European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 01, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes Friday september 1,1995 at a glance \ the civil lawyer for Mark Fuh Raan above no longer will represent the retired police detective citing Fuhr Man s despicable statements on tapes played during the . Simp son trial. See Story on Page 6, Kevorkian prosecution a Michigan judge has ruled that Jack Kevorkian should be prosecuted for assisted suicide not Mur Der. Page 8 aids threat cited an aids researcher says the virus that causes aids can live for a Day in the lubricants used in Teeth cleaning tools even after chemical disinfection. Page 9 abortion drugs the combination of an ulcer medi Cine and a cancer drug May be As effective As a French abortion Pill for ending pregnancies at Home a. Study suggests. Page 10 women defiant a forum on women has begun with the spirit of Defiance that China had feared. "./",  ". Jpage12 tahitians protest anti nuclear demonstrators stormed government buildings in Tahiti to protest France s plan to re sume nuclear testing. _ \ a Page 13 Index Abby Ann Landers. 25 classifieds. 28-33 comics. 25-27 commentary. 17 crossword. 26 faces of places. 14 entertainment. 19-2.4 Horoscope 29 Jumble. 29 letters. 16 Money matters. 18 sports 34-40 Toji stings. 39 a eater. 15 erosion of confidence7 found in air Force s safety probes by Chuck Vinc Washington Bureau Washington the air Force should ensure that officials in the Chain of command Don t alter safety investigation reports on aircraft crashes an inde pendent pane said thursday. The four member panel convened injure by air Force chief of staff Gen. Ronald r. Fogl Ernan found that a fairly Large proportion of Junior air Force offi cers believe that senior officials often try to influence the boards that compile those reports. The panel led by retired vice  Engen a former chief of the Federal aviation administration found no specific instances of reports being altered to hide damaging information. Although the panel maintained that the perception does not match reality Wertgen acknowledged that there has been an erosion of Confidence in the Independence of safety Board investigations the perception is prevalent enough to warrant action the panel found. The process must be strengthened to ensure that 4he report of the safety investigation Board reflects precisely the results of the investigation the panel s report stated. Fogl Ernan convened the panel to re molest Case convictions overturned Newburyport mass. A a72-year-old woman convicted eight years ago of sexually abusing children at a Day care Center was freed thursday while awaiting a possible new trial. Superior court judge Robert Barto ordered Violet Amirault released after overturning the convictions of her anther 37-year-old daughter Cheryl Ami Rault Lefave who will be released after she completes a separate sentence. One More hour or even one More minute in custody on this Case would be improper Barton said thursday. Amirault Lefave and Amirault s son Gerald took Amirault were convicted of sexually molesting about 40 Childre Nages 2 to 4 at the fells acre pay care Cen Ter in Maiden. They ran the Center until twas shut Down by authorities in 1984. The women were convicted in 1987.Amirault and Lefave hugged each other and wept when the decision was announced before a courtroom crowded with friends and family i never never never did it a crying let Amirault so overwhelmed she could barely walk told reporters after the judge let her go. I never Aid it Lefave was not immediately release because she must serve a separate 90-Day sentence fora prison fight with another in mate. The sentence started immediately although she May be released after 45 Day for Good behaviour. Barton ruled tuesday that the women deserved a new trial because the child Vic Tims who testified against them did not con front them face to face. Gerald Amirault tried separately has started a similar a peal before another judge. -. Assistant Middlesex District attorney Martin Murphy argued thursday that re leasing the women would be an injustice tothe parents of Young children. But defense attorney Dan Williams said both women were freed on their own re cognizance after they were indicted an throughout their trial. View the organization staffing and investigative procedures of the service s air Craft safety program after the air Force logged 18 class a incidents involving fatalities destruction of an aircraft or More than $1 million in damage be tween january and june. At the same time ahm Dichtl the air Force s top civilian safety officer until he was transferred late last year charge that officials tampered with investigations of about 30 accidents. Fogl Ernan did not ask the panel to look into Diehl s allegations because they Are being investigated by the general accounting office and the Pentagon inspector general. Rather the panel whose other Mem Bers included former air Force Secretary Hans Mark and retired Gen. Robert Oaks former commander of . Air forces in Europe took a Broad look atthe Overall Structure of the air Force safety program. Engen said his panel found that the safety program is accepted among most air Force flight personnel As a valid program that  the recent rash of crashes the Overall Accident rate measured in class a accidents per 100,000 flying hours has been dropping in recent years from 1.76 in fiscal 1985 to 1.51 in fiscal 1994. Even including the 18 recent crashes the fiscal 1995 rate through june 1 Cov ering the first eight months of the fiscal year was Down to 1.39. The Accident rate for fighter and at tack aircraft that Fly the most dangerous missions has dropped even More significantly Engen said from 8.46 in fiscal 1979 to 2.45 this year. The panel also recommended against setting up an Independent safety organization outside the air Force Hierarchy such As the private sector role filled by the National transportation safety Board. Diehl has argued for creating such a outside Board but Engen said it might spark a them against us mentality much As the airlines and Federal aviation administration often have with then Tab that would Hurt combat readiness combat efficiency must have first priority for the air Force and this Means the responsibility for flight safety must belonged in the military command Struc Ture the panel s report said. Most of the panel s other recommendations dealt with minor changes to the organizational Structure of the air Force safety program. Back to the grind president Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton head to a helicopter in Jackson wyo., As their vacation ended thursday the Clinton flew to Honolulu where they will Lead three Days  of a a Day Japan s unconditional surrender to the Al lies on sept. 2,1945 44 months after the deadly attack on Pearl Harbor. Experts confirm russian Bones a re of n i holds ii the last Cha r \ Washington a american and russian experts said thursday that they be resolved the last shred of doubt a Dan test unambiguously confirms that Bones unearthed from a mass grave in Russia in 1991 Are those of Nicholas ii last of Russia s czars. If the evidence is accepted by Church and state officials in Russia Nicholas murdered in a cellar with his family and servants by the revolutionary bolsheviks one bloody night in 1918, can be Given the ceremonial burial that was held up while the investigation was conducted. A great murder mystery spanning most of the decade is solved it. Col. Victor w. Weedn who runs the Dan Laboratory for the armed forces Institute of pathology told a news conference reporting on a three month investigation conducted jointly with Russia s Foremost Dan scientist Pavel  any reasonable doubt the remains Ater Fose of Czar Nich Olas and his family Ivanov agreed. However Eugene l. Magerovsky an officer of an organization of russian emigres and a retired russian military intelligence officer said he was suspicious of accounts of How the Bones were found in 1987, in the soviet Era