European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 12, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse The vol. 52, no. 269 500 wednesday january 12,1994 d 8693 a Blue Goose upsets plans by Rosemary Sawyer Brussels Bureau Brussels Belgium five Stu dents from Brussels american High school exchanged potential heartache for a meeting with president Clinton tuesday at the end of a nato Summit. Last week the students were asked to help move furniture on the stage where Clinton was to address report ers at the end of a two Day Summit meeting. The students along with a handful would move chairs and three Long tables with attached microphones and translation equipment out of the auditorium after nato Secretary general Manfred Werner s news conference. This was to make room for the distinctive presidential lectern nicknamed the Blue however by tuesday the White House had revised the plan three times because of concerns from nato meeting officials that the and hoc stage Crew might not be Able to change the scenery fast enough . And nato sources said. They also feared that British prime minister John major s briefing could be upset if the group erred in reconnecting translation equipment and the 11 highly sensitive broadcast Micro , the White House decided to play it Safe and secret service agents set up the Blue Goose be serbs warned nato set to order bombs a president Clinton addresses a Brus Sels news conference tuesday from be Hind the Blue Goose a lectern that caused a bit of a Flap. Hind the table. The students were asked Only to turn Over the chairs. However the students said they weren t disappointed with their diminished role. As a Consolation beyond skipping classes they were each introduced to Clinton who chatted with them briefly. That was t in the original plans i see plans on Page 2 Brussels Belgium a after months of empty threats president Clin ton and his nato allies warned serbian forces tuesday of a new determination to launch airstrikes if needed to relieve embattled Muslim enclaves in Bosnia my resolve is there Clinton said. At the end of a two Day Summit the 16 Western leaders announced their willingness to order bombing raids if bosnian serbs continue to prevent the opening of a major Airport for Aid supplies or the rotation of encircled peacekeepers. Whether they occur or not depends upon the behaviour of the bosnian serbs from this moment Forward Clinton told reporters at the end of the meeting of the North Atlantic treaty organization. The first reaction from the serbian forces was negative their chief of staff manojlo Milovanovic warned that . Troops would also suffer in any air Campaign because his forces would stay close to peacekeepers. They cannot strike at us without also hitting. . Forces he said. Clinton and other leaders insisted there was a new mood among the allies to carry out the threats first issued last june to use their formidable air Power to ease the situation in Bosnia and Herze Govina. There is a very real determination to carry but the warnings said British prime minister John major. He had in the past opposed airs trikes for fear of reprisals against his country s 2,200 peacekeepers in Bosnia. I made it Clear that for our part we were prepared to follow through Clin ton said. And if the bosnian serbs Don t get the message he said later after meeting with officials of the 12-nation european Union Well see if our resolve is there. My resolve is but Canadian prime minister Jean Chretien appeared hesitant. He said he Only reluctantly went along with the others. We Don t believe it is necessary to have airstrikes to protect 150 Canadian peacekeepers in Srebrenik Ca Bosnia he said. Dutch prime minister Ruud Lubbers see nato on Page 2 big guns fired in stepped up War on tobacco Washington a thirty years after the first shots were fired in the War against smoking former president Carter and seven past surgeons general joined health groups tuesday in demanding More Strin gent controls on the Sale and advertising of tobacco. The health leaders issued a report card rapping Law makers and presidents alike for failing to take stronger action to stamp out smoking which is blamed for 420,000 deaths a year. This nation remains in tobacco s death grip said or. Alfred Munzer president of the american lung association. Surgeon general Joycelyn elders said 2 million lives see tobacco on Page 2 smoking in America menial adults women those 18 and Over the percentage of american adults who smoke 60% 50%1 40% 30% 20% or i t 1965 1970 1975 1980 1965 1990 source National health interview surveys compiled by the . Office on smoking and health Sab Navy is chastised in court ruling on Tai look immunity Washington a the nation s highest Mili tary court ruled tuesday against an aviator who hoped to avoid trial in the Tail Hook scandal but also chastise the Navy for a careless and amateurish approach to the worst it raises the possibility of a shakiness in the rights accorded to military members in a criminal investigation the . Court of military appeals said. The court ruled that Navy it. David samples did not receive immunity from trial in return for his Promise to cooperate with authorities. That finding cleared the Way for samples court martial on a charge of indecent assault against a Drunken woman at the 1991 Conven Tion in Las vegas. Samples was granted testimonial immunity by vice see Navy on Page 2 in Side to Day air Force pilots of gra0f it. To Lull be twelve commissaries in Europe will be closed this year service members warned about phone scam involving at to calling cards gun shot in the dark that sometimes hits Home see Page 3 see pages 18?q
