European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 8, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Germany edition vol. 50, no. 86 monday july 8,1991 b authorized unofficial publication for the us. Armed forges 350 d 8693 Croatia fighting erupts dozens dead Osisek Yugoslavia apr the army intervened to quell bloody ethnic clashes in Croatia on sunday and officials reported heavy casualties a perhaps dozens dead a in the first fighting involving Federal troops in the breakaway Republic. It was peaceful in neighbouring Slovenia where lightly armed local forces recently repulsed army tanks and warplanes seeking to reimpose yugoslav sovereignty. Negotiators including a delegation sent by the european Community met on the Adriatic Island of brioni off Croatia to try to Cement Slovenia a truce. Officials said some Progress was made but a spokesman for one of the dec ministers said the bloodshed in Croatia did not come up at the meeting. Slovenia and Croatia declared Independence on june 25, but Federal troops had not intervened in Croatia until sunday. The yugoslav news Agency Tan Jug said there was a cease fire after 10 hours of intense fighting in the Village of ten a five Miles Southeast of Osisek. It gave no further details on the truce. Belgrade radio reported 10 croatian and two serbian fighters dead. A we think there must be dozens of dead people Quot said mate Salinovich Osi Jekw a Deputy police chief. Army and croatian sources both said the other Side shot first in ten a a croatian nationalist stronghold in Slavonia a Swath of Croatia primarily inhabited by serbs. Croatian officials claimed that scores of serb fighters with Long hair and beards reminiscent of the royalist a a chetnik guerrillas who fought the germans m world War 11, poured from trucks behind a smoke screen created by Federal tanks. Concerned slovenians hold a somber rally in Ljubljana on sunday to show support for an end to the fighting. Croatian television showed Republican militiamen in see Croatia on Page 10catching some rays even bicyclists Arentt Safe from the radar speeding gun on the beachfront Bike path in Huntington Beach Calif. They face the Prospect of being ticketed unless they observe a 5 Mph Speed limit when pedestrians Are present or 10 Mph when there san open Road. Guy Dove a Huntington Beach police officer Points his radar gun at cyclists saturday. The report from Huntington Beach was that 17-Mph riders a called a a flagrant violators a were cited and others were warned