European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 30, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Vol. 53, no. 135 500 tuesday August 30,1994 d 8693 refugee tide rises again Havana apr a the flood of cuban refugees resumed monday despite . And cuban measures to limit the flow and warnings that seas remained dangerous after weekend storms. Journalists found dozens of cubans setting out from the beaches sunday night and monday. A we re going a said Xiomara her Trandes after testing her Stoot raft built around four truck tire tubes in the East Havana Harbor of Cojimat. Emandes 47, said she was taking a a a s team pressing for look at files on detective los Angeles apr . Simpsons attorneys argued monday that a detective showed racism through his own words while the officers lawyer claimed his client was being destroyed by a truth be damned defense tactics. The racial Issue which has simmered throughput the Simpson Case broke out in open court during a fractious hearing on whether the los Angeles police department should turn Over the personnel files of detective Mark Fuhrman and three other homicide detectives. In a 23-Page motion filed last week defense Simpson attorneys said Fuhrman has a a propensity to create false information against african american defendants a the motion sought the detectives police personnel records and psychiatric reports. 7 a 7. / a a a the defense monday told Superior court judge Lance Ito that Simpson needed Fuhrmann a records to see if the officer is racist and a liar Ito did not Rule immediately on the request. It was Fuhrman who testified during a preliminary hearing that he found a bloody Glove outside Simpsons Home. A this is an officer according to his own records who  stand it anymore who  stand dealing with those minorities a defense lawyer Johnnie Cochran said. But Fuhrmann a attorney Robert Tourtelot accused the defense of trying to shift attention from Simpson see files on Page 2 inside today 28-year-old son and a 19-year-old daughter. A a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a i am taking them even if i die tomorrow a she said. A i sold everything to buy this raft. It Cost me 2,000  More than 17,000 refugees have been rescued at sea Between Cuba and Florida this month following president Fidel Castro a decision to Stop blocking illegal departures from the Island. Storms Cut Down the flow Over the weekend. The . Coast guard rescued Only 84 refugees sunday. The weather was clearer monday but forecasters said seas remained High at 3 to 6 feet. A a on sunday priests All Over the Island read a message from cubans roman Catholic Bishops urging people not to flee on dangerous rafts. And Castro said sunday that police had been ordered to prevent people from carrying children on rafts and other makeshift vessels. Some cubans on the beaches confirmed that they had been warned. Mayra Vega 34, said she was leaving her 7-year-old daughter behind with her husband because of the new ruling. But she said cubans economic crisis was driving her to flee despite the dangers and the Uncertain . Welcome a Al am going alone and i will Aid them from abroad a she said apparently ignoring . Vows to refuse admission to rafters. A a in a not interested in politics a she said. A even if the Sharks Are going to eat me i am  crack open textbooks for new year of school Days 8&s John Bohm a second graders at Lan Stuhl Elc Mcnary Middle school in Germany rally around their new teacher Tony Diminuco on the first Day of school monday. By Jimi Jones education writer Wiesbaden Germany when Sheila stockford and Lackesha Mur Rill got out of their a a Barneys Beds monday morning both were Well prepared for that most momentous occasion in any a year old a life the first Day of school. Sheila proudly showed off her new Pink and White High top sneakers that announce a i love you when a Button is pressed. A my baby Sitter bought them for me a she said. Lakeesha was Happy to be Over the most unpleasant task. Quot i already got my shots a she said. A i got them m my legs and i   Sheila and Lackesha were two of the 246 pupils in kindergarten through fifth Grade who showed up monday at Aukamp elementary school in Wiesbaden. They also were among 56,000 youngsters registered for department of defense dependents schools in Europe this year. Dodds enters its 48th year of educating children a mostly those of american service members overseas a following a four year draw Down that has stripped the european Region of about half its pupils and will Nave claimed nearly 10,000 More by fiscal 1997. While schools in Germany a hardest hit by the draw Down a continue to close or lose significant numbers of pupils others in Europe have grown beyond their capacities. 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