European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 22, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 the stars and stripes Friday september 22,1989 Powell nears approval As Jcj Hief by the los Angeles times Gen. Colin l. Powell 52, won unanimous comirraiin., from the Senate armed sen ices comr Tel Bop j4ffiian or the join chiefs of Staft. Both committee republicans and do Mon him As an outstanding Choice. His nomination now goes to the full Senate where approval is almost Tain. Powell the first Black to  senior military officer told the pan Eljia los some level of Confidence that reforms  in the soviet Union. Such reforms ram would give the United states opportune i to reshape our defense programs our National Security policies and our armed  but he warned that changes in soviet milii0�bilitics not budget  met the scale Back and called  modernization of Long Range n  to Start Basing any of our plans Grams and actions on assumptions of Gorba by maid Powell. But i think it is not pre mature to his comments cattle officials offered increasingly Gorbachev s prospects for Success. Reflecting the rising scepticism. Senate armed serv ices committee chairman Sam Nunn. A a. Told Powell we certainly 1 think have to be prepared for it pesto occur in the soviet  Powell will replace adm. William j. Crowejr. On oct. I. In choosing the 31-year Veteran to Lead the nation s 2 million troops. President Bush skipped Over several More senior military officers. Sen. John Warner r-va., said the decision conveyed to him that the president and his principal advisers thought carefully and Long about this partic ular selection and i think it was a Wise  also echoing Praise for Powell were sen. Albert Gore. D-tcnn., who called Powell lion one of the finest appointments that our Nunn in and  Talent insight b from Page 1 Rise Over the three year Crio Arsanal military tour rotations will serve to sorb some of the Shock As service Momb cars from other areas who arc used to pay ing for . Beef arc assigned to Europe the staffer said. And adjustments to the Cost of living allowance will offset the increases to. Some degree too he said. We pc in go cd the bulk of the subsidy Morley forthe first year because it takes awhile for these kinds of cola adjustments to catch up with actual  the staffer said this should not be viewed As a Case of Congress trying to stick it to . In fact the opposite is True he said. Senate wants the pct Agapato ,p1fc% vocals Hdldn the Economy and buy the in Bjk lower Grade stuff. That s  a  Lawman for a pc still. Trying to Settle the question Over diff ing the meal shipments to Europe. In its fiscal 1990 defense authorization Bill the House agreed to pump an extra $10 million into the Pentagon account that pays for the shipment of products to overseas commissaries specifically to fund the transportation of . Beef to Europe. In its version of the Bill the looters from Page 1 that innocent people Are going to get Hurt in an act of violence  the Crew was evacuating All people from the Island who fear for their safety the coast guard said in a statement. A cargo plane was ready to supplement the evacuation if needed. Tourists Sal on the porch of the King Christian hotel protected by hotel employees carrying shotguns. It was  said Rose Hertzog of Northampton. Pa., who waited out the storm in a hotel laundry room. I thought we were going to  the coast guard sent cutters to St. Thomas to pick up personnel and their families whose Homes were destroyed. It also was evacuating 200 american medical students at mom Surrat a British Colony where Hugo damaged nearly 90 percent of the Homes. Federal Relief shipments with supplies and Rescue workers from Florida. South Carolina West Virginia and Guantanamo Bay Cuba went to puerto Rico while Brit ish and French forces helped Montserrat and Guadeloupe. At 9 . Not wednesday Hugo s Cen Ter was 550 Miles Southeast of Savannah ga., at 27.4 degrees North latitude and 73.6 West Longitude. The storm which skirted the Bahamas tuesday w As moving North West at 17 Mph up from 12 Mph earlier in the Day. Hugo s wind Speed also Rose from 105 to 110 Mph wednesday but forecasters said Little further strengthening was Likely. Forecasters said Hugo s path made Resi dents from Savannah to Charleston s.c.,most Likely to be in harm s Way. Bob sheets director of the National Hurricane Center said officials did t want to Spur a cry Wolf syndrome by triggering premature evacuation of the resort and re Tiree communities. But forecasters said they hoped . Residents Learned from Hugo s Caribbean rampage. When those islands got pounded like they did that s remarkable forecaster Martin Nelson said of the relatively Low death toll. We gave them a lot of warning and they apparently took the  . Coastal residents have enough time to prepare he said. In Charleston the historic City Hall was boarded up and school children were told to stay Home thursday. Officials said coastal residents were storing emergency supplies and buying materials for boarding up. I a lot of people buying water and canned goods like pork and Beans. It s Bee pretty steady said Bryan Raleigh manager of the Market Street food lion in Wil Mington n.c., where nearby Carolina Beach suffered $90 million in damage when hit by Hurricane Diana in 1984. The Navy sent its Charleston base ships to sea to avoid Hugo while Crews were called wednesday to their ships at Mayport naval station near Jacksonville fla., fora possible move out. Jet from Page 1 Robert l. Pugh to help plan the october wedding of their daughter Anne Pugh 26. Of suburban Washington d.c., said mrs. Pugh s sister Sally Johnson. The other americans were Margaret Schutzius 23, a . Peace corps Volunteer. A Bookstore owner in her Hometown of Fredericks Burg. Texas said she gave her heart and soul to her Job As an English teacher in Chad. She had completed a two year stint with the peace corps in Chad and was in route to Paris to begin two months of travel in Europe her Mother said. Exxon corp Petroleum geologist Mark Corder 35, of Houston senior operation supervisor James Turlington sr., 48. Of Bellville and Canadian employee Russell o. Jordan or 29, a senior projects Engineer who listed his Hometown As Houston.  Huff 38, of Franklin Texas and Donald Warner 25, of Terry Mont. Both were employees of Parker drilling co., based in Tulsa okla. The dc-10, which belonged to the French airline Union Des transports a Ricanne began its flight in Brazzaville the Congo and made a Stopover in Chad. The plane blew up shortly after taking off from n Ndjamena. Its Pilot contacted radio control 20 minutes after Takeoff and said he would routinely re establish Contact 20 minutes later. By then the plane was believed to already have exploded disappearing without first giving any signs of distress. This makes the hypothesis of an extremely violent explosion the most prob Able one said a statement from Uta wednesday night. Earlier in the Day Uta officials said that wreckage from the plane and the remains of passengers were scattered Over a 42-Squarc-mile Patch of desert be tween Lake Chad and Agader. A French radio correspondent reported bodies of passengers still strapped in their seats. The Large area Over which debris has been found gives weight to the theory of an explosion at High Altitude which in All probability leads one to suspect criminal attack said Michel of Ness a spokesman for Uta. If there had been a very serious and violent problem on Board unless it was an explosion or the plane suddenly and completely disintegrated there would be several seconds or minutes probably tens of minutes for the Crew to lose Alti tude or re establish radio  tuesday s plane crash was reminiscent of last dec. 21 s explosion of a pan am Boeing 747 Over Lockerbie Scotland. Ail 259 passengers and Crew members were killed in that explosion which is thought to have been caused by a bomb. French government sources were doubtful that the islamic jihad claims were legitimate because their form and Content varied from the group s Normal practice. In the area of terrorism bombings always until now have responded to specific problems the government source said. Jet Falls in . S East River new York a a us air Boeing 737 splashed into the East River after running off a Laguardia Airport runway late wednesday night and passengers from the Jet liner were in the water lire officials said. The plane us air flight 5050, a Boeing 737-400, went Down on Takeoff from Laguardia bound for Charlotte n.c., said Susan Young a us air spokeswoman in Pitts Burgh. On Takeoff it went off the end of the runway and it is now partially submerged in the water she said. Young had no information about the number of people aboard or pos sible injuries. The plane carried 55 passenger Sand seven Crew members and was being evacuated said fire depart ment spokesman John Mulligan. He also had no reports of injuries. The plane went Down in the East River just West of Laguardia and near the City jail at Rikars Island he said. The plane broke into three pieces said David Hawthorne a lbs news employee who was aboard the plane. He said he another passengers crawled onto the Wing of the aircraft to await their rescuers. My Back s hurting but i m not Hurt too badly actually i am to be honest with you More scared than anything Hawthorne told webs to by cellular Telephone from the scene. There s gotta be easily maybe 25 emergency trucks out Here several ambulances and they re just bringing in the Hydraulic Power tools Hawthorne said. De Klerk vows Progress by the Washington Post Pretoria South Africa South Africa s new president Friderik w. De Klerk pledged wednesday to create a new political climate that will make it possible to lift the nationwide state of emergency or at least to gradually move away from  in his inaugural address after being sworn in As South Africa s ninth head of government since the country was formed in 1910, de Klerk also promised to work urgently to rescind discriminatory legislation to continue releasing political prisoners and to give urgent attention to a Bill of human rights for All races