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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Saturday, April 25, 1992

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 25, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 a the stars and stripes saturday april 25, 1992 rep. Les Aspin chairman of the House armed services committee will hold a hearing into whether the Pentagon really needs four varieties of advanced fighter planes. See Story on Page 5. Perot assails Bush h. Ross Perot acknowledging his rising popularity As a potential Independent candidate for president has accused president Bush of ignoring the nations deepening debt troubles. A Page 4 nyc crime fighter beaten three Bat wielding Young men attacked the founder of the guardian Angels leaving him with a broken hand police said. A Page 5 3 convicted in slaying three More Young men were convicted in the fatal stabbing of a Utah tourist who was in new York for the . Open Tennis tournament. A Page 6 haitians sail to base Navy and immigration officials processed 234 haitian refugees who bypassed the coast guard and arrived at the . Naval base at Guantanamo Bay Cuba aboard their own vessel. A Page 9 Index Abby Ann Landers 19 action line.16 comics.19-21 commentary.13 crossword .19 faces a places .18 letters .12 Money matters.17 sports.22-28 to listings.27 weather.11correction because of a reporting error the Hometown of the Pilot who died in an air Force plane crash was incorrect in fridays paper. He was a native of Midland  Page 1 where the explosions destroyed 20 to 25 Square City blocks hurling cars and trucks into the air and blowing up Adobe houses. About 15,000 were left homeless officials said. At a makeshift morgue in a sports stadium relatives wailed As they looked at a list of names of the dead identified so far. Every few minutes an announcement from a speaker told the bereaved that the government would pay for funeral costs. Relatives tenderly wrapped the bodies of their loved ones and put them in Plain wooden caskets. Hundreds of people accompanied Many of the bodies to the Maz quitan cemetery where about 120 Graves were dug. With the grief came anger residents demanded to know Why the government failed to act promptly on reports of fumes. A if they knew Why did no to they Tell us a asked Ramon Guerra 22, who helped pull the bodies of his aunt and his 6-year-old Nephew from the ruins of their Home. In addition to Limon the state governor identified those to blame As City fire chief jos6 Trinadad Lopez Rivas and municipal services director David Eftimos Partida. The state governor Cosio Vidaurri said a it was a situation in which an evaluation had to be made and for some reason the necessary precautions were not  but he backed off an earlier vow to charge the three men with criminal negligence. In a preventive measure Dau Flores ordered the evacuation of a Section of the Alamo District East of Reforma after residents complained of fumes. The area is surrounded by about 40 factories including a Lemex Plant. Mexico has a Large concentration of heavy Industry in major metropolitan areas and there have been several Gas explosions in its cities in recent years including a 1984 blast in Mexico City that killed 452 people. Salinas governing party suffered severe political repercussions after its inadequate response to the 1985 Mexico City earthquake that killed 10,000 people. In the explosion zone hundreds of workers wearing masks to protect against dust and fumes used specially trained dogs to search for bodies. But late in the Day Crews moved in with heavy equipment to Clear debris suggesting there was Little Hope of finding anyone alive. Army trucks were everywhere. Hundreds of soldiers stacked victims broken belongings. Relief officials set up a blood donation station and rushed in purified water. Guadalajara Mexico a second largest City with 3 million people is 350 Miles Northwest of Mexico City. It is a popular tourist destination with a Colony of retired americans across town from the blast area. The . Embassy said it had no reports that americans were injured. Serbs muslims ignore cease fire Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina api a serbs and muslims waged heavy Battles until Dawn Friday in a Sarajevo suburb ignoring appeals by Bosnia and Herzegovina a leaders and International mediators to respect the latest cease fire. Sniper fire had broken out even As the truce was signed thursday forcing reporters and . Observers to Duck for cover under parked cars. The fighting pits ethnic serbs and the serbian led yugoslavian army against muslims and ethnic croats who supported Bosnia a vote feb. 29 to secede from Yugoslavia. The serbs who make up a third of the states population of 4.4 million oppose Independence claiming they will be a persecuted minority. The Federal army and serbian irregulars have seized chunks of Northern and Eastern Bosnia and 250 people have died since february in the latest Republic to split from serbian dominated Yugoslavia. Meanwhile the parliaments of Serbia in p and Montenegro the Only two of former Yugoslavia a six republics which have not sought Independence late thursday approved a proposed Constitution outlining a new smaller serbian dominated Yugoslavia. The new state is to be proclaimed on monday. The vote came after serbian president Slobodan Milosevic pledged to redouble his efforts for peace in Bosnia at talks in Belgrade late thursday with european Community officials. But the proclamation of the new Yugoslavia is unlikely to have any direct effect on the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The two states have been working on the project for some time since it became Clear that the yugoslav federation could not be saved. The United states and the dec blame Serbia and the army for the violence in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In Bosnia overnight buildings burned and the Roar of mortar explosions resounded through the serbian held Lidza District and nearby Muslim villages Dur ing most of the night. Sarajevo radio broadcast appeals for an immediate Stop to the fighting from col. Be Hibiya Kane Leader of the bosnian defense forces and from Radovan Karadzic the Leader of Bosnia a serbs. A a we la warn All parties that they Are not complying with what they signed a said Colm Doyle envoy of the dec s chief negotiator on Yugoslavia lord Carrington. Radio Sarajevo said 15 people were wounded in the Southern City of most a r on thursday. Fighting ended in the evening. In the heavily embattled mostly Muslim town of Bosansky Krupa in the West Muslim and serb militias were respecting a cease fire radio said. Most of the population had left. Bosnia a conflict has made refugees of about 200,000 people. Germany Austria and the Netherlands meanwhile urged the . Security Council to hold an emergency session on Bosnia. Rival afghan rebels to establish Council Peshawar Pakistan a Muslim guerrilla leaders agreed Friday to form a 50-member interim Council to take Power from the crumbling government in Afghanistan a move that May avoid civil War among the rebel groups. The Council would be composed of five members from each of the 10 major guerrilla parties based in Pakistan and Iran rebel sources said. It would include Hebe islami the most Radical resistance party headed by Gul Buddin Hematyar they said. Hack Magyar has threatened to attack Kabul unless the remnants of the government of ousted president Najibullah surrendered. Hekma Tyars a fighters have been moving toward Kabul. After Najibullah a ouster on april 16, the rebels formed a 20-member Council to take Power in Kabul but  agree on who would Lead it. They have been divided for years by personal ambitions ethnic rivalries and territorial claims. The expanded commission was seen As a Way to give Hematyar a face saving Way of backing off his threats to attack Kabul. The announcement came shortly before the expected arrival of . Secretary Gen eral Boutros Boutros Ghali for talks with the Mujahideen or islamic holy warriors who have been fighting for 14 years to overthrow successive communist governments in Kabul. . Firefighters help douse greek Blaze Souda Bay Crete a amps firefighters from the naval support activity Souda Bay helped extinguish a Blaze thursday night in the downtown area of nearby Chania. The support activity a fire department led by chief Frank Decicco in his second Day on the Job responded with 15 people three firetrucks and a control vehicle. The installations firefighters . Air Force personnel temporarily assigned to Souda Bay joined greek units combating the Blaze that seriously damaged three stores. No injuries were reported said senior chief Petty officer Paul Farley the base spokesman. The cause of the Blaze which began about 4 30 . And was under control four hours later has not been determined Farley said. The support activity on the greek Island of Crete in the Eastern Mediterranean provides support for the . 6th Fleet units and Navy and air Force reconnaissance units assigned there. Allergy risk forces recall of ice Cream Portland Ore. Apr Kraft general foods inc. Is recalling chocolate ice Cream sold in Western states because it May contain a Peanut product that could trigger a fatal allergic reaction. A Peanut protein May have been inadvertently added to the ice Cream which should not be eaten by anyone allergic to peanuts company spokeswoman Linda Eatherton said. Quot this is one of the most serious food allergies there is Quot said or. John d. Of Hallaren of the allergy immunology clinic in Portland. Symptoms include swelling in the Mouth or Throat followed by hives. In some cases the Throat swells shut and the person May go into Shock and die o Haaren said. Kraft issued the recall wednesday after engineers discovered the possible mix up. The ice Cream is sold under the brands Knudsen Stater Bros., Stater Bros. Deluxe and Breyer. The recall also includes Knudsen Nice in Light ice milk  
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