European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 21, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday april 21, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 3 a civil Protection worker guides children atop cooled lava Rock to inspect dam age to a shed outside the town of Zafferano Etna  sicilians present easter treats to military Zafferano Etna Sicily apr residents of this town threatened by mount Etna a relentless lava flow offered easter treats sunday to . And italian military teams working to Stem the danger. Bad weather again hampered plans to Battle the Volcano. Thirty five families living in Homes on the slopes of Europe a most Active Volcano played Host to two italian soldiers apiece for easter treating them to dinners of pasta Lamb Rabbit sausage and sicilian desserts state television reported. The italian news Agency Ansa said that . Marines were treated to chocolate easter eggs. About 100 marines and Navy officers Are helping the italians erect an inclined Metal platform to slide huge Concrete blocks into an opening of the Volcano. A few blocks have been ferried up to the Edge of the Mouth but the to report said High winds frustrated the helicopters that Are to transport the rest of the blocks. It said italian soldiers built an earthen Wall to try to contain some of the lava flowing from another outlet that opened up saturday. They were studying the possibility of setting off More explosives As they did in recent Days to try to collapse underground channels carrying the lava. Officials said lava is a Little less than a half mile from this town of 7,000 people. Serbs capture town guerrillas reportedly using . Insignias Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina up a serbian forces seized a predominantly Muslim town in Western Bosnia and Herzegovina on monday As they nearly completed annexing All major centers along the newly Independent states Eastern Border with Serbia. In a separate development . Officials in Sarajevo raised concerns that serbian guerrillas were using . Insignia to disguise themselves and move around freely within the War torn state. Serbian irregulars and the serbian led yugoslav army captured the town of Sanski Brod 120 Miles Northwest of Sarajevo driving out Muslim and croatian militia overnight from the town Hall and police station officials and Media said. No casualty figures were available for the fighting. The capture came As serbian forces continued their drive to carve out a self declared serbian state on 75 percent of Bosnia a territory and Annex it to a new truncated Yugoslavia entered on Serbia. Fighting Between serbian forces and Muslim and croatian militias continued monday across the former Central Yugo slav Republic which is made up of let million muslims 1.4 million serbs and 750,000 croats. In other parts of the state fighting raged in the areas of Northern Bosnia and Herzegovina along the Sava River bordering with Croatia. At least two people were killed in overnight fighting near Bosansky Gradiska and Bosansky Samac 100 Miles North of Sarajevo police said. In the past 45 Days of ethnic violence in Bosnia about 2 h people have been killed 1,600 injured Anil 1,100 have been missing according to the state s health Institute. Meanwhile in the capital of Sarajevo . Officials said they were investigating reports that serbian guerrillas were using . Insignias and badges to move through parts of Bosnia. . Officials said they were concerned about the reports because the use of their insignia by serbian guerrillas poses additional problems for their Security and passage through the numerous blockades set up on highways. Four men charged in murder of . Tourist in new Orleans new Orleans a investigators have charged four men in the killing of a British tourist in the historic French Quarter but said sunday that they have not found the gun used in the crime. The four were arrested saturday in the killing of Julie Stott 27. The Man accused of shooting her was charged with first degree murder. Stott a textile designer from Manchester England was shot after a Man jumped from a car april 14 and ordered her and a companion to lie in the Street police said. She died the next Day at a Hospital. According to the police Stott was hit in the head and the Arm As she fled with Peter Ellis 27, of new zealand. The two were walking Back to their hotel after having dinner in the French Quarter police said. Robert a a Peanut Jones 19, was charged with shooting Stott. Three other men also 19. Were charged As accomplices. Police said Jones also was implicated in a 2-Wcek-old crime spree in the historic tourist District and faces other charges including attempted murder and rape. Pentagon ends Alert at site r As threat of nuclear War fades by the Baltimore Sun Raven Rock a. A the nations military chiefs no longer fearing a nuclear armageddon have quietly lifted the round the clock Alert ordered almost 40 years ago at site a a secret . Command fortress buried a half mile inside this Mountain near the Maryland state line. Facilities within the site that had been on 24-hour Alert in Case of a Surprise soviet nuclear attack Are finally closing Down at night. A a lot of people have been dispersed reassigned and the place is going Down to a caretaker status a said a senior military officer at the Pentagon. A a it a no longer a 24-hour-a-Day operation. People go Home at the end of the  this adjustment to the Post cold War world began feb. 1 and is the latest in a series of unpublicized changes by the joint chiefs of staff in the operation of the National military come Center at the Pentagon and its main backup site Here in the Cato tin Mountain Range. The two facilities ran parallel operations with the site r watch teams acting like clones of their Pentagon counterparts. A if anything hic used they were supposed to be in step following everything a said the senior officer who would discuss classified operations Only if assured of anonymity. A basically we done to maintain the teams at site r anymore. There a enough warning time that we could dispatch one of our teams from Here a he said from his Pentagon office. At Raven Rock which contains both the alternate joint comm Center and the alternate National military come Center the emergency action area is now occupied by a Skeleton Crew assigned to keep the computers and communications equipment warm. Key Pentagon personnel usually led by a one Star general still visit at least once every three months to simulate operations during a nuclear or conventional War. But site r is clearly busier now As a Hub in the military a worldwide communications network handling both routine and emergency messages than As the potential nerve Center for wartime operations. A for me As the commander there has been no decrease in my Mission. I still have a responsibility to support fully All of the tenants a said it. Col. Arthur Maxwell Leader of an army signal battalion based six Miles Southwest of site r at fort Ritchie near Cascade my. In his View the site cannot be expected to function properly if it sits dormant waiting to be cranked up Only in a  to offer special monthlong sales Ramstein Germany a amps a commissaries throughout Europe will offer More than Iso items at special Sale prices next month in Celebration of armed forces Day on May 16. Sale items throughout the month will include Candy condiments laundry detergent canned and Frozen foods and Beauty aids. All items will be available at the 113 commissaries within the defense commissary Agency european Region which extends from Iceland to saudi Arabia. The Sale items will be sold at Cost said Denise Gomes spokeswoman for the Region. In addition customers will be allowed to use any coupons that apply to each of the Sale items further reducing customer Cost she  strike could create health crisis doctors warn Athens Greece apr More than 5,000 striking garbage collectors marched through Central Athens on monday to press for higher wages. Doctors warned that the 12-Day strike posed a Public health risk. The government estimates that More than 25, he tons of garbage have piled up around the City. The Athens doctors Union said it fears an outbreak of disease if it is not picked up. Municipal workers around Greece have been on strike since april 8