European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 24, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes tuesday May 24, 1994 rat at a glance Gennifer Flowers who said she was Bill Clinton s Lover for a dozen years before he ran for preside it plans to begin Selling what she says Are tape recordings of their Telephone conversations. Sec Story on Page 8. A. A a posthumous honors president Clinton awarded the nation s highest military Honor to two . Soldiers killed in Somalia saying their heroism should not be forgotten. A pages advice to grads former president Bush urged College graduates to help the country regain its Quot inner moral Compass v -. A a a a Page 6 poll on immigrants a majority of americans believe most immigrants cause problems and one in five wants to Send them ail Back Home according to a lbs news poll. / a paged read All about it although it seems doubtful that a computer or desktop Gizmo will Ever replace your daily newspaper that does t mean software and hardware makers wont try. /  a a Page 10 smoking pays off a tobacco company gave nearly $1 million to filmmakers and stars including at least $300,000 to Sylvester Stallone to get its cigarette brands into movies a newspaper has reported. A Page 14 Index Abby Ann Landers 21 classifieds. 22-25 comics. 18-19,21 commentary. 13 computers. 10 crossword. 21 faces in places. 20 focus. .15�?17 Horoscope. 24 Jumble 24 letters. 12 Money matters .14 sports .26-32 to listings 31 weather. 11 base closures exempted from meddling by courts Washington a Federal courts cannot second guess the govern men indecision on which Milit Ary install Ati Orts will be closed the supreme court decided monday. A Federal Law enacted by Congress gives judges no authority to intervene the court ruled in rejecting Republican sen. Arlen Specter Slegal Challenge to the closing of a shipyard in his Home state of Pennsylvania. The court ruled for the Clinton administration which argued that letting judges step in would make it impossible to act quickly to achieve a trimmer Post cold War military. The Federal Law on closing bases does not require the president to determine whether the procedure for recommending base closings was flawed chief Justice William h. Rehnquist wrote for the unanimous court. Quot indeed nothing in the Law prevents the president from approving or disapprove ing the recommendations for whatever reason he sees fit the chief Justice wrote. Quot How the president chooses to exercise the discretion Congress has granted him is not a matter for our review. Quot our conclusion that judicial review is not available for Specter a claim follows from our interpretation of an act of Congress by which we and All Federal courts Are bound a Rehnquist wrote. Mondays ruling reversed a Federal appeals court decision that allowed Specter to Challenge _ decision to close the Philadelphia naval shipyard. Since 1991, Congress and the president have decided to close 250 military installations and realign 152 others Ana a third round of decisions on base closings is planned next year. However the Clinton administration is considering delaying some of next years closings until 1997. The 1990 defense base closure and realignment act requires the defense Secretary to make recommendations to a commission which holds Public Specter the governments hearings and sends a closing list to the president. The president can accept or reject the list for any reason. If he approves the base closings Congress has 45 Days to veto them. The Law requires the president and Congress to act on the list As a whole with no revisions. Solicitor general Drew s. Days Iii said that provision was intended to avoid a Cher by picking by lawmakers trying to save military installations in their Home districts. Specter a former District attorney a sued on his own behalf in March marking the first time in 22 years that a . Senator had faced the High court. He contended the fast track procedure keeps the president and Congress from examining whether the decision to close a particular base was fair. Such questions should be decided in court Specter said. On monday Rehnquist wrote that the actions of the base closure commission cannot be reviewed in court because they Are not final until approved by the president. And the Law does not provide for court review of the presidents decision on whether to accept the recommendations he added. From Page 1 a. Quarry about a Quarter Milc from her Home. \ v v Smith had arrived in Bacn Hauson about a month before the killing. Smiths father Joseph p. Quot path Smith Learned of his songs arrest Friday evening from a Clayton news daily reporter but was not contacted by the army until monday morning. Quot this is a Shock to us a the elder Smith said. Quot we have heard from the army and we know he has been assigned a lawyer to help with the Case but that Sall we know at this  a we just want to get a message out to him or something and Tell him we love him a said Ruth Smith the suspects Mother. Rainy officials in a news conference last week refused to discuss a possible motive for the killing or How they think Elora disappeared from her room. Neighbors in the tiny town of Rex a suburb of Atlanta told the Georgia newspaper they were shocked that Smith was charged. Quot in be known Pat since he was 8 or 9 years old a said Crinda Pulliam who has lived across the Street from the Smith family for 15 years. A a in be never known him to get into any kind of trouble. A a he a been Home a couple of times since being stationed in Germany. He a always been a very polite and mild mannered Young  the elder Smith said his son just recently re enlisted in the army and last visited his parents Home this past summer. Since that visit his son had not indicated anything was wrong on the occasions he has spoken with relatives the father said. The younger Smith has never been charged in Clayton county with any crime or traffic offence according to the newspaper. A a a a Rex is a bedroom Community about 15 Miles South of Atlanta in a Middle class neighbourhood. Military authorities said Smith was a Dan tidied through the Matching of Dan samples taken in the weeks after Elora a death. Elora a parents Penny and sgt. Brent Mckemy now live at fort Bragg . The sergeant told the stars and stripes on Friday that he did not know Smith. Smiths previous assignment was fort Sill okla. Mckemy a previous assignment was fort Bragg. Worn London apr scientists Are baffled by a recent outbreak of streptococcus a common Throat germ that has been linked to the deaths of three people and serious illness in at least three others in England. The outbreak of the disease in Gloucestershire a county about 100 Miles West of London has filled the British press with headlines of a mysterious a deadly flesh eating  but doctors said monday that what a unusual about the recent cases in Britain is that they occurred in a Cluster. All of the patients Are from Gloucestershire and have become sick in the past three months. They have All suffered from Necro timing Fasci itis in which the bacteria make a toxin that destroys fat and skin. The illness spreads rapidly sometimes too quickly for antibiotics to thwart the destruction. Streptococcus usually causes sore throats and fever but is not generally dangerous. Virulent forms of the germ can kill however if not treated promptly. Strep tilled muppet creator Jim Henson in 1990. Experts Are perplexed because there is no obvious link among the patients in England such As working in the same place. Also each patient seems to have been infected with a different Subtype of Strep a i think it would be highly speculative for anybody to jump to any conclusions at the moment a said or. Jeff Norwood one of the doctors at Gloucestershire health authority investigating the outbreak. Quot there Are two obvious factors we should take into consideration. There could have been a change in the organism to make it More virulent. Such changes do occur with Streptococci a Norwood said. However he said four different strains of Strep were detected in four patients. From Page 1 versa ions have occurred. The Magazine quoted Betsey Wright president Clinton a chief of staff when he was Arkansas governor As saying a there Are a great Many people talking very Genously about her succeeding him. A a their staff will say a we have to do it this Way and that Way and then Well be Here at least 12  and its not just the staff. Friends democrats people out across the country think it is a very viable plan of action Wright said in a Iceni Ber according to the Magazine. Wright now a lobbyist told the associated press on sunday that she never sad anything of the sort. Speculation that Hillary Clinton wants to succeed the president after and if he is elected to a second term is Quot silly a she said. She  run and no one working Fhy in u7 we did. Even entertain the thought a Wright said. Maurie Perl a spokeswoman for the new order said that the writer Connie Bruck is Well known for her Good report ing and that the Magazine stands by its Story. The article which covers the first lady a career also quoted Amy Stewart who used to work with Hillary Clinton at the Rose Law firm in Little Rock Ark. Stewart said. Clinton would run Only if she Felt she had to to protect what he had put in place. But it would not be because it was her ambition a according to the Magazine. The Magazine was not Able to interview the first lady for the article. However Clinton said his wife would make a great president the article said. But i done to think shed Ever run a the president said. Hillary Clinton a spokeswoman Lisa Caputo said late sunday that the Issue has not even been discussed can say with certainty this reference to mrs. Clinton running for president goes beyond imagination and is untrue a Caputo said. A there have been no conversations about it and there will not be any conversations about