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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Saturday, June 4, 1994

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 4, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes at a glance r Index recently indicted rep. Dan Rostyn Kowsil of Illinois is looking for a new lawyer alter he and his present attorney agreed to part company. See Story on Page 12.king not surprised Rodney King making his first Public comments since the verdicts in his civil damages trial said that he was not surprised the jury awarded him no punitive damages. A Page 13a spell of Success a seventh grader from Tennessee took top honors at the 67th National spelling Bee. A Page 14antl-Crlme officials die Twenty five top Northern Irish officials involved in the fight against the Ira died along with four aircrew  members when their helicopter crashed in thick fog in Southwest Scotland. A Page 15sailboat seized a Sailboat that had tried four or five times to break the Haiti embargo was seized by the Navy. A Page 16over the Hump the tobacco Industry has apparently won a rare Victory it May keep Joe Camel after a complaint by antismoking groups was rejected by the Federal Trade commission. A Page 22 Abby Ann Landers. 27 classifieds .30-33 comics. 27-29 commentary.21 crossword.27 faces via places 18 focus .2325 Horoscope .32 Jumble .32 letters.20 Money matters.22 religion. 17 sports.34-40 to listings .39 weather .19u.s. Holds talks Orr n. Korea saturday june 4.1994 Washington a the United states is conferring with Russia South Korea and Japan to prepare . Economic sanctions. Gamst North Korea after inspectors found the country erased vital evidence about its nuclear weapons  we Are focused on sanctions As the logical next step a assistant Secretary of state Robert l. Gall cd said thursday. A there Are a lot of different kinds of sanctions that could Stop a lot of activities. President Clinton during a visit to Rome said he would talk by phone Friday with russian president Boris Yeltsin and South korean president Kim Young Sam. He said he would Reserve further co m ment u until after t Hose conversations. South Korea and Japan As neighbors of communist North Korea Are uneasy about cracking Down on the Pyongyang government which already has declared that sanctions would be considered an act a War. A. In addition the United states needs the support of China a longtime ally of North Korea to get a sanctions Resolution through the . Security Council. A Gallucci said talks Wilt be held with China Russia Britain and France after the meetings Friday and today with South Korea and Japan. A a we need to find out what they think he said. A Hans Blix the director of the International atomic Energy Agency a . Watchdog organization announced thursday that North Korea had failed to segregate fuel rods removed from a nuclear reactor that could help determine whether plutonium was diverted for nuclear weapons before 1989, the last time rods were removed. A now it is time for us to do something in response a Gallucci said. Among the options Are a Tola Trade cutoff or interim measures such As bans on technical exchanges and Energy deliveries. Applying gradual sanctions could help build a consensus against North Korea for tougher actions later said Gallucci the administrations top coordinator on the North Korea problem. He acknowledged that forging a consensus will not be easy. For instance he said a there is no question the chinese have been substantially More reluctant to embrace the concept of sanctions than  for its part Gallucci said the United states is withdrawing an offer to hold High level talks with North  from Page 1 Thomas a Swain the commander of task Force Fox Green the military Effort to support a Day commemorative ceremonies in Normandy for the most part Swain has succeeded Given the situation. Bus loads of tourists including hundreds of world War ii veterans have been arriving in increasing numbers. In the last week the National and International news Media have begun to set up shop bringing with them everything from portable phones to portable toilets. And then there Are the War buffs. Add military support units and regular visitors to the Hodgepodge and you have an interesting Medley of Mankind and machines. Quot its a monster a Phil Rivers the superintendent of the cemetery for the past 11 years said of the circus environment the Pace is so hectic that riven recently took his office phone off the Hook until the 50th anniversary of the Normandy landings is Over. On the Hook Are the television networks which Are in the process of settling in for live coverage of a Day commemorative events that will Span the next few Days. Abc is already broadcasting from its nest situated on the North end of the cemetery overlooking Omaha Beach. Can Isnit far behind with its coverage. Technicians for the four major networks arc assembling platforms on the perimeter of the Pristine graveyard. Some have even draped camouflage netting from support beams to enhance the ambience. Wires and boxes Golf carts and camera pods Are among the Standard wares a everybody is running around a very a. A Sis Ken George visitors veterans and Media from around the world gather daily at the Normandy american cemetery overlooking Omaha Beach As the a Day anniversary approaches. Where a said . Army sgt. William Thayer of Btry a 4th in 27th Field arty regt in Babenhausen germany., despite the chaotic Pace most people Are maintaining a fair amount of reverence for the 9,386 . Service members buried on this wind swept Bluff. The deeper one walks into the cemetery the quieter it gets. People generally Are obeying the signs that ask them to keep off the grass litter is sparse. People Are Welcome a was Long As everyone stays respectful to the soldiers buried Here in the cemetery a said Thayer who with 24 other soldiers was sticking commemorative american and French flags at the base of each Tombstone. The influx of visitors and Media a is difficult but its interesting to see people so interested in the cemetery a said Joel Belin the assistant Gardener. Much of that interest is entered around the memorial a semicircular colonnade highlighted by a 22-foot Bronze statue flanking the statue under a roofed gallery Are Battle maps that depict land and air operations in Normandy. Directly behind the memorial Are a Garden and a semicircular Wall inscribed with the names of 1,557 missing service members. Extending from the foot of the memorial is an elongated reflecting Pool that is now drained and covered with plywood sheets. The area was needed Swain said to set up folding chairs and bleachers for veterans and vips who will attend mondays ceremony. A the weather is the Only thing in a worried about a Swain said. That and the Guy with the Mohawk  from Page 1 Diers  a mess with another  Henson a 14-year Veteran with an exemplary service record that includes combat duty in Panama and the persian Gulf was reduced to e-4, a move that bars him from re enlisting. The 32-year-old Soldier assigned to the 1st army div s he co in bad Kreuz Nach could have been sentenced to six months confinement reduction to the lowest enlisted Grade forfeiture of two thirds pay a month for six months and a bad conduct discharge. He has been separated from his German wife since july 1992. They have two children who live with their Mother. Henson and Curtis 26, were both assigned to the same airborne battalion in Vicenza Italy last year. Curtis said that when he returned from a 45-Day Field exercise last fall he discovered that his wife had left him. He eventually Learned that she had gone with Henson when the senior noncommissioned officer was reassigned to bad Kreuz Nach. Curtis said he had no prior knowledge of his wife a relationship with Henson although at that time he and his wife were in marriage counselling. The other two counts of adultery involved italian women working for the army in Vicenza. One relationship occurred in february 1993, and the second lasted from March through May of 1993. According to prosecutors Henson a relationship with Lisa Curtis began in april 1993. When Henson and Lisa Curtis 25, arrived in bad Kreuz Nach last fall Henson introduced Lisa Curtis As his Fiancee to the military Community and they lived together in the Bachelor enlisted quarters. Henson testified that he believed it would help Lisa Curtis chances of gaining employment in the Community if she was presented As his Fiancee. Both testified that the relationship was essentially platonic and that the woman slept on the Couch Quot Henson testified that he brought her with him to Germany because he wanted 10 help her out of what he called an abusive relationship. Lisa Curtis is employed As an accountant with the 53rd area support group which has its Headquarters in bad Kreuz Nach. Henson testified that he engaged in sexual activity Only once with Lisa Curtis and that it did not involve sexual Intercourse. The curtises who have no children Are expected to be divorced by August in dosing arguments government prosecuting attorney capt. Theresa Gallagher said Henson a was acting like he Wasny to a married  a the chose Lisa Curtis not the army a she told the panel. 1 civilian defense attorney David court said the governments Case was built on a leaps of Faith a a reference to the circumstantial evidence of sexual Intercourse  
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