European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 30, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes Friday december 30,1994 at a glance Adranda Pierce of Phoenix Criess she talks about bigamy charges faced by her husband Vernon Pierce who revealed he had set Upa notebook to keep track of his four wives and the other women he was dating. See Story on Page 7. Ready to talk peace with bombs raining Down on the capital Chechnya s Leader reportedly says he is ready to resolve the conflict. " pag�5 racism in military despite the military s generally Good record on race relations overt cases of racism and Subtle forms of discrimination still pervade a panel report says. Pages China connection much of the american know How and initial planning for Israel s can celeb Vul fighter plane Are about to be put to use in fairy tales for Sale More than 100 offers poured in for 20 castles inherited from the East German communists and now up for Sale. Pages a Ellcey future after years of aggressive expansion troubling signs Are on the Hori Zon for the Casino Industry. Page 14 Index j Abby Ann Landers. 20 classifieds. 21-25 comics. 18-20 commentary. 13 crossword. 20 faces n places. 10 focus. 15-17 Horoscope. .22 Jumble. 22 letters. 12 Money matters 14 sports 26-32 to listings 31 weather 11 despite setbacks Clinton vows to seek re election Washington a despite severe democratic setbacks in the novem Ber elections president Clinton said unequivocally thursday he will seek re election in 1996 and in t bothered by the Prospect of facing a Challenge for the democratic nomination. I Don t know if there will be a dem sciatic challenger and i m not worried about it the president said in an ova office interview with reporters. I intend to seek re election but that is not uppermost in my mind Clinton said. Emphasizing that his goal is to try to help people Clinton said i get up everyday fighting for the american people. The president said his priority next year will a trying to win passage of his Middle class Bill of rights a Combina Tion of tax Breaks for people who Are raising children sending them to College or planning for their own retirement. He said clashes with republicans Are inevitable but said he hoped they could reach agreement on welfare Reform and the line item will be divisions there will be differences there hard fights. There ought to be there will be. I can As sure you there will be Clinton said. There will be some times when i will not be Able to be where they Are but there will be a lot of things we can do to Gether and it will be an exciting and productive time for America if we really try to help the country instead of to help ourselves in the next with a growing net of ethics and Legal investigations surrounding his friends and political allies As Well As himself Clinton said i m just going to cooperate and Roll on do my Job. I m certainly not worried about it. It just takes a lot of time and costs a lot of on other Points Clinton emphasized that North Korea should release captured helicopter Pilot Bobby Hall. He was there on a routine training Mission. They made a mistake but it was a mistake just an honest mis take. They were in a place where they should t have without addressing specific . Action to Shore up the crumbling mexican peso he said we re talking to the mexi can government about what we can the peso s fall is something i take seriously Clinton said. He commended Mexico for its serious commitment to economic social and political Reform adding i would like to see that commit ment 23 survive Fiir Kish airlines Crnish Ankara Turkey a a turkish airlines Jet with 76 people aboard crashed into a Mountain in Eastern tur key in heavy show thursday. Twenty three people survived an official said. The plane was carrying 69 passenger Sand seven Crew members transportation minister Mehmet Kosteen said. Most of the passengers were military personnel. The Boeing 737 took off from the Capi Tal Ankara and crashed about five mile from its destination the City of Van. The plane was making its third attempt Toland after two previous tries were aborted because of harsh weather Anat Olia reported. Military personnel Are under strict or Ders to avoid travelling by Road in South Eastern Turkey because kurdish separatist guerrillas often target passenger buses in search of Security officials. Army Rescue teams went to the scene but heavy Snow hampered Rescue efforts Kosteen said. Murat Ozkan the Deputy governor of Van told state television that0 bodies had been recovered. Koste Bensaid at least 20 people survived. The last major turkish airlines crash was near Ankara in 1983, when 46 people died. released from Page 1 his . Army oh-58a Kiowa helicopter deviated from the route and crossed into North Korea. The statement did not admit to spying and gave no explanation for the deviation but said i admit that this criminal action i inexcusable and unpardonable. However at Home my parents wife and kids Are anxiously waiting for my return to then. I Only Hope and it is my desire that the korean people s army will leniently forgive me for my illegal intrusion so that i May re turn to my Home and be with my family Hall s statement was released a Clinton administration official speaking on condition of anonymity acknowledged that the helicopter could be viewed As having illegally entered North korean air space but reiterated the action was accidental and no part of a spying Mission. . Officials have expressed regret Over the incident. In Washington on wednesday Clinto denied Hall s helicopter was involved in espionage. He was on a routine training mis Sion. That s All the president said. Clinton and administration official avoided threatening retaliation even while in Sieting the helicopter strayed into North korean territory because of navigational errors. / _ ". Lawmakers and Secretary of state War Ren Christopher have said failure to release the Pilot soon could jeopardize a agreement to provide $4 billion in Aid to North Korea and improve relations. In Exchange the isolated communist state suspected of building nuclear weapons is sup posed to Stop work on its nuclear program. Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana a senior Republican on the Senate foreign relations committee told Fox to that the statement attributed to Hall is a typical North korean strategy and sort of a cold War re enactment the Only basis for Hope is the fact that the North korean government is still Cohe rent enough to want to have a relationship with the United states,0 Lugar said. It was t Clear Why North Korea released the statement four Days after it was said Mohave been written and just after Hubbard arrived for the highest level direct talks yet in the crisis. But there have been indications of Power struggle Between the North s civilian leaders an military hard liners reported Tobe upset Over the nuclear agreement signed two months North s official korean Central news Agency supplied a text of what it called Hall s confession. It said Hilemon was thrown from the Heli copter in the crash and killed. Hilemon s body was released last week and returned tothe United states. He was buried wednes Day. Uso from Page 1 spouse who comes in while she s travelling around Europe said Tom Govero director of the Naples Uso. But there Isno reason for anyone to be taking Pic Tures in the Uso especially without asking first. Our people Are really goo about watching what s going on because they be been five people including an american Sailor were killed when a car bomb exploded outside the Uso on april 15, 1988. Police later arrested members of the japanese red army in the attack. The japanese terrorist group had been inactive for several years before the at the attack the Uso remained closed for several months before the Navy and italian police moved it to building inside the port area where it is guarded by italian police and the Navy Shore patrol. Govero said despite the extra precaution his people Are still very nervous because Many of them were ,. Present when the attack occurred six years said he does t know How the woman slipped past the military identification checkers at the Gate. The downtown facility is within the port area where both . And other for eign ships Dock. The club offers . Sail ors a place to eat play Pool and make phone Calls to the states. My people noticed her immediately and when they asked her what she was doing and who she was she told them she was a French tourist Govero said. She told them she had no passport no hotel room and that she was on her Way twosome place in the Middle Govero said the woman was escorted out of the Fleet area by Uso personnel at about 7 . And was then spotted taking pictures of sailors As the club was closing around 10 30 . Uso workers immediately went to the italian police stationed nearby. After questioning the woman the police arrested her. In addition to the photographs Osnato officials and politicians police also found pictures of Walter and other dressed in camouflage clothing. The news clippings included reports on the Hijack ing of the air France jetliner last week end and nato intervention in Yugoslavia according to an associated press report. Navy officials at nearby naval support activity Naples said they have asked ital Ian authorities to provide extra Security in the port area. The spokesman said redid not expect an increase in military Security in the port area or at the other . Facilities in the Naples area. Except for a Brief closure on thursday because of a barrage of reporters Govero said the Uso remains open. There recurrently three . Ships in port with several Hundred sailors in the area. The italian police Are taking this very seriously Govero said. They put a extra surveillance patrol in the area and they re keeping a tight watch. To be truthful sailors Are safer in the Sothan they Are anywhere
