European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 29, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday september 29,1994 . The stars and stripes Page 5 Clinton Yeltsin agree on nukes Washington a president Clinton and russian president Boris Yeltsin agreed wednesday to Speed up the dismantling of both nations nuclear arsenals. A we will make the world safer for All of us a Clinton declared. The two leaders also signed agreements pledging closer economic and Security cooperation. A relations Between our nations Are moving Forward at full Speed a Clinton said at a joint East room news conference near the end of their two Day meeting. Clinton said he and Yeltsin had agreed to Speed up the timetable of the Start ii agreement reached in 1993, which Calls for reducing Long Range nuclear warheads to Between 3,000 and 3,500 by the year 2003. Clinton said the two countries would begin to dismantle the warheads As soon As that agreement is ratified a instead of taking the nine years turning to a Thorn in relations Between Moscow and Washington Clinton announced that a a we be made Progress on the difficult Issue of russian arms sales in Iran and agreed to work closer in the future. Clinton has tried to persuade Yeltsin to halt weapons sales to Iran amounting to $1 billion last year. Russia has sold submarines tanks and air launched missiles to the iranian government. Yeltsin said that Russia would continue to Honor a contract signed in 1988, but that there would be no new arms sales to a Iran. A. A a a a a a a a. A he defended his talk about a russian sphere of influence Over the former soviet states talk which has made some . Officials uncomfortable. A these Are our neighbors a Yeltsin said. A yesterday we lived in the same House in the soviet Union. They re our blood right come on lets be for his part Yeltsin said his meetings with Clinton had been straightforward. A we started from the word go right from the beginning a he said. A a we be really done a tremendous amount of he portrayed .-russian relations As those of a Loving but sometimes squabbling family. Sitting Side by Side at an ornate table the two presidents signed several agreements including a a partnership for economic Progress statement pledging closer economic ties. Then they Rose Shook hands and patted each other on the Back. It was their fifth meeting since Clinton took office 20 to ruths ago but the first in Washington. Yeltsin was expansive and played games with his translator who had trouble keeping up with him. Noticing that the russian president stretched out his words with exaggeration a sly Grin on his face. His audience broke into laughter and even Clinton had trouble keeping a straight face. Yeltsin praised Clinton for initiating Steps for the United states to relax its Trade restrictions linked to the emigration of jews. He called it a a huge window a Bright window that appeared Between earlier wednesday Clinton and Yeltsin toured a Library of Congress exhibit that highlights the Early influence of the russian Church on Alaska. On the Truman Balcony at the White House first lady Hillary Rodham Chat tuesday with Naina Yeltsin wife of russian president Boris Yeltsin. A Clinton has Acia reprimands 11 in horrid7 Ames Case Washington apr eleven current or retired Cia officers have been reprimanded for failing to push hard enough to uncover Aldrich Ames spying for Moscow but no demotions or firings Are planned Cia director James Woolsey said wednesday. In remarks at Cia Headquarters in nearby Langley va., Woolsey named Only one of the 11 senior people. He is Ted Price head of the Ciao a Clandestine service the elite Core of american intelligence. The others identities must remain secret he said because of their involvement in Clandestine operations. Woolsey said Ames betrayal of . Intelligence secrets Between 1985 and 1993 led to the deaths of at least a dozen .-paid agents and the compromising of a approximately three dozen . Clandestine operations including double agent operations that Ames Learned about by tapping into a Cia computer at Headquarters. A the consequences have been horrid a Woolsey said. At the heart of the failure to unmask Arnes Woolsey said was a a serious and sustained inattention to signs a some a like a Bright billboard a of Ames a a a. Price and three other senior officers still on the Cia payroll have been issued letters of reprimand. They will not be Given promotions or awards for two to five years but Price will remain in his Post Woolsey said. A i find him a Man of great ability a Woolsey said of Price. A. Four senior officers were issued what Woolsey called More serious letters of reprimand that he said normally accompany requests for Early retirement or outright dismissal. But three of those four unidentified individuals already have retired and the fourth is due to begin retirement in a few Days Woolsey said. The four Are barred from Ever working for the Cia in the future he added. In addition three retired senior officers were Given the lesser reprimand of the sort Given to Price. He said they retired for reasons unrelated to the Ames Case. To los Angeles apr rejecting prosecutors fears of a mistrial because of damaging publicity a judge wednesday refused to interrupt jury selection in the . Simpson Case for a hearing on the admissibility of Dan evidence. The judge also announced that 311 people made the first Cut to serve in one of the most famous murder cases in history. They will return next month for a second round of questioning in which they will be queried on their backgrounds and personal beliefs. A i am measuring the inconvenience to 300 citizens who Are volunteering for jury service and the disruption in their life is. An additional Day of hearing Here in court and i find that the balance weighs in favor of the 300 citizen volunteers a said Superior court judge Lance Ito. Ito said he would conduct a one Day hearing after the Dan hearing to determine whether any of the jurors were exposed to prejudicial news reports. Because of Ito a decision wednesday the jury by then will have been selected a 12 members and eight alternates. Simpson has pleaded innocent in the 0032 not Lucky for lottery players Warwick . A Rhode islanders were betting it was an Omen when 0032 was pulled As the first juror number in of. Simpsons murder trial because 32 was the football legends Jersey number. So Many people played the combination in the states daily number game tuesday that the state lottery stopped taking bets on it before noon. The Gamble did no to pay. The winning combination was 6-5-6�5. In the nations smallest state it takes Only 30 players to constitute a dangerously lopsided wagering distribution. Each winning $1 bet gets $5,000 in return and the state lottery Agency always closes a number Down when the prospective payout reaches $150,000 on a Given number. The number 0032 was drawn by Superior court judge Lance Ito in los Angeles at the Start of jury selection monday. June 12 knife killings of his sex wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her Friend Ronald Goldman. Ito announced the completion of the first phase of jury selection in which people were questioned on whether service would be a hardship just before making his ruling. Prosecutors argued for the interruption in jury selection saying they feared the press reports on the hearing on the admissibility of Dan evidence could contaminate jurors thinking. Defense attorneys said the prosecution Wasny to giving jurors enough credit to avoid publicity. Simpson jailed without bail for More than three months has made it Clear he does no to want the slightest delay. In his first words to reporters since his arrest Simpson said tuesday Thap he Sang a a new Day has begun a a line from the musical cats because he misses his children. A that song really gets to me because it says a touch me and i can to touch my kids a Simpson quietly told the three Pool reporters including one from the associated press who were covering jury selection. His unsolicited remark referred to the song memory which he Sang monday in the courthouse. The last verse of the song is a touch me its so easy to leave me All alone with the memory of my Days in the Sun. If you touch me you la understand what happiness is. Look a new Day has Simpsons children from his first marriage a Arnelle 25, and Jason 24 a visit him in jail. His children with his slain sex wife a Sydney 8, and Justin 6 a Are living with their maternal grandparents. Simpson has requested that they riot visit him
