European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 1, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes sunday May 1,1994 at a graft a e admitted serial killer Joel Rifkin shown laughing during Bis. Trial Friday told his lawyer in letters written last year that he wanted to make a few Bucks o t his killing spree. See Story on Page 8.man or monster an italian accused of being the Quot monster of Florence cried prosecutors recounted the horrors on his charge Sheet eight grisly double murders from 1968 to 1985. A a a Page 4sphere of influence the groups battling for control of biosphere 2 reached a settlement that turns the environmental expert ment Over to financial Backer Edward Bass. A Page 8riot remembered gang members marked the second anniversary of the 1992 los Angeles riots with a Call for others to put Down their weapons. A Page 10french want Kohl a majority of French feel it was wrong not to invite German Chan Ceil or Helmut Kohl to june 6 ceremonies marking the 50th anniversary of a Day according to a Pew poll. A Page 15picking up Speed Ford motor Quot co. Reported a 58 percent gain in first Quarter earnings Friday rounding out a sharply improved performance for the big  Page 22 1 Index 1 Abby Ann Landers. 26 classifieds. 27-32 commentary. 21 faces a places. .26 Horoscope a. 30 letters. 20 Money matters. 22 Mutual. 22-25 sports. 32-48 weather. 19 s. Africa vote results attacks expected by tuesday from Page 1 Johannesburg South Africa apr election officials started count my millions of paper ballots saturday and the final results expected tuesday Are Likely to make Nelson Mandela the first Black president of South Africa. The governing National party took an Early Lead As the Independent electoral commission announced initial results from the Western Cape province the National party received 7,398 votes followed by Mandela a african National Congress with 2,805. But the Small Quot Sam Pic gave Little indication of the final results. A Quot a a a a a \ the commission formed to oversee this historic vote began by checking the seals on ballot boxes and verifying that the number of ballot papers returned to counting stations matched the number distributed to polls. The reconciliation was part of an elaborate process to assure everyone a from leery first time Black voters to demanding International monitors a that the four Day election was free and  Heads of the observer teams from the United nations the Commonwealth the european Union and the organization of african Unity held a joint news conference to give their stamp of approval to the voting. Quot we Are satisfied that the people of South Africa Quot were Able to participate freely., in the voting a the group statement said. Quot what we have observed. Has been a great achievement for South  the groups had sent 2,500 election observers. Quot a a a a the outcome is not considered in doubt the Anc should win a majority in the new parliament which would then elect Mandela president Friday the main question is whether the Anc will reach its goal of 67 percent two thirds of the parliament seats enough to allow if to write and approve the country a Perma Nen new Constitution unopposed. Cyril ram Phosa the Ancus Secretary general said he expected his party to win at least 60 percent of the vote. Until saturday Anc officials had said Only that they expected to win a majority. Ram Phosa speaking at a news conference deemed the vote free fair and unifying. Quot we have just been through an election that most South africans regard As having been very successful an election that has started to bring a new mood in South Africa. Bonding people together and Healing wounds of the past a he said. Deteriorating a said a report from local . Aid workers a n nato had Given the serbs two deadlines for withdrawing. One that expired last sunday required All serbian forces and their weapons withdraw 1.9 Miles 3 Kilometres from the town Center. By wednesday they were to have removed heavy weapons from a 12.4 mile 20-kilo radius. The United nations later said it was satisfied with serbian compliance. 1 but a report from local . Aid workers saturday said military observers were continuing to find military equipment Quot in violation of the nato  an eight member British . Patrol came under fire Friday afternoon while patrolling inside the smaller zone said cmdr. Eric Chaperon a , spokesman in Sarajevo. They returned fire and tried to withdraw. Chaperon said serbs followed the patrol and fired on it again before the British peacekeepers successfully withdrew while returning fire. In Sarajevo meanwhile the United nations reported an increasing number of violations of the feb. 10 cease fire that has kept the capital mostly quiet. In an apparent show of Force nato warplanes made two screaming Low passes Over the bosnian capital saturday. Hot times in the City Young roller skaters in Paris Cool off saturday by taking dips in Rose to 81 degrees in the French capital Bri Neine an Zariv feel the Roca Defro pools in front of the Eiffel Tower. Temperatures of summer. For More on the weather see Page 19. Clinton lauds . Roles in s. Africa Bosnia Washington appointing to Progress in South Africa and Bosnia president Clinton sought to polish his foreign policy image saturday amid growing criticism from Mem cers of Congress and others. In his weekly radio address Clinton said that the United states had played a positive role in South africans transiiion-t6 a Nonra Cia democracy and that . Efforts in Bosnia and Herzegovina Quot clearly generated new Progress toward  Quot this kind of vigorous american engagement and leadership remains vital not Only in South Africa but around the Globe a he said Clinton said the administration was facing other threats a including North Korea s nuclear program and state sponsored terrorism from Iran and other backlash states a with Quot steadiness and  his address made no mention of critics charges that the Clinton administrations foreign policy has been indecisive and wavering particularly with regard to Bosnia and Haiti where efforts to ret ousted president Jean Bertrand Arista to Power have failed. Clinton pledged to announce a us Stantial increase in . Aid to South / Rica in the coming week Quot to help it navigate a new course for All of its  in the Republican response to Cli ton address rep. Steve Horn of Ca forma said republicans wish the who House Well in fostering a Quot realistic flt eign policy As Long As its shaped in truly bipartisan manner