European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 12, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes wednesday january 12,1994 at a glance James Earl Ray who confessed to killing the Rev. Martin Luther King jr., has asked for Freedom on what he contends is new evidence of a conspiracy in the slaying see Story on Page 6. Beggars opposed new York City transit officials Are begging subway riders not to give Money to panhandlers. Page 7 anti Vietnam Campaign the american legion s National commander has ordered 16,000 posts to begin campaigns to Stop the . Government from lifting a Trade embargo against Vietnam. Page 11 rates help Home sales falling mortgage rates offset rising prices to keep the Cost of housing affordable for Many americans. Page 16 Index Abby Ann Landers. 24 classifieds. 25-28 comics. 22-24 commentary. 15 crossword. 24 faces n places. 21 Horoscope. 27 Jumble. 27 letters. 14 sports. 30-36 to listings. 35 weather. .13 l to our readers a Brief strike by pilots of a italia air lines stymied delivery of the stars and stripes to some regions of Italy on tues Day. The tuesday edition Vas scheduled to be put on Sale with today s edition said Jim Wysocki the newspaper s circulation manager. Clarification because of a reporting error an article tuesday incorrectly stated the hours of operation for Andrews Federal credit Union automated Teller machines next monday. The machines will be shut Down from 8 . Until 6 . On that Day. Nato from Page 1 said there was still a margin of uncertainty about whether an Allied air Campaign would be launched. We still need the approval for a first strike from . Secretary general Boutros Boutros Ghali he said. Boutros Ghali who has never Given the go ahead for raids said that if . Military humanitarian and political officials on the scene ask for airstrikes he will immediately ask nato to carry them out. He said nato s statement demonstrated a political will to do  the nato leaders in a final statement raised the Prospect of bomb ing raids to evacuate the canadians from Srebrenick in Eastern Bosnia and Force open the Airport at Tula a key conduit for Aid to the North. We be asked the serbs several times to open Tula. They refused said French foreign minister Alain Juppe. Now we be decided to do it anyway the allies also reaffirmed their Readi Ness to conduct airstrikes to prevent the strangulation of Sarajevo the Safe areas and other threatened areas of Bosnia  the bosnian crisis dominated the final Day of the nato Summit which was called by Clinton to adopt measures to modernize the 44-year-old Alliance and give it new missions in the Post cold War Era. To do that the leaders declared a readiness to let their former foes in East Ern Europe join the elite fraternity on Day. ,. But the allies fearful of isolating a unstable Russia did not draw up a timetable or a list of candidates for membership. In their final statement they endorsed the . Proposal for a partnership for peace which invites Eastern europeans to take part in military exercises and other limited activities. The offer is there nato Secretary general Manfred Worner said. Thedoor is  from Brussels Clinton flew to the czech capital Prague to try to sell Lead ers of that new democracy As Well As Poland and Hungary on the Alliance s plan for limited partnerships. A Mirinovsky tells Clinton he thrives on gift snubs Moscow a extreme nationalist Vladimir v. A Mirinovsky said tuesday that president Clinton was giving him a big gift by refusing to meet during this week s Moscow Summit. As Russia s new parliament opened a Mirinovsky lashed out at Clinton and other Western leaders who have snubbed him in recent weeks. He suggested their actions would make him More attractive to russian voters. In typical vitriolic language he ridiculed president Francois Mitterrand of France for urging Western military action in Bosnia and Herzegovina saying that this old Man has gone  the White House has made it Clear that Clinton will not meet with Zhi Rinous by during his four Jay visit to Moscow which begins today. It s very strange that Clinton refused to have a meeting with chairman of the essential opposition party of Russia a Mirinovsky said  English out Side the parliament chamber. But i thank very much or. Clinton for his refusal because it s a very big gift for me. Next elections i will receive More voices votes than now because or. Clinton refused to have a meeting with me and russian people will see with whom he has meetings in  plans from Page 1 Mem my Mem my Mem a. " Don t think said Krissy Goff 16. Goff and two other students had already Sha Ken the president s hand in a crowd Sun Day but she said this was much More personal. Contention caused by nato press officials worried about technical details and White House officials worried about Clinton s image resulted in the problems being brought to Werner s attention,. Sources said. Worner directed his staff to let the americans do As they pleased. The last minute White House decision not to Chance it May have been influenced by other frictions with the nato staff handling Media coverage of the Summit. Throughout the event White House Media staff refused to accommodate any reporters other than the travel ing presidential press corps nato pres officials said. The exclusive briefings by . Official were held a couple of Miles from nato Headquarters at a downtown hotel. Clinton made himself available to for eign journalists Only in the final news conference. All seats designated for american reporters in that event and the Worner news conference also went to the White House press. White House officials May have also been sensitive about disparaging remarks regarding the Blue Goose that were made in a new York times article. The sunday Story pointed to the lectern privilege As one that none of the other 15 nato Heads of state had demanded. The students who volunteered to move the furniture said they were proud that they were Able to disprove sceptics amid More than eight hours of practice runs even though their original plan was changed. We were supposed to take everything Down in less than five minutes and put everything Back in under five minutes said Justin Osterthaler 17. First they nato officials said it was technically impossible to do said Peter Darcy 17. Then they said we could t do it in under 10 minutes. Then they said we could t do it under five  and then piped in Chris Dunn 17, we pulled off our 1 minute 7 seconds feat. Patient students and service members from chevres Belgium Schinnen nether lands and Heidelberg and Stuttgart Ger Many practice three different plans be fore it was determined How Clinton s nato image would Best be served. Tobacco from Page 1 have been saved since her predecessor the late or. Luther Terry issued the first surgeon general s report on Jan. 11,1964. That report led millions of americans to kick the habit and millions More to never get hooked in the first place. But tobacco remains the leading cause of preventable death and disease in America said elders who will release her own surgeon general s report next month focusing on smoking and youth. Any form of tobacco whether smoked chewed spit or inhaled is lethal elders told a news conference. Carter urged president Clinton in a letter to consider raising the 24-cent cigarette tax to As much As $2 a pack to help save adult lives and keep "3,000 children from trying cigarettes for the first time each  Clinton has already proposed a 75 cent per pack increase to help pay for health reforms. Carter who fired his own health Secre tary Joseph a. Califano jr., in 1979 in part because of the fallout triggered by Cal if Ano s War against smoking exhorted Clinton to take the leadership role Nec Essary to reverse More than three decades of the tobacco Industry s domination in to Bacco control policy in  or. Antonia c Novello the surgeon general in the Bush administration said to Bacco is the least regulated consume product in the United states and tobacco companies spend $4 billion a year to pro Mote their products with reckless  Thomas Lauria spokesman for the to Bacco Institute scoffed at the notion that cigarettes Are under regulated. An Alpha bet soup of numerous Federal agencies. Regulates tobacco from seedbed to Sale counter he said. The fact that tobacco remains univer Sally Legal in every country of the world Only indicates that there is a natural human Market for this product he  folks like smoking added Lau Ria a nonsmoker. The seven former surgeons general said the tobacco Industry has a stranglehold Over the Congress and the  the Appeal for action was signed by drs. Leroy e. Burney of the Eisenhower administration William h. Stewart Johnson Jesse l. Steinfeld Nixon s. Paul Ehrlicher. Nixon and Ford Julius b. Richmond Carter c Everett Koop Reagan an Novello. The government has taken numerous Steps to discourage smoking from the first warning labels on cigarette packages in 1966 to the 1971 ban on cigarette Advertis ing on radio and television to requiring no smoking sections on air planes in 1973 and Banning smoking on most Domestic flight sin 1990. But tobacco is still exempted from regu lation under several key Federal statutes. Navy from Page . Joseph p. Reason in a letter a Promise that he could not be prosecuted based on what he had told investigators. Reason was the senior officer deciding who would be prosecuted for misconduct at the Navy convention. But the lieutenant argued he was prom ised immunity from any prosecution for conduct at the convention. The appeals court said he had no basis for that belief. Still the court said samples was caught up in an Assembly line of investigative efforts involving about 20 officers that merged and blurred investigative and jus Tice  at each Point along this route Petitioner stp9