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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 1, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes . Friday july 1,1994 Clinton officials cleared of Washington a Whitewater special prosecutor Robert Fiske reported thursday that Clinton administration officials committed no crimes when they discussed a politically sensitive savings and loan investigation with officials. His first report to the Public also reaffirmed the police conclusion that Deputy White House counsel Vince Foster killed himself last summer. The news was welcomed by the while House where officials Are preparing for a congressional inquiry while trying to dispel the Public perception that they tried meddle in the Whitewater re. Lated a amp a Case. Quot after a review of All the evidence we have concluded that the evidence is insufficient to establish anyone within the White House or the department of the Treasury acted with the intent to corruptly influence the investigation according to a statement accompanying fiskes report. Seeking to dispel speculation about Fosters death fiskes report said forensic evidence showed that he committed suicide at the Park where he was found last july. The finding reaffirms a report by . Park police that Foster killed himself. It also said1 he Quot found no evidence that issues involving Whitewater contributed to the suicide. Fiske said his report on another aspect of his Washington investigation a the removal of documents relating to Whitewater from Fosters office after his death will not be released for about 10 Days. The report comes As the special counsel is wrapping up the Washington phase of his investigation and turning full attention to the Arkansas phase of his probe which will focus on Whitewater and other business dealings involving president Clinton and first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton. White House aides have privately expressed anxiety about How the administrations handling of the Foster documents and the regulatory contacts will be portrayed. The contacts resulted in the White houses learning that confidential criminal referrals had named the Clinton As possible beneficiaries of illegal activities at Art Arkansas a amp a owned by their Whitewater business partner James Mcdougal the re feral were written by fed in motivated by inheritance Money fort Worth Texas a a teen Ager who was found guilty wednesday of plotting to kill her millionaire father and Stepmother for the inheritance Money now faces life in prison or execution. Jurors deliberated a Little More than three hours before convicting 19-year-old Kristi Koslow of murder. Her Stepmother 40-year-old Oil heiress Carn Carn Koslow Koslow was killed while the teens father Jack Koslow survived although his Throat was slashed. Kristi Koslowf a face reddened As she heard the verdict and her birth Mother Paula Koslow wept. Her father in court for final arguments wednesday refused to comment after the verdict. Previously he said his daughter deserved the de ath penalty Quot that a what she Gay Caren a he said. The Pudgy Brown haired teen was charged with soliciting her Boyfriend and another teen Ager to carry out the March 1992 attack at her parents Home. In final arguments prosecutor Alan Levy called Kristi Koslow a woman a consumed by hate for the victim to whom she referred As her  defense attorney Mark Daniel argued that she a does not have the intellect or maturity to organize a Rock  the jury was to begin work thursday to determine her  barely Kristi Koslow right hugs her birth Mother Paula Koslow after the guilty verdict was read wednesday in fort Worth Texas. Defense attorney Mark Daniel is at left. 17 at the time of the assault she could become Only the fifth woman on Texas death Row. The last woman executed in the state was hanged in 1863 for murdering a horse trader. Despite his injuries Jack Koslow was the prime suspect for two weeks until an informants tip led police to his daughter. Jack Koslow was a key trial witness. Kristi Koslowf a former Boyfriend Brian seller and Jeffrey Dillingham both 19 at the time of the attack broke Down the couples bedroom door and attacked them with a Metal pry bar and a knife. Dillingham beat the couple unconscious then Salter Cut their throats they told police. Both were convicted in the Case Billingham was sentenced to death and Salter received a life sentence in a plea  testified that Kristi Koslow plotted the murders supplied him with a map of the House and gave him the Home alarm code foes trying to blast free Bullet program Washington a budget Cut ters Are taking aim at a $2.5 million program that bestows free bullets on budding shooters. The civilian marksmanship program teaches people How to shoot straight by giving away some 40 million rounds of Ari munition to novices yearly. Though the program has Long drawn fire from opponents who argue that the government  be in the gun Les son business Congress voted last year to continue subsidizing. The summer marksmanship training Camps. But the government Giveaway is again under attack from critics who say it is a subsidy for gun clubs. Supporters say the program teaches gun safety a one of the most important lessons we can teach is respect and proper use of a weapon a said rep. Marcy Kaptur a Ohio the program was created in 1903 because of a problem the army encountered during the Spanish american War a recruits who did no to know How to shoot. Rep. Carolyn Maloney ., is leading a group of lawmakers who say the program is a relic. A a. The group Hopes budget Cut fever the fall congressional Quot elections and the sting eral a amp a investigators and forwarded to prosecutors. A but fiskes statement said the Quot evidence does not justify a criminal prosecution of violation of any other Federal strategy.�?�. Commenting on the finding that Foster committed suicide,.White House special counsel Lloyd Cutler said a this should put to rest the irresponsible speculations a Many of them politically motivated a that something More sinister occurred. We Hope these Rumo mongers and the Media that published their rumours will now leave the Foster family in peace a he pledged the administration would cooperate fully in fiskes investigation of the handling of documents in Fosters office after his death. Urcla group to Monitor to Washington a the major broadcast networks have selected the Center for communications policy at the University of California los Angeles to Monitor violence on television and report to the Public. The first report should be out �?o13 months from now a. Lbs senior vice president Martin Franks said wednes Day Franks has organized the networks Effort which includes lbs Abc Abc and  a will be reviewing programs up through the May sweeps a he said. Critics have said stations arc More Likely to air programs with lots of violence during this important ratings  Center also will examine programs on Cable Public to stations films Home videos and video games to compare them with network programs. A the Cable Industry has its own violence Monitor Media scope a California based nonprofit research group. Both industries have assembled Independent monitors in response to congressional and consumer complaints about violence on television. Urcla will examine such questions As the extent and nature of violence depicted the motivation for violence the context in which violence is portrayed and consequences of violence. While some lawmakers such As sen. Paul Simon d-ill., a leading advocate against to violence Are. Pleased by Industry efforts others have said they will press on with legislation. Of military base closings will Combine to help them line up votes for an amendment being offered to the Pentagon a 1995 spending Bill. A hard working military personnel who thought they had a lifelong military career Are losing their jobs. Yet the defense department is still  this Congress to hand out bullets to boy scouts a Maloney said wednesday. A the people of this country arc asking us to get the guns off the streets and the violence out of the neighbourhoods a said rep. Nydia Velazquez  A they certainly Are not asking us to give away 40 million rounds of ammunition a r House endorses space station Washington a the House has endorsed the space station for  time in two years rejecting criticism that the �30 billion program represents unaffordable luxury science at a time of huge budget deficits. Ii a Stark reversal from a year ago a when the space station survived by Only one vote a lawmakers rebuffed an attempt wednesday night to terminate the giant program by a 27s-155 margin. Proponents said that death of the space station would deprive the country of cutting Edge scientific and technological benefits while devastating the human space flight   
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