European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 23, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 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. Sec 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  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 a i am afraid of Needles a she said at one Point obviously realizing she was m for a Long Hospital stay. 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 aay 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. Germany to slash phone rates up to 37% Bonn Germany a amps a Telephone rates to North America will be reduced up to 37 percent starting May 1, said a spokesman for Tele Kom Germany a Federal communications system. Tele Kom is increasing the unit time of self dialled numbers to the United states and Canada from 4.42 seconds per unit to 7 seconds per unit. In practice a three minute Call to new York will Cost 5.98 Marks instead of the current 9.43 Marks said Tele Kom spokesman Klaus Czerwinski. Czerwinski said other Telephone services that Are scheduled to Cost less starting May 1 Are the following a up to a 35.7 percent rate reduction in a deutschland direct a Calls which Are country direct Calls on Tele Kom calling  from Page 1 in the 1980s when i was out working for real political Reform a a in 1990, governor Brown testified in California against limits on Campaign contributions and his Law firm got $178,000 in taxpayer Money defeating the California contribution limit a Clinton added. California voters in 1988 passed a limit on California contributions of $1,000. State legislative leaders and other officials opposed the ruling and hired Browne a Law firm to Challenge it legally according to Clinton aides. Brown then state party chairman testified against the limits said Clinton spokeswoman Dee Dee Myers. Saturdays Exchange came As the two candidates shared the stage at the Shea theater in Buffalo at a democratic forum with two minor candidates former Minnesota sen. Eugene Mccarthy and former Irvine calif., mayor Larry Agran. Both Brown and Clinton Are campaigning actively in new York in Advance of the april 7 primary and its Bonus of 242 delegates and in Connecticut which votes tuesday. Brown seemed to have a larger cheering Section in the audience than did Clinton. If Brown got the most applause Mccarthy provoked the most laughter at the debate sponsored by the Erie county democratic committee. The 1968 democratic contender and longtime peace activist joked a this is the highest ranking democratic organization that has let me talk to it in 20  Mccarthy also quipped a George Bush has done More to destroy the English language than Karl  and he took a hit at a remark by first lady Barbara Bush that the first couple said their prayers aloud. A if i have to read George Bush slips Why does he read out loud to the lord a Mccarthy said. A up to a 26 percent rate reduction for Calls placed through an operator or the conference Call service. A up to a 37 percent rate reduction for a service 130 International customers which Are toll free numbers. A we Are dropping Telephone rates to comply with our actual costs. Electronic prices Are getting cheaper and we have More customers a Czerwinski explained. Bush narrowly edges Clinton in latest poll new York apr president Bush whose approval rating has dropped to an All time Low of 39 percent barely Defeated Arkansas governor Bill Clinton in a preference poll released saturday. Americans were almost evenly divided when asked to choose Between Bush and Clinton 48 percent were for Bush and 44 percent were for Clinton Newsweek Magazine reported in its March 30 Issue. The poll of 750 adults conducted by the Gallup organization on thursday and Friday had a margin of error of 4 percent. Clinton scored higher Marks among respondents who were asked which candidate would do a better Job on the Economy health issues the environment and offering help to the average american. Bush was seen As the better candidate on the issues of foreign policy crime and strength under pressure. _ the candidates were even on the issues of education and race  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 Neads 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 is due to begin in june 1993 and be completed in two years at a Cost of $112 million