European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 12, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes thursday May 12, 1994 at a glance Joseph Hazelwood skipper of an Oil Tanker that dumped 11 million Gallons of Oil into prime Alaska fishing grounds has testified he told Exxon corp. In -1985 that he drank while assigned to work on tankers and returned to them drunk. See Story on Page 8.stripes�?T Aid urged a House committee proposal to give the european and Pacific stars and stripes newspapers extra appropriated funds next year should allow them to continue operating an official says. A a. A a a Page 4 smithsonian criticized the smithsonian institution almost entirely excludes hispanics from its programs and staffing a task Force says. A a. A. T. /. A a Page 9letter of Law the makers of scrabble Are putting out the word that players will no longer be Able to use up to 100  11 service business soars after modest earnings gains in 1991 and 1992, the biggest . Service companies surged last year Fortune reports. A a Page 14 e Index Abby Ann Landers 21 classifieds. 24-28 comics a in. A a 21-23 commentary. 17 crossword. .21 faces no places. 20  26 Jumble. 26 letters. 16 Money matters. .14 sports. 29-36 to listings. .35 weather. A. 15 correction Washington apr president Clinton has harrowed his supreme court search to Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt judge Richard Arnold of Arkansas and Boston judge Stephen Breyer an official said wednesday. The White House official who is involved in the search but spoke on condition of anonymity said Clinton a shortlist technically includes two other judges Jose Cabranes of Connecticut and Amalya Kearse of new York. But the president was focusing wednesday morning on the threesome a All while Harvard Law graduates with political backgrounds. The five finalists to replace retiring Harry Blackmun were candidates at one Point in 1993, when Clinton surprised observers and chose dark horse Ruth Bader Ginsburg. A a a a a Clinton appeared to favor Babbitt or Arnold with Breyer considered a serious backup if the president is too leery of babbitts political baggage or Arnold a health history. A the new York times quoted a White House official anonymously As saying there was a 95 percent Chance that Babbitt would be his Choice. But White House officials including those directly involved in the search insisted wednesday morning that Clinton has hot settled on a candidate. A. Clinton said tuesday night that he Hadnot talked to any potential nominees but predicted the search would end soon. Aides said Clinton does hot need to interview his nominee because he knows Arnold Babbitt and Breyer Well already a i expect to have a decision and an announcement in the next couple of Days the next two Days a he  of Marine in Japan flown Back Home Tokyo apr a . Marine sergeants body was flown Home wednesday a week after he was found floating in a drainage ditch with multiple Stab wounds military officials said. A two people Are being held in the killing of sgt. Michael a Allen 22, of Pittsburg calif., at Iwakuni Marine corps air station near Hiroshima in Western Japan. Military officials identified them Only As americans a. T relatives of Allen reached by Telephone said he had complained of ethnic harassment and had been restricted to base after getting into a fight with another Marine who provoked him with ethnic jeers. Allens heritage is largely  from Page 1 said he could not discuss a any of our contingency plans.�?�. A the Story is wrong a White House press Secretary Dee Dee Myers said wednesday. A she said the United states still plans to take part in a . Military and police advisory group that would go to Haiti after democracy is restored to train a new police Force restructure the army and build roads but no All Trade and commercial dealings with the tiny nation except for certain essentials. A a a a a. A. A a v. President Clinton has said that if Cedras and the others resist the United states will consider using military Force. But he has maintained that he has not made a decision and wants to let the sanctions strategy play out. But . Officials in Washington As Well As diplomats and experts in Haiti said the president is Only employing semantics in a political ploy to ease . Congressional objections to a major plans Are under Way for an invasion Force she said. A certainly there a been no decision to Send in a Small Force to purge the military a Myers told reporters. A . Security Council Resolution has Given three haitian military leaders a army commander in chief Raoul Cedras his chief Deputy Gen. Philippe by Ambi and National police commander it. Col. Michel Francois a until May 21 to resign and leave the country. If they do not an International economic embargo will take effect Banning tide arrives the Day after. \ a what Clinton will want to do is say his course of action is a reconstituted a Harlan county a and that it does no to represent any change from what was agreed to at governors Island. I can Tell you this will be a far different  the Diplomat was referring to an agreement signed last july in new York that provided for the return of Aristide and Cedras resignation. Among its provisions was a Call for the multinational . Military and police advisory group. When the bulk of that Force a about 270 unarmed american and Canadian troops a arrived it is not a question of whether there will be an american military intervention Here but its see and when it gets Here. I think by the time it is All done we will see several thousand . Troops  a foreign Diplomat in Haiti american military invasion Here. A it is not a question of whether there will be an american military intervention Here Quot said a Diplomat from another country a but its size and when it gets Here. I think by the time it is All done we will see several thousand . Troops Here even if Cedras leaves tomorrow and ousted president Jean Bertrand Aris on Board the . Tank Landing ship Harlan county in october a mob of 100 or so men organized by the haitian army rioted to prevent the vessels Docking. When american officials decided not to risk a confrontation and ordered the Harlan county Back to the United states the whole agreement collapsed a this time a said a Diplomat a there will be at least 600 american troops. They will be heavily armed and there will be a Large number of combat troops to protect the advisers and  because of a typing error the Date that workers found an unexploded bomb at Rhein main a was incorrect wednesday. The 100-Pound world War ii bomb was found april 28 at the bases baseball Field construction site. From Page 1 from its neighbors to Cut rates to facilitate an economic recovery across the continent. Germany a Bundesbank Cut the discount rate the cheapest form of Bank refinancing to 4.5 percent from 5 percent. It also reduced the Lombard rate its charge on emergency Loans to Banks to 6 percent from 6.5 percent. Shortly after Germany a announcement Italy scentral Bank also Cut its official discount rate by half a percentage Point. In Washington Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen hailed the move by Germany but declined to predict whether the Independent Federal Reserve would raise . Rates in a corresponding move. A move by the fed to further Inch up . Rates was widely expected in the aftermath of wednesdays action by the  we re quite pleased with the German move Bentsen said. But asked if he now expected the fed to follow through with a raise in its key discount rate Bent sen said a i have no  at a White House briefing Bentsen said he was pleased that recent moves by the . Government in currency markets to prop up the Dollar seemed to be successful. He said they were a Good sign for keeping the . Currency from falling farther and for lessening the likelihood that Long term rates would continue to rise.1 a. A a the dollars slide on foreign currency markets has surprised financial experts in recent months. Usually rising interest tates in the United states coupled with falling rates in Europe Are a recipe for a soaring Greenback. Instead the Dollar has slumped so badly that Central Banks spent $5 billion last week to help prop it up in foreign trading. Wednesdays German rate reduction was larger than the financial Community expected Bankers said. Quot the International banking world was expecting the Bundesbank to drop their interest rates but we were still surprised that they took it Down by a half percent and not a Quarter percent a said Matthew Norris foreign currency and risk Mahag or at Citibank Headquarters in Frankfurt. Bankers were also expecting this weeks gradual Rise in the Dollar but Norris said it would be a Crystal Balling to try to predict How Long the dollars upward trend would last. A the Bundesbank drop in interest rates was expected a we just did no to know How much it would be a said Yvan Weill assistant vice president of merchants National Bank in Frankfurt. A the trend right now is that one will get More German Marks for the Dollar but no one can predict How Long it will last. It All depends on How much the Dollar is in demand. A next week it might be an entirely different Story. The Range of Exchange possibilities is immense. It goes from 1.60 for a Dollar to 1,75. Anything is possible a declining German interest rates tend to make the German Mark less attractive against other currencies and As a result help the Dollar. Contributing to this report staff writer de Ravia in Darmstadt Germany