European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 20, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Tit 81 a a and stept. 8 saturday to Rutily. At a glance Secretary of state Warren m. Christopher walks away from the Sphinx on Friday during his visit to Egypt the first leg of his trip to the Middle East. Christopher later met with president Honsl Mubarak. See Story on Page 9. Rapper apologizes rap Star and underwear Pitchman Marky Mark apologized for Bias at tacks he committed As a teen Ager and urged his fans to be tolerant of ethnic minorities and Gays. Page 4 Homes for homeless the state s top court ruled that new York City hospitals no longer May discharge psychiatric patients to the streets without taking con Crete Steps to find them a Home. Page 6 10-year-Olds arrested British police Hunting or the killers of a 2-year-old boy said they had arrested two 10-year-old boys for questioning Page 10 picking up steam government reports indicated that the Economy is surging ahead with the Commerce department now Likely to revise its estimate for growth in the final three months of last year. Page 16 Index. Abby Ann Landers 21 automotive 12 classifieds. 25-28 comics 21-23 commentary 15 crossword 21 faces a places 24 focus 17-20 Horoscope 27 Jumble. 27 letters 14 Money matters 16 religion 11 sports 29-36 to listings 35 weather 13 Clinton s budget cuts peril longtime radio broadcasts frown staff und in report it Washington radio Liberty and radio tree flu rope Are a caring their final sign offi in president Clinton s new economic plan an official of the Board for International broadcasting says. But of the overseas . Broadcasts insists the jury is still out and predicts Clinton will save the stations be cause radio broadcasting is the cheapest Way to fight the Board which operates the trans missions to former communist countries in Europe is listed for deep cuts starting in fiscal 1994, said a Board official thurs Day on condition of anonymity. As part of Clinton s spending cuts announced to Congress on wednesday night the Board was Given a set of num Bers that assumed cancellation of a new transmitter project in Israel in 1994, a cutback in programs the next year and termination in 1996, the source said. The source said the office of manage ment and budget listed cuts in the Broad cast Board s allocations at $60 million $59 million $281 million and $244 Mil lion for fiscal 1994, 1995, 1996 and 1997, respectively. Radio free Europe broadcasting to Central european countries and radio us cry to the former soviet Union spent about $207 million in 1992. The assumptions were based on amounts listed although the data were nonspecific and included nothing to indicate that anyone in the administration was taking specific action the official said. A spokesman at the Headquarters for the two stations in Munich Germany said we have seen the proposal in Bare Bones format and we Are trying to find out More about it. The stations have tens of millions of listeners in an important and highly unpredictable part of the the stations he said arc an important asset for the United states and their future would be an important policy consideration. In the meantime we Are waiting to Sec what is resolved in Wash radio free Europe broadcasts in six languages of Eastern Europe and the three languages of the Baltic states. Radio Liberty broadcasts in russian around the clock and in 11 other Ian gauges of the new nations of the former soviet Union. Altogether the stations weekly air time is just under 900 hours making it by far the leading Western broadcaster to Eastern Europe and the former soviet Union the spokesman said. In Many of these languages we Are the Only Western broadcasters he added. The two stations employ 1,653 people the majority of the employees 1,178 of them work in Germany. Malcolm s. Forbes jr., the new York financial Magazine publisher who chairs the Board said in a Telephone interview that the numbers were from the Middle level bureaucrats at the office of management and budget and not discussed thoroughly by the foreign policy establishment or Capitol Hill. In a time of budget austerity radio broadcasting is the cheapest Way of influencing events the cheapest Way to fight dictators cheaper than military forces and bases he said. Forbes predicted that Eastern Europe s tribulations will Force . Policy makers to recognize the unique Mission of the two radios which is to help for Mer communist countries adapt to democracy by providing information about their leaders and neighbors staff writer j. King Cruger contributed to this report Clinton from Page 1 rather than a National sales tax or a lot Tery Clinton said that the United states still has the lowest Energy costs by far among the world s Industrial nations. Me said he had always opposed Lotte Ries As fund raising measures. As for a National sales tax or so called value added tax he said he rejected it As a a Radical change in the tax but he did t reject the possibility out right. It is something 1 think we May Well have to look at in the years ahead he said As part of a possible restructuring of the Tux system. I do believe that America at another time and maybe not too Long into the future will debate whether we want to shift the nature of our tax system he said. Taking on criticism that his economic plan is weighted far too heavily toward raising Money through tax increases an not nearly enough toward cutting spend ing Clinton said in his introductory re Marks that we did actually increase some he said the increases were in such areas As head Start educational Loans and retraining of workers who have lost jobs through cuts in defense spending. We have to do that because that s what determines what people s incomes Are he said. Abortion came up Early in the questioning when a Young Man asked do you believe life begins at Conception Clinton responded by asking do you believe women who have an abortion should be tried for first degree murder yes i do replied the questioner. The president said he Felt the govern ment should not make criminal an activity Over which even theologians on thursday Clinton said he believes his economic revival plan will be Good Tot virtually every it s not just for you but for us not just for narrow interest but for National interest he told a Flag waving crowd at St. Louis historic Union station. The consummate candidate of came sign 92 was clearly in his Clement As he it the Road again for what he referred to As Day one of America s new Clinton coupled his Campaign style a peal with a Stern warning that unless the country restores its economic strength by creating More jobs and paring its deficit we re going to be in trouble.1 " we have got to create some new Job sin this country for goodness Sake he said. Tragedy from Page 1 coast guard Liaison in port a Prince. One survivor Denjamin Sinclair told the associated press that As Many As 1,500 people were crowded aboard the triple deck ferry filling the decks and thereof of the top deck. Many of the survivors said they were inthe water from 11 . Tuesday when the Neptune capsized until noon wednesday. A haitian vessel and three . Coast guard cutters thursday night delivered the first bodies plucked from the sea 137 of them and then headed Back for More. The vessel went Down 60 Miles West of the capital offshore from Petit Gosve the coast guard reported. The coast guard operations Center in Miami said no distress Calls were received from the vessel. A coast guard search plane locate bodies and debris thursday afternoon in an Oil Slick about 2 Miles Northeast of the town. Fishermen said there were Strong erratic currents in the area that May have swept bodies out to sea. The cargo included 75 oxen some sheep and goats and sacks of Coffee and charcoal. Survivors interviewed in Petit Gosve on thursday said they held onto anything that floated including the oxen. Sinclair a 32-year-old bus Driver said he also Clung to a bag of charcoal until fishermen picked him up at 4 n m wednesday. He said the vessel was cruising in a rainstorm and As conditions worsened passengers panicked. Julien said the storm tossed the Nep tune and people on the roof were Flung screaming into the pitch Black Waters. She said she was separated from six family members who Likely drowned. She and other survivors said there were no life jackets or lifeboats on Board the coast guard said haitian official reported that the ferry Sank during i Squall after passenger s rushed to oneside. The steel hulled Neptune was owned and operated by haitians military authorities said. The coast guard notified of the trag Edy at 7 30 . Thursday sent five Cut ters and several aircraft to help. Crater in Road halts . Convoy to towns a tense shelling of the Western Saraih after obtaining the serbs go ahead a suburbs of Yazici and stun we m Florous 1 slavic muslims surround . Convoy heading for Ivan i in m lim.1,.,4 Ai f pc mus serbs in the eau in or ii of la a. Convoy g for two besieged Muslim held towns in the cast was halted Friday by a huge Crater in the Road . Officials said. Meanwhile bosnian radio reported in in a fierce serb offensive. The Convoy of 10 Trucksa crucial test of if the Convoy reaches Gorade and the bosnian government May lift 1 i in Iii. i a
