European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 21, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and strides . B id to d to p or delay i i nto n s i t exp e cited by the new York times Washington a the Justice department is preparing to Tell a Federal judge that the sexual harassment suit brought against president Clinton should be dismissed of delayed indefinitely officials say. The Justice departments argument is being readied to support a motion that Clinton s private attorney Robert Bennett plans to file soon in Federal court in Little Rock Ark. Bennett will ask that the suit brought by Paula Corbin Jortes a former Arkansas state employee be dismissed or postponed until after the president leaves office. Bennett has indicated that argue that the president Imit Unity from All lawsuits because the need to defend himself would distract him from his duties and throw the government into disarray. Administration officials said the Justice departments office of Legal counsel is preparing a Brief for the court that would Back Bennett s claim of Broad immunity for presidents from lawsuits even those resulting from actions before they take office. The goal of Bennett and the president s other advisers is to avoid the spectacle of Clinton a testifying about his behaviour three years ago. Jones says in her Legal complaint filed May 6, that she was invited to meet Clinton then governor of Arkansas in a Little Rock hotel room. She alleges he made an explicit sexual overture in the room. White House officials a knowl. Edged that Bennett a tactics were driven largely by political considerations arising from the sexual nature of Jones charges. Of this goes All the Way to trial and the president wins he will have really lost politically a a said a senior White House adviser. The official also said any actions associated with the lawsuit like the discovery process that would precede a trial would also be viewed in the White House As a political setback. Even though Clinton is paying a private. Lawyer the White House counsel Lloyd Cutler last week asked the office of Legal counsel to study the immunity Issue. An administration official said the department agreed to undertake the study because it anticipated that the Federal judge in Little Rock would ask for the governments views on the Issue of immunity after Bennett made his argument. If the judge did not ask the government to intervene the department could on its own file a Friend of the court Brief outlining its views. Saturday May 21,1994 most Home alone kids found in Midwest suburbs from wire reports Washington a the children most Likely to spend time without adult supervision live in midwestern suburbs while Rural southerners Are least Likely to be Home alone. _ those Are among the findings of who a minding the kids a census Bureau report on child care arrangements of working mothers. The Bureau found that about 1.6 million _ youngsters were unsupervised Between the time school lets out and a Parent returns from work. That a about 7.6 percent of Grade school children with working moms. The report said midwestern children were most Likely to be left alone at some Point with 12,1 percent falling into that category. There were 7.5 percent Home alone in the West 5.7 percent in the Northeast and 4.8 percent in the South. A children spending time Home alone were most a Likely to be suburban residents 9.3 percent compared with 6.8 percent in cities and 5,3 percent in Rural meal ticket to jail new York a done to Call Gangaram makes a common criminal. When he winds up in the joint he goes in style dining out on Fine cuisine and top shelf liquor. When the Check arrives he shrugs and Waits for the police. A. A. A a a a a a a a a a a a the serial that a what his Public defender Calls makes who has pleaded guilty to stealing a restaurant meal at least 31 times. The 36-year-old sometimes homeless Man never asks for a lighter sentence. The whole idea is to wind up in the Slammer where he a assured three squares a Day and a clean bed. Makes emigrated from Guyana in 1976, expecting a land of a milk and the Only stability he found was in the army and later in jail. Right now he a doing 90 Days at the riders Island jail for the meal he filched at a cafe in Rockefeller Center. He ordered the swordfish Steak and a chivas regal. The Check came to $51.31. Formula for a profit Rochester . A the mystery about the run on baby formula in Small town supermarkets in upstate new York does no to look so sinister after All. Authorities intrigued about nighttime purchases of Large amounts of baby formula wondered if the seven month phenomenon might be drug related. Could the liquid concentrate with its High Iron Content be combined with cocaine microwaved and consumed As wafer highly unlikely says the drug enforcement administration. A the no drug possibilities look More probable a spokesman Jonn Dowd said thursday. Baby formula is routinely sold at bargain prices in Rural parts of new York state to draw shoppers and entrepreneurs supplying stores in new York City have simply discovered a lucrative sideline authorities say. A 24-can Case of similar baby formula with Iron Sells for about $42 at upstate stores and fetches at least $10 More in the new York City area said police it. Brian Yates in Johnstown a town of 9,300 near Schenectady where the shopping binges were first detected in october. Molester loses piano Houston a a judge wanted to punish a piano teacher for molesting two girls in a Way that would affect the teacher most. So he ordered George. Marrs to stay away from the keyboard for 20 years. That condition was part of the probation state District judge Ted Poe slapped on Marrs As part of a plea arrangement that kept the musician out of jail for fondling 9-and 10-year-old girls. A i took away the most important thing to him a Poe said a i done to know anything about pianos. I done to like pianos. But to him that piano was the most important thing in his a Marrs 66, was accused of molesting the girls at his Home during piano lessons. Both girls eventually told their parents who notified authorities. Marrs who pleaded no contest wednesday also must donate his $12,000 piano to a children a Home and Post a sign on the front door of his suburban. Houston Home that warns anyone younger than 18 to stay away. In the stars and stripes 10 year Sago May 21,1984 a Oil Rich countries in the lower persian Gulf Region stepped up their military Alert while initiating diplomatic action to Ward off further iranian attacks on their tankers Arab and Western Dipso Matic sources said a 20 year Sago May 21 1974 a Randolph and Catherine Hearst begged their fugitive daughter Patricia who the Fri said is a armed and extremely dangerous Quot to abandon the terrorist sym ionese liberation army and give herself up. 30 year Sago may21,1964�? the soviet Union promised to Quot look into Quot the placing of 40 listening devices discovered inside the Walls of the . Embassy in Moscow. 40 year Sago May 21,1954 a the White House said it knew of no direct request by sen. Joseph r. Mccarthy r-wis., to explain his Side of the dispute to president Eisenhower before the army Mccarthy Row a a exploded Quot publicly. E world War ii 50 years ago today May 21 1 a 9 a 4 �4 american and British bombers launch operation Chattanooga Choo Choo systematic attacks on trains in Germany and France to disrupt transportation before the Normandy invasion. . Troops take Fondi on the Western italian front and an american infantry battalion lands at Sperionga with no opposition. . Engineers reopen wacko Airfield on inso emar Island off 1 new Guinea. Source 2194 Days of War w. H. Smile publishers inc. Tha world almanac of world War ii Bison books corp., 1961 a 3 cleared on germans los Angeles a three men were cleared of involvement in an attack that left a German tourist dead and her husband hospitalized with gunshot wounds to the face and Back. Investigators from the Riverside county sheriffs department interviewed the men for three to four hours Friday but determined they were not at the scene of the shooting said Mark Lohman a spokesman Fot Riverside county sheriffs department. However the California Highway patrol was holding the men Friday on Urc Latch charges for trafficking in drugs along the interstate 5 corridor said cup officer Mack Wimbish. Gisela Pfleger a a we re Back taking Calls and following up on leads Quot Lohman said. Authorities released a sketch of one of the men on thursday and said they expected to have two More sketches available within Days. Quot the three men were stopped thursday night at a Gas station 170 Miles Northwest of the Scenic Lookout in the san Jacinto mountains where the tourists were attacked monday. Based on interviews with witnesses who saw the attackers drive along the mountains route 243, authorities said they were driving a late Model two door Coupe possibly Forest Green in color. An All Points bulletin went out thursday afternoon to be on the Lookout for a car Matching that description. Thursday night California Highway patrol officers found such a car and detained the men inside of it sheriffs officials said. Klaus Pfleger 64, and his wife Gisela 62, were shot at Indian Vista a Roadside Outlook above valleys of Blooming desert Bushes and tall Pine Trees. They were sightseeing during a trip from their native Emmerich to visit their daughter. Three men stole the couple s wallets and Gisela Pfleger was shot several times in the head authorities said. Her husband was shot once in the Back shoulder and twice in the head Lohman said. Klaus Pfleger remained in serious condition Friday at desert Hospital in Palm Springs. Unable to talk because of surgery to his Chest face and Windpipe Pfleger wrote records criticized new York apr shoddy records on . Plutonium production arc hindering Energy Secretary Hazel of Leary a Campaign to open the nations atomic Complex to Public scrutiny the new York times reported Friday. Experts told the newspaper that crude tallies and shifting numbers raise doubts about the governments attention to detail in guarding plutonium the main ingredient in nuclear warheads and one of the worlds deadliest substances. Experts not connected with the government have accused Fedora plants of sloppiness and have said they were prime targets for atomic theft and diversion the newspaper said the current problem arose when private experts at the National resources defense Council which specializes in nuclear issues discovered a discrepancy Between their calculations of plutonium production and the figures that of Leary announced dec. 7, the times said. The difference was 1.5 metric tons enough to make 300 nuclear warheads. The government has downplayed the discrepancy
