European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 09, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes tuesday August 9,1994 Frencht urged to postpone Rwanda exit Goma Zaire a fearing another exodus of refugees the United nations on monday urged France again to delay its departure from southwestern , where it is protecting up to 1 million huts., a spokesman for the United nations refugee Agency said there is a very real possibility that the huts could Stream into Zaire when French troops leave. France sent 2,500 troops to the Region in june under . Mandate to Stop massacres that killed up to 500,000 rwandans most of them Tutsi civilians slaughtered by Hutu militias and the rwandan army. Huts flocked to the French protected zone i southwestern Rwanda in july fearing reprisals by Tutsi rebels who ousted the Hutu government. About 300 French soldiers already have been pulled out of Rwanda and trance plans to remove its remain ing 2,200 troops by aug. 22. It has said it would stay two or three weeks More i necessary to preserve order in its so called Security zone. But Ray Wilkinson a spokesman for the .high commissioner for refugees said in Goma that the Agency would like the French to stay even longer. The French Are afraid of getting bogged Down in the misery and ethnic animosity that is Rwanda especially now that a government dominated by former Tutsi re Bels has taken Over. The Tutsi want the French out of Rwanda where they helped beat Back a rebel offensive last year. And the new rebel installed government has accused franc of shielding soldiers civilian militias and Hutu politicians responsible for the  a . Force that is to take Over from the French is not ready and the United nations fears unprotected utus will flee southwestern Rwanda into Zaire once the French leave. Wilkinson said that to prepare for a possible new flood of refugees his Agency is looking for additional refugee Camp Sites and warehouse space around Thez Ainan Border town of Bukavu about 60 Miles South of Goma. But finding space to put a potential mass influx of refugees is difficult because the area is heavily pop. Ula cd and cultivated he said. It s not a Good scene he said. M pm of we a a i a ,.--., b "$?%.,? a " itt of % / a in s i 1? a a a Elssi a �3sx v 1 a Tipper Gore wife of vice president Al Gore comforts a rwandan refugee being transported to a Field Hospital in the Kib Umba Camp near Goma Zaire on monday. Tipper Gore lends a hand in Goma Goma Zaire a doctors working among sick and hungry rwandan refugees were assisted monday by Tipper Gore. The wife of vice president Al Gore spent nearly five hours in the largest refugee Camp Kib Umba aiding rwandans weakened by malnutrition and such potential killers As cholera and dysentery. On sunday she bathed and fed orphans. The situation has seemed to turn the Corner in respect Toth level of dying but it s still very dire Tipper Gorc Ksn d outside the hut of a woman near death from dysentery now the principal cause of death among the nearly 1 million refugees around Goma. She helped the woman to a pickup truck and Rod with her to a Field Hospital. She insisted that her visit was personal and said she did not intend to draft a report after returning to Washington. Tipper Gore said she was particularly moved bythe plight of the children. They just Ned someone to hold their hand love them and hug them she said. At least i can do  new Whitewater chief should quit Clinton St e v s t s Washington a one of pres ident Clinton s private lawyers said Mon Day that Kenneth Starr the newly appointed Independent counsel should voluntarily step Down from the Whitewater investigation because of his partisan activities and positions. Any decision he makes is already compromised said Robert Bennett who represents Clinton in a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by a former Arkan Sas state worker. Bennett said the Public would t have Confidence in any negative finding by Starr because of the baggage he picked up since attorney general Janet Reno considered him for the Whitewater coun Sel s role. She gave the Job instead to Robert w. Fiske or. Like Starr a Republican who was replaced Friday by a special fed eral court panel. The panel said Reno s appointment raised questions about his Independence. Fiske had already determined there was no foul play in the suicide of Clinton aide Vincent Foster and reported no criminal wrongdoing in the Way White House and Treasury officials sought to control Public relations damage from Whitewater. Starr had considered filing a Friend of the court Brief supporting the position of Paula Corbin Jones who contends that a sitting president does not have immunity from a lawsuit. Bennett argues Clinto has such Legal Protection. Bennett said in an interview that he has known Starr for years and has a High re Gard for his intellect and  Hwy but Starr s background is political. Hews a top Justice department official in the Reagan administration and solicitor general under president Bush. He should exercise the goo judgment of stepping Down Bennett said. House speaker Thomas Foley  monday that the appointment was a but surprising Given that the former judge and Republican political appointee had established a somewhat partisan position when he once investigated the possibility of running for office. Naval chief changes at Iceland air station by the stars and stripes Mas be Flavle Iceland capt. Rober Blake succeeded capt. Thomas Butler As commander of Nas Kef Lavik Iceland on monday. Butler now has an assignment to the . Naval Academy. 77 i personnel Holiday set Schwet Zingen Germany All offices of the army s 1st personnel come he will be closed aug. 19 in Observance of the command s annual organization Day. In an emerged a staff duty officer can be contacted by calling Dan 379-6186 or civilian 06202-806186. Dodds math teacher found dead in Home Vatet def at 7tmdivxt -. L of. N a. -.-= Kaiserslautern Germany is a teacher with almost 30 years with the department of defens dependents schools has died of an apparent heart at tack. Richard Seeley 64, was found dead Friday in his Home in Einsiedler Hof near Kaiserslautern. .he.is. Thought to have died aug. 2 or 3, school officials said monday. Seeley a longtime mathematics teacher at Kaiserslautern Middle school began his career with Dodds in August 1964, he also served a tour with  army intelligence in Berlin in 1955. The photography and military history Buff earned a Bachelor of science degree cum laude from Maryville College at Maryville tenn., in-1952 and a master of arts degree from bail state University in 1972. He is survived by a brother Robert Seeley of . Seeley will be buried in new Jersey. School officials said there was no info nation available yet about a me Morial service. A n 9cfel119 plane crashes a Alaska killing 6 Anchorage. Alaska Cap i a Hnat Ninny. Of a _., 9-, a a floatplane carry ing european tourists on a Bear viewing trip crashed on Kodiak Island killing five passengers and the Pilot a Swiss Man survived when he was thrown Clear of the flaming wreckage. Investigators were heading monday for the site of the crash along the coastline near Ganik Bay about 45 Miles West of the town of Kodiak. The de Havilland Beaver operated by Uyak air service crashed about 2p.m. Sunday said Federal aviation administration spokeswoman Joette Stortv the six victims three of them from Switz Lerand two from Holland and the Pilot from Alaska we Retro """1 m the burning plane after it crashed