European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 29, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes thursday december 29,1994 at a glance president Clinton laughs at a joke told by Dan Hckman whom the president just named to replace outgoing agricultural Secretary Mike Espy. See Story on Page 5. Park service evicted after 14 years of leading tourists through the Rev. Martin Luther King s Birthplace and Tomb the National Park service was ordered off the property by King s family. Pages like a heat wave the mild weather is proving a Boon for golfers roller skaters and hikers in the Northeast and Midwest Paget convict re elected mayor Spencer Schlosnagle can t seem to Stop his compulsion to expose himself yet voters have looked the other Way when marking ballots. Page 10 Vietnam irked Vietnam accused France of a new form of colonialism for Honor ing a dissident vietnamese writer. Padelt unions worried after a bad year on Capitol Hill unions expect an even worse 1995. Page 14 Index Abby Ann Landers. 21 classifieds. 24-28 comics. 21-23 commentary. 17 faces n places ,.,. 20 Horoscope. 25 Jumble. 25 letters.16 Money matters. -. .14 sports. 30-36 to listings. 35 weather. 15 correction resigns from Page condition of anonymity said his Resig nation will be effective saturday. The statement did not indicate who would succeed Woolsey and the official said a successor has not been selected. One of the names that has been mentioned As a Strong possibility for the Postis Deputy defense Secretary John Deutch the no. 2 Man at the Pentagon the news of Woolsey s resignation came just hours after Clinton named rep. Dan Glickman a Kansas As his new agriculture Secretary Glickman had been rumoured As a candidate for Wool sey s Job. A senior White House official speak ing on condition of anonymity said urn ton did not seek the resignation and St had Confidence in Woolsey. A search for Woolsey s successor has yet to begin the official said. In accepting the resignation Clinton made no mention of the Ames affair but praised Woolsey for his handling of the spy Agency in the Post cold War years. Jim Woolsey has been a staunch advocate of maintaining an intelligence capability that is second to none Clinto said in the statement. Jim Woolsey de serves the gratitude of All americans the men and women of . Intelli gence must know How grateful i am for their dedicated and often unheralded service Clinton said. Woolsey 53, began his tenure on a Good footing with Congress winning easy confirmation in the Senate. But the discovery fames last year soured lawmakers. Woolsey has come under harsh criticism from congressional critics unhappy with his management of the intelligence Agency. In the Ames Case Woolsey re fused to fire or demote anyone at the Cia for failures that allowed the spy to operate freely As a soviet mole for More than eight years. Woolsey reprimanded 11 senior Man agers for their handling of the Ames spy Case. A Senate committee called the action seriously inadequate for a disaster of unprecedented proportions from Pagel vials ignored or refused to investigate he said. One of his clients Billy Ray Lell complained to supervisors when they hired the spouse of a Hospital staff officer to do the same Job he was performing. After he filed a complaint Lell was demoted to another position Oram said. He has since returned to  bothers me that the Navy is doing this in such a Quick and quiet manner so Theydon t have to investigate these issues  s a convenient catch-22 for the Navy. Someon \ snakes an allegation of wrong doing and the Navy asks where the proof  then refuse to investigate to get the proof that is not available to the person making the original  another Oram client Tracy Brown said she has been trying to Call attention to he problems at the Hospital for almost a year. Brown was hired As a contract employee to manage funds and input accounting and budget information into the Hospital pm Puter. During an on the Job training trip in de Cember of 1993 to the Navy finance cent Erin great lakes iii., she was told the Hospital was significantly Over its budget. She said she and a co worker Virginia Williams were instructed by the training staff to Stop obligating funds that had not been transferred to Hospital  said she was told the finance Center had already warned the Hospital they were Over budget but that the hos Pital continued to spend the Money. We re not just talking about a few dollars Brown said. By the end of the first Quarter the comptroller s office had spent $1 million and we Only had $200,000." Brown said they tried to Tell a financial official about the situation but he did t want to hear what we had to  Brown said she went to the Hospital commander Sparks with the budget in formation and was told the matter would be investigated. Two hours later she and Williams were suspended for three Days by the  said she was asked to sign the suspension letter but was never Given copy or an Opportunity to dispute the in formation. She and Williams refused cosign and decided to quit and make their complaints to the Navy she said. Spokesmen for the intr Fleet suppl support operations team offices the contract employer in a Gonella and Vir Ginia said they were not familiar with the Case and could not comment. Smith declined to comment Obrown s allegations and referred the stars and stripes to the staff judge advocate s office in Naples but no one there was Able to comment on the Case. According to a Jan. 4,1994, letter from com Farmed Navy officials refused to investigate the dismissal of Brown and Williams because they were contract employees and did t work directly for the government. The letter suggested that they Contact the Fleet Industrial Supply Center in Norfolk  said neither he nor his clients Ever saw the com Farmed letter until two weeks ago. He has since written to the Center but has not gotten an answer. Nobody seemed to care that we were talking about spending government Money Brown  late october Oram received a letter from the . Office of special counsel confirming they were investigating sever Al of his clients complaints Paul Ellis Public affairs specialist for the Agency said he could not comment on the status of the investigation because of the Feder Al privacy act. He said his office which investigates complaints of retaliation against government whistle blowers an Swers directly to the White House. We wrote letters to every government Agency we could think of at first to get our jobs Back arid then just to let them know what happened Brown said i can t say that Bur complaint was the Root of Why he Sparks got fired but know that once we complained a lot of other people started coming Forward too. There Are other people who should be investigated besides Captain  by from Page 1 Ufa Turer he said. In a Story about the bullets earlier this officials really  he said he will go week keen said that his company s Black ahead with .45-caliber and 9 my versions utile of signature products corp. In Hunts this has All the trappings of a hoax,1ville, Ala. This is the company s first foray j into Bullet making. Keen said he s putting the Black Rhino on hold until we can see what the police f\tttf4 if of ii to to trim a " to a -1 1. A .�.? Rhino and Rhino ammo bullets can Cre ate baseball sized holes in people be cause of the Way they fragment on Impact. The Beauty behind it is that it makes an in credible wound keen told the a. To i his has ail the trappings of a hoax. What we have is an outbreak of mob journalism entering on the dubious claims of a would be manufacturer.1tanya k. Metaksa Era chief lobbyist she said in a statement. What we have is an outbreak of mob journalism entering on the dubious claims of a would be Manu  Delfay said the group takes keen s claims with several grains of Salt because it believes a plastic round that broke apart quickly would not have enough mass or Energy to do that much damage. Sen. Daniel Pat Rick Moynihan d n.y., said there was something sick about keen s com ments. He said he there s no Way to Stop the bleeding. I of the other Rhino bullets. Federal approx would propose legislation to ban keen soon t care where it hits. They re going Val was pending expected in a month. Bullets if Federal regulators Don t Block  the Era s chief lobbyist Tanya k. Met them As did rep. Charles schumei.d-keen, a research chemist is chief exec Aksa dismissed keen s boasts. Congress reconvenes next week. Spy from Page 1 because of a reporting error a Story wednesday listed the incorrect Home base for an army unit in Germany. Mem Bers of the 4th in 3rd air defense Art regt who Are deploying in january to the persian Gulf Region Are based in kit Zingen. Difficult International incident that has taken a sudden turn for the worse. Rep. Lee h. Hamilton the outgoing chairman of the House foreign relations committee said he was told the talks be tween Hubbard and the North koreans were not very  the latest information i have simply was that his initial meetings did not meet with Success and that the next step was military talks with regard to the incident itself Hamilton d-ind., told Fox to. The United states he said is having Ahard time convincing the North koreans that the helicopter was not on a spy mis Sion. I suspect that that can Best be done not by Pur diplomats but by our military people in Korea he said. When Hilemon s body was returned under a Deal negotiated by . Rep. Bill Richardson d-n.m., there were Hopes Hall would be released by Christmas. But As the Holiday came and went con Cerns grew. Then on tuesday North Korea accused Hall of spying and demanded that Washington apologize. Washington sent Hubbard who was the no. 2 Man in negotiating the nuclear Accord with Pyongyang signed two months ago both because of his experience in dealing with the North and his status As a mid level official