European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 02, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday september 2, 1994 a. N. Korea plan to discuss dipl Ornati ties Washington a the United states has agreed to talk to North Korea next week in Pyongyang about establishing diplomatic ties with the hard line communist regime. State department officials said thursday that the negotiations apparently the first Ever in the North korean capital would concern arrangements to set up Liaison offices in the two capitals. That would be a major step toward recognition. Liaison offices provide for diplomatic Contact. The Nixon administration for instance established Liaison offices to end decades of icy distance from China. Subsequently the Carter administration established full ties with Beijing. -/./. "./. / =. In addition to the meeting in Pyongyang the two sides will meet in Berlin to discuss replacement of a five megawatt experimental reactor that is part of North Korea s suspect nuclear program with hew technology considered less dangerous. Both meetings Wiltje held sept. 10 against a Back drop of North korean promises to maintain a freeze on the program which . Government analysts say they believe has produced one or two nuclear weapons. State department officials said the Berlin meeting also will Deal with ways to store spent fuel from the North korean reactor and to provide no a Korea with Energy temporarily during a period of conversion. The North koreans have insisted that they need their experimental reactor to Supply Energy. But the United states and a number of asian nations suspect it is part of an ambitious program to develop nuclear weapons. The two sides held their last round of talks in August in Geneva. It was disclosed subsequently that the reactor at the Yon Byon Complex might be re started if a Deal was not struck for two Western style replacements. The agreement in Geneva maintained the freeze pledged by North Korea in july and monitored by International atomic Energy Agency inspectors. It did not resolve the disposition of 8,000 nuclear fuel rods or provide Access to two suspect waste  North Korea agreed to maintain its commitment to the nuclear nonproliferation treaty which is designed to restrict the spread of nuclear weapons technology and provides for International inspection of suspect programs. It also pledged to work to reduce nuclear facilities on the korean Peninsula. The Clinton administration s willingness uphold talk sin Pyongyang apparently for the first Virnet is an extraordinary gesture to North Korea. The main topic on the Agenda is the Prospect of establishing diplomatic Liaison offices in the North korean capital and in Washington. V the move contrasts sharply with the administration s refusal to talk to Cuba in new York on thursday about any subject other than the thousands of refugees flee ing the Castro government. The two countries have Small diplomatic outposts called interest sections in other embassies in each other s capitals. But every administration Over the last three decades has ruled out negotiations with Cuba on any Issue except migration and has maintained an economic boy Cott of the Island. The stars and stripes Page 5 Irish supporters in Belfast Northern Ireland celebrate during wednesday s cease fire announcement. Britain to wait and see despite Ira cease fire Belfast Northern Ireland a promising a possible end to 24 years of killing the Irish re publican army began a cease fire at Midnight wednesday but Britain ruled out peace talks until it is assured the violence has stopped for Good. In Belfast minority roman catholics reacted with Joy to the Ira announcement. But members of the protestant majority expressed disbelief and sus " " " several Hundred catholics banged garbage can lids and cheered outside police stations and army Barracks As clocks struck Midnight signalling the Start of the cease fire. Youths climbed poles of police surveillance cameras decorating them with Irish flags. Others blocked traffic and jumped atop army vehicles As soldiers looked on. Midnight tonight wednesday was the first step towards lasting peace said John Hume the Moder ate Catholic Leader of the social democratic and labor party. Ira units carried out three reported gun attacks in the two hours before the cease fire deadline but no one was Hurt police said. British prime minister John major said the Ira s pledge on wednesday to Stop attacks on protestants and British troops in Northern Ireland was very Welcome but called for an unambiguous statement that violence is  however sir Patrick Mayhew the British Cabinet official responsible for Northern Ireland said thursday that Britain would Settle for less. Mayhew said the Ira for example could simply say that Irish prime minister Albert Reynolds was Correct in his assessment that the cease fire is com plete and that there can be no going  leaders of protestant groups known As unionists for their desire to keep Northern ire land part of Britain immediately called the cease fire inadequate saying the Ira needed to make it permanent and hand Over its weapons before it political Wing sinn fein could join talks. Unionist parties will not be sitting Down with sinn fein before Christmas. That is just Complete nonsense said Chris Mcgimpsey a key strategist for the Ulster unionists the largest pro British party  smoking kills 20%f californians study by the san Francisco examiner _ Francisco smoking kills More California residents each year than murder accidents and suicide combined a study concludes. It s alarming said George Kaplan chief of the human population Laboratory in Berkeley which prepared the report for the state department of health services. Smoking is responsible for More than one ii five deaths in the state or 40,000 a Jarthy according to the study. That com pares with about 17,000 deaths caused by homicide accidents and us Iccie. On average smoking kills 450 out of every 100,000 California men and 201 out of every 100,000 women said the report released wednesday. Overall however deaths attributable to smoking in California declined 3 per cent Between 1988 and 1990ythe study said. " " " ,.\ Kaplan said the drop had occurred As cigarette taxes Media campaigns and smoking ordinances combined to pres sure smokers to Quev. The tobacco Institute an Industry group did not return phone Calls for comment on the study but has criticized similar reports for their methods. The study compared death rates by City Over the past three years. It found great variations Between communities often reflecting socioeconomic differences. It s been in Oft Over and Over that smoking is no a real class Issue said Thomas Novotny Dean of the school of Public health at the University of Cali fornia at Berkeley. And the death rates reflect that.". Novotny said people with lower in comes and less education tended to smoke More. In los autos of example tie median household income was $79,579, and 60 percent of the adult population had col lege degrees according to the 1990 . Census the median income in Redwood City was $42,962 27 percent of the adults had College degrees. Los Altos had about half  of the state average of smoking related deaths while Redwood City had several times the state average. There Are also differences among races. Asian and african american men smoke More cigarettes than Whites As do latino and asian american women natives and immigrants alike who the researchers say Are acculturated to the United states rather than their ancestral cultures. Novotny said cigarette advertising targeted lower income communities while anti smoking campaigns might miss them. He said that people in such communities had less Access to medical care and that their lives tended to be More stressful so they continued to smoke. The study found that men who have traditionally smoked More than women were More Likely to die from smoking. It accounted for 22 percent of All male deaths in the state compared with 15 percent of female deaths. Researchers examined death certificates in California cities taking into account the relationship Between smoking and the disease cited As cause of death and the prevalence of smoking in the area. The research was financed with Money from proposition 99, the 1988 initiative that imposed a 25-cent surtax on cigarette sales. Distributed by scrupps Howard mows service it