European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 4, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                1942-1992 my vol. 51, no. 17 350 monday May 4,1992 d 8693 a battered . Seeks to ease racial wounds los Angeles a soldiers patrolled streets and guarded fire gutted and ransacked stores sunday after a Day in which riot weary residents rallied for peace and began cleaning up from three Days of civil disorder. A we go from the mess up to the mop up to the makeup a said the Rev. Cecilee related stories on pages 2 and 3. Murray of first ame Church a Black Church that sheltered people left homeless by the rioting or too fearful to stay in their Homes. At least 41 people were killed and 2,116 injured in the riots triggered by wednesdays acquittal of four White current and former policemen charged with assault in the beating of Black Motorist Rodney g. King. Damage estimates totalled $550 million making the riot one of the worst Urban disturbances in . History. Aside from a Northeast los Angeles commercial building fire whose cause was unknown Calm prevailed in los Angeles on saturday night As a dusk to Dawn curfew chased people off the streets. A things Are very Calm a said National guard maj. Pat Antosh. But 10 Miles North of downtown los Angeles in suburban Pasadena police dispersed about 100 people in an encounter in which one person was shot and killed and a police helicopter was shot at. The helicopter made an emergency Landing shortly after Midnight and its two member Crew was unhurt it. Dave Harris said. He said police did no to consider the incident related to the los Angeles riots. President Bush on saturday declared los Angeles and los Angeles county disaster areas. Former olympic committee chairman Peter v. Ueberroth was named see racial on Page 2 set is m a. $ Quot it s a v. \ a a would be surfer is escorted from Venice Bench in los Angeles on saturday morning. The City Council closed beaches As a precaution in the aftermath of rioting. Americans fleeing Sierra Leone by Luke Britt staff writer . Military planes on sunday began evacuating americans from the West african nation of Sierra Leone despite assurances from Junta leaders there that . Citizens Are not in danger. About 850 americans Are in Sierra Leone where military leaders on wednesday toppled the government of president Joseph Momoh in a coup. Americans in the country include state department employees private citizens Ana members of several military medical units based in Europe according to officials with the . European come in Stuttgart Germany which is coordinating the evacuation Effort. A the National provisional ruling Council announced in a radio address april 30th that americans were not in danger a said Navy cmdr. John Wood House eur come a chief of Public information. A but we Are concerned because some armed individuals have taken to  the state department has ordered All non essential . Government workers and their families to leave Sierra Leone Woodhouse said. Private american Citi Zens May remain in the country if they wish. Citizens from other countries May also be evacuated by . Aircraft he said. A c-141 Star lifter transport plane took off from Rhein main a Germany just after 11 . Saturday and was followed at 3 . Sunday by another c-141, Woodhouse said. Also involved in the evacuation Are c-130 Hercules transport aircraft from Raf Alconbury England. Woodhouse and officials at Alconbury said they did not know How Many c-1306 were involved. The first c-141 carrying see Sierra on Page 2 walkouts May disrupt air traffic in Germany Bonn Germany up a workers at several airports in Western Germany today May join a week old strike by Public sector workers a move that could severely disrupt air traffic. The Public service transport and traffic Union or Oto said sunday that ground personnel at the Hamburg Disseldorf Cologne Bonn Hannover Numberg and Berlin airports would strike today. The Union said staff at the Frankfurt International Airport would join the action tuesday. Although some air traffic controllers might eventually join the strike the Union was Likely to  at limited disruptions. Initially baggage handlers cleaning personnel and in some cases firefight ers will join strike the Union said. The German Carrier Lufthansa announced sunday that it had set up an emergency information desk to let passengers know of any flight changes caused by the strike. The week Longob action called to Back demands for a 9.5 percent pay increase has seriously affected garbage collection Public transport and mail distribution in Western Germany. Railroad officials said that More than 100 locomotives had to be idled because they could not be serviced. Most Public Heaters and operas have been closed for the past week. Unions have called for strikes in be see walkouts on Page 2 new air Force pilots face up to 3-year waiting game Lubbock Texas a Mark Babione joined the air Force with thoughts of soaring into sorties. Instead he a pushing papers. A i am not Down to making Coffee yet but maybe i will be in a few More weeks a he said. A i Type wills write letters and print out copies. Lets just say i miss  Babione 23, is one of nearly 600 air Force Pilot training graduates whose flying careers have been put in an indefinite holding pattern because of the end of the cold War and subsequent military cutbacks. A a it a kind of hard for the pilots to equate that All this is happening because our team has won said air Force col. Larry Driskill. A they Are not flying because we won the cold  the military is in a period of transition but the air Force a is determined to get aviators in air planes a he said. The number of a banked graduates a pilots put in predicaments like Babione a is expected to reach 700 by the end of the year according to air Force records. Although top air Force pilots in each graduating class Are assured of flying assignments those finishing behind the class leaders have not been see pilots on Page 2