European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 23, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 b the stars and stripes monday March 23, 1992 at a glance a voter casts his ballot saturday in tatars an on a referendum for in dependence. Voters rejected appeals by russian president Boris n. Yeltsin and approved Independence for their Oil Rich territory. See Story on Page 8. Biosphere no Paradise the eight people sealed inside biosphere 2 for the last six months have lost weight and Are digging deeper into their Reserve supplies of food than they had planned. A Page 4kgb to solve Juk mystery the Kab May soon be asked to help solve a real life american mystery who really shot John f. Kennedy and Why a Page 5new look at oat bran a review of nearly All the research on oat bran finds that a serving every Day can lower cholesterol Levels but not enough to be a persons sole weapon against High cholesterol. A Page 6crash blamed on Pilot error Pilot error caused the crash of a Kentucky air National guard transport plane that killed 16 people in Indiana a newspaper reported. A Page 7up-close experience fifth and sixth graders at Nurnberg Middle school Learned a bit about writing from author Richard Peck. A Page 9seeking new alliances Many of the traditional political and military alliances that have defined the pattern of International relations Over the past half Century Are now struggling with fundamental questions of identity and Mission. A Page 17 Index Abby Ann Landers. 20 action line. 16 comics. 18-20 commentary. 13 faces a no places. 10 letters. 12 Money matters. 17 sports. 21-28 to listings. 27 weather. 11 turkish woman s Rescue called Miracle by doctors family from wire reports Erz incan Turkey a a woman who survived eight Days without food and water pinned under the wreckage of an earthquake said sunday that she had come Back to life after being rescued. Yurcan Eraslan a 22-year-old nurse was pulled saturday from the remains of a Hospital in the Eastern City of Erz incan which was severely damaged in a March 13 quake that killed at least 488 people. For eight Days Eraslan was unable to move under the wreckage said professor Bulent Alparslan head of Ataturk University Hospital in Erzurum where the woman was flown for treatment. He said in a Telephone interview that the woman suffered life threatening injuries but that her condition improved sunday. Doctors who described Eraslan a Rescue As a a Miracle a said she was suffering from gangrene in two toes apparently the result of frostbite after being trapped for 187 hours under fallen masonry. A i am Back to life. An earthquake is a terrible thing. I never believed i would be rescued a Eraslan told the sem official Anatolia news Agency from her Hospital bed. A i am afraid of Needles a she said at one Point obviously realizing she was in for a Long Hospital stay. A a please Tell my parents that i love  Eraslan a family had gathered at her Side in the Hospital the previous night. A it is a Miracle. I am the happiest person in the world a Enver Eraslan her father told reporters. Television reports showed a picture of the dark haired woman weeping and hugging an Uncle from her bed. Eraslan apparently was conscious throughout her eight Day ordeal but she suffered memory lapses when she was rescued Alparslan said. A where Are we where Are we a she was heard crying after her Rescue. The woman told Rescue workers that two of her friends were also alive and trapped under the rubble. A i had been talking with them a she said. Rescue workers immediately resumed efforts to locate them. But there was no word on them by sunday morning. Alparslan said the woman May have talked with her friends in the first hours or Days of her ordeal. A but she lost her sense of time later a he added. When Eraslan was rescued authorities had Given up Hope of finding More survivors particularly since temperatures dipped below freezing at night. Alparslan speculated that the wreckage around Eraslan created a pocket of air that May have been More humid. Eraslan has been operated on for circulation problems in her legs which were crushed Alparslan said. She also suffered kidney damage he said. Alparslan said Eraslan a condition would be watched for another two Days before doctors decided whether her legs needed to be amputated or she needed a kidney dialysis machine. Meanwhile a moderate quake hit Eastern Turkey Early sunday. It caused panic but there were no reports of injury or damage. The quake which measured 5.2 on the Richter scale also Shook the neighbouring Tuncell province Anatolia reported. After the quake Many residents of up Lumur spent the rest of the night outdoors fearing further upheavals. Arabs expected to Back Libya against . Cairo Egypt apr Arab leaders on sunday weighed a plan to reject Western backed sanctions against Libya Over the Tripoli governments alleged involvement in the bombing of pan am flight 103. Libya which denies involvement in the bombing accused the West of trying to overthrow its Leader Moa mar Qadhafi and said it would ignore . Sanctions if they were imposed. Foreign ministers of the 21-member Arab league who were meeting in an emergency session at libyans request were considered Likely to approve a draft Resolution reiterating their a support of Libya in the face of All threats aimed against  Britain France and the United states have asked the . Security Council to punish Libya for refusing to hand Over two libyan officials suspected in the 1988 bombing of flight 103 and four others suspected in the 1989 bombing of a French Airliner. The attacks killed a total of 441 people. Libya has offered to try the suspects in Tripoli before an International court or in a Neutral country. The draft Security Council Resolution expected to be imposed this week would ban air links with Libya. It would also halt arms sales and urge other nations to expel most libyan diplomats. Ali Teiki libyans permanent representative to the league said his country is convinced of the innocence of its citizens and accused the United states Britain and France of trying to use the Security Council to topple Qadhafi. A this is a political matter aimed at sparking an upheaval in Libya and destroying its regime a Teiki said. Libya was apparently counting on support from its neighbors a some of whom Are staunch . Allies a to soften the Impact of the sanctions. Qadhafi called for sundays Arab league meeting. Meanwhile Switzerland on sunday became the latest nation to Tell its citizens to leave Libya because they might have trouble getting out if . Sanctions Are imposed. The foreign ministry said Swiss citizens should stay Only if absolutely necessary. The United states Germany Greece France and Italy have All urged their citizens to leave  from Page 1 that he is trying to a play politics aside to pull America out of the recession. Congress has been recently stung by the House Check bouncing scandal and revelations of cocaine peddling in the House run Post office. Clinton said sunday that changes Are needed in Congress. A i think Congress suffers from two great problems. One is that it has been basically entrenched in its ways for a Long time and has become increasingly subject to the influence of organized interest f groups through the Power of pics Apo tical action committees in the re election process a he said. A the other is that the Congress has been too Long without a partner in an Agenda of National Reform he said adding that there must be a a partnership with the  on the Abc television show this week with David Brinkley White House budget director Richard Darman joined in bashing Congress and predicted a major shake up come november. A i think the Congress May change a great Deal especially in the House a Darman said. A i think the Public is extraordinarily upset with the Congress. I think Well see big  asked to predict what kind of change May occur Darman said a i think conventional Wisdom is that As Many As 100 or More seats will change and the question is How Many of those will be Republican. With redistricting it could be a very very substantial  from Page 1 which has not been overhauled in its 50-year history. It is in violation of local fire codes riddled with Asbestos and suffers multiple daily Power outages that shut Down Banks of computers. But the plan to enlarge what is already one of the worlds largest office buildings is running into some stiff opposition on Capitol Hill. A i done to like the thrust of what a happening a rep. John p. Murtha d-pa., who Heads the House appropriations subcommittee that oversees military spending said in an interview. A building More space when we re reducing people does no to make any Damn  Pentagon engineers and planners concede they have a Public relations problem on their hands Given that the military is closing dozens of bases and is slated to shrink by 25 percent by 1995. But they also insist they have a serious space crunch. The defense department owns about two thirds of the 22.4 million Square feet of office space it uses in the Washington area and leases the remainder at Market rates usually at More than $30 per Square foot. About 25,000 civilian and military employees work at the Pentagon which represents about 30 percent of the total space. Officials who manage the departments office space say that it costs at least twice As much to rent space in the Washington area As to own it. A i can understand congressmen asking a Why Are we building More buildings when the military a going to be cutting Back by 25 percent Over All a a said l. Walter Freeman the defense departments director of real estate and facilities. A but the reason is its cheaper to own than to  Freeman said building the 500,000-Square-foot Annex would save the defense department More than $10 million a year in rent once the departments Overall construction and renovation project is completed by 2001. Construction of the Annex is due to begin in june 1993 and be completed in two years at a Cost of $112 million