European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 18, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The  i1r . A n i<1 �?1 vol. 53, no. 62. 50c r f a. F u. Iijffw.,-k Wini m�.yvv\1 saturday june 18,1994 Arsa Solvei d 8693 Simpson charged in killing football Hall of Famer faces 2 counts of murder los Angeles a murder charges were filed Friday against . Simpson in the slayings of his sex wife and a male Friend. An arraignment was set for 2 . Pacific time 11 . Central european time in Superior court according to a statement from the court. Mike Botula District attorneys office spokesman said two counts of murder were filed against Simpson. Can reported that a source said a second person May also have been involved in the killings sunday. Botula said no one else was charged Friday. Simpsons whereabouts Wasny to immediately known. A Man who resembled Simpson was seen Friday morning driving himself away from Simpsons Brentwood mansion in a Black Mercedes. Hordes of reporters and photographers stationed themselves at the entrances to Parker Center the downtown police Headquarters. A news helicopter circled the building. The 46-year-old Simpson has denied any involvement in the slayings of Nicole Brown Simpson 35, and Ronald Goldman 25. Their bodies were found sunday night outside Nicole Simpsons Brentwood condominium. For Days evidence against Simpson has mounted. A source told the associated press earlier in the week that the investigation has focused Only on Simpson. Police were analysing a military style entrenching tool which resembles a Sharp edged shovel the los Angeles daily news reported Friday. The newspaper said investigators believed the bloodstained tool was used in the attacks. Cop to cited Law enforcement sources close to the Case thursday night As saying they concluded the weapon was see Simpson on Page 2 . Simpson and his than wife Nicole Brown Simpson appear in new York in october. Apolla Towel tale covers White House staff by Susan Page new Day Washington Call itto Felgate. White House staffers who stayed aboard the aircraft Carrier George Washington last week As it carried president Clinton across the English Channel for a Day commemorations in Normandy France received a memo thursday demanding payment for the $562 Worth of govern ment Issue towels and bathrobes missing from their staterooms. A the following items Are unaccounted for 13 Blue towels with go insignia $11 each4 go bathrobes with insignia $35 each12 Plain White bathrobes $15 each55 White towels s 1.80 each a the memo from the White House office of scheduling and Advance read. A if you see Towel on Page 2 army chief backs off on plan for women toxic Strep suspected in . Military Case a ease of the toxic Strep bacteria has apparently stricken a Middle school student at Rhein main a Germany medical and school officials say. The deadly germ has stirred fears lately in Europe and the United states. See Story on Page 2. A. By Eric Schmitt new York times Washington a senior army generals have forced the civilian army Secretary to Retreat from an ambitious plan to open thousands of combat positions that Are now closed to women. The opposition was so great that army Secretary Togo West or. Has withdrawn his recommendations to defense Secretary William Perry and is huddling with the angry officers to work out a Compromise. At the heart of the clash is a confidential a decision memorandum a dated june 1, from West to Perry that recommended that women be allowed to serve in the battalion Headquarters of combat Engineer air defense and Field artillery units. West also urged that women be allowed to Fly helicopters carrying special operations troops and to serve As Crew members of a barrage artillery system. A readiness will improve because we will have a larger Pool of Quality soldiers from which to draw to fill critical jobs a West said in the memo. A the nine Page memo had barely hit the desk of per sifts top aides when the army chief of staff Gen. Gor on r. Sullivan hit the roof protesting that West a proposal went far beyond what Field commanders had thought was prudent. Many generals believe that women fail to meet the physical requirements to serve in infantry Armor and artillery units the military a most lethal units and the forces most Likely to engage in direct combat. And they believe that women would introduce morale and privacy problems in those units. Sullivan West and their top aides Aie putting the finishing touches on a revised plan that will Likely open Many new positions to women but not As Many As West originally proposed. The final recommendations go to Perry for approval. The emotional Issue has led customarily collegial army leaders to snipe at each other Over the Way the proposal has been handled. Army officers grumble that army civilian officials recommended changes to Perry beyond what West and Sullivan had privately settled on. Civilian army officials say that the generals were fully consulted and the civilians suggest the officers May have misunderstood West a plan. Few subjects Are More sensitive in today a military than the integration of women into Battlefield units the performance of 41,000 women in the persian Gulf War from flying helicopters to driving fuel trucks quieted Many sceptics and prompted Congress to lift bans on women flying combat aircraft and serving aboard warships leaving the policy now in the hands of the Pentagon. But the army and the Marine corps remain the last bastions of most All male units and they have fought hard to keep women out of infantry Armor artillery and special forces units. In january then defense Secretary los Aspin moved to open More ground combat jobs to women by lifting the Pentagon a so called risk Rule which barred women from certain military jobs simply because those jobs were dangerous. Aspin replaced the Rule with a new definition of see army on Page 2