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Show ‘ % “adultery can be especially dam- From 1A military fair to all people.” The rules, however, are open to interpretation. And fairness is Open to debate. Gen. Joseph Ralston, a leading candidate for promotion from vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to the chairmanship, admitted to Cohen that he had an affair with a civilian woman in the 1980s while he was separated from his wife. Ralston made the admission only after reporters began inquiring. Cohen issued a written state- aging in a military environment,” Ralston's behavior was not. Cohen said he wasstill considering recommending to President Clinton that Ralston become Joint Chiefs chairman when Gen. John Shalikashvili retires in September. If Cohen does decide to back Ralston, “I will do so with full confidence in his character and leadership,” Cohen wrote. Those remarks drew rebukes from some women. “The double standards that benefit the old boys’ network are alive and well in the mili- tary,” said Kathy Rodgers, executive director of the NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund. “It is very clear that the Pentagon is selectively enforcing its rules on sexual conduct,” said Rep. Nita Lowey, D-N.Y. Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D., said today that military rules of conduct must be enforced equally, even if that means withdrawing Ralston’s candidacy. The Clinton administration was noncommittal. Technically, Ralston committed adultery since he was mar- ried at the time ofthe affair. in some Cases, No If adultery alone is the issue, it is a crime only if the behavior compromised “good order and discipline” in the military or brought discredit to the military. But how do you determine when those markers have been met? “This is a judgment call,” Bacon said. In the case of Air Force Ist Lt. Kelly Flinn, a B-52 pilot who was denied an honorable dis- charge last month, the charges went beyond adultery. She was accused also of lying, disobeying an order and violating the prohi- bition against an officer having a But is adultery a crime under military law? In some cases, yes, close personal relationship with an enlisted person. DENVER- The day before the Oklahoma City bombing, Mike Lenz saw his unborn son on an ultrasound machine and gave him a name. The next day, the blast ripped through Lenz’s happy life, killing his wife, Car- rie, and Michael James Lenz III, the son he never met. “In one fell swoop, I went from being a husband and a daddy to realizing it was all gone. There was no one coming home, nobody’s going to be in the driveway. I lost everything,” Lenz testified Thursday during in Zakopane, southem Poland,today. The pope is on an 11-day tour through his home country and made a surprise visit to Zakopane on Thursday. The 77-year-old pontiff was bom nearby in Wadowice and spent time hiking and skiing in the area even after he became bishop in Krakow, 60 miles to the north. About 250,000 people gathered Friday before a wooden altar built at a ski jump landing to hear the pope beatify two Polish nuns who worked with the poorin the late 1600s and early 1900s. The beatification may lead to their canonization as saints. Levin was not one to boast his background as the son of.“ | media mogul. But a few weeks ago, Levu surprised students by revealing: his father was Time Warner; Ralston’s affair, on the other hand, did not compromise good order and discipline or bring discredit to the Air Force because chairman Gerald Levin. aware of the family’s wealth tors; tured Levin into revealing his: : tary and Ralston, then a colonel, imwhth a shot tothehead, Obe! of his former students was ideriti-é was not in a position of command, Baconsaid. eroOWwW & re , i —s- Now police believe the woman was notin the mili- fied as a possible suspect. 3 oa es TTR hae yerye fF spare McVeigh the execution chamber by calling his family members, teachers and military officials, They are expected to describe the influences and events - including the FBI siege of the Branch Davidians near Waco, Texas - that turned the 29-year-oid Gulf War veteran against his own government. images, the presentation still Narrated by Oklahoma epidemiologist Sue Mallonee, the often broughtjurors to tears, prosecutors put on 38 witnesses to support their bid to take McVeigh’s life. They contend that death by injection is the only just punishment for the April 19, 1995, rah Federal Building which left its case today. “She had a large door knob embedded in the back of her head.” 168 people dead. The prosecution wrapped up "REFRIGERATORS Starting at series of pictures showed backs sliced open by flying glass, crushed eye sockets, faces made limp by nerve damage and neck scars where jugular veins had been ripped open. Mallonee provided the ghastly details of the victims’ plights: bombing of the Alfred P. Mur- 4 ing survivors. Although the judge barred the most gruesome McVeigh’s trial. In three days of wrenching has ENDS “2a” In their presentation, prosecutors displayed photographs of wounds on some of the bomb- left jurors looking sickly. that NEW YORK - Jonathah # | tion. the penalty phase of Timothy testimony The Associated Press | The defense will attempt to The Associated Press OFFERING A BLESSING: Pope John Paul|i blesses worshipers during a mass be Levin's killer ; without risking a felony convic- Defense ready to plead for McVeigh’slife Pope makes a surprise visit Ex-student may -: Her behavior, Cohen has said, compromised “good order and discipline” in the Air Force. That, according to the Uniform Code of Military Justice, is grounds for court-martial. Flinn avoided prosecution at the last moment by accepting a general discharge, allowing her to leave a La LA. USWA aar wtee Military ment Thursday saying that while al National/World 6A Friday. June 6, 1997 399” 15 os FREEZER 20.7 Cu. Ft. 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