European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 24, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 b the stars and stripes wednesday july 24, 1991 at a glance t once again Mai Ngoc Sang is seeing his life uprooted by a decision of the . Governments see Story on pages 14 and 15.gates planning to quit Daryl Gates says he will retire in april As the los Angeles police chief if a replacement is found by then. A Page 4gm, Ford recall vehicles general motors corp. And Ford motor co. Issue recalls covering nearly 313,000 cars and Light  Page 6 headphones called Hazard stereo headphones Are emerging As a major cause of hearing problems among Young people experts say. A Page 7germans cancel Market a major German supermarket Chain and the local government agree to cancel the opening of a nearly completed store adjacent to the site of the Ravens Bruck nazi concentration Camp. A Page 8police, leftists Battle Hamburg police Battle with More than 1,000 leftist protesters trying to prevent workers from starting construction of a Public housing project. A Page 10aafes moving to Nurnberg the army and air Force Exchange sen ice is moving its european division Headquarters from Quot Munich Germany to the Niernberg area Early next  Page 17 Index Abby Ann Landers. 19 action line. 16 comics. 19-21 commentary. 13 crossword. 19 letters. 12 Money matters. 17 sports. 22-28 to listings. 27 weather. 11army after Republic warns of War Zagreb Yugoslavia apr the Federal army and croatian forces traded gunfire tuesday hours after Croatia a president demanded that the army leave his secessionist Republic. He warned croats to prepare for All out War. Fighting Between croats and serbs who live in Croatia has been escalating since the weekend. The death toll from three months of ethnic clashes Rose to Well Over 100. Croatian Deputy Interior minister Milan Brezak said that croatian police killed at least 60 serb militants and wounded 110 in two Days of fierce fighting in Western Croatia. Some 16 croatian police officers and five civilians were reported killed monday in Battles in Eastern Croatia. Croatian information minister Hrvoje Hitrec said tuesday that a a several people died when two Federal air Force planes destroyed a croatian militia training building. The leaders of Yugoslavia a two largest republics Serbia and Croatia accused each other of sabotaging a yugoslav Summit monday and promoting feuding Between the two ethnic groups. A we have reached the end a Croatia a Stipe Mesic chairman of the eight member Federal collective presidency said after the Summit which was called to discuss the secession moves by Croatia and Slovenia. A now we have to solve the problems quickly or we All face  president Franjo Tadjman of Croatia said he would not resume talks with the country a other leaders until Federal troops leave his Republic. He stormed out of mondays meeting to protest the demand by the Federal presidency that Croatia demobilize its defense forces. After returning to Croatia a capital of Zagreb Tadjman advised his Pepple to prepare for War. A i am Here to Call on the croatian people to stay Calm but Resolute not to get provoked into armed conflict. And to be ready these Days maybe even for an All out War a he said on television. Tud Jmani a demand that the army get out of Croatia Drew an angry response from Serbia a leaders who vehemently oppose Croatia a  6s from Page 1 that. We be been very forthcoming about the fact that we re having crack problems with the f-16.�?� the problems Are showing up for the most part in the upper portions of the bulkheads on either Side of the fuselage where the aircraft swings Are attached Freeman said. Jane a reported that it had obtained . Air Force documents indicating it had identified $1.23 billion that could be shifted from other programs in the next five years to pay for the repairs. The f-16, manufactured by general dynamics is a single engine single seat fighter capable of operating at twice the Speed of sound at 40,000 feet Jane a said. The plane introduced in the late 1970s, has been sold to Belgium Denmark the Netherlands Norway Israel Pakistan Egypt Venezuela South Korea Turkey Greece Indonesia Singapore and Thailand. The . Air Force has More than 1,800 f-16s in its inventory. Jane a quoted an unidentified spokesman for general dynamics As saying the company knew of no structural problems that would require the planes to be grounded. A most of the f-16 structural issues result from the fact that the aircraft is being flown More aggressively More often than originally envisioned or specified a Jane a quoted the general dynamics spokesman As saying. The journal said problems had been found in f-16s operated by Belgium the Netherlands and Norway. Those problems it added a Are Likely to be compounded by increased emphasis on the air defense Mission which has a hear vier Load Factor than air to ground  general dynamics has come up with a modification kit for the Airframe but Freeman said she has seen nothing to indicate thus far that total Wing replacement will be needed on any f-16s, contrary to what the Jane a article says. She said there was no indication that any sort of an f-16 crack problem was endemic to the planets use during operation desert storm. The nature of the . Air War in which american pilots were rarely challenged in Aerial dogfights would minimize cracking problems resulting directly from those missions she said. Freeman also could not say How Many of the air planes Are Down for repairs at any one time since the cracks done to develop at the same rate a although she said the problem is being seen across the entire Fleet. A obviously its an air plane in need of a fix a Freeman said. A a we be asked a whole lot of this plane Over the years. But when t you add weight modify the Mission the need for Money for structural repairs at some Point Down the Road becomes  Freeman indicated that the air Force May try to extend the life of other aircraft with repair programs in coming years rather than seek funding for entirely new systems. A in this kind of a shrinking budget climate you can to just go out and buy new planes All the time a she said. Staff writers Peggy Davidson in Kaiserslautern Germany and Chuck Vinch in Washington contributed to this article Kennedy from Page 1 Spring of 1988. The police in Washington and new York have said there is no record of any charges lodged against Smith for sexual assault or other felonies. In both of the two attempted rapes the court documents said Smith a forcibly restrained the women but a failed in the perpetration or was intercepted or prevented in the execution of said  he was said to have tackled and fondled one of the women and to have a thrown Down the other. Smith is scheduled to go on trial aug. 5 on charges that he raped a 29-year-old Florida woman at the Kennedy family a Palm Beach estate on March 30. Smith has pleaded not guilty. Mark Schnapp a lawyer for Smith declined to comment on mondays developments citing an order issued by the trial judge Mary Lupo that restricts lawyers in the Case from discussing it outside of court. The names of the three women who claimed Smith assaulted them were listed in mondays filing but no other personal information about them was provided and it was unclear whether they knew their names would be made Public. It was also not immediately Clear whether they had approached the Florida police and prosecutors on their own or had been sought out by the prosecution of state investigators. The documents listed a private Manhattan lawyer for one of the women but Only the Palm Beach prosecutors office As a Contact for the other two. Eric Seiff the lawyer who represents the Manhattan woman who says she fended off an attack declined to elaborate on How his client came to be involved in the Case. A a in a not saying anything a Seiff said. Asked if the woman would testify in court he answered a a that a up to the  the three women were listed As a additional witnesses a but a spokesman for the Palm Beach county prosecutors office would not say whether the women would be called to testify or would merely file statements. Citing the judges restrictions prosecutors also declined to elaborate. A Legal experts not connected with the Case said they regarded the new filing As an attempt by the prosecution to bolster its Case by establishing that Smith had a history of similar  from Page 1 makers districts account for the loss of 39,260 civilian jobs. That compares with the loss of Only 12,235 jobs from bases in gop districts he said. Rep. Patricia Schroeder d-colo., the panels chairwoman commiserated with the disgruntled lawmakers. A i know How painful this has been a said Schroeder who stands to see Lowry fab in her Home state closed. But she said there is realistically no Way to Stop the recommendations from becoming Law because relatively few lawmakers Are affected. James Courter chairman of the base closure commission defended the panels procedures. The commissions a Success can be attributed primarily to the charac Ter integrity and Devotion of its members a he said in prepared remarks. Courter a Republican and former new Jersey congressman served on the House armed services committee for 12 years. The base commissions recommendations designed to save about $1.5 billion annually after 1997, will hit communities around some major facilities including fort ord., Calif. Fort Devens mass. The Philadelphia naval shipyard and naval station and the naval station in Long Beach Calif. Sen. Edward m. Kennedy d-mass., a member of the Senate armed services committee for instance has criticized putting fort Devens on the list. But the Courter panel excluded from the list Moody fab in Georgia the Home state of sen. Sam Nunn the armed services committee chairman