European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 14, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes saturday August 14,1993 at a glance Detroit police were asserting their raw and naked Power when they beat malice Green above to death a prosecutor says. For de tails on closing arguments in therase see Page 5. High tech weapons 1 Post cold War warriors Are getting a new High tech Arsenal. Page 4 alzheimer s study brain scientists have found new evidence that the most common form of alzheimer s disease is inherited. Page 7 Trade deals reached the United states Mexico and Canada have reached an Accord on Side deals to the North american free Trade agreement. Page 8 Berlin Wall ceremony japanese children brought an Ember of the peace flame from a Hiroshima memorial to help Mark the 32nd anniversary of the erection of the Berlin Wall. Page 10 Economy stagnant government reports describing the country s sluggish Economy held Long term interest rates near record lows thursday. Page 16 l Index Abby Ann Landers. 21 automotive 12 classifieds 25-27 comics 21-23 commentary 15 crossword 21 faces n places ,. 24 focus. 17-20 Horoscope 27 Jumble 27 letters 14 Money matters 16 religion 11 sports 3036 to listings 35 weather 13 Christopher assures muslims of nato plans to hit serbs Washington a Secretary of state Warren m. Christopher assured a Muslim delegation Friday that Nat would take military action if serbs do not release their hold on Sarajevo and let re Lief supplies reach the City. He said he shared their anguish Over Bosnia and Herzegovina and assured them he would Confer with the Allied for eign ministers by the end of the Day one Way or the what happens next inthe former yugoslav Republic really is in the hands of the serbs Christophe said. The chairman of the 51-nation organization of islamic conference foreign minister Abdul Sattar of Pakistan said muslims around the world Felt anguish and distress Over Bosnia. The Muslim dominated government has lost control of virtually All the country except Sarajevo the capital. Christopher assured him that we Al feel a great Deal of anguish about the sit. Nation he said thursday night that if the serbs resume their shelling of Sarajevo the North Atlantic Council will recon Vene to consider taking military action against them. We re going to be watching what Hap pens in the next few Days Christopher said in an interview. That s a Christopher said president Clinton was determined to lift the siege of the bosnian capital preventing the strangulation of the City. If Sarajevo would fall it would give kind of impetus to the serbs and Emboli see related Story on next Page in them in a Way that would make it very hard to contain the conflict Christopher said. He agreed that the administration had taken a harder line by declaring the res Cue of the City was in the . National interest. He said he was running up a big Telephone Bill talking to european foreign ministers about the next Allied move. What i m saying now is that the presi Dent is determined to lift the siege of Sarajevo Christopher said. That is in the National interest to the extent we would use our air Power to try to assure Sarajevo is not strangled. There Are various Rea sons for that starting with in the interview Christopher made Clear the United states would not attack the serbs unilaterally but act Only in conceit with the nato allies. Whether nato s governing body the North Atlantic Council meets again Al depends on the serbs he said. They have it within their control to ease the siege in a Way that could improve conditions on the other hand Christophe said if they were to go Back to shelling that would Call for another Council meet he said he did not want to give a particular time line on when the allies might reconvene in Brussels. The Council on monday approved Aplan of action developed by nato Mili tary commanders. A final decision to implement it was deferred. Administration officials said that would require an other meeting of the Council. Pope from Page 1 indirectly rebuked president Clinton jus minutes after their first encounter challenging the United states to exert moral leadership in opposing abortion and re solving the Balkan crisis. America you Are Beautiful and blessed in so Many ways the Pope said on the tar Mac at Stapleton International Airport quoting from a speech he gave in 198? in Detroit. If you want equal Justice for All and True Freedom and lasting peace then America defend life on thursday evening some 85,000 rain soaked youngsters welcomed the Pope at mile High stadium waving White handkerchiefs and stamping their fee until the place Shook. He beckoned them to Lead the Church and society into the next Century. At the Airport John Paul said in developed countries a serious moral crisis i already affecting the lives of Many Young people leaving them adrift often without nope and conditioned to look Only for in Stant gratification. Only by instilling a High moral vision can a society ensure that its Young people Are Given the possibility to mature As free and intelligent human beings endowed with a robust sense of responsibility to the common Good capable of working wit others to create a Community and a nation with a Strong moral the Pope s Only clearly abortion re lated remarks in that speech were repeated from an address he gave during his . Visit six years ago Rand he did t re peat the sharpest reference he made Trento abortion. All the great causes that Are your today will have meaning Only to the extent that you guarantee the right to life an protect the human person he said drop Ping the words from Conception until natural Navarro said the Pope s condemnation of abortion remained Clear and undiminished. Clinton standing behind the Pope an next to Raymond l. Flynn . Ambassador to the Vatican showed no reaction tothe remarks on abortion. Asked afterwards what he thought of the remarks Clinton gave a thumbs up and said it was a great and Whitehouse press Secretary Dee Dee Myers said of the Pope s comments on abortion i think he tried to make his Point without being confrontational. That s what we the Pope raised the Issue despite sur Veys showing that Many american catholics disagree with the Vatican s opposition to abortion and artificial birth control As Well As its demand for an All male celibate clergy. John Paul also urged the United states to work with the United nation Sand other International organizations to resolve conflicts in the Balkans the mid dle East and Africa. Jordan from Page 1 ing in California and members of his family have not made any statement about the disappearance. The tragedy came amid a year of unprecedented Success for Michael Jordan per haps the nation s most prominent athlete who led the Chicago bulls to a third straight National basketball association championship. But it also was a year in which the younger Jordan was dogged by reports of excessive gambling which even involved his father. When word surfaced that Michael Jor Dan had made a late night trip to an Atlan tic City n.j., Casino the night before losing playoff game to the new York kicks in Mav it was his father who stepped Forward and tried to take the blame. The trip was my idea James Jordan told reporters in Chicago. I took him with me. He just paid the Bill. It was t anything planned ahead of time. It did t seem like going to Atlantic City for gambling. I jus thought he might want to James Jordan was last seen july 22 after attending the funeral of a Friend in Wil Mington . 100 Miles to Southeast of Fayetteville and visiting a relative of the deceased in nearby Atkinson . The Jordans live outside Charlotte which is about 140 Miles West of car was found aug. 5 off a Fayette Ville Road its rear window smashed bed sole said. Bedsole said the Marlboro county,. Sheriff called him thursday night after seeing a Story about Jordan s disappearance on the news and said he had a body that had not been said investigators from Cumberland county went to Bennettsville ., and made the identification about 3 am. Fri Day using dental records. When they re turned to Fayetteville they asked a local forensic dentistry expert to examine the records to confirm the identification bed sole said. Fri agent Thomas Lusby said the Fri is conducting a kidnapping investigation be cause of the probability that Jordan was taken from North Carolina to South Carolina. Veterans affairs seeks to suspend health firm Washington up Veteran affairs Secretary Jesse Brown announced Friday that the Agency has proposed sus pending health care giant Baxter International inc. From competing for new government contracts. The action would prohibit All government agencies from awarding contracts to Baxter. Brown said the action stems from an investigation that found the Deerfield 111., company provided false information to a purchasing agents concerning items that were not on government contract an for Baxter s conviction this year of Violat ing Laws that prohibit companies from co operating in the Arab Boycott of Israel. The veterans affairs Secretary said a investigation started in 1990 found that the health care company misled Purchas ing agents As part of a scheme to get through More expensive . Brown said the scheme also extended to the defense department. There was no immediate reaction fro Baxter. Brown also proposed debarment of three Baxter executives ceo Vernon r. Loucks jr., chief operation officer James r. Tobin and former Secretary and general counsel g. Marshall Abbey that would exclude them from competing for contracts and awards for up to three years
