European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 23, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Page2 b the stars and stripes at a glance two British officers monday try to Stop a Man from hurling a Rock at carrying two 10-year-Olds accused of killing 2-Ycar-old James Bulger. Sec Story on Page 9. Targeting research president Clinton visiting califor Nia s Silicon Valley promised Mon Day to redirect defense research to Ward helping industries and schools use High tech innovations. Page 4 doomsday planning the Federal Agency charged with responding to natural disasters has spent most of its Energy Over the past decade planning for armageddon. Page 7 Christopher in Beirut . Secretary of state Warren m. Journeyed to Beirut Lebanon on monday As the first can official to visit the City since 1983. Page 8 gloom covers Britain the Sun is setting on britons Pride in their country a poll shows. Pago 10 Tough assignment a virtual no write zone exists for Western Media interested in cover ing saudi Arabia and the american troops stationed there. Page 11 funds luring investors american investors continue to pour Cash into Mutual funds. Page 16 Index Abby Ann Landers. 21 classifieds. 25-28 commentary is computers 12 comics 21-23 faces n places 24 focus 17-20 Horoscope 27 Jumble 27 letters. 14 Money matters 16 sports 2936 television 35 weather 13 court from Page 1 end the 10-month-old War in Bosnia. About 28,000 people have died in fight ing in Bosnia and another breakaway yugoslav Republic Croatia since 1991. The creation of the court could lend to proceedings similar to the 1945-49 Nurnberg trials of nazi leaders and the Tokyo War crimes trials. Those trials led to new definitions of War crimes and crimes against humanity that were added to the Geneva conventions in 1949. The . Resolution cites ethnic cleansing mass killings and treatment of Muslim women a reference to systematic rape. The Resolution states that the Security Council is determined to put an end to crimes and to take the appropriate measures to bring to Justice the persons who arc responsible for the Council decided to establish an International criminal court for the prosecution of people responsible for serious violations of International humanitarian Law committed in the Terri tory of former Yugoslavia since 1991." the court would be backed by chapter 7 of the . Charter which authorizes the use of Force when International Rity is threatened. Nations that refuse to cooperate with investigations or extradite suspects also can face International sanctions. The Resolution asks . Secretary general Boutros Boutros Ghali to recommend within two months How the court will work and invites nations to submit suggestions for the court s Powers and functions. France which drafted the Resolution has proposed that Only mass or systemic crimes be prosecuted and that the Maxi mum punishment be Long prison terms not execution. Several nazi and japanese War Crimi nals of world War ii were condemned to death including Hermann Goring mar tin Bormann and Joachim von Ribben trop. Meanwhile . Relief shipments to Bosnia resumed monday and City Lead ers agreed to begin distributing food again to the capital s hungry residents. A cease fire appeared to be holding around Sarajevo and one . Official credited the United states involvement with stopping the fighting. In the United states Clinton administration officials said they were working put details of the plan to Airdrop supplies into bosnian areas Cut off by fighting. Relief officials said however that they would favor a move Only As a last resort and Karadzic Leader of Bosnia s serbs said an operation was absolutely Sarajevo s City Council met monday morning and decided City workers could again begin distributing food from . Warehouses said Azzem Obranovic Secretary to the Council president. The City had boycotted Aid distribution since feb. 12 in Solidarity with muslims in Eastern Bosnia who have been isolated from food Relief. . Officials estimate 100,000 muslims Are Short of food in Eastern areas surrounded by serbian forces. On sunday however a .-es sorted Convoy blocked for Days by serbs finally made it to the besieged easter town of Zepa. South from Page 1 that hit nearby Jellico Plains Tenn. Across the Region dozens of Homes were damaged or destroyed and thousands of people remained without electricity Mon Day authorities said. Tornadoes killed two men in trailer Homes in Georgia one in Northern Polk county where at least 30 others were injured and the other in Pike county Southof Atlanta. We have been hit pretty hard said Glen Arp a radio operator with the Polk county ga., police. We have Trees blocking roads Power lines Down Mobile Homes pushed Over roofs blown off High wind damage was reported across South Carolina. A suspected Tornado hit Belton s.c., causing damage but no injuries. A Tornado touched Down about 40 Miles East of Lexington ky., causing Littler no damage. A teen Ager was missing after his Canoe overturned in a swollen Creek at Rush ky., and a Man was missing at Saltville va.,after falling into a flooded Creek. Four Iowa traffic deaths were blamed on the weather As was one in Maryland. The Federal aviation administration reported delays of up to four hours at air ports in the Midwest and Northeast where Maine got up to 14 inches of Snow overnight. Colorado Rescue teams set out monday on snowmobiles Cross country skis and Snow tractors in an Effort to find five skier missing since saturday when two avalanches thundered Down near the exclusive resort town of Aspen. An air plane and two helicopters also joined the search. Bad weather made search work impossible sunday. Pitkin county sheriff Bob Braudis said it would take at least 20 hours for rescuers to reach the area where officials Hope the skiers made it to a Remote Cabin. With overnight temperatures dipping into the teens kit s a very pessimistic out look if they did t reach a hut said Deb Bie Kindrick a sheriffs spokeswoman. Several people were rescued unharmed after an Avalanche sunday swept across interstate 70 on Vail pass burying four cars and a semitrailer truck. Nearly 300 avalanches have been re ported since a warning went into effect wednesday. Dozens of people were stranded in their Homes. Hotel rooms in the area were full. Many travellers huddled at stations or in their vehicles in packed parking , Northern California had Only scattered showers after More than Aspin from Page 1 in travel plans. Aspin s spokesman Vernon Guidry said the Secretary was conscious and in Possession of his the 54-year-old Aspin has had a history of heart problems. Because Aspin has not been incapacitated the duties of defense Secretary have not been transferred to a lower ranking official at the Pentagon guide said. However should that become Nec Essary the duties would fall to the High est ranking official in the Pentagon Hierarchy who has been confirmed by the Senate the spokesman said. Normally that role would fall immediately to the no. 2 person in the depart ment the Deputy Secretary of defense. Four Days of powerful Winter weather. An other front headed there threatened More heavy rain and Snow. Work Crews used a Brief interlude of Sunshine to Clear roads and dam a River in Southern California before monday s approaching storm. A 2-year-old boy drowned in a los an Geles area Creek and a mexican Man died while trying to Cross the Tijuana River on sunday. Near Victorville calif., a levee completed sunday blocked the flooded Mojave River from several undermined Homes four of which had been declared unsafe to enter. In Pacific Palisades authorities kept watch on nine Homes that Slid several feet Down a soggy Bluff overlooking the Pacific. This year s record rainfall in the South West caused an earthen dam in the grand Canyon to erode sending water cascading sunday through an isolated Indian Village. Sixty three people were evacuated said Bob Mcnichols natural resources officer with the Bureau of Indian affairs in peach Springs Ariz. Many of them could t get to their Homes he said and the electricity was out in about half the Village meaning no heat and no Way to pump the but the nominated Deputy William Perry has not been confirmed by the Senate and a White House delay in his paperwork has held up his confirmation hearing. Other than Aspin there Are no senior officials at the Pentagon who have been nominated by the Clinton administration and confirmed by the Senate. Aspin was hospitalized in 1991 after experiencing shortness of breath while skiing in Colorado Joseph Kennedy to skip governor s race Boston Al rep. Joseph p. Kennedy ii says he will not run for Gover nor of Massachusetts next year because he is satisfied with his work in washing ton and does not want to lose time with his twin sons. Kennedy in interviews with Boston newspapers sunday confirmed what friends advisers and family members said earlier he will not run for governor in 1994. "1 Don t see at the moment any Circum stances under which 1 would run he said. Kennedy 40, was first elected to con Gress in 1986 and became chairman of a House banking subcommittee this year. He said he had considered challenging Republican gov. William f. Weld but is comfortable with his work in Washington. T i feel i can make a difference he said there s a tremendous Opportunity for Kennedy who is divorced and has 12 year old sons also said he does not have the additional time to spend running for of fice. A Globe poll in december gave Weld 45 percent of the vote of those questioned and Kennedy 44 percent. No other Poten tial democratic candidate came within 10 Points of Weld. Other democrats who have been mentioned As possible gubernatorial candidates in 1994 Are Boston University president John r. Silber Boston mayor Raymond i. Flynn state attorney general i. Scott Harshbarger and former state Senate ways and Means chairwoman Patricia Mcgovern
