European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 12, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes o Frankfurt drug busts net 60 gis 3 civilians Page 2 o rain in Spain maybe but it s hot too Page 9 d giants Dravecky wins in comeback sports Page 21 d Ramstein tragedy anniversary nears Back Page the stand prices authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces Good morning a vol. 48, no. 117 saturday August 12, 1989 nto sum d 8693 a West reels in Wake of storms president s pick Gen. Colin l. Powell nominated by president press. Powell with Bush and vice president Dan Bush to be the new chairman of the joint chiefs Quayle at his Side said he was ready to go and of staff Speaks in the Rose Garden at the White was looking Forward to the challenges ahead in House thursday after being introduced to the his new Job. By the associated press thunderstorms crossing from California into Nevada Friday left Homes flooded mudslide is imperilled Yellowstone visitors and Ari Ona s governor poured areas of Yuma where there were lakes where cars had  scattered downpours wednesday and thurs Day deluged areas from san Diego to Las vegas. Nov. The Aqueduct supplying Mosi of los Angeles water overflowed. Some roads and highways in the Eastern Sierra Nevada Range where deputies rescued several motorists from High water remained closed Friday. I cavy rain and Hail at Yellowstone National Park. Wyo. Caused three maj9r mudslides and 12 smaller ones that mired 30 vehicles in Waist deep mud and swept one family inside a camper into a raging River thursday evening. It was a matter of seconds virtually seconds and that vehicle would have gone under said Park spokeswoman Joan Anzelmo after talking to a Park Ranger who rescued the family visiting from Mexico. No one was injured hut Paul Lauc a meteorologist for the National weather service in Cheyenne cautioned that there could he More slides Friday. Every body watch out. It s going to be the same thing he  problem is aggravated in Yellowstone nation Al Park because of the exposed terrain As the result of the Forest fires last year he said. Ari Ona gov. Rose mofford declared Yuma county disaster area thursday after touring areas where Homes were flooded by up to 4 feet of water from storm wednesday night. The desert town got More see storms on Back Page unease mounts Over Fafe of be and s group Addis Ababa Ethiopia a rescuers looking for rep. Mickey Leland s plane turned their search Back toward southwestern Ethiopia on Friday their Hopes dampened after finding no Trace of the aircraft in areas where satellites picked up apparent distress signals. There s some disappointment that the signals turned out to be spurious said . Embassy spokesman James Haley of the signals recorded thursday by . Weather satellites. We have aircraft out. And we will continue the search Haley added. We feel there is still a Good possibility we will find  but As darkness fell on the fourth Day of the Hunt and search planes returned to their bases officials privately acknowledged growing unease Over the Fate of Leland and his party. Leland a democratic congressman from Texas and 15 other people were aboard the twin engine twin Otter when it disappeared monday on a flight from Addis Ababa to the fug Nido refugee Camp 480 Miles to the Southwest near the sudanese Border. Leland chairman of the House select committee on Hun Ger was one of nine americans aboard the flight. Embassy officials have said the group had some water and food but not much. The first three Days of the search were concentrated in rugged Remote High lands of southwestern Ethiopia not far from the fug Nido Camp. Late thursday the National oceanic and atmospheric administration in Washington said its weather satellites had picked up two apparent distress Sig nals in other areas. One signal was pinpointed As emanating from an area about 85 Miles South East of the capital the other from about100 Miles North of Addis Ababa. Two . Air Force cargo planes. Equipped to detect emergency signals from downed aircraft flew Over the areas with out hearing anything and ground parties reported no sightings. Two ethiopian air Force helicopters also came up Blank. . Authorities on Friday increased their count of those travelling with Leland from 13 to 15. Haley said there were eight other americans aboard including three members of Leland s staff a Friend of the congressman a three . Agency for International develop men officers and the spouse of one of the Aid officials. Also aboard were an ethiopian employee of the . Embassy three ethiopian officials and a Crew of three. Dollar skyrockets despite Bank intervention London a monetary authorities around the world sold dollars Friday in a concerted Effort to halt a Sharp surge in the is. Currency banking sources said. But the Dollar still managed to hold on to gains against major foreign currencies. The Dollar scored a s pfennig gain against the West German Mark. See con version table Page 20. Central Banks decided to intervene after the Dollar failed to weaken As expected in reaction to what should have been negative figures for the Dollar said Market source who requested anonymity. The Dollar fell briefly after the release in washing ton of unexpected news on the . Producer Price Index for july but almost immediately rebounded on renewed buying interest. Related Story Page 3. The news that the inflation Index fell 0.4 percent should normally have led to a Bear Market for the Dollar because it implies an easing of interest rates maybe at hand. The Market had expected producer prices to be up  percent. A separate report on . Retail sales helped alleviate some recession fears. Retail sales spurred by renewed spending on automobiles rebounded 0.9 per cent in july after posting their first Back to Back monthly declines since Early 1986. A string of european Central Banks including West Germany s Bundesbank the Bank of England and Banks of Belgium Italy and Switzerland were Amon those Selling dollars. The . Federal Reserve also sold dollars currency dealers reported. Several Central Banks such As the Bundesbank con firmed their actions that were first reported by currency dealers