European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 11, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 r the stars and stripes saturday june 11,1994 or. At a glance French Premier edouard Balladur far left and president Francois Mitterrand left foreground pay homage Friday to 642 men women and children massacred 50 years ago by nazi forces in Bradour sur glane. Sec Story on Page killer virus an outbreak of a virus that affects dogs has killed at least two dogs and stricken others in the Hanau Germany area officials say. A Page 4staffers suspended a foundation planning to build a Wall in memory of american veterans of world War ii has suspended four employees for writing a letter that said the organization had financial problems a Page 6religion at work employees would not be Barret from expressing their religion in the workplace under proposed guidelines on religious harassment civil rights officials Page 10phone plan advances the Federal communications commission has adopted a plan on the next generation of Mobile phone service that is designed to result in charges Well below cellular Telephone service. A Page 14 1 ,n0ex 1 Abby Ann Landers. 21 comics. 18-19,21 commentary. 13 crossword. 21 faces in places 20 focus. Horoscope. 24 Jumble. 24 letters. 12 Money matters. 14 religion. 10 sports. 27-32 to listings. 31 weather. 11 Haiti from Page 1from Power. Efforts by Clinton to restore Aristide to office have proven fruitless and Clinton s policy of forcibly repatriating haitians fleeing their country has been roundly criticized by Aristide. At the White House Clinton briefly outlined the two new sanctions and then turned Over a White House briefing to William Gray the former democratic congressman who is his special envoy for the haitian crisis. Clinton took no questions. Gray said that a sanctions alone done to solve any but he said sternly Quot what they can do is. Create an environment where those who Are the coup leaders those who took democracy away from the haitian people at the Point of a gun can rethink their position and come to their senses and not choose to destroy their country or themselves a in his statement Clinton again urged haitians a to avoid risking their lives in perilous boat he said the United states was expanding facilities in the Caribbean to process applications from haitians seeking political Asylum in the United states. Those facilities will be in Jamaica and the turks and Raicos islands. Gray said that a fall options were on the table a but his remarks suggested that the administration had put talk of military action to Force the haitian government from Power on the Back Burner in order to give the additional sanctions a Chance. A a we re going to be analysing and reviewing the situation daily a Gray said. By severely limiting the a business elite supporting the coup leaders from dealing with . Banks Gray said the United states hoped to significantly erode support for the military government. Gray told reporters that Small transactions of up to $50 a month a like the Transfer of funds from haitian Ameri cans to poor relatives living in Haiti a would be exempted so the sanctions did not unduly Hurt haitian citizens. And he said humanitarian Aid to feed poor haitians would continue while sanctions Are focused on the military Junta and its wealthy supporters. Gray said Haiti a military rulers had seized $12 million in american assets destined for humanitarian Aid but that the United states was nonetheless committed to continuing that Aid. Gray said he expected other Western nations to follow the . Lead and tighten sanctions including the ban on commercial air travel. Of the five carriers providing service to Haiti Only one american airlines is based in the United states. But Gray said american flights accounted for up to 75 percent of the commercial traffic to and from Haiti. That ban will be phased in to give americans in Haiti who wish to leave time to do so. Air cargo service and charter flights to and from Haiti already Are prohibited under a . Trade embargo that took of feet May 22. A . Oil embargo has been in effect since last fall but it has proven Tough to enforce. But Clinton said a naval blockade was becoming More effective in enforcing the sanctions and said the United states also was beginning to receive better cooperation from Haiti a neighbor the dominican Republic a major source for smuggling fuel and other supplies into from Page 1 that we would not receive reprisals do not carry much weight Here at Raf Mildenhall a said Martinez referring to Edwin Dorn defense undersecretary for personnel and readiness. On june 2, Martinez Learned that she was under investigation for filing a false travel voucher. The voucher included a $200 receipt for a taxi ride from London a Gatwick Airport to Mildenhall on her return trip from the Washington hearings in March. On thursday Martinez also was notified that in 90 Dap she was being transferred to Mcguire fab n.j., even though a lawsuit she has filed against a dozen civilian and military officials asks that Martinez remain at Mildenhall while the Case is pending. A i done to know what the problem is a Martinez said about the travel voucher. A a in a a bit at a loss a air Force officials in the Legal office at Mildenhall were unavailable for comment Friday. Martinez said she stated on her travel voucher that the times she gave were estimates. Her plane from Washington was temporarily diverted to Manchester England before it was Able to land at Gatwick several hours later she said. The delay caused Martinez to miss the last bus to Mildenhall and she had to take a cab she said. A this is just simply continuing retaliation a said Susan Graham Barnes Martinez a civilian attorney. Quot i believe they air Force officials Are determined to break her Martinez Quot rep. Pat Schroeder d-colo., said the Martinez Case showed her that the pronouncements on the military a greater sensitivity to sexual harassment in the Wake of the Tail Hook convention and other incidents a apparently Haven to made it to England a to me the great tragedy for women in the military is that nothing has changed except the rhetoric Quot Schroeder said. Schroeder said she is particularly incensed that of the four services Only the Navy has reported Back to the House armed services committee on the Situa Lions of the female service members who testified in March. A this is outrageous a Schroeder said. A we wanted those reports in mid april and Here it is almost mid june. If there really is a new military attitude on sexual harassment someone at the highest Levels should have been assigned to follow up on Martinez a meeting with Widnall is not meant to replace the airman a lawsuit or complaints to the Dod inspector general the air Force Secretary said. A was Secretary of the air Force i am concerned that All our people including sgt. Martinez be treated with sensitivity and dignity a Widnall said. A i have asked to meet with her Martinez to learn i Korea from Page 1 Lions through the . Security Council and through close consultations Amon the United states Japan and South Korea a said Kim a chief spokesman Choo Don Shik. In Vienna Austria on Friday governors of the International atomic Energy Agency approved a Resolution cutting $250,000 in technical Aid to North Korea for its refusal to allow required nuclear inspections. Though limited in scope the measure by the . Watchdog Agency would amount to the first formal sanctions against North Korea South koreans 650,000-Mcmber army and the North s 1.1 million member Force Are on heightened Alert. About 223,000 shelters and 60,000 underground water Supply Points throughout the country will be checked to see whether they Are up to Par said a Home ministry official speaking on condition of anonymity. Also Seoul a once a month civil air raid Drill will be expanded nationwide beginning this month the official said. During the 30-minute Drill held on the 15th of each month streets Are cleared cars Are stopped and people Rush to underground shelters. Police on Friday stepped up a crackdown on labor activists accused of showing sympathy with the North a communist government. Police were ordered to search major Industrial Sites and arrest the labor activists. Government critics denounced the crackdown As a political move to suppress dissent and legitimate labor movements. South Korea meanwhile responded coolly to plans by former president Carter to visit the two Korea. Carter said he is making the trip As a private citizen in Hopes of discussing a important issues of the Day with leaders. South korean officials believe his trip to the North May adversely affect the push for sanctions Over the North a nuclear program. Restly from her the details of her concerns and How the air Force leadership can address them. A i also want to assure her of our commitment to eliminate All forms of discrimination including sexual harassment and to eliminate any actual or perceived Martinez a problems with retaliation began in 1992, after she filed sexual harassment complaints claiming that two superiors in her Chain of command in the 100th Security police Sci at Mildenhall promised her Job rewards in return for sex Ual favors. An investigation by the Mildenhall social actions office confirmed last july that sexual harassment had occurred but the office did not investigate Martinez a complaints of retaliation that allegedly resulted after she filed the sexual harassment complaints. Last november Martinez filed the lawsuit against 12 civilian and military officials of the department of defense and air Force claiming that she was wrongly denied Protection from reprisals under the military whistle blowers Protection act. The air Force has filed documents claiming that the Case is moot because Martinez failed to follow procedures necessary for Protection under the act. The court Case is pending. Alleged reprisals identified in the lawsuit include negative Job performance ratings falsification of information in Martinez a personnel file threats to her personal safety threats to Force her out of the air Force and demotions to undesirable jobs and shifts. Not guilty plea by Rostenkowski Washington apr arraigned on 17 corruption charges rep. Dan Rostenkowski pleaded innocent on Friday and defiantly proclaimed a i will be indicted last month the 66-year-old Chicago Democrat entered his plea in . District court a few blocks from the Capitol where he has Long reigned As one of the most powerful lawmakers in Congress. A few moments later he and his new attorney Dan Webb told reporters there would be a vigorous defense. A the truth is the congressman is innocent of All wrongdoing. We Are going to fight this Case a said Webb. Rostenkowski went before . District judge Norma Holloway Johnson for the beginning of what is Likely to be a protracted Legal Battle Over chafes that the Veteran lawmaker converted nearly $640,000 in Federal Money to personal and family use
