European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 30, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse -7 the Sims and stripes a vol. 53, no. 196 500 sunday october 30,1994 is de reals Elvira Coles looks out the window of her apartment in bad Kissinger Germany. Coles was left to care for three children in addition to icon the Way after her husband was sent to prison for sexual abuse of their child sex abuse writer bad Kissinger Germany Elvira Coles knew she was in for hard times the moment she turned her husband info sexually abusing their year-old daughter. She just did 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 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 charge last july with sodomy and indecent acts. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced on sept. 19 to six years 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 foretelling me about it and plunging the family into hard times Soldier could face death in Elora Case Elora Smith writer Heidelberg Germany the military opened the door to a possible death penalty for a Europe Soldier Friday in the killing last year of a year-old girl. A charge of premeditated Mur Der against spec Patrick Mcdon Ald Smith was referred Friday a capital allowing for the death penalty if Smith is found guilty inthe death of Elora Mckemy of Babenhausen u. S. Army Europe officials said in a statement Fri Day. Smith also faces charges of rape sodomy kidnapping and housebreaking in the Case. However the impending trial raises myriad Legal questions in Germany because the nation has no death penalty. The brutal slaying of Elora on sept. 15, 1993, sent Shock Waves through military communities in Europe and sparked one of the largest manhunt Ever using Dan testing to pinpoint a suspect. Smith 22, of Btry a 4th in 27th Field arty regt was arrested in May in connection with see Elora on Page 2 s5�5s5s�&aai�&i a 8693 a White House fired on Washington a bullets were fired into the West Wing of the White House on saturday but there a were no reports of injuries witnesses and police reported. President Clinton was not endangered. Witnesses on the Pennsylvania Avenue sidewalk North it the White House said they saw a Man pull what appeared to be a semiautomatic weapon and fire about 15 shots toward the West Wing where Clinton s office is located ,.- Clinton just Back after an overnight flight from the Middle East was resting in the White House of staff Leon Panetta said Clinton was watching a football game at the time and heard the he a Fine Panetta said. He heard the same thin Gall of us heard which was the Panetta confirmed that a suspect had been taken into custody. Reporters on the White House Lawn ran for cover when the shots rang out. At least one Bullet pierced a window of the pressroom and a Ridge was visible in a nearby Wall. Secret service agents advised reporters to keep Down. Panetta rushed to the press area to see what had happened. Witnesses told can that the Man claimed he was see shots on Page 2 a ers rank big mar pros fo/a1 by Deedee Dok staff writer Heidelberg Germany they drink less than their baby Boomer counterparts want to spend More time with their children and feel As though they live 99 lives each Day. That s generation a the upstart 18 to 29-year-Olds who according to october 1993 statistics make upmost of the . Active duty Force As Well As the serv ices most influential consumer Are today our Market and will continue to be through the turn of the cent ii said Larry Kelly pres ident of a Maryland consulting company. We Are not exactly a reflection of our society Kelly added referring to generation a ers dominance in the military marketplace. In the military the aver age age is less than in society. In the military there is More concern about what generation x spoke to More than 50 morale welfare and recreation professionals last week at a conference in Hei see mar on Page 2 inside today \
