European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 31, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 r the stars and stripes sunday Octoba 9t, enemies of Aristide jockey to dump him port a Prince Haiti a. On the Day president Jean Bertrand Aristide was to return and restore democracy his opponents mane Vered sat urday to replace his government. Twelve political parties and pressure groups said in a communique that if Aris tide does t resign by this afternoon the will announce plans to replace him. Both the United nations and the United states have warned against such above. The United states was one of the major forces behind the agreement that Aristide and military Leader it. Gen. Raoul c6dras signed injury laying out the terms for Aristide to regain the office from which the military ousted him in september 1991. Among other things the agreement called for the appointment of transitional government for Cedras to step Down and for Aristide to return from exile on saturday. The process was practically blocked from the beginning. An Aristide ally was named Premier but has been largely powerless. Then Cedras refused to step Down a . Warship carrying troops for an International Force to Aid the transition turned Back in the face of an unruly mob at the capital s port. The United nations imposed an Oil embargo on oct. 18. Although the ensuing fuel shortages have increased the mis cry in the Western hemisphere s poorest country it has not been enough to breathe impasse. A previous Oil embargo induced Cedras to sign the agreement with Aris l " Apa beggar sits nearly deserted Rue do miracles in downtown port a Prince Haiti on Friday. A strike called by rightists and transportation unions protesting . Sanctions shut Down most businesses in the capital. Tide. On saturday Many Aristide supporters stayed in their Homes or did not wish to discuss politics openly following a rash of anti Aristid if attacks. Thirty foreigners held a Vigil for Aris tide outside the Church where a leading Aristide Campaign Backer was assassinated sept. 11, and a few haitians watched quietly from the fringes. Not far away anti Aristide activists had already begun celebrating. About 150 people mostly Young men were Mil Ling about the Normandie bar a hangout for the armed pro military civilian group known As the political class is More and Morein favor of closing off the negotiations for Aristide s return " Hubert de Ron Ceray the head of a mall rightist party favouring new elections said Friday. Among the groups demanding Aris tide s resignation was the front for the advancement and Progress of Haiti or graph a military backed political movement that has used intimidation to shut Down the City several Days this month. The United nations warned Friday that replacing his government probably would bring increased International sanctions against Haiti. An american warship from the inter National Fleet enforcing the embargo entered the port a Prince Harbor Friday. As sporadic gunfire rattled across the capital Friday night the haitian army broadcast a communique asking country men to show tolerance and Mutual the United nations contends the Accord remains in effect despite the passing of saturday s deadline. Poll on human cloning finds most against idea Washington up a. Time can poll released saturday showed three quarters of the people in the United states Are generally opposed to human cloning with majorities saying it is morally wrong and against god s will. The poll also shelved Large Majori ties opposed to any use of human cloning to produce twins or genetically de arable offspring but somewhat More acceptance of its potential use to help infertile couples or to screen for inherited abnormalities. Only 3 percent said human cloning should be completely Legal with two groups of 46 percent each saying i should be illegal or Legal but regu the poll was conducted for Tim Magazine and can television by Yankelovich partners inc. Ait followed the report last week that two researchers at George washing ton University in Washington d.c., had successfully cloned several non viable abnormal human embryos. A total of 75 percent of those surveyed for the time can poll an swered no to the question do you think human cloniin1, is a i Ood thin1,?" Only 14 percent said is. Fifty eight percent agreed that human cloning is morally wrong and 31 percent disagreed and 63 per cent agreed it is against god s will versus 26 percent who disagreed. Nineteen percent said medical re search on human cloning should be Al Lowed to continue 40 percent said i should be temporarily halted and 37 percent said it should be banned. Those surveyed narrowly rejected by a margin of 46 percent to 45 per cent the idea of using human cloning to help infertile couples and by a margin of 52 percent to 40 percent of nosed the use of human cloning to help scientists screen embryos for inherited abnormalities. They also rejected the use of Clon ing to produce babies whose vital or Gans could be used to save others by a margin of 70 percent to 24 percent to make it possible for parents to have a twin child at a later Dale by a margin of 78 to 17 percent to establish chm Bryo Banks from which prospective parents could select the genetic characteristics of their child by 80 to 16 percent and to let society reproduce Large numbers of individuals with genetically Ile Snable traits Bys j to 6 percent. Man admits molesting Young girls in 4 states Bluffton ind. A a trucker waiting trial on charges of breaking into a Home and molesting a 5-year-old girl has admitted similar crimes in four other states authorities said. David Lee Thompson 40, told investigators details earlier this month about four previous molestations and two attempts Bluffton detective Scott Gilliam said. " he wanted to get it off his Chest Gil Liam said adding that jail visits from missionaries had encouraged him to confess. The alleged molesting took place i Illinois Missouri Massachusetts and new York. Police in each state said Thompson s Story matched unpublished details Gilliam said. Investigators said Thompson followed girls Ages 3 to 8 Home and then waited until night to break in either molesting the child there or in his vehicle. Some times he shared Beer or pornography with the children Gilliam said. Thompson said he kept the children quiet by threatening to Cut off their legs Gilliam said. Gilliam said Thompson confessed to attacks on a 3-year-old in half Moon,n.y., and an 8-year-old in Palmer mass., in May 1991. That october he said he molested a 6-year-old in Marshall 111., and a 5-year-old in mount Vernon to. In december 1991, Thompson said he tried to molest girls in St. James to and Wagoner okla., but was seen and chased away. Then he was arrested for burglary after allegedly entering a Waco Texas Home. Thompson spent 11 months in jail and a Halfway House before returning to Bluff tonin Northeast Indiana where he allegedly abducted a girl May 21 and molested her in his car before returning her Home. Thompson was arrested july 1 after police traced a Call he made from his sister s Home to a missing children s hot line. Thompson s attorney Linda Wagoner of fort Wayne did not return phone Calls. At least 18 die in turkish bus f Are Adana Turkey a at least 18 hydraulically operated doors failed to bus passengers were burned to death and open me re than 20 injured saturday when a the fire was caused by a Short Cir Quick moving fire consumed the vehicle the Anatolia news Agency said. Cited Cable it incident occurred near Adana the passengers were trapped when the about Iso Miles Southeast of Ankara
