European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 19, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 a the stars and stripes thursday december 19, 1991 at a glance shoppers Jam Berlin stores and streets despite High unemployment and other economic problems in reunited Germany. See Story on Page 10. Haitian deportation halted a judge in Miami issued a new order preventing deportation of thousands of haitian refugees to their strife torn nation. A Page 4 Mideast talks mired Little Progress has been made in the Middle East peace talks and israeli officials said tuesday that they will leave Washington signalling an end to the first round. A Page 5 Honecker a Fate undecided an air plane standing by to take Erich Honecker to North Korea has left without him dragging out the dispute Over the Fate of the former East German Leader. A Page 8 message of Hope hundreds of Pentagon employees gathered in the buildings Center courtyard tuesday to hear evangelist Billy Graham s Christmas message which called for renewed Hope for world peace. A Page 10reality of recession in a sudden about face the White House said the nation is still gripped by recession and the administration is reportedly considering tax rebates. A Page 18index Abby Ann Landers. .15 comics. 15-17 commentary. Crossword. Faces places. 14 letters. Money matters. .18 sports. 19-24 to listings. 23 weather. 11 Russia from Page 1. Unions seat on the . Security Council would have to be studied by the leaders of the nine republics expected to meet in Alma Ata on saturday to formally forge the new Commonwealth. The six republics expected to join the Commonwealth saturday Are Kazakhstan Uzbekistan Turkmenistan Kadzhi Kristan kirghiz and Armenia. Moldavia and Azerbaijan also have expressed Strong interest in joining while Georgia is still considering its position. Yeltsin was quoted by the russian information Agency As saying that the meeting saturday will choose a a commander in chief of the unified strategic armed  the strongest candidate is soviet defense minister Yevgeny Shaposhnikov who  kazakh officials were proposing that the new entity replacing the soviet Union be named the a Commonwealth of euro asian Independent states instead of the Commonwealth of Independent states the name Russia byelorussian and the Ukraine created when they founded it on dec. 8. The Central asian republics predominantly Muslim have insisted that they be considered equal co founders of the Commonwealth. While the republics have broadly agreed to coordinate foreign military and economic policy they must agree on what will become of such state owned enterprises As the National airline Aeroflot and soviet embassies abroad. Yeltsin has promised that the new Commonwealth will provide True Independence for the 12 republics of the former soviet Union and will turn around the Economy after one More rough year. The agreement Between Gorbachev and Yeltsin left open the question of whether Gorbachev would resign when the soviet Union is liquidated or remain in some capacity with the new Commonwealth. Baker next visits Minsky the byelorussian capital where the Commonwealth is to have its a coordinating body a which has not yet been defined. Pm from Page 1 ers must be rehired or put in a special Job Pool at full pay. The contract expires in 1993. However Between 10,000 and 15,000 White Collar jobs a which Lack pay guarantees a will be eliminated the free press said. Those layoffs would be in addition to the 15,000 White Collar jobs pm already said it would eliminate through retire ment and attrition by 1994. The free press citing unnamed executives and analysts inside and outside pm said the White Collar positions would be Cut mainly through layoffs. Analyst Jean Claude Gruet of us securities in new York told the newspaper that cutting White Collar workers would help appease the Law. A the Law May be willing to meet pm Halfway. But they re not going to give an Inch unless pm greatly reduces its White Collar labor Force a he said. James Williams 49, has been a pm autoworkers for 25 years the past seven in Arlington. He a faced layoffs 15 times. A a in be done this before. When i was in California they gave us three Days. They told us on monday and closed it on wednesday a he said. A a it a no big Deal for me. Its More like seasonal  the Buick Road master Chevrolet Caprice and Cadillac Brougham Are made at the Arlington Plant in suburban Dallas. At Moraine a suburb of Dayton in Southern Ohio workers assemble the Gumc Sonoma and Yukon and Chevrolet a s-10, a Blazer and typhoon. Nuclear from Page 1 have seen the Roh speech because televisions in the tightly controlled country Are set to a single Channel. In a commentary in the government no Dong sin Mun newspaper wednesday North Korea said it would not sign an agreement on nuclear safeguards until it could a fully confirm that the United states had withdrawn its nuclear weapons from the Southern half of the Peninsula. Roh said the South Hopes to reach an agreement with the North by years end to realize total  of the korean Peninsula divided by the worlds most heavily guarded Border. Seoul and Washington have said the Issue has reached a critical stage and that the North must sign safeguards before the february meeting of the International atomic Energy Agency. If the North stalls . Officials say the matter will be taken to the . Security Council. They say intelligence reports indicate North Korea May reach capability to produce nuclear arms by 1993. Edition of the european to appear Friday London up the court appointed administrators running the private Empire of the late publisher Robert Maxwell said wednesday an edition of the London based weekly the european would be published Friday overturning a decision to shut Down the newspaper. In a statement administrators said they had decided to publish the edition because a the likelihood of a Sale would be More promising if there was no break in publishing  several offers for the paper reportedly have been received As Well As recent expressions of interest from other parties. A spokesman for the administrators said the editorial Content of fridays edition of the european was being prepared by an Independent company run by the former Deputy editor of the paper Charles Garside. But he said that none of the staff which had been dismissed had been re employed directly by the admin stators. A week ago the administrators Laid off All 450 of the papers employees. The european the brainchild of Robert Maxwell was launched less than two years ago As part of his vision of a United Europe. Nie newspaper was chalking up tosses estimated at about 750 million pounds $1.3 billion a month. Among the companies believed to be interested in acquiring the paper Are Pearson the owner of the financial times and the mining to Media conglomerate Lon rho which owns the sunday newspaper the observer. There will be no european published on dec. 27. The administrators said no paper was planned because of the Christmas holidays. In Olstadt Leitheim Gas stations to close by Effie Bathen Niernberg Bureau Munich Germany a two cafes gasoline stations located on autobahn in Southern Germany will cease operation at the close of business dec. 31. The closure of the in Olstadt and Leitheim stations and snack bars is a result of declining sales prompted by troop reductions in Europe said Barbara Kirsch an Exchange spokeswoman. Both facilities had been named earlier this year on the defense departments base closure lists. In Olstadt is located on autobahn 9, about Midway Between Niernberg and Munich. Leitheim is on autobahn 8 Between Ulm and Augsburg. On new years eve the in Olstadt station will be open from 8 . To 1 ., while the Leitheim facility will be open from 10 . To 6  After the closures travellers with cafes Gas coupons can use commercial Esso stations located close to both locations Kirsch said. The two stops Are often used by americans driving through Bavaria. Many of the travellers Are Enro Ute to or returning from armed forces recreation Center facilities at Garmisch Parten Kirchen Berchtesgaden and Chi Emsee. The in Olstadt facility averaged Between 3,000 to 4,000 customers per week Kirsch said. In Peak times during Summers and the Winter ski season As Many As 6,000 customers Stop at the station located about one hours driving time North of Munich she said. The in Olstadt station averaged $18,000 in monthly retail sales and $26,000 in monthly fuel sales this year. Those totals were lower than previous years. Kirsch attributed the decline to troop deployments to the persian Gulf and to military draw Downs. Business at the Leitheim facility was better at the beginning of the year when average monthly retail sales were $41,000 and fuel sales were $37,500. Last week the station did about $8,000 Worth of business