European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 18, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes saturday june 10,1994 russians called set to join nato cooperation plan Brussels Belgium a Russia will join natos military cooperation plan for Eastern Europe on wednesday an Alliance source said Friday. The official who asked not to be identified said russian foreign minister Andrei Kozarev will sign the agreement during a trip to nato Headquarters. Kozarev is expected to meet tuesday in Brussels with . Secretary of state Warren Christopher. Russian president Boris Yeltsin said a week ago that Russia had decided to join the partnership for peace program after the North Atlantic treaty organization acknowledged his nations special military status. There were no immediate details on the terms of russians membership. The Alliance has already signed such agreements with 18 of Moscow a former cold War allies. The initiative was launched by nato leaders at a Summit in Brussels last january. It forms the heart of nato s Post cold War Security scenario for Europe. The partnership accords provide no Security guarantee for any Eastern european nation. But they Are a first step to nato membership for some countries in Eastern Europe. In Istanbul Turkey last week the nato foreign ministers offered to Devet of a close cooperative relationship with Moscow going beyond a simple partnership. But they rejected russian demands for a say in How the Alliance runs its Post cold War affairs. As a superpower Russia contends it merits a relationship with nato unlike that of for instance Albania. But in natos View All Eastern european nations including Russia must first sign a Basic partnership framework agreement. Once Russia has signed the Alliance has said it is ready to develop a relationship not Only embracing joint exercises a a key partnership feature a but also touching on consultations about nuclear arms and safety issues. Killings mount in n. Hands Down feat with the Aid of a swivelling Rig Mandy Pantall 22, performs a Wing walking feat thursday Over the Kent Countryside in Southern England the daredevil act with Matthew Hill in the pilots seat will be performed by Pantall this weekend at the Biggin Hill International air fair. Belfast Northern Ireland apr a masked gunman opened fire Friday on construction workers eating lunch killing one Man and injuring two others police said a no one immediately claimed responsibility for the North Belfast shooting but British news reports said a car allegedly used by the gunman had been found in a protestant area of the City. A Royal Ulster constabulary spokesman said one Man had been arrested. The police spokesman said the workers were eating lunch in a hut when the gunman drove up and opened fire a a indiscriminately through a window of the hut. The spokesman who was not identified said it was not known if the shooting was sectarian. But British news reports speculated that it was a revenge attack for another assault earlier in the week. Earlier Friday the Ulster Volunteer Force a protestant based paramilitary gang killed a Catholic taxi Driver Gerard Brady. The 27-Ycar-Oid father of two was shot in the head and Back As he sat at the wheel of his car in Carrickfergus 10 Miles North of Belfast police said. It was the second straight Day of shootings in Northern Ireland. On thursday protestant based paramilitary gunmen wounded a Catholic Butcher. In a revenge attack the Irish National liberation army a splinter group of the outlawed Irish Republican army shot and killed a Man on the Shankill Road. Three other men were injured in the attack in the protestant area. Judge ponders immunity Issue in woman s suit against Little Rock Ark. A a Federal judge has Given president Clinton until aug. 5 to respond to a sexual harassment suit while she decides whether he has immunity in the Case. . District judge Susan Webber Wright said thursday that she expected to decide before aug. 5 whether to a put everything else on the Back Burner until the immunity Issue is  Clinton is being sued by Paula Corbin Jones a former Arkansas state employee who alleges that Clinton made unwanted sexual advances in a Little Rock hotel room in 1991. Clinton has denied the accusations. Wright held a Telephone conference thursday with attorneys for Clinton and Jones to discuss whether the president must reply to the suit before the courts have decided whether he May be sued. Clinton attorney Robert Bennett said from Washington that he planned to file a motion claiming presidential immunity because a this court has no authority to hear this Case based on constitutional  the supreme court has ruled that presidents have immunity from being sued for actions taken while in office but it is not Clear whether they May be sued for actions taken before becoming president. Clinton was governor of Arkansas when the harassment incident allegedly occurred. Crewman pulled overboard by fish More head City . A a crewman on a sport fishing boat was missing Friday after being pulled overboard into the Atlantic while trying to haul in a powerful Blue Marlin during a fishing tournament. Coast guard and Navy ships searched through the right for 41-year-old Chris Bowie of Ocean City md., who went overboard about 11 . Thursday 60 Miles off the coast. He was not wearing a life jacket. Blue Marlin which can weigh More than 1,000 pounds and reach 14 feet Are known As ferocious fighters. Bowie the mate on the 52-foot boat had wrapped the line around his hand for leverage and got tangled before someone else could Spear the fish said Roger Crowe director of the big Rock Blue Marlin fishing tournament. The tournament one of the biggest sport fishing events on the East coast has drawn 197 boats and offers a $549,910 purse. It was to continue Friday. Dave Lear former editor of Marlin Magazine said the mate typically wraps the line around his hand while another crewman Hooks the fish.8 Texas cultists get prison terms san Antonio a a judge Friday sentenced most of the Branch davidians convicted in the shooting deaths of four Federal agents to the maximum penalties possible. Largely following the recommendations of prosecutors . District judge Walter Smith meted out sentences of up to 40 years to eight defendants convicted in the feb. 28,1993, shootout near Waco. Renos Avraam and Livingstone Fagan were sentenced to the maximum 30 years for using or carrying a firearm during commission of a crime and the maximum 10 years for voluntary manslaughter. Brad Branch Jaime Castillo and Kevin a White Cliff convicted of the a ame two charges also were sentenced to the maximum 30 years for the firearms charge plus 10 years for voluntary manslaughter. Graeme Craddock was sentenced to 10 years for using or carrying a firearm during a crime Paul Fatta was sentenced to five years for unlawfully manufacturing and possessing machine guns and 10 years for aiding and abetting cult Leader David Koresh. Ruth Riddle was convicted of using or carrying a firearm daring a crime. She was Given five years