European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 23, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes saturday april 23,1994 at a glance a court in Belfast Northern ire land has overturned the murder conviction of Kennedy in Law Paul Hill who previously won his free Dom from a wrongful imprisonment for Ira bombings. See Story on pages. Baltic seek arms the Baltic states Are negotiating with the United states for arms and military vehicles for a new joint peace keeping Force a top official says. ". Page 4 mutilation alleged a Man who admitted killing 1 7 women sometimes sliced his victims fingertips to prevent the bodies from being identified a prosecutor says. V Page 7 2nd youth to get Cane a Singapore judge has sentenced a 17-year-old Hong orig youth to 12 ashes with a Cane for Spray painting cars Light tank developed a new Light tank designed to be deployed quickly to anywhere in the world has been turned Over to the army for testing. Page 14 Arnolds reuniting Roseanne Arnold is ready to kiss and make up with her husband Tom Arnold. Page 20 i Index Abby Ann Landers. 21 classifieds. 22-25 comics. 18-19,21 commentary. 13 crossword. 21 faces places. 20 focus. 15-17 Horoscope 24 Jumble 24 letters 12 Money matters 14 religion. 10 sports 26-32 to listings. 31 weather 11 serbs from Page Back to negotiations and to Stop the Slaughter of the the president rejected suggestions of some including Senate armed service committee chairman Sam Nunn d-ga., that the West consider expanding its Mili tary Effort and bomb targets in Serbia which has been arming and otherwise supporting bosnian serbs. Clinton said such a step was not an appropriate thing to do at this time be cause the West needed the serbian government to help with the peace process. Clinton delivered the warning at the White House after thanking nato for its Quick endorsement of the administration s request for the ultimatum. Gorade is among the Safe havens designated by the United nations in the former Yugoslavia. But the bosnian serbs have ignored that designation and repeatedly shelled the town in recent weeks including an attack on thursday in which tanks fired at a Hospital. Limited nato airstrikes nearly two weeks ago failed to persuade the serbs to end their attacks on Gorade. We Are determined to save innocent lives to raise the Price of aggression and help bring the parties Back for a negotiated settlement Clinton told reporters in the East room after a meeting with greek Erime minister Andreas on the Balkan Peninsula we have really dynamite on our hands Papandreou said. In Bosnia today there i tragedy indeed a great Papandreou said Greece supported the new nato Effort but with deep reservations our fear is that step by step we May be dragged into a land War which would be really by modern standards a tragedy much greater than we have seen in before his meeting with Papandreou Clinton spoke by Telephone with Pope John Paul ii about the situation in Bosnia according to Raymond finn Clinton s Vatican envoy. Friends from Pago 1 abundance of laughter and Joy and de Light in the More than 300 people attended a 2 30p.m. Service for Piper an intelligence officer who had an unwavering passion for life. Her friends and colleagues said that Piper approached everything with a Zeal that almost seemed unreal. Piper who considered san Antonio her Home was the daughter of an air Force colonel. By the time she was 7 years old Piper had set her sights on joining the air Force. She attended the . Air Force Academy in Colora do and was a distinguished graduate of an intelligence course at Godfel in waft Texas. Piper was selected for Pilot training beginning in 1996. She had been in Turkey since Nof vember and was due to return to Hans Ramstein this month. Her death Marks the first time a woman air Force Academy graduate has died in a hostile fire zone. Hans remembered Piper As a person who took her work seriously but always managed to balance her intensity and drive for perfection with unabashed humor. " " she could make Art office setting fun without detracting from work Hans said before the service. Laura was an extremely intense per son said 1st it. Molly polka a Friend Academy classmate and colleague. Everything she did had a purpose. She was Mach 2 All the that zest for work carried Over into her personal life. Piper was an avid trav Eler and a sports enthusiast. She participated in track and Field basketball Rugby and weightlifting. She was always All smiles said 1st is John Boh Merthe altar at the Ramstein a Chapel was set Friday for memorial services in remembrance of 1st it Laura Ashley Piper. The intelligence officer based at Ramstein was killed when the Black Hawk helicopter she was in was shot Down accidentally Over Iraq. It. Susan rank a c-9 Nightingale Pilot who was also a Friend and an Academy classmate of Piper s. You could help but like at Friday s memorial service there was a picture of Piper sporting hiking boots and a Backpack. The picture was framed and flanked by an assortment of Flowers including mums and daisies. She was outgoing loved life and was always Busy chaplain col Robert s. Leeds said during the service. Dignitaries who attended the tribute included air Force Gen. Robert c. Oaks the Safe commander army it. Gen. Daniel r. Schroeder Deputy commander of . Army Europe and army it. Gen. Richard f. Keller chief of staff for . European come. Hans concluded his tribute to Piper breading a letter that her Fiance air Force 2nd it. Daniel p. Murray gave to him on monday to read at the service. At the be ginning Hans had to pause a few times Nixon fro Paget Man confirmed that he has a living will but she would not discuss it. Nixon s doctors and aides would not discuss his treatment or condition in de Tail. But other doctors said the coma sharply reduced his chances of survival and virtually guaranteed he would never recover his Powers of expression. Nixon had been partially paralysed onnis right Side and unable to speak even before the coma. His chances of dying Are much greater and his Chance of surviving without major damage to his speech and move ment is very very Small said or. Gre to maintain his composure. Murray wrote that his Fiancee was a combination of All the Best things in a person Loving and kind stubborn and tenacious outgoing and shy childlike but Wise beyond her years a great listener and conversationalist passionate Strong a trustworthy and Stalwart Friend. A As some of you know he wrote Laura and i had just finished a trip to Egypt a place Laura has wanted to Revis it since she was a Little girl. She was ecstatic and called it the trip of a life time it was. It is a great Comfort to me and her family and i Hope for you to know that her last Days in this life were some of the Best she had known. I can honestly Tell you that when we said Good Bye last wednesday april 13. She was happier than i have Ever seen her. She knew she was loved she was pleased with her life and Newas off on another gory Albers director of the Stanford stroke Center at Stanford University medical Center in Palo Alto Calif. For Nixon that would be a cruel sen tence. In the nearly 20 years since he was forced from the presidency by the water Gate scandal he has re emerged As an elder statesman in foreign policy. He has travelled widely five times to China and published eight books. 2 soldiers in Germany Hurt in copter crash vhf Amoc Idt n.,a t of _ Frankfurt Germany is two Lith aviation regt soldiers from ii Lesheim Germany were injured Friday morning when their helicopter crashed near the German town of Kiin Kelsau a corps spokeswoman said. The helicopter an oh-58c Kiowa crashed about 11 30 . Between Stutt Gart and Wiir Burg. None of the injuries was life threaten ing said Hilde Patton. Patton would not say where the sol Diers were hospitalized but said additional information could be expected monday. The names of the soldiers Are being withheld pending notification of next of Kin. The cause of the crash is under investigation
