European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 16, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes wednesday october 16, 1991 at a glance spec. Steven Lawrence helps prepare a car for Sale at the one Stop car shop in Heilbronn Germany. See Story on pages 14-15.safe seafood a National coalition of chefs is urging the Federal government to protect Consumers with a comprehensive mandatory seafood safety program. A Page 4swaggart Steps Down Jimmy Swaggart is stepping Down from the leadership role in his worldwide ministry following allegations he picked up a prostitute. A Page 5columbus Safe at Home baseball legend Joe Dimaggio said he would have none of the abuse critics have hurled at Christopher Columbus recently. A Page 6assault weapons ban urged new York police commissioner Lee p. Brown appealed for a National ban on assault weapons saying that they were partly responsible for the rising homicide rate. A Page 7alaskan governor criticized gov. Walter j. Hickel s Rush to develop alaskan wilderness has spurred a recall  Page 10 thaw brings wage freeze the thawing of the cold War has created a new freeze at Hughes aircraft a in the salaries of top executives. A Page 17free credit reports a leading compiler of personal financial data said it would allow Consumers to obtain free copies of their credit histories. A Page 18 Index Abby Ann Landers. 19 comics. 19-21 commentary. 13 faces n places. 22 letters. 12 Money matters. 17-18 sports. 23-28 to listings. 27 weather. 11 Nobel prize in economics goes to British researcher Stockholm Sweden apr Ronald coast of Britain won the Nobel prize in economics tuesday for his pioneering work in explaining the importance in economic theory of the costs of entering contracts and managing businesses. In awarding the $1 million prize the Royal swedish Academy of sciences said the 81-year-old Coasey a research in the 1970s and 1980s pointed out an important flaw in Basic microeconomic theory. Coast the Academy said that coast a showed that traditional Basic microeconomic theory was incomplete because it Only included production and transport costs whereas it neglected the costs of entering into and executing contracts and managing  such costs Are commonly known As transaction costs and they account for a considerable share of the total use of resources in the Economy the Academy said. A by incorporating different types of transaction costs coast paved the Way for a systematic analysis of institutions in the economic system and their significance a the Academy said. The Academy said coast a professor emeritus at the University of Chicago a Law school also pioneered the concept of property rights. It said his theories a Are among the most dynamic forces behind research in economic science and jurisprudence  coast a succeeded in specifying principles for explaining the institutional Structure of the Economy thereby also making new contributions to our understanding of the Way the Economy functions a said the Academy. A it took a Long time for his approach to gain a foothold a said the Academy which said his contributions were a a result of methodical research work where each segment was gradually added to the next Over a period of Many  coast was born in Willesden Middlesex England in 1910. He was on vacation in the French Riviera and had not been notified that he had won the prize said Carl Olof Jacobson Secretary general of the Academy. The Nobel memorial prize in economic science a the Only Nobel prize that Wasny to established by Alfred Nobel a was established in 1968 by the Bank of Sweden. Since 1969, when the first prize was presented 60 percent of the laureates have been american citizens or 18 out of 30.bush from Page 1 half dozen or so wavering senators. After a weekend of heated sometimes sexually explicit hearings televised to the nation the Issue of Thomas nomination at last was before the Senate where floor debate was preceding the Roll Call vote. A a he a feeling Good a Thomas chief Senate Backer sen. John c. Danforth r-mo., said of the nominee. A this is obviously in my opinion not one that you can decide by looking at Public opinion polls a said one wavering Democrat sen. Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut. Those polls indicated that More americans believed Thomas total denial than Anita Hills detailed allegations of ugly sexual harassment in the office a decade ago. A her Story in my Opidi a i Blicas a Inion was not credible a said Republican sen. Orrin g. Hatch of Utah a Thomas supporter on the Senate judiciary committee told lbs on tuesday. A i think Anita Hill was telling the truth a countered Leahy. Hatch criticized democrats for their conduct during the weekend hearings and Leahy answered with an indictment of Republican tactics. A it Wasny to a search for the truth a Leahy said. A it was a search to try to smear Anita  a simple majority was needed to confirm Ana Send the conservative Black judge to a lifetime seat on the nations highest court. Shelby predicted a narrow Thomas Victory but opponents held out Hopes their last minute lobbying would win enough defections to Block the nomination. Thomas would have 52 votes if 41 republicans and 11 democrats stuck with pledges of support made before Hills allegations surfaced. The judiciary committee had voted to Send the nomination to the floor without recommendation after a motion of approval lost on a 7-7 tie vote. A key Southern Democrat sen. J. Bennett Johnston of Louisiana reaffirmed his support for Thomas saying three Days of hearings into the allegations made by the University of Oklahoma Law professor had not changed his mind. Another former aide to Thomas Sukari Hardnett told the associated press that some Black women in his office at the equal employment Opportunity commission Felt they were objects of Thomas a sexual interest and physical inspection. Her private testimony to Senate investigators was distributed to All 100 senators As was a transcript of the entire three Days of hearings into Hills allegations. A if you were Young Black female and reasonably attractive you knew full Well you were being inspected and auditioned As a female a Hardnett said. Hill Back Home in Norman okla., received a rousing Welcome from supporters monday and lashed out at attacks on her by republicans on the judiciary committee who had called her allegations lies or  a from Page 1 four self proclaimed Quot serbian autonomous provinces a which encompass a third of the republics territory. Of Yugoslavia a six republics Only Serbia the largest and Montenegro the smallest have not declared their sovereignty. Macedonia declared sovereignty last month but chose to remain within the federation for the time being. Fighting Between croatian forces and serbs opposed to secession backed by the serbian dominated Federal army has raged in Croatia since that Republic declared its Independence june 25. More than 1,000 people have died. Slovenia also declared Independence in june but a cease fire ended lighting there. The violence continued in Croatia on tuesday with rocket attacks on the Eastern croatian cities of Vinkovic and Osi Jek and fighting in the Central cities of Sisak Pankrac and Lipik. Serbia says Croatia can secede from Yugoslavia but not with territories dominated by the republics 600,000-Strong serbian minority. Croatia blames the civil War on serbian expansionism engineered by serbian president Slobodan Milosevic and fears that serbian dominated areas would be controlled from Belgrade the Federal and serbian capital. The presidents of Croatia and Serbia left for Moscow on tuesday to hold separate meetings with soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev who has called for an end to the fighting. The soviet news Agency Tass quoted croatian president Franjo Tadjman As saying he hoped the talks could a help Stop this bloody  the Agency quoted Milosevic As saying he hoped a the mediation of Moscow with which we have always had Good relations will be  from Page 1 dusk. Since there was no electricity we did no to work after  the work was occasionally just too much for Carlo a we found four or five rooms stacked to the ceilings with ordnance a Batta said. When the smells became too much for Carlo Batta said he took the dog outside to get away from the doors of explosives. In several cases there was so much ordnance he put Carlo Back in their vehicle to protect the animal from setting off something. The work was As hazardous for All the team members As it was overwhelming for Carlo bean said. One Mission took a team of special forces Eod and Carlo and Batta to the Palestine liberation organization Headquarters. A it was a Little bit of a tense time a bean said understating the dangers. A people liked to shoot at  the missions goal was to collect intelligence information bean said adding a we rummaged through the buildings floor by floor room by  Many of the rooms were Booby trapped bean said. After the Eod Mem Bers inspected for obvious traps such As trip wires Carlo saved time by detecting where other explosives were hidden he added. Although Carlo did no to like the oppressive heat of saudi Arabia where he and Batta worked until the liberation of Kuwait he thrived on the attention he received from the american soldiers who were generous in their affection. Many of the special forces soldiers Hadnot seen a dog in seven months or More so they adopted Carlo Batta said. Carlo in turn had it made going from one person to another when he wanted to play until he found someone to oblige him Batta said