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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 10, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes . Wednesday february 10.1993 . Gets Bosnia peace plan Waits for american evaluation by the los Angeles times United nations special negotiators Cyrus r. Vance and lord David Owen presented their controversial bosnian peace plan to the Security Council on monday As the United nations awaited Washington views on it. Owen the european Community envoy in the peace negotiations and Vance the . S representative briefed the Council for More than an hour. The most controversial part of their plan would Divide a Federated Bosnia and Herzegovina into 10 prov inces. Each ethnic group serbs croats and muslims would dominate in three of them All three would join in the administration of Sarajevo the capital. So far Only the bosnian croats have accepted the 10-province division. It has been rejected by the bosnian serbs and by the Muslim dominated government of Bosnia. Owen and Vance a former . Secretary of state told reporters that it was Clear that the Council if it accepted a peace plan intended to implement it As Owen put it in a very thorough Well thought out and committed manner this hint that the Council might attempt to Back up any peace agreement with the threat of military Force appeared to coincide with some thinking of administration officials. In deliberations Over ravaged Bosnia it is understood that some officials have proposed that the United nations use Force if necessary to implement some kind of revised peace plan. But the . Administration is still deliberating about what to do. A . Spokesman reported that Secretary of state Warren m. Christopher told Vance earlier monday that american officials would Complete their Bosnia policy review As quickly As they  Christopher National Security adviser Anthony Lake and other . Officials meeting without the presi Dent continued their policy review during the Day. State department spokesman Richard Boucher said he expected an announcement of the . Position this week. The administration has hesitated to support Vance and Owen because Many . Officials think their plan would Reward serbs for their aggression against Bosnia and would accept their ethnic cleansing the bloody removal of muslims from serbian held Townsand villages. To Deal with this concern Vance proposed that the Security Council set up an International criminal court to conduct trials and to create an International com Mission on human rights for Bosnia. In a statement issued at . Headquarters Yugo slav foreign minister Ilija Djukic said his government supported the Vance Owen plan As the most Complete and realistic framework for establishing just and lasting peace in Bosnia. The yugoslav Federal govern negotiators Cyrus r. Vance left and lord David Owen discuss bosnian peace plan at the . On monday. Mint now includes Only Serbia and Montenegro there was Hope at . Headquarters that Djukic s statement might encourage the bosnian serbs to accept the plan. In other developments heavy fighting Between tanks and artillery was re ported throughout Bosnia in an evident attempt by each Side to seize As much territory As possible in and Vance of a possible imposition of a peace plan by the Security Council. Bosnian radio reported that serbian shells were raining Down on Sarajevo worsening the situation in the besieged capital. In Geneva Kenneth Blackwell the american Delegate to the . Human rights commission said the United states would contribute $500,000 for an investigation to determine the identities of serbian command ers who have organized mass rapes of Muslim women in Bosnia. Suspect held in rash of Seattle arsons Everett Wash. A a Man charged in three arsons has implicated himself in 76 of about 100 fires that have plagued suburban Seattle in the past six months an investigator says. Paul Kenneth Keller 27, an advertising Salesman from the Seattle suburb of Lyn mood was arrested saturday on one first degree arson charge and two second degree arson charges in three blazes nov. 2 and Jan. 1. Shortly after his arrest Keller implicated himself in 76 fires Deputy prosecutor Ken Cowsert said monday at a District court hearing. Bail was set at $1 million Richard Tassano the Public defender appointed about 100 fixes struck Homes churches and Busi Nesses in the Seattle area since aug. 6. There were no deaths or serious injuries in any of the fires which caused about $10 million in damage. Keller s arrest came soon after the Jan. 27 release of three sketches of arson suspects based on witnesses descriptions. John Hinch Clyile a Snohomish fire Cap Tain called authorities to say two of the sketches resembled Keller according to an affidavit. Hinchcliffe said he met Keller six years ago and gave him a fire station tour after Keller said he was working on a Book about fire fighting. A psychological profile prepared at the National Center for analysis of violent crime at Quantico va., says the arsonist Likely was a Well dressed businessman who had suffered a personal catastrophe. Keller a Salesman at his father s advertising Agency faced bankruptcy last july a development that was personally devastating his father said. 3 hospitalized after being shot by same Bullet Lincolnton . A a Man trying to unload a pistol in a crowded Mobile Home shot himself his 2-year-old son and a 9-year-old neighbor All with one Bullet. Giro Hernandez Cruz 27, was struck in the hand saturday then the slug hit his son in the head before wounding the neighbor girl in the Chest Lincoln county sheriffs detective Jerry Long said. Or. Cruz was not familiar with the weapon and was trying to unload it when it fired Long said. The boy Francisco was listed in serious condition monday at Carolinas medical Center in Charlotte Cruz and the girl Felicia Ingle were listed in stable condition at Lincoln county Hospital in Lincolnton it will be up to a grand jury to decide whether charges will be filed Long said. No permit had been issued for the .380 semiautomatic pistol which belonged to a neighbor Long said there were 12 adults and children present at the Tim of the shooting. . Dog plunges to death after hopping onto plane from wire reports Taylorsville Beach . A Pilot threw one last Ball to his neighbor s dog got into his floatplane and took off unaware that the dog had hopped onto one of the pontoons. Ronald Sain did t know the dog had climbed aboard and fallen to its death until he was notified saturday by police during a later flight. Witnesses had reported seeing the dog a part Labrador retriever named Baron fall 1,000 feet. The dog went through the roof of a vacant cottage and landed in the Kitchen. I Don t know what it says about my flying skills for me to be Able to take off with a 60-Pound Doe con my plane and not notice it said Sain a certified seaplane  for abuser Bloomington 111. A Central Illinois judge monday sentenced a woman convicted of child abuse to four years probation and ordered her to have a norplant contraceptive device implanted. Mclean county judge Ron Dozier imposed the sentence on Lisa Smith 22, who pleaded guilty in december to fracturing her 4-week-old son s Skull by bashing his head with a music Box then waiting two Days before taking him to a Hospital. Smith said she was upset with her Boyfriend at the time and took out her frustrations on the baby the norplant device provides contraception for five years. Building named for Marshall Washington president Clinton on monday signed a Bill naming the new Federal judiciary building in Washington after the late supreme court Justice Thurgood Marshall. It is fitting that a building which houses the work of More than 2,000 judicial employees be named after a Man who dedicated More than six decades of his life to Public service in the judicial Arena Clinton said in a statement the president said Marshall s insistent vision for America is a legacy which i Hope we will cherish and strive to fulfil. Marshall who died last month was the first Black on the supreme court and a Leader in the struggle for civil rights. Zoo still in mourning los Angeles the wildlife Way station for unwanted and abused Lions leopards and other animals has ended its quarantine but not the grief since canine distemper killed 17 big cats at the facility in Angeles National  quarantine was set in december after african and asian cats showed symptoms of the virus which is usually limited to dogs said Martinc Colette owner of the private zoo supported by donations. Well never be the same again Colette said. A you re never going to have a Comfort level again. The virus attacks the animal s nervous system before going on to the rest of the body. The 160-acre zoo established in 1977 now houses750 animals including Lions leopards tigers grizzly bears alligators wolves and Wolf dog mixes. Gun control clears hurdle Richmond a. Virginia s House rejected a proposed Compromise on gov. L. Douglas Wilder s gun control Bill monday and approved his original stricter proposal. Under the Compromise state residents could buy More than one handgun a month if they had a certificate from state police authorizing them to do so. Wilder s plan would limit handgun purchases to one a month with no  House voted 65-34, largely along Parry lines to reject the Republican backed  then approved the democratic governor s original Bill 59-41. The Senate still must vote on the Compromise. We re very pleased to see the very Strong support for gun control As evidenced in the House vote tonight Wilder  now has no limit on handgun purchases for state  and Federal authorities have said the state s lax gun Laws have made it a weapons marketplace for gun dealers. Forty percent of the traceable handguns found at crime scenes in new York tit w 1991 were sold in Virginia according to the Federal Bureau of alcohol tobacco and firearms  
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