European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 19, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a a a the stars and stripes tuesday june 19,1990 Cia looking at changes in operations Washington apr the Cia is refocusing its operations to look at issues such As International economic competitiveness terrorism and narcotics but some experts say the Agency is moving too slowly to keep up with changes in the Post cold War world. The collapse of the Berlin Wall and the disintegration of the Warsaw pact have tempered the great  rivalry and prompted the Cia to undertake a wide ranging self analysis to determine what it should be doing and where it should be going. A the transformation of our intelligence priorities is beginning a sen. David Boren d-okla., chairman of the Senate intelligence committee wrote in an opinion piece in sundays editions of the new York times. At the Ciao a Langley va., Complex in the bucolic Woods overlooking the Potomac River a senior intelligence official said there was a great debate under Way about the Agency a future. A there is More intellectual excitement in this building than there has been in years a he said asking not to be identified by name. At the same time the official said the Cia is navigating in a Choppy seas that make predicting a difficult Job. For instance he said no one had a Crystal Ball to see that Romania and Bulgaria would choose communist governments in their elections. The Agency meantime is eyeing nervously budget cuts being made by Congress in the defense department where most of the Money for intelligence is put the official said. The intelligence budget which includes Money for the Ciao a sister agencies such As the defense intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency was estimated to be about $28 billion in fiscal year 1990. The intelligence agencies want to avoid any proportional hit when defense is pared. A the intelligence Community will be scrutinized a said rep. David Mccurdy d-okla., chairman of the House intelligence subcommittee on oversight and evaluation. A i see cuts in those areas that primarily support military  a it is time to face new enemies a drugs terrorism poverty Brush fire wars and pollution of our planet a he said. A  a a photo shows a Swath Cut by logging in alaskans tongans National Forest. Inset is the Northern spotted owl. Listing of owl in logging area As a threatened expected soon Mossyrock Wash. Apr a shy Little owl is about to slow the flow of log Laden trucks through this and other Timber towns reckling the Pacific Northwest. The Federal government is expected this week to list the Northern spotted owl As a a threatened by heavy logging on and near the owls Virgin Forest habitat. The action eventually could halt logging on up to 8 million acres of Timber most of it controlled by the . Forest service. There is no doubt that the . Fish and wildlife service will list the owl As threatened and move to protect it said sen. Mark Hatfield a Ore. He and other Northwest leaders have searched for Compromise in the Long and bitter fight Between the Timber Industry and Environ mentalists Over the Fate of Northwest forests huge swaths of which Are hundreds of years old. A a it a going to throw us into a depression a said Norma Craig who owns a Flower shop Here. But environmental leaders whose lawsuits to protect the owl and its a old growth habitat provoked the major upheaval facing the Timber Industry Are elated. The spotted owl is the a Canary in the Coal mine a whose health gauges the vitality of the canopied Cathedral like forests where it nests and roams said Jim Pissot director of the Audubon society of Washington. A a we be been Over cutting for years and now one of the richest biological treasures in the country our ancient Forest is literally on its last legs a he said. A the listing of the spotted owl will begin its  the Forest service estimates that its 12 National forests in Washington Oregon and Northern California contain about 4 million acres of old growth Timber. The wilderness society has called the figure inflated. The economic and social impacts of logging limits still Are not fully known. But Forest service biologist Jack Ward Thomas and government colleagues recommend that about 8 million acres of mostly Federal forests be shut to logging about half the Federal land now available for  had insurance for Ohio flood loss Shadyside Ohio apr people whose Homes and belongings were swept away by a Wall of water that killed at least 20 people will have to put their lives Back together largely without Benefit of insurance. Few people in this Coal mining and steel making area along the we gee and pipe creeks carried flood insurance and homeowners insurance will not cover damage from thursdays flood residents and insurers said. Rescue workers meanwhile held out Little Hope that any of the 16 people listed As missing Are alive. A a it a just been too Long. I done to think there a anybody alive out there. You can to swim out there that Long in the Ohio River a said Chuck Vogt Belmont county coroners investigator. The discovery of four More bodies sunday brought the death toll to 20. Authorities called off their search temporarily at Nightfall but a few volunteers kept looking from Small boats equipped with portable lights. Officials said Friday that 60 people were missing some of those later were found dead while others notified authorities that they were Safe and officials Learned that still More had moved out of the area. The we gee and pipe creeks overflowed during storms that dumped 5vi inches of rain in 3 i hours. The floods destroyed As Many As 70 houses and damaged up to 40 others. A we did no to think we needed to have flood insurance. For what that Creek never flooded. Then this. Everybody just got wiped out a said Julia Kulazenka. A Der pedals through deep water in West Des Moines Iowa on saturday after heavy flooding. Illinois parents going to Colombia hoping to free son Peoria Iii. Apr the parents of a Gold Miner kidnapped by colombian guerrillas said saturday they planned to go to South America so they can work More effectively for their songs release a it looks like in a going to have to go and get him out a Marge Heimdal of Peoria said in a Telephone interview. Scott Heimdal 27, who worked for Minco a Gold mining company in Quito Ecuador was kidnapped april 28 while travelling on business along the Bermejo River near Ecuador a Border with Colombia. Officials have said a band of the Peoples liberation army attacked his Canoe killing the Pilot and taking Heimdal and an ecuadorean hostage. Mrs. Heimdal who will be accompanied by her husband Roy declared that a something big is going to happen in two or three Days a things will be handled Peoria television station who reported Friday that Heimdall a kidnapping might not have been a random act of terrorism but a plot involving a former mining company employee to extract Money from the company