European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 10, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 a the stars and stripes wednesday june 10, 1992 at a glance Lisa stans Flold was just one or the singers who made a weekend appearance at the Rock am ring outdoor concert in Nair Burgering Germany see Story on pages 14-15. Cia predicts gloomy future the Cia predicted that the Pace of economic Reform in Russia and the other former soviet states will fall victim to a Steep increase in consumer prices and Page 5 guides for gun users to combat the Quot Public health emergency Quot of violence in the United states gun users should face restrictions As Tough As those placed on automobile Drivers said former surgeon general c. Everett Page 6 avoiding Friendly fire a year after Friendly fire claimed the lives of 44 Allied servicemen in the persian Gulf War some military top brass were to gather at an army test Range in fort Bliss Texas today for demonstrations of new equipment that they Hope will prevent such deadly accidents in future wars. A Page 9departures moved up army officials have confirmed that 2,700 soldiers who had been scheduled to leave the service Between october and december under Bonus separation programs must go no later than sept 29. A Page 10 general dynamics buyback defense giant Genera dynamics corp., which has built up a Reserve of $1.2 billion announced it will distribute some of its Cash to stockholders by buying Back 30 percent of its outstanding shares. A Page 17 i hex Abby Ann Landers. 19 action line. 16 comics. 19-21 commentary. 13 faces a no places. 22 letters. 12 Money matters. 17-18 sports. 23-28 to listings. 27 weather. 11 serbian from Page 1 that 20 people had been killed and 357 wounded in the past 24 hours in Sarajevo alone. Another seven people died and 21 were wounded elsewhere in Bosnia Media reports said. Before the Security Council vote on sending the 60 observers . Secretary general Boutros Boutros Ghali asked it to authorize 1,000 peacekeepers to secure Sarajevo a Airport. Gunmen from both sides in the conflict have agreed to put their troops around the Airport under . Guard. If the 60-Mcmber Advance team can gain the withdrawal of anti aircraft guns from the Hills around the Airport the full contingent could follow. That would put . Peacekeepers on the fiercest Battlefront of the yugoslav civil War. In a War where agreements Seldom hold the troops could be exposed to attack increasing pressure for foreign military intervention. As the diplomats met in new York on monday machine guns chattered in Sarajevo a streets rockets shrieked overhead and the whine of incoming artillery shells mixed with the thuds of explosions. Barrages from Cannon mortars and Multi Arreld rocket launchers set buildings ablaze across the City. At the main Hospital doctors said that they were Low on antibiotics aesthetics and oxygen but that response to broadcast appeals for blood had been Good. Three fighters left a dead Comrade wrapped in a Blanket outside the morgue when no one responded to their Knock ,. They wrote his name on a piece of cardboard stuffed in his Boot. Fighting broke out in Bosnia and Herzegovina after the republics majority muslims and croats voted for Independence from Yugoslavia on feb. 29. Serbian nationalists who boycotted the vote have since seized two thirds of the Republic forcing More than 1 million people to flee their Homes. The serbs say they want Sarajevo to be partitioned along ethnic lines but even ethnic serbian areas of the capital have been badly damaged by the constant from Page 1 reduction treaty a eliminating thousands of War Caas without going through years of difficult negotiations. Kozarev hoped he and Baker could resolve the differences a just before the Summit so the two presidents can strike the Deal when they Baker offered no such prediction. Yeltsin is to arrive next monday and open two Days of talks with Bush. The collapse of communism and the soviet Union and the end of the cold War have raised Hopes that the Bush Yeltsin Summit will be an Opportunity for substantial new cuts in strategic weapons. It also has advocates of reductions concerned that the Bush administrations focus on the ss-18s and its determination not to give up . Submarine based missiles might destroy chances to maintain the momentum toward new reductions. A at this moment of Opportunity trying to push Moscow Over the threshold from cooperation to unilateral disarmament is dangerously shortsighted and May prove self defeating a said sen. Joseph r. Biden jr., d-del., and a senior member of the Senate foreign relations committee. A to lose the whole agreement at this time would be most unfortunate a said Spurgeon m. Keeny jr., president of the arms control association. Another major item on the Summit Agenda is Western economic Aid. Baker acknowledged that there was no Chance Bush can offer Yeltsin an Aid package passed by Congress. A a in a not optimistic a Baker said of the chances of getting congressional action on an Aid package by next week. In reality such action is regarded As impossible. Czechoslovakian breakup looms As election winners fail to agree Prague Czechoslovakia apr talks Between the two rivals charged with governing Czechoslovakia ended tuesday without agreement on How to prevent the country from breaking apart Media reported. Quot the federation is lost a Vaclav Klaus a czech was quoted by the state news Agency Csuk As saying after talks with populist slovak Leader Vladimir Mesiar. Klaus the conservative Federal finance minister was tapped As Federal Premier after weekend parliamentary elections. There was no immediate comment on the talks from Mesiar whose party fared strongest in the weekend balloting in Slovakia the poorer Eastern third of the country. A the talks revealed deep and fundamental differences. On the future Structure of Czechoslovakia a Klaus told reporters. Klaus said there would be new talks t thursday on who should sit in the new Federal Cabinet. It was not immediately Clear however whether me Ciary a movement would designate anybody to take part in the Federal government. Klaus supports a continued czech slovak federation and his party won elections in the czech lands the More populous and industrialized Western two thirds of the country on that program. He is the driving Force behind economic Reform which has caused hardship in less developed Slovakia. Mesiar by contrast campaigned for slovak sovereignty a one step Short of Independence a a separate slovak Constitution and a referendum on whether Slovakia Breaks away from the federation. He Heads the movement for a democratic Slovakia or hods in slovak. It won almost 38 percent of the vote for the regional slovak parliament. Mesiar said sunday that the body could declare sovereignty soon after it meets on june 23. The outcome of the first Klaus Mesiar talks made the future look Bleak for president Vaclav Havel who indicated through his spokesman monday that he will not stand for re election by the new Federal parliament if Czechoslovakia Heads for a split. The spokesman Michael Yantovsky told reporters that Havel s candidacy depends on the continuation of a common state and economic and political reforms begun with the 1989 a velvet revolution that unseated the communists. Klaus said he insisted at the talks with Mesiar that Havel be re elected president. Mesiar said sunday he rated Havel a chances of re election As Mesiar was ousted As slovak Premier in May 1991 by Havel allies and has made no secret of his dislike for the play Wright president. New unit will Monitor environment pacts Rio de Janeiro Brazil a negotiators on monday night created a new . Commission to verify compliance with environmental treaties and review Progress toward the goals of the Earth Summit. A i think it s one of the most important accomplishments of the Summit said Kathy sessions an analyst with the United nations association of the United states. Scott Hajost of the environmental defense fund said the commission would be As powerful As countries allow it to be. A the proof is going to be in the follow up by government a said Hajost a former state department attorney. Nevertheless he said a a in a pleased we be got this on the he praised the United states for its role in the negotiations establishing the commission called the . Commission on sustainable development. It was the first piece of Good news to emerge from the Earth Summit concerning the United states. Washington has been severely criticized for its opposition to Many of the Earth summits goals. Europe and Japan have deserted it on most issues leaving the United states nearly alone in its opposition. Four environmental groups said in a news release the new . Commission was important for two reasons it will provide a forum where governments can be held accountable for their actions and it w ill be a place to continue negotiations begun at the Earth Summit. In other developments monday the United states Drew More criticism when it pressed its european allies not to break with its position on global warming. . Officials sent letters to Austria Switzerland and Britain urging them not to support a declaration that would set target dates for reducing Carbon dioxide emissions according to european officials. Michael Young Deputy head of the . Summit delegation Drew peals o derisive laughter from reporters when he dismissed the letters saying a the in itch states never puts pressure on the controversy Over the so Callec a like minded countries declaration or global warming to Widen the rift Between the United states and some of its allies Over Washington a steadfast opposition to the biodiversity treaty. The european Community which a expressed concern about the isolation of the United states at the Earth Summit i drafting a weaker declaration that ii Hopes to offer As a substitute for the Quot like minded countries declaration said Lauren Jan brinkhorst the european Community a spokesman. But brinkhorst insisted that the Industrial Powers a including the United states a had to show a commitment to halting global warming
