European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 17, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes monday february 17, 1992 at a glance Matt Hall 16, Jet skiing through a Creek in Goleta near Santa Barbara calif., has t let the floods slow him Down. For More on that state s weather see Page 11.campaign winds Down democratic presidential rivals argued about their proposals for reviving the Economy and their political credentials sunday in an intense finale to the Campaign for the new Hampshire presidential primary. A Page 4just Cattiny around the last remaining Florida Panther in Everglades National Park made a surprising visit with two female cats delighting biologists. A Page 5across the Ocean Blue escorted by More than 1,000 private boats replicas of Christopher Columbus ships arrived in the United states As part of the 500th anniversary Celebration. A Page 6naacp head to resign Benjamin Hooks said he is resigning As the a act s executive director. A Page 7message handed Down Kevin Douglass Greene a Grandfather was the grandson of a slave who later became a famous scholar author and advocate of equal rights. A Page 9squabble in open open members agreed to reduce its Oil output but saudi Arabia and Iran later objected to the Accord. Page 17 Index Abby Ann Landers .20 action line. .16 comics. Commentary. .13 crossword. .20 facts a no places .10 list tors. .12 Money matters a .17 sports. 21-28 to listings. .27 weather. .11 opposition leaders ask Baker to open ties with Uzbekistan Tashkent Uzbekistan a branding Uzbekistan a dictatorship opposition leaders on sunday urged Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii to establish diplomatic relations with this Muslim Republic to influence the government to change. Baker however said president islam Karimov told him Reform had been enacted and promised to comply with All . Requirements for establishing diplomatic ties. A i am Well pleased obviously with what i have heard about his commitment to human rights and to other reforms Baker told uzbek journalists before Leav ing for Moscow and a meeting today with russian president Boris Yeltsin to discuss nuclear related issues. Officials indicated that an announcement might emerge from the Baker Yeltsin meeting but declined to elaborate. The announcement May Center on a . Proposal to establish a Clearinghouse for collecting proposals to employ former soviet nuclear scientists in peaceful uses of nuclear Energy. Bakery a meeting with the uzbek opposition was his first with non government figures during a week Long tour of six former soviet republics five of which the United states has yet to recognize diplomatically. Baker will Likely recommend to president Bush later this week that the United states open embassies in those five republics a Moldova Azerbaijan Turkmenistan Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. The United states already has established diplomatic missions in the former republics of Ukraine Belarus Armenia Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. Tashkent on the ancient silk Road from China to Europe was the final Stop on bakery a tour. Karimov also took Baker sightseeing in Samarkand one of the oldest cities in Asia adorned with splendid Turquoise domes and mosaic mosque minarets. Saddam to be ousted . Official says Kuwait a the United states is confident president Saddam Hussein will be toppled because his regime is being weakened by growing problems within the iraqi Hierarchy a senior . Official said sunday. A the conclusion we draw is that his situation is not improving a said Edward Djerejian assistant Secretary of state for near Eastern and South asian affairs. A we characterize his regime As Brittle something that seems to be hard but is easy to crack a he said. Speaking to reporters Djerejian did not elaborate on his Contention that Saddam is facing growing opposition inside his government. Iraqi rebel sources have claimed in recent weeks that organized opposition is rising within the ruling Arab baath socialist party and other key institutions of the government. A source in Washington speaking on condition of anonymity a week ago said president Bush had authorized an increased Covert operation to Aid opponents of Saddam. A . Trade embargo imposed after Leisure from Page 1 cent in the 1980s, the study said. Americans had an average of 16.1 Days off a year in 1989, Down from 19.8 Days in 1981, according to the study. In most european countries workers get paid vacations of at least five weeks the study said. The ongoing decline of real wages since 1979, coupled with the increased costs of health care and housing Are the major factors behind americans need Tofu it in More hours the economic policy Institute said. Women also have taken on a bigger work Burden. Meanwhile time spent on such chores As laundry and cleaning House did no to decrease enough to Stem the loss in Leisure time the study said. The recent trends in work and Leisure Are the direct reversal of the predictions that most experts made 30 years ago a that automation productivity growth and consumer satiation would cause a crisis of excess Leisure time and its a attendant boredom and ennui a the study said. A instead we have too Little time with its attendant social problems a the study said. The study said the squeeze on Leisure time has caused a dramatic shift in Public attitudes. For the first time since surveys on time income Trade offs have been taken americans Are signalling a willingness to give up Money if it Means time away from their jobs. A 1989 poll found nearly two thirds would give up 13 percent of their paycheck for More free time the study said while 80 percent said they would accept a slower career path if they could spend More time with their families. The iraqi occupation of Kuwait in August 1990 also is reportedly worsening conditions for iraqis 17 million people. Saddam has defiantly held onto Power since his army was Defeated in the persian Gulf War a year ago but Djerejian said he had lost control of parts of Iraq because of rebellions by shiite muslims in the South and kurd in the North. Djerejian arrived in Kuwait from saudi Arabia on sunday on the second Stop in a tour of the six Gulf cooperation Council states. The others Are the United Arab emirates Oman Bahrain and  from Page 1 organizations that if any of them opens an account with us we will Settle that account a Arens said. The attack on Muslawi s Convoy followed air strikes earlier sunday on palestinian refugee Camps at Ein Al Hilweh and Ras Hidiyeh in which police said four people were killed and 11 wounded. Muslawi who was elected Hezbollah Secretary general in May was considered a moderate within the shiite Muslim parly. He helped arrange the release of american and British hostages in Lebanon last year. A the israelis should Brace themselves for our response a said Hussin Muslawi a Hezbollah official and Distant Cousin of the slain  from Page 1 Tims gasped sobbed and embraced one another. They sat across the aisle from Dahmer a parents. In closing arguments Friday the defense lawyer called Dahmer a Ste Amro Ling killing  a this willpower was gone a said Boyle a the was so impaired As he went along this killing spree that he could not Stop. He was a runaway train on a track of madness picking up steam All the time on and on and  in his rebuttal the prosecutor described Dahmer As a Cool calculating killer who cleverly covered his tracks. A a he a fooled a lot of people a said District attorney e. Michael Mccann. A please please done to let him fool  if Dahmer had taken the stand his lawyer said a the perception of him As a human being would a displace this concept of him being a  but the defendant chose not to testify. A i done to think he could have handled it Quot Boyle said. The prosecution held photographs of each of the victims urging the jury to remember their suffering. Relatives of the victims wept in the courtroom. A the knew what he was doing a said Donald Bradehoft a 33-year-old hotel it Orter whose it Rother was one of Ahmer a victims. Pinned to his shirt was a photograph of his 25-year-old brother Joseph whose body was found apartment in july. Before the verdict was read relatives of the victims held hands and prayed quietly. Afterwards they lauded the work of the jury. Theresa Smith whose brother Albert was among the victims said the verdict a brought Back the Faith i lost in the Justice  Dahmer sat impassively during most of the trial wearing a dark suit and looking Dahmer in Dahmer a a bit whiskered and weary. The testimony included a discussion of cannibalism mutilation and sex with corpses. It was revealed that Dahmer had used a condom while having sex with some of the bodies. The prosecutor cited his desire to avoid sexually transmitted disease As evidence of his sanity. Some television and radio stations carried the testimony uncensored but the trial with its Strong doses of absurd and disgusting elements put the local Media in an awkward position. A we had a Tightrope to walk a said Steve Hannah the managing editor of the Milwaukee journal. A on the one hand we did no to want to assault our readers with gratuitous details. On the other hand we wanted our readers to appreciate the thrust of the defendants Case that Jeffrey Dahmer is crazy a that what he did was so bizarre so heinous that he must be  Dahmer a ability to elude police capture even after officers watched a dazed naked and bleeding 14-year-old boy run from Dahmer a apartment has enraged Many Gay activists and members of minorities in Milwaukee