European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 18, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 b the stars and stripes tuesday february 18, 1992 twi a a a a Tsongas a former Massachusetts senator is favored in the polls for today s democratic presidential primary in new Hampshire. See Story on Page 4. No nicknames please readers of the oregonian Learned sunday that Deion Sanders was leaning toward a full time career in baseball. But they did t learn the nickname of the baseball team he plays for because the paper has stopped using team names linked to stereotypes. A Page 5 invasion of halt urged Many haitian americans frustrated by the failure of diplomatic efforts to reinstate ousted president Jean Bertrand Aristide now Are calling for an armed invasion to Knock out Haiti a repressive military. A Page 7 South Korea oks pacts president Roh Tae woo on monday signed historic inter Korea agreements calling for reconciliation and a nuclear weapons ban and Clearing the Way for an end to decades of enmity Between South and North Korea. A Page 9 corporate profit comeback after a slump that has dragged on for 2 of years some Wall Street analysts believe corporate profits Are almost ready for a recovery. A Page 17index Abby Ann Landers 20 action line.16 comics.18-20 commentary.13 faces no places .10 letters .12 Money matters .17 sports.21-28 to listings.27 weather.11 at a glance 11 a Aid from Page 1 100th birthday of soviet founder Vladimir i. Lenin. One . Service member got a 1980 Coin commemorating the Moscow olympics that were boycotted by the United states in the bygone Era of the cold War. Quot from the american Point of View of course its a Good thing a Sergei Kaufman a 17-year-old submarine officer Cadet said of the provide Hope Airlift. Quot from our Point of View a he added speaking through a translator Quot its a tragedy that its come to such a Ruslan Satim Gareav 19, was another off duty military Cadet helping to unload the american contributions. Quot there Are Many people in our country and the products Are not very much a he said through an interpreter. Quot but thes products Are Good. This does help our people especially the in the past he told one american Quot our people and our government made it such that you were considered the enemy. Now when the system is changing we can see you in a totally different Light. Especially now that you Are helping air Force col. John Piazza who coordinates shipments from the Airport to such places As kindergartens and retirement Homes said the food would make about 17,000 to 22,000 meals for needy St. Petersburg residents. That a not much for a City of More than 3 million people he agreed but he considers provide Hope to be Quot a Symbol of the american commitment to pull together the world Community to make sure that this country does not also he said he was a was sure As an american can be that the food donations would go to the needy not the omnipresent Black Market. As he spoke the director of the newly created St. Petersburg food Bank walked up among the unloaded american cargo and gave Piazza a russian Bear hug. Quot i sat Alert for nine years in Europe waiting to fight these Guys a said Piazza a former fighter Pilot. Now "1 can to believe in a the team chief Here trying to a amps Vine Crawley russian cadets Load food onto a truck bound for a St. Petersburg orphanage. Help people who were our potential enemy. A i believe a he added Quot that it can make a difference in the on the flight line As cargo handlers began unloading 28 pallets containing mostly american military food rations russian entrepreneurs snowed up with plastic bags full of goods they were eager to sell. Russian hats and leather military helmets Cost $10 to $20. Vodka went for $5 a quart or $3 for a half quart bottle. One american on the operation provide Hope Mission traded a Swatch watch for a 17-jewel russian military watch. Another russian carefully unwrapped a package he kept concealed in the breast pocket of his Trench coat. It contained two elaborate russian orthodox crucifixes that appeared to be heirlooms from the czarist Era. He wanted $60 apiece for them and found no buyers. Quot its so confusing. Everything a so expensive a said Adriana Dicecco 24, an american Exchange student at the University of St. Petersburg a nobody knows what anything but its a different Story for americans with valuable dollars to spend. Dicecco said she often feels uncomfortable in a country where a few dollars sent from Home make her almost unimaginably wealthy. Quot i never thought about my country and being american a said the native of Litchfield Conn. A now with dollars i can do things that other people can t russian president Boris n. Yeltsin recently Unfrozen state controlled prices and the whirling free Market has left Many citizens reeling. Meat Sells for 150 rubles about $1.50yet the average worker earns Only 800 rubles about $8 a month said Dicecco who graduated from Princeton University in new Jersey and Columbia College in new York before arriving at St. Petersburg in August. Still she said Quot everybody eats. So far very few people Are dying of when they done to have dollars russians use their connections a you have to know somebody who knows somebody a Dicecco explained. But. Sometimes even this age old survival system no longer works in the new Commonwealth of Independent states. For instance she recently bought a pair of shoes and a week later the soles started coming off. Dicecco found somebody who knew somebody at the shoe factory but to no Avail. Quot in a really sorry a he told her. Quot id like to fix it but the factory is the factory was closed because there was no glue she said. A the glue is made in Armenia and to get from Armenia to Russia you have to drive through Georgia. The people who have trucks done to want to drive through Georgia because. There a a War in Georgia a Dicecco said. Her shoes Arentt the Only thing coming unglued in the new democracy where a pack of Western cigarettes now costs a weeks wages. Israeli from Page 1 continue to support the resistance a Jan Nati told the mourners. Tehran radio carried a message by Iran a spiritual Leader Ali Khamenei which read in part Quot May the curse and damnation of god be on the Bloodthirsty zionists who will not turn away from any crime in the Way of their filthy incursion is goals and on their wicked insolent Iran a foreign ministry said in a statement that what makes the usurper Israel bolder in perpetuating such crimes is the unconditional support it receives from the United eighteen other people were wounded Dahmer from Page 1 said. A i tried and 1 failed and created a Dahmer wearing an Orange jail jumpsuit and eyeglasses spoke publicly for the first time about the slayings. He said he hoped god has forgiven him because he knew society and the victims families would not. Quot i have seen their tears and if i could give my life right now to bring their loved ones Back i would a Dahmer said. The life sentences that Dahmer faced were mandatory. The Only thing that was left for Gram to decide was when or if in the raid on Musawir a motorcade. It followed israeli air attacks on palestinian refugee Camps in South Lebanon following saturday s slaying of three israeli soldiers. Four palestinian civilians were killed and 11 wounded in those raids. Meanwhile Muslim fighters and israeli Allied forces traded rocket barrages in South Lebanon on monday. In the artillery duels rockets landed in Northern Israel for the first time in nearly a year israeli Media said but no damage or injuries were reported. The new wave of violence cast doubts on prospects for the next round of Middle East peace talks scheduled for next week in Washington. Quot we re concerned at the rising Cycle of violence in the Middle East a state department spokesman Richard Boucher said sunday. The former chocolate factory worker would be eligible for parole and whether his 15 life prison sentences would run concurrently or consecutively. Quot thank god there will be no More harm that i can do a Dahmer said. Quot i believe that Only the lord Jesus Christ can save me from my he said he instructed his attorney Gerald Boyle a to end this matter and would not contest a civil lawsuit. The judge granted a representative from each victims family a Chance to talk at Dahmer a sentencing hearing. Many relatives wore picture pins of their loved ones and one became hysterical during her presentation. Rita Isbell sister of victim Errol Lindsey Syria and Lebanon issued statements sunday saying they would attend the talks but it was unclear if the governments knew Muslawi had been killed when they drafted the statements. In Israel Many people welcomed the military attacks As a demonstration of resolve and military muscle. The israeli army has blamed Hezbollah for 52 attacks last year on the self proclaimed Quot Security zone it maintains in South Lebanon. It said the group had stepped up attacks in recent months to try to scuttle the Middle East peace talks. Israelis army chief of staff it. Gen. Ehud Barak was quoted on Israel radio monday As saying the attack on Muslawi was a part of a wider Campaign that will continue for a Long period against Hezbollah and palestinian guerrilla forced a Brief recess when she screamed at Dahmer called him a a satan and ran toward his table shouting profanities and shaking her fist. Quot i done to Ever want to see my Mother go through this again a she said. A never Jeffrey Jeffrey i hate you a . Smith brother of victim Eddie Smith said Quot Edward Warren Smith tried to be Jeffrey Dahmer a Quot done to let this Man Ever walk our streets and see Daylight again a said Janie Hagen sister of victim Richard Guerrero. Dahmer a three Eek sanity trial included testimony from police and psychiatrists who described How the killers urges to have sex with the dead led him to drug kill and dismember
