European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 16, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes tuesday february 16,1993 at a glance cmdr. Howard Fischer a Navy dentist examines Haw Abdi debt acc in Lafonc Somalia. . Medical and construction teams arc helping to restore Hope to the Remote Vil Lage. See Story on pages 18-19. Iraq controversy the . Intelligence Community knew that a Britain based company was buying military related equip ment for Iraq As Early As 1987, . Government sources said. Page 4 qut of this world an Independent committee of scientists set up to help oversee the biosphere ii space habitat Experiment in Arizona has resigned frustrated by tack of cooperation. Page punishment urged an Alliance of 49 South korean civic and religious groups says it will launch a Campaign to demand stiff punishment for a . Soldier charged with the murder of a korean woman. Insurance comeback while Bank stocks have received much More attention another Finan Cial services Industry life insurance has staged an equally dra Matic comeback on Wall Street. Page 16 Index j Abby Ann Landers 21 classifieds 25-27 comics 21-23 commentary 15 computers.,. 12 crossword 21 faces n1 places. 24 horoscope27 Jumble 27 letters 14 Money matters 16 sports29-36 to listings 35 weather 13 plan from Page 1 voters to re elect this  experts assert that Many projects will never pay off. If big payoffs were feasible they say business already would bedding the spending. If the Economy grows at a Strong rate through 1996, voter probably will not question Clinton s program. Many americans will simply conclude that the program has worked even Ingrowth has come for other reasons like increased exports. But if the Economy inches along slowly and unemployment remains High in 1996, americans probably will scrutinize the spending plan and ask where s the beef Clinton then might have to use All his political skills to con Vince the Public that the investments Are not futile. The presi Dent economists say will have to Tell americans not to expect a Short term fix for economic problems such As inadequate Job training crumbling Bridges and overcrowded airports that were decades in the  knows these problems have been accumulating for 15 years labor Secretary Robert b. Reich said in an inter View. There Are no magic fixes no magic  to justify his spending plan the president is expected to explain How increased investment is essential for generating faster growth and higher living  the View of Many economists the slowdown in . Invest ment helps explain Why . Living standards Are growing so slowly and Why american Industry Nas lost so much ground to its German and japanese  the decade s end Japan and Germany were investing More than 12 times what we spend As a percentage of their output on roads Bridges sewers and the information networks. Anco technologies of the future Clinton said during the presidential Campaign. To reclaim the future we must strive to close this investment Gap,1 he said. _ in his inaugural address Clinton called for sacrifice in seemed add to feel Good oratory and living beyond therr  to wait for Long term results. Full funding head Start or immunizing All children these Hinske Asack Reich said. There is a huge fun pay. Back if terms of higher productivity and lower social costs but spa these children arc teen agers or even later. Administration officials say some aspects of Clinton s invest ment plans will provide Quick returns while others such As plans to build i fish Speed trains might not produce results until Well into the next  the Issue of time Many economists Worth that a government prone to pork barrel politics will choose ejects with dubious payoffs. Critics conjure up images of six Lane highways into the Hills of West Virginia. Clinton s plan to spend far More on Job training should i theory make tens of thousands of workers More productive within a year or two and these workers and their companies should feel the return on that investment fairly soon. Repairing roads also should produce Quick results. Fixing potholes Means fewer broken axles less Wear and tear on tires and fewer alignments said Roger e. Brinner chief economist for Dri Mcgraw Hill an economics consulting firm in Lexing ton mass. That should help Drivers in Boston and truckers on interstate  but How soon these things will translate into a one tenth of 1percent increase in productivity or economic growth is another question. Fuel from Page 1 but the bread had been kept from Sunda production. The main Hospital needs 4,000 loaves daily and refugee centers require10,000, he said. The departing . Commander . Hussein Abdul Razek said in a fare Well message that the destruction and deprivation he had witnessed in Sarajevo As Well As massacres elsewhere in Bosnia were a real disaster which shocks our civilization our feelings As human  must come a time when the fight ing docs end for the Sake of the children he said. At a time of mounting confrontation be tween the bosnian and the . Forces and Relief workers sent to help them Abdulrazak stressed it was vital to Stop the fight ing and to help the  want to give the message to the people who arc in charge of making peace tomake a rear peace and Start by ceasing the hostilities whatever it takes he  cd ska Convoy is viewed As a crucial test for . Aid supplies to Eastern Bosnia where up to 200,000 slavic muslims Are said to be trapped in pockets of land sur rounded by serbs. Bosnian leaders and citizens perhaps disappointed that the Clinton administration Aid not agree last week to lift an  or intervene militarily in the War appear increasingly frustrated at the world s efforts to end their suffering. � the Sarajevo authorities decision to Hal the Aid distribution which has kept the capital s 380,000 residents alive for months was followed by a similar ruling from Tula. That town some 50 Miles North of Sarajevo is accommodating thousands of mus Lim refugees from Eastern Bosnia including Czerska. . Convoys to Eastern Bosnia have often been blocked by fighting and the serbs themselves sometimes soldiers and sometimes unarmed women and Chil Dren. The Region is the site of some of the worst atrocities and fighting since Bosnia muslims and croats voted for Independence nearly a year  special envoy to the . High com missioner for refugees Jose Maria men dilute assailed the Sarajevo decision Sun Day saying it was made without consulting the people it affects. He emphasized that . Workers have braved deadly sniper and mortar attacks and up to 25 roadblocks per half mile to Geraid to some areas. Repeatedly asked if the mandate should be changed to allow More aggressive action to get Aid through Mendiluce said the Sce Nario everybody describes is . Forces shooting to Cir Way through roadblocks Roget Relief to besieged areas. A Convoy May get through that Way once or twice but if it is perceived As an act of War against one Side then immediately the whole humanitarian organization will be a target he said. Peres from Page 1 concessions As Well Peres said. Headed that Israel does not want to dominate the palestinians and is ready to let them run their own lives with their own government in the occupied West Bank and Gaza strip. We must take care Peres added not to create a yugoslav like situation in our own country we arc very near it and it threatens to endanger Al the miracles we have achieved so  he said however that Syria mus come Down to Earth and accept Israel s insistence that territorial concessions on the Golan Heights follow a peace agreement and Security guarantees rather than the other Way around. Asked by a member of the audience if he is concerned that the Clinton administration might move to Cut the $3 billion year in foreign Aid that the United states gives to Israel Peres said that . Aid at ready is being Cut Back by inflation and is Worth 30 percent less now than it was inthe mid-1980s. He noted that Washington still spent More to keep troops in Europe and Asia to defend its allies on those continents and said. Give me peace and i shall give up foreign  China accuses West of military rumours Beijing a an official commentary on monday blamed the United states and other Western nations with spreading slanderous rumours of a chinese military threat and denied Bei Jing had designs on its neighbors. The commentary carried by the Xin Hua news Agency was a Clear sign of chinese concern that its military buildup and position on some territorial disputes is causing concern to its neighbors China s rapidly growing military Bud get naval modernization and weapons buying spree Are seen by Many As a bid to fill a vacuum and become More assertive in the Region As the . Military pres ence decreases. Beijing also has refuse to renounce the use of Force to regain Taiwan which it regards As a renegade province. There is particular concern Over Possi ble hostilities Over the spratly island3, an area thought to be Rich in Oil that is claimed by China Vietnam and several other Southeast asian states. China recently signed a contract with a . Com Pany to explore for Oil and Gas in the con tested area offering to provide its Navy for Protection. The commentary argued that Arma ments of the chinese army Are maintained at the minimum possible level and specifically denied that China was acquiring aircraft carriers As has been frequently speculated earlier this month however the offi Cial Magazine China youth earned an article saying that China has never prom ised it will never have an aircraft earner and that officers were receiving training for aircraft Carrier duty. Even though China insists it s Sot in creasing offensive capability some peo ple in Western countries have deliberately spread slanderous rumours that China i building up its National defense to a level seemingly beyond t. Capability for de sense " the commentary said. \