European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 11, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes thursday july .11, 1991 at a glance Community theater plays a big role in the lire of Many european communities. Stripes Magazine looks at some of these Heaters. Evangelists called snakes evangelists Jimmy Swaggart and Marvin Gorman Are like a two rattlesnakes in the same Cage a a prospective juror said a Page 4 rights Effort praised supreme court nominee Clarence Thomas under fire from civil rights leaders praised the movement for contributing to his Rise from poverty. A Page 5 funds to raze embassy a Senate subcommittee votes to provide $130 million to tear Down the new . Embassy in Moscow that is riddled with listening devices and replace it. A Page 6 poverty linked to cancer a Federal panel focused new attention on poverty As one of the most powerful risk factors for cancer in the United states. A Page 7 Britain to Cut forces Britain responding to the end of the cold War announced a 20 percent Cut in its  Over three years. A Page 8 crowd spits on suspects enraged pet owners curse and spit at the owners of the Long Island pet cemetery who Are charged in a spreading scandal involving mass burials of pets. A Page 9 pm to add air bags general motors plans to install air bags for Drivers and front seat passengers in All new cars it Sells in North America by september 1994. A Page 17 Index Abby Ann Landers. 14 comics.  crossword. Letters. Money matters. 17 sports. To listings. 18 weather. 11 dec plan for 3-month truce Ljubljana Yugoslavia apr the slovenian parliament voted overwhelmingly wednesday to accept a peace Accord meant to keep the yugoslav army in its Barracks As Slovenia and Croatia negotiate Independence with the Federal government. The breakaway Republic s president Milan Kucan had urged acceptance of the pact telling lawmakers their Choice was a War or peace a under the agreement mediated by the european Community Slovenia and Croatia will suspend secessionist moves for three months to allow time for negotiations. It also Calls for the withdrawal of army units to their Barracks and the slovenian militia to be demobilized. An uneasy truce held in Slovenia the northernmost Republic even though the peace plan has not been fully implemented. Slovenia which declared Independence june 25 along with Croatia accused the Federal army of flying in hundreds of soldiers to reinforce its units inside the Republic. Scattered ethnic clashes were reported again in neighbouring Croatia. Slovenia a parliament voted 189-11, with seven abstentions a to approve the peace Accord. Federal Premier Ante Markovic and his Cabinet accepted the plan monday As did croatian president Franjo Tadjman. The collective Federal presidency delayed its vote because Slovenia has not ended All blockades of Federal troops and deactivated its militia. Slovenian officials accused the army of not withdrawing All its troops to bases. European Community foreign ministers meeting in the Netherlands on wednesday welcomed the slovenian vote and warned the Federal government that it also must adhere to the Accord. The Trade bloc has threatened to Cut off Aid to Yugoslavia if the secession crisis is not settled peacefully. As parliament began debate wednesday Kucan told the deputies that Lack of an Accord could Lead to More fighting saying a War or peace. That is what you must decide upon  he said the agreement was a one of the Steps on the Long Road to slovenian  Kucan said the Accord was less than Ideal a but it does represent a fragile balance of interests for  the alternative would be a to Start on an Uncertain path that up to now has been characterized by  some legislators expressed misgivings arguing that the Accord did not offer Slovenia any guarantee it would no Betit tacked. A let us not forget we arc in the Balkans where lies and deceit Are the highest moral values a said Viktor Zakelj a socialist party Deputy. One indication of the depth of mistrust was evident tuesday at an army Barracks in Slovensky Bistrica 75 Miles cast of Ljubljana. An associated press photographer saw slovenian militia members Lay mines outside the base while Federal troops dug new defense trenches inside. Scattered violence was reported in Croatia whose leaders charged that the Federal army a serbian leadership was purging the ranks of soldiers unwilling to fight the secessionist republics. A a Serbia the largest yugoslav Republic is fighting to keep the ethnic Patchwork of six republics and two provinces together and opposes Croatia a secession most vehemently because Croatia has a Large serb minority. Quot strike diverts 3 ships with military cargo Rotterdam Netherlands a amps a three ships carrying . Military equipment Back to Europe from saudi Arabia have been diverted from the port in Rotterdam because of a strike by dutch longshoremen. A spokesman for the military traffic management come in Rotterdam said wednesday that a strike related dispute Between the Union and a contractor hired to unload the ships caused a work slowdown that writ old prevent the contractor from meeting its obligations. Two ships have been diverted to Brem Craven Germany and were to arrive today and Friday a third ship diverted to Antwerp Belgium is also due in port Friday according to a spokesman for the traffic command Bram do Jong. He could not provide details on the ships cargo but said it was a mix of tracked and wheeled vehicles belonging to military units in Germany. The labor dispute is Between the con tractor european Container terminals and the longshoremen a Union and not with the . Government de Jong said. Future desert Farewell ship arrivals in Rotterdam May also be affected and More ships could be diverted if contractors cannot meet their obligations he said. A spokesman for the traffic command in Bremerhaven said the diversion of two ships will have no major Impact on port operations there since they can be easily worked into current schedules. Army officials recall All bottled Altwasser Heidelberg Germany a army medical officials have issued a recall of All  Altwasser products in Glass bottles a 7th medical come spokeswoman said wednesday. A partial recall was announced tuesday after two bottles of the water were suspected of containing foreign materials. The recall was announced after a third bottle was reported As possibly con Taining foreign materials. The possible contamination of the Stolzenbac her Altwasser was reported by Consumers not identified through routine veterinary food inspections said Barbara Slifer of the 7th medical come Public affairs office. Only the third bottle was available for testing. The test results to identity the specific contents of the bottle had not been concluded wednesday afternoon. She said. The bottles Are manufactured by Allgaeuer Alpen Wasser in Ober Taufen and Ober Allau Germany the labels read a Stolzenbac Here in red print and a Alp Wassers in Blue print. This is the third recall of Stolzenbac her Altwasser products in Glass bottles in five weeks. The first recall in june was issued following discovery of Glass particles in the bottles. Delay urged on women in combat decision Washington a a Senate subcommittee tuesday recommended a two year delay in the Pentagon a decision on whether to allow women in combat. The Senate armed services committees manpower subcommittee suggestion came in a proposal to next years defense Bill. The proposal Calls for a 15-member commission appointed by the president to consider the question and Issue recommendations in 1993. The House already has voted to allow the services to use women in combat. Sen. John Glenn a Ohio the subcommittees chairman said a postwar hearing produced no consensus among top Pentagon officials military leaders or service women. A this Issue is too serious for us to act hastily Glenn said. Quot before wholesale changes can be made we need to be confident that combat effectiveness would not be compromised by those  at a subcommittee hearing last month the military Stop brass suggested that eliminating restrictions on combat assignments could Force women to Register for the draft. But the Pentagon said there was no link Between the draft and repeal of combat restrictions. French Cut draftees time by 2 months Paris apr Young frenchmen would be required to serve in the military for Only 10 months instead of the current year the Cabinet agreed wednesday As Pari of an ongoing reassessment of Frances Post cold War . The plan proposed by defense minister Pierre Joe will not affect the size of Frances army Navy air Force and gendarmerie or armed police Force. The strength of these forces stands at 070,000, with about one third draftees. The proposal if approved by parliament would first affect draftees reporting for service on oct. I. All frenchmen 18 years and older Are required to fulfil some sort of National service in a tradition dating Back to Napoleon. The Joe proposal contains variations Tor different forms of service. Soldiers sailors airmen and gendarme draftees will see their one year requirement diced to 10 months. Non combat military service for it Sci envious objectors will be Cut from 24 20 months. The 12-month term for military Phy cans and pharmacists remains t changed As does the 16-month req ii ment for those opting out of the Milit to work As volunteers in developing Cor tries