European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 15, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 a the stars and stripes saturday february 15, 1992 Cpl. Jeffrey b. Johns 22, of Uniontown Ohio. The storms were also blamed for an Avalanche tuesday on mount Baldy in san Bernardino county. Two skiers were believed buried in the Avalanche and a search was abandoned because officials feared additional slides. A Tow pressure system brought thunderstorms and heavy rain with gusts to 35 Mph to the Region last thursday. The Thunder was so loud that Many residents feared it was an earthquake. Residents of Southern Santa Barbara county and Ventura los Angeles and Orange counties were warned by the National weather service to be Alert for Urban and Small Stream flooding. About 100 Miles of beaches from the mexican Border to Ventura county remained closed. The beaches Are considered a health Hazard because of Runoff and sewage spills. Mud sliding Down saturated hillsides in Malibu Coldwater Canyon the Hollywood Hills and the Northern san Fernando Valley threatens Homes and has caused Road closures. An estimate of the number of damaged Homes was not immediately available. Residents in the Wilshire and Van Guys areas of los Angeles were temporarily without Power and Telephone service in los Angeles Riverside san Bernardino and Orange counties were also affected by the storms Pacific Belt officials reported. More than 21,800 customers reported problems company spokesman John Donner said. Ing the Ruble level of Domestic rates. By. 1.713796�?� and rounding the answer to the nearest Dollar. Hie answer a in this Case 428 a is the Dollar Price. But since the previous attempt to charge foreigners for their tickets in dollars led to a protest Aeroflot said the new Dollar fare will be translated Back into rubles at the general Exchange rate thus resulting in a fare of 42,800 rubles for the 250-Ruble ticket. Bill Dawson a Moscow staff member for the the european commission said his wife was recently asked to pay 18,000 rubles $180 for a ticket that would Cost a russian a fraction of that. A but everything is negotiable Here Quot he said. Bargaining brought the Price Down to 9,000 rubles $90. A a it a a reasonable rate for any other airline but not for Aeroflot where there a a greater risk of crashing and the service is nil a Dawson said. Foreign tourists to the soviet Union were always asked to pay for their travels in hard currency. The new decree expands the policy to resident foreigners. Stepping up pressure on the eve of the Minsk meeting russian officials said Yeltsin might even sign a decree this week creating a separate russian military Force and defense chief if the other republics reject United Commonwealth military control. But asked in Minsk whether he intended to sign the decree Yeltsin said Quot i do not intend to do that for the time Tion expenses and special Relief for real estate professionals. The Bill dropped a Bush proposal to give a credit of up to $5,000 to some Home buyers. But it proposes that the $125,000 profit that a person 55 or older May take tax free on the Sale of a principal Home be raised each year to account for inflation. Once ways and Means democrats agree on their Bill it still will be a Long Way from becoming Law. At a glance the billion Dollar toy business is not child a play. See Story about the International toy fair in Niernberg on pages 14 and 15. Tsongas pulls ahead democratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton scrambled to recover ground lost Over the Vietnam draft controversy and Paul Tsongas began to feel the heat As front runner. A Page 4 reporter protects source new Day reporter Timothy Phelps has refused to Tell special Senate investigators the source for his october 1991 Story revealing Anita Hills sexual harassment Page 5 rape victim revealed the Beauty Queen who was raped by Boxer Mike Tyson gave people Magazine permission to run her picture and name. A Page 6 counterfeiters bagged a Hundred thousand handbags awaiting a Chanel Label were confiscated in what was called be of the largest seizures of counterfeit merchandise in the Page 7 Europe a Street people Europe has a new underclass hundreds of thousands of homeless people victimized by hard economic times or social Page 8 signs of life in a surprising burst of Good economic news the government reported an increase in retail sales and fewer workers seeking unemployment benefits. A Page 17 Index Abby Ann Landers 19 action line.16 comics.19-21 commentary.13 crossword .19 faces a places .18 letters.12 Money matters.17 sports.22-28 to listings.27 weather.11respite from Page 1 the next onslaught. A we Are doing preventive work gearing up for the big storm a said los Angeles county fire inspector Devine Trone. A we Are advising people to use this Lull in the action to sandbag any problem areas los Angeles officials estimated damage to City facilities and overtime paid to emergency workers had Cost at least $1.5 million since last sunday. On thursday emergency Crews recovered the body of Adam Bischoff 15, who fell into the los Angeles River on wednesday in Woodland Hills while trying to retrieve his bicycle. The first fatalities wednesday were a Ventura county Man and his Fiancee. Glenn Queen 30, and Michelle Bovee 27, were smothered to death in their bedroom by a Wall of mud that crashed through their Ojai Home. Bovee was nine months pregnant. A 35-year-old Man believed to be a transient drowned when the Ventura River spilled Over its Banks near a Seaside recreational vehicle Park. A 27-year-old Man was killed when his Van overturned on a Slippery interstate 5 exit ramp near Lebec wednesday morning. County emergency workers interviewed homeless people who lived on the Banks of the usually Placid Ventura River to determine How Many transients might be from Page 1 Commonwealth leaders at their third Summit. Presidents prime ministers or parliamentary chairmen of All 11 Commonwealth states attended the meeting in a former communist party Central committee building in Minsk. The Industrial capital of Belarus is also the administrative Center of the Commonwealth. Georgia the Only former soviet Republic that does not belong to the Commonwealth sent defense minister Levan Sharas Hatidze As an observer. As the leaders gathered at midday around an Oval table under a tapestry of Lenin russian president Boris Yeltsin nominated ukrainian president Leonid Kravchuk As the meetings chairman a considering the difficult Yeltsin was referring not Only to the dispute Over separate armies but also to the tug of War Between Russia and Ukraine for control of the powerful Black sea Fleet and for the crimean Peninsula where the Fleet has its Headquarters. Commonwealth leaders predicted As they arrived in Minsk on thursday night and Early Friday that they would not reach unanimous agreement on a unified Force. A there is no Way to preserve a single armed Force. A single armed Force can exist Only in a single state a itar Tass Ikra quoted Kravchuk As saying. Glenn Queen 30, and his Flancie Michelle Bovee 27, were killed by a mudslide in Oral Calif. Two were reported lost in the flooding and May have been washed out to sea officials said. Another person was also reported missing after being swept away by the roiling los Angeles River in Bell and a male drug suspect disappeared into the Santa Ana River in Orange county while fleeing police. A Marine aboard a military helicopter that went Down in the Ocean three Miles off Oxnard was also missing. The eight other Crew members were rescued. The missing Marine was identified As Lance Are from Page 1 the foreign correspondents association which won a Battle against having to pay dollars for tickets was gearing up for a protest Over the split fare system. The plunging value of the Ruble against the Dollar made travel cheap for foreigners and Aeroflot a badly. In need of hard currency to buy fuel and stay aloft a devised the Complex fare system in response. A Domestic flight that would Cost a russian 250 rubles could Cost a foreigner As much As 42,800 rubles. For a russian 250 rubles amount to a Good weeks pay a and reflect a recent increase in airline fares which have gone up along with everything else. But at the general Exchange rate of 100 rubles to the Dollar that ticket amounts to just $2.50. So Aeroflot says the a a foreign Ruble Price a can be established by multiply then a if a single armed Force exists it will be the end to democracy because ill Kaall Tola. A the military will be Superior to All states a conventional weapons Kravchuk added in remarks broadcast on Commonwealth to. Even Nazar Baev who favors a unified Force said a the Commonwealth does no to even exist now like it was Yeltsin the main Backer of a single Commonwealth Force has said Russia is prepared to form its own army to protect itself. Such a Force would be the most powerful in the former soviet Union automatically possessing most nuclear and a from Page 1 about the democratic plan but Fitzwater said raising taxes on the wealthy is a the most Basic kind of a tax increase you can a it clearly puts Congress on a track of raising All the brackets Over a period of time. When the top bracket goes up they All go members and aides guessed that Den crafts were in agreement on about 70 put cent of the measure which was propos by Rostenkowski. They Are still Debatis for example whether All Corpora tic should get a rate reduction or whether should be targeted to smaller companies. Rostenkowski a plan picks up seve provisions from Bush a proposal Inch my a tax deduction for interest on is Dent Loans penalty free individual f Tir ement account withdrawals for hoi buyers and for paying medical or Edu it
