European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 11, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes . Wednesday May 11,1994student-Aid chief quits Over sexual allegations from wire reports Washington the official in charge of student Aid policy at the department of education has resigned amid allegations that he made sexual advances toward two male officials. A department spokesman said monday that a harassment complaint had been filed against Robert w. Evans. But the spokesman refused to provide details citing privacy regulations. The chronicle of higher education reported this week that a California student Aid administrator had accused Evans of luring him during a 1992 financial Aid conference to his room. The chronicle obtained a copy of the complaint. A second Man Fred w. Carter also contended that Evans made similar advances to him during professional conferences in 1990 and 1991 when Carter worked in the financial Aid office at Seattle University in Washington state the chronicle Saidl i both said Evans had explained that he needed their help to Complete his initiation into a fraternity. For education  a passing fancy Portland Ore. A you might say Steven Wade Hamilton had a taste for Fine jewelry and change for a Quarter. Mul Tomah county sheriffs deputies were called to the jewelry counter at a Fred Meyer supermarket variety store where employees accused Hamilton of stealing a Diamond bridal ring valued at $2,299. Sheriffs Deputy Steve Phillips thought Hamilton had swallowed the ring. He was taken to a Hospital for a rays. After reviewing the a rays the Hospital staff confirmed that Hamilton had several foreign objects in his stomach including what appeared to be the ring. He had heard that if he ate other foreign objects they would mask the ring sgt. Barbara Glass said. Hamilton 32, was taken to the mul Tomah county detention Center where he was held on Robby in and criminal mischief charges. On sunday a Jailer told Phillips that Hamilton had passed two dimes a Nickel and a $160 ring that still had the Fred Meyer Price tag attached. The bridal ring showed up later after Hamilton was taken to the Hospital complaining of intense abdominal  Orleans waterlogged new Orleans a seven inches of rain in three hours stranded cars sent garbage floating Down streets and forced at least one hotel to Roll up its rugs. A a a a ,. Mondays downpour overpowered the City drainage system. A a everybody a garbage is floating up the Street a said Jim Toledano who manages a drugstore in the Uptown neighbourhood. A was the cars go by the water is coming up into the shop a said Patsy Coney a supervisor at a. Doughnut shop. A a one of my employees saw a rat out in the Street and she said she Wasny to taking any More of  at the fancy Pontchartrain hotel housekeepers rolled up All the rugs and tried to make a Dike out of towels. A a it a actually washing past the Vestibule into the lobby Quot said Mitch Dean who was Manning the desk. He said workers from the sales office had to Roll up their pants and Wade in with water vacuums. Roth seeks 5th Senate term Georgetown. Del. Sen. William v. Roth jr., co author of the 1981 Kemp Roth tax Cut that Laid the foundation for reaganomics launched his bid monday for the gop nomination to a fifth term. Roth 72, is unopposed in Delaware a sept. 10 primary. His Only democratic challenger so far is attorney general Charles m. Oberly 111, who is serving an unprecedented third term As the states chief Law  Anchorman Dies san Francisco a Chris Cutter an award winning radio reporter and Anchorman died of cancer monday. He was 52. Cutter began his journalism career at go to in san Francisco where he also worked As a producer for 10 years. He moved to Kobs am radio in san Francisco in 1982 to work As an editor. He left Kobs in 1986 for jobs As knew and san then returned to Kobs in 19s9 to work As a reporter and Anchor. Baker says Clinton policy Hurt . Image abroad Washington a former Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii described the Clinton administration monday As a uncomfortable with the concept of american Power and said its foreign policy was damaging . Credibility in the world. Criticizing administration policy toward Bosnia Haiti and Somalia Baker also said the administration had presided Over a decline in . Influence within nato.\. His critique of the Clinton foreign policy was made in a speech at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for scholars. A Baker has said he is a thinking Long and hard about seeking the Republican nomination to Challenge Clinton in 1996.�?T Quot i Baker said the end of the cold War has Given the United states an Opportunity to a engage selectively around the world. In doing so he said it must a assess our interests and seek policies that Are proportionate to them.�?�. A a a a a a a. A we must choose the appropriate instrumentality multilateral or unilateral to pursue those policies and above All we should husband the most important of intangibles our credibility in the service of our National interests a Baker said. Baker went on to say that the Clinton administration a by missteps in Haiti and Somalia a diminution of american influence within nato and a a Stop and go policy towards Bosnia that can Only charitably be la tracks on tracks sgt. David Bovat left and staff sgt. John Raney prepare to Roll the Vermont National guards first my Abrams main Battle tank off a rail car in Essex Junction on monday. The Abrams tanks arc replacing the m60a3 main Battle tanks which the guard has had since 1987. Bleed a confused has called that credibility into  he said that a the impression today is inescapable the nations leadership is fundamentally uncomfortable with the concept of american  criticized both the Clinton administration and his fellow republicans for their differing responses to developments in the former soviet Union. A the Western response to developments in the former communist bloc has been mixed at Best and marked in the United states and elsewhere by near manic depressive swings Between optimism and gloom a he said. Noting that this response was particularly True in the Case of Russia Baker said Many in the Clinton administration a seem prepared to countenance any russian backsliding at Home or Bellico sity abroad for fear of. Prompting a reaction from the russian  As for republicans Baker said some a have seized on the recent .-russian spy scandal to Call not just for a termination of Aid to Russia but at least by inference for creation of a new anti russian  Baker said the former Point of View was naive and the latter premature he called for immediate admission of Poland Hungary and the czech Republic into nato and said the More gradual approach of the administrations partnership for peace was a at Best a halfhearted response to applications from former soviet Block nations to join the  a Dallas apr scientists scanning the sunday funny papers say they came across a formula for destruction in the educational comic strip aimed at children called you can with beakman amp Jax. They said a simple looking Experiment could blow up in kids a faces. The cartoonist said it was highly unlikely. The comic showed a 9-Volt Battery sending Energy through two wires to separate water molecules in an overturned Jar. It carried a cautionary note to use a Low Power Battery and make certain no other electrical wires were put in the water. The Experiment described How to separate water through electrolysis into its two gaseous elements Hydrogen and oxygen a i looked at it and realized very very quickly a hey there a a real problem a Gene Nelson a biophysicist told the Dallas morning news. A was it is described in the text its just the perfect blend of Hydrogen and oxygen to make an explosion. It should not be  cartoonist Jok Church of san Rafael calif., said it was unrealistic to believe his Experiment could create enough Gas to explode or that an electrical spark would be possible in his Small scale setup a less than a thimble Ful of Gas is there after two hours of running the Experiment and by then the Battery is dead a Church said monday. Chris Parr a theoretical chemist at the University of Texas at Dallas told the newspaper that an explosion resulting from the Experiment could be powerful enough to a break the Glass and Send fragments of the poor Beaker into the eyes of those who Are watching cd Day ship can t make return trip los Angeles apr a cargo ship that survived world War ii could not survive a trip to Normandy 50 years later to Mark the anniversary of a Day. Engine problems off the coast of Mexico forced the steamship Lane Victory to abandon its voyage officials said monday. Its absence at the june 6 commemoration of the invasion will leave the san Francisco based steamship Jeremiah of Brien As the Only vessel rep a resenting the . Merchant Marine. A naturally we re All disappointed but this is just a glitch in the Long life of the Lane Victory a said Joseph v. Vernick president of the . Merchant Marine veterans of world War ii which owns the  455-foot Lane Victory left its Home port in san Pedro on april 29. Four Days later its Crew discovered that Oil was leaking in one of its two steam engines. A a the ship docked in Acapulco on thursday to undergo repairs. The groups seven member Board of direct tors voted late saturday to scrap the trip because it would take too Long for repairs Vernick said. The vessel is expected to begin its 1,300-mile trip Home today arriving sometime Over the weekend. It is carrying 55 Crew members a 50 men and five women averaging 68 in age Many of them world War ii veterans. Shipping orders from the . Coast guard had called for the Lane Victory to rendezvous with the Jeremiah of Brien in Bermuda and Convoy Over the Atlantic for safety reasons Vernick said. The Liberty class of Brien is the Only surviving seaworthy vessel that took part in the Normandy invasion