European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 15, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday May 15,1994 computers 3 the stars and stripes r Pago 5 Indianapolis a -4 president Clinton called on americans on saturday to renew their commitment to end racial and social divisions and a the sheer weight of violence that threatens the very freedoms we be worked so hard to secure.�?�. A a. 7 7 7 a a a. Invoking the memories of Robert p. Kennedy and Martin Luther King jr., Clinton used his weekly radio address to sound Many of the themes the two leaders did in the late 1960s. He spoke from the mount Helm missionary Baptist Church in a Black neighbourhood of Indianapolis where Kennedy on april 4, 1968, calmed a Street Corner crowd after telling them King had been assassinated. Quot on that awful night 26 years ago Robert Kennedy beckoned americans of All races to show compassion and Wisdom in the face of violence and lawlessness a Clinton said. A once again it is time for us to heed those words time to build up instead of tear Down time to renew our Faith in Freedom and to refurbish our own democracy a he said., members of both families including Kennedy a wife Ethel were present. A the Pride we feel As americans must inspire us to renew the society we live in today a Clinton said. A it must inspire us to overcome racial social and political divisions and the sheer weight of violence that threatens the very freedoms we be worked so hard to  the president noted that tuesday will Mark the 40th anniversary of the supreme courts decision in Brown is. Board of education which ruled that separate but equal schools violate the Constitution. Clinton also said he will travel to Europe next month to celebrate the 50th anniversary of a Day a a Day on which we thank an entire generation for risking their lives so that democracy would not also fall victim to  he also was to participate in the groundbreaking of a statue honouring Kennedy and King at a site near the Church honouring both men. Irish prime minister Albert Reynolds was in the audience listening to Clinton a remarks. There were unconfirmed reports that the two would meet to discuss developments in the peace process in Northern Ireland. Sounding the civil rights theme in a College commencement speech Friday Clinton said that a not getting a Job or haying the Chance to reach your god Given potential because someone else is handicapped by prejudice or fear is trag-1c.�?� a 1 a 7 a a a a a 7. A it must not be tolerated because none of us can afford it a Clinton said in an address at the 125th commencement of Gallaudet University a Premier school for the deaf. For 2 sergeants Indianapolis apr president Clinton announced saturday he will present medals of Honor to two army sergeants killed in Somalia last fall while trying to help wounded comrades. Clinton said that the posthumous awards will go to master sgt. Gary i. Gordon and sgt. 1st class Randall d. Shughart the first recipients of the Honor since the Vietnam War. The two were members of the . Army special operations come at it. Bragg . They came under attack in Mogadishu on oct. 3 when two downed . Helicopters were attacked by somali fighters. The White House said the two medals to be bestowed in a ceremony May 23, Are the first to be awarded for valor in any conflict since the Vietnam War. R 7 7. ,. A ,. V 7 7- a according to the citation for the awards the two sergeants were providing Rifle fire from a Lead helicopter to protect other . Soldiers under attack by automatic weapons and rocket propelled grenades. A the two sergeants unhesitatingly volunteered to go to the Aid of four wounded comrades at a second crash site despite being Well aware of the growing number of enemy personnel closing in a the citation said. It said Gordon and Shughart fought their Way through a Maze of shacks and shanties and provided covering fire for an injured Pilot a until their ammunition was depleted. \ or a after sgt. Shughart was fatally wounded master sgt. Gordon recovered another Rifle from the crash site and gave it and the last five rounds of Rifle ammunition to the injured Pilot with the words a Good  then armed Only with his pistol Gordon continued to fight until he was fatally  the Pilot survived. Punching Geraldo Forier middleweight boxing Champion Roberto Duran left exchanges punches with talk show Host Geraldo Rivera in new York As former welterweight boxing Champion sugar Ray Leonard looks on. Duran was in new York on thursday to promote his upcoming bout with Vinny Pazienza. A. Mayor Hackensack . Up Bergen county prosecutor John Fahy said saturday that the mayor of Lodi will face a grand jury on charges he punched his estranged wife and tried to strangle her with a Telephone Cord. Mayor Philip Toronto 48, was charged Friday with aggravated assault and simple assault in new Jersey Superior court in Hackensack. He was released on his own recognizance but was barred from his Home and from coming within 100 feet of his wife in Consuelo. Toronto pleaded not guilty to both charges. He could not be reached for comment saturday but the Newark Star Ledger quoted him As saying he argued with Comsuelo 34 Over Money and their pending divorce. The paper quoted him As denying hitting his wife a driving school instructor whom he married last june. But Fahy said a there were bumps on her head and bruises on her Chest Bone and Marks on her neck. She certainly had been  Consuelo Toronto called Fahys office Friday morning and alleged that her husband had punched her yanked a Telephone Cord out of the Wall and tried to choke her with it the prosecutor said. Toronto surrendered at Fahys office at 2 . Friday. He was not represented by a lawyer in court. Zookeepers baffled Over great ape s escape St. Paul Minn. Apr Call it a Case of Spring fever. Casey a 400-Pound Gorilla escaped the first Day he was returned to his outdoor zoo exhibit and wandered about for 45 minutes. Somehow he scaled the 15-foot-High Concrete Wall that surrounds the sunken enclosure at Como zoo on Friday then he walked across the grass and stepped Over a 4-foot Fence to Freedom. Lisa Sherman snapped a photo of Casey. But she realized seconds later that the Gorilla Wasny to supposed to be quite that close. Sherman who was at the zoo with her daughters kindergarten class said she did no to feel threatened at the time. Parents and children were herded into buildings while zookeepers tried to coax the 6-foot, 12-year-old african Western Lowland Gorilla Back to his Home. Casey was shot in the backside with a tranquil Izer Dart but he Wasny to knocked unconscious. He returned to his exhibit on his own. Before that he stepped on some freshly poured Asphalt and stood on a picnic table near the women a restroom. Zoo officials done to know How Casey escaped. Fri to its As Security measure Washington Apas a Security measure the Fri wants the Public to keep a Little More distance from its Headquarters. The Block Square Headquarters building Halfway Between the White House Ana the Capitol has been open for 22 years and the Public has been Able to enter from Pennsylvania Avenue and roam a Large Interior courtyard. No More by order of Fri director Louis Freeh. A the precaution is not the result of a specific threat or incident but is simply prudent and overdue in a world with so much crime and violence a Freeh said Friday. He noted that the Justice department across the Street has banned the Public from its courtyard for years