European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 18, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes wednesday january 18, 1995 foes ease toward a cease fire but peace still eludes Grozny Grozny Russia apr russian and chechen officials agreed tuesday to Stop using heavy artillery starting tonight in the Battle for the separatist Southern Republic. V but there was no Lull tuesday in fight ing that has turned the chechen capital of Grozny into a smoking ruin russian fighter jets attack cd targets throughout the City and a fierce machine gun Battle raged around the railway station. Russian prime minister Viktor Chernomyrdin met with chechen officials tuesday after going on National television monday to urge immediate talks and a cease fire. A the future of Russia our future depends on resolving the crisis in. Chechnya Quot Chernomyrdin said in his televised Appeal. He said the War was Quot calling into question Quot russians integrity As a state and its efforts to build democracy. After tuesdays meeting russian government spokesman Valentin Rumyantsev said Quot Only a step has been made toward  Quot the next step is to agree on principles of cease fire dates and mechanisms a said Usman Mayev Chechnya a Prosoco Tor general. In Geneva . Secretary of state Warren Christopher welcomed news tuesday of the artillery cease fire As he prepared to meet with russian foreign minister Andrei Kozarev in a bid to Patch Over bilateral differences. A it certainly would be Good news if it came about a Christopher said. A cease fire last week broke Down after just a few hours. Kaymaz Abubak Arov Chechnya a economic minister was to convey details of tuesdays talks to chechen president a Khokhar Dunayev who has been in hid a youngster Peers out of his front door monday White his Mother talks with neighbors in the embattled chechen capital of Grozny which has been turned into a smoking ruin. Ing the inter fax news Agency reported. Sergei Filatov chief of staff for russian president Boris Yeltsin cast doubt on the negotiations telling the itar Tass news Agency that he doubts Quot serious talks could be held with the chechen envoys. Thousands of people Are believed to have been killed since Dee. 11, when Moscow sent troops into Chechnya a mostly Muslim Republic of 1.2 million in the caucasus mountains. Chechnya declared its Independence from Russia in 1991. To treat new York apr a drug used to treat heroin addiction has been approved by the government As the first new drug in 47 years to treat alcoholism. The drug will soon appear in stores and reportedly will sell for around $3.80 a Pill. A a a a a a a a generically known As Nal Trevone the drug blocks the craving for the drug and the Heady feeling of getting High Accord ing to. Reports published tuesday in the los Angeles times and the Wall Street journal. A. The drug represents a departure from the effects of other drugs used to treat alcoholism such As antabuse which makes people nauseated when they drink alcohol. A a a a a a a a. A this is the beginning of a new Era. In alcoholism treatment a or. Enoch stockpile a Gordis director of the National Institute on alcohol abuse and alcoholism told the  food and drug administration approved the drug developed by  Pont Merck pharmaceutical corp., on dec. 30. The company planned to announce result Slater from clinical trials. The Cost of the tablets is about $3.80 a Pill the journal said. Washington a leaking Chomi Cal weapons pose a significant Hazard Over the next decade and the army must develop an emergency plan for disposing of rockets with chemical warheads according to a new congressional report. Quot the army a assessment that the Chomi Cal weapons stockpile can be safely stored until 2004 is subject to question Quot the Gen Cral accounting office concluded. The army relied on old data and failed to study the problem of coping with leaking chemical agents the Gao said in a report dated dec. 22 but not available publicly until monday. Of particular concern is the m55 rocket. Because of the weapons design the chemical agent cannot be separated from the explosive components. Chemical weapons particularly the nerve agent known As a a go Quot become acidic Over time and can corrode the Metal warheads of rockets mortars and projectiles. External leaks although potentially dangerous can be managed by placing the weapon inside a scaled Container. Internal leaks arc harder to detect and More dangerous. A when a munition leaks int Nally an agent can come in Contact with its explosive components Quot the Gao noted. A such Contact according to army reports could increase the risk of unanticipated ignitions or explosions during handling movement and disassembling prior to final  in addition the explosion of one rocket could set off a calamitous Chain reaction. A army tests have shown that the ignition of a single m55 rocket within a storage Igloo could involve Many of the 4,000 rockets that arc typically stored together Quot the report a stated. V. And among All chemical weapons the risk of internal leaking in the m55 is most acute according to the Gao. Compounding the problem is the difficulty involved in studying leaking munitions. Quot the army has never sampled leaking munitions because it considers them dangerous a a the Gao reported. An army spokesman did not immediately return a Call monday seeking comment. According to the report the army a generally agreed with the Gao a findings. The army is studying ways to respond to the chemical weapon storage problem. But the army is apparently sticking to its assertion that chemical weapons can be safely stored until 2004, when it expects disposal incinerators to be operating. The 25,000-ton . Stockpile of chemical weapons is stored at eight Sites in the United states and on Johnston atoll in the Pacific. Spot Rover fido Aren t Fetchin enough for Ohio dog owners Columbus Ohio a spot Rover and fido Are out. Max and lady Are in. Holler a Max a in Franklin county and a dog is bound to come running a or maybe 1,118 of them. That s How Many dogs named Max Are licensed in the county according to a search of records by the col Ambus dispatch. Coming in second was lady followed by Bear Ginger Maggie Brandy Pepper Molly buddy and Sadie. Some names were creative a Willy bite Kart bar too much and too Short. And hey bad hey dude hey you and i Guy. Some dogs have dog names dog Dawg Doggie dog 2, dog a Pooch Puppy Pup hot dog Chili dog mad dog and Moon dog. What about spot Rover and fido convention lost. There were Only 12 Flados 22 rovers and 115 spots in Franklin county which has a human population of 960,000 and about 100,000 registered dogs. Scouts find cookie tax hard to digest Portland Maine a the state of Maine is trying to collect a few crumbs from the girl scouts slapping a 6 percent a snack tax on sales of thin mints Trefoil Samoa and do is Dos. The girl scouts say its a half baked idea to tax a nonprofit group. A a we re just a Bunch of girls trying to raise Money for our organization and we done to need the tax people picking on us a said Julia Payne 13, of Houlton. The slate imposed a snack tax in 1991 on cookies chips and Candy bars. Initially the Bureau of taxation wanted to tax girl scout cookies on the wholesale level but backed Down when challenged and returned $100,000 to the group. Now the state argues that the girl scouts must pay taxes at the retail level because they re running a major retail Enterprise More than just a a casual  the chips will fall today when Superior court Justice Donald Alexander is to Rule on the legality of the states action. Hawaii has a sales tax on girl scout cookies but very few other states do because the girl scouts Are a nonprofit organization said Bonnie Mcewan spokeswoman for girl scouts Usa in new York. With tax the Price of a Box of cookies sold by the Kennebec Council one of the state s two girl scout councils would go from s3 to $3.18