European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 8, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes Friday september 8, 1995 at a glance expel Aileen Russo stands with sculpted figures at a Greenpeace demonstration held wednesday at the French consulate in Boston to protest France s nuclear test on tuesday. In Papeete Tahiti such protests turned violent and demonstrators rampaged through the main Airport see Story on Page 11. New French bombing a car bomb exploded in front of a jewish school in a French suburb thursday in the sixth of a series of bombings or attempted  Page 5 medicare squabble democrats and republicans Are bickering anew Over the yet to be unveiled gop plans to squeeze $270 billion in savings from medicare Over seven years. A Page 6 c-17 improvements Mcdonnell Douglas corp. Has solved the major problems on its Long troubled c-17 military transport program the air Force s top acquisition officer  Page 7 China fires Back China told its human rights critics attending a . Conference on women to mind their own business a Page 12 Turner talks continue _ negotiators for time Warner inc. Still Are looking for a Deal to acquire Turner broadcasting system  Page 14 c Index Abby Ann Landers ____22 classifieds. 28-33 comics. 18-19,22 commentary. 17 crossword. 18 faces no places. 13 entertainment. 23-24 Horoscope. A 29 Jumble .29 letters. 18 Money matters. 14 sports. 3340 to listings a a a a a a a a a a a 39 weather 18 from Page 1 and it seems to me the appropriate response would be resignation a Mcconnell said. If Packwood refuses to step Down a vote to expel him could come As Early As next week. A this is the atomic bomb we can do no More against a fellow senator committee vice chairman Richard Bryan d-nev., said of the recommendation to expel Packwood the Senate finance committee chairman a this conduct was unconscionable unwanted offensive  Mcconnell said the committees evidence a More than 10,000 pages weighing More than 40 pounds a would be released later thursday. A defiant Packwood appeared on the network talk shows thursday morning to press his Case. A i done to think its fair to me or anyone else to take away their lifetime Job and say you re never going to get a Chance to face your accusers. You ,11 never get a Chance to Tell the Public your Side of the Story a he said. A i have no intention of resigning a he  in later interview with the associated press Packwood was less defiant and said he wanted to meet with Senate majority Leader Bob Dole r-kan., to get a sense of whether he could win a floor fight. He also discussed the Prospect of life As an sex senator. It would take the votes of 67 senators a two thirds of the chamber a members a to make Packwood the first senator expelled since the civil  Packwood resign he would be entitled to his retirement pay health benefits and the privileges of being a senator including Access to the floor and to his party caucus a Senate staff aide said. He would lose those benefits if he were  the. National taxpayers Union foundation a conservative research group estimated that Packwood is probably entitled to an annual pension of about $89,000. The problems have churned around Packwood since Days after he was elected to a fifth six year term in 1992. On May 16, the committee found a substantial credible evidence that Packwood made unwanted sexual advances to 17 women on 18 occasions from 1969 to 1990. The panel also found that he tried to get jobs for his estranged wife from lobbyists and businessmen with legislative interests and altered his diaries when he Learned the committee might subpoena them. The investigation of Packwood took an Uncertain turn after he reversed himself aug. 25 and sought Public hearings which he previously had opposed. A number of republicans were known to be upset with Packwood Over that  Page 1 was telling the truth about his justification for the warrant less entry. On the tapes Fuhrman described How evidence can be manufactured to create probable cause although he did not suggest that evidence in the Simpson Case was fabricated. Ito said Fuhrmann a credibility remained intact. A the testimony of Fuhrman. Is corroborated by the testimony of other witnesses a Ito wrote in a two Page ruling. A the motion is therefore  the judge also rejected the defense Contention that prosecutors withheld information about Fuhrman that could have been helpful to the defense. The information involved allegations against Fuhrman that a police officer  dip Uty District attorney. Ito ruled that the defense knew about the matter several months ago and that prosecutors did nothing wrong. Also thursday the court released transcripts that detailed a clash Between Lead Simpson attorney Johnnie Cochran or. And Ito during private conversations wednesday. During the talks Cochran told Ito that he resented his tone and the judge accused Cochran of contempt. The face offs came in a sidebar discussion and a subsequent closed door meeting in Chambers and reflected the tension created after Cochran blasted the judge in a news conference for his order limiting admission of the racist Fuhrman tapes. _. It when Fuhrman entered the courtroom wednesday he looked thinner and a Little More tired than he did when he testified in March. His voice was quieter More subdued. Still he walked Marine corps straight shoulders Back head held High. He took the witness stand but this time a criminal defense attorney was at his Side. There was no need to raise his right hand he was still under oath from when he testified for the prosecution about finding the bloody Glove. Then for All the world to see a except jurors a Fuhrman was confronted with Point Blank questions on the Issue that has sent the murder trial spinning and has left the City reeling. A detective Fuhrman a defense attorney Gerald Uelmen asked a did you Plant or manufacture any evidence in this Case a Fuhrman paused. His attorney Darryl Mounger whispered something to him. Fuhrman finally replied a i assert my fifth amendment  a today you saw an unprecedented event a attorney Robert Shapiro said after court wednesday. A you saw a Lead detective who is the person responsible for obtaining a majority of evidence in protesters chant a a Stop racist cops and a release Fuhrman tapes wednesday As they Anarch outside the . Courthouse where the . Simpson trial is taking place. Fuhrman Legal fund scratched Arlington a. A a police support group is returning donations collected for the Legal defense of former los Angeles police. Detective Mark Fuhrman. Last week after tapes in which Fuhrman used racial slurs were released to the Media the Board of directors of the nonprofit Law enforcement Legal defense fund which includes former attorney general Edwin Meese Iii voted to return the donations. A what. Or. Fuhrman reflects in those tapes is inimical to what we believe a attorney David Martin who runs the defense fund said wednesday. The fund held a fund Raiser in August for Fuhrmann a defense in a libel suit. Martin would not disclose the amount of Money donated. Defense changes few minds poll shows new York a the percentage of americans believing . Simpson is innocent has not risen after nearly two months of defense testimony according to a poll taken after the Fuhrman tapes were played in court. Twenty four percent still believe he is innocent and 57 percent believe he is guilty virtually the same As the 55 but recent in mid july when the defense Egan its Case the Harris poll found. The results have a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage Points. Quot two thirds of Black respondents believe Simpson is innocent a pattern that has been seen in other polls. The poll of 1,005 adults was taken by Telephone aug. 31 to sept. 3. This Case refuse to answer questions on the grounds that it May incriminate him. It is unprecedented in the history of  in court prosecutor Marcia Clark complained that the question was asked merely for headlines and had very Little to do with the business at hand the hearing outside the jury a presence on whether the judge should suppress evidence in Light of the Fuhrman tapes. In All Fuhrman invoked his fifth amendment rights on four questions and he said he would take the fifth on any question the defense threw his Way. Legal analysts said Fuhrman Likely wont have to take the fifth in front of the jurors who have listened for two Days As witnesses described their encounters with Fuhrman and his use of a racial slur against Blacks. The defense contends Fuhrman is a racist cop who planted the bloody Glove to Frame Simpson