European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 23, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes . Sunday october 23,1994clinton to seek revamp of War Powers aide says Cambridge mass. A president Clinton will ask lawmakers next year to revise the War Powers Resolution that requires presidents to get approval from Congress before committing . Troops to armed conflicts beyond 60 Days his National Security adviser said Friday. Anthony Lake assistant to the president for National Security affairs said Congress had put american forces abroad at risk by entertaining resolutions for withdrawal. A too often Congress Only secs costs and casualties rather than benefits and opportunities a Lake said in a speech at the Harvard University Center for International affairs in Cambridge. A att undermines our objectives and compounds the risk for our troops a he said. A it is virtually an invitation for the a thug of the month to see if he can Force our departure from some difficult Corner of the world Texas suing Kkt for Bias in housing Austin Texas a the state filed a $1.1 million lawsuit against the Kun flux klan on Friday claiming the group threatened Blacks and burned crosses to try to Stop an All White Public housing project from being desegregated. The lawsuit the first of its kind says nine klan members from two Kkt groups violated the state fair housing act. It also seeks damages for several residents who claim they were discriminated against. The Klansman Are accused of paying White children to beat up Black children threatening Whites who befriended Black residents and burning crosses and hang by attacking our Clinton like every president before him since the Resolution was passed in 1973 at the conclusion of the Vietnam War has contended that the measure is an unconstitutional infringement on executive Power. In the first two years of his administration lawmakers have raised the Resolution on various occasions in questioning Clinton a decisions to keep . Somalia and Send them to Rwanda and Haiti. Lake said discussions were needed to Amend the Resolution to a ameliorate a struggle Between these two branches of government that has lasted two centuries.�?T�?T. A it will never be resolved and perhaps never should be but the terms and tone of the Competition Over the making of National Security policy must be improved and must lose some of its current partisan cast or our nation and troops could pay an unnecessary Price a he said. Ing a White Power banners near the Complex in Vidor just outside Beaumont in Eastern Texas. A we will not allow the forces of bigotry cowardly hiding under sheets to reverse years of Progress a said state attorney general Dan Morales who filed the lawsuit on behalf of the Texas commission on human rights. Commission executive director William Hale said Vidor residents and Kkt informants helped build the Case. Defendant Michael Lowe grand dragon of the Texas knights said the lawsuit is groundless. A the government is trying to intimidate us and break us financially and discredit us a Lowe said. A but they will have to prove it without a doubt and i know they can to do that a Vidor has Long been a klan recruiting hotbed and members of the group have held rallies criticizing the desegregation Colfort. Tree bark when it comes to climbing Trees not Many dogs Are better at it than Vista who lives in Missoula Mont. Andrew Campbell vistas owner says the dog tries every tree that looks Clim Bable. In this Case Vista appears to be Barking up the right berets Honor last request of col. Maggie fort Bragg . Apr Martha Rayco a exemplary service to the army a including trips to Vietnam to entertain the Green berets a earned her a funeral with military honors. Rayc who died wednesday in los Angeles at age 78, requested several years ago to be buried at fort Bragg Home of the Green berets. On saturday she was to get her wish after a ceremony with a Flag draped casket and military pallbearers. A How Many entertainers in this world would go to a country called Vietnam where a War was going on for nine straight years four months a year and spend three of those months out with isolated special forces detachments in Camps All Over the country a said Jimmy Dean executive Secretary of the special forces association in Fayetteville. Normally Only Active duty and retired army per Sonniel Are buried on Post but the defense department granted an exception for Raye fort Bragg spokesman Gene Sexton said. After All Rayc was so beloved by members of the army special forces that president Johnson made her an honorary lieutenant colonel in the special forces in 1966. Raye already was an honorary lieutenant colonel in the army Reserve nurse corps. The Green berets called her a col. Maggie and were like her sons some even called her a mom a she said. Raye received the presidential medal of Freedom last november for her support of the , four men killed in fire after fraternity party from wire services Bloomsburg a. A a joyous Homecoming weekend turned tragic Friday when a soldering sofa ignited a Blaze at a fraternity House hours after a party burning five people to death. Residents believed the sofa fire had been extinguished when they put it out on the porch of the two Story Wood House near the Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania Campus fire chief Ralph Magill said. Four people escaped unharmed from the Dawn Blaze that killed four men and a woman. Batteries had been taken out of the smoke detectors in the House a common practice during smoke filled parties Coroner Ali Alley said. Five members of the Beta Sigma Delta fraternity lived in the House. Identities of the dead were not released but All five were believed to be enrolled in the urged to get shots Washington a Federal health officials Are stepping up efforts to persuade the elderly to get free flu shots now available through most doctors and paid for by medicare. The officials Are especially concerned about Low vaccination rates among Black senior citizens who got shots last year at Only half the rate of White seniors. Thirty million americans Are stricken by the flu each year and 10,000 to 40,000 people a most of them elderly a die of its complications. A flu shots save lives a Bruce c. Vladeck the head of the health care financing administration which runs medicare said Friday. A government Survey found that Only 35 percent of medicare beneficiaries took advantage of the free shots last year the first time the program paid forthe vaccinations.3 get jail for terrorism St. Louis a three members of the Abu Nidal organization were Given 21 months in prison Friday for plotting acts of terrorism a a sentence that Drew protests from jewish groups. The state department Nas described Abu Nidal As the worlds most dangerous terrorist group. The St. Louis Case was the first indication that a cell was operating in the United states. Tawfiq Musa 45, of Milwaukee and Brothers Saif Nijmeh 35, of the St. Louis suburb Bridgeton and Luie Nijmeh 30, of Dayton Ohio pleaded guilty in july to Federal racketeering charges that included allegations they smuggled Money and information bought weapons recruited members illegally obtained passports obstructed investigations and helped plot terrorist lawyers want action Little Rock Ark. A Paula Jones lawyers demanded Friday that her sexual harassment suit against president Clinton be heard promptly arguing that no one not even the president is above the Law \. A. A a the motion was filed in response to Clinton a request to dismiss the Case on grounds of presidential immunity. The president also said that if the lawsuit is allowed to stand he should have immunity until he is out of office. T Jones lawyers countered a every action and every actor is always under the Law. No Man in this country is so High that he is above the Jones 28, claims that while she was a state a. Employee attending a 1991 function at a hotel Clinton then governor had a state trooper summon her to a hotel room where Clinton suggested a sex act. Jones says she declined. A Clinton has denied such an encounter took place. Jones sued Clinton and the trooper Danny Ferguson in Federal court May 6 for More than $750,000. V worker fired for stripper Denver a a Denver Public Library construction worker was fired for hiring a stripper to come to his work site. A it was certainly a disappointment to us on the project a Lou Palandrani project executive for Hyman Etkin construction company general contractor said of the strippers hiring. A we have a very strict policy regarding sexual harassment and it was a drywall finisher employed by subcontractor dec interiors was fire on the spot after the incident last monday. He was not identified
