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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 21, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The of frs and tripes vol. 53, no. 4 500 thursday april 21,1994 d 8693 a ., s. Korea re a Safe plans for War games Seoul South Korea a Large scale War games for tens of thousands of  And South korean troops will be held this fall unless North Korea drops its objection to full inspections of its nuclear program officials said wednesday. On a Day when the  And South korean governments sought to play Down the Prospect of actual hostilities with the North officials said they were reinstating plans for the annual team spirit exercise because North Korea last month blocked the inspections. There was no word on exactly How Many  And South korean troops would take part in the Maneu vers. In past years the exercise has involved More than 100,000 troops. North Korea has condemned team spirit As a provocation and a Central obstacle to settling a continued on Page 4 Clinton pressing for nato to take a tougher stance Washington a president Clinton reacting to the carnage in Gorade on wednesday pressed for More aggressive nato military action to Stop serb at tacks on Safe havens in Bosnia. We must make the serbs pay a higher Price for the continued violence he told a White House news con Ference. Clinton also said the United states Russia and european allies planned a major diplomatic initiative to end the strife in the former Yugoslavia. He did not pro vide details saying they remain to be worked out. Air Power alone will not Settle this conflict said Clinton. This conflict will have to be settled through  before speaking Clinton conferred by phone with russian president Boris Yeltsin French president Francois Mitterrand and Canadian prime minister Jean Chretien. Clinton proposed that nato extend to Gorade and other Safe havens in Bosnia the same approach that was used last month to break the siege of Sarajevo the bosnian capital. That approach involved setting up a zone around the City and making it off limit to heavy guns. Serbs were required to pull Back their weapons 12 Miles from Sara. See nato on Page 2 Are at a loss for words by Mark Kinkade Stafl writer Darmstadt Germany some thing went  the words echoed heavily in the Darmstadt Community Chapel wednes Day As dozens of sgt. 1st class Benjamin Theodore hedged friends and com rades listened to a poem dedicated to the no from his unit co a 165th military intelligence in. We Are at a loss for words what More can we say read spec. Patricia a. Mcdaniel. The pain is widespread. We feel sad  the mourners were there to pay trib Ute to Hodge one of 15 americans lulled when two  Air Force f-15c fighters shot Down two  Army Black Hawk helicopters in . The 165th is headquartered in Darmstadt. Services were held tuesday in Giebel Stadt Germany for eight soldiers from that Post who were killed in the Friendly fire tragedy. Hodge s wife Brenda and daughter Leeann 11, were among the More than 100 people at the wednesday memorial service. Also attending were the v corps commander it. Gen. Jerry r. Rutherford and the 17th air Force commander Mai. Gen. Eugene d. San Tarelli along with other High ranking military leaders. They joined a Host of sergeants and specialists to listen to those who recalled the 32-year-old ser Geant first class. He found a Home in the army said combat boots Rifle and helmet along with a framed photograph stand in the Darmstadt Germany Chapel wednesday la memory of sgt. 1st see1 loss on Page 2 class Benjamin Theodore Hodge. Gun camera film of copter downings Likely to be released Washington a the Pentagon prob ably will release gun camera footage of the mis taken Downing of two  Helicopters Over  a spokesman said tuesday. A team of army and air Force investigators at in Ciurlik a Turkey is reviewing the footage As Well As sound and data tapes. The pilots of the two f-15 fighters that shot Down the helicopters were being questioned and have not returned to flight duty. Pentagon spokesman Dennis Boxx said. My belief right now is that when the investigation is completed it would not be a problem to release the gun camera footage for sure 1 Boxx told reporters. No decision on the release of the footage has be a made and i Don t want to stand Here and make a commitment Boxx said. Meanwhile Turkey s kurdish separatist move ment said the shooting was captured on video tape in its entirety by iraqi kurd who handed Over the footage the same Day. A copy was provided to the military com Mand Center in Zakhoo the same Day to help them with their investigation said sateen it Mayhe a representative of Turkey s rebel Kurdis Tan democratic party. The command is run by the  coalition Force that coordinates the humanitarian efforts on behalf of kurd under Allied Protection in see film on Page 2 King wins $3.8 million from los Angeles for police beating Pompeii a place Frozen in time see stripes Magazine  
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