European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 06, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the Star and stripes thursday january 6,1994 at a glance former georgian president Oviad Gamsa Hurdia committed suicide after being surrounded by enemies russian news agencies quoted his wife As saying. See Story on Page 5. British official quits a British government minister who admitted fathering a child outside his marriage resigned wednesday to Page 4 radio decision delayed the Board that oversees radio free Europe and radio Liberty has delayed a decision on moving the stations from Munich to Prague. Pages n. Korea offer weighed the United states is prepared to accept North Korea s offer of one full inspection of seven atomic Sites. Page fetal tissue research for the first time in five years the Federal government will pay for Clini Cal research using fetal tissue from elective abortions. Page 9 Mia push planned the United states today is launch ing its largest search Mission for americans missing in action since the Vietnam War ended. Page 12 buyout fight looms proponents of a program that would permit All Federal agencies to offer selected workers up to $25,000 to quit or retire face a Rocky Road. Page 15 Index Abby Ann Landers. 21 classifieds. 24-27 comics 21-23 commentary. 17 crossword 21 faces n places 20 Horoscope 26 Jumble .26 letters. 16 Money matters. 15 sports 29-36 to listings 35 weather 14 nato from Page 1 countries military cooperation and the potential for nato membership at some unspecified Point in the future. The partnership for peace tries to Deal with exactly that Issue by hot making the situation worse but giving the Chance to the democrats in Russia who Are working so very hard to build Market economies arid to strengthen the democratic institutions there Shalikashvil said. A senior official in the Clinton administration said wednesday that nato was t ready to accept hew members. The Issue on the table right now is not immediate consideration of new members for the nato Alliance Strobe Talbott president Clinton s adviser on russian affairs told european reporters. Lithuania became the first former so Viet Republic to apply for membership in nato when president Algirdas Brazauskas wrote a letter to nato Secretary general Manfred Worner. The letter was made Public tuesday night. The russian reaction was Swift and  president Boris n. Yeltsin s press Secretary Vyacheslav Kostikova is sued a statement saying that the haste with which a number of countries including Gion of Serbia and the former Yugo slav Republic of Macedonia. It would be a political failure for everyone if the serbs crushed the muslims he said. We need to Tell the serbs that s enough " the comments came a Day after foreign minister Alain Juppe and de sense minister Francois Leotard said they would propose a new bosnian initiative during next week s nato Summit. Leotard called for unspecified . Intervention. Nato and . Action in Bosnia and Herzegovina has failed to halt a 2-year old War estimated to have killed More than 200,000 people. The threat of a wider conflict and a growing wave of refugees have prompted More european officials to Call for new measures. The hands of the country s extreme nationalists. That View also was voiced in a number of briefings tuesday in Washington where administration officials repeatedly spoke of the need to avoid drawing new lines be tween East and West and in Europe  As Clinton prepared for a european trip next week to a nato Summit and then to Eastern Europe and Russia he said he thought europeans were misunderstand ing the partnership for peace initiative. Talbott who has been nominated for the no. 2 Job in the state department said we re trying to promote Security and stability in Europe. We Don t want to do anything that increases tensions Talbott expressed sympathy for the aspirations of Lithuania and other coun tries to join nato but said the Only option on the table right now is the partnership for peace. Former Warsaw pact nations led by Poland Hungary and the czech Republic Are pressing for Swift admittance to nato As full members. There s not a consensus to expand nato at this time the president said. Snow from Page 1 stayed Down  had she waited a week Kennedy might have gotten her wish. Hundreds of passengers were stuck at Miami International Airport and other airports after the second storm in a week forced nearly All major airlines to cancel or delay flights to most northeastern cities. Airline passengers weren t the Only ones stuck. Up to 400 vehicles were stranded in a seven mile Jam after a truck crashed on interstate 77 near parkers Burg w.va., school buses took motorists to shelters. / the heaviest Snow was in the Central appalachians and upper Ohio Valley. Thirty three inches fell in Waynesburg in southwestern Pennsylvania. The wind and cold were expected to ease later wednesday in the East As the storm moved into Canada. The weather related deaths included a boy who Slid into traffic in new Hampshire a Man hit by a falling tree in West Virginia and a Mew York contractor who slipped and hit his head on a plow. Two women were killed in traffic accidents and eight men collapsed after shovelling Snow. In addition five people died of Carbon monoxide poisoning from a faulty Heater in Louisiana and two children died in a Florida Mobile Home fire that officials blamed on a space Heater. National guardsmen in Eastern Ken Tucky used armoured transports to move snowbound patients carry Power Crews and deliver fuel after up to 9 inches of Snow knocked out electricity. Juanita Vance who has emphysema and uses an oxygen machine called a medical Supply company for backup oxygen when her Power failed. They got a four wheel drive and they got it to me said Vance who lives near the Virginia Border in Rural Virgie by. Others refused to let a few feet of Snow stand in their Way. Donnan Huggler put Boston commuters to shame donning a woolly Cap gloves storm pants and a jacket to make his rounds As a bicycle messenger. He had made 14 deliveries by noon. Dollar from Page 1 vestment Bank in London. The High for 1993 was 1.70 Marks. I guess we Are a bit bullish Marshall said. But to get to 2, the . Economy would have to grow 4 to 5 percent this year instead of the projected 3 percent. And that s  a More realistic projection for the Dol Lar is 1,84 Marks by december he said. In other currencies the Dollar is expected to gain against the British Pound by the end of the year to about $1.44, Marshall said. One Pound currently buys$1.52 in military banking facilities. In Italy the Dollar is expected to hold steady through the year at about 1,665 to 1,700 lire on the open Market he added. Today $1 buys 1,694 lire. Marshall s projections for the Mark Are very close to those of Bruno Seidler manager of the Treasury division for merchants National Bank in Frankfurt Germany. Seidler expects the Dollar to be in the 1.72 to 1.78 Mark Range in april and May and to Yoyo from 1.65 to 1.80 through october. He also cites a Bright Outlook for . Economic growth is. The continuing slide of the German Economy. To Stem that decline and kick Start the German Economy the German Central Bank Bundesbank will continue to lower its key lending rates Marshall said. Although a rising Dollar is Good news for american tourists and those who routinely change dollars for foreign Curren cies it can put a Dent in . Exports. A Dollar that s too Strong would in crease the . Trade deficit by raising prices on american products sold Over seas Marshall added. Dod from Page smoking in designated indoor areas Are simply  the new policy is Clear he said. Smoking won t be allowed in the work place that includes private offices Hall ways restrooms and phone Booths Wolfe said. Second hand smoke has been Classi fied by government agencies As a potential Cincer causing agent. This new policy is designed to protect employees As much As possible from that  Wolfe said outdoor smoking areas must be reasonably protected from the elements but cannot be near building entrances or  the new policy governs All buildings owned or leased by the defense depart ment and applies to employees visitors and contract personnel. Exempt from the ban Are family housing units Bachelor quarters and prison living areas. Commanders can make their own policies that Are More stringent than ours but they can t be less Wolfe said. For example he said the new policy Al lows indoor designated smoking areas in no work areas such As restaurants clubs and Bowling alleys but a commander could ban smoking in any of these places. At the Pentagon smoking was banned at All snack bars and restaurants nov. 1. The Navy too has taken this policy a step fur ther. Its rules which took effect the end of october prohibit smoking in any common use areas including recreational facilities. Both the army and air Force tight ened their regulations but delayed implementation until the defense depart ment edict took effect. At press time army officials were unsure if their new policy has been delayed. The new air Force policy has been implemented As planned