European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 16, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday april 16, 1992 the stars and stripes c Page 3volcano Grants Village a truce7 Zafferano Etna Sicily apr the lava flow that threatened this Village at the base of mount Etna has stopped giving . And italian military experts More time to try to divert the streams of lava still moving High up on the Volcano. Volcanology its insisted that the halt of the flow on the Eastern Edge of Zafferano Etna did not end the threat to the Village. They said the lava could resume its Advance of the town if the eruption that began in mid december does not end soon. A joint .-italian plan to drop 50 giant Concrete blocks into the lava channels High up on the Volcano to divert the flow and slow its Advance toward the Village was postponed until at least Friday. Civil defense minister Nicola Capria said preparations for the Complex project were taking longer than expected. The operation was supposed to begin late wednesday. A luckily the Volcano is giving us a truce and some time to better study and prepare the Experiment a Capria said. At Rifugio Sapienza nearly 100 . Navy and Marine officers were working in freezing temperatures on the plans to Fly the 8,000-Pound blocks to a Point 6,600 feet High on the Snow capped Volcano. The lava Stream on the Eastern Edge of Zafferano Etna flowed Over the last defensive earthen Bank tuesday knocked Down two farmhouses and destroyed fruit Trees. It hardened and solidified about half a mile from a residential area. Volcanology its said the flow stopped mostly because the magma had solidified along the inside edges of the hardened lava tunnels that were funnelling it toward the Village choking off the flow. They said the blasting of the tunnels by military explosive experts had helped to slow the flow. The lava front slowed to a halt tuesday night after italian military experts detonated 400 pounds of explosives and smashed the Side of a lava Tunnel. A second lava Tunnel collapsed after an earlier blast. Residents used to the almost yearly eruptions of mount Etna appeared Calm As the lava approached the town but civil defense officials stationed 120 army trucks in the downtown area for a possible evacuation. The last major eruption in 1983, lasted 130 Days. A Man surveys the damage to a House that is nearly buried in lava on the outskirts of Zaft Crana Etna  safer sleeping on backs studies find Washington up turning conventional Wisdom upside Down experts said wednesday that infants Are less Likely to succumb to sudden infant death syndrome if they sleep on their backs. The american Academy of paediatrics and the National Institute of child health and human development said studies in new zealand Australia and England a demonstrate a Strong association Between putting infants to bed stomach Down and the risk of sudden infant death syndrome or Side. Based on the findings the paediatrics experts recommended that parents put their infants on the Side or Back when putting them Down for sleep. Although there has not been a formal recommendation previously they said most infants Are put to rest on their stomachs. In new zealand Australia and England Side incidence has decreased As much As 50 percent after Public health programs urged placing infants on their Side or Back instead of stomach. A faced with the evidence from other countries the practising paediatrician or physician would be moved to suggest that for most babies without contraindication the Back position seems to be the favored Way to go a said or. Duane Alexander director of the National Institute of child health and human development. While the United states has a lower rate of Side Thijn the other countries studied deaths from Side have confounded experts. The syndrome is blamed when other factors Are not identified. Philly s Black commissioner of police to get Gates Job Philadelphia up Philadelphia police commissioner Willie Williams will resign to take the Job of los Angeles police chief replacing the embattled Daryl Gates Philadelphia mayor de Rendell said wednesday. Williams 48, will become the first Black police chief of los Angeles a City More than twice the size of Philadelphia but with fewer officers per capita of population. He will also be the first from outside the department in 40 years. Williams was also the first Black police commissioner of Philadelphia and came up through the ranks to be appointed top policeman in june 1988 by mayor Wilson Goode the City a first Black mayor. Williams left Philadelphia on wednesday morning for los Angeles where his appointment was expected to be announced later. Rendell said he was informed by Williams in a Telephone Call tuesday night that he had been offered the $177,000-a-year Job and planned to take it. As Philadelphia police commissioner he had a salary of $95,000, commanded a Force of 6,300 and managed a budget of $309 million. He competed for the Job with five other finalists and All the others were from within the los Angeles police department. The los Angeles appointment comes during the final phase of the trial of four White men a three los Angeles police officers and a former officer a who Are accused of beating a Black Motorist Rodney g. King in March 1991. The beating which was captured on Amateur videotape and which set off a juror. Williams is a 1961 graduate of Philadelphia a Overbrook High school and joined the Force As a patrolman in 1964, making detective in 1972 and lieutenant in 1976. While a lieutenant first with the patrol Bureau and later with the juvenile division he received a diploma in police administration and management from Northwestern University in Evanston 111. He also holds an associate degree in business administration from the Philadelphia College of textiles and science Anc has received management training with the Federal Bureau of investigation and at Harvard University a senior management Institute for police. Word expected shortly on Galvin s retirement Brussels Belgium apr nato was expected to announce soon the retirement of . Gen. John r. Galvin As top commander of Allied forces in Europe sources said wednesday. His replacement was expected to be named later said the sources who demanded anonymity. Galvin who will be 63 next month has recently spoken of his intention this summer to leave the Post he has held since june 1987. He would also give up his duties As commander of the . European come. The sources said the announcement by the North Atlantic treaty organization was expected shortly possibly As Early As today. Nato ambassadors were to act on a american rec just that Galvin be allowed to step Down. They would then ask Washington to name a successor the sources said. The top Alliance command is traditionally held by an american. Galvin has commanded the european forces during a critical period in nato history a when its former Warsaw pact enemies became friends. With the disappearance of the soviet military threat he has overseen plans for a new military strategy based on fewer soldiers and a spare nuclear Arsenal. The new strategy stresses crisis management and relies More on multinational units. Its Centrepiece is to be a rapid reaction Force for trouble spots on Alliance territory. Galvin also has played a key role in establishing military contacts with the Young democracies in Eastern Europe some of which Are struggling to Mold their armed forces along Western lines. He took part last week in an unprecedented gathering of nato military chiefs and their former Warsaw pact adversaries