European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 21, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes sunday november 21,1993 a at a glance sen. Bob Packwood is facing a jus Tice department criminal investigation and the Oregon Republican told a colleague that he might re sign Over sexual misconduct accusations. See Story on Page 6. Suit jeopardized a statement made on a 1985 men Tal health questionnaire May derail a lawsuit by a Man who says he Only recently remembered being sexually abused by Cardinal Joseph l Ber Nardin in the mid-1970s. Page 4 tactic backfired Edward j. Rollins or. Says he lied about payments to suppress Black voting in the new Jersey gubernatorial Campaign and called the tactic an attempt at political one up Manship . Pago 5 Agency cutting Back the Agency for International development is planning to close posts in some countries that have been the biggest recipients of . Economic Aid since world War ii. Page 7 tainted blood scandal a German Magazine reported that German red Cross officials in Mann Heim knowingly distributed blood suspected of being contaminated with the virus that causes hepatitis. Page 10 cigarette tax protested Union officials representing Tobac co workers Are crying foul Over a proposal to quadruple the cigarette tax in order to help pay for a National health care program. Page 20 Index Abby Ann Landers. 17 classifieds 24-27 commentary 15 faces n1 places ,. 17 Horoscope 27 letters. 14 Money matters 20,23 Mutual 21-23 sports 30-36 weather 16 Naftal a building for . Jobs Clinton says Washington a president Linton renewed his Call for passage of the North american free Trad agreement saturday As the Senate worked toward final approval of the Mea sure creating the world s largest free Trade zone. Naftal is More than a trading  s a building Block in Bur efforts to As Sert America s global leadership on be half of american jobs and Opportunity the president said in his weekly radio address. Speaking from Seattle where he was attending a Trade Summit with asian and Pacific leaders the president added Given a fair Chance and a level playing Field we can out innovate out produce and out compete any  Clinton s message came As lawmakers an Down the clock toward a final vote which was expected either late saturday or perhaps monday. Passage was not in doubt an associated press Survey showed 56 lawmakers in favor with one leaning in favor. There were 33 senators opposed three leaning in opposition and seven undecided. But the Trade pact was caught up. In mane vering Over an unrelated measure threatening chances for immediate approval. Senate majority Leader George , a Maine was insisting the sen ate approve an Extension of unemployment benefits before the Naftal vote and at least one Republican senator was demanding a change in that Bill. While backstage negotiations on Job less benefits continued senators made familiar claims for and against . Don Nickles r-okla., said the pact would be a Boon to american workers who he said can compete successfully with mexicans. But sen. Donald a Riegle jr., d mich., said it would spell disaster. Naftal is the ultimate expression of trickle Down economics he said. Clinton countered it was in the in lion s interests though. Naftal reduces mexican tariffs on our products and dismantles other mexican impediments to american goods he said. Sen. Frank h. Murkowski a Alaska who delivered the Republican response to Linton s radio address said Nantais just the starting Point. He urged new Trade agreements in the Pacific and said the Clinton administration should work on lifting counterproductive self imposed barriers like limits of arms exports to asian and Pacific allies. We should build on the momentum of Afta while we tear Down the self imposed barriers that limit american exports and american jobs Murkowski said. The House gave its approval wednes Day 234-200, after a hard fought Battle. Clinton from Page 1 Europe struggling with sickly  a cold Damp morning just after Dawn Clinton welcomed the leaders aboard state run ferry for the 40-minute ride across puget sound to Blake Island a473-acre Island eight Miles from Seattle. They arrived one by one in carefully timed limousine processions and were greeted at the top of the gangplank by Clinton Clad in a Brown leather jacket. China s president Jiang Zemin showed up first wearing a suit but no tie. Japan s prime minister Morihiro Hoso Kawa jauntily draped a Long Tan Scarf Arouna his neck. Before the ferry pulled away the Lead ers posed for a class picture at the Back of the ship and waved  Blake Island meeting was in tended to replace the formal trappings of International sum Mitry with a relaxed setting that shows the Pacific Northwest at its wild and Scenic Best. Clinton had concluded that last sum Mer s seven nation economic Summit in Japan had been stilted and constricting with its tightly regulated Agenda aides said. He Felt he could make More Prog Ress in a highly personalized meeting where the Only aides in the room were translators and note takers. Outside the conference room there were dozens of hovering staff members from various delegations. The conference brought together Lead ers of countries representing about half of the world s Gross National  before had so Many asian leaders assembled in the same place. In the absence of any consensus Ona Pec s role and How fast Asia should liberalize its Trade . Officials said the significance of the gathering was the meeting itself training attention on Trad and commercial opportunities among nations on the Pacific rim. Yet in Concrete terms there was Little evidence of Progress. For example there was no sign of movement toward improving Access to markets in Japan. The United states run sits largest Trade deficit with Japan $49.6 billion last year. In talks Friday Hosokawa dismissed the idea that he was ready to support an end to Japan s Rice import ban eve though japanese Rice consumption is coming close to outstripping production. In their informal meeting there was nosing of the political strains that were obvious Friday Between Clinton Anechina s Jiang. Clinton wore a Broad smile in contrast to the impassive Lookhe used a Day earlier when addressing Jiang on disputes Over human rights arms sales and Trade. We re having a great meeting Clin ton told the press. Strike from Page 1 superseded by the overwhelming successor the flight attendants strike. Lavoy told a news conference at Dallas for Worth International Airport. The american statement said we reworking hard to operate As Many flights As  the strike began at 6 . Thursday after talks Between american and the 21,000-member association of professional flight attendants broke off inner Orleans. The 11-Day strike is to run through the Busy thanksgiving Holiday weekend. American executives looked with Hope to a Large number of recruits who an swered newspaper ads for new flight attendants. The ads ran in 31 cities Friday As screening and training already hereunder Way at american facilities in fort Worth and other key cities. Near american Headquarters in for Worth an estimated 1,200 people showed up Friday to apply for flight attendant jobs to replace the striking work ers training began immediately. They the recruits will All have jobs As there Are vacancies american official Mary Jordan said. Bob Baker a top executive of Ameri can said of the Long lines of applicants what those lines and those candidates Tell me is that what we have to offer in terms of jobs the reputation of the com Pany the pay and benefits Are very much in  the company statement said american would continue to move empty planes around the system because there May Bea full Crew at the next  plan from Page 1 implementing an administration proposal to trim about 252,000 Federal jobs As pan of its reinventing government Initia Tive. About half of those slots would be Cut from the defense department payroll. The administration would count the126,000 defense department jobs to be Cut As part of the proposed five year reduction of 160,000 civilian jobs in Aspin s recent Bottom up review. The Penny Kasich plan however would stack the 126,000 in Job cuts on to of the reductions proposed in the review Asp said. Penny Kasich gives us no credit for what we be done in the Bottom up re View he said. _. H the additional cuts probably would have to come out of the Active duty military forces and would result in More base clo sures and cuts in Force Structure As Well As less funding for readiness and weapons modernization programs he said. Panetta said that the administration budget planning Over the next five Yean places tight Caps on discretionary spend ing and that agencies Are already scram bling to meet those targets. That is particularly True of defense he said. Overall the Penny Kasich plan would Force Aspin to come up with another j3u billion to $35 billion in spending cuts i addition to reductions already planned be said. Anyone concerned about the National Security of this country should not be Vot ing for  a Pia of a would be a severe blow to the people woo Erve in the armed forces Aad to their Abil Ity to Cany out their requirements. House floor debate on the Penny a Sich package is tentatively set to by monday according to House budget committee staffers