European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 02, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday december 2, 1994 the stars and stripes i in Washington a tinder a furious lobbying barrage from the Clinton administration and a1 Small Ai my of corporate executives the Senate stood on the verge thursday of ratifying a sweep ing expansion of global free Trade. The climactic vote was not to occur until late thursday night after a second full Day of debate but supporters were claiming they now had an ample number of votes for the agreement itself and More important a Small Cushion for the 60 votes they need on a budget waiver. I feel Victory in the air Commerce Secretary Ron Brown declared to a ban Quet room full of cheering corporate lobbyists. ".  ,. A _. Later this evening we will pass this historic agreement agreed Senate majority Leader George Mitchell a Maine. While administration officials Atid sen ate supporters said their vote counts showed Victory in their grasp they did not let up in their lobbying efforts. President Clinton and Treasury Secre passengers from the burning liner Achille Lauro take Refuge on the panamanian Oil Tanker hawaiian King off Somalia. Navy ship saves 169 fleeing burning liner from staff and wire reports the . Navy ship Gettysburg on thursday picked up 169 passengers from the stricken cruise liner Achille Lauro which was adrift and burning off Somalia. The guided missile Cruiser Gettysburg the Navy guided missile frigate Halyburton and seven merchant ships spent a second Day thursday aiding the nearly 1,000 people who were aboard the liner. Most of the passengers had escaped in lifeboats. Two elderly passengers died an englishman during the evacuation and a German Man of a heart attack eight people were injured. It was the second time that the ship has been involved in a deadly headline producing incident. In 1985, terrorists hijacked the ship during a Mediterranean cruise. The terrorists then shot and killed an elderly american passenger and threw him and his wheelchair overboard. Chief Petty officer Steve Lawson of the . Naval forces Central come in the persian Gulf said thursday that the . Vessels had been dispatching Heli copters to ferry supplies to the other res Cue ships and that the Gettysburg had been taking on passengers. None of the 169 suffered injuries More extensive than sunburn he said. The two Navy ships had been in route from South Africa to the persian Gulf when they responded to the distress Sig Nal wednesday morning Lawson said. The Gettysburg based in Mayport fla., has a Crew of 375 sailors. The Haly Burton based in Charleston s.c., has a Crew of 200.  a -. Italian coast guard officials reported that everyone on the Achille Lauro owned by the Genoa based Star Lauro had been accounted for. The ship still soldered thursday. The ship was listing about 20 degrees in the arabians Faymen Gulf