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AJiTht Sioux City Journal Thursday, May 6 993 NationWorld Arab delegates agree to stay longer at peace talks WASHINGTON (AP) In an encouraging sign for Middle East peace talks, Arab delegates announced Wednesday they would stay here another week to try to hash out their differences with Israel. The United States said it was pleased and took two steps to aid the fragile process: It pledged $14 million to help create jobs for Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, and it provided Palestinian delegates with a detailed briefing about Jewish settlements in that area. The Palestinians have repeatedly complained that Israel refuses to share information about the land, population and resources of the occupied West Bank and Gaza information they deem essential to the negotiations. The negotiations, now in the second week of their ninth round, are intended to result in self-government for the 1.7 million Palestinians under Israeli rule, and both sides said Wednesday they were encouraged. "There is a willingness to discuss issues that were previously taboo," said Palestinian spokeswoman Hanan Ashrawi.

The two sides are trying to formulate a joint declaration that would describe the aim of their talks, the nature of Palestinian self-government, the body which would administer self-government and the elections to that body. Israel has proposed giving the Palestinians control immediately of health care, education and tourism and has suggested the Palestinians begin training a police force possibly in Jordan or Egypt that could take control of criminal matters once self-government begins. But while these so-called core issues inched forward in the State Department negotiating rooms, Palestinian delegates vented their anger and frustration over Israel's rule of the territories. "The Israeli conduct in the occupied territories, which is distinguished by its ferocity, by its brutal, ruthless attitude has been destroying the credibility of this peace process very much with our constituency," said Haidar Abdel-Shafi, the Palestinians' chief negotiator. Ten Palestinians were killed in clashes with Israeli troops in recent days, and 700 were wounded last month, he said.

On another negotiating front, Israelis and Syrians focused on their differences over the meaning of land-for-peace. Syria wants Israel to commit to full withdrawal from the Golan Heights it captured in the 1967 Mideast War; Israel wants Syria to first promise full peace and has in dicated it would then discuss ceding land. The current round followed! a four-month break, and the United States has been urging all sides abandon the schedule of rounds and begin continuous negotiations Jin order to speed the process that began in October 1991. The Arab delegations initially said they might leave at the end of this week but changed their minds Tuesday night. i Prisoner hits prosecutor with book I Gore's top aid reportedly in line for White House job Williamson to the courthouse; lockuo for the remainder of the an ice pack.

She said she felt fine but would not comment further. Donald Williamson, 44, threw the book after becoming upset Tuesday about her comments in court. Superior Court Judge Samuel J. Sferrazza held Williamson in contempt of court and handed him a six-month sentence. He also sent VERNON, Conn.

(AP) An inmate accused of trying to escape from prison threw a law book at a prosecutor on the opening day of his trial, hitting her in the face. Tolland County State's Attorney Patricia A. Swords was treated at Rockville General Hospital for a minor injury to her chin. She returned to the courthouse carrying day's proceedings. During a 1989 hearing in th same courtroom, Williamson punf ched his public defender in the facei The lawyer didn't press charges.

I Williamson is serving 20 to 40 years for rape. fHrtAer's Zy tfifrt Men A Plant or Gift Certificate from our Greenhouse or Nursery Stock Annual Bedding Plants Trees Shrubs Herbs of the bitterness and backstabbing often evident during staff changes in prior administrations. One senior Clinton aide said having a second deputy chief of staff would free up McLarty to spend more time with Clinton, "and Mack's the best we got in making sure the president's attention is where it ought to be." While Clinton's spokesmen said repeatedly that the president was not unhappy with any particular aide, there have been a number of episodes where, in the words of one adviser, "certain obvious things weren't brought to the right people's attention or handled right." A top Clinton political adviser, speaking on condition of anonymity, said there were no major additional personnel changes planned. "But there's some talk of shifting a few people around so that their talents can be best utilized. I don't think that's unusual for an organization trying to go from zero to 60 so quickly." WASHINGTON (AP) Vice President Gore's top aide, Roy Neel, will move to the White House as deputy chief of staff as part of President Clinton's effort to strengthen administration management, administration officials and Neel associates said Wednesday.

A senior Clinton administration official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said an announcement would be made within days, after lsome protocol notifications. "This will give us an opportunity to do more long-range planning and will really work the Gore piece into the mix much better," the official said. Publicly, the White House said no final decisions had been made. "If we make staff changes, we'll make an announcement," said press secretary Dee Dee Myers. Neel, 47, has been a top Gore aide for 15 years, serving as his legislative director in the House and Senate, for three years as his Senate chief of staff and as his top adviser in the 1992 campaign.

Neel worked closely with Clinton and Gore during the post-election transition and is well versed in administration policy. His Senate experience could prove particularly helpful; Clinton's jobs bill died at the hands of Senate Republicans. Neel did not return a telephone call to his office Wednesday. Clinton on Tuesday said he was looking to give White House chief of staff Mack McLarty a second deputy, joining Mark Gearan, as part of a broader effort tostrengthen White House management and discipline. Gearan was Gore's top tveling aide and a senior Clinton adviser during the campaign, while Neel ran the Gore operation at campaign headquarters.

One constant in the comments of White House officials and outside Clinton political advisers was their praise of McLarty and Gearan. While there was virtually unanimous agreement that both are overworked and could use a partner with more deal-making experience on Capitol Hill, there was no evidence Hanging Baskets Perennials llmf wl it 1 tier arm huj iivjn 2MiIesEastofBiltmoreonHwy.20, ChriS Zellmer Zant (owner) Turn right on Buchanan, 34 mi. to Greenhouse Busy astronauts come home today VI Buy a complete pair of prescription eyeglasses and get 20 off the regular price. Buy a second pair of glasses and pay only 20 of the regular price-that's Peruvian troops nab rebel leader LIMA, Peru (AP) Soldiers have recaptured a high-ranking guerrilla leader in a northern jungle area after she twice broke out of confinement, the army said Wednesday. The arrest of Lucero Cumpa was seen as a major blow to the leftist Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement, already weakened by divisions, arrests and desertions.

The movement's chief, Victor Polayo, was captured in June 1992 and is serving life in prison, as is his lieutenant, Peter Cardenas. Gen. Nicolas de Bari Hermoza, head of the joint chiefs of staff, said Cumpa headed a column of pro-Cuban fighters near the city of Tarapoto, where she was arrested Saturday. Tarapoto lies 380 miles north of Lima. "This is a new and significant success in our actions against terrorist groups.

It's a major setback" for the Tupac Amaru, Hermoza told reporters. Security forces arrested Cumpa at a guerrilla house, Cumpa broke out of Lima's maximum-security Canto Grande prison with 47 other rebels in July .1990 but was recaptured in February 1991. a savings of 80! Eye exam not included. Second pair must be ol equal or less value; same prescription. See store tor complete details to be the crew that was on board when we did exceed that record," said shuttle commander Steven Nagel.

Brungs said the mission the second and probably last shuttle flight to be chartered by Germany alone met and in some cases even exceeded scientists' expectations. The only jeopardized experiments involved fish and tadpoles. Many of the 480 young fish and tadpoles aboard died in orbit. It's uncertain how many if any will be alive when German biologists get their specimens back. Researchers wanted to study the animals' devel-opment and behavior in weightlessness.

"If you plan a mission like this, with that many experiments and that complicated, you cannot expect that everything is going perfectly," Brungs said. Germany supplied two of the seven astronauts and two-thirds of the 88 Spacelab experiments, including the Rotex robot arm. All science was monitored from a German control center in Bavaria. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) Columbia's astronauts flexed a life-size robot arm one last time in space Wednesday and squeezed in as many laboratory experiments as possible before packing for home.

The shuttle was scheduled to land at Kennedy Space Center at 9:03 a.m. today, 10 days after blasting off on the German-sponsored Spacelab mission. Good weather was forecast, with just a slight chance of rain. Wednesday was a bonus day. NASA extended the mission from nine to 10 days so the crew could repeat experiments that had been hampered earlier in the flight by equipment problems.

"Everyone in Germany is happy, and we are near the point of celebration," said Walter Brungs, a German payload official at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. The extra day enabled NASA's shuttle program to pass the one-year mark in space late Wednesday morning, counting the total time in orbit by all orbiters. This was Columbia's 14th voyage and the 55th shuttle flight overall. "We think it's appropriate that happened on Columbia, the first one to fly back in 1981, and we're proud Now you can enjoy the natural look and comfort of daily-wear soft contact lenses at a great price! Eye exam extra. Contacts to powers ol -10D; Bausch 1 Lomb Solspins or OS1 14.5 lenses.

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