European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 5, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes thursday Mays 1994 at a glance a worker paints a railing at the Amphitheater in Pretoria South Airi Ca where Nelson Mandela will be inaugurated As the country a president tuesday. In another phase of South africans democratic change auditors on wednesday began checking results from last weeks election. See Story on Page 11,terrorism eases terrorist attacks against americans dropped sharply last year the state department says. A Page 6air system plan pushed the Clinton administration is pushing to switch the nation s air traffic control system to a corporation a Page 7fund faces threat in a backlash against the recent fiery speeches by Khalid Muhammad of the nation of islam the United negro College fund is being flooded with threats to Boycott fund. Raising. A Pago 8heston takes aim actor Chariton Heston has accused people who want to ban 19 types of assault style weapons of lying. Page 10economic Index jumps the . Government s chief forecasting gauge of economic activity hit an All time High in March Page 14 a a a 1 v. A a stones hitting Road the. Rolling stones have rolled out plans Tor a new tour. A Page 20 e Index d Abby Ann Landers 21 classifieds. 24-28 comics. 21-23 commentary. 17 crossword. 21 faces no places. .20 Horoscope. A. 28 Jumble a .28 letters. Money matters. 14 sports. 29-36 to listings. 35 weather. Singapore apr the american teen Ager convicted of vandalism will be flogged four times instead of six but his father decried Singapore a refusal to spare him the Quot Barbaric punishment a citing close relations with the United states the Singapore government wednesday reduced Michael p. Fay a sentence noting that president Clinton had publicly commented on the Case three times. A to reject his Appeal totally would show an unhelpful disregard for the president and the Domestic pressures on him on this Issue a a statement said. It said the Cabinet had advised president Ong Teng Cheong to reduce the sentence advice the president must act on according to Law the statement did not say when the strokes with a 4-foot Rattan Rod would be meted out. Fay 18, of Kettering Ohio is serving a four month jail term for Spray painting cars and other acts of vandalism last october. Several other Youthful expatriates were arrested and some face similar charges. Fay s slim last Hope to escape the flogging is to be declared medically unfit. A doctor will be present when the beating is administered. In Ohio Fay a father George said the reduced sentence Quot changes nothing As far As . It is Barbaric punishment for a crime not  George Fay a american attorney Theodore Simon of Philadelphia de scribed the four strokes As Quot torture Tor Ture torture and torture a and the Case As Quot a Gross miscarriage of  George Fay and Simon say the teenagers confession was coerced. The sentence reduction came As a suit prise. Senior government officials have repeatedly said giving in to . Pressure on this Case would undercut their author Ity. A. A a Michael Fay a High school senior pleaded guilty last month to two charges. Of vandalism two of mischief and one of possessing stolen property. Three skirt splitting lashes of  Cane Are mandatory upon conviction for each vandalism charge he was also sentenced to four months in jail and paid a Fine of $2,244.a a a ., other nations try to beef up the Buck Washington a the Clinton administration expressing concern about developments in International Money markets joined other nations wednesday in a coordinated Effort to prop up the dollars value. The administration confirmed the development in a Brief statement wednesday from Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bent sen. A a \. A the monetary authorities of the major countries Are joining wednesday morning in concerted intervention Quot the statement said. A these operations reflect our View that recent movements in Exchange markets have gone beyond what is justified by economic  currency traders in new York said the Federal Reserve Bank of new York which handles currency operations for the . Government conducted three rounds of Dollar buying in less than an hour wednesday morning. The actions by the . Centra Bank coincided with efforts by the Central Banks of Germany France arid other countries to buy dollars on foreign Exchange markets in an Effort to push up its value. A r a in his statement Bentsen said a i am concerned by recent developments in the Exchange markets. This administration sees no advantage in an undervalued  a a a. A a a a. A Quot a a. A it marked the second time in less than a week that the Federal Reserve has intervened in currency markets. However unlike an Effort Friday this time the United states did its Dollar buying in coordination with other countries. Economists generally believe that intervention can have Only limited effect in influencing the value of a currency but that it is most effective when done with other nations. The efforts Friday came with the Dollar approaching a historic Tow against the japanese yen. But the fed action Friday also was directed at pushing up the Dol jars value against the German  from Page 1an israeli withdrawal from Gaza and Jericho but left the details to negotiators. Many palestinians consider the agreement to be the first step toward an Independent state something Israel has said it would resist Israel seized the West Bank and Gaza strip in the 1967 Middle East War. At the ceremony Arafat dressed in military uniform and Black and White checked headdress called the Accord a a True beginning to Complete the March of peace and guarantee the legitimate rights of the palestinian people a but he did not mention a palestinian state. Rabin also spoke of a beginning setting off on a Quot daring Road that he envisioned could end in peace despite the obstacles. A Quot we have Hope but much trepidation that the two Peoples could live on the tiny Patch of land each under their own Fig tree As the prophets said a Rabin declared. A a \ a Mubarak Christopher and russian foreign minister Andrei Kozarev signed As witnesses with the american and Kozarev representing their nations As sponsors of the Middle Eastern peace process. A a v a agreement on signing the Accord came earlier wednesday morning after a More than six hour meeting Between Arafat and Rabin. Shaath announced that an agreement was reached but later in the morning made Clear this was achieved by putting off three of the main issues until alter the signing. These were the number of palestinian prisoners to be freed the exact size of Jericho and the question whether a uniformed palestinian guard would stand on the Bridge crossing from Jordan to the a West Bank. A he said those issues would be negotiated after the agreement was signed. An earlier impasse was apparently broken when Israel raised to 25 Square Miles the amount of land from which it would withdraw around Jericho increasing its offer of 21.5 Square Miles. Gad Ben Ari Rabin a spokesman said that negotiators were still trying to Deal with the exact size of Jericho and the Bridge crossing wednesday morning but that the snags had not endangered the signing. Only a couple of hours before the Start of the signing ceremony negotiators were trying to put the agreements reached into a document that runs 200 pages with maps and  from Page 1. A a when possible Clinton declared Quot when our most important interests Are at stake we will not hesitate to act Alorie if  still he said Quot America cannot solve every problem and must not become the worlds policeman. A not every Issue is one that you can put the entire wealth the entire military might the entire prestige of the United states on the line for a he said. Quot but Many issues Are things that Are worthy of our Best efforts within the limits of our ability to  Quot Clinton advisers Hope the president s performance will help bolster his image in the foreign policy Arena a not usually identified As one of his strongest suits. From Sarajevo can correspondent Christiane amanpour asked him a question that implied his policy on Bosnia was one of Quot constant flip flops a clearly irritated Clinton snapped Quot there have been no constant flip flops Madam a a he said a negotiated settlement remains the Only Way to end the strife in the former Yugoslavia. But he did concede that during his 1992 presidential Campaign when he demanded tougher . Action to curb the killing in Bosnia he underestimated the difficulty of getting european allies to agree on a policy. A i wish it had happened overnight a he said. Quot i done to think you can say that the world Community could have intervened and changed the course of this War or should have intervened on one Side or the other a Clinton also warned North korean leaders that they risked being further isolated from the global Community and Ris ked a having More difficult things happen if they continue to try to shield their nuclear program from International inspections. _ _ As the . Security Council prepares to tighten its economic embargo on Haiti Clinton said the United states a cannot afford to discount the Prospect of a. Military options to restore democracy. A a we have not decided to use Force a Clinton said. Quot a in be said is that we cannot Rule it out  he said Haiti a military rulers have thwarted democracy and have visited Quot abject misery on the impoverished Caribbean nation. Innocent civilians Are being killed and mutilated a he said. Quot it is wrong. We have got to do what we can to Stop