European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 3, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes d Alabama steel strike turns violent. Page 5 p Frankfurt student wins science contest,.Page 9 q Mojir league baseball opening today. Page 22 d Pentagon not implementing Reform Bill Gao says Page 28 the stars and stripes authorizes uhf fact a publication Fob the . Ahmed forces Good morn my vol 47, no. 348 monday april 3, 1989. A do a Mii. D 8693 a Haiti coup reported foiled port a Prince. Haiti a the 6-Monlh-old military government of it. Cri. Prosper a Vril claimed in re. Mai cd in control sunday Afler gunfire broke out near the National l Alace a . Embassy spokeswoman said Avril s forces had foiled a coup a i tempt. After sporadic gunfire in the National Palace five soldiers of the presidential. Guard the elite unit thai guards the Palace arrived at Independent radio station lib real 11 45  to deny thai Avri i had been ousted. An announcement read by a Soldier identified Only As Georges Metayer said president Avrit is in the National pal Ace. There s. No problem in the. Army. A source close to he government said soldiers in the presidential guard had mounted a county coup and foiled the rebels. Susan Clyde at the . Embassy in port a Prince told the associated press thai Avril apparently had been detained briefly at a military Barracks after the gunfire broke out   but it appears thai when he was being taken o the Ai Sporl to be deported the members of the presidential guard arrived at the Airport and escorted him Back to. The Palace to he president again our last report is that he is at the Palace and is  again and should have some kind of statement to the nation very shortly Clyde said. Earlier sources in Haiti said military com non riders had ousted the 6-month old government. It would have been the third coup in this Caribbean country in less than a year. Haiti s International Airport was closed a move taken after previous coups and Large numbers of soldiers were seen at the Palace and patrolling the streets slate run radio and television continued regular programming and made no mention Ofa coup. Gunfire was heard twice near the pal Ace in the pc Dawn hours witnesses said. Several hours later renewed gun fire described As heavy broke out in the same see Haiti on Back Page keep troops in w. Europe . Is urged by David Tarrant stuff writer Brussels Belgium congressional desire to save Money by cutting i Bop strength in Western Europe could jeopardize nato s Forward defense strategy alienating the West germans according to several. . Speakers attending a defense forum. Because so much of our budget is involved in Man Power costs there will be personnel reductions said David Abshire president of the Center for strategic internal Tohal studies.1. I favor personally those reductions taken out of fort Hood Texas and other divisions in the United states where those units arc less Able to contribute to Forward defense and deterrence lie said. Fort Hood is. See troops on Back Page. St. Once Pristine now fouled a no Allanc Waits to la i away Frum in Oil Cov Ceil Beach on Alaska s Prince William is inn. Once clean and unspoiled. The crude Oil Wheeli leaked after the Lank a Exxon Vizuet Rah aground Uff a Gluc. On March 24. Has spread Over nearly 100 Miles of beaches and has sperm fishing season closures. At least 5 die in , a divers pulled a found and a fifth indy from a murky rain swollen River sunday and searched for More victims killed when a 50-year-old . Highway Bridge col lapsed Aboul 50 Miles North of Memphis divers believed they spotted a sixth body in a crushed compact car under Bridge do Brit but could no immediately get to it said Tennessee Highway patrol  Durham. Sear Tims Bledsoe team director for nine Arr Uram archers did not know How Many Vic might be in the Mer said Urooj working at the sic. Authorities said hey had found a trac Tor trailer Rig and three other vehicles believed to be cars which plunged 25. Feel into the River when a Large chunk of the two Lane Roadway collapsed Aboul 8 45 . Saturday the collapse left a. 60-foot Gap in the two Lane northbound Bridge carrying . Highway 51 of Erlic Hatchie River five Miles North of Here and about 45 Miles North of Memphis a companion two Lane Bridge for southbound traffic was unaffected. Ron Collins of the Tennessee Emer gency management Agency said Bridge building a parts planned to study the Bridge la try to find out Why in collapsed the Highway. Patrol closed the South bound Roadway shortly Afler the collapse and traffic was routed around the area -. One victim was identified As Billy. Herron or. Of Ripley. Believed to be 49 or 50, said Donna Pugh. A spokeswoman for Iii Prim memorial to spill Lauder Dale in Ripley. The names of the other four tic inn were withheld until relatives were Polit u d. The Bodi of three victims., a Hian a woman and a child Werc recovered sat urday night. They apparently had been Riding together in one ear Collins  Hatchier which fun go nerallycasl1 to West across the Middle of. West ten Nessee was at 14.7-feet, 2.7 feet Over Lwood stage about  Accident or cur Rcd the National weather service re ported. It was not raining at the time of the collapse but it had been raining in previous Days. Bledsoc said Swift currents and he dark water were hindering the search