European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 12, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes tuesday May 12, 1992 at a glance Xiv. Democratic presidential hopeful Bill Clinton listens to his wife Hillary before a speech in san Francisco. See related stories on Page 4.laser project zapped the a Ray laser the death beam weapon that gave president Reagan a 1983 strategic defense initiative its Quot Star wars Quot nickname is officially dead after years of research and hundreds of millions of dollars of investment. A Page 5rampage in Washington youths smashed windows at a restaurant set fires in trash cans and pelted police and firefighters with bottles in a largely hispanic Section of the nations capital. A Page 7key Battle remembered fifty year old memories weighed heavily on the faces of world War ii veterans As they marked the anniversary of the Battle of the Coral  Page 8 bad sibling one option High school students in Garmisch and Berchtesgaden in Southern Germany May attend International schools instead of a Dodds facility in bad sibling next year an education official said. A Page 9high-paid execs Anthony . O Reilly head of food maker . Heinz co., was America s highest paid chief executive officer in 1991, Forbes Magazine reported. A Page 17 Index Abby Ann Landers. 20 action line. 16 comics. 18-20 commentary. 13 crossword. 20 faces a no places. 10 letters. 12 Money matters. 17 sports. 21-28 to listings. 27 weather. 11 rescuers searching for 15 missing in mine disaster f Plymouth Nova Scotia apr Grimy Rescue workers dressed on monday with their search for Coal miners buried ,000 feet underground in an explosion. The bodies of 11 miners were found sunday and Hope for 15 others still missing was All but gone. The bodies were found sunday More than 30 hours after a blast ripped through the Westray Coal mine about 75 Miles Northeast of Halifax hurting twisted steel from the Shaft and rattling windows half a mile away. Quot based on preliminary reports from the main Rescue Crews it appears these men died instantly As the result of an explosion a said Colin Benner a spokesman for Curranh resources the mines owner. Quot i think we be seen the first real pains of this thing a and its going to go on for quite a while yet said Bruce Stephen whose brother in Law was caught in the blast. Officials said rescuers monday morning were within about 200 Yards of where the missing men were expected to be but no sounds of life were reported. About 100 rescuers All miners entered in shifts working in groups of five dressed in Orange suits and helmets with cumbersome oxygen tanks strapped on their backs. A a a Perot turns in Texas petitions Austin Texas a Texas billionaire Ross Perot looking and sounding like a presidential candidate on monday turned in about 90 Cartons of petitions designed to put him on the november ballot in his Home state. Quot Well you showed Mem a Perot told a crowd of hundreds of supporters who chanted a run Ross  a if the framers of our Constitution Are looking Down from heaven today you know and 1 know they Are smiling a Perot said. Perot said a political experts had predicted that his backers  obtain the required 54,275 petition signatures by mondays deadline the earliest of any state. A you did no to he told the crowd. A you did Over 200,000.�?� petition drive officials later said the total was about 225,000. Each cardboard Carton was covered with a sign that read a Perot �?T92. Now there a a  hundreds of supporters paraded through downtown Austin and cheered Perot during an hour Long rally on the Capitol grounds. Although Perot mentioned a after november several times during his speech he declined in a Brief interview to say when he might announce whether he will run. Asked when he would make an announcement Perot replied Quot whenever we re  surrounded by people wearing a Cross for Bossy to shirts and carrying Perot signs the unofficial candidate said monday was historic. A everybody who understands politics will Tell you this a what a happening today could not happen a Perot said. A keep in mind the hard part starts after  from Page 1 else is lies a Ann Leech a relative of one of the dead men told Independent television news. A defense department attorney said last week that the pilots a would feel they were under some jeopardy if they testified. Stephens said the pilots did not express any regret in the statement submitted to the inquest. But he said the document signed by defense depart ment official Carl Ford spoke of deep compassion for the families of the soldiers. A . Military investigation concluded in july that the britons had been killed by . Friendly fire but cleared the two pilots whose target was 13 Miles to the East. Royal air Force Wing commander Brian Carmichael told the inquest Mon Day that All Allied pilots were Given their targets by ground control centers and were not allowed to select their own targets. Carmichael said it had been expected that a Gamut of safety measures would prevent Friendly fire incidents during the Gulf War. The Case is expected to go to the jury at the end of the week. Jurors must decide decide whether the deaths were accidental or occurred by misadventure or unlawful  from Page 1 suits were not expected for Days. Even comprehensive unofficial figures were not expected until today. The outcome will determine the strength of the political machines Aquino vowed to destroy in 1986 after the late president Ferdinand Marcos fled into exile. Both Santiago and Ramos needed Strong showings in the capital Region to offset anticipated losses in Rural areas where House speaker Ramon Mitra and Eduardo a Dan Ding Cojuangco a Marcos ally have Strong organizations. Abs can said Cojuangco was third in the Early returns with 17,299 votes. Sen. Jovito Salonga had 12,667 Marcos widow Imelda had 9,051 Mitra 6,974 and vice president Salvador Laurel 2,964. The commission on elections estimated the Winner might take no More than 25 percent. That would hardly be a mandate to govern a country that has widespread poverty and social injustice and an Active marxist insurgency. More than 80 percent of the 32 million eligible voters were believed to have cast ballots. They also chose a new Congress and More than 17,000 other officials from among More than 87,700 candidates. Voting went smoothly in the Manila area with scattered reports of violence from the Countryside. But Many voters said they could not cast ballots because they were not on registration lists and there were reports of ballot Box thefts. Ramos warned his followers a the process enters a very critical period As the counting goes on into the night and this is where More vigilance is to be exerted on the part of All  All seven presidential candidates ran on similar platforms a promising close relations with the United states and promoting democracy Rural development and foreign investment. Santiago and Marcos generated excitement but had weak National organizations. Mitra on the other hand fared poorly in surveys but was expected to do better because he had the Best organized National machine. Marcos was Given Little Chance because most of her late husbands lieutenants abandoned her for Cojuangco. He fled the county in 1986 with Ferdinand Marcos who was accused of looting the National Treasury. Cojuangco returned three years later. A Cojuangco Victory would be humiliating to Aquino his first Cousin. Ramps a Cousin of Marcos was a key figure in the military civilian uprising that put Aquino in office. Despite the Good will that accompanied Aquino a Rise to Power Many Firpi nos grew disillusioned with her Inabit to Institute promised social changes sue As land redistribution. Satellite from Page 1 satellites Jet thrusters were fired to stabilize it. Before trying again to snare the satellite Thuot planned to tap the capture bar against equipment in the cargo Bay to get a better feel for its Impact on objects in space. Officials said the satellite was More sensitive to touch than expected. Nasa wants to Pluck the satellite from space and attach a motor to boost it to its proper orbit 22,300 Miles High. The Rescue is the seven member Crews chief task. For Intelsat a telecommunications consortium with 122 member nations the spacewalk was another major disappointment. The $157 million satellite was left in a uselessly Low orbit two years ago by a misfired Titan rocket. Intelsat claims the satellite designed to handle Telephone Calls and to Broad casts can easily earn $240,000 a Day or More in Revenue or $1 billion during its 12-year lifetime. On sunday Thuot stood on a platform attached to the shuttles 50-foot Crane and tried to lock onto a Groove across the Bottom of the satellite with the capture bar. Thuot missed and said a Law Man a minutes later he tried again Thuot and Hieb suggested afterwards that their Job might have easier if the shuttle and satellite had been in Daylight. Mission control agreed