European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 26, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 2 ithe stars and stripes saturday november 2$, 1994 at a glance Bono of the Irish Rock group u2 makes a Victory sign after receiving an Honor on behalf of amnesty International at the mtg european music awards in Berlin see Story on Page 20. Helms opposed Republican sen. Jesse Helms should be denied the chairmanship of the foreign relations committee because of remarks he made about president Clinton sen. Bob Kerrey says. Page5 Noncitizen inmates nearly one out of every four Feder Al inmates is not a . Citizen Statis tics show. Page 6. Live from death Row a judge who imposed the death penalty on a Man convicted of two murders wants the execution Tele Vised. Pages Sony chief resigns Aklo Morita an Industrial Maver ick responsible for the Walkman re signed As chairman of Sony corp. Page 9 americans arriving in the last five years american Banks have quietly expanded their operations in Frankfurt Germany. Page 14 Index Abby Ann Landers 21 classifieds. 22-26 comics. 18-19,21 commentary. 13 faces a places. 20 focus 15-17 Horoscope. 23 Jumble 23 letters. 12 Money matters 14 religion 10 sports 27-32 to listings 31 weather 11 lines from Page 1 Frankfurt Christmas Market after this Sneed said As he inched his color television set closer to the counter. He was also putting a $300 video camera on Laya Way. That s enough shopping for one  by noon Friday the Heidelberg pos Exchange including its electronics store had rung up sales for 2,374 customers with 11 hours remaining in the sales Day said Lidwina Ziegler retail manager at Heidelberg. A pre thanksgiving Sale brought in 6,249 customers wednesday with More sales than any Day last year including 40televisions in the first hour alone Ziegler said. Heidelberg is the third busiest store for the  and air Force Exchange service in Europe. Ziegler said she was not authorized to release Dollar amounts but by All indications she expected the Day after thanksgiving to live up to its reputation As the busiest retail Day in the american shopping year. The line at the electronics store began forming before 7 a.m., an hour before the doors opened. A store too packed with people that s any retailer s dream and that s happen ing today Ziegler said. But she said she regretted the Long waiting times for customers. Renovations will greatly expand the store next Spring. In the meantime she said she hoped that customers would tolerate the delays. It s a Good time of year and it s a fun time of year Ziegler said. People Are in a Rush they want a Good Deal and Hope they understand the  All of her approximately 250 employees were on duty Friday Ziegler said and Many stocked shelves on thanksgiving Day to prepare for the Holiday Rush. She said she also enforces a no leave pol icy until dec. 20 so that customers will have a full staff waiting on them. Staff sgt. John Anderson a Mechanic from Mannheim was Only about an hour into the layaway line shepherding a tall stack of electronic gifts intended for his wife and daughter. Anderson said he arrived at the store at 11 a.m., picked out his gifts within 10 minutes and then began to wait. And wait. Still he said 90 minutes later thesis the cheapest Way to go any Way i see it.". V sgt. Eric Wimberly was two hours into the line and figured he had another hours since Cartey two year old Donovan Wimberly and his father sgt. Eric Wimberly of Karlsruhe Germany take the waiting in stride Friday at the Heidelberg Post Exchange. To go. His son Donovan 2, sat atop an expensive stack that included a television a videocassette recorder and a compact disc player. We already did most of the Christmas shopping said Wimberly stationed in Karlsruhe As he looked Over his stack of goods. This is kind of like my Christmas  wife Stephana gauged the length of the line and wondered if divine intervention might shorten it. After All she said this is the season for  Bihac from Page 1 talks with bosnian serbian representatives earlier Friday. Afterwards Silajdzic told reporters that he would accept nationwide cease fire if the serbs did. He said the serbs promised an answer later in the Day. Nikola Holjevic Deputy Leader of the bosnian serbs fighting for the Bihac Region which Borders Croatia said his Side proposed an immediate signing of the preliminary end of War without prejudging the  it was unlikely the bosnian govern ment would accept that it would freeze the 70 percent of Bosnia that the serbs have captured through War gains. -. The serbs have repeatedly rejected an International peace plan accepted by the bosnian and their croat allies that would reduce serb holdings to 49percent. Silajdzic was t Overly optimistic of a settlement with the serbs saying Hope that i m wrong but i m afraid this is another buying of  besides the Bihac area Sarajevo and four other Sites in Bosnia Are . Designated Safe havens. Edward Joseph a . Official in Bihac said thursday that a part of the Safe area where . Forces Are authorized to protect civilians had fallen. Joseph said huge explosions Shook Bihac on thursday and that there were reports of a pitched Battle really right on the Edge of  . Spokesman maj Herve Gour Melon on thursday also reported heavy shelling of velika Kladusan far ther North and the Graben plateau Northeast of the town on thursday. Nato ambassadors meeting in Brussels Belgium on thursday threatened More airstrikes if attacks on Bihac continue. But nato sources said the Alliance failed to support a . Initiative for stronger measures. Nato on monday bombed the croatian serbian air base of Dubina 22 Miles from Bihac and struck at serb weapon Sites in Croatia and bos Nia wednesday. Cubans departing from . Base Scripps Howard news service Washington More than 300 cubans have climbed walked and jumped out of . Military Camps on the Southeastern tip of Cuba to swim Back Home. The . Government refuses to use the word escape when referring to the cubans who must Cross two rows of razor Sharp concertina wire jump off a 30-foot Cliff and swim a mile before navigating a minefield. The officially accepted word for this journey is departure our intent is not to run a prison. We just won t do that said maj. Rick Thom As spokesman for the refugee operation at the . Navy base at Guantanamo Bay Cuba. Only 322 of the 22,600 refugees have made it from the Camps to the United states. A greater number 339 As of Friday have departed the Camp to make the perilous journey Back Home. Once they pass the razor wire climbing across the cots and picnic tables they must jump into the sea and swim a mile to cuban territory