European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 7, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday september 7, \994 . The stars and stripes Page 5. U.s.,deadlocked Over refugees new York apr after four Days of talks . And cuban diplomats have made no apparent Progress toward a negotiated settlement that would end the flood of refugees fleeing Cuba by sea. More talks were Uncertain for tuesday after the two sides met for one hour monday.  spokesman David Johnson said the delegations had not decided if a tuesday meeting would be held. Cuba on monday proposed increasing Legal immigration to the United states to at least 100,000 people a year but a state department official rejected that. The United states had offered to take in More cubans perhaps up to 20,000 people a year in Exchange for president Fidel Castro a Promise to Stop them from fleeing to the United states. More than 30,000 cubans have set sail on rafts and boats this year most of them in the past month. The United states is holding More than 22,000 rafters at the Guantanamo Bay naval base in Cuba. On monday the coast guard picked up 1,129 refugees in the Straits of Florida Between Cuba and the Southern tip of Florida. Another 84 were picked up Early tuesday morning. Cuban diplomats did not comment after the monday meeting. About 200 people gathered outside the cuban . Mission during the talks to protest cubans communist regime and urge the Clinton administration to resist Castro a demands. As they shouted a Cuba Sii Castro no a cuban diplomatic staff began blasting pro government popular music from loudspeakers placed outside windows on the 10-Story buildings first floor. Cubans chief Delegate Ricardo Alarcon has said the refugee crisis cannot be solved unless the United states agrees to talk about lifting its 32-year-old economic embargo against Cuba. The United states insists migration is separate and refuses to discuss lifting the embargo before Castro implements democratic reforms. About 2,700 cubans Are expected to get . Immigration visas this year. Haitian refugees who Are being held separately at Guantanamo Bay threw rocks at american service members sunday to protest what they see As preferential treatment for the cubans. About 50 haitians breached one of the Camp fences when Panama an cuban americans protesting Fidel Castro a regime demonstrate monday outside cubans Uji. Mission As . And cuban officials hold talks inside on the refugee crisis. Bounced that it would accept up to 10,000 cubans to ease the Strain on the crowded base said a base spokesman maj. Rick Thomas. A 16-year-old haitian boy suffered a Skull fracture when he was hit by a Rock and six . Army soldiers were injured. Until a recent Clinton administration policy change cubans were granted almost immediate entry into the United states whereas haitian arid other refugees had to prove political persecution. A a we re not asking them to leave the cubans and take the haitians a said Rolande dormancy a haitian activist in Miami. A we just want the same for both  Panama is the first country to Start taking in cuban refugees in response to Washington a Appeal for help to ease crowding at Guantanamo where More than 22,000 cubans and 14,000 haitians Are being held. Military officials said the first flights from Guantanamo to Howard Field in Panama could begin As Early As monday but Thomas said monday that no refugees had been transported yet. About 300 . Soldiers monday were at work on building a Camp about 25 Miles South of Paramaribo Suriname for 2,500 haitians being transferred from Guantanamo. The first 250 haitians Are expected to be flown Friday to Suriname on South America s Northeast  lands on rafters As tourism Falls key West Fla. A Florida keys tourism took a hit Over the labor Day weekend Froid groundless fears that cuban refugee rafts were Landing. Hotels usually would be full but Many reported cancellations. Most tourists were last minute guests from Southern Florida possibly reflecting Success from a marketing Effort last week by the Monroe county tourist development Council. A it seems the Campaign had a positive effect in boosting Confidence a said Tim Greene the councils vice chairman. A but most visitors this weekend Are from Miami fort Lauderdale or Palm Beach so we Are still extremely concerned about the perception of the rest of the nation and the  coast guard and Navy ships Are intercepting rafters More than 70 Miles South of key West the westernmost Island of the Florida keys. But by cause key West a coast guard facility has been prominent in the news some potential visitors were scared away. A in the Light of. All the Media attention was reluctant to come because i thought i would be sitting on the Beach and rafters would be coming ashore a said Mark Treese of West Palm Beach  empty feeling for . Crews Miami apr the question is uppermost in coast guard it. Tom Guantt a mind As he searches the Straits of Florida for cuban refugees and finds empty rafts a did they get rescued or did they meet another Fate a some of the empty rafts Bobbing in the 90-mile ribbon of Ocean Between key West and Cuba have Orange life vests tied to them or a Spray painted a Rusc go a signifying that their occupants were intercepted by the coast guard. But Many others Are unmarked including some washing up in  haul off $1.25 million in jewelry at Tiffany new York a two masked gunmen bound four guards at Tiffany amp co. With duct tape snatched about $1.25 million Worth of jewelry and disappeared into the darkness. It was the costliest theft Ever in Tiffany a 157-year history. A they were very very professional a police capt. Sal Blando said. Police Are investigating whether the robbery sunday night was an inside Job Blando said. It took the gunmen an hour to outwit the unarmed guards select about 300 items from display cases including watches bracelets and rings grab the stores Security videotapes and take off. The ski masked robbers got inside the Manhattan store by pulling a gun on a guard arriving for his Midnight shift and ordering him to Tell co workers that they were his cousins and needed to use the bathroom police said. Once the robbers fled one guard worked himself free and called police. The Safe holding the stores most valuable pieces was left alone Blando said. A no Tiffany personnel were harmed. The procedures were followed and the loss while disturbing will not affect our service a said Beth Canavan vice president and general manager of the fifth Avenue store. Tiffany was closed monday which was labor Day and opened As usual tuesday. Lloyd a of London offered a $25,000 Reward for information leading to the recovery of the jewels and the arrest and conviction of the robbers. Irish father joins . Search for son Boston a the father of a missing Irish College student has arrived from his native Galway to join the 10-week search for his missing son. Patrick Mcdonagh 19, a business student from University College Galway who was spending the summer with relatives in Boston was last seen leaving a tavern june 26. A there must be someone out there with some information. People done to just vanish a said the elder Mcdonagh also named Patrick. A companion first said the younger Mcdonagh was drinking Beer with him at a Quarry in Quincy but later said he left him at a Street Comer in Dorchester. The Mcdonagh family on monday raised the Reward for information about the missing youth to $15,000. Hostage starts fire escapes House fort Worth Texas a a woman who had been gagged and bound with duct tape before being sexually assaulted escaped from a closet by burning through the tape with a cigarette lighter setting the House ablaze in the process. A we drove up and there was a naked woman running toward the police a said fire department it. . Jackson. A then we saw the smoke pouring out of the  the 44-year-old woman was treated for Burns and bite Marks monday and released. A Man and a woman were arrested As suspects