European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 29, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 a the stars and stripes thursday August 29, 1991croatia agrees to attend dec peace talks from wire reports Paris a croatian president Franjo Tadjman on wednesday agreed to participate in a peace conference proposed by the european Community to end fighting Between ethnic croats and  Tadjman speaking to reporters after an hour of talks with French president Frangois Mitterrand said Croatia supports the plan reached by dec foreign ministers tuesday in Brussels Belgium. The foreign ministers proposed a peace conference for Yugoslavia if a cease fire takes effect in the breakaway Republic of Croatia by sunday. If not the ministers agreed to take unspecified measures against Serbia Yugoslavia a largest Republic which has refused to accept dec cease fire proposals. The dec endorsed Croatia a claim that Serbia is instigating the fighting to expand its Borders using the Federal army and guerrilla forces. Croatia has been counting on International pressure to Force the Federal army to return to its Barracks. Austria Germany and Italy have spoken this week about recognizing croatian Independence unless the fighting stops. The army says it Only intervenes to separate the two warring sides. It maintains most clashes involving the army Are initiated by croat Security forces trying to Cross Federal Buffer zones in an Effort to the wrecked remains of a car sit on a Road in Vukovan Yugoslavia. The car was struck on tuesday by a yugoslav army tank round which killed three croatian civilians. Retake lost land. A hard line communist is accused by Mitterrand Hopes to meet serbian Croatia of trying to create a greater ser president Slobodan Milosevic in coming a a Days to spell out the dec plan. Milosevic fighting in Croatia subsided wednes Day after the states presidency and Federal military chiefs agreed on the need for a cease fire. The Lull came after Days of escalating clashes that prompted Croatia to Tell its citizens to prepare for All out civil War if the yugoslav army and serbian guerrillas did not cease their offensive by saturday. The prospects of continued fighting led the . State department on tuesday evening to urge . Citizens to leave Croatia Bosnia Herzegovina and Kosovo immediately. It said . Citizens also should consider leaving other areas of Yugoslavia As Well. The advisory said roadblocks a make Road travel within Yugoslavia difficult and  a the potential for violent incidents exists throughout the country a it said. More than 250 people have died in the fighting since Croatia declared Independence june 25. Yugoslavia a recent efforts to silence the wars weapons focused on the two sides. Yugoslavia a collective Federal presidency which adjourned a session late tuesday was to resume its meeting wednesday the yugoslav news Agency Tan Jug reported. The eight member body was discussing the implementation of a cease fire it proclaimed in Croatia aug. 7.Sale to offer vehicles arts and crafts materials Aschaffenbur Germany a amps be hides arts and crafts materials and office furniture will be sold next week As the . Army recreation services support Center continues its Effort to close by oct. 1. The Sale tuesday and wednesday at Taylor Barracks in Aschaffenbur will offer hobbyists such items As Ceramic holds glazes and sealers. Woodworkers can buy fibreboard Cherry Oak and softwood and plywood. A few vehicles including 1-ton vow Ana Ford vans will also be up for Sale. Office furniture will be available in limited quantities. The Sale will be open to id cardholders Only from 9 . To 11 . Tuesday and to the general Public until 2 . The Public can shop from 9 . To 2 . Wednesday. Only Cash a dollars and German Marks a will be accepted and goods must be removed on the Day of the Sale. For More information Call William Traylor at ets 323-7066 or civilian 06021-35-7066. Taylor Barracks is located by the Aschaffenbur Ost exit on autobahn 3. Portion of civil War Battlefield Given to National Park service Sharpsburg my. Apr the National Park service has been Given the deed to a key piece of Antietam National Battlefield where Union and Confederate troops battled in the single bloodiest Day in . Military history. The Richard King Mellon foundation assisted by the conservation fund bought 151 acres of Farmland for $500,000 and officially transferred ownership of the property to the National Park service last weekend. The land known As the West Woods already was inside the National battlefields congressionally approved Boundary but it was privately owned and Farmed by the Poffenberger family. A the Poffenberger tract has Given us almost All of the West Woods a Battlefield historian Paul Chiles said monday. The land is situated near a visitors Center at the Battleground where the Blue and Gray fought sept. 17, 1862. When the fighting ended 23,110 soldiers were killed wounded or missing. Some of the fiercest fighting at Antietam was done in the West Woods Chiles said. On the morning of sept. 17, Union soldiers launched three attacks on Confederate Gen. Stonewall Jackson a army. The Union soldiers pushed Jackson a men into the West Woods. As the Union soldiers readied to counter artillery fire from the remnants of Jackson a army they were hit by a one two punch from Confederate reinforcements. A the ground seemed to erupt with rebels a Chiles said. A out of 5,500 Union troops that went into the West Woods 2,200 were killed or wounded in 20 minutes. A forty percent of the Union forces who went into the West Woods were lost. Thus this became known As the West Woods  the Park service currently is working on a general management plan that Calls for replanting hardwoods in the West Woods which is currently used for crops. A we want to put it Back to its 1862 appearance a Chiles said. The Mellon foundation is a private conservation organization based in Pittsburgh. The conservation fund is a non profit organization based in Arlington va., that works with other groups to buy and conserve land. Faces no places Man sentenced for break in at writer s Home from wire reports a Man who broke into the Home of horror writer Stephen King in Bangor Maine and threatened Kings wife with a fake bomb was placed on two years probation. Erik Keene 26, of san Antonio had said he wanted revenge on King for allegedly stealing the plot for the Best seller misery from a relative. Miser which was made into a movie is about a writer who is tormented by a deranged fan. Keene pleaded guilty to burglary. He admitted he broke a window to get into Kings Home april 20 and threatened Tabitha King with a fake  settles suit Gloria Estefan has settled with seven of the 10 people or companies she sued after she broke her Back in a traffic Accident her lawyer says. The lawyer Richard a. Russo of Wilkes Barre pa., would not disclose terms of the settlement. But a source said tuesday that the pop Singer her family and two staff members would receive $8.5 million. Estefan 33, Lead Singer of the Miami sound machine was injured in 1990 in Pennsylvania when a truck rammed her tour  Neill treated former House speaker Thomas p. A a tips of Neill or. Was hospitalized with pneumonia last week and is undergoing cancer radiation treatment said his wife Millie. Of Neill 78, is very tired but a doing Fine a his wife said tuesday. He was released from a Boston Hospital last week after a four Day stay. Of Neill who retired from the House in 1987, has battled cancer for four  Young fined Andre Youngjr. A or. Dre of the rap group . A pleaded no contest to beating up the Host of a television show and was fined $2,5134 and placed on two years probation. Municipal judge Frederick Wapner on tuesday also ordered Young to perform 240 hours of Community service and produce an anti violence Public service announcement for television. The 26-year-old rap Star was accused of beating Dee Barnes the 23-year-old Host of the Fox rap show Jap. Up it a a Hollywood party in january. She is suing the rap group for $22.7  sues Star u Pflamer peer criss whose beat drove the Rock band kiss through its Zenith in the 1970s, says he a neither alcoholic nor homeless As portrayed in a supermarket tabloid. Cons filed a libel lawsuit monday against the Star which described him in a Jan. 8 Story As a a hopeless alcoholic living a pathetic existence on the streets of Santa Monica  s?non0 us a dozen albums in the 1970s and Early 1980s. Cess is no longer with the band