European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 11, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes sunday september 11,1994 at a glance Crew members of the space shuttle discovery head for the launching pad at the Kennedy space Center before Friday s liftoff which was delayed two hours because of thunderstorms. Once in space however the Crew got Down to the business of conducting experiments. See Story on Page 8. Espy probe set a Veteran los Angeles lawyer will investigate whether agriculture Secretary Mike Espy broke the Law by accepting gifts. Page6 falling behind sen. Charles Robb acknowledged he May be trailing Oliver North in the Virginia polls. / Page fraud suspected secret service investigators say they uncovered massive food stamp fraud during a summer Long sweep of merchants. A / pages trouble in Goma zairian mobs killed two govern ment soldiers and hijacked a Relief vehicle in Goma. Page 10 no sweat the Clinton administration is seek ing cooperation of major clothing retailers in curbing the growing use of garment Industry  Page 13 hot stamp the Post office is looking to Mari Lyn Monroe to continue the stamp collecting Success that brought in a Quarter billion dollars last year Page 20 Index Abby Ann Landers. 20 classifieds. 24-30 commentary 23 faces n places 20 Horoscope. 27 letters. .22 Money matters. 12-13 Mutual. 13-17 sports 30-36 weather. 21 exodus of Washington a the . Cuban migration agreement is expected to bring a virtual end to the exodus of cubans in rickety boats a phenomenon that brought Freedom to some but detention and death to others. In the agreement reached Friday Cuba promised with the help of per suasion to halt the exodus while the United states said it would continue Tobar any cuban who succeeded in fleeing the communist Island from resettling on american territory. ". Hours after the agreement was reached in new York the cuban govern ment gave rafters 72 hours to remove their rafts from the Beach. Authorities will Block the exit of rafters even re sorting to Force if necessary the official news Agency Prensa Latina quoted statement As saying. In Havana some disgruntled cuban said earlier that they would try to leave regardless of the consequences. I m going to Angola if i have to. I not staying Here said Rojelio Leyba a ban i m going to Angola if i have to. I m not staying Here. I Don t have any Faith in getting out legally Rojelio Leyba 29-year-old construction worker. I Don t have any Faith in getting out  so far this year More than 35,000 cubans have been picked up by . Coast guard cutters including More than29,000 since aug. 5, an average of nearly 1,000 a Day. Untold numbers of others died while trying to flee. The agreement comes As bad news for would be rafters As Well As for the More than 24,000 cubans who have been sent to the . Naval base at Guantanamo Bay on Cuba s Southeastern coast. American officials said the Guantanamo cubans have a Choice of remaining there moving to a shelter elsewhere in the carib bean or returning to Cuba proper. As before resettlement in the United states was ruled out. The agreement was initiated by . And cuban negotiators eight Days after the two sides opened talks in new York. Cuba s chief negotiator Ricardo alar con was upbeat in discussing the Accord on pcs Mcneil Lehrer news hour program. Before be said any cuban who fled illegally was allowed to remain in the United states. Now that game is Over he said Friday night on the program. We think that we will succeed that we can succeed in persuading people not to try to travel in an unsafe manner. If illegal immigration is not accepted in this  crime from Page 1 americans support gun  second american revolution was written by James Patterson and Peter Kim two advertising executives who also co authored Thebes seller the Day America told the truth startling revelations about sex love religion violence More. Both books Are based on innovative opinion  the second american Revo Lution the researchers used an old fashioned new England town meet ing and modern mail and Telephone random sampling to find out what was troubling America and what americans want done about these a poll by authors James Patterson and Peter Kim in the second american revolution found that 98 percent believe everyone convicted of a crime should serve the full sentence without parole or probation. 184 percent support giving police greater discretion in using Force including deadly Force in apprehending suspects. 92 percent favor the death penalty. 154 percent believe police should have More Powers to Stop and question suspects even without probable cause Toto so. 184 percent would pay higher taxes to build More prisons. _ nearly 5,660 people were questioned in four polls and the find Ings had margins of error ranging from plus or minus 3.1 percent to plus or minus 2.6  research conducted in the Spring 98 percent of the respondents saying eve of 1993, found that people Are frightened Tryone convicted of a crime should serve about crime and Are ready to crack Down the full sentence without parole or pro in drastic ways. V Bation. Among the other findings on they re sick of seeing criminals out american attitudes about crime and the on the streets the pollsters found with Justice system 84 percent supported giving police greater discretion in using Force including deadly Force in apprehending suspects. 54 percent said police should have More Powers to Stop and ques Tion suspects even without . 80 percent believed judge should have More discretion in de Nying bail. 87 per Cerit wanted to curtail or even eliminate plea bargaining in cases involving violent crimes. 58 percent were willing to lops in Laws restricting the use of improperly obtained evidence in Crimi Nal trials. 84 percent would j a higher taxes to build More prisons. But Only 38 percent said they would be willing to pay $100 More a year in taxes to increase their Hornet off police Force by 20 percent. 92 percent favored the death penalty and 93 percent wanted to Cut Down on death Row appeals. How scared Are we asked the authors. Americans want so badly to put criminals behind bars that they re willing to sacrifice constitutional rights if it will help make the streets safer. That s How deep the fear  is Shaw from Page 1 army regt. Both Fulda High and Hewil Flecken military Community have since closed because of the .military draw Down my father was in the army an took care of his family o Neal recalled. I was just nervous and Idin t know what to do. So i d be like dad and join the  but o Neal s visions of combat Boot disappeared soon after his Sophomore year at Fulda when the army Cut Short his father s overseas tour and transferred the family to Texas. There at Cole High school in Sanantonio o Neal s talents and exposure exploded. During his senior year held his team to a Texas state championship and became a High school All american. In August he played on the unite states dream team ii at the world championships in Toronto. Currently Reebok is showcasing o Neal to draw attention to it Blacktop euro Challenge 94 three on three world championship basketball finals held saturday and today at Frankfurt s Constable Wache. On Friday o Neal also officially opened an outdoor basketball court inthe Frankfurt suburb of Hochst where his size 22 shoe print was preserved i Concrete. During Friday s news conference Oneal reflected on his earlier experience in Germany  where All i did was go to the gym or shovel  Wien we first left new Jersey to come Over Here Germany. It was cold and they Only had one television station o Neal said about his first German Home in Wiesbaden where he lived before moving to Wil Flecken. I did t like it Germany at first. But we stayed a couple of years then three years then four years and i almost did t want to leave a asked to picture himself not As Shaw the superstar but As a very tall Soldier if he had joined the army o Neal said i d have some big  the finale of his German tour was the Shaw super show that was to be held saturday night at the Eisse Orthall in Frankfurt. There he was to perform several demonstrations at halftime of a basketball game Between the . Armed forces All stars and a German professional team from Ulm. As part of the promotion tour o Neal also spent three Days in London. When he leaves Frankfurt after the tourney finals today he plans to Fly to Greece to attend the Athens premiere of his movie Blue chips