European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 14, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes wednesday december 14,1994 at a glance Jamie Hunt coven the face of Heath Boyd in makeup As students at Ramstein a Germany spread the word about the haunting threat of aids. See Story on Page 12. Tax Cut plan House democrats will propose a tax Cut for families earning less than $75,000 a year the incoming House minority Leader says. ".". Page 4. Cubans must leave five Days after cuban refugees rioted in panamanian Camps the country s president has announced that All 8,500 of them must leave the country by March 6. A pages teens and drugs marijuana use among eighth graders has More than doubled since 1991p according to a Survey. A Page  nazi files opened nearly 50 years after world War ii ended officials of the . National archives have made Public the first Batch of an estimated 22 million documents on members of nazi party organizations. Pages sick leave Law the new family leave Law that Al lows Federal workers to use sick leave to care for ill or injured Chil Dren t spouses and parents also applies to unmarried workers in Hetero sexual or homosexual relationships. Page 16 Index Abby Ann Landers. 24 classifieds. 25-29 comics. 22-24 commentary. 1.5 education. 12 faces n places. 21 focus. 17-20 Horoscope. 28 Jumble  28 letters. 14 Money matters 16 sports. 29-36 to listings. 35 weather. 13 want $20 million to probe Gulf syndrome bychuckvinch4 Washington Bureau Washington the Pentagon will ask Congress for up to $20 million in Fis Cal 1996 for continued research into the persian Gulf syndrome officials said tuesday. But health affairs experts Are still mystified about the potential cause of the illnesses reported by hundreds of Veter ans who served in Southwest Asia in 1991.a v v. Var it s Clear that we have not identified a single cause or agent said or. Stephen Joseph assistant Secretary of defense for health affairs. There s no magic  unexplained symptoms of troops who served in the Middle East include chronic fatigue joint and muscle pain rashes disorientation hair loss and increased sensitivity to common chemical sub stances such As cleansers and gasoline. About 11,000 persian Gulf War Veter Cal evaluation program and 1,019 have drome but from multiple illnesses with been fully evaluated. About 85 percent overlapping symptoms and causes have been definitively diagnosed with a the Senate veterans affairs commit tee released a scathing 53-Page report variety of known ailments and Are responding to treatment. But military doctors have been unable to diagnose the other 15 percent. The next wave of fully evaluated results is expected to be ready in the Spring Penta gon officials said. Along with the fiscal 1996 funding re quest the Pentagon will step up its re search efforts by setting up two special a last week suggesting that unproven drugs designed to guard against chemical and biological attacks might be a Factor in the illnesses. The report said the Side effects of the drugs Are similar to Many of the medical problems veterans now have the Pentagon has strongly denied those allegations and said use of the drugs was approved by the food and sized treatment centers in Washington drug administration. And san Antonio. As research continues the services will ans and some family members have Regis to conclude that Many veterans suffer not tired with the Pentagon s voluntary Climi from a single disease or apparent syn some 700,000 services Erners served beef up some of their pre and Post de in the Gulf War and the vast majority ploy ment policies Perry said came Home healthy said defense Secre the changes include More detailed tary William Perry. For those who did pre deployment health screenings and not we must continue to aggressively briefings on potential health hazards pursue the illnesses that still afflict some Early dispatch of medical teams with Epi of them Demio logical experience to assess envy research to Date has led the Pentagon Ron mental health risks in deployment areas and enhanced Post deployment health evaluation and treatment. From Page 1 mental contamination or the use of untested vaccines but military and depart ment of veterans affairs doctors say they have been unable to pinpoint a single cause of the ailments. The a has an older registry that has already examined some 30,000 veterans. The Institute of Medicine said a sum Mary of the first several Hundred patient suggests that definite diagnoses can be reached for most with Only a Small Frac Tion remaining unclear. One Way to make the research More efficient would be to curtail the study of patients with minor complaints it said. Care must be taken however to avoid premature closure it added. Both the Pentagon and the a have been criticized by veterans groups for ignoring or making Light of veterans health complaints. The report also noted the High Preva Lence of psychosocial problems among patients in the study. The review revealed that Many patients had both a medical disorder and a psychiatric disorder  it said the Pentagon program should try to remove the stigma associated with psychiatric diagnoses. Patients need to understand that these Are real diseases that cause real symptoms the report said. A  it also noted the overlap of some symptoms with other ill defined syndromes such As chronic fatigue syndrome and multiple chemical sensitivity but advised patients against concluding at this stage that such syndromes were the cause of their health problems. From Page 1 who said if you have gangrene you have to amputate the limb. But Moscow was not backing off. According to an itar Tass news Agency re port citing a military source russian troops were ordered to Seal off Grozny by the end of tuesday. Foreign minister Andrei Khz Prev said in Moscow that if chechen units do not disarm Russia will be forced to cause As much Force As necessary to establish Lawand order itar Tass said. Chechnya a mostly Muslim nation of 1.2 million people in Southern Russia declared Independence in 1991. Russia has refused to recognize the claim and has backed chechen forces opposed to the breakaway government russian officials have offered to help rebuild Chechnya s Economy restore electricity and Send food in Exchange for an agreement to disarm. Officer from pager sodomy one count of assault consummated by Battery on a minor five counts of conduct unbecoming an officer seven counts of indecent acts five counts of indecent liberties one count of solicitation to commit an indecent act on count of disobeying a lawful order and two counts of obstruction of Justice. During the court martial Aull Liste Nedas jewel read details of the charges from a stipulation of fact. Aull s parents sat behind him during the 11-hour proceeding. They were silent an still. Aull s Mother often fought Back tears. Aull agreed to information in the stipulation of fact which he had previously signed that said Between March 1993 and june1994 he invited american and German boys Ages 8 to 13, to his government Quarter apartment to have sex with them. Trial testimony was often explicit. Aull also entered a plea of guilty to charges that he had showed boys porno graphic videotapes and computer programs and that he had exposed himself to boys at various times. During one exposure Inci Dent a 12-year-old girl was present. At other times he fondled boys and \ played with their penises. He also pleaded guilty to striking an 8-year-old boy in the Chest. Other charges included grabbing the boys and holding them close to him while lying on the bed. Aull was charged in july with several counts stemming from the , he was not confined but Sim ply limited in his movements. That changed when he reportedly contacted some of his victims and attempted to get them to he or destroy evidence. On july 29, he was placed in confinement in Mannheim. Before the sentencing tuesday two expert witnesses were called. It. Col. Rene Robichaux chief of so Cial work services at Lan Stuhl army regional medical Center was led on a Dis Cussion of paedophilia by defense attorney Joel Cohen Ana capt. James Gorsche a member of the prosecution team. Robichaux said testimony indicate that Aull is a fixated paedophile a person who prefers to have sex with  a person is similar to an alcoholic in that he cannot control his urges he  is a lifelong affair. Cohen asked Robichaux if Aull seemed to be a candidate for a program to treat paedophiles at fort Leavenworth. Just based on the proceedings today i would be remiss if i did t say that his taking responsibility and pleading guilty to the charges is an excellent first step Robichaux said. He likened the program to Aull s Ca reer at the . Military Academy at West Point n.y., where Aull graduated two years ago it s going to take that kind of commitment Robichaux said. Cohen then put Aull on the stand for unworn testimony meaning he could note Cross examined. _ Aull described himself As deeply religious and said he could not understand his behaviour. I was ashamed and i did t knowhow to ask for help he said. For a time he blamed an alternate personality. That changed he said when he saw a psychiatric report describing him Asa paedophile. I am a paedophile Aull said when Cohen asked him to describe himself. Marshal Aull the Soldier s father who adopted Aull in 1980 after marrying his Mother also testified. He said Aull s Nat ural father had sexually assaulted the boy for a period of several years. Aull s father said his son would have the love and support of his family including two younger Brothers