European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 11, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Witnesses to Back Hill sources say Washington apr two witnesses Are expected to testily that Anita Hill confided allegations of sexual harassment when the Senate judiciary committee opens a new hearing on the supreme court nomination of Clarence Thomas sources familiar with the allegations said thursday. Both Thomas and Hill now a University of Oklahoma Law professor will testify before the committee when it meets today and possibly through the weekend to assess the allegations that forced a weeks delay in the Senate confirmation vote. Two other witnesses who sources said would support Hill were also expected to testify according to the officials who spoke on condition of anonymity. One is a former Yale Law school classmate who is now a state judge the sources said. The other is Joel Paul a Law professor at Washington a american University who has said that Hill Tola him during a Job interview that she had been sexually harassed by an unnamed supervisor when she worked for the equal employment Opportunity commission which Thomas chaired for eight years. Hill arrived in Washington on wednesday night to prepare for her appearance. Thomas who met with president Bush at the White House on wednesday left his Home thursday morning in a chauffeured government car. His destination was unknown. Sen. Patrick Leahy d-vt., who has been designated As one of the democrats to question Thomas during the new hearing said thursday that a it is absolutely essential that we find out if we possibly can who is telling the truth. �?o1 intend to ask As Tough and probing questions of. Both that i can a Leahy said on lbs this morning. He said he will Endeavor to be fair to both but said he is concerned that a kind of a kill the messenger attitude is building up toward Hill. A i feel sad for both of them because there a no Way either of them Are going to come out of this with either of them being totall Jound to be right a sen. Orrin g. Hatch a Utah said during an appearance with Leahy. A both will carry the scars of this for the rest of their  with the Senate in recess until today Senate judiciary chairman Joseph r. Biden jr., d-del., met with committee democrats to map plans for the new hearings. The hearing is expected to begin today. They were ordered by the Senate to examine the allegations by Hill a former assistant to Thomas a decade ago. Hill has alleged that after spurning his requests for dates Thomas harassed her with sexually explicit descriptions of a rated movies. A the purpose of this is simple and straightforward a Biden said. A a it a to focus on the Issue of whether or not see Hill on Page 2 supreme court nominee Clarence Thomas and his wife Virginia leave their Alexandria va., Home wednesday for a White House meeting. Columbus in this weekend s sunday Magazine German parties reach Accord to Weed out refugees faster Bonn Germany up a the leading parliamentary parties agreed thursday to Speed up procedures for the expulsion of economic refugees in a bid to slash the influx of Asylum seekers which the government has partly blamed for continuing anti foreigner violence. As the four parties were meeting at the chancellery the bundestag sharply condemned the racist violence that included More than 600 attacks so far this year. In a statement she read in the name of All deputies parliamentary president Rita Siihsmuth said the a bundestag declares its Solidarity with those who Are being  a we know particularly in View of our grim experience with National socialism that political Asylum is of fundamental importance for those who Are racially re see German on Page 2 dec condemns fighting in Yugoslavia after new conflicts shake cease fire Belgrade Yugoslavia apr new fighting broke out Early thursday in several areas of Croatia despite the latest cease fire Accord and the clashes Drew unusually Sharp european Community criticism of the warring parties. Serbia a Belgrade radio said the fighting began when troops of the serbian dominated Federal army came under fierce shelling in and around the Eastern croatian towns of Osieck and Vukovan two croatian strongholds. A the army did not return the fire until the lies of its soldiers were  the report said.  Zagreb radio said army tanks Iipp Omed by infantry had advanced on Ai i that the Force was beaten. N s. N is ii a it later. _ y Aboslav army and croatian a in met again in Zagreb to a. I Eidor cing the latest dec i he adjourned after a Ever apparently in the continued fighting and Lack of Progress in lifting army blockades of strategic croatian towns and ending croatian blockades of army Barrack provoked a Sharp response from senior dec officials in the croatian capital. Dec envoy Dirk Jan  Houten told reporters that unless some Progress was made thursday he would seek new negotiators at the talks in Zagreb. The army is presently represented by Gen. Andrija Raseta and the croatian guard by col. Imre a Otic. Gen. Johann Kosters of the dec team monitoring hostilities in Croatia said negotiators were either showing Lack of Good will a for we Are not dealing with people who have  a two Days have already passed and we Are disappointed with the fact that neither of the sides has lifted the blockades or ceased fire or done anything to cease hostilities a said another dec envoy Simon Smits. The croatian radio said Osisek capital of the Oil Rich Slavonia Region bordering Serbia had been under fire from rebel serbs in the neighbouring Village of ten a since Early thursday. Five people were seriously wounded and two lightly injured in heavy fire near Osisek croatian defense ministry officials said. The Federal army has increasingly sided with ethnic serbs fighting to break away from what they believe would be an Ultra nationalist Croatia should that Republic achieve Independence. The serbs have seized nearly half of Croatia since the non communist Republic on june 25 declared Independence from Yugoslavia which is dominated by socialist Serbia. Hundreds perhaps thousands of people have died in inc civil War. Croatian president Franjo Tadjman and his rival serbian president Slobodan Milosevic were in the Hague Netherlands on thursday for a new round of dec sponsored peace  pole Ozone reaches new Low Washington a Only a Day after saying that this years Ozone depletion at the South pole was the fourth worst on record Nasa refined its data to say oct. 6 probably was the worst Day it Ever recorded. On that Day the space Agency a Nimbus-7 satellite measured Ozone values As Low As 110 Dobson units at a Point where they had been near 200 in mid August. Dobson units arc a measure used for Ozone concentrations. Nasa has been measuring Ozone depletion for 13 years and found that 1987 was the worst year in that period with measurements As Low As 126 Dobson units. The Ozone Hole is an area of 8 million Square Miles Over the Antarctica. Ozone in the upper atmosphere is important because it acts As a shield against the suns ultraviolet radiation which can cause skin cancer