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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Tuesday, May 18, 1993

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 18, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 Twostars and stripes tuesday May 18,1993i a hat a glance Many youth baseball leagues and other sports arc adopting face guards to protect players from Eye injuries and experts say there is no evidence to show that the added safety measures impair performance. See stories on Page 17. Iranians accused the suspect in the january killings outside Cia Headquarters was acting As part of a coordinated iranian attack on the United states that included the bombing of the world Trade Center a Book says. A Pago 5 police shut Beach los Angeles police faced with clashes among rival gangs temporarily closed a popular Southern California Beach on sunday. A Page 6 German leftists unite Western Germany a greens and Eastern Germany a Alliance 90 parties have United As a single Environ mental leftist party. A Pago b base Sale studied american and chinese investors reportedly Are trying to Purchase 100 acres of Chanute fab to build a training Center for chinese and other asian managers. A Pago 16 Index Abby Ann Landers. 21 classifieds .25-28 comics 21-23 commentary.15 computers.12 crossword. 21 faces a no places24 focus. 17-20 horoscope.27 jumble27 letters. 14 Money matters.16 sports .29-36 television. 35 weather .13 f correction hits Roc id again to promote budget plan t i Washington up intent on training Public attention on his economic Agenda it president Clinton was headed out of town again monday to press his Case for a $500 billion package that will raise taxes and Cut the deficit. In taking his Appeal outside Washington for a second week running Clinton was to travel first to los Alamos n.m., Home of the los Alamos National Laboratory to tackle the question of retraining workers and contractors forced from defense related jobs As a result of declining defense budgets. Clinton planned to tour the Laboratory made famous by its role in developing . Nuclear weapons and later discuss his defense conversion plans in a speech to area residents. The president announced in March a four year $20 billion program to train displaced defense workers and help communities and people of plan from Pago 1 the latter reject the plan. Mladic appeared characteristically undeterred. A the Western forces would know How to come Here but not How to get out a he was quoted by the yugoslav news Agency Tan Jug As saying. A whoever comes will leave his Bones Here a he described the peace plan drafted by Owen and Cyrus Vance of the United nations As a a funeral pile for the serb  Karadzic said military intervention a May happen but it would be  acc cd by closing of dozens of defense bases. A v a \ a 1 a a Clinton is headed then to California a state whose once Golden Economy has been tarnished by stubbornly High unemployment and the loss of tens of thousands of aerospace jobs. There he will begin what is Likely to be a hard sell of his economic program monday night in san Diego with one of his televised a town Hall meetings he used with Success on the Campaign Trail. A buoyed by House committee approval last week of his $500 billion spending package the president is heeding aides and even critics who said his message and plans were unfocused and getting lost in the shuffle of issues facing him. Though the civil strife in the former Yugoslavia continues and other foreign and Domestic issues continue to demand his attention the president is intent on sticking to the economic message to the Point of uncharacteristically cutting off errant questions. A key Clinton Campaign strategist James Carville said sunday the president was moving now a in the right direction focusing on the things that matter to people.�?�. \ a a a he a going out there to the american people he a refocusing on the Economy he understands that he a got to be a lot sharper he a doing that a Carville told Abc television. Edward Rollins another political strategist who has worked primarily for republicans and briefly for Independent Ross Perot said much the same. A i agree its smart for him to be out there a Rollins said of Clinton a stepped up travel plans outside the nations capital. A part of the problem is he a been All Over the  skies Calm Over Bosnia nato says Vicenza Italy a amps nato warplanes had an uneventful weekend while conducting combat air patrols in the no Fly zone Over Bosnia and Herzegovina. A we had no air detected tracks of unauthorized aircraft in the zone either Friday saturday or sunday a air Force maj. Steve Headley an operation deny flight spokesman in Vicenza said monday. Nato fighters flew 33 missions sunday bringing the total of fighter sorties to 1,188. Since deny flight began april 12, the operation has flown a total of 1,701 missions. A Why would anybody punish the serbian people for expressing its will a Kara a Saia. Zie a fall democratic countries should recognize the  foreign leaders have denounced the referendum As a farce. In Mostar bosnian croats Are trying to win control of the Western part of the City along the Banks of the Nereiva River. Croat Muslim clashes sunday were the worst in several Days of fighting that erupted in Mostar May 9 and have defied several attempts at a  from Page against any of its neighbors a he told reporters. A it is inconceivable that the International Community would remain  Hungary fears it May become involved in the bosnian War because it backs the International sanctions against Serbia and allows Azacs surveillance planes from the Alliance in its airspace to enforce a no Fly zone Over Bosnia. Hungary Borders Serbia along the Danube River which is crucial in enforcing an International embargo against Serbia. Jeszensky said Over the weekend that Hungary had received menaces but Firner said that at this stage a there is no evidence that there is a threat of an attack against  both also denied reports Hungary had formally asked for . Anti aircraft miss Siles in return for the use of hungarian airspace. But Jeszensky would not comment whether informal contacts had entered on this. A it is not for me to decide what methods would be needed Quot to protect Hungary whose armed forces Are considered weaker than Serbia a  from Pago 1 can its current Fleet of 12 aircraft carriers. A what we did is we nailed �?~12�?T on the Wall and then said a of what do we have to Cut out in order to hold those 12?�?T a Smith said. A we think we must afford a 12-Carrier Navy and in order to help find the Money to pay for it we re taking hits in other areas. A the Navy has been under increasing pressure from the White House and some members of Congress to trim the number of carriers to 10. President Clin ton endorsed that concept during the 1992 presidential Campaign and Liberal lawmakers have joined in As Well. But Smith argued in his briefing that if the Navy a Carrier strength were Cut to 10, the service no longer would be Able to keep aircraft carriers constantly deployed in As Many potential trouble spots around the world As it now docs. Navy officials said that they had no firm estimates on How much Money the cutbacks would save. But a recent study by the congressional budget office suggests that they could save As much As $13 billion a year by Early in the next Century. The plan would have Broad implications for the nations defense Industry which would be asked to slow the production of submarines and fighter aircraft. And it would Force the closing of additional naval bases which already Are being shut Down rapidly. Smith said that the new Navy proposal has received a generally favourable response in private discussions with members of the House and Senate armed services committees. But it is unclear How the administration will react to the plan. Smith told reporters that the proposal would Call for cutting the Navy s Fleet of attack submarines which were designed to deter soviet ballistic missile subs from 88 now in use to 56 by 1999 and 45 in the Early part of the 21st Century. Adoption symposium planned at Lan Stuhl because of a reporting error an article saturday misidentified the Home port of the aircraft Carrier Theodore Roosevelt. The vessel is Home ported in Roanoke a. Lan Stuhl Germany a amps a the second symposium on adoption sponsored by the Lan Stuhl adoption support group and the american red Cross will be held May 29 at Heaton auditorium  army Rejiona medical Center the symposium is intended for american families seeking to adopt children. Information speakers and books will be available. Registration begins at 8 ., and presentations will run from 9  To 4 30 . Lor information Call Dan 46s-8126. Lor information on overnight accommodations Call Cathy and Roger Osheim at German civilian 06302-1326  
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