European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 8, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Vol. 51, no. 21 350 Friday May 8, 1992 d 8693 a la Gen. David m. Maddox Maddox replacing Saint Washington a amps it. Gen. David m. Maddox will succeed Gen. Crosbie e. Saint As commander of . Army Europe this summer defense Secretary Dick Cheney announced thursday. Maddox 54, previously commanded v corps headquartered in Frankfurt Germany. It was announced in Early March that Maddox would take a new Job on the see Maddox on Page 2 Bank account fraud uncovered in Bamberg by Randy Pruitt staff writer Bamberg Germany a thousands of dollars have been siphoned from As Many As two dozen service members stateside Bank accounts and depos in what into a Bank in Liechtenstein sited appears to be a fraud by wire scheme investigators confirmed thursday. Usa eur Public affairs said thurs Day that the Federal Bureau of investigation has assumed jurisdiction in the Case. The thefts were apparently limited to accounts of soldiers assigned to the 2nd in 14th Field arty in Bamberg investigators said. Approximately 2,500 soldiers Are stationed in Bamberg a Public affairs spokesman said. Investigators refused to divulge How much Money was involved the time Frame or the exact number of soldiers affected. However investigators indicated approximately two dozen soldiers accounts were involved. A spokesman for the criminal investigation come would neither confirm nor deny that an arrest had been made. Investigators said the thief reportedly had obtained copies of soldiers leave see fraud on Page 2 11 die As ferryboat sinks passengers scramble overboard As a ferryboat sinks in the Harbor of the croatian port of Gruz on wednesday. Eleven people died and More than 20 people were injured after the ferry collided with a passenger ship in the Harbor that serves Dubrovnik. British probe deaths caused by Friendly fire Oxford England apr an inquest opened thursday into the deaths of nine British soldiers who were killed by . Friendly fire during the persian Gulf War a third inquiry into what happened in the desert. Families of the men expressed dismay that the . Pilots who fired the missiles at the armoured personnel carriers will not testify. The inquest expected to last at least five Days will hear from about 20 Antish military personnel but no . Witnesses. Oxford Coroner Nicholas Gardiner told a packed Council chamber that the americans a took the View that it was inappropriate for them to interfere or seek to interfere in a British  . Military authorities said they would not Volunteer any evidence or disclose the names of the two american pilots but produced a 25-Page statement for the court. Geoffrey Robertson representing the families said the . Evidence revealed a staggering discrepancies a Between the pilots version of events and that of British air traffic controllers who directed them. A in order to establish How it occurred it would be necessary obviously to hear the two a-10 pilots who could give the crucial evidence a what information they received and Why they launched their missiles a said Robertson. I would have liked the american pilots to be Here Quot said Barbara Thompson whose 19-year-ol those killed. A i m very disappointed two . Air Force a-10 pilots fired missiles at two Brit whose 19-year-old son Lee was among a a that they  see probe on Page 2negotiators talking As German strike continues Frankfurt Germany apr negotiators continued to talk thursday trying to fashion a wage pact to end an a Day old Public service strike that Nas left mountains of garbage throughout Germany and grounded air travel in major cities. Union leaders ordered workers to stay off the Job and threatened to close Germany a busiest Airport in Frankfurt for a second time if Progress was not made in the talks which opened wednesday Ard television reported. The Public workers Union amp to also threatened to close airports in Berlin and Munich which just reopened after three Days of walkouts. In Hamburg All air travel except charter flights was grounded and All flights at Cologne Bonn and Disseldorf airports were also halted. The negotiations Between Union and government representatives broke off after six hours late wednesday. 6tv Leader Monika Wulf Mathies claimed that the government had not yet made an acceptable offer. Interior minister Rudolf Seiters who Heads the government Side of the talks said the talks were still a in the sounding out  in Frankfort meanwhile about 5,000 Union members were gathered near City Hall thursday pressing for a breakthrough in the talks. During a news conference in Berlin Chancellor Helmut Kong said the prolonged strike was not a threat to his coalition government which has been beset by squabbling since the resignation last week of Long serving foreign minister Hans Dietrich Genscher. A the coalition is stable. There a no question a Kohl said. He predicted the coalition of his conservative Christian democrats and the centrist free democrats would win the next Federal elections in 1994. The Oto has sought a 9.5 percent across the Board wage increase. Negotiations initially broke off More than two weeks ago when the government countered with an offer of 4.7 percent less than the annual inflation rate about 5 percent. Government negotiators were expected to offer a see strike on Page Complete week by week schedule a Page 25