European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 12, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 a the stars and stripes tuesday november 12,1991 at a glance Baker Republican gubernatorial candidate David Duke jumps up on a table at a rally in Pineville la. The election is saturday. Sec Story on Page 7. Scarlett Rhett still hot avid fans of gone with the wind Memorabilia gathered at a conference in Richmond va., the one time capital of the confederacy. A Page 4 California Gold fading Only half of californians believe their state is one of the Best places to live Down from 78 percent is years ago a Survey shows. A Page 5 Maxwell Laid to rest the shrouded body of Robert Maxwell was lowered sunday into a Rocky grave on the mount of olives where jews since biblical times have found permanent rest. A Page 8 cartoon contest winners twelve of the 20 winners of the  a desert storm humor car Toon contest Are stationed in Germany. A Page 9 cleanup funds reported the defense department is quietly reimbursing big contractors millions of dollars for environmental cleanup costs a report says. A Page 17index . Abby Ann Landers .20 action line. .16 comics. 18-20 commentary. .13 crossword. .20 faces in places .10 letters. .12 Money matters a .17 sports. 21-28 to listings. .27 weather. .11 from Page 1 american official to visit Japan since Miyazawa was elected prime minister last tuesday. In wide ranging talks with Miyazawa and new Cabinet members Baker said North Korea s Pursuit of nuclear weapons might Best be solved in a multilateral framework that includes the United states Japan China and the soviet Union. A the idea is that those four countries have an interest in stability and not having conflicts break out in this Region a a senior state department official said. Baker was quoted As suggesting the four might persuade North Korea to abandon its nuclear program. The state department official said there had been a a Strong similarity of views on the korean Issue a indicating Japan had been receptive to the . Proposal. Baker and Miyazawa also discussed president Bush a cancelled asian tour Security in Asia Trade and the Middle East. Baker assured Miyazawa that Bush is looking Forward to making the trip he was forced to cancel because of pressing Domestic problems at Home. Bush a decision followed mounting criticism from democrats that he was concentrating too much on foreign affairs. It came however at a sensitive time for Miyazawa who had set his sights on using the visit to announce with Bush How the two countries plan to cooperate in contributing to world peace Over the next so years. The trip had been scheduled to begin in Tokyo on nov. 29, one week before the 50th-anniversary commemorations of the japanese attack on Pearl Harbor that pulled the United states into world War ii. Bakery a criticisms of Japan also extended to the Trade Gap and unfair Trade practices. He took Tokyo to task for its blossoming Trade deficit with the United states. A we look to further efforts to eliminate exclusionary business practices and create a business climate conducive to foreign Competition a he said in his speech. A Japan must accept the Mantle of economic responsibility a he said. A was one of the primary beneficiaries of the open world trading system Japan should Lead not follow in the Effort to preserve and strengthen that  7-eleven from Page 1 connected directly to registers clerks in Japan a 7-elevens record not Only the item purchased and its Price but also the customers gender and a guess of the customers age. That can yield important information about customer preferences. Items that move Are restocked daily a sometimes several times a Day. And items that done to move disappear within Days after sales begin to slow. They Are replaced immediately by new items identified As Good prospects for the Young adult crowd that dominates 7-eleven Japan a customers. The new management Hopes to introduce similar computerized inventory sys tems this fall in Hawaii where 7-eleven Japan bought 50 stores in 1989 As it began to be drawn into the faltering . Operation Hidetoshi Akiyama a 7-eleven Japan spokesman said in Tokyo. A the priority right now is to assure that the goods m the . Stores Are what the customers need a he said. Ito Okado co., Japan a most profitable retailer and owner of the 7-eleven Japan franchise averages about $4,700 a Day in sales at each 7-eleven store in Tokyo on an inventory of about $35,000. It is Likely to for comparable results in the United states. That Means that even As the . 7-eleven stores boost the number of items offered by More than half they May have to shrink their inventory Cost to less than half of the $100,000 that prevailed for example in Hawaii before the japanese Purchase. Daily sales in the . Stores at about $3,600, also will have to Rise significantly. Meanwhile what customers will no longer find at . 7-eleven stores is the discounting Ana Price cutting that became part of the . Convenience store scene in recent years As chains and even some local managers sought to beat supermarkets at their own game. A convenience stores cannot Hope to stand up to supermarkets when it comes to discounts a Suzuki said. A if convenience stores want to survive they must think about differentiating themselves from  Suzuki believes that 7-eleven�?Ts problems Are part of a broader problem which he Calls a the ongoing failure of the . Retail Industry to come to grips with the changing  aids from Page 1 House on developing a combat the epidemic. It appointed by Congress and the president. A there is an enormous groundswell of support for this Johnson a appointment a said or. June e. Osborn who chairs the commission. A there is no question in my National policy to mind that magic Johnson has achieved a includes members breakthrough that will result in a Funda mental sea change a she said. A the thing that most people did no to want to hear is that it was heterosexually spread Quot Osborn said. A we did no to want to believe it because that would mean we could get it too. He has taken us past that  croats say 17 Dubrovnik hotels hit Belgrade Yugoslavia apr gunboats of the serbian led yugoslav military pounded Homes and hotels in Croatia s historic and once fashionable port of Dubrovnik monday. Federal forces also tightened their noose around the Eastern croatian City of Vukovan. Croatian radio said 17 Dubrovnik hotels were hit including those housing thousands of refugees from surrounding areas which have already fallen to the . The bombardment has transformed the Swanky Riviera into a pockmarked blackened wasteland. The yugoslav military offensive pressed on despite Tough Trade sanctions imposed last week by the 12-nation european Community thus far frustrated in its peacemaking efforts. More than 1,700 people have been killed in the fighting that erupted after Croatia declared Independence june 25. Dubrovnik besieged since oct. 1, came under fierce attack from the ground and the Adriatic sea just before 7 a.m., croatian radio and the european Community reported. As they have done throughout the 4vi-month-old War croatian radio and radio Belgrade gave widely varying casualty figures from heavy Battles around the City sunday. Croatian radio said five people were killed and Many wounded. Radio Belgrade said 30 croats were killed. Air raid alarms wailed in Osisek capital of the Eastern Slavonia Region in Nova Gradiska Slavonsky Brod and Slung another croatian town 60 Miles Southwest of Zagreb. Meanwhile Federal troops and tanks began leaving the Northern port of Rijeka under an agreement brokered by dec monitors saturday. The troops in Rijeka must depart by dec. 10. Officials reached in the battered City of Vukovan refused to give any information. The croatian defense ministry in Zagreb also said it had no news. 2 american hitchhikers reportedly raped Thionville France a police searched monday for two men who kicked up two american students hitch King in northeastern France and allegedly raped them in a Forest near the German Border. The gendarmerie at Thionville declined to provide the hometowns or other details of the two american women aged 22 and 24, who have been travelling in Europe for five months. The two had been in route from Germany to catch a plane monday in Paris police said. The women were reportedly picked up late saturday night on a Highway near Metz by two men who said they also were on their Way to Paris. But shortly after the women got into the car the men left the Highway and drove into the Forest where they beat and raped the women at gunpoint it was reported. The women were questioned by police on sunday before leaving for Paris. Planter s Corn chips recalled by cafes Heidelberg Germany a planters Brand Corn chips Are being recalled at cafes outlets in Europe because of a Heidelberg Soldier who developed gastrointestinal complications after eating the chips. No other cases of illness have been reported. The  a 7th medical come veterinary services office issued the recall for planters Brand Corn chips sold in 7.5-ounce canisters. Veterinary and cafes officials currently Are investigating the possibility that the chips May have been improperly stored. Cafes patrons who have purchased planters Brand Corn chips in the 7.5-ounce canister should return them to the place of Purchase for a full refund