European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 29, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 re the stars and stripes thursday december 29,1994 at a glance president Clinton laughs at � 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 ,. Page 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  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 a places. 20 Horoscope. 25 Jumble. 25 letters. 16 Money matters. 14 sports 30-36 to listings. 35 weather 15 i correction talks from Page 1 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. 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 arty regt who Are deploying in january tothe persian Gulf Region Are based in kit Zingen. The United states he said is having Ahard time convincing the North koreans that the helicopter was not on a spy Mission. I suspect that that can Best be done Nobby our diplomats but by our military people in Korea he said. Foen Hilemon s body was returned under a Deal negotiated by . Rep. Bill Richardson d-n.m., there were hop shall 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 accor with Pyongyang signed two months ago both because of his experience in dealing with the North and his status As a mid level official. Washington is trying to keep from Raisin the level of Contact with Pyongyang while still addressing a request through its , for a visit by a ranking . Envoy. Claims from Pagel Calls per Day in the last three weeks up from about 200 Calls a Day. Agent Orange a toxic herbicide was sprayed in vie Nahi by . Military air Craft to make it difficult for enemy soldiers to hide and find food. Veterans said i caused illnesses such As cancer and produced birth defects in their  years ago veterans and their families reached a $184 million settlement in a class action lawsuit against makers of agent Orange. Veterans started receiving checks in 1989.about $21 million has not been claimed. Disabled veterans can get from $256 to$12,800 families of deceased vets can receive from $340 to $3,400. Leftover Money will be distributed to those who put in valid  Lloyd of Tampa fla., Hopes to be compensated for injuries he says Are re lated to his two years in Vietnam including intestinal and bladder diseases. Lloyd sent in his application tuesday after hearing about the fund last week from his brother a disabled vet. It s too bad there s a cutoff period. I Don t know Why the government continues not to inform people of what they re entitled to Lloyd said. It s like they re say ing we Hurt you and we really Don t want to own up to it because we know we redoing to have to pay for it about 39,000 veterans and their families have received Money from the Hind which is supported by seven chemical companies Dow chemical uniroyal Monsanto her Cules agricultural nutrition Diamond Shamrock and Thompson chemical. Nearly 28,000 claims have been denied. 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 Dothe same Job he was performing. After he filed a complaint Lell was demoted to another. Position Gram said. He has since returned to the states. It bothers me that the Navy is doing this in such a Quick and quiet manner so they Don t have to investigate these is sues Oram said. It s a convenient catch-22 for the Navy. Someone makes an allegation of wrongdoing and the Navy asks where the proof is. They then refuse to investigate to get the proof that is not available tothe person making the original  another Oram client Tracy Brown said she has been trying to Call attention to her problems at the Hospital for almost year. Brown was hired As a contract employee to manage funds and input accounting and budget information into the Hospital computer. During an on the Job training trip i december of 1993 to the Navy finance Center in great lakes 111., she was told the Hospital was significantly Over its Bud get. She said she and a co worker Virginia Williams were instructed by the train ing staff to Stop obligating funds that Hadnot been transferred to Hospital accounts. Brown said she was told the finance enter had already warned the Hospital they were Over budget but that the Lios 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." Jbrown said they tried to Tell a financial official about the situation but he did twant 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 contractor. Brown said she was asked to sign the suspension letter but was never Given a copy or an Opportunity to dispute the in formation. She and Williams refused to sign 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 Simonella 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 refuse 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 a. Oram said neither he nor his client sever saw the com Farmed letter until two weeks ago. He has since written tothe Center but has not gotten an answer. Nobody seemed to care that we were talking about spending government Money Brown said. In 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  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 and then just to let the know what happened Brown said. I can t say that our complaint was the Root of Why he Sparks got fired but i know that once we complained a lot of other people started coming Forward too. There Are other people who should be investigated besides Captain  Bullet from Page 1 the Way they fragment on Impact. The Beauty behind it is that it makes a incredible wound keen told the a. There s no Way to Stop the bleeding. Idon t care where it hits. They re going says is similar but without the Black Rhi own for mod no s Armor piercing feature.  we re seeing a change in what the keen a research chemist is chief exec Law enforcement wants based upon the utile of signature products corp. In Hunts that seeing is fear his has Al the trappings of a hoax. What we have is an rounds outbreak of mob journalism entering on the dubious into the claims of a would be manufacturer.1 hands Tanya k. Metaksa Era chief lobbyist response they re from the and that that the will fall wrong said keen who has reported receiving threats. Of the other Rhino bullets. Federal approval was pending expected in a month. The Era s chief lobbyist Tanya k. Met Aksa dismissed keen s boasts. This has All the trappings of a hoax she said in a statement. What we have Isan 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 Patrick we re going to be a responsible Man Ville Ala. This is the company s first foray Moynihan ., said there was somen fair re court _.  j _ or _ a facture he said. Into Bullet making. In a Story about the bullets earlier this keen said he s putting the Black Rhino week Kee Jaid that his company s Black on hold until we can see what the police Rhino and Rhino ammo bullets can create baseball sized holes in people because of thing sick about keen s comments. He said he would propose legislation to ban keen s bullets if Federal regulators Don t Block officials really  he said he will go them As did rep. Charles Schumer  Ahead with .45-caliber and 9 my versions Congress reconvenes next week