European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 10, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday december 10, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 9vance cites Progress on peacekeepers Belgrade Yugoslavia apr , envoy Cyrus Vance Lef Yugoslavia on monday with what he called a a substantial agreement on How to deploy . Peacekeepers in Croatia. But his Boss said there still was too much fighting to allow a . Force to enter the country. In a meeting sunday with serbian president Slobodan Milosevic Vance said no peacekeepers would be sent unless the .-brokered cease fire is observed. And . Secretary general Javier Perez de Cuellar said monday in new York that the continued shelling around the croatian City of Dubrovnik would prevent the deployment of . Peacekeepers. The . Chief told reporters that the cease fire around the Adriatic port a is holding More or  however he added a it is not what 1 would Call a total cease fire which is indispensable for us to Send any peacekeeping  he said he would be briefed by Vance today. Thousands of people have been killed in the 5vi months of fighting since Croatia declared Independence. Croatian forces have battled doth the serb dominated Federal army and serbian irregulars. Most of Croatia was reported quiet monday and european Community monitors said preparations were under Way for the Federal army to leave Barracks near Zagreb Croatia s capital. Croatia agreed to halt a blockade of the Barracks if the troops would leave. . Sources in Belgrade the capital of Serbia and of Yugoslavia quoted Vance As saying a concept had been worked out for deployment of peacekeepers that has the a substantial agreement of All  the sources speaking on condition of anonymity quoted Vance As explaining that under an Quot Ink blot strategy the troops would be deployed at trouble spots and not along demarcation lines or Borders. Croatia had wanted peacekeepers along the Border with Serbia because it claims Milosevic is seeking to expand Serbia a territory. However the yugoslav news Agency Tan Jug quoted Vance As telling Milosevic that the terms of the nov. 26 cease fire have not been met so no peacekeeping deployment can be envisioned. Its do Didio Hahn fuel tapped pvt. Manfred Boll a member of the pipeline Pioneer in 850, a German army unit at Zweig Rick in a works saturday amid a configuration of pipes that pumped aviation fuel from storage tanks at Hahn a into a nato pipeline. About 1.9 million Gallons of Jet fuel were moved from Hahn which no longer has fighters stationed at the base to air bases at Span Dahlem and bit Burg. The 583rd logistics so at Hahn assisted the 850th.Moon s Church plans to invest in North Korea Seoul South Korea apr the Rev. Sun Myung Moon has signed a contract for his controversial unification Church to invest millions of dollars in communist North Korea his newspaper said monday. Moon is a staunch anti communist and his Church criticized in the United states and South Korea for its cult like practices has Long sponsored anti communist activities in South Korea. Despite Moons anti communist background he reportedly has pursued interests in the soviet Union and China and has family in North Korea. Moon travelled to Beijing on saturday after a week Long visit to North Korea that included talks with Leader Kim ii Sung and visits to his Hometown and prospective Sites of Industrial projects. The segue times a Church owned National daily said Moon signed the contract during his trip to North Korea. It provides for investment in tourism ports and Industrial complexes. No figure was Given but experts said the proposed projects could require several billion dollars. Moons visit to North Korea came As a Surprise. North Korea allowed the visit apparently to attract badly needed foreign investment and to improve relations with the West. The visit by the 72-year-old Church Leader angered South Korea which said it is investigating whether he violated National Security Laws by discussing sensitive political issues. Last week South Korea said his visit had Hurt Intra Korea relations. Worldwide held in death of suicidal mate Tokyo apr a woman has been arrested on suspicion of fatally stabbing her husband after he apparently failed to hang himself a newspaper reported monday. A i wanted to make him comfortable As soon As possible a the mass circulation Asahi newspaper quoted Utako Yamashita 43, As saying. She was arrested sunday at her Home in Yokohama on suspicion of murder but it was not immediately Clear what charges prosecutors would file. The report said she stabbed her husband twice in the Chest with a Kitchen knife to put him out of his suffering because she thought his heart was still beating after he tried to hang himself from a clothes rack with a rope. Tamio Yamashita 52, a professor of Irish literature at Hosei University and an expert on the poet William Butler Yeats returned from studies in London in october six months ahead of schedule. Since then he had repeatedly told his wife that he wanted to die and had complained about health and work problems. The report said Utako Yamashita called the police from her Home and said a i have killed my  the police found her husband dead on the bed and she was next to him rubbing his body it  boy 4, cleared of assaulting toddler from wire reports Cairo Egypt a egyptian authorities acquitted a 4-year-old boy on charges that he assaulted a girl toddler when he was 2, marking the first such Case in the history of the egyptian judiciary newspapers reported monday. The trial in a Cairo juvenile court of chocolate chomping Mohammed Mohammed Qarni Drew widespread attention in the egyptian Media. The boy was acquitted of assault and a previous court decision that ordered him taken into care was rescinded. A while the boys lawyers were defending him in court he happily munched on a chocolate bar his parents bought him happily oblivious of whal was going on a the Cairo daily Al ashram reported. The Mother of the 2-year-old girl allegedly assaulted by Mohammed filed the Battery charges last year telling police the boy injured nor daughter in an a unprovoked  stations protest Law Athens Greece a filling station owners around Greece on monday began an indefinite strike to protest a government Law allowing Oil companies to establish their own pumps. The Union of Gas station owners representing the country a 6,500 filing stations said the recently approved Law will allow companies to set up 650 outlets or 10 percent of the total. The Union said the companies will be Able to Supply their own filling stations at lower prices. Thousands of cars created traffic jams at most Athens filling stations late sunday As people tried to fill their tanks before the strike  denies charges Manila Philippines a i me i a Marcos pleaded not guilty monday to charges of tax evasion in the Philippines first criminal trial of the family of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos. Wearing White and holding a Black beaded Rosary the former first lady answered with a firm a not guilty As each of the seven charges were read. Her son Ferdinand a Bong Bong Marcos jr., pleaded not guilty to two counts. State prosecutors allege Imelda Marcos failed to file tax returns or pay about s 1,246 in income taxes in 1985 and 1986.pro-statehood forces win a Victory in puerto Rico san Juan puerto Rico apr in a Victory for forces supporting . Statehood voters have rejected a Bill of a democratic rights Quot that would have asserted the Spanish speaking Caribbean islands distinct cultural identity. The measure voted on in sundays referendum also proposed new rules for any future vote on the Island s political status. The pro statehood new progressive party led by Pedro Rossello had campaigned hard against the measure warning that it might alienate the . Con Gress which oversees the Island. With nearly All ballots counted returns showed 54.9 percent of voters against the Bill and 45 percent in favor. The referendum outcome dealt a Sharp political blow to gov. Rafac Hernandez Colon. Colon Leader of the popular democratic party favors a continuance of the Island s status As a . Commonwealth with greater autonomy. It also represented a defeat for the Small puerto rican Independence parly which favors full autonomy. Puerto Picans Are about evenly divided Between those who want statehood and those who favor remaining a Commonwealth according to polls with less than 10 percent wanting full Independence. The referendum Bill had called for a the right to choose a status of full political dignity without either colonial or territorial subordination to the plenary Powers of the .  the Bill also sought to a guarantee. Our culture language and distinct identity a including the islands right to Field its own teams for International Competition such As the olympic games. A final clause sought to guarantee . Citizenship for puerto Picans. Spain ruled puerto Rico for 400 years before territorial control was ceded to the United states in 1898. Congress granted the Island Commonwealth status in 1952. Residents of puerto Rico cannot vote in . Presidential elections. However they can be drafted in the . Armed forces. They Are represented in Washington by an elected non voting commissioner in the House of representatives