge Wolfgang Steffen read from a diary kept Oue Nolz singling out an entry that said a you will by too when referring to a dispute the defendant h with a group of foreigners. A. 1 Ink that people with skin and hair Woi actually bum a Buchholz told the judge  
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