European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 29, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes wednesday june 29,1994 at a glance Fri officials on tuesday were keeping an Eye on Vladimir a Mirinovsky a Day after the Ultra nationalist Leader occupied the office of the reformist governor and threatened to shoot local officials. See Story on Page 10. Panetta gets authority president Clinton s new chief of staff Leon Panetta says he has Quot full authority Quot to. Make White House changes. A Page 4 California burning wildfires raged tuesday through National forests from Central California Down to san Diego threatening More than 100 Homes. A Page 5 research funds Cut a House panel has voted to Cut by half the $1.8 billion slated to finance University research for the defense department. A Page 6 new aids drug aids patients who fall to improve or who react poorly to anti viral drugs that have been in use for years now have a new medication option. A Page 8 Whitewater hearings House hearings on the Whitewater affair Are scheduled to Start july 26, a Pago 9 panhandlers targeted lawmakers in cities around the country Are taking aim at panhandlers who stand at automatic Teller machines and ask for Money a Pago 16 Index Abby Ann Landers ____24 classifieds.25-28 comics .22-24 commentary.15 crossword .24 faces no places 21 focus. 17-20 Horoscope .27 Jumble. 27 letters. 14 Money matters. 16 sports.29-36 to listings .35 weather. 13 . Hate killings exceed Germany a Fri chief says Berlin apr hate crime murders arc probably More common in the United states than they Are in Germany Fri director Louis Freeh disclosed tuesday. There were 20 . Hate crime murders in 1993. The figure comes from the first report in Fri history on hate crimes in the United Stales and it was startling because Germany has Long been thought to have the most acute problem with hate groups. Freeh called the report alarming. It found More than 7,600 . Incidents of hate motivated intimidation vandalism and assaults in 1993, Freeh said that total Falls far Short of the full picture because Only Quot a realty Small number of the nation s police forces a responsible for 56 percent of the . Population reported ate crimes. Freeh a ceased the report on the first Day of a 10-Day trip to nine european countries to discuss growing International crime problems including illicit traffic in nuclear materials which he fears could put a nuclear bomb into the hands of terrorists. With 30 hate crime murders since reunification in october 1990, Germany has averaged about 7.7 murders a year or just Over a third the . Total in a population just under a third of that in the United states. But Given that a thousands of hate crimes Are not reported in the . Study Freeh said a we Nave a much higher rate of hate crime murders. Freeh discussed the hate crime data in a speech and news conference after meeting with German officials. They pressed him for help with hatemongers who Send publications from the United states where they Are Legal to Germany where they Are banned. Freeh said the Fri might be Able legally to give German police the addresses to which hate material is shipped from the United states. This would facilitate seizures by German police. The Fri is investigating one High profile Case which Freeh did not identify Quot based on leads from the  Hans Ludwig Zachert head of the German Federal criminal police told the news conference that a Gary Lauck of Nebraska since the 1980s has spread propaganda to Germany a militant extremist leaflet with polemic texts. It s difficult to get a search warrant because his activities Are not criminal in the United states but we Hope it is possible to bring an end to Lauck s activities a Korea work out 1st Summit Date f Panmunjom Korea a North and South korean officials agreed tuesday to hold their first Summit taking a step toward what Many koreans Hope will be an end to a half Century of hostility. The relatively Quick agreement on the talks first Day surprised Many South koreans who remain cautious because previous proposals for a Summit Between the leaders of the two Korea have failed to come off. But for the first time the two nations set a Date for the meeting. After eight hours of sometimes heated discussions negotiators agreed to hold a first Summit in Pyongyang the North korean capital on july 25-27, South korean officials said. That would be followed by a meeting in South Korea at a Date to be decided during the Pyongyang talks the officials said Quot if the Summit goes Well relations Between South and North Korea will enter a new stage a said Lee Hong Koo South koreans Deputy prime minister. The plans were confirmed by North korean officials. Burn from Pago 1 will Issue daily forecasts of ultraviolet Light exposure for 58 cities across the nation. Quot i wish my parents had this inform Ion when they sent me out to play in the Sun a said David Doniger of the environmental Protection Agency which worked with the National oceanic and atmospheric administration and centers for disease control on the Index. Damage from Sun exposure accumulates Over time he said and much of the injury is done when people arc youngsters. The Mission of the weather service is to protect life and property in this country and this Index is part of that Mission said National weather service director Elbert w. Friday. A we re presented with a huge oppo nent 700,000 cases of skin cancer annually demands some response and the us Index is a Way of responding a added Stephen Wyatt of the cd. The Index is issued daily forecasting the amount or dangerous ultraviolet Light from the Sun that will be arriving at the Earth s surface about noontime the following Day. The scale will be l-to-10 in most areas rising to x-to-15 in regions that receive stronger solar radiation a the higher the number the greater the danger. Skin damage from solar radiation varies by skin Type and color with fair people More easily injured and those with Darker skin having some natural Protection. Thus categories have to be interpreted by the individual. The general categories of Hazard in the National weather service Index Are a minimal Index of 0-2 very fair people May Burn in 30 minutes while those less susceptible to damage May be Safe for up to two hours. A Low Index of 3-4 Safe time for Pale people is 15 to 20 minutes while those with Darker skins face damage in 75 to 90 minutes. A moderate Index of 5-6 fair people Safe for 10 to 12 minutes up to 50 to 60 minutes for those with More protective skin types. A High Index of 7-9 Safe time Only 7 to 8v4 minutes for unprotected people with fair skin White people not susceptible to burning should be Safe for 33 to 40 minutes. A very High Index of 10 and up danger Range is 4 to 6 minutes for those most at risk 20 to 30 minutes for Hose least affected. On tuesday the Index ranged from 10 in puerto Rico and Hawaii Down to 4 in Maine and Vermont. Readings in the Northeast and upper Midwest ranged from 5 to 6. Seattle also scored a 6, while 7 and 8 readings were reported in the Rocky mountains and Southeast and readings of 9 were reported in the Southwest. Relief from Page 1 customers of merchants National Bank said Bank officials. The storms Cut links Between Branch offices and the Bank Headquarters in Frankfurt Germany limiting the amount of Money that could be withdrawn from arms communication also was severed Between Frankfurt and the overseas military Bank s operation Center in Indianapolis cutting off atm Access to stateside accounts. The links with the states remained out tuesday afternoon Bank officials said. German firefighters in Frankfurt were called out so times during the night to Deal with flooding from extremely heavy rain that started around Midnight. The three deaths were in the Southwest German state of Baden Wurt Toni Berg near the French Border a Man w As crushed to death by a collapsing House in Oppeau 25 Miles Southeast of Strasbourg police said. A Motorist caught in a Foo died of a heart attack and a Many a body was found in a flooded cellar. Storms also were reported South of the Alps. A thunderstorm rumbled through Aviano a in Northern Italy Early tues Day but caused no damage officials said. More thunderstorms were expected in the area throughout tuesday said sgt Kenneth Brooks a weather craftsman with Aviano a weather flight part of the 31st operation support so. Quot there has been a lot of severe weather around us to the cast and the West but its like we have a Bubble Over Aviano and its protecting us from the worst of it a Brooks said. June has not brought unusual weather to the Aviano area Quot june to the wettest month of the year and it has been again this year a Brooks said. On the hottest Day so far this month the temperature hit 90 degrees one degree shy of the record for june he added. Temperatures in the 80s and 90s have also been reported across Central Europe for More than a week. Europe a sultry summer also has been unusually warm in the United kingdom said w Eather officials at Raf Mildenhall England. Temperatures on tuesday were expected to reach the Low to mid sos about 15 degrees higher than Normal. A late Friday the Region experienced violent thunderstorms High winds and ram winds in South England were reported to have reached 60 Mph. The summer weather has also prevailed in Southern Italy Home for thousands of american Navy personnel. But residents there say heat and humidity Are the Norm on the Mediterranean coast. Quot Naples has been hot and hazy As usual a said Petty officer 3rd class Mike Vinson a weather observer with the Naples weather act. A it s of for Beach weather a Vinson said. Quot in general the weather in the med has been hot and Clear and Good for sailing a cooler skies could prevail in Central Europe As Early As today. First it. Dunstan Mcmulien of the european forecast unit at Graben Trarbach Germany called the expected weather change a a slow Cooling trend nothing  a High pressure area has been basking Over Region but a cold front appears to be forming in the Vicinity of Finland Mcmillen said. For those who want to avoid the gradual Cooling trend former Yugoslavia is supposed to remain a hot spot with temperatures staying in the 90s. And the City of Kuwait reported a recent High of 113. Contributing to ibis report staff write re j. King Cruger in Aviano Italy Marc Mcfann at Raf Mildenhall England and sue Palumbo in Naples Italy