European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 28, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes thursday april 28,1994 at a glance . Sen. David born d-okla., plans to leave Congress and be come president of the University of Oklahoma. See Story on Page 4. Ames Deal reported Aldrich h. Ames the Cia officer accused of spying has signed a plea agreement accepting life in Pris on without parole in return for leniency for his wife sources say. Pages Gay officer opposed the Navy is trying for a second time to discharge an officer who acknowledged his homosexuality. Paramedics get sic Garden chemicals May have caused the body fumes that sickened a dozen paramedics and hos Pital workers who treated a 76-year old Man in Pennsylvania. Page insurance lax studied the Senate finance committee looked tuesday at the idea of taxing employee health benefits to help pay for Reform. V y a a pages Dod an american facing Federal charges is seeking political Asylum in Canada because he says he is afraid of the defense department. --jpage13 Little inflation seen the Economy is expanding robustly without producing any big boost in labor costs that would Spur inflation a report says. Page 14 Index Abby Ann Landers. 21 classifieds. 24-28 comics. 21-23 commentary. �.h7 crossword. 21 faces "n1 places. 20 Horoscope. 27 Jumble. 27 letters.16 Money matters. 14 sports 29-36 a listings. 35 weather. 15 vigilance against Iraq vowed Riyadh saudi Arabia a the United states and the persian Gulf Oil nations joined in a pledge wednesday to maintain Trade restrictions on Iraq and support peacemaking efforts in the mid dle East. In an unusually Strong statement read by the saudi foreign minister Prince Saud the Gulf nations said they agreed on a common resolve to stand vigilant against Iraq. The statement was issued after . Secretary of state Warren Christopher met with Saud and then with King fahd for 75 minutes on the first leg of a mid East trip that takes him to Cairo Egypt next. -. V israeli and Palestine liberation organization negotiators Are in Cairo trying to finish an agreement to implement pales Tinian self Rule in the West Bank town of Mandela joins wave of voters in s. Johannesburg South Africa a Nelson Mandela cast the first vote of his life wednesday in an election expected to make him the country s first Black president. In addition police announced the arrests of 31 White extremists in a string of fatal bombings intended to disrupt balloting. A bomb blasted the International Airport minutes after Mandela voted a reminder of the obstacles his african National Congress faces if it wins the election As expected. The blast outside the International departure Hall at Johannesburg s Jan Smuts Airport injured 18 people two seriously. Hours later police announced they had arrested the 31 people including members of a militant White group in connection with the Airport blast and with several bombings that have killed at least 21 people since sunday. The purpose was to derail the election process police Gen. Johan Van Der Merwe said of the attacks. Despite fears of terrorism voters poured into polls for the second Day of balloting in this unprecedented All race election de signed to abolish the one time Iron Rule of minority Whites. Some polls opened several hours late when ballots and other materials did not show Pirn ume  7 . Start prompting complaints from some parties. Today was declared a National Holiday to give people More time to go to polling stations. President . De Klerk appealed for patience As lines More than a mile Long formed from the Rural Kwa Zulu Homeland to downtown Johannesburg. Jericho and in the Gaza strip. Saud registered the kingdom s support for the Effort and apparently for the first time publicly condemned terrorism everywhere in the  he said the Gulf nations abhorred extremism As Well. The statement could be interpreted As opposing the violence against both arabs and israelis which the Clinton administration portrays As an Effort to uproot  peacemaking initiative. Christopher thanked the King for his firm support for the Mideast peace process and denounced Iraq for continuing to violate . Security Council resolutions. His statement is directed at Iraq s Refu Sal to accept Kuwait s Borders the alleged assassination attempt against for Mer . President Bush and resistance to . Efforts to deprive Iraq of heavy weapons deliveries. Appealing to the iraqi people Over president Saddam Hussein s head Christopher said we have no desire to extend your  he invited them to ask your rulers Why their Are Short Ages of food and  the Trade restrictions exempt food and Medicine but the Baghdad government has not come to terms to use Revenue from Oil exports to make purchases. Christopher reaffirmed the administration s ironclad commitment to the de sense of the Gulf. Our resolve to defend this interest against aggression from any Quarter is As Strong today As it was when the United states led the coalition Effort to liberate Kuwait from Iraq s aggression Christo Pher said Nelson Mandelar greets voters after casting his ballot outside a school founded by John Dube one of the exist leaders of the african National Congress in Inanda. I Don t think it will affect the freeness and fairness of the election. What is required is patience by the voters affected Dekler said. He added that planes and helicopters were being ordered to get voting materials to places they were needed. Right Wing extremists have vowed to wage War rather than live under Black Rule and the bombings shattered Hopes for peaceful election. The mood among most voters wednes Day was jubilant. Lines snaked through White suburbs and Black townships. Many people brought folding chairs warm drinks and breakfast Rolls. In a sign of the changes Many Whites showed up to vote with their Black Domestic workers who were never before allowed to cast ballots. It s like Martin Luther King s dream coming True in South Africa said 21-year old Vukale mamane who voted in Hugule to outside Cape town. Serbs from Page 1 immediately or they will be subject to air strikes he said. Heavy weapons covered by the ban included tanks artillery pieces mortars multiple rocket launchers missiles and anti aircraft weapons. Sir John Weston Britain s ambassador to nato said the allies were very pleased with the outcome because there is no Gung hoist in this Allian Cewe Are firm but not Gung to. I just Hope the lesson has Bee Learned he said. . Secretary of state Warren Christopher said wednesday that he May meet next week with Western and rus Sian foreign ministers to push for a negotiated settlement of the War in Bosnia. It would be a natural next step in the process Christopher said. However he said a decision depended on How much headway american euro Pean Union and russian mediators make this week in talks with leaders of the mus Lim led government and bosnian serbs. . Negotiator Charles e. Redman and his colleagues Are due in Sarajevo Bosnia s capital on thursday. The United states and its nato allies warned the serbs last Friday to halt their murderous onslaught on Gorade