European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 24, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes Friday june 24, 1994 at a glance a Mason Lodge in Frankfurt Ger Many is sponsoring a picnic to Benefit Stacy Adams an american teen Ager who suffered permanently debilitating injuries when she was hit by a car in Firth Germany in May 1993. See Story on Page 4.c-17 plan backed the Senate has endorsed a settlement in which the maker of the troubled c-17.and taxpayers would share hundreds of millions of dollars in disputed costs for the transport plane. A Page 5home aids tests a Federal panel has recommended approval of Home blood tests for the aids virus. A Page Scia plan questioned a Cia plan to close 15 stations in Africa because of budget reductions is drawing  Page 8 German convicted a Leader of Germany s Radical right has been convicted in a retrial of insulting jews by saying the holocaust is a lie. A Page 10investment pays off the falling Dollar has Given a lift to americans who invest in some Over Soas markets. Page 16 Index 1 Abby Ann Landers .23 classifieds. 26-30 comics 23-25 commentary. 15 crossword. .23 faces a no places. .12 focus. 17-22 Horoscope .29 Jumble. .29 letters. 14 Money matters. 16 sports. 32-36 to listings. .35 weather. .13 Simpson from Page 1 placed two frantic 911 emergency Calls. A could you please get somebody Over Here now she begged the dispatcher. A what does he look like a the dispatcher asked. A a he a . Simpson. I think you know his record a she replied. The dispatcher sent officers to the scene. Nicole Simpson Hung up but called Back less than a minute later to say her sex husband had returned and had a broke the Back door Down to get  she cried and pleaded for police to come. The dispatcher said police had been notified tried to Calm her and asked her to stay on the line �?o1 done to want to stay on the line a she replied. A a he a going to beat the so out of   she did continue talking saying she was worried about her children who were sleeping upstairs. A a he a. Going nuts Quot she sobbed later and told the dispatcher that similar confrontations have occurred a Many  she later told police that Simpson had become angered earlier that Day by the picture of an old Boyfriend in her photo album. During the Call Simpson could be heard swearing and Yelling in the Back ground. His sex wife was heard begging him to leave. _ by the time police arrived Simpson offered to pay for the French doors he had kicked open according to a police report. He Wasny to arrested. Nicole Simpson later said she did no to want to prosecute and the matter apparently was dropped. A los Angeles county grand jury convened again thursday to hear testimony. The Media have reported numerous accounts of evidence and witness statements based on Anonymous sources. Authorities have refused to comment on a report that a bloody Glove was found in Simpsons House and at the crime scene or that preliminary Dan testing of blood at the crime scene links Simpson to the killings. They have contradicted a report that a bloodstained Spade was found and is believed to be the weapon Simpson is charged with using a knife. The murder weapon said to be a 15-Inch knife has not been found. Los Angeles police investigators on wednesday abandoned their search for it in Chicago. The latest report of evidence came thursday when can said bloody clothes were found in Simpsons washing machine during a police search the Day after the killings. The network cited unidentified sources. In other developments a police in Buffalo n.y., said they had investigated Simpson twice for possible cocaine use while he played for the Buffalo Bills football team in the 1970s. Simpson was not charged but detectives said they believe he used cocaine and gave it to teammates the Buffalo news reported wednesday. Simpson Friend Jim Brown another National football league great said this week that it was believed that Simpson used cocaine. A Simpsons Mother Eunice 72, was released in Good condition from a san Francisco Hospital wednesday night. She was admitted Friday for a heart ailment the same night her son surrendered to police. A the judge who approved probation and counselling for Simpson after Simpson pleaded a no contest to spousal abuse in 1989 said he was unfairly criticized municipal judge Ronald r. Schoenberg said he gave Simpson the exact sentence recommended by prosecutors. Deputy City attorney Robert Pingul said he discussed jail time for Simpson with Schoenberg but the judge was untre captive tit a an actor living at Simpsons estate denied reports that he requested immunity for his testimony at a grand jury hearing on the stabbing deaths. Through his attorney Brian a a a Koto Kaelin said he Only sought a delay to talk to a lawyer. He also denied that his testimony cast doubt on Simpson s Alibi that he was at Home waiting for a limousine to pick him up at the time of the  from Page 1 find the cause of the illnesses in some Gulf War  Deutch said the defense department is committed to continuing the search. A this report represents Only one element of the ongoing review of this Issue and is not an end but rather Points to further work to be done a he said. A i want to assure everyone that the defense department in cooperation with the veterans administration and health and human services will continue this research a and we will not discount any possible cause for these illnesses. A these people Are truly sick. Of that i have no  surveys done by various government and veterans organizations say 20,000 to 50,000 Gulf War veterans Are showing symptoms of the illness to some degree. Some veterans claim to be completely disabled while others report minor problems. In addition some spouses say they have developed the same problems As veterans such As muscle aches headaches memory loss joint pain mood swings and rashes. This has produced a theory that the illness can be transmitted sexually or through other close Contact. Some Gulf veterans also Are pointing to Survey evidence that they say shows that children conceived after the War Are at greater risk for physical and neurological birth defects. Deutch said the defense department asked for an Independent panel to look at All the evidence classified and unclassified to find some reason for the veterans health problems. A so in february we asked or. Leder Berg to bring together the Best and most Independent minds to study this Issue a Deutch said. A we asked him. To look at All the possibilities and see if we missed  the Board looked at three primary areas a military intelligence and individual reports of chemical or biological agent detection or exposure during the persian Gulf War. A scientific and medical evidence relating to exposure to nerve agents at Low Levels and possible Long term effects. A other potential health consequences resulting from Low level chemical exposure environmental pollutants kuwaiti Oil fires or diseases unique to the persian Gulf Region. Lederberg said that after examining All the evidence a there was nothing we could pin Down As a Concrete  he said the panel dismissed reports of possible chemical attacks from Iraq because a we did no to see any evidence that was persuasive to  Lederberg discounted As not a a scientific reports from individual troops that they experienced symptoms of chemical exposure after iraqi scud missiles exploded above them. He also said the hundreds of reports of chemical alarms could be explained because the alarms were built to a respond to the lowest possible chemical readings. And we know that Many environmental agents such As exhaust fumes or pesticides can trigger the  Lederberg said however that Many of the symptoms experienced by Gulf veterans also can be found in the civilian population at Large in chronic fatigue syndrome. Quot i find it very hard to distinguish the symptoms Between the two ill Nesses a he said. At this Point he said he sees Only one common Factor in the veterans symptoms that might offer some explanation. A a it a stress a he said. A stress makes one susceptible to disease and could account for the problems veterans Are  billion from Pago 1 tailing some of the most flagrant cases. A in 1939, the Navy committed $368 million for 1,183 family housing units at naval station new York on Staten Island. The apartments were needed for Crews of battleships that would be stationed there. But the battleships were retired from the Fleet in 1990, and the base w As scheduled to close in 1993. Vander Schaaf said the Navy was left with a a contractual mess Quot because the contract had no termination clause. A Pentagon auditors questioned a $240 million project to build a new rocket test facility at the Arnold engineering Center in Tullahoma Tenn. The auditors challenged arguments that the facility was needed to improve safety at the testing Center. A nevertheless there was Strong congressional support for the project and the air Force refused to change its safety assessment a Vander Schaaf said. He added that he a will be interested to Sec How often the facility is actually  a reviews of construction ordered because of base realignment decisions since 1988 turned up $233 million in questionable projects. In a separate report to the committee the general accounting office Congress investigative Arm said the Navy May have wasted As much As $33 million on a Long term lease for research space in Suffolk  just As it Learned that most of the research would be transferred to a base in Rhode Island. In each Case said sen. Byron Dorgan . Pentagon officials went through ail the official motions but ignored warnings from overseers that some projects might be unnecessary. Committee members acknowledged that the Pentagon cannot Bear All the blame. Over the past five years they said Congress has added $4,4 billion in Urc Quested military construction to the defense budget. Last month the House approved an $8.8 billion military construction budget that exceeded president Clinton a request by $470 million. And the Senate began consideration wednesday of the Senate armed services committees draft of the 1995 defense budget which would add $282 million for military construction to Clinton a request. Sen. John Mccain r-ariz., said military officials Are Only too glad to Welcome these a member add Onsy to the budget. But he said they fail to recognize that spending on pet projects cuts into Money for w weapons and readiness. A How do we cure this mind set Over in the services that a gee if Congress asked for it we re for it a a Mccain said