European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 21, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 2 r the stars and stripes at a glance sen. Bob Packwood is facing a jus tace department criminal invest la ton 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 mental 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. A paged tactic backfired Edward j. Rollins or. Says he lied about payments to suppress Black voting in the new Jersey Gube Mato rial Campaign and called the tactic an attempt at political one up Manship that backfired. A pages 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 la. A page7 talented blood scandal a German Magazine reported that German red Cross officials in Mannheim knowingly distributed blood suspected of being contaminated with the virus that causes hepatitis. A p Agelo cigarette tax protested Union officials representing tobacco workers Are crying foul Over a proposal to quadruple the cigarette tax in order to help pay for a National health care program. A Page 20 l a debt i Abby Ann Landers. 17 classifieds.24-27 commentary .15 faces a places 17 Horoscope. 27 letters .14 Money matters. 20,25 Mutual. A a 2123 sports.30-36 weather. Naftal a 1 for . Jobs Washington a president Clinton renewed his Call for passage of the North american free Trade agreement saturday As the Senate worked toward final approval of the measure creating the worlds largest free Trade zone. Quot Naftal is More than a trading bloc. Its a building Block in our efforts to assert americans global leadership on behalf of american jobs and Opportunity a 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 Quot Given a fair Chance and a level playing Field we can out innovate out produce and out compete any  Clinton a message came As lawmakers ran Down the clock toward a final vote which was expected either late saturday or perhaps monday. A 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 1. Mitchell 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 jobless benefits continued a senators made familiar claims for and against Naftal sen. 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 w. Riegle jr., d-mich., said it would spell disaster. Sunday november 21,1993 Block says a Una fat is the ultimate expression of trickle Down economics a he said. Clinton countered it was in the nations interests though. Naftal Quot reduces mexican tariffs on our products and dismantles other mexican impediments to american goods a he said. Sen. Frank h. Murkowski a Alaska who delivered the Republican response to Clinton a radio address said Naftal is just the starting Point. He urged new Trade agreements in the Pacific and said the Clinton administration should work on lifting a counterproductive self imposed barriers a like limits of arms exports to asian and Pacific allies. A we should build on the momentum of Naftal while we tear Down the self imposed barriers that limit american exports and american jobs a Murkowski said. The House gave its approval wednes Day 234-200, after a hard fought Battle. United from Page 1 new initiative to try to open. North koreans nuclear Sites to International inspection. Quot it is a sources of concern to us a he said. The leaders a representing nations accounting for half the worlds output of goods Ana services a directed their finance ministers to meet to discuss global economic trends and specific Trade issues. They also asked business leaders of the Pacific rim to set up a Quot Pacific business forum Quot to help facilitate regional Commerce. But their three Page statement did not mention one major economic Issue of contentions agricultural Trade a which is holding up completion of a set of new More Liberal world trading rules. At the same time the leaders pledged a your utmost efforts to Complete Neotia Quot is that China will Enizy greater econom tons in Geneva on those Trade rules by a in growth and social Progress and that dec. 15 deadline. A the statement a leaders declined to Call it a formal Quot communique like those issued at Western economic summits a was issued after the leaders met for three hours in a rustic Lodge. The Walls were decorated with wooden Indian masks. On a cold Damp morning just after Dawn Clinton welcomed the leaders aboard a state run ferry for the 40-minute ride across puget sound to this 473-acre Island eight Miles from Seattle. China s president Jiang Zemin showed up first followed by Japan s prime minister Morihiro Hosozawa. Despite the informality of the talks Jiang came prepared with a seven Page speech asserting that reforms in China had produced political stability social Tranquility and. Accelerated economic growth.�?�. # a what is also irreversible a Jiang said in Huwui Auu Auvia Ivy velour democracy and Legal system will be further  he said China wants to expand economic cooperation and Trade with asian Pacific countries. The spec conference brought together leaders of countries representing about half of the world s Gross National product. # never before had so Many asian Lead Era assembled in the same place. 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 runs its largest Trade deficit with Japan $49.6 billion last year. Yet . Trade representative Mickey Kantor said that despite some rough spots in talks with China a leaders and lingering Trade frictions with Japan a Quot sense of common purpose had emerged. Strike from Page 1 superseded by the overwhelming Success of the flight attendants strike Lavoy told a news conference at Dallas fort Worth International Airport. The american statement said Quot we re working 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 in new 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 answered newspaper ads for new flight attendants. The ads ran in 31 cities Friday As screening and training already were under Way at american facilities in fort Worth and other key cities. Near american Headquarters in fort Worth an estimated 1,200 people showed up Friday to apply for flight attendant jobs to replace the striking work ers. Training began immediately. Quot they the recruits will All have jobs As there Are vacancies a american official Mary Jordan said. Bob Baker a top executive of american said of the Long lines of applicants Quot what those lines and those candidates Tell me is that what we have to offer in terms of jobs the reputation of the company the pay and benefits Are very much in  the company statement said american would continue to move empty planes around the system because Quot there May be a full Crew at the next  plan from Page t implementing an administration proposal to trim about 252,000 Federal jobs As part of its Quot reinventing government initiative. About half of those slots would be Cut from the defense department payroll. The administration would count the 126,000 defense department jobs to be Cut As part of the proposed five year reduction of 160,000 civilian jobs in Aspinw a recent a Bottom up review. The Penny Kasich plan however would stack the 126,000 in Job cuts on top of the reductions proposed in the review Aspin said. Quot Penny Kasich gives us no credit for what weve done in the Bottom up review a he said. The additional cuts probably would have to come out of the Active duty military forces and would result in More base closure and cuts in Force Structure As Well As less Ftp of a in no for readiness and weapons modernization programs he said. Panetta said that the administrations budget planning Over the next five years places right Cape on discretionary spending and that agencies Are already scrambling to meet those targets. Quot that is particularly True of defense a he said. Overall the Penny Kasich plan would Force Aspin to come up with another $30 billion to $35 billion in spending cuts in addition to reductions already planned he said a Quot anyone concerned about the National Security of this country should not be voting for Penny Kasich a Aspin said. A it would be a severe blow to the people who serve in the armed forces and to their ability to carry out their  House floor debate on the Penny it Rich package is tentatively set to begin monday according to House budget committee staffers