European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 29, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday july 29, 1994 the stars and stripes Page 5un. Shuns Road after fatal attack near Sarajevo. Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina apr the bosnian serbs noose around Sarajevo grew tighter thursday in the Wake of a serbian attack on . Peacekeepers a a British Convoy and a French unit coming to the Rescue. One British Soldier was killed in the attack. Brig. Gen. Andry Soubirou commander of Sarajevo a peacekeepers said the Road where the ambush occurred no longer would be used by the United nations meaning All entries to Sarajevo now go through serbian checkpoints. A a it a a risk a Soubirou said when asked if More attacks were Likely. A i Tell my soldiers to take  he said peacekeepers have been placed on special Alert. The British Soldier was fatally wounded wednesday in the attack on the Convoy As it approached a Road into Sarajevo that the serbs had just closed. The serbs then fired on a French unit coming to the Rescue of the Convoy. One British Soldier was slightly wounded in the ambush. The other hit in the Chest died during surgery at a Hospital the defense ministry in London said. An unidentified civilian also was wounded. The serbs later said they mistook their target. But Soubirou disagreed noting that the . Be hides were clearly marked and that at least five of them were hit by gunfire Over a period of 30 minutes or More. By closing off the Road a the Only route open to commercial trucks a the serbs re established their stranglehold on Sarajevo that catapulted tension higher Only three Days before authors of the latest bosnian peace plan rejected by bosnian serbs meet to discuss their next step. Possible moves include the tightening of economic sanctions against serbian dominated Yugoslavia a partial lifting of a . Arms embargo to Benefit the Muslim led bosnian government and an Extension of zones Banning heavy weapons. Supply problems caused by the tightened serbian blockade were exacerbated by the week old suspension of the . Airlift into the bosnian capital the flights were stopped after shots were directed against incoming aircraft. . Officials said nato air planes were called in to make overflights after wednesdays attacks but were not asked to counterattack although they can be asked to strike in cases where peacekeepers Are in danger. Col. Hugh Dourt Ivron Deputy chief of staff for peacekeepers in Sarajevo said one of the 5,200-.gallon British Tanker trucks burst into flames when the ambush began mid afternoon wednesday several of the nine other trucks were damaged. Once . Headquarters was alerted French armoured vehicles raced to the scene to Rescue the Convoy. The French unit came under fire from serbian positions during the evening returned fire and came Back with the Convoy vehicles that were still Mobile . Officials said late wednesday los Angeles apr a judge cleared the Way for Dan testing of blood samples thursday in the . Simpson murder Case amid signs that the defense will wage a molecule by molecule Battle Over evidence. In an emergency hearing wednesday judge Lance Ito affirmed his decision that defense experts could remove 10 percent of each of the samples before the prosecutions testing was to begin thursday morning. Officials at cell Mark diagnostics the Germantown md., Laboratory hired by the prosecution to conduct the delicate tests had wanted their own technicians to do the Job. Defense attorneys meanwhile objected to Ito a requirement that they use the labs equipment to Cut their samples which were to be stored at the lab until Ito decides if defense experts can conduct their own tests. The blood undergoing testing was taken from the crime scene Simpsons White Bronco and his estate. Sex counsel denies trying to Sway Whitewater Case Washington apr former White House counsel Bernard Nussbaum denied thursday that he or anyone else at the White House tried to influence the government investigation of the Whitewater affair. He said the meetings he had with banking regulators a were  a i did not nor As far As l am aware did anyone else at the White House Ever seek to direct the outcome of or interfere with that investigation a he told the House banking committee on the second Day of its hearing into Whiteway Ter. According to testimony by Nussbaums successor Lloyd Cutler Nussbaum discussed one aspect of the inquiry with a top Justice department official who was supposed to be removed from the Case. Describing a series of meetings he had with government officials Nussbaum Nussbaum said a we recognize that As a general proposition they should not occur. However there was no Flat prohibition a while at the White House Nussbaum was Given briefings about details of the Resolution Trust  memos to the Justice department suggesting a criminal investigation involving a failed a amp a Madison guaranty savings and loan. Some of those memos mentioned president Clinton and first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton who were investors in the Whitewater land development Deal. Nussbaum said he questioned whether it was proper for Roger Altman the acting head of the Etc to recuse himself from the investigation last february. Altman was an old Friend of the presidents and also served As Deputy Secretary of the Treasury a a top administration position he still holds. Cutler said Nussbaums comments a May have influenced or. Altman a decision on feb. 3 to defer  Cutler said the conversation did not violate ethical standards but a this discussion should not have taken place.�?�. A a Nussbaum said there was a no Legal or ethical reason for Altman to step aside and therefore it would have a set a bad precedent for the Clinton and future  Nussbaum said that if there were no conflict of interest an official like Altman had a responsibility to do a this or her sworn  nonetheless Nussbaum said he did not order Altman on what to do a i left it to him to make his own decision a he said. Meeting by meeting Nussbaum explained the contacts he and his office had with regulators Between the fall of 1993 and this Spring concerning the Etc investigation into a failed Arkansas savings and loan owned by the Clin tons Whitewater business partner James Mcdougal. Tampa Fla. Apr a jury compromised with a manslaughter verdict against the woman who claimed that years of abuse by her claw handed husband known As lobster boy forced her to have him killed. Mary Stiles family and attorney denounced wednesdays verdict saying carnival performer Grady Stiles or. Was a brute who deserved to die in the contract killing. A who wants a Compromise when you re right Quot said Stiles attorney Arnold Levine. A she did it because she had no alternative. She killed this Man because he deserved to be  Stiles 56, used a battered wife defense painting her husband As a brute who routinely swatted Ner with his claw like hands butted her with his head sexually abused her with a Blackjack and threatened her life. She was ordered held without Bond pending sentencing next month. She. Faces seven to 2z years for manslaughter and conspiracy to commit first degree murder. She could have received life if convicted of murder. A teen age neighbor shot the 55-year-old Stiles in the head As he sat in his trailer watching television in 1992. Stiles admitted paying $1,500 for the hit claiming she did it to save her own life. The couples 25-year-old daughter Cathy Berry who has the same condition that gave her father his malformed hands and stunted footless legs was in tears after the verdict. A the ruined our lives when we were younger. He a ruining our lives when we re older Quot Berry said. A my Mother protects her own life and her family a life and she gets Justice when is the Hurt going to Stop for my family a prosecutors called it a killing of convenience saying Mary Stiles stood to take Over such carnival shows As the human Pincushion the Blockhead and the Gorilla lady illusion. A they pointed out that Stiles had not been abused or even threat Stiles ened the night of the slay ing and that she hatched the plot weeks in Advance. Stiles 20-year-old son from another marriage Harry Glenn Newman faces trial monday on murder and conspiracy charges. He plans to use a battered child defense. The 19-year-old trigger Man was convicted of  and sentenced to 27 years in  up blood lets tests Start a defense expert or. Henry Lee was seen entering cell Mark diagnostics shortly before 9 . Thursday when Dan testing was to begin. Lab officials  comment on the testing. With a Case based on circumstantial evidence prosecutors Hope the genetic fingerprinting will link Simpson to the slashing deaths of his sex wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her Friend Ronald Goldman. . Simpson has pleaded innocent to two counts of first degree murder. The defense is fighting Over minutiae Down to blood cells and the genetic material encoded within a As a distraction a Loyola University Law professor said. A the defense is hoping that All these things will make the jury forget there Are two dead people with their throats slashed and make them concentrate on other issues a Stanley Goldman said. Simpson lawyer Robert Shapiro had objected vigorously to Ito a ground rules on the sampling. A they Are totally unacceptable Quot he said. A they Are useless and we will not be  after the hearing Shapiro refused to say if the defense planned to Cut the samples or even show up at the lab. In other developments a Shapiro said wednesday that the hot line set up to help find a the real killer has taken 250,000 Calls. A Ronald Goldman smother Sharon Rufo announced that she filed a wrongful death lawsuit claiming Simpson a a wilfully wantonly and maliciously killed her 25-year-old son june 12. The St. Louis woman had not seen her son in the five years before his death. She is divorced from Goldman a father Fred. The lawsuit seeking unspecified damages for the loss of her songs companionship and support was filed in Santa Monica on july 20