European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 28, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Vol. 50, no. 319 35 Friday february 28, 1992 d 8693 jobless claims keep on rising Washington a jobless claims climbed in mid february for a second straight week As 459,000 americans made first time trips to the unemployment office the government said thursday. The labor department reported that the seasonally adjusted total for the week ending feb. 15 represented an increase of 7,000 claim applications from the previous week. The increase was led by higher claim applications in Texas and Oklahoma. States reporting the biggest decreases in claims were Michigan and California. It marked the second straight week that claims have risen following an even larger 18,000 increase for the week ending feb. 8. Analysts who had been expecting claims to decline slightly were disappointed by the new figure saying it showed that the Impact of layoffs was still being Felt in Many parts of the United states. While cautioning that the changes from week to week can be extremely volatile analysts noted that the four week moving average for claims has remained stuck at a discouraging by High level of around 450,000. Many economists believe that the unemployment rate which is currently at a recession High of 7.1 percent will move higher in coming months even if the Economy is Able to mount a sustained recovery beginning in the Spring. Serbia s Leader Calls halt to War against Croatia Belgrade Yugoslavia apr serbian president Slobodan Milosevic who led his Republic into conflict with Croatia As the yugoslav federation collapsed declared thursday that the civil War is Over. In a rare speech to an emergency session of Serbia a parliament Milosevic also acknowledged for the first time that his Republic had armed serbian insurgents fighting in Croatia. And he seemed to move away from previous insistence that serbian held regions in Croatia and other neighbouring re Milosevic Public be allowed to unite with Serbia. Sentiment is growing in the largest and dominant yugoslav Republic against Milosevic whose 30-minute speech was apparently a response to the criticism. The opposition blames him for serbian involvement in the six month War in Croatia and unprecedented Domestic economic hardship. A today we can say that most of the agony of our country is Over and that conditions now exist for the peaceful and democratic solution of the yugoslav crisis a Milosevic told parliament. In Zagreb the croatian capital officials reported a rash of violations of a  truce although apparently without casualties. At least 500 artillery shells fell overnight on Osisek in an eight hour barrage of the cast croatian City they said while More than 200 shells fell on croatian positions on the Vinkovic front South of Osisek. Several other lesser truce violations were reported elsewhere. A we do not consider War As a solution a he said pledging that Serbia would fight Only if attacked. A the see Serbia on Page 2 1 # i Ltd Quot it i yy.-.-. A a. A liberation Day blast kuwaiti soldiers playfully Spray passers by with foam during on the capitals Gulf Street a somber mood prevailed for Many celebrations wednesday marking the first anniversary of the who lost loved ones during Iraq s occupation or still have rela emirates liberation. Despite the outwardly festive atmosphere Tives imprisoned under the iraqi regime of Saddam  Mark Campaign in South by Wendy Benjaminson the associated press the presidential candidates turned on each other As the Campaign spread out in the Delegate Rich South. They broadcast negative ads and questioned each others patriotism. The Southern contests will be the first Chance to pick up significant Black support and some of the candidates a particularly democrats Bill Clinton governor of Arkansas and Paul Tsongas a former senator from Massachusetts a cockeyed for position among the civil see slurs on Page 2aid finding Way to Black Market Moscow a Alexei Gorbachev displays his goods for Sale 72 cans of cling peaches from Hamburg several cases of German tinned beef and six Cartons of Chicken legs from the United states. The food is part of humanitarian Aid rushed to Moscow this Winter to help feed the populace or sent to Russia from abroad to be sold at subsidized prices. Instead some of the Aid is being Sopija see Aid on Page