Milestones Dec. 23, 1996

CLEARED. TERRYL SCHWALIER, Air Force brigadier general in charge of a military housing complex in Saudi Arabia where 19 U.S. airmen were killed in a truck bombing in June; of any culpability in the blast; in Washington.

RULED COMPETENT. JOHN DUPONT, 58, eccentric chemical-fortune heir; to stand trial for murder in the death of Olympic wrestler David Schultz, after undergoing treatment at a psychiatric hospital; in Media, Pennsylvania.

ARRAIGNED. THEODORE KACZYNSKI, 54, Unabomber suspect; on charges of mailing an explosive device that killed a New Jersey ad executive; in Newark, New Jersey, via TV hookup from Sacramento, California, where he is...

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