European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 31, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday August 31, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 9 Croatia accepts dec plan for talks peacekeepers world Belgrade Yugoslavia apr the embattled croatian Republic has endorsed a european Community proposal for an International peace conference on Yugoslavia and the deployment of Western cease fire monitors officials said Friday. The dec plan has not been accepted however by Yugoslavia a largest and most powerful state Serbia whose hard line leadership has rejected foreign involvement in Yugoslavia a internal affairs. Croatian leaders also praised the eco a refusal to accept the alteration of Yugoslavia a Republic Borders by Force the state news Agency Tan Jug said. Dec observers have already been deployed to Monitor the truce in the Northern state of Slovenia where fighting briefly raged after it too declared Independence from Yugoslavia. The fighting in Croatia has been far More serious and prolonged. It pits croatian militias against serbian guerrillas backed by the yugoslav army. Croatia sought Independence after Yugoslavia rejected a proposal to transform the nation into a Loose federation. Minority serbs in Croatia want their territory to remain part of Yugoslavia or even Serbia. Stepping up pressure on Serbia the econ thursday blamed the Republic for the continuing bloodshed in Croatia and threatened to halt talks with serbian leaders if they do not accept the latest dec peace plan. The . State department also criticized Serbia accusing it of bearing a a particular and growing responsibility for the violence in Yugoslavia. Meanwhile gunfire and explosions were heard Friday outside Vukovan 25 Miles Southeast of Osisek on the Danube Border with Serbia. Croatian guardsmen told reporters that Federal army tanks were advancing toward the town. In Belgrade about 1,000 mothers of conscripts serving in the yugoslav army continued to protest Friday in a military Barracks. The women a mostly from Croatia Bosnia Herze Govina and Macedonia a Are demanding that their sons be released from service in War torn regions of Croatia where several soldiers have been killed Over the past two months. Several thousand mothers and other peace activists also demonstrated Friday in front of Federal army command Headquarters in Zagreb the croatian capital. The military command says its troops which have been repeatedly engaged in the fighting Are trying to keep the warring sides apart in order to prevent a full scale civil War. But croatian leaders and an dec Diplomat have said the army is siding with the serbian insurgents and providing them with arms and other assistance. / at a conference in Brussels Belgium on wednesday the dec proposed a peace conference for Yugoslavia if a cease fire takes effect by sunday. But it did not specify who besides the yugoslav republics would at hundreds of mothers protest for their sons release from the yugoslav Federal army in Zagreb Yugoslavia. Tend the meeting. If there is no cease fire the dec foreign ministers agreed to take unspecified measures against Serbia which has refused to accept dec proposals to halt the fighting. The dec peace plan a represents the recognition of the principled policies of Croatia in seeking a peaceful and democratic solution a said a statement issued thursday by Croatia a ruling body after a late night session. In Zagreb croatian Deputy Premier Milan Ramljak told reporters that ensuring a cease fire in Croatia was a obviously not possible without the  at least 280 people have died in the fighting that broke out in Croatia after it declared Independence june 25. Firebombs found on London train London up a a janitor found three incendiary devices concealed beneath the seat of a subway car Early thursday triggering a massive search of the London underground and prompting authorities to warn commuters to be Alert to the threat of terrorist attacks. Police defused the devices which a spokesman described As similar in design to suspected Irish Republican army firebombs that detonated at several shops in Manchester in april and at a London pub this month. But rail authorities acknowledged that a full search of the underground a 60,000 seats on 460 trains had not been completed before service opened at Dawn. A was a result of that decision we got London to work a said London underground passenger services director Ian Arthurton. A we would not have got London to work if we actually had to Stop All the trains and give them a proper  the janitor found the three devices each about the size of a cigarette pack in a plastic bag stuffed in the padding of a seat of a car parked at the Hammersmith depot in West London. It was unclear whether the devices had been intentionally planted or abandoned. It was also unclear How Long they had gone undetected because the cleaning operation is conducted Only twice a year. Marijuana plants found outside Mcdonald from wire reports London a marijuana plants have been found growing in a Flower Box outside a Mcdon aids restaurant in the English town of Stourbridge but police say they have no suspects and no plans to prosecute. Five plants were spotted at the hamburger chains outlet in City in the West midlands earlier this week baffling the staff and the drug squad. A there will be no prosecution a a West midlands drug squad spokesman told the Independent newspaper Friday. A a Mcdonald a does not know How the cannabis plants came to he growing in the Flower  police kill hostage taker Paris a police sharpshooters late thursday killed a hostage taker who had slain three Cap. Lives and attempted to flee behind a human shield that included a 2-month-old baby. The shootout outside a Low income apartment in Eastern Paris ended a 12-hour standoff. Christian destival 31, from the Caribbean Island of Guadeloupe opened fire with a Rifle As he tried to escape with the baby under an Arm and two adult hostages in front of him police reported. A police inspector was slightly wounded in the gunfire and the two adult hostages had been beaten. Inside the apartment officers discovered the bodies of two men and the baby smother. Peace walk begins Bangkok Thailand a forty americans including three Vietnam War veterans have begun a 1,000-mile a peace walk Quot through Vietnam to encourage the United states to lift an economic embargo against the country the official Vietnam news Agency reported. The americans who Are making the walk despite the objections of the . Government set out wednesday on the first leg of their journey from Hanoi to the ancient capital of Hue Vna said. The a peace walkers Quot who Range from i1 to 75, will not actually be doing much walking. The itinerary of the trip from Hanoi in the North  Chi Minh City formerly Saigon in the South Calls for bus travel most of the Way rail for them to Lead symbolic marches through some of the cities and towns they pass. Scaffold collapse kills 6 Jakarta Indonesia a at least six building construction workers died and 11 other workers were seriously injured when a 200-foot scaffolding collapsed underneath them police said Friday. The Accident occurred around midday thursday when workers were plastering and painting the exterior of the High Rise Jaya office building in the Western Jakarta suburb of slip police said. The Accident was witnessed by hundreds of workers and passers by who could do Little except scream police and witnesses said. Flight delays increase Brussels Belgium a a Quarter of european flight departures in june were delayed More than 15 minutes because of congested airports and skies the association of european airlines said Friday. The total was up from 15 percent in May. A air traffic control snarls and Airport capacity constraints Quot were the main cause of delays said the groups Secretary general Karl Heinz  by the stars and stripes Kalua pig Lomi Lomi Salmon and pineapples May not be typical French cuisine but to the people of Bruyerer France it might be considered a thanksgiving dinner. Residents of the town in the Vosges mountains West of Colmar first tasted the hawaiian food in 1961, when the town began a sister City relationship with Honolulu. But they got to know people who eat it in 1944, when the 442nd regimental combat team made up of Japa Nese americans from Hawaii freed the town from the germans. A town festival on oct. 20 will commemorate the 30 years of ties to Honolulu and army veterans from Hawaii who Are helping plan the event want hawaiians living in Europe to attend. In Honolulu former City councilman and retired master sgt. Wilbert Hock is organizing a trip for War veterans and others. Hock fought with the 442nd at Bruyerer and later helped establish the sister City association said sex hawaiian Roberto Cabulong of Walldorf Germany. Cabulong a retired army Captain and government employee missed the actual liberation. But he attended the sister City party in 1961 and helped organize liberation ceremonies after that. This year he wants help from hawaiians and non hawaiians who can prepare luaus or perform Hula music. Those who want to take part can Call him in Germany at 06227-4712 in the evenings or write to him at Box r53, 147th postal co Apo 09102, or Hans Holbein Strasse 32-a, d-6909 Walldorf Germany