European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 28, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and strips thursday april 28, 1994 at a glance a i . Sen. David Boren d-okla., plans to leave Congress and be come president of the University of Oklahoma. See Story on Page 4. Ames Deal reported Aldol in 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. V.-. Pages Gay off Leer opposed the Navy is trying for a second time to discharge an officer who acknowledged his homosexuality. Page 6 paramedics get sick Garden chemicals May have caused the body fumes that sick ened a dozen paramedics and hos Pital workers who treated a 76-year old Man in Pennsylvania. Page insurance tax studied the Senate finance committee looked tuesday at the idea of taxing employee health benefits to help pay for Reform. Page8 fugitive fears pod an Amer Larj facing Federal charges is seeking political Asylum in Canada because he says he is afraid of the defense department. Page 13 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 i Index Abby Ann Landers. 21 classifieds 24-28 comics. 21-23 commentary. 17 crossword 21 faces a places 20 Horoscope 27 Jumble 27 letters 16 Money matters 14 sports 29-36 to listings 35 weather 15 i. A. S. Revamp no its Haiti team Washington a the stat department is planning a top to Bottom shake up of its Haiti policy team amid widespread disillusionment Over the Lack of Progress toward restoring democracy in that country officials said wednesday. The departure of the special advise for Haiti Lawrence Pezzullo was announced tuesday and officials said his two top aides Richard Brown and Michael Kozak also will be moving on. We re going to begin with a new slate said one official asking not to be identified. Both Brown and Kozak Are Veteran latin America specialists. The official said policy difference were responsible for Pezzullo s Depar Ture which was decided on during a meeting saturday with Secretary of stat Warren Christopher. The main focus of . Policy toward Mandela joins wave of voters in s. Africa 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 ballot " Haiti currently is the United nations where officials Are seeking a Resolution for a full International embargo against Haiti As a Means of forcing the country s military leaders to step administration s inability to find a formula for reinstating deposed presi Dent Jean Bertrand Aristide has produced considerable bitterness among the key players involved in the Effort. These include administration officials members of the Aristide Camp and the congressional Black of Pezzullo s critics including caucus members had been demanding his resignation for weeks. It was fool hearted to think Lawrenc Pezzullo could continue As special envoy to Haiti Given the fact that he lacked the credibility or Trust of the principal people involved rep. Weisi Mfume did said in a statement. This resignation is months overdue and hundreds of lives too of the Aristide Camp snared those sentiments and the perception tha Pezzullo lacked the Confidence of influential groups contributed to his Depar Ture after Only 13 months in office. Pezzullo s defenders insist that he has been undercut repeatedly by his superiors who they say lacked the will to stick with policies once they were set. As an example they say the Effort to restore Aristide to office reached a turn ing Point last october when the Tan Landing ship Harlan county with More than 200 Norico Gribat military personnel aboard was about to land at port a Prince As part of a plan agreed to earlier by the haitian military. When a gang of armed demonstrators Loyal to the military began a protest on the Dock president Clinton ordered the vessel to Retreat. A bomb blasted the International air port minutes after Mandela voted a re minder of the obstacles his african National Congress faces if it wins the election As expected the blast outside the International departure Hall at Johan Nesburg s Jan Smuts Airport injured 18people, two seriously. Hours later police announced the had arrested the 31 people including members of a militant White group in connection with the Airport blast an with several bombings that have killed at least 21 people since sunday. The purpose was to derail the elec Tion 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 designed to abolish the one time Iron Rule of minority Whites. Som polls opened several hours late when bal lots and other materials did not show up in time for the scheduled 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 Home land to downtown Johannesburg. Nelson Mandela greets voters after casting his ballot outside a school founded by John dub one of the first 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 de Klerk said. He added that planes and helicopter were being ordered to get voting Materi als to places they were heeded. Right Wing extremists have vowed towage War rather than live under Black Rule and the bombings shattered Hope for a 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 White 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 Ingu Puletu 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 andante aircraft weapons. Sir John Weston Britain s ambassador to nato said the allies were very pleased with the outcome because there is no Cung hoist in this 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. Red Anand 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
