European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 22, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                I Page 6 the stars and stripes . Monday August 22, 1994 . Vows to keep heat on Castro Washington a confident the exodus of cuban refugees will ease the White House turned its attention sunday to Fidel Castro pledging to maintain an economic stranglehold on Cuba until the dictator moves toward democracy. Raising the Distant possibility of a naval blockade chief of staff Leon pan Etta said the administration no longer sees the migration of Asylum seeking cubans As its Only concern. It s the prob lems wit Hirt the Castro regime he said. A Day after president Clinton an in the stars and stripes 10 years ago aug. 22,1984 without Debat ing a single Issue on the floor delegates to the Republican National convention in Dallas shouted approval for a statement of conserva Tive policies that they claimed Ameri cans would embrace. 20 years ago aug. 22,1974 general motors corp. Announced that it would re Spond to a request by president Ford by partially rolling Back a planned Price increase for 1975 cars. 30 years ago aug. 22,1964 Viet Cong troops killed four americans and inflicted 202 casualties on Saigon s govern ment forces in what was believed to be the costliest Battle to Date in the Vietnam War. 40 years ago aug. 22,1954 a split Between France and its five european Coal and steel Community allies deep ened Over the composition of a european army As a special . Envoy sought to Salvage the Confer ence on the proposed army s forma Tion. 50 year Sago aug. 22,1944 . Secretary of state Cordell Hull opened the history making talks on Post world War ii Security with a declaration that the organization of peace must be backed by an adequate commit ment of Force. I world War ii i 50 years ago today aug. 22 soviet troops capture Jassy arid Advance on Kishinev in Eastern Romania. In Italy polish soldiers Clear the germans from the South Bank of the metauro River from sant1 Ippolito East to the Adriatic coast. American forces push rapidly toward Melun and Monnereau and threaten Fontainebleau in France. Japan s government makes All women 12 to 40 eligible for conscription for War work. Source 2194 Days of War. W. H. Smith publishers inc. The world almanac of world War ii Bison books corp., 1981. Announced new measures to punish and further isolate Castro the administration came under attack from Republican and democratic lawmakers. House minority whip Newt Gingrich of Georgia said the policy is a Stopgap aimed at curing a momentary ill with no thought of. The next step. The level of benign neglect with Cuba has been Clear he said on Abc s meet the press. Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan d n.y., criticized Clinton s decision to in crease economic sanctions particularly by forbidding cuban americans to Send Money Home to relatives. The last thing in the world we want to do is make life More miserable in Cuba than it already is he said on lbs face the nation. Since the president reversed course and closed . Borders to cuban Refu gees last week the White House has been rebuked for focusing too much on the exodus and not enough on pushing out Castro. Panetta said sunday that the thrust of the new . Policy is to de magnetize the Border keeping cubans from fleeing. At the same time we be got to continue to put pressure on Castro because the problem Here is not the problem of Refu gees it s not the problem of migrants. It s the problems within the Castro re Gime Panetta said on Abc s this week with David Brinkley. Asked How much pressure a blockade would offer he said that s obviously one of the options that we would look at in the future As we see whether or not Castro begins to make some legitimate movement toward  an elephant that escaped alter killing its Trainer at a circus saturday is cornered by police and a Marksman left in Honolulu. Killer elephant rampages in Honolulu Honolulu a a circus elephant went wild saturday killing a Trainer and injuring another before leading police Down City streets. Officers finally killed the animal with seven shots from rifles. A dozen people in the audience were injured in the mayhem. The elephant began its rampage As the curtain opened on the Day s last act at Cir Cus International authorities said. All of a sudden the elephant kicked the Trainer into the Arena said Ann Marie Pesa who was in the audience. No body knew if it was True or just faked.". The beast stomped on a second handler who tried to help the first Man then at tacked both of the trainers sending Mem Bers of the audience scrambling. All of a sudden people started running away children were screaming and we saw the blood Pesa said. The elephant broke through the main  police and firefighters chased the elephant Down City streets and police fired whenever they could get Clear shots. The animal eventually died in an Industrial area. Hostess Bug eyed Over prize thanks to horde of House guests Tulsa okla. A this is one contest Rosemary Mitchell was embarrassed to enter and relieved to win. A san Francisco based insecticide company chose her Tulsa House As one of the most Roach infested in the country. The grand prize a House Call from or. Cockroach an entomologist whose real name is aus tin Frishman. He has been Fea tured on National geographic documentaries and co wrote the Book the cockroach combat manual it s no disgrace to have Roaches. It s a disgrace to keep Roaches Frishman said thurs Day while planting about 100 Roach baits in Mitchell s House. Frishman estimated that be tween 60,000 and 100,000 Roaches had set up quarters in Mitchell Sone Story Wood framed House. Mitchell insists it s not filth that makes her Home a Haven for Roaches saying i keep a pretty clean  she read about contest in newspaper a few months ago and decided to enter thinking she probably would t win but at least would get some advice. After you have Roaches for so Long and use everything i be used you get kind of desperate she said. School s fuzzy fungus sure no teacher s pet Hamden Conn. A kids might think it s Cool a Green Mold has sliced their elementary school growing on everything from Walls to Furni Ture to books. Gross say grown  who Are spending thou Sands of dollars Toj Aye the furry fungus cleaned up. I Don t even want to touch it and i certainly Don t want any kids coming near it school Board chair Man Dewitt Jones said. The Mold grew virtually overnight at West Woods school. A janitor noticed it aug. 1, and a cleanup company started work two weeks ago. Officials Hope they finish before the school reopens sept. 8. Jones said that the cleanup could Cost More than $50,000, and that another $50,000 May have to be spent on fixing the building to make it less Damp