European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 1, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sur Page 2 the stars and stripes sunday August 1,1993 at a glance a mannequin in military gear stands outside the museum of the liberation of Normandy in France. The week of june 6,1944, will commemorate the 50th anniversary of a Day. See sunday Magazine. Try try again Congress will soon try again to enact crime legislation containing controls on handgun purchases an expanded Federal death penalty and limits on lengthy death Row appeals. A Page 5 therapist to testify a therapist who said Erik and Lyle Menendez described themselves As being Quot turned on Quot while planning their parents murders will be allowed to testify in front of jurors. A Page 6 a state divided flooding made Missouri a state divided with the swollen Missouri River doing just what the civil War did slice the state in two. A Page 7 Denver crime spree a rash of violent Street crimes in Denver has made Colorado officials skittish about this months visit by Pope John Paul ii. A page8 train wreck in Italy a train ran into the rear of another train stalled in an Alpine Tunnel in Italy on saturday killing at least one passenger Railroad officials said. A Page 9 Market boost Likely falling european interest ates reflecting currency turmoil probably will draw More Money into the . Stock Market. A Page 19 Index j Abby Ann Landers. 15 classifieds. 20-23 commentary .14 faces no places. 15 Horoscope .22 letters .13 Money matters.19 Mutual .1618 sports. 25-32 weather. 12 Israel halts Blitz on Lebanon in truce worked out by . Beirut Lebanon a a .-brokered truce stopped israelis military bombardment in Southern Lebanon on saturday lessening the latest threat to Middle East peace talks. A about 500,000 lebanese had been driven from their Homes by the air and artillery assault launched last sunday in retaliation for guerrilla attacks that killed seven israeli troops in Southern Lebanon. The offensive was israelis broadest and bloodiest in Lebanon since its 1982 inva Sion to rout Yasser Arafat a Palestine liberation organization. At least 126 people were killed and 496 wounded in the latest assault. Beirut a mosques schools slums and waterfront sidewalks have been teeming with refugees. More than a 10th of Lebanon a population fled the fighting. A the cease fire agreement was Woi de out by Secretary of state Warren m. Christopher with leaders of Israel Lebanon and Syria the de Facto Power in Lebanon. Christopher is scheduled to visit the Middle East this week to try to revive the stalled peace process which had been jeopardized by the violence. Lebanon prime minister Rafik Hariri and . Officers monitoring Southern leg to Brussels Belgium a fighting to save their monetary system european Community officials held emergency talks saturday after Many of their currencies came under intense speculative pressure in foreign Exchange markets. The meeting was scheduled after Many currencies including the French franc spiralled downward Friday As traders rushed to sell them in anticipation of government ordered devaluations. Officials hurried into the mid afternoon talks in Central Brussels without speaking to waiting reporters. A special meeting of finance ministers of the dozen nations was under consideration for today. The turmoil rocking the european monetary system is the worst since it was set up in March 1979 to try to bring stability to dec currencies. Speculation has been rampant that the French franc a Core currency in the system would be forced to drop out at least temporarily from the Exchange rate mechanism which links the nations currencies. Deficit from Page 1 year Quot an amount he described As a Quot modest and fair Price to pay for the change we seek and the Progress it will  Clinton twice accused republicans of mis characterizing his program saying they were spreading information that was a Flat out  a a this plan will keep interest rates Down Ana grow the american Economy Quot he said. Before his appearance in the Rose Garden the president taped a nearly identical speech to serve As his weekly radio address. A a the White House fog machine is on full blast Quot countered sen. Robert Dole defense from Page 1 vide a framework for slashing defense spending sharply in coming years freeing up Money to meet other needs. Top Aspin aides had been touting the Effort As a dramatic departure from previous Pentagon budgetary and policymaking exercises one Likely to result in a major shift in current defense policy. Aspin had been advocating such a review As a member of Congress. At the same time the proposal is ex-3ected to cheer conservatives and de Ense Industry leaders. The Industry has been reeling from Pentagon cutbacks and uncertainty about its future. The recommendations due out this week or next Are expected to be accompanied by a new White House report arguing that despite the end of the superpower rivalry the United states must maintain a Large armed Force to a Are Spain engaged Quot in the Post coid War world. Although the White House report is expected to argue that the United states should rely More than it has on preventing conflict by supporting democratic governments and movements around the Globe it asserts that maintaining a Strong military presence a and using it selectively a also is a necessity. As a result the defense review is expected to recommend that the United states retain sufficient forces to maintain its Quot Forward presence Quot around the world a including at least 100,000 . Troops in Europe and ii aircraft carriers worldwide. It also will Call for holding the line on further cuts in defense spending beyond the $88 billion Over five years that Clinton already has recommended. The president has proposed a $263.5 billion militant budget Tor fiscal 1994, dropping to $254.2 billion by fiscal 1998. Analysts said Friday that the results Are More conservative than expected for two reasons a partly to meet congressional and Lebanon said guns fell silent on schedule. Israel said the cease fire went into effect after the shiite Muslim Hezbollah militia agreed to Stop firing rockets into Northern Israel and on the . Monitors in Southern Lebanon. A but Oded Ben Ami defense affairs spokesman for israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin said any breach of the truce would be met with a Quot Strong reaction from the israeli army. There was no immediate comment from Hezbollah officials in Lebanon. A White House spokesman said there would be no immediate comment. Currencies other weak monies also could be j knocked out of the Grid in an Effort to r bring Calm to the Money markets. ? a readjustment in the system would be j the sixth in less than a year. J any realignment of the european cur recies would not change the value of the Dollar. V the persistent turbulence has dashed Hopes that the nations will be Able to form an economic and monetary Union 1 with a joint Central Bank and a single cur i Ncncy by the end of the decade. Of Kansas the Senate Republican Leader. Dole repeated his party a claim that the democratic package will raise taxes More j than $2 for every Dollar in spending cuts. \ a Quot the largest tax increase in history will j not boost the Economy a said Dole tray cling saturday in. North Carolina. Quot the democrats approach will Hurt Small business kill jobs shrink investment and penalize  budgetary deadlines the re evaluation did not include a full review of strategic forces a such As bombers submarines and missiles. Instead the Pentagon is expected to take up these issues in coming months. A it did not propose any major changes in the Basic roles and missions of the individual armed services. Sources said Aspin probably would have additional proposals on that Issue but they Are expected to hew closely to the modest suggestions of the joint chiefs of staff. Mere important however the review reflects hard lessons Learned by the administration in the face of the crisis in Bosnia the humanitarian Aid Effort in Somalia and the clash with North Korea Over nuclear nonproliferation. As Clinton has been forced to confront each problem the administration has become More and More convinced that the United states must continue to exercise leadership in the International Arena. And that one analyst said Friday Means having a Strong  from Page 1 tween 1979 and 1990. Bild am sonntag said an expert linked to the investigations described Topaz As Quot the most extensive betrayal of secrets within  the German news Agency Deutsche Presse Agenter also quoted a intelligence expert As saying that the suspected Topaz agents were All Quot working just below the highest nato administration level Quot and that they were involved in Quot betrayal of the utmost  spa which did not name its sources further quoted a Security expert As saying that a senior German nato official was among those arrested. Quot All the others were citizens of various nationalities a spa quoted the source As saying. A a Bild am sonntag claimed that six people were arrested in Saarland and nor Rhein westfalen but police in the two German Federal states declined to com ment. .0. Officials in Bonn also did not immediately comment on the claims. There was speculation that the arrests May be linked to a list of 2,000 alleged former East German agents that Moscow recently gave to the German government. Before East Germany was dissolved in october 1990 with German unification the intelligence service of East Germany maintained close links with the soviet Kab. T