European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 13, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes wednesday july 13,1994 at a glance 1 buildings and Trees appear to be floating. As floodwaters from Georgia a. Flint River surround them monday. Forecasters predict the Flint will Crest thursday at a record 20 feet above flood stage. See Story on Page 10.military family violence a defense department study offers recommendations of How the military services should improve assistance to victims of family violence. A Page 5setback for Gay aviator Navy it. . Tracy Thorne a Gay naval aviator has suffered a setback in his Battle to remain on Active duty. A Page 6concerns Over c-17 the general accounting office said monday that the Mcdonnell Douglas c-17 cargo plane can land on fewer than half of the nearly 10,000 foreign airfields that the air Force has claimed. A Page jobless teens while the number of employed people in the United states Over age 20 has risen almost 4 percent in the past four years teen employment remains below its pre recession Peak. A Page 16 Index Abby Ann Landers. 24 classifieds. 25-28 comics. 22-24 commentary. 15 crossword. .24 faces no places. .21 focus. Horoscope .27 Jumble. 27 letters. .14 Money matters .16 sports. 30-36 to listings. .35 weather. 13 Berlin from Page 1 a and the other half Many Eastern germans feel remarks like that make Light of their lives before German Unity. A the lost a lot of East berliners with those words a said Paul Guido Ossel Mann a German american. Berlin was Clinton a last Stop on a four nation trip intended to draw still anxious Central and Eastern european nations closer to the West through economic and political tics. Many of the countries worry about a revival of russian imperialism that would endanger their at a news conference earlier moved to allay concerns in Poland when he said it would be a at the front of the line when nato admits new members and guarantees their Security against any threat. German Chancellor Helmut Kohl who accompanied Clinton through the historic Brandenburg Gate said a Europe needs an America that plays a Central role in matters of european Security and at the same time America needs a Europe that assumes greater responsibility for itself and for International the Gate topped with a Chariot drawing a winged Angel was enclosed within soviet run East Berlin when the Berlin Wall was erected in 1961. The communists turned the Chariot to face East rather than West. The Gate regained its status As the Center of Berlin on nov. 9, 1989, when the Wall opened amid the crumbling of communism. Quot berliners you have won your Long struggle a Clinton said. A you have proved that no Wall can forever contain the mighty Power of his remarks were Brief less than 10 minutes. More important was the symbolism of his visit. A that he even came to this Side of the Brandenburg Gate i never would have believed that 1 would experience that a said Karin Pella a computer Programmer from Eastern Berlin. Clinton urged europeans to. Reject modern Day forces of racism and ethnic and religious divisions. A the Berlin Wall is gone a Clinton said. A now our generation must decide what we will Builtin its answer he said is a Europe Quot where All nations Are Independent and democratic where free markets and Prosperity know no Borders where our Security is based on building Bridges not to his audiences Delight Clinton spoke several sentences in German. A amerika Steht an hirer Seite Jetzt und Fiir Immert a Quot America is on your Side now and forever a he said. 1 members of the audience waited two hours or More for the presidents arrival. Amid mounting anticipation Clinton walked 200 Yards from the parliament building to the Brandenburg Gate. He was accompanied by first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton and Kohl and his wife Hannelore. The Street cleared of people was eerily silent. When they reached the Gate the foursome straightened their line paused and strode through the columned Structure into what had been East Berlin. They were greeted by loud cheers and whistles. Clinton spoke near the site of what had been the Ore world War h american embassy. He pledged that the United states will build a new embassy in Berlin when Germany completes moving its seat of government from Bonn. Later Clinton flew Back to Washington where he is to set out today to tour flood ravaged Brandenburg Gate was the site of Ronald Reagan a 1987 dare to soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev to a open this Gate and a tear Down this Wall a Reagan spoke from the West Side. He too broke into German at one Point. Thirty one years ago Clinton a political hero John f. Kennedy electrified the divided City with his Jet it bin Ein Berliner speech. Mad from Page 1 Laudenslayer asked. The complaining customer did no to mention other adult articles in the Magazine. Stars and stripes Bookstore policy Calls for publications containing nudity or adult humor to be displayed in the adult Reading Section according to Bookstore director Chris Ryan. Managers Are Given leeway to determine if a Magazine meets the adult material criteria. For mad collector John keys the move makes buying the Magazine a Little embarrassing. A if i was younger 1 could t buy it a said the 19-year-old Patch High school graduate. �?o1 feel kind of stupid going Overto the move could mean More kids hanging around the adult Racks keys said. A and it s not at the end of the rack a keys said. A a it a Between Playboy and Swank. Not because children can to buy magazines from the adult Section parents who Nave to buy the Magazine for the youngsters have been complaining Laudenslayer said. A a it a a Case of damned if i do a said a and damned if i she n. Korean Leader appears to be son Seoul South Korea apr Quot its Quot All but official Kim Jong 11 is North koreans new Leader. That was the message sent by his late night appearance at the funeral Bier of his late father observers say. He May even have been anointed at a communist party meeting hours before the Public appearance monday night the observers and South korean officials said tuesday. And in a further sign of his ascension a a Kim was also shown meeting with foreign diplomats his first such known contacts since his fathers death Friday. The succession to Kim ii Sung the Only ruler North Korea has known has been a key Issue since he died of a reported heart attack at age 82. A it is Clear from this broadcast that North Korea is trying to convey the message that Kim Jong ii is the next Leader a said Hajime Izumi a professor at Japan a Shizuoka University specializing in North korean issues. The death of the communist revered As the a great Leader Quot had sparked fears of turmoil in the nation embroiled in an International confrontation Over the nuclear program it claims is for peaceful purposes Only. Kim a death led to the suspension of crucial nuclear talks the United states resumed with North Korea on Friday after a yearlong lapse. Maps suspected in Grill theft at Derheim by Jon Connor staff writer the army is investigating two 1st army div military policemen on suspicion of stealing a Tabletop Grill in Derheim a division release confirmed tuesday. The two soldiers have been suspended from police duty pending the investigation the release said. A the maps originally were investigating a noise complaint made by sgt. Christopher Bingham of building 6454 in the housing area of Dex Heimz Sanderson Barracks on Friday night. Bingham said he heard one my mention to the other that he wanted a Grill that was on the premises belonging to one of Bingham a neighbors. The other my then suggested to his partner that he take it for his own a i heard and saw them Lake it a Bingham said adding that he was about 3 feet from the maps inside his apartment looking out the window. A i was quite shocked frankly a Bingham said a because it w As so the Weber Grill was valued at $25, the release said. After the maps left Bingham telephoned the bad Kreuz Nach my station at 11 50 . The two maps were apprehended and the Grill was recovered the release said. Bingham said he was questioned by a plainclothes my investigator around 1 30 . And gave a formal statement later saturday. Anderson Barracks 22 Miles East of bad Kreuz Nach is Headquarters of the 1st army div. It is Home to an estimated 1,700 soldiers civilian employees and family members. Fires threaten Homes in California Northwest Bodfish Calif. A winds pushed a wildfire across 350 acres and through two resort communities coming to the doorsteps of some Homes threatening dozens More and destroying at least one at the Edge of Sequoia National Forest. In Washington state a 300-acre wildfire leapt across the Spokane River and was burning about five Miles West of downtown Spokane. Houses a convalescent Center and a Campground were evacuated. There were no reports of injuries from either fire. More than 200 residents near Bodfish and Lake Isabella Calif., about 100 Miles North of los Angeles were evacuated voluntarily monday when the Blaze was reported. One House and five Sheds were destroyed and one House sustained moderate damage said Kern county fire capt. Dennis Walker. The. Fire continued to threaten about 200 Homes tuesday. In Oregon a 6,000-acre fire in the North Central part of the state continued to Burn out of control
