European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 3, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes Friday december 3,1953 at a glance the space shuttle endeavour lifts off thursday morning from the Kennedy space Center in Florida on an 11-Day Mission to repair Che a Bubble space Telescope. See Story on Page 5. Small Steps Allied foreign ministers preparing for an upcoming nato Summit backed a . Plan to strongmen ties with the Alliance s former foes but ruled out immediate membership. A Page 4 steroids sting workers in two italian pharmacies in Naples were detained after they sold steroids without prescriptions to undercover agents from the . J naval criminal investigative service Pagas Jackson probe grows twelve people were subpoenaed in the sexual molestation lawsuit against Singer Michael Jackson. ,. A Page 7 chemical weapons czech specialists believe chemical weapons were used at least five times during the persian Gull War. Page 10 Boeing cuts production the Boeing co. Said it is cutting Back production of two popular air plane models. A Page 18 l Index Abby Ann Landers 26 classifieds .27-30 comics .24-26 commentary.17 crossword.26 faces v places. 14 focus. 19-23 Horoscope .29 Jumble .29 letters. 16 Money matters. 16 sports .31-40 to listings .39 weather.15 Al correction Canada will sign Naftal pact Ottawa apr Canadian prime minister Jean Chretien announced thursday that his government will sign the North american free Trade agreement on Jan. 1, removing the last major obstacle to the pact s implementation. The Deal which would eliminate Trade barriers among the United states Canada and Mexico would create the largest free Trade zone in the world. Naftal would cover 360 million Consumers. Chretien took office last month after running on a platform demanding Ruvi 1 Sion of certain aspects of the Trade agreement. He had told president Clinton that his signature on the agreement was anything but a sure thing. Naftal subsequently was approved by the . Congress passing in the Senate on nov. 20 after scoring a narrow Victory in the House of representatives. A a it a not a perfect situation. But i have to admit to you that in a very Happy this morning Quot Chretien said thursday. The prime minister failed to t get changes he sought on Energy provisions. But he did get agreement from Clinton and the mexican government to begin up to two years of talks on setting common rules for Trade subsidies and the dumping of goods at Low prices. There is also agreement by the United states Mexico and Canada for a joint statement that the Trade Deal won t Force Canada to make Large scale exports of water. Clinton said in a statement released immediately after Chretien s announcement that he was a delighted Quot with the prime minister s statement which he said was a a result of discussions following up on our meeting in  Quot we look Forward to the smooth and effective implementation of this historic agreement on Jan. 1 so that All three countries can begin to reap the benefits of expanded Trade economic growth and Job creation in North american with the largest free Trade area in the world a Clinton said Korea from Page 1 Brussels said the situation is not any More or less dangerous than it has been for months. The idea is to make sure the president Quot can be Well versed on what options Are  Quot this is not triggered by any new urgent or any dramatic change in the Situa lion Quot on the korean Peninsula the official said. The United states has about 35,000 military personnel m South Korea. Pentagon spokeswoman Kathleen Delaski declined comment. Gen Gary e. Luck the commander of american forces in South Korea is preparing a list of options a consisting of flexible deterrence options a the new York times said in a broadcast tuesday the official korean Central news Agency said Quot we Are fully prepared to safeguard the sovereignty of the country even if the worst event such As sanctions or War is imposed on us. Our people and Peoples army will never yield to anybody s  Clinton sounded somewhat More hopeful saying wednesday the United states wont overreact to North koreans warning. He said it still was possible North Korea would allow International inspections of suspected nuclear weapons production Sites. I Clinton has offered North Korea a package of inducements to allow some limited inspections. The United states held out the Prospect of financial Aid the cancellation of a major military exercise in South Korea and even diplomatic recognition eventually. There was a positive sigh a. _ _ _ a Seoul newspaper reported thursday that South Korea has initiated secret talks with North Korea to defuse the current situation Genera from Page 1 said they had been lobbied by Glosson and that he had a attempted to use undue influence Quot to affect their decisions on promotions of lower ranking generals. Such actions Are strictly prohibited since promotion boards Are supposed to consider their decisions based solely on the military record placed before them. The air Force asked for a response to the report confirmed that Widnall ordered an investigation into allegations involving Glosson during october. Quot the investigation was conducted jointly by the office of the Secretary of the air Force inspector general and the department of defense inspector general. Tjie report of the investigation has Bacn Given to or Widnall the air Force statement said. The air Force statement did not say what finding was reached by the inspectors general. Quot she Widnall has taken the report under advisement before reaching a decision. We will announce the decision when it is reached. To ensure the integrity of the process and to respect the privacy rights of those involved the details of the allegations will not be released at this time Quot the air Force statement said. A comment from. Glosson was not available since the general was travelling thursday an air Force spokesman said. Widnall also was travelling. Quot Kelso from Page 1 saturday night. Both Rives and Cronk said they were Drin amp no alcohol that night. A Kelso testified monday that he attended a relatively quiet third floor party Friday night but did not see any misconduct. He denied being at the saturday night party. Eighty three women have said they were assaulted at the aviators convention. About a 50 Navy and Marine officers have received administrative discipline. Courts martial Are pending against three Navy officers and one Marine corps officer. Miller 47, is charged with dereliction of duty obstruction of Justice and conduct unbecoming an officer. Tritt 43, is charged with making a false official statement and con duct unbecoming an officer. Kelso 60, was in the cardiac care unit of the National naval medical Center in be Thesda mde a said Navy cmdr. Deborah Burnett he entered the Hospital wednesday. The Admiral has Wen diagnosed As suffering from atrial fibrillation a common heart condition that causes an irregular and often accelerated heart rate. Quot he a feeling Fine but his doctor suggested he go in Burnett  Page 1 while Phil Donahue and Oprah Winf Bermath said arts is willing to discuss because of a reporting error an article thursday said Germany planned to eliminate the draft next year. The German parliament is expected to consider such a move next year. Liberal lightning rods a a arts broadcasts such one sided Liberal shows As Donahue Sally Jessy Raphael and Oprah a Pornan wrote in a recent letter to Aspin. Quot it looks As if conservatives a or moderates for that matter a need not  Dorn an has appeared on the Limbaugh program As an occasional guest Host according to the Washington Post. Arts officials say format and demand not politics have prompted them to turn Down Limbaugh s shows. Gerry Fry chief of programming for arts said earlier this week that the network can t afford to devote three hours to any single program since there is usually Only one broadcast signal in a Given area. Limbaugh s Cne sided viewpoint is also a problem because arts would have to find some other show that offers a reasonable balance Fry said. Rey May be perceived As Liber Quot they almost always make an attempt to get both sides of an Issue aired on their shows Quot Fry said Quot Rush  and while Limbaugh May be popular in the United states arts surveys show Little demand for his shows overseas a a Quot Rush Limbaugh fans May be saddened to learn that the latest random Survey of service members showed that for his to show Only 0.2 percent wanted it on arts a Kathleen Delaski Aspin s assistant for Public affairs told Pentagon reporters tuesday. The Survey also showed that Only 3.9 percent of the respondents were interested in any kind of Long form talk radio Delaski said. Quot i done to think this is so much a swipe at Rush Limbaugh As it is the Issue of talk radio in general Quot she said. Quot the interest is in sports and music  Pentagon officials have portrayed Limbaugh a representatives As inflexible on the Issue of repackaging his radio show to a Shorter length for broadcast on arts. Such an arrangement assuming another show could be found to offer the necessary balance. Quot arts talked to Limbaugh a people in june and they were not interested in cutting the show at All Quot be math said if but kit Carson Limbaugh a chief of staff disputes that assertion a a we realize arts has Only one signal and we Are More than willing to negotiate Down from the three hour length a Carson said. A Rush s love of and interest in the military is Well known. He would love to be on arts. A a now if you re talking about cutting it Down to 10 minutes that would be pretty severe a Carson said. Quot but the claim that we wifi not Budge on the position that they must Cany All three hours or nothing is just not True. Bernath said arts officials were scheduled to Call c arson 0 n thursday. Limbaugh a shows would also be discussed at the arts worldwide programmers conference in los Angeles next week according to Fry