European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 13, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday november 13, 1991 the stars and stripes b. Page 3yugoslavs press Dubrovnik Vukovan Zagreb Yugoslavia apr serbian dominated Federal forces tuesday pounded the medieval heart of Dubrovnik with artillery for a second Day and tightened its noose on the Eastern City of Vukovan another vital croatian outpost. Both cities have great symbolic and strategic importance in the month old civil War which has claimed More than 1,700 lives. Federal forces using heavy artillery monday appeared close to capturing the Danube River City of Vukovan where croatian defenders have apparently run out of ammunition. The Eastern croatian City has been under siege for nearly three months with an estimated 12,000 people living underground. Vukovan on the Border with Serbia has become a rallying Symbol for secessionist Croatia. In making a stand in the City croats have frustrated serbian efforts for exclusive control of a Large chunk of Eastern Croatia. Federal forces surrounding the Adriatic port of Dubrovnik resumed shelling of the City at 6 20 . Tuesday european Community spokeswoman Renilde Steeghs quoted dec monitors in the City As reporting. Some 28 people have been killed and 300 have sought medical assistance in the past two Days of heavy bombardment croatian radio said. The City a 50,000 residents who have Short of bread and drinking water after a six week siege that has devastated the spent Days in cellars and shelters Are Short of Ore a 1 a week siege City a Gem of medieval architecture. For a second straight Day shells were smashing into the walled old town Section dec Deputy spokesman de Koestal said after speaking with monitors in the City. The hotel Argentina where 14 dec monitors Are staying was among buildings hit by shells tuesday. One slammed into the fifth floor where the monitors rooms Are located but they were in the hotel cellar Koestal said. The dec is trying to evacuate its monitors from the City and Steeghs said talks were being held with the Federal army on withdrawing the team safely. On monday Dubrovnik was reported ablaze and enveloped in smoke. Meanwhile air raid sirens wailed in nine croatian towns tuesday including Barlovac Southwest of the croatian capital Zagreb Sisak and Nova Gradiska on the Central front croatian radio said. A statue of Dubrovnik a Patron and the burning Imperial hotel Are silhouetted against an evening sky alter renewed attacks. It also reported that the euro River a Malta registered cargo ship Sank late monday off Croatia after being hit by two missiles. Serbian dominated forces have taken about a third of croatian territory in the fighting which erupted after Croatia declared Independence on june 25. Serbian insurgents Are opposed to croatian Independence claiming the republics 600,000 serbs would face discrimination in an Independent Croatia. They Are backed by the largest Republic of Serbia Croatia a bitter rival. Croatia maintains that serbian presi Dent Slobodan Milosevic is using the minority Issue to create an expanded Serbia that includes territory in other republics where serbs live. On monday president Franjo Tudja Man of Croatia said Dubrovnik and Vukovan had been Quot plunged into total  he called for the dispatch of . Peacekeeping troops. Lord Carrington chairman of the eco a so far fruitless peace Effort said he thought military intervention was the Only Way to Stop serbian attacks on Croatia a but that dec nations Are not Likely to support it. He said in an interview monday that he thought Serbia and Croatia would eventually be recognized As Sovereign countries. Quot in the end if this goes on obviously Serbia and Croatia in my judgment will be recognized a Carrington said on British television. Serbia is the Only Republic that has rejected an dec plan to convert Yugoslavia into a Loose association of Sovereign states with present Borders in tact and International guarantees for minorities. Milosevic argues that would mean the dissolution of  Man settles Case of hot lips slander los Angeles apr a condominium association gave an undisclosed settlement to a woman who was threatened with a Fine for kissing her Boyfriend goodnight in her driveway. A i Hope that my Story encourages others to stand up for their rights,�?T1 Helen Garrett 52, said monday after receiving the Check from the Tow Square owners association. Garrett sued the homeowners association in what amounted to a Case of mistaken identity. In May she briefly kissed a Friend Good night after he dropped her off in the driveway of her Santa Ana condominium Complex. The next month a notice appeared on the Public bulletin Board warning her to desist from kissing and doing bad things for Over one hour. The Case received National attention when Garrett hired a lawyer saying she had been subjected to such humiliating remarks As Quot Marathon Kisser and a hot  the association later apologized and said it had based the notice on erroneous information from a Doorman who had seen a teen Ager necking with a Young Man inside a car. When confronted the girl had Given Garrett a address. Garrett a attorney Gloria Allred would not disclose the settlement amount. 13 Young americans sentenced in series of attacks during fest by Joseph Owen Stuttgart Bureau Stuttgart Germany. A a German state court sentenced 13 americans on tuesday in connection with several violent attacks on pedestrians in Stuttgart last Spring. Three of the defendants must serve time in prison and the other 10 received suspended sentences court spokesman Claus Bergmann said. Seven defendants live at Robinson Barracks in Stuttgart five at the Pattonville housing area in nearby Ramseck and one in Heilbronn Stuttgart military Community spokesman George Huettig said. All but one Are dependents of . Military personnel he said. The court issued the most severe penalty a three year prison term to a 17-year-old boy. Orlando Clement 18, was sentenced to 2vi years and a 16-year-old girl must spend two weeks in prison. Carl Morris 22, the Only defendant among the 13 who was tried As an adult under German Law received an 18-month suspended sentence. Others convicted include Valencia Curtis 19, who received a two year suspended sentence Leshaun Blair 18, also two years suspended Arandia Mitchell 19, one year suspended and six other defendants under the age of 18 who received suspended sentences of 10 to 21 months. Mitchell was cleared of two charges. The names of those under 18 Are not published because they Are juveniles. The group was tried for robberies and attacks on people returning from Stuttgart s Spring festival in the City a bad Cannstatt District. Three people were beaten during a robbery about 11 . On april 27, and seven people were attacked in four separate late night incidents on May 4. Weapons used were a baseball Bat a meat Tenderizer pliers a Board and an umbrella. One of the May 4 incidents involved Only two defendants but the number of americans who took part in each of the other beatings and robberies ranged from five to nine. The court concluded at the end of the five Day trial that the attacks were a spontaneous outgrowth of the festival atmosphere not part of a pattern of criminal gang behaviour Bergmann said. Larry sessions Stuttgart High schools new principal said there was evidence suggesting that organized youth gangs were forming during the past school year before he began working there. He said school administrators have not seen signs of it since classes resumed several months ago