European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 27, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a a the stars and stripes monday August 27,1990 Washington apr National Security adviser Brent scowcroft said sunday that iraqi president Saddam Hussein faced with increasing global opposition to his Conquest of Kuwait is now intent on seeking a Way out of the Quot boxy he is in. Scowcroft and a variety of other experts interviewed sunday All indicated there was room for Hope that the 24-Day-old persian Gulf crisis could be resolved Short of military conflict. Quot i can see a peaceful Way out of it a scowcroft said on Abc tvs Quot this week with David Brinkley Quot program. Quot Saddam Hussein must now see he a facing overwhelming world opinion. Quot he is casting about for a Way out of the Box in which he finds himself a scowcroft said. The pressure on Saddam appeared to increase dramatically saturday when the . Security Council gave the United states and other nations the right to use military Power in enforcing the economic embargo against Iraq. Scowcroft said Saddam in the past has shown himself to be a realist citing his willingness two weeks ago to Bow to Iran a terms for a settlement of their hostilities. Among other concessions Saddam agreed to recognize the prewar Boundary of the two countries. Meanwhile state department spokeswoman Anita Stockman said sunday that the . Embassy in iraqi occupied Kuwait has been informed that. Two additional americans have been taken into custody by iraqi troops. She said the information was relayed to the embassy by Telephone. Although officials had no Way of confirming the information she said embassy personnel had reason to believe it was accurate. She had no additional details about those in custody. Assistant Secretary of state for near East and South asian affairs John Kelly said Little had changed at the . Embassy in Kuwait City which along with a number of other Western diplomatic missions was surrounded by iraqi troops. Appearing on Abc try Quot meet the press program Kelly said the embassy is hampered m its efforts to help the estimated 2,500 americans who have been refused permission to leave Iraq. He said fewer than 10 have been picked up by iraqi troops. Another 50 Are in iraqi troop custody in Baghdad he said. Iraq Cut off electricity at the . Embassy in Kuwait on saturday and the Power remained off sunday. The embassy was using a Power Generator. Iraqi troops were preventing anyone from entering or leaving the embassy but Kelly said the reduced staff probably had a couple of weeks of supplies remaining. The impetus for a diplomatic solution appeared to increase when iraqi ambassador Mohamed Al a Shat said his government would Welcome a mediation Effort by . Secretary general Javier Perez de Cuellar. It was announced sunday that Perez de Cuellar would meet with with iraqi foreign minister Tariq Aziz thursday in the jordanian capital of Amman. After his television appearance scowcroft said the administration a would have no problem with a mediation by Perez de Cuellar. He added that the highest . Priority was inducing Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait. After that he said a a we re prepared to talk about  scowcroft was interviewed in Kennebunkport tinted to refuse to answer reporters questions about the Gulf situation. Bush was to return to Washington on tuesday to Brief congressional leaders on the Gulf  rolex watches robbers los Angeles apr a. Rolex watches gilded badges of wealth and luxury have become an Emblem of violence and death As robbers who covet the expensive timepieces arc killing their owners for them police said. Sam Sabbah was meeting his wife and a Painter in his new Beverly Hills Home last june when an intruder fatally shot him and took his rolex. A few Days later West los Angeles transmission shop owner Melvin Thompson broke with his usual routine and wore his rolex to work intending to take it to a jeweler. A robber hit at closing taking the watch and Cash and shooting Thompson to death. This month Nursery owner Donald Mckinsy Hung on to his $10,000 watch during a robbery and was shot to death by gunmen who had posed As customers. A rolex watch can Range in Price from about $1,000 to More than $20,000. Some of the 18-Karat Gold timepieces Are encrusted with diamonds. Its not the watch the robbers want but rather the Money it commands. The police division covering los Angeles affluent West Side has dealt with 49 rolex robberies from september to july. Beverly Hills has been averaging one a month according to police it Robert Curtis. Police say no one individual or group is responsible. There have been arrests but the watch robberies continue. Sometimes the victims were followed Home from a shopping mall or other Public place where an expensive watch on a wrist could be spotted police say. In the Mckinsey murder however the killers came to the Nursery and discussed renting plants then returned the next Day to do the robbery. Nursery office manager Ken Steller said later that Mckinsey knew of the watch robberies but continued to Wear the timepiece. A it was his signature a Steller said. Car Salesman Bob Gordon of Santa Monica thinks similarly of his $17,750 rolex a i love that watch. Its a sign of my Success Quot he said. A but i done to think i can Wear it certainly not to work. Its too dangerous Quot Gordon immediately handed the watch Over to three robbers who entered his office on aug. 16. At one time a gun was pointed at his heart but the Trio left him unharmed. A police Pursuit ended with three arrests and the watch recovered. Last week the District attorneys office charged Eric Jones 23, his brother Derrick Jones 20, and Isaac Williams 21, wearers with the Gordon  was also charged with a Simitar robbery that occurred the Day before in Beverly Hills. A rolex watch and $ 140,000 in jewelry were taken. Those were Only the latest arrests. Los Angeles county sheriffs detectives and South Bay police seized two men in May in a probe of watch robberies in which victims were often approached in parking buildings. A rolex robbery in december led to the arrest of two other men in Redondo Beach. The investigation encompassed similar holdups in affluent rolling Hills estates and Palos Verdes estates. Its not Clear whether in every Case the robber knew he was getting rolex. Los Angeles police detective Dan Andrews notes there Are other kinds of valuable watches and that a it s the Money behind the watch that a the  challenging the klan teen agers in Exeter n.h., confront an unidentified walked through the City. The youths questioned the Kun flux klan member on saturday As he and four Klansman on issues of race and religion. The five other members of the w Hite supremacy organization were protesting the City a denial of a rally  malfunction leaves patrons with sick feeling Falcon Heights Minn. Apr several people on an amusement ride at the Minnesota state ran became ill when workers were unable to Stop the nue for at least 15 minutes. Quot no one was in any danger but they got spun for a Long time Quot fair spokesman Jerry Hammer said alter the incident saturday. A what we wound up with was a lot of sick  riders suffered dizziness and vomiting and some were taken to a Hospital in nearby St. Paul he said. Hammer did no to know How Many people were on the ride when it malfunctioned but estimated the attraction holds about two dozen. The ride called the Enterprise is a wheel that lies Flat on the ground with cars attached to the outside of the wheel. There san Arm that raises the wheel so in can spin perpendicular to the ground. After a snort time its supposed to slowly Settle Back Down to the ground but on saturday night it failed to do that. Quot the ride operators noticed it immediately and instituted emergency procedures Quot he said. Quot those procedures Are to lower it manually and it worked beautifully exactly the Way it was supposed  but instead of the usual four minute thrill riders were spun for 15 to 20 minutes Hammer said