European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 16, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday september 16, 1994 the stars and stripes Page 57 Rea list7 Wilder q u its sen ate race Richmond a. Apr former gov. L. Douglas Wilder on thursday abandoned his Independent run for the Senate after two polls showed him far behind his fellow Democrat and longtime rival sen. Charles s. Robb. \ a Wilder a withdrawal reduced the Chance that a split among democrats would hand the seat in conservative Republican Oliver North. Independent Marshall Cole Man is the third remaining candidate in a hard fought race crucial to Republican efforts to win control of the Senate in the nov. 8 election. A i have seen that the two party system in Virginia is Strong and that the difficulty in financing Independent candidacies is real a Wilder said in a statement. Wilder abruptly cancelled two Campaign events wednesday in Roanoke and returned to Richmond immediately creating speculation that he would break a his pledge to remain in the race until the end. A i have said that i was in this Campaign for one reason Only and. That was to win a Wilder s statement said. A though i done to attach great significance to polls they Are influential and the influence on financing capabilities is great. Mainly for that reason 1 done to feel that i could raise sufficient funds for any winning Effort to take place. A i am a realist. I know when to hold them and when to fold them a Wilder spokesman Don Conley Saia Wilder would not be available thursday for interviews or comments. Wilder entered the presidential race in sep Wilder tember 1991 but withdrew four months later saying he heeded to attend to state budget problems. Last year Wilder said he would Challenge Robb. Then he said he would stay out of the race. Six months later he was Back As an Independent candidate pled heavy weather in Berlin firefighters remove parts of a roof ripped off a Western Berlin residential building by a storm Early thursday sections of the roof smashed several cars in the Char Rottenburg District but nobody was reported injured. City fires 5, disciplines 9 in parking ticket scandal Cleveland apr five City employees were fired and nine others demoted or suspended for voiding their own parking tickets mayor Michael White said wednesday. Four of the City a 19 parking enforcement officers and one clerk were dismissed for a blatant misconduct Quot White said. Some had voided 20 or More of their own tickets this year. Parking enforcement officers would give themselves tickets a to discourage further ticketing by another officer a then void it later said Oliver Spellman director of the City department that includes the parking enforcement officers. The highest ranking official to be disciplined was parking facilities commissioner Greg Shumate. He was transferred to a lower paying Job. Eight other employees including four supervisors were demoted or suspended or both. White said Shumate and other supervisors were unaware of the ticket voiding and had been disciplined for lax management. White said police investigators were checking for criminal wrongdoing. Ing to remain until the end. Robb is the apparent beneficiary of Wilder a turnabout in part because the senator can woo Black democrats who might have voted for Wilder As they did in 1988, when he became the nation to a first elected Black governor. A obviously this dramatically improves sen Robby a chances for re election a said John Mcglennon a College of William amp maty government professor who specializes in Southern politics. A the polling information that in be seen indicates that Many Wilder supporters had Robb As their second  on thursday a Mason Dixon poll showed Robb with support of 33 percent of those surveyed North with 28 percent Coleman with 15 percent and Wilder with 12 percent. An additional 12 percent were undecided. A poll issued wednesday by Virginia Commonwealth University a Survey research Laboratory showed North favored by 34 percent and Robb by 31 percent. Wilder had 13 percent and Coleman had 10 percent. In july Wilder a share was 17 percent in a Mason Dixon poll and 16 percent in a ecu  serbian acts in Bosnia Brussels Belgium apr . Commanders met senior nato military officers thursday to discuss continued violations of .-declared a Safe areas in Bosnia and Herzegovina. French Gen. Bertrand do Lapresle commander of . Peacekeepers in former Yugoslavia told natos military committee that the situation in the embattled a Safe area of Bihac was not serious enough to provoke airstrikes by the Western Alliance nato sources said. Latest reports from Bihac a Muslim enclave in Northwestern Bosnia suggest government forces were pushing Back a serbian offensive there. De Lapresle was accompanied on his visit to nato Headquarters by British it. Gen. Michael Rose who commands . Troops in Bosnia. Nato source who demanded anonymity said the talks entered on Alliance concerns that the exclusion zones declared around Sarajevo the bosnian capital and the Muslim enclave of Gradze were being undermined by bosnian serbian forces who were placing heavy guns in positions that could threaten the cities. In february nato insisted that the serbs withdraw their heavy weapons from an exclusion zone of 12.5 Miles from the Center of Sarajevo or face attacks from Allied warplanes. A similar heavy weapons exclusion zone was imposed around Gradze in april. Also in april the 16-nation North Atlantic treaty organization said it would declare exclusion zones around Bihac and four other bosnian cities if they were attacked. Drunk half naked in hallway Las vegas apr a half naked underage girl had to be removed from a hallway of leering aviators at the Tail Hook convention the same weekend that former Navy it. Paula Coughlin said she was sexually harassed a hotel Security officer testified wednesday. Jim Vernon a Security officer at the Las vegas Hilton for 20 years made the statement while testifying at the trial of Coughlin a Federal lawsuit against the Hilton hotel. Coughlin was the first to publicly accuse Navy and Marine aviators of sexual assault saying she was forced to walk a lecherous Gauntlet. Coughlin claims the Hilton was negligent in not controlling the aviators and could have prevented the attack. Vernon said he a saw pants flying in the air and found an intoxicated girl on the floor without her pants on during the september 1991 convention. He and another guard took the girl out of the hallway before investigating what had happened because As he asked Coughlin a attorney Dennis Schoville a if you were a female with your pants off would you want to be around 500 men a a Vernon said none of the aviators could Tell him what happened to the girl whose Mother was called to get her. Vernon warned a Tail Hook official against allow ing similar incidents but nothing else was done he said. A a. A earlier rear adm. Donald v. Boecker testified that Coughlin was a a a Superb officer who never seemed the same after the convention. A i noticed a change in her Demeanour a Boecker said a she was scared. She was frightened. She had been  a Boecker in a videotaped deposition said Coughlin was his aide for eight months during 1990 and 1991 at the naval air testing Center in Maryland. He described her As a a great aviator who flew a half dozen different types of helicopters and was a top candidate for advancement. She was no longer his aide during the convention but Boecker said he saw her a few weeks afterwards. After Coughlin spoke out about 90 women followed with similar complaints and a dozen filed lawsuits. Her revelations ignited a scandal that led to the resignation of Navy Secretary h. Lawrence Garrett 111 and the Early retirement of chief of naval operations Frank b. Kelso ii. The Navy and Marine corps pursued 140 harassment cases but none led to a court martial