European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 1, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday may1, 1991 the stars and stripes Page 9 salvaging what a left3 canadians held in stabbing death of teen Lahr Germany a amps a military police have arrested three canadians in connection with the murder of a countryman found dying of Stab wounds sunday on a Lahr sidewalk according to the of Kenburg District attorneys office. The 18-year-old victim was the son of a Canadian forces member. A forces spokesman army capt Yves g�n6reux, refused to identify the victim citing a Canadian Law requiring officials to withhold Vic Timss names at the request of their survivors. Acting on a 12 50 . Tip from a taxi dispatcher police found the Man lying on the sidewalk in front of a Bank and bleeding from several Stab wounds according to a spokesman in the Offenburg District attorneys office. The Man died shortly afterwards in a local Hospital. Police arrested two suspects later that Day and a third turned himself in on monday the District attorneys spokesman said. No motive has been established and a joint investigation by German and military police has yielded no additional suspects. G6n6reux said All three suspects remained in military police custody tuesday but he refused to identify them or provide other details about the Case saying those would become Public As the investigation progressed. Police Are trying to learn More about events that occurred saturday evening while the victim was at la Bourn a downtown Lahr pub the District attorneys spokesman said. A Lahr newspaper reported that the victim still conscious while lying on the sidewalk told witnesses three canadians had attacked him while he was on his Way Home. One witness said she saw three people fleeing the scene according to the newspaper report. \ deteriorating infrastructure plagues famed Edwards fab Edwards fab Calif. A this famed Mojave desert base a the place where Chuck Yeager broke the sound Barrier where space shuttles land where cutting Edge aircraft that bombed Iraq were tested a is a dump. Edwards is plagued by ground water pollution sewage problems collapsed water pipes faulty electrical wiring and a ominously a Large cracks and fissures in Landing zones that threaten to hamper space shuttle operations. It also has dangerous desert roads out dated Barracks and seedy housing that dates Back to the korean War. _ a the whole base is a 50s base a said maj. Gen. John p. Schoeppner jr., commander of the air Force flight test Center at Edwards. A what happened out Here is that people got enamoured with the test flight business a Schoeppner said. A what got ignored was the  Schoeppner is credited with making some Progress in fixing Edwards. He recently earned a prestigious Laurel award from aviation week amp space technology for his efforts. But he acknowledges that much remains to be done. A 7 the infrastructure is so deteriorated that Gen. Larry d. Welch the retired air Force chief of staff noted last Yean that Edwards would be closed if it weren to such a National Security resource. Parts of the base a look like a dogs lunch a conceded Schoeppner. A loss of water pressure in roman style subterranean pipes left the base without firefighting capability except for the water in firetrucks. This has come at the same time that billion Dollar super sophisticated aircraft such As the b-2 stealth bomber and the advanced tactical fighter prototypes a amps Susan Harris have passed through test operations. The condition of the Remote desert base imposes hardships and safety hazards on military families. For example the Road conditions contributed to 15 a a rollover accidents last year. At the time it looked As if the base might erode into the desert Sands the air Force encountered moratoriums on military construction because of shrinking defense budgets. But Edwards role As the prime test facility won it reprieves. Using a a Money mosaic combining $32 million in emergency military construction funds and Money patched from various programs the air Force is laying fresh ribbons of Asphalt on the desert and installing new electrical and water lines. More than 1,000 killed in Bangladesh typhoon Ina arts ast Dhaka Bangladesh Yap a a typhoon slammed into Bangladesh a Southeastern coast tuesday with 145 Mph winds and Waves up of 20 feet killing More than  people and leaving millions homeless office and news reports said. State owned television said at Lea. 800 people died in the coastal districts of Cox a Bazaar no Khali and Bhola. Officials at the Relief ministry said 250 More people were killed on the islands along the coast and in the port City of Chittagong. The storm roared in from the Bay of Bengal about Midnight and battered 14 districts for More than seven hours uprooting Trees and ripping Apar Telephone and Power lines said a Relief ministry official. Contact with the stricken Region was severed and much of the information on the disaster came by radio communications with the red Crescent the Muslim equivalent of the red Cross earlier tuesday an official at the Dhaka office of the red Crescent said he knew of 246 deaths. A thousands of people Are injured and crops and houses Over a 300-mile radius Are damaged a he said. He spoke on condition of anonymity. The Airport at Chittagong Bangladesh a second largest City after Dhaka was under 3 feet of water. A photographer who flew Over it in an army helicopter said 5,000 people were huddled on the rooftops of Airport buildings. ,. The runway at nearby Cox a Bazaar a Seaside resort also was under water further hampering Relief efforts. Prime minister Khaleda Zia flew by helicopter to Survey the disaster. Before the storm hit about 3.mil- lion people were evacuated from an area where 7 million people live in 2,000 villages. About 80 percent of the mud and Straw huts in the Region were blown away said the Relief ministry official who spoke on condition of anonymity. Ltd the deaths would have been on a much larger scale a if the residents had not been evacuated the official said. He said the typhoon whipped up Waves that reached 20 feet and Many offshore islands were under 12 feet of water. The storm subsided around Dawn and dissipated. The Relief ministry official said the worst affected areas were the offshore islands of Bhola Khatiya Sandip Kutub Dia Mohesh Khali and the Mainland districts of Patu Khali Chittagong Cox a Bazaar Feni and Sankhi a. A a. The area describes 125 Miles from Dhaka. An arc that is to hit the previous worst to Bangladesh was in 1970. It killed nearly 500,000 when it roared into the coast with 138 Mph winds. That record was surpassed at five minutes past Midnight when a wind Speed of 140 Mph was recorded the weather office in Dhaka said. The Relief ministry official said satellite communications Between Bangladesh and the rest of the world was disrupted when an Antenna at the be Bunia satellite station was damaged