European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 28, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 a the stars and stripes Friday february 28, 1992serbia from Page 1 soldiers can finally return to their Homes and Serbia will finally be Able to Deal with its economic Zoran Hor Van a Deputy of the serbian renewal movement the largest opposition party called for Milosevic a resignation. A thousands of Young Graves now litter Serbia. And we Are faced with hunger a Hor Van said. He said Milosevic a triggered War in Croatia to save his Power in Serbia. Up to 10,000 people have died in the civil War Between croatian troops on the one Side and serbian insurgents and the serbian led Federal army on the other. It began after Croatia declared Independence june 25, and serbs living inside the Republic Rose up against the croatian government. Fighting has ebbed since a truce took hold Jan. 3 and some two dozen nations including the entire european Community recognized Croatia As Independent. The . Security Council has voted to Send 14,000 peacekeepers to the combat zones. Milosevic endorsed the cease fire and the dispatch of . Troops almost from the Start trying to portray himself As peace maker when the War he initially championed turned unpopular. Although there was evidence for months that Serbia was supplying weapons to serbian insurgents Milosevic had never acknowledged such Aid before. Today he said Serbia has helped ethnic serbs in Croatia a first economically and politically. But finally when All this proved insufficient with but he rejected widespread accusations that Serbia and the serbian led Federal army were the aggressors in Croatia whose nationalist government he denounced As a totalitarian and Milosevic called for Serbia a Union with tiny Montenegro to form a new smaller Yugoslavia. A this would be the Best option a Milosevic said apparently giving up his previous insistence that All 3 million serbs living outside Serbia proper should be United in one state. Milosevic spoke amid evidence of growing opposition to him and his socialist government. Over the last 10 Days about 325,000 people have signed a petition circulated by the opposition democratic party demanding Milosevic a ouster. Anti Milosevic demonstrations Are scheduled in Belgrade on March 9. Serbia is struggling with 30 percent monthly inflation an unemployment rate of about 2d percent and a drop in average monthly salaries from about $500 a year ago to about $150. Capt. Kirk a aka William Shat Ner a and the rest of his Star trek Crew Are the focus of a new display in the smithsonian a air and space museum. See Story on Page 7.aliens jammed into yacht the coast guard raided a yacht three Miles off the California coast and found it crammed with 85 illegal aliens from China. A Pago 4damage suits allowed the supreme court ruled wednesday that the Federal Law barring sex discrimination in schools and colleges permits students to sue for damages. A Page 5nuclear Plant being closed the nation s oldest commercial nuclear Power Plant in operation a Yankee Rowe in Massachusetts a is being shut Down for Good. A Page 6dod targets stockpile the Pentagon wants to clean out most of its $9 billion inventory of raw materials it hoarded As a precaution for a three year global War. A Page 7mccrory seeks Protection five and dime store operator Mccrory corp. Filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy court Protection wednesday blaming the recession and pressure from lenders. A Page 17 Index Abby Ann Landers 19 action line.16 comics.19-21 commentary.13 crossword .19 letters.12 Money matters.17 sports.22-28 to listings.27 weather.11slurs from Page 1 rights leadership. Nebraska sen. Bob Kerrey pumped up after his 40 percent showing in South Dakota a democratic primary tuesday flew to Atlanta a Southern bastion of military tradition and declared he would use questions about Clinton a draft status against him. A a in a going to describe with no shame with no need to defend my own experience my record and How that relates to getting the Job done a Kerrey said. A duty Means that when the Call comes you Kerrey lost part of leg in Vietnam and was awarded the medal of Honor. On thursday he turned to Florida another heavily military state while Clinton was heading for Georgia. After weeks of slogging through sing estate primaries the democratic presiden Aid from Page 1 privately by Gorbachev and others on a downtown sidewalk at marked up prices. A i just walk into state run stores and offer the Sale clerks Money to sell me food a said Gorbachev no relation to former soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev. A i done to feel bad because the people it was originally meant for can to afford it Russia has been working to dispel concerns that humanitarian Aid is ending up on the Black Market. But that a exactly where some of the food has been going since dozens of countries including the United states began the Relief Effort. Some Aid was meant to be sold to the Bonn Germany up hordes of scissor brandishing women took to the streets of Germany a Rhineland on thursday snipping men s ties storming City councils and swinging Beer bottles on the first of the a crazy Days of Fasching or carnival. Even usually staid female Bank employees could be seen glaring dangerously under their funny hats at customers neckties. In numerous offices ties were savagely attacked by scissor wielding women chanting a snip snip the tie is the women Many dressed As pirates vamps and witches were exacting revenge for being officially excluded from carnival until the 19th Century. Tial contenders face elections next week in Georgia Maryland Colorado and Utah and caucuses in three other states with 383 delegates at stake. Tsongas who tried Early on to avoid assaulting Clinton a character this time defended Kerrey a attack. A a a in a do the same thing a Tsongas said in route to Denver and Washington state. A a we re coming Down to the wire Here. There Are not a lot of endless Days to work things Clinton fired Back in a statement released by his Campaign late wednesday. A Bob Kerrey does injury to the High office to which he aspires and to the nation he seeks to Lead a the statement said. But the Arkansas governor also began airing an and wednesday attacking Tsongas for supporting economic policies that repeated a what went wrong in the 1980s.�?� on the Republican Side both president Bush and challenger Patrick Buchanan needy for Low prices at state run stores. Instead Sale clerks sell it at a higher Price under the counter to people such As Gorbachev who unload it on the Street for a tidy profit. Other Aid is sold by the needy themselves who either received it free or at a discount and Are reselling it to buy cheaper food such As bread. Alexander Zhitnikov russians Deputy social welfare minister said in Washington this week that reports that up to 70 percent of the food is being siphoned off for the Black Market Are a just not Zhitnikov said his commission is trying to ensure that pensioners invalids and families with Many children receive assistance. Standing behind his makeshift stall outside a subway station Gorbachev said he averages a 15-Ruble profit on every item he Sells. One Dollar is currently Worth about 70 rubles. All along the Rhine River work of any sort stopped before lunchtime to allow for the traditional one Day Celebration of a Weiber Fastnacht a women a carnival. In Bonn Cologne Dusseldorf and other Rhineland bastions of revelry women stormed the City councils demanding the keys to the City from the mayors. Others simply stormed bars and cafes to get a Glass of brew. Strictly speaking the a fifth season a As carnival time is called started at 11 minutes past 11, on the 11th of november. But even the most determined revellers seem to find 13 weeks of hangovers a Little harrowing. Most a a Darren a or fools As revellers launched negative ads a Bush sending out retired Marine commandant Gen. . Kelley to castigate the commentator for opposing the persian Gulf War. Buchanan a ads hit Bush for being a a Trade wimp and for allowing the National endowment for the arts to fund a pornographic and blasphemous Art. That glorified homosexuality exploited children and perverted the image of Jesus Bush in Texas for a seven nation drug Summit called his 69 percent showing in South Dakota a a big Victory a despite a 31 percent protest vote for former California gov. Jerry Brown held a rally in Utah which is also holding a primary tuesday and was scheduled to Campaign thursday in Washington state which will hold caucuses next week. Iowa sen. Tom Harkin had no Money left for Campaign advertising and was concentrating on Maryland and Minnesota traditionally Liberal states. A a it a always possible that a Stock manager is Selling some Kilos of butter and milk at a higher Price and there is no Way we can avoid that a said Katrine Magnon press attached for the european Community in Moscow. A what we want to avoid is massive diversion and we have no evidence of that a she said. Y the dec Sells donated meat butter and milk powder in stores in Moscow and St. Petersburg. Profits from the sales Are put in a fund set up to help those hit hardest by russians economic reforms. At the Kiev railway station in Moscow on monday pensioner Olga Govorkova was trying to Hawk a bottle of Vodka a plastic bag of nuts and three cans of hot dogs Cut to Russia As humanitarian Aid from the Netherlands. Nearby Sasha Ivanov was trying to sell two boxes of imported baby Cereal and a package of italian Spaghetti Are called restrict themselves to the six Days of Celebration that precede Lent a a 40-Day period of fasting and penitence that begins on Ash wednesday. That Day Falls next week. The wildest festivities will take place on Rose monday when several million Gau Dily costumed revellers Are expected to throng the streets to watch guttering processions poke fun at politicians drink and As the health ministry put it a be particularly sociable and every year German health authorities Register a dramatic increase in sexually transmitted diseases including aids just after the celebrations. In a bid to remedy this the health ministry put up posters warning that a even fools protect Fasching revellers Are real Cut ups
