European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 9, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday june 9, 1994 world the stars and stripes Page 13swiss to vote on peacekeeper plan Geneva a a a government proposal to contribute peacekeepers to . Missions has aroused Strong passions in a country that sat out two world wars and still does no to belong to the United nations. Defenders of Switzerland a neutrality Hope to prevail when the proposal involving a constitutional amendment goes before voters sunday. The outcome is expected to be a Cliffhanger. Complicating the debate is economics. Although neutrality is a fundamental Tenet of Swiss National policy Geneva is the european base for the United nations and several of its specialized agencies. The United nations has about 70,000 peacekeepers in trouble spots around the world and is constantly looking for More As demands grow. The United states and other countries have made it Plain that Switzerland should Pul its weight. The governments plan would provide about 600 peacekeepers at an estimated Cost of about $71 Mil Ion a year. Peacekeepers would not be allowed in rot spots such As Bosnia and Somalia. The government has tried to convince voters that Swiss Independence will not suffer a citing the example of Neutral Finland Sweden and Austria which regularly provide troops for the United nations. A i firmly believe in neutrality but i Don t think it is 1 firmly believe in neutrality but i done to think it is something that fell from heaven and cannot evolve. A. I a a a. A a Swiss foreign minister Flavio Cotti something that fell from heaven and cannot evolve with events a said foreign minister Flavio Cotti. However the Swiss have a Knack of ignoring government advice on International relations. They voted overwhelmingly against . Membership in 1986 and narrowly against participation in a european free Trade agreement in 1992. In february they infuriated their neighbors by voting to ban heavy transit trucks from Alpine roads. Isolated by the Alps Switzerland was Able to develop with no major hindrance after its founding in 1291. It has maintained its Independence and present boundaries since 1815, refusing to take sides in world wars i and ii. Although the Swiss Are not members of the main . Body they frequently Supply . Mediators and Are Active in specialized agencies such As the world health organization opponents. Including Small right Wing parties Are defiant. They forced the referendum by gathering 90,000 signatures last year on a petition challenging government policy. A Switzerland is the Only country which has a history of permanent armed neutrality a said Christoph Blocher the most prominent critic. A Sweden for example is Only sometimes Neutral. It decides on a Case by Case  Blocher a millionaire industrialist who claims to be the voice of the people on foreign policy issues argues that the Swiss run International committee of the red Cross is much More efficient in humanitarian work than . Peacekeepers. Other opponents have sown doubts among the elderly by hinting that Money for the troops might be diverted away from pensions. One of the luckier ones a resident of the colombian Village of Irlanda leaves the ruins of his Home tuesday after it was destroyed in an Avalanche. The torrent of ice mud and rocks devastated a mountainous area of Southwest Colombia killing at least 100 people and leaving several hundreds More missing As it roared Down the slopes of a Volcano. It was triggered by on earthquake monday that had a preliminary magnitude of 6.4. Girl Pilot says Ocean flight was t done for a record London twelve year Oil aviator Vicki Van meter says she Isnit bothered that her trans Atlantic flight wont get into the record books. A no because i did no to do it for a record or anything like that a i did it for the Challenge of flying across the Ocean a she said wednesday after Landing at Biggin Hill Airport on the Southern fringe of London. The guinness Book of world records and the National aeronautics association Haven to recognized a youngest Pilot claims since the 19s0s because a Pilot must be 16 to get a License. Quot so i mean people recognize me and say i am the youngest female Pilot to Fly across you know whatever. But i mean i done to care if 1 am in the record books or not a she said in an interview with sky news a satellite television Channel. The sixth grader from Meadville pa., completed her trans Atlantic flight tuesday in Glasgow Scotland after taking her single engine plane above the Clouds to rid it of ice on the wings Book says Japan party needs role Model Hitler a i always thought it would be real hard and it was a she told reporters at Glasgow International Airport. A a lot of people really helped me along the Way. They taught me to Fly. I did no to do it myself a because she is too Young to Fly Solo she was accompanied by her flight instructor Curt Arnspiger. The flight began sunday in Augusta Maine and included stops in Newfoundland Greenland and Iceland. The flight path planned by the pre teen Pilot was similar to Amelia Earhart a 1932 Solo flight across the Atlantic. The Young aviator received a warm Send off sunday from Augusta where she also began a trip last year to san Diego that made her the youngest girl to Pilot a plane across the continent. Vicki is thought to be the youngest person to attempt a trans Atlantic flight but there Are few records on pilots under 16, who must Fly with an instructor said Dorothy Cochrane curator of the smithsonian institutions National air and space museum. By the new York times Tokyo a Japan a Liberal democratic party should try to regain Power by adopting Adolf Hitler As its role Model a party official urges in a new Book. The Book Hitler election strategy a Bible for certain Victory in modern elections said the nazi leaders process for a unifying Public opinion in a Short period of time and snatching Power provides a very important teachings for contemporary  the author Yoshio Ogai is a Public relations official in the Tokyo chapter of the Liberal democratic party Japan s largest which controlled the government for nearly four decades until being ousted last summer. In an interview tuesday Ogai said the Book did not state an official party position merely his personal advice to candidates in these a a chaotic times that they could learn some tactics from Hitler. He said however that he had cleared the Book beforehand with the Secretary general of the Tokyo Branch. The Book which includes cartoons of Hitler and quotations from his writings Drew immediate condemnation from the Simon Wiesenthal Center in los Angeles. The. Center has Long criticized the rather frequent publication in Japan of books warning about a a jewish conspiracy. A it is almost beyond belief that such a work would be released As the civilized world pauses on the 5 eth anniversary of a Day to reflect on the horrors which hitlers Germany and her allies inflicted on the world a rabbi Abraham Cooper the centers associate Dean said in a statement. A the notion that any element of an important political party in any democracy would Sanction and promote nazi tactics poses a fundamental threat to that very  Sadao Okushima an aide to Yoshiro Mori the Secretary general of the Liberal democratic party said Ogai was not a High ranking party official. A we have 1 million party members and one of them happens to have written the Book a he said. He would not comment further saying he had not read the Book. Ogai said the Book does not Deal at All with hitlers policies toward the jews Only with the nazi Leader s tactics for influencing Public opinion. Nor does it condone or Admire Hitler s behaviour he said. Quot i think the racial Issue is completely separate a said Ogai 45, who said he had been Reading books about Miller since High school. He expressed puzzlement Why anyone would consider the Book controversial. A i just done to understand your concern a he said. 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