European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 9, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes . Thursday june 9, 1994 Cia denies protecting a. A a t accused nazi criminal Washington apr the Cia denied a report that it shielded from prosecution a former nazi officer accused of ordering the killings of 86 american prisoners of War in Belgium in 1944. The accused Man retired Gen. Wilhelm Mohnke 83, is living in Western Germany and is on the Justice de  a list of suspected nazi War criminals barred rom entry to the United states. He also is wanted for War crimes by Britain and Canada. The Abc television show Day one reported monday that Mohnke provided information to the Cia after his release from Crison in the soviet Nion in 1955. In Exchange Abc said the Cia gave him an unspecified sum of Money and a guarantee that he would not be prosecuted for alleged involvement in world War ii atrocities. Abc said Mohnke told the Cia about fellow nazi officers who had returned to West Germany from soviet prison Camps and were suspected communist sympathizers. It said he also told the Agency about nazi is veterans living in what was then communist East Germany a the Abc allegations Are unsubstantiated a Cia spokesman David Christian said tuesday of the charge that the Cia has protected Mohnke from pros Elution for alleged War crimes Christian said a a it a totally groundless and  the Cia had told Abc before its broadcast that the report was a totally without  Christian told the associated press that a full search of records and consultations with key Agency officers turned up no indication that the Agency had any link to Mohnke. The Justice department which said it had no knowledge of any Cia connection to Mohnke believes there a amps is at least circumstantial evidence that Mohnke had a role in mass killings of Allied soldiers in Europe. Eli Rosenbaum acting director of the Justice departments office of special investigations said the department has no jurisdiction to intervene in the Mohnke Case because he is a German citizen living in Germany. Rosenbaum said the department nonetheless had provided a investigative assistance to German authorities in recent years including providing copies of records of a . Army prosecution team that attempted to develop a Case against those connected to the killings which became known As the Almedy massacre. A a it san open matter in Germany a Rosenbaum said. He said Mohnke is under Active investigation in Germany. In december 1944, during the Battle of the bulge the men of b Btry 285th Field observation in encountered a German is tank division commanded by Mohnke. The americans surrendered and were herded into a Field at Almedy where the germans opened fire on them with tank guns. Forty three men survived and 86 died. The Almedy War crimes trial took place in 1946 forty three germans were Given the death penalty although  later were commuted to time in jail. Others were Given Long prison terms. Mohnke had been captured by the soviet army and was imprisoned in the soviet Union for 10 years. He was released by the soviets and returned to Germany where he has lived Ever since Abc said. Abc said it was told by "u.s. Government sources that the Cia protected Mohnke from prosecution after he returned to Germany in 1955. It did not provide documentary evidence but said the Cia has a Mohnke file that is classified secret. Christian the Cia spokesman said no Mohnke file exists. Playboy too hot for firehouse los Angeles apr first amendment guarantees of free speech probably mean a firefighter can read Playboy at the fire station a judge said t tuesday in a Case challenging a ban on sexually explicit magazines. . District judge Steven Wilson said he would study the Legal issues and Rule later this week. A this is not a Case of pinups or posters on the Wall a said Paul Hoffman an american civil liberties Union lawyer representing the firefighter. Quot a. Firefighter has a right to  los Angeles county fire capt Steven w. Johnson 49, said his typical 24-hour shift includes Breaks when he should be allowed to read what he wants. The 27-year department Veteran works at a Remote All male station in the Mojave desert near Edwards fab. T he 2-year-old fire department ban on sexually explicit magazines specifically Playboy Penthouse and playgirl was part of a sexual harassment doctrine in men cd to comply with state and Federal Law. The an applies to dormitories restrooms and lockers. Patricia Kaye Vaughan a county fire department employee who helped draft the policy testified that the county feared the magazines would create an atmosphere of women As sex objects and create a hostile environment. It i his is not a Case of pinups or rosters on the Wall. A firefighter As a right to read. A Paul Hoffman Acle lawyer e Wilson who is hearing the Case without a jury said the policy seemed vague and possibly  he told the county a lawyer that he had not noted any Case or equal employment Opportunity commission guidelines that supported the policy. Hoffman asked Vaughan to look at copies of rolling Stone vanity fair and sports illustrated magazines displaying nudity and Vaughan agreed they too would be banned under department policy. A i think wed have to take it on a Case by Case basis a Vaughan said. She thumbed through a sports illustrated swimsuit Issue and said a i Don t believe he would be allowed to bring this into the fire  county attorney Les Tolnai noted that Only about 12 of the departments 2,400 firefighters Are women. The county therefore Quot feels it needs to be particularly protective of its female  last pending Tail Hook Case thrown out quant1co, a. Apr the Marine corps has dismissed its last pending Case stemming from the Tail Hook scandal at a naval aviators convention. It. Gen. Charles cd a Krulak commander of the Marine corps dismissed the Case against an unidentified officer for insufficient evidence said a Marine spokesman 2nd it. Michael Neumann. Neumann declined to provide further details. The dismissal Friday ends the Marine s yearlong investigation into actions of its aviators at the 1991 Tail Hook convention in Las vegas. More than 80 women allegedly were assaulted or harassed by Drunken Marine and Navy aviators at the convention according to Pentagon investigators. The Navy ended its investigation in february. The Pentagon had referred 119 cases to vice . Joseph p. Reason the Navy Stop Tail Hook authority. None of those cases resulted in a successful court martial. The Marine corps reviewed 21 cases referred by Pentagon investigators and it developed one additional Case after reviewing the Pentagon findings. Eight cases were settled in nonjudicial hearings. The Marine corps declined to say what punishments were Given. Curfew for teens clears court hurdle in Orlando from wire reports Orlando Fla. A a curfew intended to curb teen age crime in downtown Orlando withstood an initial constitutional Challenge tuesday. Circuit judge William Gridley denied a request by lawyers for the american civil liberties Union to Block the curfew temporarily. The jaw prevents those under 18 from being in a 12-Square-Block area Between Midnight and 6 ., with certain exemptions. Teens who break the curfew can receive a verbal or written warning or be charged with a Misdemeanour. Gridley said he could not find that the Law violates teen agers fundamental rights. Acle lawyer Howard Marks said he would Appeal the ruling and also ask Gridley fora full hearing on the Laws constitutionality. Grid lev suggested that further arguments should wait until the Law which went into effect june 1, is actually enforced. Officers had held off until the court ruled but planned to begin strict enforcement this week police chief Tom Hurlburt said. There will be no exceptions for teen age tourists including foreign visitors coming to Orlando this month for the world cup soccer tournament Hurlburt said. Man held in hit and Gallop Corpus Christi Texas a police said it was a hit and Gallop Accident a Man crashed his truck into the Back of a car then fled on the horse he was pulling in a trailer. A the took off like a Bat out of Well you know a said Anna Vacca who witnessed the Accident. A the was at a full Gallop. The horse was going  the Accident on a City Highway occurred during the monday evening Rush hour and resulted in a six car pileup police said. No one was seriously injured. Before police arrived the Man saddled up his horse and Rode away. Officers spotted him along the highways Grassy shoulder a Riding into the Sunset a said police officer a Fitchett. Police caught up with the suspect inside a nearby Home where he was making a Telephone Call. The horse was roped to a tree in the Yard. Jose Luis Mindietta 34, was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated driving with a suspended License and failing to Stop and Render Aid at an Accident scene. Earthquake rattles Idaho Challis Idaho a a moderate earthquake estimated at magnitude 5 Shook parts of Central Idaho on tuesday setting off a Rock slide. No injuries were reported. The 7 30  Quake entered about 10 Miles cast Northeast of Challis was Felt from Boise to Helena mont., and from Mccall to Burley in Idaho said Frank Baldwin at the National earthquake information Center in Golden col bombing suspect arrested St Augustine Fla. Police arrested a 21-year-old Man tuesday in the pipe bomb attack on a Jacksonville area Kmart store that injured four people dec. 30. The state fire marshals office charged James Manley Cost with felony arson after his arrest at his Home near St. Augustine. Authorities said they were investigating links Between Cost and another Jacksonville area Kmart bombing May 15. No one was injured in that explosion at a store near Regency Square. Good Samaritan killed Glen Avon Calif. A a Man who tried to Stop a fight later was hunted Down and beaten to death with a baseball Bat. Michael Lee Andrade 20, was arrested monday and booked for investigation of murder Riverside county Deputy Mark Lohman said. The name of the 35-year-old victim w As not immediately released. Police said the Man had intervened to Stop a fight Friday Between the occupants of a car and a teenager whose bicycle ran into the car. Andrade Wras one of the people in the car Lohman said. Later Andrade and three others went looking for the Man armed with a Bat and a pipe Lohman said. The Man ran into a Market where he was attacked in front of a Row of Cash registers police said. He died sunday at a Hospital