European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 23, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday january 23, 1994 world the stars and stripes Page 11 new name cons dered Crummy idea London up staff a several supermarket stores around Britain have taken to renaming packets of Gingerbread men cookies As Gingerbread persons in a bid to take away references to gender. The move in branches of Gateway supermarkets has offended customers and Bakers who say political correctness i being taken too far. Debbie Elliot 33, who lives i Minehead Somerset West England told reporters she was flabbergasted to learn that packets of the Smiley faced cookies no carried the Label Gingerbread persons three pack i thought it was a joke but someone in the store told me Gingerbread men could be offensive she was quoted assaying saturday in the British press How could something so innocent be offensive Elliot asked. A Gateway spokesman Saidl Abeling was up to the discretion of those applying the stickers adding that the move was not company policy. David Harbourne director of the National association of master Bakers described the new labels As ridiculous. Mideast leaders pay tribute to norwegian Oslo Norway a norwegian foreign minister Johan Jorgen hoist s legacy was the guests who attended his funeral saturday israeli and Palestine liberation organization leaders who promised to spend the rest of the Day working to implement the peace Accord hoist helped broker. 1 to pay a tribute to his memory we will continue. The negotiations israeli foreign minister Shimon Peres said before walking to the Oslo Cathedral where Bells rang and flags from scores of nations waved. Hoist hoist died Jan. 13 at the age of 56, after suffering two strokes in a month. Israeli news Media said Peres had brought a proposal to help implement limited palestinian autonomy in the occupied West Bank. Peres and Plo chair Man Yasser Arafat once sworn enemies ate dinner together Friday and scheduled formal negotiations for saturday rapprochement resulted from months of secret meetings arranged by hoist resulting in an israeli Plo Accord signed in Washington d.c., on sept. 13. History will record that Johan hoist and Norway played an essential part in helping to turn the Middle East from a cauldron of hostility into a Cradle of Hope said . Secretary of state War Ren Christopher in a Eulogy. Yet Johan hoist was modest. He said he had Only grasped the Baton that was passed to him. To do Justice to his memory we must grasp that Baton and carry it together to hoist was Norway s defense minister until last april when prime minister Gro Harlem Brundtland gave him the foreign affairs portfolio. Christopher said the Strain of the peace process contributed to his unti Mely Brundtland her voice breaking As she stood near hoist s White coffin spoke of the important role he played in the historic breakthrough that drought new Hope to the Middle East peace process a feat for which he will Al ways be Christopher met separately with Peres and Arafat before the funeral in a Low key Effort to nudge the two sides toward putting the Accord into effect. Clearly we Hope they will move rapidly Christopher said before the Peres meeting. Taking Concrete Steps that can be Felt on the ground by the people is highly desirable. I am going to be urging both parties to come to an agreement because i think tangible Progress on the ground is israeli Plo talks have bogged Down in recent weeks on issues such As the control of Border checkpoints the size of the palestinian autonomous area around Jericho and the Security of jewish settlers. The two sides also disagree on symbolic issues such As the placement of pales Tinian flags and police at the Borders. Israeli foreign minister Shimon Peres Center takes a walk in Oslo on saturday surrounded by Security staff. Mannheim into. Ski club has space available on these trips feb1m3 Verbier feb 18-21 pres. Day Fortes Dusoleil feb 25-27 serf aus mar 4-6 Interlaken mar 11-13 St. Anton. For More info Call John 06764-3320-Sno phone Steve 0621-730-7219 or de 0621-730-7329. European nations delay i a n s t o e a s e bord e is Brussels Belgium a snarled computer systems have Short circuited the plans of nine governments to Dis Mantle their Borders and create a truly free travel zone for european citizens. Governments and companies Are blam ing each other for delays that seem cer Tain to mean travellers will still have to show their passports when they travel be tween european nations. Officials at european Union head quarters in Brussels say Borders Are otherwise ready to come Down. Nations of the eur formerly called the european Community have reconciled differences Between their immigration Laws and have joined to fight crime and drug traffic officials say. But their attempts to turn the eur into a Border free zone by feb. 1 Are being frustrated by obstacles to setting up a giant computer network giving each other Access to their police and immigration files. The Central data Bank in the work since 1990, previously was delayed twice. Now officials say it probably won t be ready before june. The data Bank based in Strasbourg,.France, already holds millions of pieces of data from registrations of cars handguns to the numbers on stolen banknotes. It s ready it s in Strasbourg and i works said Marie Claude Bessis spokeswoman for Sema the French company overseeing the project. But the system can t function the company blames bureaucracy say ing governments have been slow to link their National data Banks. 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