European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 31, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes Friday december 31,1993 a at a glance a a  on new Yorkus times Square will tick off the rising number of guns in the United states and the number of people killed by guns beginning Jan. 1. See Story on Page 6.3 held in mall shooting three Dallas teens were arrested thursday in connection with a shooting that killed a bystander and wounded Twer others at a crowded suburban mall. A Page 4bucks will tick away each 30 seconds of commercial time during the super bowl costs a record $900,000. And advertisers say it s Worth it. A Page 142-time Jackpot Winner a Retiree won a $20 million Florida totto payoff this week six years after winning a $3 million lottery in Toledo Ohio. A Page 20 Index Abby Ann Landers a a a a a a 21 classifieds. .24-26 comics. Commentary. Crossword. A a. 21 faces a places. Focus. Horoscope. Jumble. Letters. Money matters. 14 sports. To listings. Weather. To our readers the stars Anil stripes on new years Day will be a combined Issue for Jan. 1 and 2. The newspaper Hris doubled up on Ann Landers dear Abby and the Horoscope so you wont miss any of your favorite features. U also has in sunday  a crossword and Jumble Puzzle and the saturday and sunday comics. There will be no newspaper Jan. 2 because of the new years Holiday. The stars and stripes will resume publishing monday Jan. 3. Israel Plo talks founder on control of Border Sites Cairo Egypt apr the last Hope for a Quick breakthrough in Israel Plo talks faded thursday As Yasser Arafat left Cairo and an adviser to the Plo chief said Israel s latest offer was not acceptable. The negotiations foundered on an Issue that has bedevilled negotiators from the Start a who will control the Borders from the Gaza strip to Egypt and the West Bank town of Jericho to Jordan. The Border dispute and other disagreements will probably delay the Start of israelis withdrawal which was to have begun dec. 13, for up to three More weeks. Or. Ahmed Tibi who has acted As a Liaison Between Arafat and the israelis told Israel radio that the Plo had studied the latest offer from Israel and found it unacceptable Quot at this  a it does not answer the minimal demands of the palestinians a said Tibi. Arafat refused to talk to reporters after a meeting in Cairo thursday with egyptian foreign minister Amr Moussa who has been mediating the talks. Moussa also said nothing. Arafat later left Cairo without holding an expected second round of talks with president Hosni Mubarak who has been pressing Arafat to agree to a Deal. He was reported headed for Jordan to meet a with King Hussein. Mahmoud Abbas the Plo s main negotiator left for Tunis Tunisia on thursday telling reporters that the Plo had authorized continued negotiations by a subcommittee on Security and that he might return to Cairo next week for More talks. Earlier both Abbas and israeli foreign minister Shimon Peres the main negotiators had positive assessments of the i Days of talks that ended wednesday. Abbas called them a constructive a and Peres said both sides had reached a a meeting of the  but even As Abbas and Peres held a joint news conference the Plo in Tunis issued a statement wednesday saying is Rael was still trying to keep control of the Borders to avoid withdrawing its troops. The negotiators in Cairo worked out a plan for joint monitoring of Borders so elaborate that it specified a tinted Glass window Between adjacent israeli and palestinian police posts according to Israel s Jerusalem Post. On wednesday night israeli police minister Moshe Shahani said Israel thought a Deal was made. But then Arafat objected apparently Over israelis demand to retain a veto on who entered Gaza and Jericho. For Israel the Borders Are a matter of Security. But the palestinians want to control the Crossings As a Symbol that they Are headed toward their own state. The Borders were a key dispute in delaying the dec. 13 deadline for Israel to Start its pullout under the Israel Plo Accord signed in september in Washington. Other sticking Points include the exact size of the Jericho area to be turned Over to the palestinians and Protection for jewish  from Page 1 Navy cannot expel a midshipman solely on the basis of Nis sexual orientation a declaring that forcing Steffan out violated the equal Protection guarantee of the Constitution. The three judges ordered the Navy to give a diploma and officers commission to  thursday s narrowly focused Appeal the Justice department asserted that the judges exceeded their authority when they ordered that Steffan be granted a commission to serve in the . Navy. A because that Issue was not properly raised or briefed by the parties the panels one sentence award of Relief regarding the commission May have been inadvertent a the government said in asking for a rehearing by the three judges and a if necessary by the full court. It said the panels order raises a the gravest Legal questions concerning the fundamental Powers of the president to make and the Senate to apr trove appointments of commissioned  a senior Justice department official made a a Courtesy phone Calls wednesday to one of Steffanus lawyers Marc Wolinsky telling him about the governments decision to seek review. Quot we Are pleased that the government apparently is not challenging the key principles of the Steffan decision a said a statement issued by the Lambda Legal defense and education fund which is representing Steffan. A a we arc disappointed by the Petty Effort. To deny this outstanding midshipman his commission a the statement added. Justice department spokeswoman Julie Anbender declined to comment on what the government planned to do or when. The deadline for seeking appeals court review is monday. Faced with opposition in the armed services and on Capitol Hill president Clinton has crafted a policy that forbids Gay service members from openly Declar ing their sexual orientation. Regulations implementing the Clinton Compromise were announced last week a and the Clinton administration is girding to defend them in court. The court in the Steffan Case was dealing with the old defense department ban ii jew l6sexujils, but il4ecision brought into question the administrations new policy permitting homosexuals to serve in the armed forces As Long As they done to Tell their sexual orientation. A Steffan had confided to a midshipman and a chaplain about his sexual Oneonta Tion later acknowledging to a disciplinary Board that he was homosexual. He resigned from the Academy six weeks before graduation in 1987, after the Board recommended he be dismissed. The uniform code of military Justice prohibits homosexual conduct under the new a a done task done to Tell policy the military no longer asks recruits or service members about their sexual orientation. Steffan now 29, is in Law school at the University of  from Page 1 family became particularly strained around the holidays. A if there was a precipitous act a an investigator told the news a it might have been a family Christmas party where Stevens was asked to  Stevens 53, of Victor and Figley 56, of Farmington were ordered held without bail. The men could also face state murder charges. Jack Killorin a spokesman for the Federal Bureau of alcohol tobacco and firearms said thursday in Washington that he did no to want to speculate on a motive. A but i would note that among crimes committed with anti personnel devices revenge or Bengean is the no. 1  Lazore spent wednesday night at a Home she snared with Stevens in Victor about 15 Miles Southeast of Rochester. She declined to comment on the Case. A the phones been ringing off the Hook with press a she said thursday morning. A i can to speak to my family if i want  she was questioned for several hours wednesday but then was released. Investigators said that at Stevens request Figley bought nearly 200 Sticks of dynamite and 50 blasting Caps for $233.17 from the Kentucky powder co. In mount Vernon ky., in june using a Vermont Drivers License with an alias. Figley told police he brought the explosives to Stevens in Rochester and that both men built several bombs according to court papers. On tuesday night six bombs hidden in tackle boxes were delivered by mail or by delivery services to four Homes an armoured car depot and a prison four went off within 90 minutes. Two others were intercepted and disposed of. \ on sept. 22 More than three months before the attacks authorities found 112 Sticks of the dynamite bought by Figley that had been abandoned at a suburban Rochester Home the court papers said. Authorities refused to say whether an investigation was begun at that time into where the dynamite came from. Stevens served two years in prison in new York after being convicted in a telemarketing fraud scheme in 1987. State officials said. A Latorey Mother Eleanor Fowler was killed in a blast at her Home in West. Valley 30 Miles South of Buffalo. Fowler a husband and Lazorek a Stepfather Robert Fowler died along with a co worker at the armoured car garage where they worked in Cheektowaga a Buffalo suburb. Lazorek a sister Pamela Lazore Lanza was killed by a bomb sent to her apartment in Rochester. A Friend was also killed there. And Lazorek a Uncle William Lazore was wounded by a bomb mailed to him in Hogansburg hundreds of Miles away in northeastern new York. State police Cal. James Mcmahon said there was no indication that the fowlers had complained to authorities recently about being harassed or that they knew they were in danger. Cheektowaga police capt. Thomas Rowan said the bomb sent to the armoured car depot was packed with shrapnel a it was made to kill a he said adding that Security cameras at the depot captured the explosion on videotape. T another bomb was sent to the fowlers daughter Lucille who lives in new Albion 40 Miles South of Buffalo. It was defused by police. And a bomb sent to her husband at a prison 50 Miles Southwest of Buffalo where he works As a guard was intercepted and safely detonated