Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.twt.news From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: Headline Article Date: Wed, 18 Nov 92 16:10:35 EST Message-ID: \SE A;TOP OF THE NEWS;NATION \BY FROM WIRE DISPATCHES AND STAFF REPORTS S=NEW STORY Gay airman sues for reinstatement PHOENIX - An airman who was discharged after disclosing on national television that he is homosexual sued for reinstatement yesterday. Former Staff Sgt. Thomas Paniccia, 28, filed the lawsuit in federal court, challenging the constitutionality of the Pentagon ban on homosexuals and requesting an order returning him to his job while the case is resolved. Earlier this month, a federal judge in California reinstated Petty Officer Keith Meinhold at Moffett Naval Air Station while he wages a similar challenge. Mr. Paniccia coordinated training programs at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson before receiving an honorable discharge in October. "It's important to keep the pressure on and show how unfair it is," he said. "I've got an exemplary record like many in my position." S=NEW STORY Defense in beating case wants trial moved DETROIT - A lawyer for three of four police officers charged in the beating death of a motorist said a trial should be moved out of the city, where the mayor already has labeled the attack murder. Wayne County Prosecutor John O'Hair has promised to fight any attempt to move the trial if there is one. "It seems absolutely beyond belief that we could not find a jury that could not be fair and impartial," Mr. O'Hair said after the officers' arraignment Monday. District Court Judge Willie Lipscomb Jr. will decide whether the officers will be tried after a hearing Dec. 14. Malice Green, 35, died of head injuries after being bludgeoned with at least one flashlight Nov. 5 on an inner-city street near a suspected drug house. S=NEW STORY Widow of Bob Marley cleared in forgery case NEW YORK - Reggae superstar Bob Marley's widow has been exonerated in a civil trial over charges that she stole millions from the Jamaican singer's estate by forging his signature. A Manhattan federal court jury, after two weeks of deliberations, found a lawyer and an accountant guilty late Monday in the forgery case and ordered them to pay $2.25 million to the estate. But Rita Marley was found not responsible for the acts even though she signed the documents, which gave her control of his record companies. The charges were brought by administrators for Mr. Marley's estate, who charged that $20 million had been ripped off. When Mr. Marley died, his assets had an estimated value of $30 million. S=NEW STORY Miami creates zones for the homeless MIAMI - Homeless people in Miami will soon have two "safe zones" where they can eat and sleep without interference from police or city officials. Advocates for the homeless said yesterday they expect to meet with Miami city officials in the next two weeks to figure out how to implement the unprecedented ruling on hassle-free zones issued late Monday by U.S. District Judge Clyde Atkins. "You cannot punish people who have no place to be but outside," said Valerie Jonas, an attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which initiated the lawsuit in 1988 to halt what it said was a city policy on the homeless tantamount to "pest control." The ACLU said Miami rounded up the homeless to get them off the streets to protect the city's image during such events as the New Year's Orange Bowl parade, which is televised nationwide and draws throngs of tourists. S=NEW STORY Cancer drug awaits environmental analysis A cancer drug that comes from bark of Pacific yew trees won't be ready for general use until the government completes assessing the environmental impact of harvesting the trees. An advisory committee recommended on Monday that the Food and Drug Administration approve taxol for treating ovarian cancer patients whose disease has not responded to standard therapy. But final action on the recommendation will not be taken until an environmental impact statement detailing the effects of yew tree harvesting is finished, FDA spokeswoman Susan Cruzan said yesterday. The environmental study is being drafted now by the FDA and the U.S. Forest Service. Taxol has been called the most promising cancer drug in 15 years by the National Cancer Institute. S=NEW STORY Pentagon identifies serviceman's remains An American serviceman listed as missing in Vietnam since 1966 has been identified from remains sent back by the Vietnamese in June, the Pentagon said yesterday. He was identified as Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Joseph F. Trujillo, who was lost in Vietnam on Sept. 13, 1966, a Pentagon statement said. He was born on July 29, 1946, and listed his hometown as Deming, N.M. S=NEW STORY Tamposi fights back as her aide resigns The State Department's inspector general is to report today on whether the search of Bill Clinton's passport file was conducted illegally. Elizabeth Tamposi was fired last week from her job as assistant secretary of state for consular affairs after reports surfaced about the search of Mr. Clinton's passport files and those of his mother and of independent presidential candidate Ross Perot. Meanwhile, a top aide to Mrs. Tamposi who carried out the two-day search of the files resigned yesterday, the New York Times reported. Steven M. Moheban was quoted in today's editions of the paper as saying his job was to make sure two career employees of the State Department followed proper procedure in performing the search. In published reports, Mrs. Tamposi has said that her State Department superiors knew about and approved the search and that they indicated the White House had expressed interest in it. This article is copyright 1992 The Washington Times. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM