European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 1, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes sunday december 1, 1991 at a glance two haitian women talk in port a Prince on fuday a Day that Long lines formed at filling stations to await delivery of the first imported Foel since a Trade embargo. See Story on Page 9.drought-stricken . Firefighters battled the week s fifth Blaze to threaten los Angeles area Homes. A Page 4final Mission the Missouri a Battle tested Symbol of the nation s naval might Heads to Hawaii on its final Mission a the 50th anniversary of the japanese attack on Peart Harbor. A Page 5memorials get face lifts tourists headed to the nations capital Are in for a slight disappointment the Lincoln and Jefferson memorials will be shadowed by scaffolding and fencing for repairs. A Page 6couple leap to death a Queens woman 65, committed suicide by leaping from a sixth Story window of the facility Friday and was followed less than three hours later by her Boyfriend 75, a Page 7togo revolt fails rebel soldiers in Togo returned to their Barracks on saturday giving up their revolt in the face of threatened French intervention. A Page 8company under fire the . Farben company broken up after world War ii for fueling the nazi War machine held its annual meeting in Frankfurt Germany behind police lines blocking angry demonstrators. A Page 10vanilla is tops a Penn state food scientist says Vanilla is no. 1 with ice Cream eaters worldwide. A Page 14 Hun Abby Ann a places matters Mutual .sports.weather. .1413 .14 .12 .15 16-17 18-2411 shelling of croatian towns continues As . Prepares to Aid refugees Zagreb Yugoslavia apr More shells fell on Croatia s largest Eastern City saturday and fighting raged Over a key Highway. Meanwhile . Officials prepared to care Forup to 500,000 refugees from the 5-month-old civil War. Fighting persisted despite a 6-Day-old cease fire. . Envoy Cyrus Vance was to leave new York on saturday evening for talks about deploying up to 10,000 . Peacekeepers in the secessionist Republic. . Officials have refused to Send soldiers to Croatia until a firm cease fire is reached Between croatian fighters and the serbian led Federal army. The latest truce Effort a the 14th of the War a has reduced fighting in some areas. Some army forces withdrew after Croatia agreed to end blockades of Federal military Barracks. But Federal forces have continued to Shell the Eastern City of Osisek and surrounding areas. In other developments croatian president Franjo Tadjman on saturday announced new general elections following the end of hostilities. Tadjman is under increasing political and popular pressure because of Battlefield losses. Thousands of people have died since Croatia declared Independence june 25. Yugoslav forces and ethnic serb fighters opposed to secession have captured More than a third of Croatia. In a major step that could pave the Way for the dispatch of . Peacekeeping troops Croatia last week dropped its objection to . Soldiers stationed Between warring groups inside the Republic. In new York . Secretary general Javier p6rez de Cuellar has said a . Operation might require As Nany As 10,000 troops. A . Envoy in Croatia meanwhile said an office will be established in Zagreb to help the Republic Cope with the estimated 550,000 croats and serbs forced to flee their Homes because of the fighting. Many croat refugees fled to Zagreb where authorities tried to relocate them often temporarily to tourist hotels along the Adriatic. 2 killed when twister strikes Missouri Springfield to. Apr a Tornado ripped through neighbourhoods and across a Highway Friday killing two people and injuring at least 24. One Man was killed when his House was lifted up and crashed on top of him officials Saia. More than 100 Springfield residences were damaged and 20 were destroyed said sheriffs officer Robert Mack. The twister with winds clocked around 80 Mph struck Christian county near the town of Nixa on Friday evening then swept 15 Miles North across . 65 and through Southeast Springfield. The fierce winds blew cars off the Road and flipped a pickup truck and its trailer killing a Man inside. Another Man was crushed when the twister picked up his House and slammed it Down on top of him Mack said. A the House. Had been totally col lapsed with the upper level appearing to be inward Quot said state fire marshals investigator Bill Farr. A the outside Walls were on the inside and the inside Walls to the the National weather service said that in Nixa 11 buildings were destroyed and four people were Hurt two seriously. About 200 Rescue workers searched door to door for victims the state Highway patrol from Page 1 Angeles. A we could barely see. In be been in whiteout in snowstorms and it was the same feeling. We pulled off the shoulder and kept hoping no one would get us from the Eichman said at least 93 cars and 11 big rigs were involved in the accidents along a four mile stretch of the Highway that was crowded with thanksgiving weekend travellers. Dozens of other cars pulled off the Road into adjacent Fields and waited for the blinding dust to Clear. The dust from freshly slowed Fields that have been left dry by five years of drought was kicked up by 40-Mph winds. A we heard car after car bang bang bang bang a said Larry Burrow who steered his motor Home through the scene without being hit. A fall of a sudden there were several gusts and people started slowing Down a said Peter Harvey of Oakland. A it was like ice. I turn the car and 1 Stop the a i heard dad yell a hold on hold on a a said 15-year-olo Matt Davis. A i saw the Back of somebody a car. I Felt us being hit a couple of More times from the from Page 1 fort Campbell Home of the 101st airborne div said the situation has gotten worse since the persian Gulf War. Fort Campbell troops have increased from More than 21,166 in 1989 to 24,216 at september Send. The numbers Are still growing. Service members families could wait up to two yeah for one of the 4,153 houses or apartments on base Wilkerson said. No new construction is planned on the base until 1996. Soldiers who returned to fort Bragg Are suffering a similar housing crunch said sgt. 1st class skip Ritchey a base spokesman. A a lot of people were assigned to the 82nd airborne division just before desert storm but they shipped out immediately. Now they re coming Back and looking for places for their families a Ritchey said. The average Pool of available rental units in neighbouring Fayetteville n.c., has decreased from an estimated 500 units to about 200, he said. Even Colorado Springs colo., a City of nearly 300,000, has Felt the Impact said Maryl Neff a spokeswoman for fort Carson. The first 150 of up to 2,500 soldiers who will Transfer to fort Carson by 1993 arrived last week and met with real estate agents the next Day she said. Bob Mayo president of the Hopkinsville Christian county Board of realtors in southwestern Kentucky said the military buildup at fort Campbell had created the strongest Sellers Market he remembers. Many one and two bedroom houses that had sat Idle Are being renovated and put on the Market he said. A this tight Market is bad for the soldiers coming in with their families but its a Good situation for realtors and property owners a Mayo said. Landlords and real estate sales representatives were in a tight spot a year ago after the 101st shipped out to the persian Gulf. Some businesses dependent upon fort Campbell closed. A when we got Back from desert storm this place was like an old West ghost town a said sgt. David Boyatt 36, who teaches troops to operate computerized mortar systems. Now the situation has changed and Boyatt worries about the effect of the housing shortage on troop morale. A when those Guys come out there to go to work for me at 5 30 in the morning i want All they got a he said. A if i have someone not satisfied with his family a housing situation then i have a disheartened Soldier a Soldier who a not going to learn a Soldier who wont make i was just holding on to the Davis and his family travelling to their san Francisco Bay area Home escaped uninjured. The Highway patrol said visibility on the Roadway was reduced to Zero by the Strong wind and dust. The scene overnight was an eerie one with the doors of Many cars partially open their Interior lights puncturing the darkness. Cars were scattered at All angles across the four lanes of the Highway and in adjacent Fields. Authorities said the pileup was one of the worst incidents in the area which was rocked by a 1983 earthquake that injured 47 from Page 1 has alienated other administration officials and republicans on Capitol Hill from the earliest Days of Bush a presidency. But not until recent weeks when Many Republican critics began linking Sununu with what they characterized As the White houses Lack of sensitivity to the nations economic ills and the need for Quick action on a stimulus package has there been such intense pressure for his removal. The timing of Sununu a possible replacement May depend in part upon when the president picks his re election Campaign team and decides who will hold which position one Bush adviser said. A Sununu wont be left standing out there alone. It la be part of a package that will include announcing officials of the Campaign a the adviser said. Bush was described As being a a preoccupied with the task of resolving Rev personnel questions involving both the reelection Campaign and the White House staff. Sununu a Roturie said one source far Miliar with Bush a thinking is a the top order of a i think he a going to go a its a Quear Tion of How As much As when a Saia this source referring to Bush a traditional reluctance to remove an aide who is under fire and his desire a to do it gracefully if he feels compelled to act
