European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 18, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 6 the stars and stripes . Tuesday october 18, 1994gay Sailor claims Victory Over Navy by David Johnston new York times Washington a a homosexual Sailor who has waged a two year Legal Battle against his discharge said sunday that he had prevailed because the government allowed a Legal deadline to pass Friday without challenging an appeals court decision in his favor. Attorneys for Petty officer 1st class Keith Meinhold said the government did not file a required notice seeking a review of a sept. 1 decision by a panel of the 9th . Circuit court of appeals in san Francisco. The judges ruled that the Navy could not discharge Meinhold merely because he is Gay. A a John Mcguire an attorney for Meinhold also suggested the Case could influence courts considering newer regulations a a the done task done to Tell done to pursue policy adopted under the Clinton administration. Under this policy recruits cannot be asked if they Are homosexuals. A the Meinhold ruling in effect eliminates the a done to Teir provision from the done task done to Tell policy a Mcguire said. But a government lawyer said the Meinhold Case would probably not affect the Legal debate Over the new policy. He said the appeals court said that its ruling in the  applied Only to his treatment Linder the old policy Whiteh banned homosexuals and reached no Legal conclusions about the Validity of the new regulations. Quot for two and a half years the Pentagon has fought tooth and Nail to kick me out of the Navy because in a Gay a said Meinhold in a statement. A by this decision they finally have admitted that i can say i am Gay and proudly serve my country in the  a government lawyer said sunday that the Justice department had not ignored the deadline but was intentionally allowing the decision to stand without asking for a review by the full appeals court. But the official added that the Justice department had not yet. Decided whether to petition the supreme court. The government has More than month to decide whether to seek a High court review. But one lawyer who has followed the Case suggested that the Justice department officials May have decided against All further appeals in this Case a the solicitor general believes th3t policy issues could be better litigated in the Cor text of other cases a he said. Drew Days the solicitor general is the governments chief lawyer in appellate courts. Meinhold was discharged in 1992 under a longstanding policy barring homosexuals from the armed forces after he said on a nationwide television broadcast that he was a homosexual. He challenged the discharge and after a Long Battle the appeals court upheld a lower courts order that Meinhold be reinstated. He is now stationed at Nas Whitbey Island in Washington state. Mcguire said in a statement a that the governments decision against further action a is an acknowledgement that the courts decision is Correct and that the Gay ban is headed toward its ultimate and deserved  in the stars and stripes 10 years ago oct. 18,1984 a Democrat Walter Mondale charged that president Reagan has a Quot naive and primitive notion for National strength Quot As the Republican incumbent attacked his foes comments on the iranian hostage crisis. 20 years ago oct. 18, 1974 a president Ford categorically denied making any Quot deals to Pardon Richard Nixon in return for the former chief exec it Ives a resignation. Ford said he believed acceptance amounted to an admission of guilt. 30 years ago oct. 18,1964 a the new soviet leadership launched an obvious of tack against the deposed Leader Nikita Khrushchev and said it would not Back Down in seeking a showdown in the sino soviet conflict. 40 years ago oct. 18,1954 a heavy Rains from Hurricane Hazel triggered Savage flooding As the storm churned deeper into Canada. The death toll Rose to at least 123 with hundreds of others missing. 50 years ago oct. 18,1944 a German tank and infantry counterattacks eased Fol towing a record artillery barrage As 1,300 by 7s and b-24s hit the nazis main Supply base at Cologne in an attempt to ease pressure on the Allied forces at Aachen. C world warts 50 years ago too a oct. 18. A v 19 4 4 Germany announces that All Able bodied males 16 to 60 Are subject to the draft into he Home front defense Force. Red army urls Battle through the Carpathian passes an move Inlo Czechoslovakia German. Troops Stream northward from Greece and Southern Yugoslavia fearing hey wifi be Cut off by soviet advances to a a the North Greece s government in exile returns to Athens a a source 2194 Days Oll Vair. W h. Smith. / publishers inc. The world almanac of world War to Bison books corp. 1961 passers by on sunday look Over the crushed remains of vehicles demolished by a runaway Bulldozer in West Seneca . Raging Bulldozer plows doozy of a path West Seneca . A an unmanned Bulldozer rumbled Over Railroad tracks barely missed a video store and two sets of Power lines and slowed through 16 cars in an Oldsmobile Subaru Dealership. A what a mess a said Ron Corbo who had left his Dealership saturday just a few minutes before the Bulldozer showed up. A a there a a half a million dollars Worth of cars right  no one was Hurt by the bulldozers half mile trip which began shortly after construction workers left a demolition  a Alabama pot killings of 5 Birmingham Ala. A five people were found shot to death inside a car sunday police said. The bodies of two women and three men were discovered just before noon after the son in Law of one victim flagged Down a police car outside the bar said Birmingham police spokeswoman it. La Faree King Walker. The son in Law who was not identified went to the bar because Florence Adel Elliott 45, Hadnot returned Home saturday night. Elliott had gone to the bar to show her Friend the bartender her new Puppy. Police said someone started the Bulldozer drove it for a while and then jumped off the vehicle then took a path of its own. After passing within 15 feet of a blockbuster video store it disappeared in some underbrush reappeared climbing a Hill and headed toward Corbos Dealership. It first ripped into a Subaru then pushed another car on top of a Honda that had been taken in on a Trade. The Bulldozer then moved Down the line climbing cars and crunching them Flat or ripping off their Back ends. Among the casualties were two Suba rus bought by a father and his son one hour before the Accident and a fully loaded $32,000 Oldsmobile 98 that was flattened into a 3-foot-High Metal . Finally someone jumped onto the Bulldozer and shut off the ignition. No arrests have been made. Gorbo said it could have been worse. A a a another two feet to the left a he said a and it would have gone right through this garage door wiped out this car on the lift and gone right out the other  ice ing in bar i the bartender Pam Dodd 37, was killed along with another employee. Police would not give any details of the shooting or say whether the bar had been robbed. The bar the changing times lounge was unlocked when police found the bodies. Nobody answered the bars Telephone sunday night. The other victims were identified As Lester Eddie Dodd 38, of Trussville the bartenders husband and William Nelson 52, of Birmingham. The filth victim a Man w As not identified. The dog was found unharmed inside the bar. Conway Twitty items sold at 3-Day auction Hendersonville Tenn. Apr fans collectors and family members bid More than is million for the belongings of the late country Singer Conway Twitt snapping up everything from cars to Christmas decorations. When the three Day auction was Oyer sunday at Twitty City a Complex where the entertainer and his family lived none of the More than 3,000 items remained. Twitty died june 5, 1993, after a blood vessel burst in his Abdomen. He was 59