European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 19, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes sunday january 19, 1992 at a glance Kevin Costner stars in Oliver stones film about the assassins Tion of president Kennedy. The controversial movie has reopened debate on the conspiracy theory. See sunday Magazine. Clinton trashes articles Arkansas gov. Bill Clinton dismissed As Quot trash Quot and Quot an absolute total lie Quot newspaper stories repeating old allegations that he had carried on extramarital affairs with five women in the 1980s. A Page 4 aircraft accidents Down the number of . Aircraft accidents hit an All time Low in 1991 although the number of commuter aircraft deaths was the highest Ever. A Page 6 double dose of Light Russia has decided to give its Sunshine starved people a double dose of Daylight saving time this year. A Page 8 ski on course the strategic defense initiative organization is on target to provide a ground based missile defense against nuclear weapons by 1996. A Page 10 autoworkers holed up thousands of workers holed up inside South koreans largest Auto Plant used new trucks cars and tires to reinforce barricades against a possible police raid. A Page 15 ism hit with big loss ism said that it lost $1.38 billion in the fourth Quarter resulting in its first yearly deficit Ever. A Page 17index Abby Ann Landers 16 commentary.13 faces a no places .16 letters .12 Money matters .17 Mutual .18-19 sports.20-28 weather.11 victims from Page 1 that Gentry died at the hands of iraqis Republican guard. In fact Kutz and Gentry were killed by american tank gunners. A March 14, 1991,  memorandum obtained under the Freedom of information act said radiological evidence established that the two Bradley were destroyed by a kind of 120mm depleted uranium Shell fired Only by american m1a1 tanks. The  censored the names when it released the memorandum but sources said the two Bradley a Alpha 22 and Alpha 24 of the 4th so 7th Cav a were the ones in which Kutz and Gentry died. The Post obtained the names of All Friendly fire fatalities in a monthlong investigation late last fall. The names later confirmed by senior  sources were compiled from the censored  investigations a Complete list of War casualties and interviews with soldiers and their families. A the Friendly fire statistics were certainly High and i can see that that causes the Pentagon some consternation but facts Are facts and if we reported something and it turns out now not to be True i would think that it would be in someone a interest Over there to let us know that a said Brian Duffy assistant managing editor for investigations at . News. A this Book is about to go into a second printing and we would Correct  Duffy and  author Peter Cary a . News senior editor said their version of Kutz and Gentry a deaths relied on eyewitness accounts from interviews conducted last summer. Cary said the principal source  capt. Gerald Davie May not have known american troops had killed his men because the episode took place in a pitched Battle with the Republican guard. There were dozens of similar errors in local newspapers around the country during and immediately after the War. Pentagon spokesmen said then that they could not discuss Friendly fire casualties until they had completed their investigations. But since last summer when All Friendly fire investigations were finished at least two other published accounts have repeated the errors. The first an official defense department report to Congress in july included a prologue taken from a speech by Washington Post reporter Rick Atkinson stating that Kutz and Gentry died under fire from t-72 tanks. Atkinson later Learned that they had been mistaken. The second a new Day article in november ironically was about Friendly fire. It said that six of the seven americans who died in an engagement known As the Battle of Norfolk a All but sgt. David Douthit a were killed by Friendly troops. In fact Douthit also died at the hands of his . Comrades. Mai. Barbara Goodno an  spokeswoman said she has called to Correct false reports of Friendly fire but has not made similar Calls about Friendly fire casualties reported As enemy casualties. A my commission is to Correct any errors in fact but n it comes to me having to release information which i can to otherwise release then i can to do it a she said. Sas Kevin Dougherty sgt. Michael a. Eberl of the 52nd tac fighter Wing drives a weapons loading machine at Span Dahlem a Germany As staff sgt. Carlos Jimenez prepares for unloading. War from Page 1 aircraft while the 23rd used 12 f-4gs and 12 f-16s. Johnson spoke about his 3v$ months in the Gulf As he stood near the f-4g on display. The f-4g a aircraft no. 212 a logged the most hours of All f-4s during the 40 Days of Aerial warfare. It also recorded five kills. A i Felt really Good especially that first night a said the 23-year-old Johnson. A the pilots really did no to have to say a Good Job a because the missiles were gone. We had done our  the exuberance that Johnson and the other airmen initially Felt was soon tempered by the first of Many scud missile alerts at the base. A an hour after the War started there was a scud missile Alert at 1 30 a.m.,�?� said sgt. Serafin Villarreal an aircraft Mechanic. Aside from the alerts Villarreal 25, said the toughest part of his seven months in the Gulf was being away from his wife and daughter who celebrated her second birthday while her father was deployed. Villarreal left for Bahrain in september 1990. The Pace of the buildup indicated to him that he probably  be Home soon. While the pilots commanded Center stage in the unfolding drama Villarreal remembered the camaraderie Between the fliers and the ground Crews. Villarreal Johnson and the rest of the airmen working behind the scenes May not have been the headliners but their roles were critical. A the closeness Between the Guys was great a Johnson said. A we talked to each other and we depended on each other for  said Villarreal the pilots a did their Job and we did ours.shortage from Page 1 blood supplies to be Low across the country in january because More surgeries Are scheduled and donors Are travelling said Marcia Lane director of the blood Bank association. But this year has been worse than usual for Many reasons. Blood transfusion director Laurie Sutor at Parkland memorial Hospital in Dallas blamed Texas recent heavy rain and floods for keeping donors away from blood Banks. A the weather a bad and people done to want to go out a she said. Lane said a worse than Normal flu outbreak has not Only kept people inside but its made those recovering from the virus ineligible to donate. And there a the recession. A a what a different this year is the flu and recession have taken people who ordinarily donate blood out of the donor Pool a Lane said. She said corporate mergers layoffs and Low morale have reduced employee blood drives. In december the blood Bank association warned of potential shortages because some donors incorrectly tested positive for the aids virus and two other diseases after getting flu shots. Other blood Bank workers say they have lost donors among returned desert storm troops. The soldiers Are forbidden to donate blood until january 1993 because some carry a parasite that can be transmitted through blood transfusions said Patricia Grote a spokeswoman for life source blood Center which serves 60 hospitals in Chicago. At Ochsner medical foundation in new Orleans surgeries were postponed for up to two Days the first week of january. The worst shortages Are in Atlanta Birmingham ala., los Angeles Detroit Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington d c., said Elizabeth Hall a red Cross spokeswoman in Washington. The other cities listed by the red Cross with crises were Boston Mobile ala., Columbia s.c., Huntington w.va., Tulsa okla., St. Paul minn., St. Louis Daytona Beach fla., and Peoria 111. The red Cross does no to list Chicago new Orleans or Dallas because the Aien by does no to operate blood Banks  Yeltsin cancels olympic meeting Geneva a russian president Boris n. Yeltsin is ill and has cancelled appointments for two or three Days International olympic committee president Juan Antonio Sam ranch said saturday. The news Agency Tass reported earlier that saturdays meeting Between Yeltsin and Sam ranch had been put off. A new Date has not been set and no explanation for the cancellation was Given according to the Tass report. Sam ranch in a Telephone interview from his Home in Lausanne said his meeting with Yeltsin was cancelled at the last minute by Vitaly Smirnov president of the former soviet olympic committee. A the Only thing that i can Tell you is that yesterday evening very late at 10 30, the vice president of the Ioc or. Smirnov phoned telling me that or. Yeltsin was not feeling very Well and he had to cancel All the appointments for today and two or three Days a Sam ranch said. A the recommended to me to postpone my visit a he added