European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 07, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday december 7, 1994 " i. ,. Russia Serbia n actions i n Bosnia the stars and stripes Page 5 Budapest Hungary a a rus Sia suspicious of blocked condemnation of serbian action sin Bosnia but fell into line at a Security Summit tuesday in agreeing on a peace keeping Force for a troubled former soviet Republic. The United states Russia Canad and most european nations at a meeting of the 52-nation conference on Security and cooperation in Europe wrapped up a final document mapping out future strategy on conflict prevention in Europe. But a new chill Between Moscow an the West hampered Progress on some is sues five years after the collapse of Heberlin Wau. Former soviet foreign minister Edu Ard Shevardnadze who played a key role in ending communist Rule in Eastern Europe voiced the fears of new nations feeling their Way in the Post cold War Era. We Are living through such a frighten ing peace because the cold War has not yet rid us of its legacy said. Shevardnadze now president of Georgia racked by ethnic civil wars. The cold War is Over. Beware of the while claiming a Central role for the Csc in building a secure and stable Europe the final document recognized the Tough work ahead. Warfare. Continues to occur it said. The plagues of aggressive National ism racism chauvinism xenophobia anti semitism and ethnic tension Are still invoking the bosnian War raging less than 300 Miles South of the hungarian capital leaders at the Summit agreed that increased Csc Powers were necessary. And bosnian president Alija ize Begovic berated the West for doing so Little to Stop the carnage which has left 200,000 dead and missing. What is happening in Bosnia is the weakness of the West he said in an opening address monday. But All language on Yugoslavia including a Strong condemnation of Serbi an attacks on the . Safe area of Bihac in Northwest Bosnia and Herzegovina was excised from the final document at the insistence of Moscow a traditional ally of Serbia. On the plus Side of the Ledger after two Days of meetings was agreement to create the Csc s first peacekeeping Force meant to police an uneasy cease fire in Magorno Karabash an ethnic armenian enclave in former soviet Azerbaijan. But diplomats said no peacekeepers could be sent until a formal truce was declared and the warring sides began negotiations to solve their differences. And Russia flexing its Muscles insisted that the . Security Council give its symbolic approval. A related Issue third country Armenia Turkey i Magorno Karabash Iran detail if Iran map aps a peacekeepers remained deadlocked. Moscow originally raised the Issue of third country peacekeepers seeking Csc Blessing for exclusively Russia peacekeeping contingents on former so Viet territory. But the idea foundered on demands from the United states and other countries that such forces be strictly monitored. Spruced up for holidays first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton shows off some of the ornaments on the White House Christmas tree Dur ing a tour of the White House on monday the tree displayed in the Blue room of the presidential Man Sion is an 18vi-Fobt Colorado Blue Spruce grown inc Linton county to. Sex Justice dept. Official Hubbell pleads guilty utile Rock Ark. A Webster Hubbell the former no. 3 Justice department official and Friend of president Clinton pleaded guilty tuesday to bilking his former Law firm and clients out of nearly $400,000, in a plea agreement Hubbell 46, pledged to Cooper ate with Whitewater prosecutor Kenneth Starr s wide ranging investigation into the business activities of the Linton and other prominent arkansans. The Ai Minilie ratio official to admit to criminal activity As a result of the Whitewater probe Hubbell pleaded guilty to mail fraud and tax evasion two Elomes. _ _ _ the charges carry a maximum Oslo years in prison and $500,000 in fines. / . District Jude William r. Wilson agreed to re lease Hubbell on his own recognizance pending sentencing. No Date was set. Hubbell wearing a dark Blue suit appeared Rel Xedas he stood next to his attorney John Nields of Washington while the judge read the lengthy information from prosecutors. During a Brief pause in the proceed ing he looked Over to his wife and smiled. Hubbell was accused in documents filed by prosecutors of defrauding his former Law firm in Little Rock and its clients of $394,000 Between 1989 and 1993 through excessive Billings. I the tax evasion charge stems from income for 1992. Hubbell reported he made "$194,000 that year but actually made $309,00$ Accord ing to the charges. The plea Marks the precipitous fall of one of firs family s closest friends an sex College football Star who hooked up with a High powered Arkansas Law firm an eventually Rose to associate attorney general the no. U position in the Justice department. Marines watch out for rare Birds these Tinian Northern Mariana islands a fifty years ago when the marines landed on Tinian Island in one of world War ii s most crucial Battles tur Lles an seabirds Ween much of a con Cern. Today they Are. As hundreds . Service members fan out around this tiny Jungle covered Island in a mock As Sault this week their equipment includes detailed maps telling them the off limit locations of rare Bird and Turtle habitats. Planners have also been careful to work their strategies around historical Sites or areas of potential archaeological importance. A practice Landing with a High tech hovercraft was cancelled be cause of fears it might harm a Coral reef. Before bringing in the marines in fact the military commissioned Bird and Lizard specialists archaeologists and historians to conduct an environmental Impact study. Fish living in the reef area have been counted and will be counted again after the exercises end thursday. The environment is something we have to take into account said Burnett a spokesman for the . Navy s 7th Fleet. Last year we had Socall off using some vehicles on the Beach because it was mating season for some sea in this year s tandem thrust exercise which involves 14,000 service members and roughly 114 aircraft More than 2,000 marines and army sol Diers Are on the Island As one Marine it. Col. John thee Wen awaited his Landing orders on the amphibious assault ship Belleau Wood he said All the talk about the Environ ment for this exercise did t Surprise him there were a lot of concerns like this during the persian Gulf War in 1991. Because of its secluded location in the South Pacific much of Tinian s 39 Square Miles lies under a dense Thicket of Jungle. The Island however has an important place in the history of War. _ _ _ after securing Tinian from its Japa Nese occupiers in 1944, the . an Airfield there that became the launching Point for intense bombing raids on the japanese islands. On aug. 6, 1945, the b-29 Enola Gay took off from Tinian carrying Little boy the atomic bomb that virtually Bliter ate the City of a Hiroshima. later Bock scar flew from Tinian on a similar Mission to Nagasaki. The pit where workers loaded the bombs onto the planes remain intact
