European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 4, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday october 4, 1994 the stars and stripes Page 5 oktoberfest revellers Jam the Munich Fairgrounds and enjoy some Beer monday the pc St a last Day. Thanks to a German Holiday the party was extended to a monday for the first  Leader urges end to divisions Berlin apr a Germany still psychologically divided along the former Iron curtain marked four years of unification monday with a Call by its president for better understanding Between the nations East and West. President roman Herzog a Appeal came in a speech to 1,200 guests at the country a main observances in Bremen. He called reunification a fortuitous gift that will take More patience and courage to Complete. V _ Hertzog urged germans to ask themselves less a what divides us and much More what already unites us and most of All How we can use our diverse life experiences in the  facing potentially Pivotal National elections oct. 16, Herzog acknowledged that a overblown expectations have a in some places become transformed into  that disappointment is expected to Hurt the Christian democratic Union a the party of both Herzog and Chancellor Helmut Kohl a at the  Eastern germans blame Kohl for creating those High expectations and moving too quickly with what has proved to be an expensive and traumatic binding of germans who lived under alien sys terns for two generations. Leftist rioters who tried to spoil the National Holiday in Bremen pelted police with stones burned several vehicles and smashed store windows sunday night injuring 11 officers four seriously police said. In Berlin some 2,000 leftists marched monday to protest the social dislocation and unemployment that followed unification. Bremen police spokesman Ronald Walther said 250 demonstrators were arrested in the Western port sunday and monday when Many were rounded up trying to March on the observances at the Congress Center. In the Center a polish writer gave the keynote address thanking the germans for tearing Down the Berlin Waif and finishing the revolution the Independent Union Solidarity began in Poland in 1980, a i think that Europe will now truly begin to exist a said the writer Andrzej Szczypiorski now that a the soviet fortress in former East Germany has been dismantled and the poles czechs slovaks hungarians and Eastern germans have rejoined the Western world they never left culturally. Szczypiorski a keynote address highlighted Germany s desire to bring its immediate Eastern neighbors into the european Union and nato a desire not shared As ardently by Many of its Western  rioting in Berlin marred otherwise peaceful observances throughout Germany. The festivities were highlighted by a three Day Berlin Street festival attended by some 100,000 people but dampened by a lashing rain monday. On sunday night Elton John headlined an International Rock concert at the Brandenburg Gate. Child abuse by Peers widespread study says Chicago apr one in four children Ages 10 to 16 is physically or sexually abused each year often by other children a National Survey of youngsters found. A Levels of victimization. Far exceed those reported in official government victimization statistics a said researchers David Finkelhor and Jennifer Dziuba Leatherman of the University of new Hampshire in Durham. The types of abuse covered in the Survey ranged from getting hit at school to rapes robberies and assaults. With parents permission the authors interviewed a nationally representative Sample of 2,000 children and reported their findings in the october Issue of paediatrics. The researchers found a a a a _ a one in four children had been victimized in the previous year and one in eight had been injured. S a children were victimized outside their families at three times the rate they were victimized by relatives. A a a More than three quarters of the incidents involved youths victimizing other youths the vast majority of them no relatives. A forty one percent of sexual assaults were by youths Only a tiny fraction of them family members. The surveys margin of error was 3 percentage  ventures bring Israel Jordan closer to peace pact Washington a flanked by leaders from Israel and Jordan president Clinton declared that the once warring countries a took further and very productive Steps monday toward a lasting peace. After an hour Long meeting with israeli foreign minister Shimon Peres and Jordan a Crown Prince Hassan Clinton said the pair had agreed on a series of joint ventures on the Economy environment and tourism. The old foes still Are negotiating a full peace treaty. A the Steps we announced today Are the building blocks of a modern peace Between these ancient lands a Clinton said in a statement outside the White House. A a a. A a. A Hassan who said he came to the meeting a in a mood of optimism a predicted a that we will Rise together to these challenges and make Good on the Promise of  a a a a Quot Peres called the movement toward peace a a deep and moving change in human experience in the last part of the 20th  the meeting came two months after israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin and Jordan a King Hussein visited the White House and proclaimed an end to 46 years of War. The next step is to negotiate a formal peace treaty an Effort some officials say is still months away. . Officials saw Progress in the ventures announced monday although none of them came As a Surprise. Clinton said the ventures included a v a an agreement on the a Basic principles on environment water Energy and tourism issues. A opening a new Northern Border crossing for third party nationals later this month. A convening a conference on exploring a canal project Between the red sea and the dead sea. The Scarcity of water in the Middle East is a major Issue. They also agreed to conduct a feasibility study on the water Issue with the help of the United states. A a a a exploring the establishment of a free Trade zone surrounding Aqaba Elat. A Jordan and Israel not Only ended their state of War but Are following through on their commitment to cooperate with each other and negotiate As rapidly As possible a final peace treaty a Clinton said. A senior israeli official speaking on condition of anonymity said last week that the two countries had started drafting a treaty and the Date for signing the Accord could be announced after mondays meeting but israeli and jordanian officials later lowered expectations saying key disputes remained and that a peace treaty still was months away. The president Host for the 1993 signing of a historic pact Between Israel and the Palestine liberation organization a wants to be seen As a broker for peace in the Middle East. A a a the president is very pleased that he can use his Good offices to continue to promote realization of a warm peace Between Jordan and Israel which we see As a Model for relationships Between Israel and its Arab neighbors that we Hope will flourish in years to come a White House spokesman Jonathan Spalter said Quot sunday