European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 25, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes wednesday March 25, 1992 at a glance Karlsruhe High school s Christian Jacobs warms up his tuba at the honors music festival in bad Kissinger Germany. See Story on Page 16. Us air crash probed Federal investigators Are looking into Why a us air Jet that crashed on a runway and Slid into a frigid Bay killing 27 people was not de iced a third time after waiting a half hour in a snowstorm to take off. A Page 4 animal sacrifice ban the supreme court agreed monday to decide the Validity of a Florida City a ban on animal sacrifice in religious ceremonies. A Page 5 Baton blows called justified an expert in police tactics testified monday that every Baton blow delivered to Rodney King on the videotape of his beating by police officers was appropriate and justified. A Pago 6 huge Bank merger okd the Federal Reserve Board on monday approved the record breaking merger of ban America corp. And Security Pacific corp., which would create the second largest Bank company in the nation after Citicorp. A Page 20 Index  .v-Viv-v.iv. I  Tabby Ann Landers 21 action line.18 comics.22-23 commentary.13 crossword .21 faces a no places .24 letters .12 Money matters.20 sports.25-32 to listings.31 weather.11 Gorbachev attacks policies of Yeltsin As sheer madness Washington a former soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev says his worst fears Are coming True and that his a country is being torn apart by the policies of russian president Boris Yeltsin and the leaders of the other new republics. A this is sheer madness a Gorbachev said in an interview published in tuesdays editions of the Washington Post. A it reminds me of the atmosphere in an insane Asylum. A i have turned out to be too much of a Prophet one whose prophecies have begun to come True within a few weeks a Gorbachev said in an interview in his Moscow office. A this country is being torn apart economic ties Are being  Gorbachev said the situation in the former soviet Union has reached an a explosive critical mass and accused Yeltsin of putting a the cart before the horse by liberalizing prices when much of the Economy is still run As a state monopoly. Gorbachev forced out of office nearly three months ago by the breakup of the soviet Empire also said he was dismayed at Pentagon conclusions that the United states had won the cold War and now must preserve its status As the worlds Only superpower. A this smells of Mothballs like prehistoric thinking from the time of the cold War a Gorbachev said of the Pentagon draft memorandum that recently became Public. A we have already left the bipolar world to say nothing of the unipolar world and then somebody has this crazy idea that maybe they can Lead the world again a he said. Tyson prosecutors to ask 6-10 years Indianapolis up a prosecutors will request a six to 10-year term for heavyweight Boxer Mike Tyson when he is sentenced thursday for raping a Beauty pageant contestant. Marion county prosecutor Jeffrey Modisett said monday he also will ask Marion county Superior court judge Patricia Gifford to impose the maximum Fine of $30,000 and to pay prosecution and related costs of up to $150,000. As Many As six witnesses Are scheduled to testify on to sons a behalf including his surrogate Mother Camille Ewald of Catskill . Modisett explained that Indiana Law directs the judge to presume a 10-year sentence for Tyson s crimes and add to or deduct from that figure depending on aggravating or mitigating circumstances. He said a prison term in the six to 10-year Range is appropriate because the factors for shortening or lengthening to songs sentence Are a fairly Well  the 25-year-old former world heavyweight Champion was convicted feb. 10 of rape and two counts of criminal deviate conduct for a july 19 assault in his hotel room on Desiree Washington 18, of Providence . At the time she was a contestant in the miss Black America pageant at Indianapolis. Modisett said he and j. Gregory Garrison a special prosecutor in the Case will join Deputy prosecutor Barbara j. Traten in presenting the recommendation at a 9 . Hearing. The three charges on which Tyson was convicted Are class b felonies on which Indiana Law allows for suspended sentences. A judge also has discretion to allow an offender to be released on Bond while appealing a conviction of such felonies. Retired civilian with St. Nick following Dies a memorial is set for april 2 for a retired american government architect popularly known As Santa Claus in the Central German Region. Don Rogers 68, died of a heart attack March 19 at the Stadter Inkenhaus in Worms Germany. Rogers with flowing Gray Beard and Bushy eyebrows was considered a Looka like for Santa Claus and spent his Christmas seasons volunteering As old St. Nick at social functions and parties. Rogers retired in Worms in 1984 after 33 years of civil service. He had designed facilities at Remote communications Sites in Europe for the 5th signal come at Worms before he retired. Rogers and his wife Betty were avid members of the Heidelberg and Worms wandering clubs. Playing the part of the clubs Mascot he often set up a table called a Biggie a Stisch from where he distributed pamphlets promoting the sport of Volks marching. Rogers is survived by his wife in Otho Fen Germany and their four children Judy Rogers 42, a psychologist at Princeton University clinic in new Jersey de Borah wills 38, a librarian at George Marshall space flight Center at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville Ala. Or. Robin Rogers an associate professor of chemistry at Northern Illinois University in Dekalb 111 and Holly Rogers 27, director for girls at the fold a Christ Center teen age Home at Lyndonville it. And four grandchildren. The april 2 memorial will be held at 2 . At the Ost Hofen cemetery about six Miles North of Worms on Highway b-9. Mrs. Rogers asked that donations be made to a heart fund in lieu of  from Page 1 the leak could represent a major problem a inside but not outside Quot the Plant. In St. Petersburg a City of 4.5 million people a Security department spokesman said there did not appear to be any immediate threat to residents. A in principle there Are no grounds for panic said Yevgeny Lukin. However the mayor s office and City Council convened an a extraordinary a session to discuss the incident. Mayoral spokeswoman Larisa Hudio Kova said preliminary tests indicated radiation Levels in Sosnowy Bor where the Plant is located were within allowable norms. Anatoly Kuznetsov the Dufy officer at the Plant said leaks in the Graphite tubes in the reactor Hall happen a from time to time and Are not dangerous. He said repairs would take about four Days. Earlier this month officials said the Plant was one of two soviet nuclear stations ordered to reduce Energy output last year for failing to meet International safety standards. A spokesman for the swedish National radiation Protection Institute in Stockholm Sven Carlsson said swedish inspectors have recommended the Plant be closed because of its poor condition and inadequate fire Protection system. The Plant came on line in september 1979. Apart from the reactor shut Down tuesday a second reactor was closed earlier this year for repairs Mir Ushenko said. The other two Are operating normally she said Russia has severe Energy shortages and relies heavily on its nine nuclear Power plants with 24 reactors. Safety has been a sensitive Issue in the former soviet Union since the Accident at chernobyl 80 Miles North of the ukrainian capital of Kiev an explosion and fire in one of the Power plants four 1,000 megawatt reactors spread a Cloud of radiation Over a wide area. The government said the disaster killed 32 people. Some scientists and politicians in Ukraine claim the actual death toll was at least 250 and could be As High As 10,000. Correction because of an editing error a photo outline on Page 15 of tuesdays paper was incorrect. Debbie Martinko did not receive a full refund from Chrysler corp. For her Dodge Van. Rather the manufacturer deducted 15 cents a mile for the 22,800 Miles on the car. She paid $19,761 and was refunded $16,341.shuttle from Page 1 can aboard Atlantis the Crew members Are commander Charles Bolden jr., Pilot Brian Duffy David Leestma Kathryn Sullivan Michael Foale and Byron Lieh Tenberg. Frilout is the first belgian to Fly in space. On hand to see him off were princes Philippe and Laurent nephews of Belgium s Fang Baudouin i who Are first and third in line to the throne respectively. The Mission is part of a Long term Nasa program to study the environment from space. Scientists want to measure Ozone and other components of the atmosphere Over an 11-year solar Cycle the period from one Peak of solar activity to the next. One of the instruments aboard Atlan beam gun will Are the atmosphere tis an Electron streams of electrons into to create artificial auroras. The leaks in Atlantis engine compartment on monday were traced to seals in the plumbing that apparently contracted in response to the super cold fuel launch director Bob Sieck said he was confident the trouble was not a recurrence of the Hydrogen leaks that grounded the shuttle Fleet for almost half a year in 1990