European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 1, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 r the stars and stripes Friday ju1yy,\1994 at a glance Disney chairman Michael says he likes a film script about Mutiny aboard a . Nuclear submarine. But the Pentagon Isnit giving the idea such Good reviews. See Story on Page 7. Provider faces firing a child care provider in Baumholzer Germany is being fired from his Job in the Wake of accusations that he sexually abused three  Page 4 a Post fascists tour Italy s a Post fascists Quot Are cruising to one of world War ills most famous Battle Sites to Honor italian dead. A pages or a. 1_�?� Navy to drop victim the Navy is no longer trying to persuade a sexually harassed officer to remain in the service and is moving to discharge her. A Page 6 teen heiress convicted a Texas teen Ager has been found guilty of plotting to kill her millionaire father and Stepmother for the inheritance Money. A a Page 8 foreigners shipped out Florida has sent 24 foreign criminals Home to free up space in the state s prisons. A pages japanese woes cited some experts contend that the recent dramatic movements in the currency markets amount to a yen crisis rather than a Dollar crisis. A Page 18 l Index Abby Ann Landers 25 classifieds a. 28-32 comics. 25-27 commentary .17 crossword .25 faces a no places.14 focus. 19-24 Horoscope. 31 Jumble. 31 letters. 16 Money matter .18 sports .32-40 to listings. 39 weather .15 Perry orders Pentagon to simplify buying system Washington a the Pentagon was ordered wednesday to simplify a purchasing system that imposed pages of specifications on contractors that made items ranging from chocolate Chip cookies to semiconductor chips. Defense Secretary William Perry announced the change at a Pentagon briefing saying he wanted the military unique specifications replaced where possible with commercial and performance standards. The move will make it easier to buy items off the shelf but May also cause setbacks for contractors who have geared up production lines just to meet the Mili Tatyos specifications Perry acknowledged. Under the new system the Pentagon will not write specifications for a contractor building an engine. Instead the contractor will be told How much thrust or durability is needed and be allowed to build the engine to those standards the Secretary said. Queried about potential Long term savings Perry said he had no exact figure but hoped the move will pare a a billions from the Pentagon a costs. Perry said he was ordering something that had been difficult to achieve in the a a a a a a in a past because it Quot turns the present system a on its head and goes against entrenched habits. Instead of using military specifications in every Case a special waiver will be needed to use them Perry Saidi in a statement the Pentagon cited examples such As lanterns which the military bought for $71.49 each using 29 pages of specifications. In 1993, the Pentagon purchased 9,000 Coleman co. Lanterns at a Cost of $54.90, using a four Page commercial item description for a savings of More than $156,000, the Pentagon said. Glove from Page 1 Dence from Simpsons Home when they went to the multimillion Dollar Brentwood estate to inform him of the death of his sex wife Nicole. Simpson Wasny to Home at the time. Investigators found red stains on Simpsons driveway on a nearby curb and in the master bedroom and bathroom As Well As numerous stains on Simpsons Ford Bronco Drivers door instrument panel Driver Side floor Drivers seat and steering wheel the papers say. An affidavit by detective Philip Van Nater separately referred to a blood droplets leading from the Bronco to Simpsons front door. A during the securing of the residence a Many a leather Glove containing human blood was also observed on the South Side of the residence. This Glove closely resembled a Brown leather Glove located at the crime scene at the feet of victim Ronald Goldman the affidavit said. Goldman was a Friend of Nicole Simpsons who also was killed in the june 12 attack v tight lipped police meanwhile were conducting an investigation at a vacant lot in Brentwood not tar from Simpsons Home police marked Chalk circles on the Street in front of the lot police have been looking for the weapon used in the slay Ings. The court hearing on various motions dealt mostly with pieces of evidence and whether they could be split so that both prosecutors and defense could test them independently. A prelim naj hearing that was scheduled to begin later thursday at which Kennedy Powell would begin considering whether to hold Simpson for trial did not Start because the motions were discussed instead. The victims families filled two rows of the courtroom and the hearing was broadcast internationally. The court heard from Michele Kestler assistant director of the los Angeles police department crime lab. She described various pieces of evidence and How Many samples can be shared with the defense for Independent analysis. She also backed the prosecutions Contention that Many samples of a suspects hair Are needed for a Good comparison with samples of crime scene hair. She said 30 to 100 hairs Are the scientifically accepted Sample Kestler. Said that when she was told the defense was willing to provide Only one. Strand of hair  first response was a you got to be kidding a a in an example of the meticulous defense being mounted Kestler a testimony was halted when defense attorney Robert Shapiro insisted on having her resume to determine whether he could Challenge her credentials As an expert witness. The court took a break for her to retrieve the resume from her office computer and then Shapiro quizzed her on various As pacts of the document. The defense motion to suppress evidence was filed wednesday. It contended it was improper for detectives to search the Fence in grounds of Simpsons estate without a warrant. The motion said polite went there at 5 . June 13 to Tell Simpson of his sex wife a death found the House locked and got no response from a Gate intercom. Police got a phone number from a Home Security company that rang at an an swering machine the motion stated. A rather than leave a message one of the detectives climbed Over the 5-foot Wall protecting the defendant s residence opened the Gate and admitted the remaining detectives a the motion said. The detectives searched the House and at some Point roused Simpsons daughter who was sleeping there and at 7 30 . Informed her she had to leave so the premises could be searched the motion said. Another guest was detained and also removed from the House it said. Police eventually found out Simpson was on a planned business trip to Chi. Cago and contacted him and he agreed to return. The search warrant Wasny to obtained until 10 45 ., Simpsons lawyers stated. The lawyers argued that the Law does n6t permit warrant less entries even for investigation of a murder. A amp k or % v f i ii 1  from Page 1 requirement for tank a nevertheless  officials resent that the tanks the marines want happen to be those paid for out of the  a budget. With emotions running High the sniping has been intense at times. Some  officers for instance sneer at How the marines use tanks a More in direct support of Small infantry units than As part of a Large fast moving Maneu Merable assault Force. The marines vigorously disputing this Point out they take their training at the  s tank school in fort Knox by. A a it a made for such bad relations a said a senior  officer involved in the Issue. A a it a been a very unpleasant situation fess Onaley. You have two organizations that instead of working together on land forces you have them Over on the Hill defending themselves against each other a the officer who asked not  identified said he worries about the precedent this episode is setting. A you done to want the services in times of tight budgets working against each other a he added. The marines say they have Only 60 percent of the 443 tanks they need to meet their War fighting requirements. The  gave the marines 50 tanks at the end of last year which has left the corps 172 Short. The marines two Active tank battalions Are training at full strength with 58 tanks apiece. But the corps three repositioned squadrons a located in strategic spots around the world to facilitate the rapid deployment of troops a still Are missing about half their desired Armor and two Reserve battalions Are. At Only one Quarter strength. For its part the  has several thousand m1a1 tanks but none it says to spare. Production of meals stopped in april 1993. The  does plan to Transfer about 1,500 meals to National guard units Over the next decade As the guards older m60 tanks arc phased out. The marines contend their needs should have priority Over those of the guard since if War Breaks out somewhere the Pentagon a current War fighting strategy Calls on them to get there first but  officials note they too Are under orders from Pentagon leade it 10 bolster the readiness of National guard units which also Are supposed to play an essential part in fighting any major future War. A to Settle matters rep. Paul Mcshate d-pa., a Marine corps reservist who fought in the persian Gulf War tried to write into the House defense Bill a provision that would have compelled the  to give the marines 84 tanks a enough at least to outfit the three repositioned squadrons. A report in March by the general accounting office recommended the move. But the House Bill ended with Compromise language directing Shalikashvil to review the allocation of tanks and report by Decem Ber. The  thought that was that. But sen Robert c. Smith r-n.h., who has no known ties to the marines got the tank Transfer written into the Senate a fiscal 1995 defense authorization Bill during committee proceedings Shalikashvil a former  Field artillerymen has sought to buy time by lobbying Capitol Hill members to let him decide the matter. Other senior  and National guard officers also have pressed legislators to Block the Transfer when the defense Bill comes up on the Senate floor. A i find it amazing preposterous the level of lobbying All the Way up to the chairman of the joint chiefs a said Smith in an interview. While Pentagon officials acknowledge that the Marine corps has been tasked with retaining an armoured Force they also note that no specific tank requirements were issued by either the Secretary of defense or joint chiefs