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    European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 11, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 b the stars and stripes thursday april 11, 1991 from Page 1 live in the area. The warning was disclosed by an administration official As Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii flew on a Middle East peace Mission to Cairo Egypt from Jerusalem. American warplanes have shot Down two iraqi fixed Wing aircraft but . Officials in Ankara Turkey said monday that the iraqis were attacking the refugees with both fixed Wing aircraft and helicopter gunships. Also wednesday iraqis ambassador to Turkey pledged that his country will help the turkish government distribute Aid to the hundreds of thousands of refugees along their Border the turkish foreign ministry announced. The iraqi Promise appeared to reflect a change of policy by Saddam Hussein a government which earlier had attacked the fleeing refugees according to turkish officials., a a in another development turkeys sem official Anatolia news Agency reported that two kurdish refugees were crushed to death tuesday when Aid packages from Western planes fell on them. Military officials  United states and France the Only two countries that conducted Airdrop tuesday said they had no information about the deaths but their planes did not Fly Over the site identified in the dispatch. A spokesman for the French forces said he was a very surprised by the report. A those on the ground see very Well the parachutes connected to Aid bundles he said speaking on condition of anonymity a the Speed is not  each package of supplies weighs about 1.2 tons he said. The United states launched its Airdrop of food and other supplies to the refugees along the turkish Irani Border sunday. Britain and France joined the opera Tion monday but British planes were unable to Dron their cargo tuesday because of poor visibility. In a Zurulu Turkey a doctor said wednesday that scores of iraqi refugees Are dying every Day at this makeshift Camp on the turkish iraqi Border with cold and diarrhoea devastating people who trekked for Days to evade feared reprisals by Saddam a forces. A in two or three Days thousands of children will die of gastroenteritis diarrhoea and pneumonia a predicted maj. Sadi Sadiq Al Maru Yati an iraqi army doctor with the refugees he was the Only doctor at the a Zurulu refugee a Camp 35 Miles West of Cuk Urca Turkey where about .100,000 refugees have taken shelter the past 10 Days hundreds More were reaching the Remote area each Day. A a. A a a. It from Page 1 lies comes amid widespread pessimism about his ability to halt a demoralizing economic decline and his seriousness. About fundamental democratic Reform. The action in byelorussian a Western Republic of 10.4 million people followed a three hour warning strike tuesday it was the biggest boost to the country a fledging Independent labor movement since Coal miners began their strike across the nation March 1 with economic and political demands. An estimated 300,000 miners from the Ukraine to Siberia Are demanding that Gorbachev resign and hew parliamentary elections be called among other things. The official Tass news Agency on wednesday quoted metallurgy minister Serafim Kolpakov As saying the Coal strike has caused 21 steel plants to shut Down. He also said the strike is costing the coun try billions of dollars and could jeopardize millions of jobs in other industries. A Tass said Kolpakov proposed in prove cents in work and living conditions for steel workers to keep them from joining the strike. In his speech tuesday Gorbachev urged acceptance of what he called a anti crisis measures in an address to the federation Council which consists of top National officials and the leaders of the 15 republics. A we have to act so As not to allow our country to fall into a catastrophe a he said. A a a a a a his proposals also included a stepped up Effort to conclude a hew Union treaty to hold the republics together by shifting some Powers away from the Kremlin Tass said the program to be presented to the supreme soviet National legislature would move the country toward a Market Economy with a measures to encourage entrepreneurship to de monopolize the  the package includes budget cuts As Well As efforts to create commodity and finance exchanges and to make the Ruble convertible in International markets the Agency said. A the program also would encourage the development of Small and medium size businesses especially in Trade and the service sector Tass said. The news Agency said the program also includes a package of a social  in what would help soften the effect of rising prices during the transition Tass said the plan proposes a Bill to Index incomes to inflation. The seceded up Reform would demand restrictions on civil liberties however. Presidential spokesman Vitaly Ignatenko said Gorbachev was proposing a a moratorium on All strikes demonstrations Public meetings and oth a political acts that May destabilize the situation in the  by a task from Page 1 e. Vuono and the commandant of the Marine corps Gen. Alfred a Gray jr., Are retiring on june 30 at the end of four year terms. President Bush will select replacements subject to Senate confirmation. Schwarzkopf and the commander of Marine forces in the Gulf it. Gen Walter Boomer have been mentioned As being among the top candidates for the leading jobs in their respective services. A Pentagon sources however said Schwarzkopf has told army Secretary Michael Stone he will hold to his plan to retire this summer and enter private life the Post a was his if he wanted it a a senior Pentagon officer said. A but he said he Wasny to  because High paying speaking engagements lucrative Book deals and offers from Industry May be in the offing once Schwarzkopf leaves the service Many in the Pentagon were not surprised by his  a it a really an administrative Job a said another Milf tary source. A nobody can blame him. If he wants to go out and make speeches. He a had the most any four Star could ask for a commanding a War and winning it a the process of choosing a new service chief begins when the current chief draws up a list for consideration by the civilian Secretary of his service. The list is passed to defense Secretary Dick Cheney and then to the president with suggestions from the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff Gen. Colin Powell. While the general or Admiral making the recommendations  anyone he pleases for his list and even indicate which person he prefers the choices remain secret so As not to damage egos involved along the Way. Faces a it places for example one Pentagon source said the Marine corps Gray submitted his list of recommendations for commandant but it did no to include one person that Navy Secretary h. Lawrence Garrett Iii wanted a it. Gen. Carl Mundy commander of the Fleet Marine Force at Jamie. Mundy was later added the source said. Besides Boomer who is the commanding general of the 1st Marine expeditionary Force and Mundy other. Candidates include it. Gen Robert Milligan commander of the Fleet Marine Force Pacific the sources said. Top candidates for the army Post include Gen. Edwin Hess Burba jr., head of the army forces come which oversees troops stationed in the Continental United states Gen. George Joulwan recently named commander of the Southern come in Panama Gen. Robert Ris Cassi the commander of . Come in South Korea and Gen Gordon Sullivan Vuono Stop , from wire reports Lynn Redgrave says Shell probably change her last name to Redgrave Clark to distance herself from her Sisters political image the Sisters a Lynn and Vanessa have always been a study in contrasts. Lynn 48, known primarily As a film and television Star lives in los Angeles with her husband John Clark. Vanessa 54, primarily a stage actress lives in London. The Sisters had never appeared together professionally until last year. In october they took to the London stage for a five month run of Chekhov so the three Sisters a in february they starred in the to remake of a what Ever happened to baby Jane a their working relationship at the time was a Loving and open a Lynn said in an interview in May a ladies Home Kounat. But then Vanessa publicly opposed Western intervention against iraqis invasion of Kuwait three Days before the Start of the persian Gulf War. Her remarks at a peace rally in Spain infuriated Lynn a supporter of president Bush. Vanessa was recently dropped from a planned . Tour of the British comedy a lettice and  Lynn fears that her Sisters outspokenness May harm her own career the journal reported. There s no Cave exploring any time soon for Emily Davis Mobley the Spe Lunker who was rescued from the nations deepest Cave in Carlsbad . Mobley 40, checked out of a Hospital tuesday her leg in a cast. She will need physical therapy. A she should have a leg that she can walk on without a Limp but caving at her level certainly is a very strenuous Effort and whether or not the knee will allow her to do the things she did before is Uncertain a said in Jerry Baggs a surgeon at Guadalupe medical Center. 1 Mobley of Schoharie n.y., broke her left leg March 31 while mapping the Lech Guilla Cave it took rescuers four Days to carry lift and pull her  gets $2 million gift billionaire Kirk Kerkorian who built two of Las vegas largest hotels has pledged a $2 million gift to the University of Nevada Las vegas. It kit Lars landmark Day for this Young Campus a univ president Robert Maxson said tuesday. Max son said the gift would be used for various academic projects. The gift was Given for use at the presidents discretion. A a f Kerkorian built the International hotel in Las vegas now. The Las vegas Hilton and the Mem grand which is now Bally she also plans to build a 5,000-room hotel and movie theme Park on the Las vegas  to throw out Ball Marine Brig Gen. Richard Neal known for his daily military briefings from saudi Arabia during the Gulf War will throw out the first Ball at the Boston red sox scheduled Home opener against the Cleveland indians. Neal a native of Hull mass., was Deputy commander and military spokesman during operation desert  s Home Burns Levon Helm the drummer for the band who went on to a Solo career escaped injury when a fire swept through his catskills Mountain Home fire officials attributed the Blaze monday to food burning on a stove. Helm reported the fire from a neighbors House. F re fighters suffered minor injuries said fire chief Michael Densen the band came to Fame in the mid-1960s As Bob Dylan a backup group. Since the bands Farewell concert in 1976, Helm has worked in music and movies  
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