European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 15, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes at a glance Mickey May be smiling but officials at the Walt Disney co. Aren t so Gleeful these Days As they consider some proposals meant to reverse a general slide in attendance at the Disney world theme Park in Orlan do Fla. See Story on Page 18. Storm reaches Florida tropical storm Gordon stirred up turbulent seas and horizontal rain driven by 50 Mph winds in Florida after kill ing at least 67 people in Haiti and Jamaica. \. ,.  page5 Community in terror a carjacked with a sub machine gun pinned Down terrified residents shoppers and diners in the Swank Pacific Heights neighbourhood of san Francisco on sunday night. Pages solution to crime City councilman Nick rust a card carrying member of the National Rifle association is pushing a new plan to fight crime give All Law abiding citizens the right to carry a hidden weapon   page8 Osair fights Back us air defended its safety and train ing record after the new York times re ported that the airline has repeatedly violated Federal flight regulations. " page9 for Python fans Monty Python has made the technological leap to cd rom in time for the to series 25th anniversary. Pag14 i Index Abby Ann Landers classifieds. Comics. Commentary. Computers. Crossword. Faces a places. Focus. Horoscope. Jumble. Letters. Money matters sports to listings weather .26 27-30 24-26 .1714 .26 .23 19-22 .29 .291618 31-403915 Clinton from Page 1 japanese prime minister Tomiichi Murayama australian prime minister Pau Keating and South korean president Kim Young Sam. The president said the leaders Al stressed the importance of ensuring that North Korea live up to the agreement with the United states to freeze and Dis Mantle its nuclear program in Exchange for Energy Aid and new political ties. They All said that they strongly sup ported the agreement. They thought it was very important that we continue to work it through. They understood implementation of the agreement would not be without difficulty Clinton said. Furthermore Clinton said he would join the leaders of Japan and South Korea after monday night s conference opening dinner for a special session to follow up on earlier talks about North Korea. He said moving Forward with the plan providing North Korea with alternate fuels and $4 billion in compensation for giving up its nuclear program would require a lot of efforts on several  tuesday november 15,1994 Paul Simon to retire from Senate Washington a sen. Paul Simon a former presidential candidate and Illinois top elected Democrat will not seek re election in 1996, a political confidant said monday. Simon a Liberal elected to the Senate in 1984 after 10 years in the House planned an official announcement in Chi troops keen on joint War games Misawa Japan a the United states and Japan on monday launched their largest War games Ever sending 26,500 troops into mock Battle in what officers called a show of readiness to repel Post cold War threats. In the military these Days if you re not ready to operate anywhere in the world you re probably not doing a Good Job said capt. Mark Rutter of Hunts Ville Ala. He spoke on the runway of the . Misawa a 350 Miles Northeast of Tokyo on the Pacific coast As f-16 fight ing Falcons and a-10 Thunderbolt h warplanes took off in an intermittent snowstorm for mock attacks on plan Sand ships. The War games called keen Edge bring together members of All four . Military branches and Japan s three serv ices. A. They involve More than 400 aircraft and 27 ships As Well As the 25th inf div Light from Hawaii. The 13,5.00 japanese and 13,000 Amer ican service members involved Are believed to be a record number for . Japanese exercises said a . Spokes Man maj. Kevin k. Krejcarek. With multilateral operations such Ashe persian Gulf War becoming common Many officers said it s important to prac Tice with other countries forces. That is especially difficult in Japan be cause of the language Barrier. The exercises continue through thurs Day. Housing from Page 1 nations to the panel As a  of seeing problem areas firsthand. V on monday the committee made preliminary recommendation for an in crease in housing allowance for pay grades Al to e-5 in Mildenhall and Lakenheath and an increase for All pay grades except o-6 in Aviano Saidro Sammarco chief of the committee s economics and statistics Branch. There Are about 7,000  to the . Bases and nearly 3,000 at Aviano a. Rhodes said she expected the final de termination by the Washington panel to be made by midweek. She refused to Dis close the amount of increase requested. The areas Are experiencing a housing seller s Market spurred in part by the influx of military personnel Rhodes  has become More difficult for people to find a decent place to live within the military reimbursement ceilings she said. In the past three weeks the committee toured military installations and housing areas in England Norway Belgium Ger Many and Italy. The next Stop is Rota Spain where the group will attend the annual ombudsmen and senior enlisted representative conference. The panel then can recommend an increase in hous ing for Servi members in Spain if Mem Bers think unnecessary. Meanwhile incomplete incorrect or missing Survey forms Are a continuing Battle for the committee. Although the committee needs less thana 20 percent sampling of the military population to get an accurate picture of Finan Cial issues the members often do not get  said several initiatives Are pending to develop a better Way to tabulate information on rent and Utility costs. The much touted new and improve Survey sent out last year was totally botched up Rhodes said. The contractor was supposed to sen the Survey forms to command representatives who were to add information on local problems before forwarding the sur Veys to randomly selected  were supposed to receive a list of personnel tapped for the Survey so they could make sure everyone responded. Instead surveys were sent out pre sealed and often directly to the members. Sammarco said the problems were not so much with the Survey contents As with the distribution. The Good news is we have new con tractors helping us with a new one that will be real Good said Rhodes adding that the Survey probably won t be ready to Send out for a while. R he just said he d had All he needed. It was time to go said Einar v. Dyhr Kopp a close Friend and fund Raiser. Sen. Christophe Dodd d-conn., confirmed the Deci Sion. I just talked to him a Little while ago. I think Pau probably Felt he d put in enough time in All of this said Simon  he had decided to run he would have had to Start tomorrow working every Day trying to make several thousand dollars a Day. He d have to have at least $8 to $10million to make the race Dyhrkopp said in a Telephone interview from his Shawneetown 111., office. And he s got up to the age and his wife Jeanne is at the age to hell with it. Paul s tried to do the very Best he could for his country and for his  Simon who turns 66 on nov. 29, Tol Dyhrkopp of his decision in a Telephone conversation monday morning. Simon was in his first Senate Ter when he sought the democratic Nomi nation for president. He suspended his Campaign in april1988 after having won Only his Home state s primary. Simon is a bespectacled slightly rumpled Man with a Strong reputation for honesty a politician who began disclosing his personal finances in the 1950s. T he has the sober straight laced Bear ing of a sunday school teacher and wrote 14 books including we can do better midterm assessment of the Clinton presi Dency that was published this month. Simon blended fiscal conservatism an social liberalism. Raised during the depression the son of a lutheran minister he saw the great needs facing the country and How govern ment responded through new Deal pro Grams. His family struggled though not Smuch As others. I Learned that you have to be careful with Money he said. That explained his reputation As Apay As you go Democrat who would rather raise taxes than rely on deficit financing and Why he so Long championed a balanced budget amendment. Riders from Page 1 Well As for Brussels Belgium on a three hour 15-minute trip via the $16 billion Tunnel the world s largest engineering project. All trains arrived without incident. The train from London got to Paris four min utes ahead of schedule. Cabin attendants in yellow and Blu uniforms designed by Pierre Balmain staffed the trains each of which had four Telephone Cabins two Nursery areas for infants and a snack car in second  Are served in first class and Mon. Day s fare featured a Franco British mix of croissants bread Ham cheese and Orange marmalade. First class passengers pay $311 for a round trip while those in second class pay $248. If they Reserve 14 Days or More in Advance the Cost is $152. Children younger than 12 travel for half Price and children younger than 4 travel free. The prices Are comparable to air fare Between Paris and London. On the Cross Channel ferries betwee Dover England and Calais prices Range from $29 for a Day trip by a car full of travellers during the Winter to a $240 round trip ticket that allows stays up to year. Channel Tunnel passenger service is beginning with two round trips a Day on each route. Departures Are expected about every hour when traffic reaches its capacity of eight passages per hour in the second half of 1995. The euro Star is a modified version of the successful French Tiv High Speed Tram built with a Complex Power system to adapt to French British and belgian electric currents. The so called Channel has opened to passengers after numerous delays. Three test runs last month were marred by embarrassing technical  shuttle which ferries trucks through the Tunnel has been in service Tor several months. It will Start carrying passenger cars later