European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 11, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes wednesday May 11,1994 at a glance John Wayne Gacy shown Here in a Clown costume in front of his suburban Chicago Home in 1976, was executed by injection Early tuesday for murdering 33 Young men and boys. See Story on Page 5. Sex nazi confined former is capt. Erich Riebke who admitted participating in a 1944 nazi massacre of hundreds of total ians outside Rome has been placed under House arrest authorities in Argentina said. A a pag�4"�?T pay raise questioned a Federal appeals court is consid Erling whether the $341-a-month pay raise that Congress got violates the Constitution. A a a a page6 Baker Speaks out former Secretary of state James Baker says the Clinton administrations foreign policy is damaging . Credibility in the world. / a Page-8 court is in session the department of defense do Pendents schools is convening mock trials to teach High school students about the ways of the Law. A Page 12 booming gun sales the House vote to ban assault style weapons and their copycats has Given a new kick to gun sales. A Page 16 Index Abby Ann Landers .24 classifieds. 25-28 comics. A. A a a a a a. 22-24 commentary. .15 crossword. .24 education. .12 faces a places. .21 focus 17-20 Horoscope. 27 Jumble a. 27 letters a. 14 Money matters. 16 sports. 30-36 to listings. Weather. 13 Raf a Gaza strip a about 150 palestinian police entered the israeli Border checkpoint for the Gaza strip on tuesday bringing cheers As word spread that the first police had arrived from Egypt to begin the transition to palestinian self Rule a. Reporters watched the officers wearing Green uniforms and berets file from their buses and head for passport control. Israeli officials said it would take More than an hour to process the men. Despite efforts by Israel Border police to limit the number of people greeting the officers a crowd swelled into the thousands after the news spread that palestinian police were at the Border station. When they passed through the egyptian checkpoint on the other Side of the Border the officers flashed a a a for Victory signs and danced the dab a a traditional Arab dance. A a we Are coming to you Palestine a some chanted. Others Sang a a goodbye to the  before the Convoy of buses and .-donated military vehicles entered the israeli Border station the palestinian police commander maj Gen. Nasr Yousef was greeted by Brig. Gen. Yom Tov Samia the israeli officer in charge of getting the police into place. A this is a historic Day for the palestini an people because this will be the first Day on the Road to the Independence of the palestinian people a Yousef said. A we Hope to have Good relations with All our  was accompanied by Marwan Kanafani a spokesman for Palestine liberation organization chief Yasser Arafat Samia said he hoped the two sides could smoothly implement the agreement on self Rule signed in Cairo Egypt last week by israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin and Arafat. It Calls for 9,000 palestinian police to handle Security in the Gaza strip and the West Bank town of Jericho. From Page 1 Klerk who dismantled apartheid the harsh racial separation system that his National party codified four decades ago. Mandela a african National Congress won a landslide Victory last month in the country a first election to include the Black majority. In his inaugural speech the 75-year-old president called apartheid a an extraordinary human disaster that lasted too too  a we shall build the society in which All South africans both Black and White will be Able to walk tall without any fear in their hearts assured of their inalienable right to human dignity a a Rainbow nation at peace with itself and the world a Mandela vowed. A never never and never again shall it be that this Beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another and suffer the indignity of being the Skunk of the  the new 400-member multiracial Pat lament chose him president unopposed at its first session monday. It moments before Mandela a swearing in de Klerk and the Ancus National chairman Thabo my eke took oaths of office As Mandela a Deputy presidents in a government of National Unity. The inauguration finished with a thunderous Cannon Salute warplanes trailing smoke in the new National colors of red White Blue Black Green and Gold and helicopters carrying the redesigned Flag. The president estranged from his wife Winnie held the hand of his daughter Zenani Dlamini As he left Mandela walked Down among the 50,000 Ordinary South africans who had watched the ceremony on giant to screens on the lawns below. He waved moved to the music and thanked them for their struggle. A it has been costly in human lives but let us forget the past a he said. A now we have won. We Are now Busy Healing the wounds of the past and it is for you supporters of Nelson Mandela gather near the inaugural site in Pretoria on tuesday. To support us in that  Mandela has vowed to provide housing jobs education and health care to the millions of Blacks impoverished under White Rule he must also end the political violence that has killed More than 11,000 people since 1990. If he keeps enough of his promises to satisfy Blacks and maintains economic Prosperity to assuage Whites Mandela a five year term will be seen As a near Miracle. A a a a y. Mandela has warned constituents it will take time to undo the inequities of a system that deprived the nations 30 million Blacks of the right to vote to own property in most of the country and to travel freely. During a ceremony As ethnically diverse As the country Mandela was chosen to Lead the future seemed Bright. Black women in Lustrous turbans Black men in flowing african Robes indians in silk saris and Whites in wide brimmed pastel hats created a colourful palette where once Only White men in dark suits held a court. Y a a a a jazz band played swing and Broadway hits and african choirs Sang hymns that had the dignitaries dancing and stamping. A Singer from Mandela a xhosa tribe exhorted the crowd. Mandela s swearing in marked something More than an inauguration a it was the coming out party for South Africa after decades of International isolation. Representatives of More than 200 governments and organizations who five years ago would either have been based from visiting the country or would not have considered it were invited. Those attending included vice president a1 Gore who called the event a a Celebration for the entire  he was accompanied by first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton. Deficit from Page 1 about $2.39 billion. The measures announced this week Are needed to offset a budget deficit that Given the current spending rate would be More than $100 million when the fiscal year ends sept. 30, command spokesman col. Richard Bridges said. The civilian work Force is not bearing the Burden alone he said. A a we re taking a look across the Board at where we can make cuts Quot Bridges said. He added later a the budgetary shortfall May require a major adjustment to training.�?�. The directive appears to be having an immediate Impact at the local level a a a we be been told to make cuts and provide names a said Richard a. Lane acting director of the Community activities for the 414th base support in in Hanau Germany. A a we be tried not to touch any of our service  Lane said his Community is trying to spread the personnel cuts Over several agencies to minimize their Impact. Hanau does no to know yet what the effects will be partly because some temporary workers Are filling slots that local non-. Workers will occupy later As part of a reorganization of the non amen can work Force. Regarding the postponement of hiring commanders must wait until either oct. 1 or the Assurance of funds to cover the remainder of the current fiscal year. This restriction does not apply to the hiring of workers with mandatory placement rights or to the filling of jobs critical to the local Mission. The command also ordered deferral of permanent change of station moves from the United states until after oct. 1. Locally hired non american workers who occupy surplus positions should be offered annulment contracts the command said. Surplus workers Are eligible through May 31 for a special annulment offer regardless of whether they have received a Layoff notice. The announcement poses a big inconvenience. But Lane employed in the military system for More than 25 years is used to dealing with such problems. A this is not the first time its happened. I can recall at least three other times in the past few years a he said adding that the cuts sometimes affected non appropriated fund workers As Well . Army Europe Headquarters expects to announce other Cost cutting measures later this week Bridges said