European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 20, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday december 20, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 7 France beats out Spain As euro Disneyland site , Calif. A Walt Disney productions on wednesday signed an agreement with France to set up a european entertainment Park in a suburb of Paris. Prime minister Laurent Fabius signed the agreement in Paris with the president of Disney productions Michael d. Eisner for the establishment of n theme Park in , 20 Miles cast of Paris the company said in a statement. France was competing for the contract with Spain which was hoping to set up the Park on the Costa Blanca. Between Barcelona and Alicante the statement said. It said the project will mean thousands of jobs billions of dollars in investment and increased tourist revenues. The envisaged Park the fourth outdoor entertainment Complex of Disney productions would be patterned after Disneyland in California. It will have a resort and recreation Complex similar to Disney world in Orlando fla., and is expected to open in 1990 or 1991. The Disney statement said. Disneyland at Anaheim Calif., opened in 1955, Disney world opened in 1971 and Tokyo Disney land opened in 1983. Detailed negotiations will begin immediately on specifics of the project. The chosen site is within 15 minutes of the two Majori no Viiu a sat i uni  Mumic 01 inc o major airports serving Paris and a two mile Extension of the Paris metro system that is planned would connect euro Disneyland with the main commuter rail system of Paris Eisner said. Disney will seek qualified investors in France other european countries and throughout the world to form the 65% of reports said of be false euro Disneyland owner company in which Disney productions also will be an equity investor the Disney statement said. Disney will receive royalties based on Gross revenues from admissions rides food merchandise and contributions of participating companies and Disney will operate the theme Park and resort elements of euro Disneyland under a fee based management contract the Disney statement added. At the opening the Complex will employ about 10,000 people primarily French nationals and other europeans with a minimal american management staff. Disneyland International a wholly owned subsidiary of Disney productions will be responsible for implementing and Man aging the euro Disneyland development the Disney announcement said. Spain reacted with disappointment to the decision say ing it failed to take into account the tourist reality in  Spain draws an estimated 40 million tourists annually while France attracts 34 million according to published reports. . Ambassador Joe Rodgers reportedly played a key role in bringing together the interested parties said Diplo Matic sources in Paris. Rodgers had a hand in the United slates recent awarding of a Large contract to France for a military communications system. The Park is Walt Disney productions second venture abroad. Its first overseas Park in Tokyo Drew 10 million visitors in its first year. Smuggling suspect Sultan Ibrahim Al Cali an egyptian born travel agent is escorted by . Customs agents after he was arrested wednesday in Jersey City . Gawlis was charged Willi plotting o smuggle explosives to Palestine liberation organization guerrillas in is Rael. Authorities said Gawlis a naturalized . Citizen tried to arrange an arms Deal with under cover customs agents. Public mistaken about child abuse expert says Washington a the american Public Over reacting to graphic news accounts of beaten starved or sexually abused children is jumping to conclusions and reporting suspected child abuse where none exists an authority says. Nationwide. 65 percent of All child abuse reports eventually prove to be false Douglas j. Besharov said tuesday. He is director of the american Enterprise Institute s so Cial invention project. In 1973, 35 percent of those reports were deemed groundless. This flood of inappropriate cases is not just unfair to the parents who Are investigated it also creates real Dan Ger for children who Are in True jeopardy he said. These children who need to be protected Are getting lost in the Avalanche of new cases. We re asking people to make a distinction Here. Asking people not to report every Bruise they see. In the Long run More people will be protected if we re More  people falsely accused of child abuse Are striking Back often with lawsuits he said. The organization victims of child abuse Laws was formed a year ago to help wrongly accused parents protect themselves and it now has More than 3,000 members in 38 states. We arc very angry said Mary Lou Bauer of Hamp ton minn., a co founder of vocal who said she and her husband were falsely accused of neglecting their adopted children. This could happen to anyone. Anyone can mis interpret an action As sexual abuse if it s a Caress physical abuse if it s a spanking emotional abuse if it s a  false reports put innocent families through the anguish of an investigation and also overwhelm the limited re sources of child protective agencies Besharov said. There has been an understandable but counterproductive overreaction to child abuse cases. As a result Large numbers of families arc being put through child protective investigations when they ought not to be he said. Besharov whose findings were published in the Harvard journal of Law and Public policy said the Public must be educated about what should be reported. He said people should be careful Don t report on Flimsy evidence such As a single Bruise or a Brief change of behaviour. He said the guideline Shouin be if you think the child is in serious danger then you should  other recommendations the news Media and politicians should Cool rhetoric about child abuse. Besharov said graphic news stories about children beaten starved or sexually assaulted make people too eager to do something about the problem. Hotline workers should screen Calls. Half the states prohibit hotline workers from making judgments about suspected abuse so All reports Are treated As True. Any one can report and trigger an investigation he said. Federal and state Laws must be modified to discourage reports without basis. He said in All but six states it is a crime not to report suspected child abuse. To protect themselves doctors and social workers Are overreacting and reporting even marginally suspicious cases. Last year 1.5 million cases of child abuse were reported to the authorities a 10-fold increase since 1963, said be Sharov a former new York City prosecutor and a past director of the National Center on child abuse and neglect. Search for Abbas focuses on Iraq . Says it May demand extradition Mohammed Abbas Washington a More than two months after identifying Mohammed Abbas As the Mastermind of the Achille Laura hijacking the Reagan administration is Uncertain of the whereabouts of the Palestine liberation front Leader. However a slate department spokesman has put Iraq firmly on notice that the extradition of Abbas for trial in the United states will be requested if his presence in that country is confirmed. Spokesman Charles Redman said wednesday that the announcement was based on reports and speculation that Abbas is in Iraq. We Don t have any confirmation of his present whereabouts he said. Abbas and three other palestinians accused of hijacking the italian cruise ship Achille Lauro in october were forced Down in Sicily by is. Jet fighters that intercepted an egyptian jetliner carrying them from Cairo in search of Sanctuary. An elderly american passenger Leon Klinghoffer was killed during the seizure of the ship. Other passengers including americans were terror i cd. The United states asked Italy to hand the four men Over. Abbas was let go while the three others were held for trial. The palestinian front Leader who uses the code name Abul Abbas was then re ported to be in Yugoslavia but despite a . Request for his detention he evidently slipped 2-Way. He then was reported to be in Iraq which the Reagan administration in 1982 removed from the . List of coun tries that support terrorism. In a burst of table thumping anger. Secretary of state George Shultz declared tuesday at a news conference in Belgrade that the International Community must step up to this problem and Deal with it unequivocally firmly  Shultz on an eight Day european trip made the comment after the yugoslav for eign minister Raif Dizdarevic said that although his government condemned terror ism one must also View the causes that Lead to  Shultz his voice rising in intensity said hijacking the italian ship murdering an american torturing and holding a whole Bunch of other americans is not justified by any cause that i know  earlier on his Way to Belgrade Shultz had showed More irritation with Iraq than with Yugoslavia. He said that while Abbas passed through Yugoslavia with respect to Iraq he seems to have been welcomed there. That is different and it constitutes More of a  until he made the remarks the state department had refused to comment on re ports that Abbas is in Iraq an Arab coun try with which the United states resumed diplomatic relations this year. Redman in response to reporters questions wednesday said Iraq has indicated publicly they Don t believe Abbas is subject to  he refused to say what the iraqi govern ment might have told the United states regarding Abbas whereabouts or what . Actions Are under consideration