European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 17, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The and stripes vol. 52, no. 274 u in i iitflpmm500 monday january 17,1994 Assad makes peace overture Clinton sends delegation to Israel syrian president Hafez Assad shakes hands with presi Dent Clinton before starting talks in Geneva on sunday. Geneva a in an important step toward peace in the Middle East president Clinton said Sun Day that syrian president Hafez Assad offered a Clear forthright declaration that Normal relations Are Possi ble with Israel. We want an honorable peace Assad said at a joint news conference after 5vi hours of talks. In Honor we fought in Honor we negotiate and in Honor we  Clinton described Assad s declaration As a very important statement. Stating clearly that it is time to end the conflict with Israel. And that the peace should Lead to Normal and peaceful  if the leaders of Israel have the sufficient courage to respond to this kind of peace a new Era of Security and stability. Among All will Dawn Clinton Saidl he immediately sent a High level delegation to con Fer with the israeli government. In Jerusalem senior Cabinet ministers welcomed the news cautiously. For the first time we heard president Assad talking about peace As a strategic option. This statement is unprecedented environment minister Yossi Sarid said. The tone was too positive to be disappointing and was too general to be satisfying foreign minister Shi Mon Peres said on Israel radio. Prime minister Yitzhak Rabin refused comment until his meeting with Dennis Ross the . State de see Assad on Page 2 King s dream As americans by the stars and stripes More than 30 years after the Rev. Martin Luther King or. Galvanized a nation with his / have a dream speech Many Black americans believe the civil rights movement sorely needs renewed vigor. As americans across Europe prepared to Honor King today some connected with the de sense department said a listlessness has pervaded the drive for racial Equality. The dedication the attitude and the Type of people we had Back then does t exist any More said tech. Sgt. Minnie Barkley vice president of the Black heritage committee at Raf Alconbury eng land. Walls today i think peo ple work strictly for  Barkley said youngsters need to absorb More Black history. That s something her committee at tempts to encourage through educational activities such As essay and Art contests dealing with prominent african americans. When i talk to the kids a majority of them Don t have any clue about it Black history Barkley said. Air Force master sgt. Loretta Erses at in Ciurlik see related stories on pages 2 and 3 a Turkey said the violence in America shows that King s dream is still a Distant goal. We Are about one third of the Way not even Halfway yet she said. Equality she said has never been a problem see dream on Page 2 Apfl the Rev. Martin Luther King or. Delivers his i have a dream speech in Washington in 1963. Countries e Jonato partners by David b. Ottaway the Washington Post Bucharest Romania nato s offer of Mili tary cooperation with the nations of Eastern Europe has created a Rush to join among the Region s lower profile states. It has also led the states to reaffirm their support for the . Campaign to maintain stiff sanctions against Yugoslavia according to a senior Clinto administration official. At the same time it has forced the administration to come up with a clearer policy of support for the emerging democracies of this Region which Madeleine k. Al Bright the . Ambassador to the United nations conceded had been neglected because of Washington s preoccupation with developments in Russia. Albright who ended an 11-Day tour of eight East Ern european capitals saturday expressed satisfaction with the response to the .-Ini partnership for program which Foster up rec cooperation be Albright tween the North Atlantic treaty organization and its former East bloc adversaries. Nato formally endorsed the program last monday at its Summit meeting in Brussels Belgium. President Clinton won endorsement of the proposal from Poland Hungary the czech Republic and Slovakia the follow ing Day in Prague the czech capital. But while those four nations signed on Only after first pressing for immediate full nato membership and Security guarantees the Region s other countries fearful see nato on Page 2 tinted peace would dented Clinton first year challenges compromises and lots of controversy see pages 26-27 inside today Ramsten a official decide to keep open the Lemon lot see Page 4 key economics reformer quits Yeltsin government see Page 11 Yegor Gaidar