European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 15, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday october 15, 1994 the stars and stripes Page 5aristide faces Tough task . Say choosing new prime minister gets top priority Washington a . Officials Are concerned that haitian president Jean Bertrand Aristide May face a difficult transition once the dust settles from his triumphant return to Haiti after three years in exile. After a Farewell gathering thursday night at the organization of american states president Clinton held his own Send off Friday at a White House Cere Mony before Aristide s flight Home today. The administration is delighted with the results thus far of the . Military intervention in Haiti. As part of the Effort to Call attention to the . Role there Clinton on Friday morning met at the White House with some three dozen family members of . Troops. At the Oas Aristide was almost Giddy with anticipation about his return regaling the hundreds of guests with expressions of Hope and gratitude in four of the 10 languages he masters a French Spanish English and Creole. A we feel Hope we haitians a he said. Quot we Are moving slowly but surely from misery to poverty with dignity How proud we Are today to move Side by Side with the . Troops and the multinational forces in Haiti to uphold  the Aristide Camp chartered a Jet for the return to port a Prince. Aristide was to accompany Secretary of state Warren Christopher on one of two . Government planes making the trip. Aristide has less than 16 months left on his term in office but . Officials expect that he will come under Strong pressure from his supporters to extend his term to compensate for his three years in exile. A a a a a a a a a a �?�7. Clinton has said publicly that Aristide is committed to stick to the february 1996 departure Date but . Officials predict he will seek either a court ruling or a constitutional amendment to obtain a crowd taunts haitian soldiers with pro Aristide  outside the military Headquarters in port a Prince on thursday. Hal than and . Soldiers put up a wire around the facility after former military ruler Raoul cd dras flew to exile. An Extension. Early on Aristide s most difficult task will be to win parliamentary confirmation for a prime minister a goal that wont come easy unless he picks someone with Broad political Appeal. A officials said he May have to wait for confirmation of his Choice for prime minister until Early january when parliamentary elections could give him the lower House majority he now lacks / the officials also Are concerned about the Large numbers of weapons that have been hidden by pro military forces in Haiti. These forces have been largely dormant since . Forces arrived but that could change later the officials said. One sign of . Concern about Security is the disclosure that the state department has hired a private Security firm to help protect Aristide. Officials Felt the .-trained haitian Security Force was too inexperienced for what May be a difficult assignment. State department Security personnel will be assigned to Haiti to provide advice. Officials also said that much of the final Day that it. Gen. Raoul Cidras spent in Haiti before departing for panamanian exile was spent haggling with . Diplomats Over the disposition of three properties Cedras owns. He agreed to lease the properties to the . Government at Market rates that have not yet been determined. The prop cities probably will be occupied by Amer a. Ican diplomats. The White House also announced thursday that it would lift the freeze on . Assets of some 600 coup supporters . Officials said c6dras and his top general Philippe Biamby did not have . Accounts and it was not known How much Money was involved in the assets of their supporters. Earlier Clinton lifted the freeze on . Assets of All haitians residing in Haiti. The entire group of about 1,200, including the 600 coup supporters had at least $79 million in . Accounts according to Treasury  report Little Impact from Italy strike by sue Palumbo Mediterranean Bureau millions of italian workers joined a general strike Friday to protest their governments latest financial plan to Cut pensions but the effect on americans assigned to . Bases in Italy was not dramatic sources said. A a a a. A a a a a fall i really noticed was that i did no to have to pay the toll and that was a Nice change a said Karen Lemons a morale welfare and recreation employee in Naples. Lemons was referring to the tolls charged at Booths along the Autostrada or major highways in Italy. Toll workers Cut their shifts Short Friday to Honor the strike. The Panorama Asa Naples base newspaper was not printed thursday because of a printing strike a base spokesman said. Information on the number of people who participated in the strike at Asa Naples Nas Simonella and Caserma Ederle at Vicenza was unavailable Friday. However Ernesto Festa a Union representative for Asa Naples said All 30 employees in his office at the Naples Navy Exchange took part in the four hour strike endorsed by the Union. At Aviano a 137 employees a about 37 percent of the italian work Force a took part. A we did no to feel any effects at All a said it. . Barbara Burfeind an Nas Simonella spokeswoman. A a everything a been Low key and very  Burfeind said Only americans who had business off base such As banking or paying Bills were inconvenienced. \. A Quot a.  massive strike shut Down airports train and bus stations for several hours. All Banks government offices and schools were closed. Unions had claimed at least 3 million people would Lake part in demonstrations in More than 80 cities. More than 130,000 demonstrators marched in downtown Naples according to Festa the Asa Naples Union representative who attended the rally. �?o1 am euphoric a said Festa. Quot in the 30 years in be been in the unions 1 have never seen this Many people participate. I think we sent a very loud message to italian prime minister Silvio  earlier in the week Berlusconi predicted that the rising conservative climate in Italy and the realization that the cutbacks were needed would prevent Many from striking. A the strike was not mandatory and it Wasny to against the base a said Girolamo Bittolo a cashier at the Bank of America in Naples. No one in the on base facility took part in the strike. A the reason behind the strike was just but i chose to come to work  the strike actually began thursday when a 24-hour walkout by journalists silenced news agencies and most to and radio newscasts according to wire  newspapers did not publish Friday. Also contributing to this report a King Cruger at Aviano a and the Asso a dated press woman up 77-year John of groats Scotland apr declaring Shell never walk alone again briton Fayona Campbell on Friday became the first woman to walk around the world a 11 years after setting out. Quot i just wanted to see How far i could go a said Campbell 27, As she walked into John of groats the Hamlet that Marks the northernmost tip of Britain. She left Here As a teen Ager seeking a Challenge and intending to walk 847 Miles to lands end the Southern tip of Britain. She kept going and it turned into a 19,586-mile slog across five continents ,. The guinness Book of records which has been monitoring the journey said a everything appears to be in  a a she a not in the Book yet but she almost certainly will be next year As the first woman to do this sort of thing Quot editor Nicholas Heath Brown said. A a we be been in touch with her for the last five or six  guinness records american William Kunst As the first Man to walk around the world. He set out from his Home in Waseca minn., in 1970 and got Back four years later. Campbell who returned to Britain Between stretches of the walk wore out 100 pairs of trainers