European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 16, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes thursday june 16,1s94 at a glance a South korean reservist guards the Jaewoo group co. Building in Seoul South Korea during a scaled Back civil defense Drill on wednesday. Meanwhile former president Carter went to North Korea in an Effort to defuse nuclear tension on the divided Peninsula. See Story on Page 5.penny problems the Treasury department is trying to head Oft a possible paucity of pennies by asking Banks to encourage customers to Start pitching them Back into circulation. A Page 6robb nominated democratic . Sen. Charles Robb has won renomination and faces Republican Oliver North and two Well known independents in the Virginia race. A Page 7prostate test patients who face removal of their prostate gland May eventually be Able to avoid surgery thanks to an exp sri mental blood test researchers say. A Page 8lesbian opposed the Justice department is Puppos ing the reinstatement of a discharged National guard Cotone who is a lesbian while the government appeals her Case. A Page 9small Price Rise consumer prices Rose a modest 0.2 percent in May indicating that inflationary pressures Are easing. A Page 14 i Index i Abby Ann Landers 21 classifieds. 24-28 comes. 21-23 commentary .17 crossword.21 faces a places .20 Horoscope. 27 Jumble .27 letters. 16 Money matters.14 sports. 29-36 to listings .35 weather. 15 . Lawmakers cautioned on new cutbacks in Europe by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington the top ranking american in nato sharply criticized congressional efforts to slash the . Ortion of the alliances infrastructure e budget and to withdraw More troops from Europe if the allies done to shoulder More of the defense Burden. In a news briefing wednesday Robin Beard the alliances assistant Secretary general for defense support said such initiatives severely undercut nato and . Efforts to adapt to the changing Security environment in Europe and the world. The House recently passed legislation that would pull . Troops out of Europe unless the allies greatly increase their contributions toward the stationing support costs of those troops Over the next few years. The House also Cut $100 million from the administrations request of $220 million for the . Contribution to the nato infrastructure account which funds the construction of facilities that Are considered common assets of the Alliance. A foreign policy is Domestic policy a Beard said a to the extent that our involvement in Europe has created a stable Security arrangement we have been Able to build a solid Trade surplus with Europe. A to the extent that Central Europe can be further stabilized the United states will certainly get a piece of that economic action As Well. That translates into More jobs Here. A it would be a tragedy to throw away the investment of hundreds of millions of dollars to get where we Are Over the past 40  nato spokesman or. Jamie Shea who accompanied Beard at the briefing said it is wrong to cite Japan As the Model for potential european Burden sharing efforts As some . Lawmakers like to do. Japan pays about 75 percent of the support costs of . Troops there compared with about 5 percent to 20 percent for the europeans. A but Japan spends a far smaller portion of its Gross National product on defense than the europeans and Japan does not do the kinds of things that the europeans do to contribute to global Security a Shea said. Natos plan for enhancing Security and economic cooperation in Central Europe is the much touted partnership for peace program which is coming to life after a hesitant beginning a Shea said. The program allows nations to develop closer ties to nato on the Assumption that they could be offered full membership in the Alliance at some future Date. Five months after the program was first proposed 20 nations have signed the protocol documents. Poland has the first working program and joint military exercises Between polish and nato forces already Are being planned Shea said. A my Persona prediction is that within five years nato will take on new members a he said. The Alliance is still waiting to see whether Russia will  from Page 1 Legal Arm of the military. But Ann Henry a University of Arkansas business professor and Fayetteville Friend of the first lady a said she a vaguely Quot recalled the episode in the context of frequent discussions they used to have about women a Access to supposedly open career paths. Frequently the equal Opportunity that was promised was not a reality a and sometimes female faculty members went out to conduct ,1 Henry said. If Hillary Rodham had asked about the marines As a Way of testing whether the corps actually welcomed women a it would have been consistent with what was going on with us at the time a Henry said. A is it possible she was testing a Blair asked. A i done to remember if she was seriously exploring a career or was moved by curiosity or patriotism or feminism. I wish i had kept  from Pago 1 1 a 111,1 f m a a 1. A a a caused no injuries but four occupants of to other German registered cars were slightly injured. Seven soldiers from a Forward deployed 596th Maint co team in Mannheim whose three military vehicles became stuck in the ensuing traffic Jam spearheaded the Effort to Rescue the bus passengers sgt. 1st class Monte a. Greenhow said he and sgt. Lawrence Howie ran ahead to the crash site and scrambled Down the embankment to the overturned bus in which there were a bodies  a the Driver was pinned upside Down. We knew instantly he was dead a said Greenhow 31, of Washington . A once me and sergeant Howie saw How serious the situation was we immediately ran Back up the Hill and yelled for specialist Bradley Smorris because he was a combat  Morris 24, a Vidalia a native said he had completed the lifesaving course in january 1993 in Hanau. A i knew kind of what to expect but id never seen anything like this. It shocked me at first Quot he said. All seven soldiers worked to remove bus occupants who were members of a senior citizens group returning to nearby Bierstadt from a trip to Berlin. A fall you could smell when you got to the Bottom of the Hill was diesel fumes. We did no to want to take a Chance a he said referring to the possibility of a fire. A we wanted to get them out of  the soldiers had to Clear out injured people in order to remove More victims Greenhow said adding that they eventually pulled out about 20 people. German Rescue personnel arrived within about 20 minutes but the disaster kept the soldiers Busy for about four hours. Greenhow said two other . Soldiers helped with the Effort but he could not identify them. An army spokeswoman in Mannheim urged those other soldiers to Call her office at Dan 3s0-1600 or civilian 0621-730-1600.busy from Page 1 to gators said. Simpson had scratches on his body when police questioned him monday the los Angeles times reported. Authorities withheld other details including an estimated time of death but Weitzman said police believe the killings occurred about 11 . Sunday. . Simpson left los Angeles on sunday on an 11 45 . Flight to Chicago where he had a business meeting Wei Man said. The Airport is about a 20-minute drive from . Simpsons Home. Before he left the Case Weitzman said the Only scratches he knew of on . Simpsons body were on his hand Simpson slammed his hand Down on a broken Glass when he Learned of his cd wife a death the lawyer said. Police found a Trail of Small Reddish Brown stains leading up . Simpsons driveway. The times said the drops had been determined to be blood. Investigators also removed bloodstained patches of carpet from his Ford Bronco. Kcal to reported. A bloody Glove found inside . Simpsons House matched a Glove found at the scene of the crime the times and the daily news reported. Weitzman said police denied finding the Glove . Simpson could be arrested within Days if the blood matches that of the victims unidentified police sources were quoted As saying in wednesday s los Angeles times. Friends said Simpson and his former wife had been considering a reconciliation but the times quoted an unidentified source As saying Nicole Simpson told him several weeks ago that they could never get Back together. Meanwhile therapist Susan Forward who met twice with Nicole Simpson during her divorce said that the former athlete had beaten and stalk d his wife. Forward said in an interview tuesday that Simpson beat his wife during their seven year marriage a punching kicking and severely bruising her a and stalked her after the divorce. A the said of you Ever try to leave me i ii kill  he would follow her to restaurants and bars and make scenes and threaten to kill her a said Forward author of men who hate women and the women who love them