European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 19, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 12 the stars and stripes wednesday october 19,1994clinton to witness Israel Jordan signing Washington a hoping for a measure of credit at a remarkable moment of peace president Clinton will go to the Middle East to witness the Israel Jordan treaty signing. A while in the Region he will visit . Soldiers in Kuwait the White House said tuesday. A \. A a a v a a a a Clinton was invited to participate in the oct. 26 ceremony by Jordan a King Hussein and israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin who called Clinton aboard air Force one shortly after they announced the Accord monday. The trip Clinton a first to the Middle East As president comes in the midst of a string of foreign policy successes the showdown with iraqi president Saddam Hussein peaceful military intervention in Haiti and the announcement monday of also planning to an agreement Between the United states and North Korea Over the communist regimes nuclear program. This series of accomplishments could give Clinton a boost on the eve of nov. 8 midterm elections. V meanwhile the Plo attacked the israeli jordanian peace Accord tuesday calling it a betrayal of palestinian interests a. A and the jordanian prime minister said his country made a separate peace with Israel because it could not wait for other Arab states to move. Plo officials were outraged that jordanian negotiators did not consult with palestinian Leader Yasser Arafat before the Accord was initiated monday. They were particularly troubled by a reported provision that gives Jordan visit . Forces a special role in the disputed City of Jerusalem. A the jordanian Side did not consult or coordinate with the palestinian Side. We did not see the agreement or what is in the agreement a said Nabil Abu Irdein Nch Arafat a spoke Sian. A we Are most concerned about the dangerous Issue of Clinton whose diplomats have kept involved in the movement toward peace in the Middle East promised monday to help Jordan and Israel in a a journey of peace that will bring them a Bright future for generations to a the United states has stood by them and worked with them and we will stand by them every step of the Way a he said. In july Clinton oversaw an agreement in Kuwait Between the two nations to end their state of belligerency and in september 1993, he presided at the White House As Israel and the Palestine liberation organization came to terms. Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers said details of the trip had not been finalized but she expected Clinton to be in the Region a at least a couple of Clinton is expected to leave on the trip oct. 25 and return Home no later than oct. 29. A she said Clinton will make a a couple of stops in the Region including a Stop to see. The Clinton dispatched soldiers to Kuwait to counter a threat by Iraq. He also is expected to visit Jerusalem said an administration official who spoke on condition of anonymity. Awe inspiring a Traung a str com of smoke Dan Buchanan of Fremont calif., flies his hang glider Plesic says he has been performing at shows across the nation in his Hane older Over the California International airshow on Friday in Salinas. Buchanan a Para Over the past five years As an inspiration to others with disabilities. 88 front door of ill fated ferry by Sonor robot Stockholm Sweden a the 56-ton front door that was ripped off the ferry Estonia causing it to sink last month with More than 900 people was found tuesday on the sea floor. Investigators first using sonar and then a camera equipped robot located the visor like door about 1.3 Miles West of the wreck on the sea floor said Kari Lehtola a member of the investigation commission. Lehtola said the door was lying on the Bottom about 250 feet below the surface the door was torn off its hinges after locks failed during the violent Baltic sea storm on sept. 28, investigators have said. The ship flooded with water and Sank quickly. Fewer than 140 people survived. The investigating commission said it May be unable to make a final conclusion about Why the locks failed without examining the door. With the a a detailed images recorded tuesday by the undersea robot a conclusion might be possible without raising the door. Chernobyl reactor goes Down Kiev Ukraine apr a burst pipe has shut Down a reactor at the chernobyl nuclear Plant site of the worlds worst commercial nuclear Power Accident authorities said closure followed the rupture monday of a pipe that carries water to Cool nuclear fuel rods. The government refuses to close the Plant despite International concern about its safety. On april 26,19s6, fires and explosions at the chernobyl Plant left at least 31 people dead and spread significant quantities of radioactive Materia Over much of Europe. Moscow apr prime minister Viktor Chernomyrdin has submitted his resignation to president Boris Yeltsin a Moscow radio station reported tuesday night quoting sources close to Yeltsin. Chernomyrdin cited health reasons the report by Echo Moscow said. The head of Chernomyrdin a press office Valentin Sergeyev strongly denied the report which was read on at least two of russians nationwide to broadcasts. A the reports. In no Way correspond to reality a Sergeyev said. Asked about a resignation letter Anatoly Kasikov a spokesman for Yeltsin told the associated press a i can neither confirm nor deny these reports at this the prime minister is on vacation in the resort of Sochi in Southern Russia. He had been scheduled to Greet Queen Elizabeth ii on her arrival in Moscow on monday but remained in Sochi for undisclosed reasons. The 56-year-old Chernomyrdin was a treated in Germany for a kidney problem earlier this year. Chernomyrdin s government came under fire last week when the Ruble suddenly lost about one fourth of its value on what the russian Media dubbed a Black tuesday a Yeltsin fired act. Ing finance minister Sergei Dubinin the immediate Wake of that crisis. C trial Bank chairman Viktor Gerasch to a Chernomyrdin ally resigned i pressure Friday. Political analysts had said More Ern ment reshuffling was Likely As a re of the Ennis although there was no Gest Ion that the prime minister could is Job. Atiemo Myrdis
