European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 1, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 world b the stars and stripes wednesday thursday january 1 /2,1992peacekeeping plan of d by yugoslav president -1 v from wire reports Belgrade Yugoslavia a the serb dominated Federal presidency on tuesday accepted a plan by . Envoy Cyrus Vance for deploying peacekeeping troops to end the 6-month-old civil War in neighbouring Croatia. But Vance speaking to reporters during a Day of talks in Belgrade repeated his insistence that no troops actually could be sent until a cease fire is firmly in place. A that is not happening a he said after a two hour meeting with serbian president Slobodan Milosevic. A indeed the fighting seems even More severe than the last time i was  More than a dozen truces have collapsed in the bitter fighting that has killed thousands of people. Fighting was continuing tuesday in Croatia during the talks. In an announcement carried by the Belgrade based Tan Jug news Agency the presidency said it would accept a plan for deploying peacekeepers in Croatia s trouble  holding americans Washington a Iraq is holding two american businessmen on charges of entering the country from Kuwait the state department said monday. The americans who were not identified were arrested dec. 6 in an unmarked Border area and jailed in Baghdad spokesman Richard Boucher said. He Saia the . Government was not notified until dec. 25. The polish government which takes care of . Diplomatic activity in Iraq protested the delay and sent a consular official to visit the businessmen dec. 26 and twice since . Officials said. The polish Diplomat arranged for a physical examination by a doctor who reported the two businessmen were in Good physical condition.85 haitians go Home port a Prince Haiti eighty five More haitian refugees returned voluntarily monday from the . Navy base in Guantanamo Bay Cuba. A . Coast guard Cutter dropped off the refugees at port a Prince Harbor where they were met by haitian immigration and red Cross officials. Each was Given $15, a red Cross food card and bus fare Home said Jonel Charles administrator of the port a Prince red Cross office. It was the fifth group of haitians to return voluntarily during december bringing the total to at least 447. More than 6,500 others remain at the Guantanamo Bay base after being picked up at sea by the coast guard. There has been an upsurge in haitian refugees since the sept. 30 military coup that overthrew president Jean Bertrand  sales banned Singapore a in the latest assault in its War against littering the government announced monday that the import manufacture and Sale of chewing gum is to be banned effective Friday. Convicted Litterer Are to be sentenced to clean up Public areas the announcement said. In the last major Campaign in 1989, fines were announced for those who failed to flush Public toilets after  store bombed Cairo Egypt a suspected religious extremists attacked a Cairo liquor store with firebombs monday despite a government crackdown to prevent anti Christian violence during the Christmas period. Security officials said two men hurled bottles filled with gasoline at a shop in the Middle class Shubra District owned by a 62-year-old coptic Christian Man. A Small fire was quickly extinguished by people of the neighbourhood officials said. There were no injuries. The Koran islam s holy Book forbids consumption of alcohol. Liquor stores have been a favorite target of Muslim fundamentalist extremists As have other Christian owned shops. Masked musicians in Bethlehem Young palestinians with Heads and faces nearly entirely masked March with bagpipes and Drums tuesday in Bethlehem during a Celebration for Fatah Day which is celebrated on new years Day. The musicians Are affiliated with the Fatah Wing of Yasser Arafat a pales Tlane liberation organization Leitheim station says Farewell after action studded history by Joe Owen Stuttgart Bureau Leitheim Germany a Mark Poland is All through inspecting the dead and injured. Chuck Andreas May have saved his last choking child. James Wood won t be dodging piles of human fees anymore. No the three americans done to work in a Hospital emergency room. They were among the few remaining workers on hand new year s eve for the last business Day of the . Forces service station on autobahn 8 near Leitheim Halfway Between Stuttgart and Munich. Earlier this year the defense department announced that it would close the station and its counterpart on autobahn 9 near in Olstadt Between Munich and Niernberg giving up the property on which they stand. Both stations closed tuesday. For the service station and snack bar personnel in Leitheim the work often involved a lot More than pumping Gas or flipping hamburgers. One summer night Poland the food service manager in a Way i m kind of sad but in a Way i m glad. Ich Hab die Schnauzer Volt a colloquial German expression that Means roughly i be had it up to Here Mark Poland bought a cup of Coffee for a German Motorist passing through. The Man then took him outside and showed him what was in the Back of his station Wagon a the dead body of another Man he said had died in a car Accident in Italy. The body was zipped in a body bag. Poland did no to press him for details but reported the incident. Another time a Man ran in covered with blood Yelling that he needed a veterinarian. Poland followed him outside to the Many a horse trailer in which his horse had collapsed and died. A the was finished a Poland said. A the dude started  Poland and his co workers said they saw Many victims of accidents that occurred near the station including a Soldier who walked in All Cut up and shoeless after his Bow Sedan blew a tire and rolled Over. His wife was still in the car. Emergencies did t always end in catastrophe however. One Day in july a turkish family pulled in and the father took Andreas to his car where the Many a son was choking on something. Andreas grabbed the child from behind and squeezed him dislodging food stuck in the boys Throat after that the language Barrier blocked conversation but the turks drove away All smiles. The army and air Force Exchange service which operates the filling station awarded Andreas a commendation. The tilling station open since 1978, used to get a lot of business from soldiers stationed in Neu Ulm and Augsburg but draw Downs in those two military communities has Cut business drastically shift supervisor Dawn m. Effler said. Last year Gas lines often extended Back to the autobahn lanes she said but the Only comparable Day this year was july 4. A never since then its been downhill rapidly a Effler said. One thing that remained constant to the end was the employees most tedious task a making sure that the Only people who buy fuel Are . My Italy id cardholders or nato personnel on duty in Germany. Signs in English and German explain clearly who May use the facilities but Many people ignore them. Many non germans can to or Don to read them. A we can handle ourselves in German or English we can make ourselves understood in italian or Spanish and we have a sign in French a Effler said but she added that things became complicated when vacationing travellers started streaming out of Eastern Europe last year. A it used to be we d spend half our Day chasing off people who weren to authorized to buy  shortly after Effler said that a group of Young men barged in and said they wanted to tank up. Effler explained that they needed military identification cards. One Man wearing a Felt Cone shaped hat produced a military passport from Holland. Effler explained the rules More clearly. A we Are dutch commandos a he said a you have to have an id card a she replied. A but we Are elite troops a he protested. The workers said Many motorists including american tourists not affiliated with the military have gotten belligerent when told they can to fill up or use the vending machines. A i had an older Guy jump on me once. He wanted to hit me with his Cane a Poland said. Also fights nearly broke out sometimes when authorized customers told unauthorized ones to leave even before the employees got involved. Some id checks proved embarrassing because not All eligible customers cars have . Plates. Wood the night shift supervisor challenged a Driver of one German plated car last week a then noticed later that one of his passengers was Gen. Crosbie e. Saint the . Army in Europe commander. Wood a retired army first sergeant said motorists also abused the grounds when the station had closed for the night. Poland said he looks Forward to running a vending machine business on the German Economy. Asked if he will miss the station where he worked for six years he shrugged. U a Wasa a but in a Way in a glad. A Ich Nab die Schnauzer to a a a he said using a colloquial German expression translating roughly to a a in be had a snoot