European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 03, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes . Saturday december 3.1994 Ian reservist wins san Francisco a in a surprising decision a Navy tribunal decided thursday that it Zoe Dun Ning s career in the Reserve should not end with the statement i am a lesbian.". A Board of inquiry unanimously ruled that Dunning had proven she would not engage in homosexual acts in line with the military s Don t ask Don t Tell Don pursue policy. / a the Board of inquiry recommends retention in the naval service said capt. Thomas Berns senior Mem Ber of the Board. ,. Dunning stood while the findings were being read her hands clenched. Afterwards she smiled briefly As she clasped lawyer Gregory Bonfiglio s hands. Dunning emerged from the hearing smiling broadly and gave a thumbs up sign. I feel fantastic she said. The Board s recommendations will go to naval authorities and eventually to the Secretary of the Navy. We be won the first Battle Bonfiglio said. I was not expecting it Dunning said. Infant tears came to my eyes because at the last Board meeting they would hot even make Eye con tact with  Dunning s attorneys had maintained that when she made the statement i am a lesbian at a Jan uary 11993 rally she was not broadcasting her he tent ions to practice Homo sexuality but merely Indi Cating her sexual orientation. She Felt that of a dedicated distinguished  Dunning 31, has been working one weekend a month As a Supply officer at the naval aviation depot in Alameda. Co workers and supervisors testified wednesday that she is an excellent officer whose discharge would be the Navy s loss. They said her sexual orientation and the controversy surrounding it has not affected unit cohesion. Navy prosecutors told the Board members that they had Choice but to order punning separated from the serv no Dunning to continue to hide who she was would be a lie Bon Figlio said. He had warned the Board that discharging Dunning would mean needlessly destroying the career ice regardless of her achievements. We re not saying that lieutenant Dunning is a bad person or an evil person because she made a Persona decision. But what has happened now because she has said that the fact is it s not acceptable within the armed forces it. Ingrid Turner said. Prosecutors said that under the Don t ask Don t Tell Don t pursue policy servicemen Ribers who declare the Yare homosexual face discharge unless they can prove they won t engage in homosexual acts while in the serv ice. Dunning did not do that prosecutors said. In the stars and stripes 10 years ago dec. 3,1984 despite the de sense buildup under president Rea Gan the United states still is second Best to the soviet Union with the Gap in military capability continuing to grow a Washington based re search group reported. 20 year Sago dec. 3,1974 rep. Wilbur d. Mills d-ark., said he appeared on stage in Boston with dancer Anna Bel Battistella also known As Fanne Foxe to dispel All those innuendoes but he denied he Eyer had sexual relations with her. 30 years ago " dec. 3,1964 brazilian army officers seized former Argentine " strongman Juan d. Per6n when he arrived Irv Rio de Janeiro of a sur prise flight from Madrid Spain in a daring attempt to return to Argentina / v 40 year Sago dec. 3,1954 the Senate voted 64 to 23 to condemn sen. Joseph Mccarthy r-wis., for his attacks on a special committee that recommended he be censured and for calling a special Senate session a Lynch  world War ii 50 years ago Todd dec. 3 . 4.4 British Canadian and polish soldiers launch new attacks up Italy s Eastern coast. . Troops fighting on he. Belgian German Frontier Advance " to the Roer River in Hungary soviet forces overrun a key German stronghold at miskolc. Britain stands Down its Volunteer Home guard. Protests by greek. Communists Lead to a month Long up sprig that will be crushed by British soldiers. Source 2194days of War a h. Smith publishers inc. The world almanac of world War ii. Bison books corp., 1981 a on Ali Gephardt has surgery Washington a Missouri democratic rep. Richard Gephardt 53,underwent surgery to remove his Gall bladder thursday. By the los Angeles time Washington Fri director Louis Freeh is calling for stricter controls on student visas and alien marriages As part of a intensified Effort to curb terrorism by aliens in the United states it was Learned thursday. Freeh made the recommendations to Deputy attorney general Jamie Gore lick who asked him to review policies and practices on immigrants entering an leaving the United states in response to Theav orld Trade Center bombing in Newyork and to killings outside Cia head quarters both linked to aliens. The recommendations now under re View by the Justice department also pro posed strengthening investigative Power against suspected undesirable aliens accelerating deportation Appeal proceed Ings and limiting . Participation in a visa waiver Pilot program under which9yi million foreigners entered the coun try in fiscal 1994. To aliens coming to the United states to engage in illegal conduct know that one of the easiest ways to enter and remain inthe country is by requesting Asylum Freeh told Gorelick. Under current procedures they either Are asked to Post Small Bond guaranteeing their appear Ance at a future  Are released on their own recognizance. Any Legal procedures devised to address such aliens will fail unless they in clude provisions for the detention and re Moval of the alien Freeh said. A present too Many of these aliens simply blend into american society and never return for their immigration  Justice department official said that the Freeh proposal Are part of a larger government wide review of Steps to pre vent terrorism in the United states. Freeh said that two categories of for Eigners requiring additional scrutiny Are those who enter the country on Stu Dent visas but do not abide by the terms of the visas and those who engage in Sham marriages with american citizens or permanent resident aliens solely to become Legal residents. Freeh was acting in his capacity As director of the office of investigative Agency policies a Justice department unit created a year ago to end inter Gen by conflicts among the Fri drug enforcement " administration marshal service and immigration and naturalization service _ tupac shakur arrives in a wheelchair at a new York courthouse thursday. Found guilty on lesser sex abuse charge -.-.a. _ new York a a jury rejected a woman St claim that tupac shakur forced group sex on her in a hotel room and convicted the rapper of a lesser charge of sexual abuse. He was acquitted of sodomy and weapons charges. Shakur 23, who was shot five times during an apparent robbery wednesday was not in court when the verdict was read. The recording artist and movie actor had appeared earlier thursday in a wheelchair with a heavy White Bandage on his head beneath a knit Yankees hat. The jury which reached its decision on the third Day of deliberations arrived at the same verdict for a co Defenda Tcharles Fuller 24. We re ecstatic said shakur s lawyer Michael Warren. He said he was pleased that the jury kept an open  both men were convicted on three counts of first degree sexual abuse which Means they groped and touched the woman without her consent. Warren said he would Appeal the conviction. Judge Daniel Fitzgerald told the Tutor Neys to return to court monday presumably to arrange a sentencing Date. The conviction does not carry an automatic prison sentence but the men could each get maximum seven year terms. Sodomy carries a mandatory prison sentence of eight years four months to25 years. " _ shakur and Fuller were charged with assaulting the 20-year-old woman last november four Days after she had con sensual sex with shakur at a Manhattan dance club and at the hotel. The woman said she agreed to meet shakur at his hotel room. But when she arrived she said she was forced to per form sex acts with Shaker and his friends. Shakur and Fuller acknowledged they had Oral sex with the woman but said it was consensual. The weapons charges stemmed from two unlicensed Juns policy found in the hotel room. The defense claimed the guns did t belong to their clients