European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 29, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday july 29, 1991 the stars and stripes Page 9mixed signals sent on Mideast talks Jerusalem apr israeli defense minister Moshe Arens said sunday a that his nation is Likely to participate in a Mideast peace conference proposed by the United states and already accepted by key Arab states. New signs of intransigence however surfaced on both sides. Israel announced plans to construct another 380 housing units in the occupied Golan Heights and a Cabinet squabble erupted Over support for the peace initiative. Meanwhile in an interview published sunday in the Washington Post syrian president Hafez Assad renewed his country a demands for the return of the Golan and said his country has a changed nothing in its attitude toward Israel while not ruling out accepting the jewish states existence. Arens said Quot in an interview with the . Broadcasting network Abc that israelis ultimate approval of the peace conference plan is a no More than a he said that based on agreements reached during a visit by Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii a in principle the answer is positive that Israel will attend the conference. Speaking later president Bush said he heard that Arens a sounded positive about the peace conference and said he was not disappointed Israel has not committed to the plan. Syria saudi Arabia Kuwait Jordan Lebanon and Egypt All have accepted the formula put Forth by Baker. But the Arab states have objected to israelis continued building of settlements in the Golan. Israel radio said housing minister Canadian ban on tobacco ads unconstitutional Montreal apr a provincial court has declared Canada s Federal ban on tobacco advertising unconstitutional striking a blow at one of the strictest anti smoking Laws in the world. The tobacco Industry on saturday hailed the ruling which was issued Friday and said it was ready to put cigarette ads Back into print and on the air. The decision could be appealed however. A your position is that the Law has been declared null a said Simon Potter a lawyer for Imperial tobacco ltd., which had joined with Rwjr Macdonald inc. In pressing for the court ruling on the Federal Law. Quebec Superior court Justice Jean Jude Chabot ruled that Federal Law barring cigarette advertising violates the right to Freedom of expression outlined in Canadas charter of rights and freedoms. He said that the Federal government had overstepped its Bounds by enacting the ban and that the question belonged in the jurisdiction of the provinces. Anti smoking activists and health groups however Are urging Federal health minister Benot Bouchard to Appeal immediately. Bouchard expressed disappointment at the decision but said he would have to examine it before deciding whether to Appeal. In his ruling Chabot called the ban an attempt by the state to a remodel beliefs and a it is this kind of single minded social engineering which is contrary to the democratic values of Canadian society a he said. Anti smoking groups were angered. A we fail to see any Public Good in allowing the tobacco Industry to kill people a said Victor Lachance executive director of the Canadian Council on smoking and health. The decision follows a trial that began in september 1989 and ran intermittently until the fall of 1990. At the trial lawyers for Rwjr Macdonald and Imperial tobacco argued that while advertising reinforces Brand loyalty among smokers it does not encourage people to Start smoking. They also argued that the and ban deprives Canadas 6 million smokers of a constitutional right to information about a Legal product. Ariel Sharon a approval sunday of More housing for the Golan was an Effort to strengthen israelis hold there. The housing ministry would not confirm or deny the report. Israel captured the Golan Heights West Bank and Gaza strip in the 1967 six Day War. In 1981, it annexed the Golan which had been syrian territory but most countries have not recognized the annexation. Despite Arenso comments the peace plan was still being debated by top israeli officials. Foreign minister David Levy criticized fellow Cabinet members for resisting the initiative while Arab states had accepted it Israel radio reported. A fall Over the world they say that the arabs accepted our demand. We Are the Only ones who say they Haven to Levy was quoted As saying. He was to leave today for talks with egyptian leaders. After the Cabinet meeting. Religious affairs minister Avner Shaki said he thought the key question of palestinian representation in the peace conference could be settled in a few Days. Shaki said the government expected clarifications on the makeup of the palestinian delegation to come soon and then would respond to Washington. A Israel has in principle said yes but this is conditioned by the palestinians not being from East Jerusalem and not being members of the Plo a he said referring to the Palestine liberation organization. Israel annexed the Jerusalem Sarab sector after its capture in the 1967 War and fears that having an East Jerusalem Delegate would imply the City a status is negotiable. A go getter Shirae Haruhiko a master of the mysterious japanese game called go explains a Handy tactic to players gathered at the Eiffel Tower in Paris on saturday. Haruhiko 53, holds the world record with 101 games played and won at the same time. On saturday he was trying for 102 games. Go is played with 181 Black and 180 White stones on a wooden Board Check ered by 19 vertical and 19 horizontal lines to form 361 intersections. Players try to conquer territory by enclosing vacant Points with boundaries made of Thor own stones. Gunmen kill 15 in crowded bar Bogota Colombia apr gunmen sprayed a crowded bar in the cocaine Center of Cali with Auto Matic weapons fire killing 15 people and wounding 13, officials said sunday. At least one report linked the attack to the drug War. Run radio network quoted police As saying the attack saturday night was connected to a Battle Between the cocaine Cartel in the Southern City of Cali and rival traffickers in the Northwestern City of Medellin. If the Medellin Cartel was responsible it would be the third mass killing in Cali since september attributed to that drug group. About 100 patrons were in the bar on the City a outskirts when Between seven and 10 assailants dressed in Black stormed in and began firing indiscriminately with automatic weapons according to the investigating judge Harold Manrique. Thirteen people died in the gunfire that left the dance floor and tables covered with broken Glass and blood officials said. Another two people died after being rushed to the Hospital the officials said. Of the 13 wounded one was a Swiss says stagnant Eastern Germany coming to life Berlin apr German Chancellor Helmut Kohl said sunday that beleaguered Eastern Germany is breaking out of its economic doldrums. But social Democrat Bjorn Engholm who Heads the country a leading opposition party said recovery is at least five years away and suggested that Kohl ought to resign. The debate Between Germany a two top politicians comes at a time when former East Germany has reached a Crossroads in its Quick shift to a free Market Economy. Although economists say Industrial production has probably bottomed out joblessness is expected to keep climbing. Kohl said on German radio that he sees optimistic signs. Since january he said there have been 420,000 applications for new businesses in the Eastern Region. He said 2,600 of the 8,000 former state owned enterprises have been turned Over to private hands and will lure 65 billion Marks $37 billion in new investment. In Western Germany he said the Gross National product has risen 4.5 percent during the first half of the year a perform. Mance better than Japan a. A without German Unity we would not have had this economic Boom a he said. Economists generally agree that the demand for Western products by Eastern germans helped the powerful Western German Economy avoid the recession that has beset other economic Powers. Kohl acknowledged that joblessness in Eastern Germany remains the most immense problem. Engholm in an interview on the Adf television news show Bonn direct said it probably will take five years for the East to show signs of recovery. In a Magazine interview he also said that Kohls Christian Democrat led coalition was in disarray and that the Chancellor ought to think about stepping Down. He has continually reminded Kohl about his Campaign Promise last year when the Chancellor said no one in Eastern Germany would be worse off than before German unification
