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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Wednesday, May 4, 1994

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 4, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes wednesday May 4,1994 at a glance Abraham meters who had three arrests Tor driving while intoxicated is suspected of killing three members of a family after he drank himself into a stupor and then went Tor a drive police say. See Story on Page 5. First lady a role studied general accounting office re port says first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton wanted to get Quot our people Quot into the White House travel office. A. A a a a a page4 Denver Airport stalled Denver s ultramodern International Airport can to get off the ground. A Page 6 Florida tourist slain a tourist from Sweden has been found strangled in a Florida Field police say. A a a Page 8 sedatives Given the Mother of a teen Ager sentenced to be flogged in Singapore says her son needs sedatives to sleep while awaiting a decision on his Appeal. V a. A Page to payoff from space the Pentagon s global positioning system a network of 24 satellites May revolutionize civilian industries. A Page 16 Bolton fights Back Singer Michael Bolton plans to ask a judge to overturn a finding that he stole an old Isley Brothers song. A Page 21 r Index j Abby Ann Landers. 24 classifieds .25-28 comics. 22-24 commentary. 15 crossword. 24 education. 12 faces�?~n1 places. 21 of Chis. 17-20 horoscope.,. .27 Jumble 27 letters. 14 Money matters.16 sports. 29-36 to listings .35 weather .13 . Team to seek cease Washington a the Clinto n administration is dispatching a state department team to Central Africa to consult with african leaders and seek a Way a to Stop the massacres in Rwanda the . Ambassador to the country said tuesday. Ambassador David Rawson and assistant Secretary of state John Shattuck were scheduled to leave. Tuesday for the Region to talk to african leaders and try to meet with leaders of the warring factions. A it is a difficult Mission. The world Community is appalled and shocked at this massacre of civilians and the fratricidal War that s going on there a Rawson said on Abc. _ he said both sides have told . Officials that they want a peace settlement and that the rebel rwandan patriotic front while refusing to negotiate with the government said it would speak to the military on the opposing Side. The administration also will contribute $15 million to the . Humanitarian Aid Effort aimed at helping hundreds of thousands of refugees who have fled to the Borders of the violence racked Fatiori officials announced monday. Although White House press Secretary Dee Dee Myers said she did not Rule out a some kind of american initiative on Rwanda other administration officials said the United states is not promoting any specific solution. As mutilated bodies float Down a Border River and terrified refugees flee the bloodshed the . Security Council is still in the a brainstorming stage a trying to figure out How to help and whether a. Beefed up . Presence would be feasible one official said 7  officials have said discussions Are preliminary but that if the International Community decided to Send in a multinational peacekeeping Force the United states would help fund it. They have repeatedly said there is no talk of sending u a service members As part of a Force. Titan rocket lists off with Dod satellite gape canaveral Fla. Apr after numerous delays America s most powerful unmanned rocket blasted off tuesday carrying a spy satellite for the Pentagon the Titan 4 thundered into a hazy sky at 11 55 . From Cape canaveral air station and the satellite quickly was boosted into orbit As planned officials said. It was the fourth launch attempt in less than two weeks. A it feels great a said it. Col. Craig Mcalister launch director. The air Force had kept the exact launch time secret Fet Accuri of reasons and refused to disclose details about the satellite on Board. But some military space observers believe its an electronic eavesdropping Craft. This is the second Titan 4 flight this year and the ninth since the air Force launched the first in 1939. The rockets were grounded for months after a Titan 4 exploded shortly after liftoff last August in California. By Susanne Schafer a military writer y Washington the defense department has chosen 25 Sites to consolidate its 300 finance and accounting offices favouring California Ohio Missouri and Illinois with multiple centers. Deputy Secretary of defense John Deutch announcing the moves at the Pentagon said five existing centers will be retained and 20 new satellite offices will be opened. The existing Sites Are in Cleveland and Columbus Ohio Denver Indianapolis and Kansas City to. The new locations Are Rock Island a serial 111. Blue grass depot activity Lexington by. Offutt fab Omaha neb. Gentile fab Ohio Charleston . Orlando Fla fort Sill okla. San Antonio Norfolk a. Norton fab Calif. Oakland Calif. Chanute fab in. Loring fab Maine griffiss fab . Newark fab Ohio Memphis Tenn. Fort Ord Calif. San Diego pen Saconia Fla. And St. Louis. Each new office will employ about 750 workers an announcement said. The selection process was begun under the Bush administration. But it was halted last year and then redone. A Deutch said the first process a had the trappings of an auction for Public service jobs Quot because h was based on what the local Community could offer the Federal government. It was rejected a on the grounds it was questionable Public policy Quot the official said. P from Page 1 Hority a Clinton said pausing briefly to talk with reporters As he left the White House for a foreign polity speech in Atlanta. The officials who asked not to be identified said that if the plan is revived the Means of dispatching the troops will be altered considerably to avoid a repeat of the debacle last fall. One possibility would be to Fly the trainers in piecemeal to an air base in Haiti the officials said. They added that army chief Raoul cd dras has not been approached about the  dras endorsed the earlier attempt at deploying trainers. The officials said the administration also is working with the United nations on ways to tighten sanctions along Haiti s Border with the dominican Republic where Oil supplies Are filtering through in violation of the embargo against Haiti. The officials said the . Security Council May eventually authorize monitors to keep an Eye on dominican military enforcement of the embargo. It remains unclear whether signs of increased administration attention to the military option Mark a turning Point or whether they Are merely intended to scare Haiti a generals into surrendering Power. In any Case the focus this week is on in keeping with a new approach Many of the new cities were selected because they had been Hurt by defense department base closures. A this consolidation plan is the product of a sound fair process a Deutch said. Overall the realignment must take place because the Pentagon s Overall Structure is being reduced. In All More than 100 Sites were considered Deutch  some construction or renovation is Likely to be associated with All the offices he said. \. The announce ment said the criteria for selection included total Cost to the . Government capability to provide Good customer service use of excess defense assets and a Good labor Supply. Boat filled with haitians lands. Key Largo Fla. A it a 30-foot Sailboat packed with 97 haitian refugees made it to the United states Early tuesday arriving at a posh Florida keys resort once enjoyed by presidents Nixon and Bush. All aboard were destined for an immigration Center near Miami said Border patrol spokesman Mike Sheehy. The unregistered Craft carried 86 men nine women and a boy and a girl younger than 10. They landed at the Ocean reef club site of a 1990 Summit Between Bush and French president Francois Mitterrand and once a Refuge for Nixon. \ haitians have been fleeing political persecution and poverty in their Homeland for years with numbers surging following the 1991 coup that ousted Jean Bertrand Aristide the nations first democratically elected president. The United nations where the administration is pushing for tightened International sanctions against  said Haiti a Militsis leaders Are killing innocent civilians who Are not involved in political life to said the United states and the rest 01 the world Are outraged. A a Ait we be tried other initiatives and they have not worked Quot the president acknowledged. A we have done our Best to work through this and the things we have done have not worked so we Are now doing this sanctions regime As recommended by president Aristide and others. A but we re not ruling out anything a invoking a1 Gores 1992 Campaign slogan about the push administration Clinton said the same message now applies to Ham s military rulers. A it s time for them to go a. Lake Clinton s National Sinty adviser said new sanctions Wouch much stronger and would be Targete Imti s military leaders. A we believe 1 will have a significant Impact on the said Lake who accompanied Clinton. A a meanwhile former president e said it s time for a a significant Shif . Policy towards Haiti incl abandoning support for the return Aristide. Bush quoted in tuesdays Houi chronicle said it would be Quot a Iren Dous mistake Quot for the Clinton Admi traction to use my Litany action to res democracy in Haiti. Berta Tilty Cou d not support the a to a a under existing Conditi k1 Tea by. He said. A no . Lives a risk m Haiti today Quot  
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