European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 5, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes tuesday May 5,1992 at a glance almost $16 billion for a Black a or top secret programs is buried in the Pentagon a new $281 billion budget request according to an analysis by Jane a defense weekly. See stories on pages 14-15. Fear spreads with fires fear is spreading in Lawrence mass., where 53 arson fires since january have Laid waste to abandoned buildings and left chunks of the historic Mill City in ruins. A Page 4 old cold warriors meet Mikhail s. Gorbachev visited Ronald Reagan at his California ranch and the old cold War foes and their wives chatted amicably. A Page 7 investors seek guarantees Many american companies convinced that it is too risky to invest in the former soviet Union have appealed to the Bush administration Tor Federal investment guarantees to protect them from losses. Page 17 Iran  Abby Ann Landers 20 action line.16 comics.18-20 commentary.13 faces a no places .10 letters.12 Money matters.17 sports.21-28 to listings.27 weather.11 group celebrates Friendship of germans and americans by Gary Pomeroy staff writer Gen. John r. Galvin the supreme Allied commander of nato and senior . Military officer in Europe was among 600 people who attended ceremonies in Bamberg on sunday commemorating the 38th annual German Ameri can Friendship week. The 7,500-member federation of Ger Man american clubs sponsors the week of activities throughout Germany aimed at promoting relations Between the two nations. . Military communities across the nation will participate in the events. Addressing the crowd Galvin traced the roots of German american Friendship from foes to allies to friends saying that the millions of americans who served in Germany Are now a a ambassadors of Germany in the United states. A however we did not become Ger mans but we became More than Only tourists a Galvin said. During the ceremony German adm. Dieter Well Ershoff received the Lucius d. Clay medal for initiating project Friendship a support program for families of american service members who deployed to the persian Gulf during operations desert shield and storm. The federations annual award is named for the american general who figured prominently in the Berlin Airlift in 1948-�?T49. In accepting the award Well Ershoff said project Friendship came about after he put himself in the position of the americans who left their families in Germany while they deployed to the persian Gulf. A with this thought we As germans were needed a he said. The federation celebrates its 45th anniversary this year and although membership has dropped by 1,000 since 1990 members vow to stay Active the federation president said monday. A even though we might lose some americans due to draw Dow the clubs and the federation Are aware that our work must continue a said Hildegard Frank president of the federation of German american Guys. Some of the Slack in the federations 52 chapters has been picked up by the germans Frank said. At the ceremony on sunday she was approached by a group of students seeking to Start a chapter in Regensburg. A we Are sorry to see americans go a said Frank a German citizen who joined the federation in 1972. A but friends remain friends even though you Are far  from Page 1 Pray for them. We have to use this tragedy As a Chance for renewal a the Rev. Jang Kyun told the Central evangelical Church congregation in Korea town where Many stores were set upon by arsonists and looters. Cardinal Roger Mahony roman Catholic archbishop of los Angeles urged looters to return merchandise to parishes no questions asked. A if we re going to rebuild the City we have to Clear the slate a he said at mass. A we done to care what it is just bring it  a Telephone tip triggered a series of police raids that yielded More than three truckloads of looted goods. Courts held rare sunday sessions to arraign some of the nearly 11,400 people arrested in the violence touched off by the acquittal of four White former Ana current policemen in the videotaped beating of Black Motorist Rodney g. King. Besides the 47 killed More than 2,300 people were injured. Damage was put at $717 million. The death toll surpasses the 43 killed in the 1967 Detroit riots. In 1917, race riots in East St. Louis 111., claimed 48 lives. Restrictions on City bus service in South Central los Angeles were lifted sunday. A a it a progressing toward quiet and Normal a said Highway patrol officer Esmeralda Leos. A a we re ready in Case things take a turnabout but we re hoping for the  for the most part a if not for piles of soldering rubble and troops armed with m-16s a sunday could have been any other perfect Spring Day. Children on bikes meandered amid the ruins boys played baseball and soccer at a Park near a levelled shopping Center families held picnics or barbecues in neighbourhoods hit hardest by the looting and arson. A Bride in a full length White gown stood outside a Graffiti covered building in South Central los Angeles with her bridesmaids. While the affluent and Downtrodden alike pitched in to help shop owners clean up their burned out stores the curious were out with camcorders videotaping some of the hundreds of hollowed buildings. A i want los Angeles to Wake up from the Nightmare a said 18-year-old Ericka Hernandez who helped sweep out a supermarket in South Central los Angeles. The National guard troops for the most part appeared at ease drinking sodas and taking pictures. But they kept their rifles ready As they sat atop supermarkets in Patio chairs and scouted the landscape with binoculars. Two were perched on the roof of an untouched Burger King among the charred ruins. The sign proclaimed the franchise As Black owned to Ward off  from Page 1 percent. While the strikes have hit Western Germany and Western Berlin former East Germany has been spared. However Berlin radio stations reported monday that Public transit workers in Eastern Berlin staged Wildcat strikes in search of higher pay. The Bonn daily newspaper die Welt said the Federal government was preparing a new offer to the striking workers. A behind the scenes there have been and there still Are talks and exploratory contacts a die Welt said. The Public employees Union on monday spread its strikes to Western German airports for the first time. Officials said Tegel in Western Berlin was closed and that passengers were being taken to sch Nezela Airport just outside Eastern Berlin. There workers remained on their jobs and Airport officials hoped to keep some air traffic moving. The Airport in the Northern Industrial City of Hannover was also closed monday. Disseldorf s Airport a Bush charter flight Center and a stopping Point Tor some transatlantic runs was experiencing delays due to striking ground personnel. If workers walk off the jobs today in Frankfurt As seems Likely the resulting chaos will Likely affect passengers worldwide. Tens of thousands of passengers each Day travel through Frankfurt headed to and from the United states Africa Asia and other parts of the world. Correction because of an editing error a quote published in the stars and stripes on april 23 was taken out of context. The quote which was attributed to capt. James Munsterman commander of Nas Kef Lavik Iceland should have reflected Praise of volunteers who help out around the base. In its entirety the quote would have read a if we did not have family members people who Volunteer to work at the red Cross Uso Over at our child care Center family services Center if we did no to have volunteers who Are involved in those things this base would be a pretty miserable place to be. I spend a lot of time supporting those organizations and those  from Page 1 Germany the embassy staff had met with the leaders of the coup and a were not impressed that they would be Able to maintain control of the country. So we were ordered to  also evacuated were 79 . Military medical specialists who were providing humanitarian aide to local citizens and training the nations fledgling medical corps. The . Medical personnel most of whom Are assigned to units in Germany were the first to be evacuated from Sierra Leone. Despite the coup medical team members reported Only a temporary halt in their work with local medical staff. Last wednesday All treatment and training ceased when word of the coup reached the military Camp across the Bay from the capital. A on thursday morning we went Back to work and before we left id say we completed 85 to 90 percent of what we wanted to do a said or. Mal Randy smart of the 86th medical group at Ramstein a. The medical team immunized 4,000 people during its shortened stay in Sierra Leone with most immunizations administered after the coup smart said. In addition to the embassy staff and military personnel about 600 private american citizens live in Sierra Leone. Most of them Are missionaries from various churches Maples said. Another 80 americans were working there for the peace corps he said. The americans were offered transportation via the Neucom planes to either Germany or nearby Dakar Senegal Maples said. But they did not have to accept a the Choice was theirs a he said. Meanwhile in Sierra Leone the associated press reported monday that the ruling National provisional defense Council established by coup leaders repeated Stern warnings for government workers to return to their offices immediately a for face appropriate  its continued appeals for a return to Normal and for shops to reopen have largely been ignored although a few shops opened monday. Civil servants and shop owners said that they were frightened for their lives and property after Days of looting and detentions of government ministers. The City was Calm sunday and monday and sporadic shooting has stopped wire reports said