European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 6, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 b the stars and stripes saturday june 6, 1992 Edward Gross a professor who is writing a Book about Embarrass mint assumes an a embarrassed look in his of tick. Sec stories on pages 14 and child workers a two week nationwide strike Force uncovered nearly 5,000 illegally employed children. A Pago 4weapon safes skyrocketed californians snapped up weapons last month after the los Angeles riots. A Page 5attacks reportedly planned a top Assassin for colombian drug lords allegedly was planning to bomb . Courts and drug agencies before he was arrested. A Page 6farmer new polish Premier a 32-year-old Farmer who Heads the polish peasants party has become Poland s fourth Post communist prime minister. A Page 8cable to being improved military family housing units in the Kaiserslautern and Baum older areas of Germany Are getting an improved Cable television system that potentially could offer 46 channels. A Page 10japan to boost purchases Japan s electronics Industry agreed thursday to Quot emergency measures Quot to boost purchases of foreign semiconductors. A Page 17 of a Libby ,3abby, Ann Landers 19 comics. 19-21 commentary.13 crossword. 19 faces no places .18 letters. 12 Money matters.17 sports22-28 to listings.27 weather. 11 merchants to upgrade on wednesday Frankfurt Germany All merchants Community Bank automated Teller machines will be out of service for about two hours beginning wednesday at a.m., Bank officials announced Friday. Officials say the outage is necessary to upgrade the from Page 1 newly formed democracies of Eastern and Central Europe. Among its 37 members Are Armenia and Azerbaijan whose fighting Over the enclave of Magorno Karabash provoked what nato Secretary general Manfred Worner dubbed a Lively discussion Friday. . Deputy Secretary of state Lawrence s. Eagleburger called the Exchange a a healthy development even though no resolutions were reached Between the ministers who by alphabetical Fate sit Side by Side in meetings. A people were sitting there talking to each Otner instead of throwing something at each other or shooting at each other a Eagleburger said. Azerbaijan was less satisfied with the outcome however saying in a statement that the Council failed to make a an adequate evaluation of the in particular it did not Label Armenia As sole aggressor. Eagleburger chalked the dissent up to inexperience among members who Are not used to such meetings where Quot compromised is the name of the game. The Council also debated the potential hot spot in the Baltic where russian troops Are still stationed against the will of three Independent countries that were once part of the soviet Union. The members said it was important to soon establish a timetable for withdrawal of those troops but they could not agree on a deadline. Worner said he personally appealed to individual nations to help provide housing for the displaced soldiers. Eagleburger said the United states a would be prepared to provide some form of assistance a but added that he did no to know where officials would find Money for it. The cooperation Council also continued a discussion of peacekeeping started by Allied ministers thursday. In that meeting nato agreed to make equipment and troops available for operations outside of Alliance territory for actions sponsored by the conference on Security and cooperation in Europe. The United states has strongly supported that broader nato role but stressed that it should be shared by other organizations and the Council partners. Eagleburger said he was convinced that a number of the countries would join in such and Effort. Quot you May not have All of them but we re going to have most of them a he said. Several of the countries have also said they would be willing to Send civilian observers into the Magorno Karabash Region but might require logistical assistance front nato Wymer said. Regarding War torn Yugoslavia the Council expressed support for on going efforts by the conference on Security and cooperation in Europe the european Community and the United nations. Every member vowed to do its part to implement strict . Sanctions a move Eagleburger said would be a very painful for some countries that will suffer from loss of Trade. In the event sanctions fail the United states Hasni to ruled out taking military action along with other countries Eagleburger said. But he said a a we re not there. In a not saying it never will from Page 1 est since 9.9 million americans were without jobs in october 1983. Democrats in Congress seized on the report As further evidence that americans Are still facing economic hard times. Quot clearly for american workers the recession is not Over a said sen. Paul Sar Banes d-md., chairman of Congress joint economic committee. A How can this be called a recovery if the jobless rate is higher than it has been throughout the recession a House majority Leader Richard Gephardt d-mo., said a what is troubling about these figures is the number of Young people who Are coming into the Job Market and who have a Long hot summer of idleness greeting at the White House presidential spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said the unemployment number was made worse by the number of people who Are now More encouraged about the future and have resumed their search for work. A i done to think anyone questions the fact that the Economy is improving in almost every sector however and it is going to recover in a positive fashion a Fitzwater said. Michael Evans head of a Washington forecasting firm said he a reduced his forecast for economic growth in the second half of the year. He said he had expected the Economy to Rise at an annual rate of 3 percent. Now he said he expected it would Rise at a much More anaemic 2 percent from Page 1 countries Are willing to discuss reopening talks on the treaty. The administration officials comments put chief . Delegate William k. Reilly in a difficult spot. On thursday he said the United states might support the treaty if minor changes were made. He said that while he did not expect Bush to sign it during the Summit the United states might sign it in the future if other countries reopened the treaty for amendment. It was the latest rift Between Reilly head of the environmental Protection Agency and the White House which has overturned a number of his positions. On Friday the new York times quoted a senior White House official As saying Reilly had offered the changes without White House agreement. White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater denied on Friday there was a rift Between the administration and Reilly who he said still has Bush a backing. In other developments a world Bank president Lewis Preston said the institution will increase Low in Terest Loans to developing countries for conservation projects. Preston said member nations will have to come up with most of the $4.5 billion Cost. A in a gesture that could Blunt some criticism of . Foot dragging on Summit agreements Reilly announced thursday that the . Forest service would end Clear cutting As Standard policy in . National forests. A eleven Brazi Lwood seedlings a now rare tree that gave Brazil its name were planted Friday at the Summit from Page 1 for the program. A conditional approval for the presidents request to finish the b-2 program at 20 planes. The past two years the House has endorsed stopping the program at the 15 radar evading aircraft currently in production. A a one year moratorium on . Testing of nuclear weapons provided the former soviet republics continue their current unilateral ban. A a series of measures forcing . Allies to shoulder a greater share of the Burden for their own defense. The Bill also would reduce the number of troops in Europe from 235,700 to 100,000 by 1995 and impose a 40 percent Cut in the More than 350,000 troops stationed worldwide. A a provision allowing military personnel and their dependents to undergo abortions at defense facilities overseas if they pay the full Cost. In 1988, the department said its medical facilities could Only provide abortions if the life of the Mother is endangered. A a $1 billion economic conversion package that would provide Cash to Mill v i a tar Dill ill schools in depressed areas create Job training programs and give $100 million in Grants to state and local governments. On the final Day of debate the House rejected efforts to Cut deeper into president Bush a proposal for ski. By a vote of 211-161, the House turned aside a measure that would reduce ski spending to $3.3 billion from Bush a proposed level. Earlier the House rejected it m is i deeper Cut to m a Short m ski Money. The vote was 1 7, during debate on the ski measures rep. Jim Mccrory r-la., said the amendments would make a a catastrophic reduction in the program designed to protect the United slates from ballistic missile attacks. Proponents of deeper cuts cited a congressional budget office report estimating that an ski system would Cost $37 billion including an annual Cost of $8 billion that is an unlikely appropriation with a growing Federal deficit. Rep. Richard j. Durbin Ditl chief sponsor of he measure also a Ted about St Bullion the government has spent on 1 or gems that have been cancelled it you can to vote All you Nork a iv�?Tuii1.arndment 1 it i 1 Billum out of this wasteful program then turn in your stripes you done to deserve them a Durbin angrily demanded. The House also rejected an attempt to Stop production of the b-2 bomber at 15 planes. The vote was 212-162, freshman rep. Thomas Andrews a Maine sponsor of the b-2 amendment argued that for the past two years the House has backed the 15-plane plan. A what has happened in the last 12 months that would require us to go from 15 planes to 20 planes a Andrews asked his colleagues. The lawmaker noted that the Only major event has been the demise of the soviet Union. Proponents of Bush a plan pointed out that the administration initially wanted to build 132, revised that number to 75 and has now settled on 20 aircraft. A sometime in life you hav to know when to declare Victory Quot said rep. John r. Kasich a Ohio who had supported the 15-plane proposal. The air Force estimates that the Overall Cost of buying the radar evading aircraft and constructing hangars is $45.3 billion which would put the Price tag of each plane at $2.3 billion
