European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 27, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes . Thursday october 27,1994 senator s letter called Mcca so by Mikuc Cau by Washington Post Washington some defense department staffers Are angered by a letter from Simon that threatens to exile unsatisfactory workers in the equal employment Opportunity commission to to the Pentagon or someplace else in government. Pentagon employees who have seen the Illinois Democrat s letter described it As chilling and flippant and there is a mccarthyism aspect to All this that a Agency head is directed to Send a list of the so called a dedicated to a United states senator and that those on the list be transferred to the Pentagon or someplace else said a High ranking Pentagon civilian. Is that supposed to be funny is working to support the . Military some kind of punishment tour is the Penta gon a re education Camp for the politically incorrect the oct. 6 letter to new Leoc chairman Gilbert Casellas which is making the rounds underground say the senator wants a list of staffers who Aren t Mission oriented so they can be exiled to civil service slots in army Navy or the air Force. Simon a ranking Mem Ber of the labor and human resources committee that confirmed Casellas congratulated him on his appointment and went on to say. As you begin your tenure. I wanted to re mind you of the agreement you made to me during your confirmation hearing. I had asked that. You Send me a letter within six months regarding those in the Agency who do not believe in the Mission of thee Etc. I believe i suggested that those who do not be Lieve in the Mission or the Leoc should be transferred to the Pentagon or someplace else. You Are dealing with an Agency that is extremely important to make sure that there is Opportunity for Al americans. Yet As you know the Agency is in some trouble. The committee wants you to be aggressive in a in the stars and stripes 10 years ago oct. 27,1984 a italian Magis trate indicted five turks and three bulgarians on charges of plotting to kill Pope John Paul ii declaring that All of them As Well As gunman Meh met a Aga were involved in the att erupt to kill the pontiff in St. Peter s Square on May 13,1981. 20 years ago oct. 27,1974 president Ford and soviet Leader Leonid Brezhnev will meet for the first time nov. 23-24 near the siberian port of Vladivostok the White House said. 30 years ago oct. 27,1964 nine . Marines were killed and 13 others injured when two helicopters collided near Huelva Spain during amphibious Landing Maneu vers involving 50,000 american and Spanish serv ice members. 40 years ago oct. 27,1954 egyptian prime minister Gamal Abdel Nasser escaped injury when four shots were fired at him As he addressed a huge crowd in Alexandria at a rally Cele Brating the signing of an Anglo egyptian Accord. 50 years ago oct. 27,1944 in one of the most lopsided victories in the Pacific War the . 3rd and 7th fleets Sank or damaged at least 26 japanese warships in the three Day Battle in philippine Waters dispatches revealed. World War ii 50 years ago today oct.27 american soldiers capture Buri Airfield and Pastrana on Leyte in the Philippines. The japanese army Steps up its offensive to capture . Air bases in Eastern China. In the Netherlands Canadian troops capture Bergen of zoom and press attacks on the Beveland Peninsula. Worsening weather bogs Down the american Advance in Western Italy. Soviet troops take us Gorod in Hungary. Source 2194 Days of War. W. H. Smith publishers inc. The world almanac of world War ii Bison books corp., 1981 a Paula Corbin Jones holds a scaled affidavit during a news conference. Woman suing Clinton presses for settlement by Lyle Denniston Baltimore Sun Washington the woman who is suing president Clinton Over alleged unwanted sexual advances he made toward her in 1991 is putting new pres sure on him to Settle the Case. Paula Corbin Jones a former Arkansas state employee said tuesday at a sometimes tearful news conference that All i want is to reclaim my Good name from Bill Clinton the Only person in the world who can do Gilbert Davis one of her attorneys told reporters that a proposal to Settle the Case is still on the table even though two efforts to reach a settlement have failed. Jones seeks no Money Only a simple statement from the president that an incident occurred and an apology Davis added. In May Jones sued the presi Dent in Federal court in Little Rock ark., seeking $700,000 in damages for allegedly exposing himself to her in a Little Rock hotel room in 1991. He was then Arkansas Gover nor. She also sued an Arkansas state trooper blaming him for a role in arranging the encounter. Clinton denies that the incident Ever occurred. The president s private attorney Robert Bennett refused to reply to the news conference statements saying he would not dignify the performance of Jones and her attorneys at this Media -. The news conference was raucous at times and occasionally focused on Jones motives for her lawsuit and for seeking to Gener ate new publicity about what she has described As a lurid incident that left her embarrassed and afraid. Reporters also questioned the timing of the news conference late in this year s political Campaign and shortly before pent House Magazine is to publish what a spokeswoman said was a major Story on Jones perhaps accompanied by photos of her in a Bath ing suit and Negligee. No Date for that Issue has been set the spokeswoman said. Jones said the personal Pho tos were taken privately by a for Mer Boyfriend and he s wanting to sell them that s her attorney said the pictures Are not in sensitive Way,.in moving Forward on the difficulties within the Agency and making sure that the Agency stands for All americans. Again my congratulations on your appointment. I Only wish it would have occurred sooner. I look Forward to working with you and look Forward to receiving your a a. ,. / a spokesman for Simon said the letter grew out of Casellas confirmation hearing in August and the fac that Many in Congress have been concerned for a Cou ple of years about the growing backlog of cases there and the refusal to act on a great Deal of cases i Neeon s Mission he said Many members of Congress were unhappy with the Clinton administration because it delayed filling top Leoc jobs this chairman he said pledged to Correct the problems at the Leoc which were caused by a combination of incompetence but also unwillingness to Clear the " ". Remains of i Tarn alas i rec l---1 i identified by lab Honolulu a the remains of four , service members previously listed As unaccounted for in the Vietnam War have been identified by an army lab oratory. ,. R the four were identified As Navy cmdr Robert c. Hessom of Bloomsburg a. Air Force maj. Gerald f. Ayres of new Castle Del. Air Force capt Mark g. Danielson of Aurora Colo. And air Force senior Mas Ter sgt. Jacob e. Mercer of Jacksonville Fla. Their remains were being flown wednesday to the air Force mortuary at Travis fab Calif. Nine others were identified As a group the . Pacific come reported monday. The nine were identified As tech. Sgt. Richard m. Cole jr., Uniondale capt Paul f. Gilbert Plainview Texas maj. Robert h. Harrison Massage qua . Staff. Sgt. Leon a Hunt pleasure Ridge Park by. Tech sgt Donald , West Sacra mento Calif staff sgt. Stanley l. Lehrke san Diego tech. Sgt. Larry j. Newman North Platte neb. Tech sgt. Richard e. Nyhof Fremont Calif. And capt. Rob Ert a. Wilson Detroit. The remains were repatriated Las year. The remains were identified by the Central identification Laboratory at Hickam fab which uses records Bones and dental remains and personal items to help identify some of the More than 2,000 service members still listed As unaccounted for from the Vietnam /War.-/. Hessom was a Pilot of an Al aircraft shot Down i March 1966. His remains were repatriated earlier this year after a .-vietnamese search. The three others along with the nine men identified As a group All were in a ac-130 that was shot Down injunel972. Three people on the plane were rescued. Man injured by grenade he was carrying in has car Tacoma Wash. A a Man was critically injured when one of 10 grenades he was carrying in his car exploded As he drove in a neighbourhood Early tues Day. Harry e. Miller had one of his hands blown off and suffered a head injury police spokesman Jim Mattheis said. Authorities evacuated four Homes for several hours when they found More explosives in the car. Blasting Caps three Sticks of dynamite methamphetamine Cash and a Rifle also were found in the car police said. There was no indication Why Miller had the explosives Mattheis said. Pierce county sheriffs deputies arrested Miller on july 7 for investigation of assault and a weapons Viola Tion he said. Details of the charges weren t immediately available. The grenade went off about 1 30 . As Miller drove through an Eastern Tacoma neighbourhood
