European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 30, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Of the stars and stripes vol.53, no. 196 500 uaiassa3assesbsffliaskss sunday october 30, 1994 d 8693 a White House fired on suspect held after shots aimed at West Wing Washington a bullets were fired into the West Wing of the White House on saturday but there were no re ports of injuries witnesses and police re ported. President Clinton was not endangered. White House chief of staff Leon pan Etta confirmed that a suspect had been taken into custody. Witnesses on the Pennsylvania Avenue sidewalk North of the White House said they saw a Man pull what appeared to be a semiautomatic weapon and fire about15 shots toward the West Wing where Clinton s office is located. A secret service officer who asked notto be identified said the weapon was an ak-47, Clinton just Back after an overnight flight from the Middle East was resting in the White House residence. Panetta said the president was watching a football game atthe time and heard the  he s Fine Panetta said. He heard the same thing All of us heard which was the  asked about Clinton s Demeanour pan Etta said he was t shaken at All. He had been napping and then had one oath Gameson. First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton was in California and Panetta said Chelsea Clinton was. Not Home. Reporters on the White House Lawn ran for cover when the shots rang out. At least one Bullet pierced a window of the press room and a Ridge was visible in a nearby Wall. Secret service agent Sand. See fired on Page 2is de Reavis Elvira Coles looks out the window of her apartment in bad Kissinger Germany. Coles was left to care for three children in addition to one on the Way after her husband was sent to prison for sexual abuse of their daughter. To a mily pulls together after child sex abuse by de Reavis staff writer bad Kissinger Germany Elvira Coles knew she was in for hard time the moment she turned her husband in for sexually abusing their 7-year-old daughter. She just Dicon t know How hard. Now four months later her life re Mains in a shambles with Little Hope for improvement. The family breadwinner has been sentenced to prison for six years leaving Coles with three children Ages 1, 3 and 7 and a fourth on the Way and few prospects for adequately caring for them. Further her dream of reconstructing her family is in shreds. Not Only is her husband army sgt. Stanley b. Coles being punished for his crimes so is everyone else in the family she says. Stanley Coles a medic with head quarters and he co 2nd in 64th Armor regt 3rd inf div was charged last july with sodomy and indecent acts. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced on sept. 19 to six years confinement. Under current practices hell probably serve at least four years in the military prison at fort Leavenworth Kan. My lawyer said i would be entitled see family on Page 5 although her father and i have told her again and again that daddy did something terribly wrong she still blames herself for telling me about it and plunging the family into hard times.1 a  by de Reavis a. Staff write Heidelberg Germany the military opened the door to a possible death penalty for a . Army Europe Soldier Friday in the killing last year of a 2 year old girl. ".  a charge of premeditated murder against spec. Pat Rick Mcdonald Smith was referred Friday As capital allowing for the death penalty if Smith i found guilty in the death of Elora Mckemy of Babenhausen . Army Europe officials said in statement Friday. Smith also faces charges of rape sodomy kidnapping and housebreaking in the Case v /. However the impending trial raises myriad Legal questions i Germany because the nation has no death penalty. The brutal slaying of Elora Onset 15, 1993, sent Shock Waves through military communities in Europe and sparked one of the largest manhunt overusing Dan testing to pinpoint a suspect. Smith 22, of Btry a 4th ,27th Field arty regt was arrested in May in connection wit the crime. H _ the commander of the 32ndj\rmy air defense come Brig. Gen. Joseph g. Garrett Iii who is the convening authority for the Darmstadt area referred the cases capital Friday. Elora Smith Smith who spent time in the states last summer for a psychiatric evaluation is jailed at the army confine see Elora on Page 2