European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 14, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                I j f i sunday april 14, 1991 the stars and stripes Page 5 cold weather destruction houses in Dickey Maine lie scattered among a sea of ice caused by the flooding of the St John s River. The ice devastated Many of the Homes lifting some off their foundations last week. Maine gov. John r. Mck Crunn has. Declared a state of emergency As a result of the flooding. Weather Story map on Page 11. Is Nee Worl d a r 11 Washington a the United states has asked the soviet Union Lor any help it Waii give in a counting for missing Senie Emen from world War ii Korea Vietnam and shooting incidents of the cold War the state department sail Friday night. In particular the department asked for help in finding out what happened to the 22 Crew members of two aircraft shot Down by i he soviets in 1950 and 1952, said  Denny. A a there is no credible Eide acc that american paws Are being detained in the soviet Union Denny said hut the department decided to ask because Quot if is Only appropriate Dor us to take advantage of the improvement in  relations to request the assistance he said. A a on april 9, Quot be asked the soviet government to unde i Ake a review 1 o de Ler Mitie whet her it is in the Possession of information about the personnel involved in these two incidents from 1950 and 1952. A we also requested that the government provide us with any additional information on any other  citizens who May have been detained As a result of world War 11, the korean Var or the Vietnam War Quot Denny said the specific incidents were the Downing of it Navy Privateer aircraft Over Hie Baltic sea Ori april a 1950, and an air Force b-29 Over the sea of Japan or the Kamchatka Peninsula of the soviet Union on june 13 1952. A a a a a. A Iacocca s pay Rose As profits fell report shows Detroit apr Lee Row it Cha a earnings at Chrysler corp. Rose 15 percent to $4.6 million in 1990, the same time the struggling automakers profits plummeted 81 percent the company disclosed Friday. Separate from his compensation As Chrysler a chairman the company paid Iacocca $1,7 million for two pieces of property he owned in Florida and Michigan the company a annual proxy statement to shareholders showed. A the revelations prompted criticism from the United Auto workers which represents More than 60,000 Active Chrysler workers. Earlier in the week the Union blasted Ford motor co for paying its chairman Harold poling$1.2 in the stars and stripes million last year. A these payouts Are particularly hypocritical at Chrysler Given that their executives have loudly and frequently proclaimed the need for Cost saving sacrifices from workers suppliers and even their own stockholders a a Union president Owen Bicker and vice Fesi Dent Stan Marshall said in a statement. General motors corp., the nations largest corporation was expected to re lease its proxy statement next week a proxy statement is a publication sent to shareholders that includes information such As executive compensation and issues to be voted on at the company a annual meeting. Chrysler a meeting is May 16 in bal Vidre Iii. The proxy says Iacocca received $918,182 in salary last year a $218,417 Reward for reaching a corporate Cost cutting goal and about $3.4 million through a various Stock plans. He exercised no Stock options. In 1989, Iacocca received about $4 million in compensation. In 1986, his most 1 u Era t ivc year he race Ive d $20.6 Mill Ion. Chrysler reported $68 million in profits for 1990, Down from $359 million the year before the company is expected to report a loss of More than $400 million when it announces its first Quarter 1991 financial results May 1. Each of the big three automakers. Chrysler in particular has been wrestling with the re cession slumping sales and labor agreements that have eaten into company profits. Chrysler is in the midst of an Cost cutting program that began in 1989 designed to trim $3 billion this year in expenses. Part of the Cost cutting plans include a program Dubbe d a bet your paycheck a under which executives invested up to 10 percent of  base salaries on whether and by How much the corporation would exceed its annual Cost cutting targets. The company determined last Deceron her that a $1 billion target for 1990 had been exceeded by $500,000, consequently Chrysler paid out $1.6 million to the corporations top 22 officers. 10 years ago april 14,1981 a As part of building a comprehensive nationwide health care program saudi Arabia requested $900 million in . Assistance to manage a Hospital and support medical services for its National guard. 20 years ago april 14,1971 a the european Exchange system raised the Price for haircuts to 60 cents in Britain Spain and Greece to 90 cents in Germany and to $1 in Italy 30 years ago april 14,1961 a in a Survey 100 prominent americans believed that by 1965 president Kennedy will be embarking on a second term in the White House cuban prime minister Fidel Castro will have been ousted. And Russia will be first to land a Man on the Moon. 40 years ago april 14, 1951 a Gen. Macarthur was invited to testify before the Senate armed service committee to discuss . Policies in the far East. Cape canaveral Fla. A a $40 million communications satellite that was supposed to ride a shuttle into space four years ago circled Earth on saturday following a Quick trip on an unmanned rocket. The satellite was supposed to be carried aloft by a space shuttle in january 1987. That plan was scrapped after president Reagan banned commercial cargo loads on shuttle flights following the 1986 challenger  a Delta rocket blasted off with the satellite at 8 09 . Friday in hours late because of High winds. The 12 / Story Booster Rose from its pad at Cape canaveral air Force station into a Clear sky and headed Over the Atlantic Ocean. The satellite separated from the Booster a half hour into the flight As planned with on Board motors later boosting it 22,220 Miles above Earth. The satellite joins eight others in orbit that Are owned by get spae enet corp. Of Mclean a. A a a a. A once operational in late june the Saf elite will take Over the work currently performed for get spae enet by Wester spacecraft and boost the company a Overall capacity for relaying information. A we currently find ourselves booked to capacity with people standing in line asking for transponder capacity when special events occur within the .,&Quot said Troy Ellington vice president of engineering and development for get space. Net. Quot. Most of get space ctr a approximately 700 customers Are finance and retail businesses which use the satellites to relay credit and other information Between stores and Banks. News organizations and schools also Are among the clientele. The satellite weighing 1,629 pounds was built by be Astro space division in East Windsor . Be Astro also made a japanese broadcasting corp. Satellite scheduled to be launched irom Cape canaveral this week aboard an Atlas rocket. Get spae enet put the satellite in storage after it was bumped off the shuttle. Its batteries and other expendable components were replaced and improvements r made before launch. It has an expected working lifetime of 10 years. Mcdonnell Douglas provided the $45 million Delta rocket and launch services. It was the 204th launch of a Delta. One of get space net a satellites in orbit was carried up by the shuttle discovery in 1985. Eight were launched on the european space Agency a ariane boosters one of which exploded in 1985 and destroyed the satellite. A 7s bid to head teamsters set Back by new Day Detroit a a court appointed elections officer ruled Friday that James p. Hoffa son of missing former Union Leader Jimmy Hoffa is ineligible to run for the presidency of the teamsters in the unions december 1992 election. Hoffa a Detroit lawyer contended that he had been a dues paying member of the Union for More than two decades and was hired in april 1990 As an administrative assistant in teamsters local 283 in Wyandotte Mich. But elections officer Michael Holland said that that was not Good enough since the rules require candidates to work As teamsters for 24 months before nomination since the nominating convention will be held in june Hoffa fell Short Holland said. Hoffa vowed to Appeal Hollands decision through the courts and to ask the. Delegates at the nominating convention to Rule on the Issue. A teamsters like a fight Quot he said. Quot the teamster membership has the right to decide who runs this Union not or. Holland. A a i hey Are trying with tortured language to exclude me. They have liberalized the rules for everybody else. When it Conics to Hoffa they slam the