European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 3, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes . Tuesday May 3,1994u.s. Plans to by Steven a. Holmes new York times Washington a Little More than a decade after the United states invaded Grenada ousting a left Wing government that Ronald Reagan said was turning the tiny Caribbean Island into an outpost of Fidel Castro scuba the Clinton administration plans to close its embassy there to save Money. With the end of the cold War the administration has decided that the Island which recently resumed diplomatic relations with Cuba is of Little strategic importance. V this action is to be taken Only in response to budgetary pressures and in no Way reflects on grenadian american relations or on the commitment of the . Government to our friends in the Region a the state department said when it announced the closing recently. The islands dwindling significance today is in marked contrast to How it was described oct. 25, 1983, when Reagan sent 7,000 troops to end political violence and he said to Rescue american students at St. Georges University medical school. The state department told Congress last month of its intention to shut the modest embassy compound and Transfer its functions to the embassy in Barbados 150 Miles to the Northeast. The embassy in Barbados had responsibility for Grenada until just after the 1983 invasion. State department officials said Friday that closing the embassy in Grenada As Well As the one in aping a and a regional office of the Agency for International development in Barbados is part of an Effort to shift resources to Eastern Europe and the former soviet Union. V v a a a. A Congress which can overrule the state department has until May 13 to decide if it wants to keep the embassies open. Grenadian officials Are lobbying members of Congress and the administration for a reprieve. A because of the special relationship that exists be tween our two countries grenadian would feel terribly let Down if the american embassy were to close its doors in St. Georges a prime minister Nicholas Brath Waite wrote to president Clinton on april 22. Rep. Donald Payne d-n.j., who is head of the con Gressional Black caucus task Force on the Caribbean has also asked Clinton to reconsider the decision. State department officials Are waiting to see if any groundswell emerges in Congress that will stay their hand a you know How these things go a said a state department official. A it ainu to Over a til its  Payne a office said 1,500 americans arc in Grenada at any Given time tourists business executives retirees a and about 500 students at the medical school which reopened after the invasion. A Lush Hilly Island 90 Miles North of Venezuela Grenada has been declining in importance As a diplomatic Post. There Are Only two americans assigned to the embassy. 6 7 a a a a a a in the stars and stripes 10 years ago May 3,1984 a Walter Mondale fresh from Victory in Tennessee looked toward the weekend vote in Texas saying he could wrap up the democratic presidential nomination before the party a convention in san Francisco. A. 20 years ago May 3,1974 a the House judiciary committee rejected president Nixon a offer of edited transcripts As a substitute for subpoenaed watergate tapes after the panels lawyers determined the transcripts were in part not accurate 30 years ago May 3,1964 a Viet Cong guerrillas Sank a . Aircraft ferry at its pier in Saigon in the boldest communist action against american troops fighting in the Vietnam War. 40 year Sago may3,1954�? a human Avalanche of 40,000 communist troops swept Over three positions held by the 11,000 French troops defending Dien Bien Phu trying to split the Visente grating Camp in two. 50 years ago May 3,1944 a the Allied air of Tensive slowly raising the curtain for the greatest drama of the War was carried into its 18th Day As fleets of heavy and medium bombers concentrated on nazi rail centers in France and Belgium. R world War ii i 50 years ago today May 3 194 a 4 nationalist chinese soldiers Advance toward  and Cut the Kamying Road in Northern Burma. After bickering for More than a month japanese leaders name adm. So Emu Toyoda commander of All japanese air and naval forces even though he has no experience of command at sea he replaces highly respected adm. M lne Ichi Koga whose death in a March 31 plane crash will finally be announced in two Days. Source 2194 Days of War. W. H. Smitti publishers inc. The world almanac of world War St. Bison books corp., 1s81 us first bikers president Clinton leads the Way As he pedals out of a White House Gate sunday afternoon followed by first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton and two unidentified secret service agents. The Clinton accompanied by daughter Chelsea and a Friend biked through the George Washington University Campus and the Washington suburb of Georgetown. A. A a a a a a a a a. A a Cool Calif. Apr authorities treed and killed a Mountain lion they suspect of running Down and eating a Jogger. Barbara Schoener 40, was killed april 23 As she jogged on a Park Trail. Her partially eaten body was found the next Day buried under leaves and branches. Cougars often Bury their prey. The 2 to 3-year-old female Cougar was shot to death sunday after a we Klong Hunt. Quot. A a \ since the cats often return to their kill Hunters searched the area where Schoen Eros body was found in the Auburn state recreation area East of Sacramento. A the cat was literally on the scene where Barbara was attacked a said Ryan Broddrick regional manager for the California fish and game department. He said Marks found on Schoe Ncry a body appeared to match the cats Teeth but said a full examination of the Cougar would take five Days. I cougars occasionally attack humans by Accident but usually run off when they realize it Isnit their usual prey. In Schoenert Scase the autopsy showed she was attacked then run Down a second time when she tried to escape. ,7 tests by Philip j. Hilts new York times Washington smokers of cigarettes labelled Low in tar and nicotine May be getting More of those substances than they think Federal Trade commission officials and experts in smoking now agree. And they attribute the problem to testing that has not kept up with the changes in cigarette design Over the last 20years. Since 1971, when the results of the tests were first printed in cigarette advertising and on packaging cigarettes labelled Low in tar and nicotine have taken Over the Market now accounting for 60 percent of the cigarettes sold in this country. National polls conducted by the Gallup organization have found that smokers be Jet skids to Charlotte . A Landing gear problems forced a Jet carrying 89 passengers to touch Down on its Back wheels and skid town the runway on its nose. No injuries were reported. The us air plane an f-100, landed at Charlotte Douglas International Airport shortly after 1 . Sunday. The Jet Lieve the cigarettes labelled a a Light Are less hazardous and will give them less tar and nicotine. But evidence has accumulated tha t the measurements which Are carried out by tobacco company laboratories under the supervision or the Etc Bear Little or no relation to How much nicotine and tar smokers actually get from smoking a the commission has been aware for a while that the test has problems regarding the actual intake that Consumers will get Quot Judith d. Wilkenfeld assistant director in the it cd a division of advertising practices said in a Telephone interview a we know that Consumers do not smoke in exactly the same manner As the machine used in testing she said. A so the tests will not predict the actual human consumption. She said the Etc was actively looking at alternatives to the tar and nicotine tests and added that the pressure to make a decision had increased lately. The Etc cigarette tests Are carried out by machines that hold the cigarette and draw air through them in 2-second puffs repeating the puffs once every minute until the cigarette is burned Down to the filter. But cigarettes How include several features that make the machine tests meaningless according to or. Jack e. Henningfield chief of clinical pharmacology research at the National institutes on drug abuse. For example a majority of cigarettes now have tiny nearly invisible holes in their filter paper or in the cigarette paper near the filter. Gear which can hold 100 passengers landed on its Back wheels and Slid on its nose Caus my some Sparks according to us air spokesman John Bronson. A the Pilot held the nose of the aircraft up for about two thirds of the length of the runway before it settled Down a Bronson said a that was Good  Rescue Crews were called to the scene and passengers were evacuated through emergency doors but Bronson said no injuries were reported. The Crew of four on flight 323 from Detroit realized the problem with the Landing gear during the approach to Charlotte Bronson said