European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 12, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes . Thursday May 12,1994nets to merge by Warren e. Leary new York times Washington a the government will Combine the operations of civilian Ana military weather satellite systems into a single unit that should operate More efficiently and save hundreds of millions of dollars officials say. The merger will place under civilian control four weather satellites two operated by the defense department and two by the National oceanic and atmospheric administration. In about a decade the operation will be reduced to three More advanced satellites to avoid duplication. Each satellite which orbits the world from pole to pole at an Altitude of 490 Miles looks at the planet twice daily to provide weather pictures As Well As data on moisture temperature solar radiation and other  said that combining the systems part of a Clinton administration program to streamline govern ment should save As much As $300 million by the end of the decade. Or. John Gibbons the White House science adviser said tuesday that tight budgets prompted department officials to agree to the merger after two decades of proposals and studies. A government agencies Are finally facing the reality that cooperation is in their Best interest a Gibbons said. Under an inter Agency agreement the defense department is to procure future weather satellites the Commerce departments atmospheric Agency is to operate the system and Nasa is to conduct research on advanced technology to be incorporated into new spacecraft. A this is a landmark decision a said r. Noel Tongue Mare a Deputy undersecretary of defense. A never before has the United states taken Core National Security requirements that must be satisfied during conflict or War and merged them into a civil  under the current civilian weather program the United states shares its satellite data with other nations. In the merged program the nation could deny or delay release of critical environmental data that could Benefit an adversary during a National emergency the White House said. ,. D. James Baker administrator of the atmospheric Agency that will run the combined program said the United states has invited Hume that the joint european meteorological Agency to take part in the new project. The europeans had previously agreed to put Macri can instruments on a new Hume that Polar weather satellite he said. Representatives of the three Federal agencies involved will set up a joint office to manage the combined system by october officials said. But the two operations will not be completely combined until 2004. Officials said the military and civilian weather agencies have More than a dozen Polar satellites with lifespans of about three years in storage or on order. A a a a a a in the stars and stripes 10 years ago May 12,1984�? the House turned aside efforts to impose strict conditions on . Military Aid to of Salvador voting narrowly to Grant president Reagan millions of dollars in additional funds for Central America. A. A a a  20 years ago May 12,1974 a Julie Nixon Eisenhower and her husband David declared that president Nixon will Trust has Fate to the constitutional impeachment process saying the chief executive would not resign under any circumstances. 30 years ago May 12,1964 a . Military air transport service plane crashed while attempting to land at Clark a Philippines in a rainstorm killing 73 of 83 persons aboard the air Force said. Quot a a 40 years ago May 12,1954 a Secretary of state John Foster duties said the United states wants a Southeast asian Alliance that would pledge member nations to openly fight communist aggression. 50 years ago May 12,1944 a Anglo american agreements have been reached with governments of nazi occupied countries in Western Europe for administering civil affairs once Allied armies move in and a policy has been adopted for administration within Germany it was Learned. C world War ii50 years ago today May 12i.9.4 4 moroccan soldiers in the free French corps Advance to Monte Faith in the offensive on the Western italian front but British troops gain Only two Small footholds across the rapid River at Cassino and american and polish troops make no headway . Soldiers around Hollandia in new Guinea Are attacked but japanese troops weakened by disease and Lack of food gain no ground. Source 2194 Days of War w h. Smith publishers inc. The world almanac of world War la Bison books corp., 1981. Ap2 Kevorkian murder counts reinstated Lansing Mich apr Michigan a court of appeals has turned the clock Back More than three years on efforts to Stop or. Jack Kevorkian. In separate rulings tuesday the court declared the states ban on assisted Sui Clde unconstitutional and reinstated murder charges against Kevorkian in the 1991 deaths of two women.7 those charges a like another murder charge dropped in 1990 a had been dismissed by a judge who ruled Michigan had no Law against helping someone commit suicide. That was Why lawmakers passed the ban a year ago. Left again with Only murder charges to Stop Kevorkian Oakland county prosecutor Richard Thompson said that  doctor could be difficult and that he would be More comfortable with a Law against assisted suicide. A because a jury is going to say a this is not the regular  in a Normal murder Case you have an unwilling victim. In this Case a victim wanted to die a he  ban had been set to expire nov-25. A commission assigned by the legislature to make recommendations on a new Law failed to reach a consensus. Just a week ago a jury in another Case refused to convict Kevorkian of breaking the ban on assisted suicide for helping a victim of Lou Gehrig a disease kill himself by inhaling Carbon monoxide from a canister. The appeals court in a 2-1 ruling said the ban was unconstitutional because it was tacked onto a Bill setting up the commission to study assisted suicide. The Michigan Constitution requires that Bills cover Only one subject. At the same time the court said there is no constitutional right to suicide or to assisted suicide. A Liberty and Justice will not cease to exist if a right to commit suicide is not recognized a judge Thomas Fitzgerald wrote. / 7 a a a in a dissent judge Donald Shelton said it is illogical to charge someone with murder when suicide itself is Legal. A separate 2-1 decision reinstated the murder charges in the deaths of Marjorie Wantz and Sherry Miller citing a 1920 Michigan. Supreme court ruling. The High court said a Man was guilty of murder for mixing Poison and putting it within reach of his. Terminally ill wife who had asked for his help in ending her life. The appeals court said a rather than judicially rewrite the Laws of this state it is proper in fact the oath we All took requires nothing less to rely on the legislature to devise should they choose to do so a Means to avoid the harsh penalty that is imposed when assisting a suicide is treated As  the ban on suicide carried up to four years in prison and a $2,000 Fine. Murder carries up to life in prison without parole in Michigan. Or. Jack Kevorkian can still smile even though a Michigan court has reinstated murder charges against him. Killer to alter defense for 2nd trial Mineola . A Joel Rifkin the admitted serial killer who was convicted this week of murder in his first trial Wilt try a different insanity defense for his next one the adopted child syndrome. A i think the syndrome explains a lot of his behaviour a a lawyer Martin Efman said tuesday. Rifkin was adopted at birth. Efman was appointed by the courts to represent. Rifkin in Suffolk county where he is to be tried next for the murders of two women. Rifkin was convicted monday in neighbouring Nassau county of killing Tiffany Bresciani whose decaying body was found in the rear of his pickup truck when he was stopped for a traffic violation on june 28. Although his lawyers used an insanity defense it did no to include adopted child syndrome. Rifkin has confessed to killing 17 women mostly prostitutes. Efman conceded that the use of adopted child syndrome As a viable insanity defense is risky because it is Only considered a theory. The theory is based on the belief by some experts that certain adopted children experience a feeling of rejection that they never get Over. Rifkin told psychiatrists that he suspected his birth Mother was a prostitute. A the fantasizes about prostitutes and winds up killing them a Efman said. Rejection by a Central figure in ones life sometimes precipitates violence said David Kirshner a psychologist who espouses the adopted child theory and who has examined Rifkin. Michael Ahearn head of the Suffolk District attorney s homicide Bureau and the prosecutor who will try Rifkin said he doubted the jury would be swayed. If convicted of no Der in the upcoming trial Rifkin would face 50 years to life in prison. A judge would decide whether he would serve the time after or concurrently with the sentence of 25 years to life that he is expected to receive june 8 for mondays conviction. Clinton thanks nurses for honouring Mother Washington a reminiscing about boyhood trips to his mothers Hospital president Clinton thanked a nurses organization tuesday for creating a $40,000 Virginia Kelley scholarship. A you have honoured my favorite nurse a he said. Clinton smother Virginia Kelley was an anaesthetist for More than 30 years. She died Jan. 6 of cancer. She was Quot always telling me stories that indicated that there was literally nothing in the world More important to her than dealing with a person frightened in pain a Clinton told the american nurses  scholarship will go to a nurse researcher. The president said he spent Many Days As a boy watching his Mother work an experience that came in Handy when his pregnant wife Hillary Rodham Clinton was told at the last minute that she needed a caesarean Section. Clinton fought efforts to get him out of the delivery room telling doctors that his wife had never been in a Hospital before. A i said a look in be been watching people get Cut on and bleed since i was a ittle boy ill do Fine but she a never 3een Here before and she May not. You a better let me come  the Hospital later changed its policy allowing fathers into the delivery rooms if they attended birthing classes