European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 10, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a the stars and stripes Friday january 10, 1992 hard line serb takes Over As yugoslav defense chief Belgrade Yugoslavia apr a staunch serb nationalist has taken Over As Yugoslavia a defense minister and there Are indications that serb leaders arc divided on whether to go along with a . Plan to  to Croatia. In wednesdays shake up the serb dominated Federal presidency replaced Gen. A Jlko Kadi Jevic with Blagoje Adzic his hard line chief of staff. Analysts said that in the Long run the decision could threaten the peace established last week under the civil wars 15th cease fire. While Adzic is not known to openly oppose the . Plan he Heads an army faction that has opposed Conics Adzic Sions to the breakaway Republic of Croatia. In recent Battlefront visits he has Given encouragement to Ultra nationalist serb militia chiefs. By contrast Kadijevic was reported to have told special . Envoy Cyrus Vance last week that he could keep extremist serbs from ruining the cease fire and thus prevent the deployment of . Peacekeepers. The defense ministry shake up came a Day after the serb dominated yugoslav militia a admitted that one of its warplanes shot Down a european Community helicopter Over Croatia killing five truce observers. In reaction to tuesdays attack the dec suspended its monitoring activities in Croatia and a meeting of dec monitors with top Federal and croatian generals on securing the observers safety ended i conclusively Early thursday. Gen. Andrija Rasta the yugoslav army a Deputy chief of staff said the talks would resume saturday. The dec and the United nations pressed efforts to bring a permanent end to the civil War that has claimed the lives of thousands of croats and serbs since Croatia declared Independence june 25. Serbia the dominant yugoslav Republic opposes the secession and has supported serb irregulars fighting Croatia a move. An dec sponsored peace conference involving leaders of All six yugoslav republics was to resume in Belgium on thursday after a monthlong break. Dec officials said they expected All yugoslav leaders to attend. At . Headquarters in new York the Security Council voted wednesday to Send a 50-member advanced guard to Yugoslavia to work on cementing the peace. The United nations plans to Send 10,000 peacekeeping soldiers but wants to be sure the .-mediated truce that took effect last Friday will hold. Croatia a battlefields were generally quiet wednesday and no casualties were reported. The helicopter attack appeared to be the work of hard liners in the Federal military aimed at dissuading the United nations from sending peacekeepers to Croatia. The most militant serb factions who have captured about a third of croatian territory in six months of fighting oppose . Interference As do some serb officers in the military. Kadijevic a Deputy adm. Stane Brovet described the helicopters Downing As an attempt to overthrow the military leadership. Novelist Frank Yerby Dies at 76 Madrid Spain apr Frank Yerby a prolific novelist whose themes ran the Gamut from life in the antebellum South to Basque terrorism has died of heart failure his wife said wednesday. He was 76. Blanca Calls Perez said Yerby in keeping with his distaste for publicity had insisted she keep his nov. 29 death secret for at least five weeks. A the Wasny to Well during the last few months but he refused to go to a doctor Quot she said in a Telephone interview. A the just kept saying a let me write in peace until the doctor ordered him into the Hospital nov. 28.�?� she said the next Day her husband suffered a heart attack from which he never recovered. The Augusta  writer moved to Europe in 1945. Yerby a first and most popular novel was foxes of Harrow published in 1946 and later made into a movie which the author called a one of the worst of All  it is a novel of lust in the old South much loved by generations of Southern White women who Yerby said were always disconcerted when they discovered he was not White. The author was part Black and part Seminole Indian. Although he knew he would be remembered for his More flashy books his favourites a and far less successful novels a were the Dah mean the Story of an african Prince and a Rose for Ana Maria. The latter is the haunting Story of spaniards drawn into the Basque separatist movement during the waning years of the Franco regime published in 1976, a year after the dictators death. Yerby said he made More Money from the German translations of his Early works than he did from All his other novels combined. He wrote 32. The last was Mckenzie s Hundred published in 1986. Yerby married Blanca Calle his second wife after moving to Spain from France in 1954. He is survived by his widow four children and seven grandchildren. Researchers to study Gulf Oil damage Washington up a . Government research ship will leave for the persian Gulf next week to study environmental damage caused by Gull War Oil spills. The mount Mitchell a 231-fool research vessel is to arrive in Oman on feb. 15 to begin a la Day Mission involving 120 researchers the National oceanic and atmospheric administration said wednesday. The re searchers include scientists from Europe and persian Gulf states. American scientists will study aspects of spill damage that could apply to Oil spills in . Waters Noaa said. Quot of primary interest to american scientists is an evaluation of How areas recover from Oil spills naturally Quot an Agency statement said noting that Little cleanup occurred after Oil spilled during the 1991 War. World new Michelin for Germany drops 3-Star restaurant from wire reports Paris a the new Michelin guide for Germany features expanded listings for the country s Eastern regions but offers Little evidence of Post unification Progress on the gastronomic front. The list of the acc Star restaurants has been trimmed from three to two. And out of 207 restaurants awarded at least one Star not a single one is in former East Germany. Michelin the French tire company which also publishes Road maps and popular guidebooks awarded three stars to pm Schiffern in Disseldorf and aubergine in Munich. Its co honoree from 1991, Munich schwaben go a tantric was demoted to the two Star category which included a total of 16 restaurants. Michelin a guide for France by contrast gives three stars to 19 restaurants and two stars to 87.spanish airmen killed Barcelona Spain a gunmen attacked a car carrying three air Force men killing one and wounding the others a government spokesman said. The spokesman said wednesdays attack in this City that will Host the 1992 summer olympics bore the markings of Eta a militant group that advocates Independence for Spain s Northern Basque Region. The group did not claim responsibility. The Independent news Agency Europa press citing unidentified witnesses said two gunmen fired into the victims car wednesday afternoon then shot again after the vehicle crashed into a line of parked cars. A the government spokesman said the gunmen fled in a car then switched to another vehicle. Two of the victims were Able to go to a nearby restaurant for help Europa press said. The third died of gunshot wounds at a Hospital said the government official who spoke on condition of anonymity.16 hindus killed by sikhs Amritsar India a sikh militants killed 16 hindu factory workers and wounded 30 in two attacks after the government pledged to hold elections in Northwestern Punjab state wednesday police said. Eight militants with assault rifles some in police uniforms killed six people and wounded at least 23 at a workers Colony at a thread factory in Khazar 11 Miles East of Amritsar police said. They said the extremists gained Entrance on the pretext of finding out workers views about the election announcement. In Kup Kalal Village three or four militants drove up in a jeep to a Cotton fiber factory and fired on workers returning Home killing 10, police said. Seven workers were wounded and others were kidnapped they  arrest american Manila Philippines a an american wanted by . Authorities for drug trafficking was arrested by anti narcotics agents at a yacht club police said thursday. Agents nabbed Michael Timmer 30, of Santa Barbara Calif As he was about to Board a boat at the Manila yacht club wednesday night chief inspector Avelino Razon  to Purchase captured . Weapons Bangkok Thailand up Vietnam has agreed to sell to Thailand stocks of . Weapons captured during the Vietnam War the thai army commander in chief Gen. Suchinda Kra Prayoon said wednesday. Suchinda speaking to reporters on his return from a three Day visit to Vietnam said vietnamese military leaders agreed to a thai request for spare parts for the f -5 fighter bomber As Well As other weapons captured during the War. Thailand has Access to such spare pans and weapons from the original . Sup pliers but Cash strapped Vietnam is expected to sell them at big discounts. In return Suchinda said Thailand would sell Vietnam sorely needed spare parts for soviet designed tanks. The disintegration of the former soviet Union has apparently caused vietnamese military leaders to worry that Russia May not be a reliable source of spare parts for the weapons used by their country. Thailand however has purchased a Large Slock of soviet Type tanks from China. Suchinda said the arms Trade would be at a Friendship prices Quot but did not give any details. The thai commander a key Leader of the military coup that overthrew the elected government in Thailand last february said Vietnam asked him to try to persuade the United Stales to lift its economic embargo against Vietnam. However Suchinda May not have been the Best person to ask since the United states Cut off most Aid to Thailand to protest his coup. According to Suchinda his visit had helped improve understanding Between the thai and vietnamese military which fought each other during the Vietnam War and clashed in the mid-1980s during vietnamese military operations along the thai cambodian Border. But he said that Thailand must remain prepared to face any threat from Vietnam because the vietnamese army with Over 500,000 men was still powerful. A Thailand must not change its military attitude toward Vietnam. Soldiers must always be prepared to carry out their defense responsibilities a Suchinda said