European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 15, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes Friday May 15, 1992 at a glance Genu Baker Wilhelm Den placet a Sample of hit award winning bread in the display Case of his Baker. Glen and his wife Marlon Don t loaf around when it comes to making bread. See their Story on pages 14 and is. Oswald file released the file on Lee Harvey Oswald that the Cia had collected before the assassination of president Kennedy was made Public but it offered slim pickings for longtime students of the Case. A Page 4 breast cancer factors three factors strongly predict which women will get breast cancer after menopause a a family history of the disease late age first pregnancies and having an Appl shaped body according to a report. A a Gest dad Dies Robert Reed a shakespearean trained actor who played the Model father on tvs the Brady Bunch died of Colon cancer at age 59. A Page 7italian lawmakers get Rowdy italian parliamentarians shoved each other and shouted insults As they met in an unsuccessful bid to elect a new italian head of state. A Page 8encouraging indications a Strong gain in retail sales coupled with a modest 0.2 percent Rise in consumer prices last month encouraged government officials and private economists that the economic recovery is gathering strength. A Page 17 Index ,. . A. V . Abby Ann Landers. 19 action line. .16 comics. 19-21 commentary. 13 crossword. .19 faces no places. .18 letters. .12 Money matters. 17 sports. 22-28 to listings. 27 weather. 11 talks with metalworkers fail As 2nd German strike looms Bonn Germany apr last ditch wage negotiations broke Down Between employers and the 3.6 million Strong metalworkers and engineers Union bringing the country closer to another massive strike. The fifth round of talks collapsed wednesday night. The powerful in metall Union had earlier said a failure of the latest round of talks would be virtually the last Straw before a strike vote is called. Germany is beset by its most tense labor strife in years As workers in the Western part of the country arow discontented with having to shoulder the soaring costs of re unification with former East Germany. Meanwhile German news Media re ported that Public service workers who went on an 11-Day strike that ended last thursday have apparently voted against a 5.4 percent wage increase offer which ended that walkout. Official results of the voting by the Oto Public service Union which began monday were to be announced later thursday. Failure of the contract vote does not necessarily mean another strike by the 2.3-million member Oto. The unions leadership has the Power to overrule its members and there Are signs that it could happen. The Hamburg Branch of Oto said the Union leadership in that City would not Call for another walkout. However a rejection of the contract by the Oto rank and file would be a serious vote of no Confidence for the Union leadership. Wes Deutscher Rund Funk radio speculated that if the contract is rejected the Oto leadership May have to resign. In metall which has not staged a general walkout in eight years began warning strikes earlier this week. In metall is demanding 9.5 percent higher wages for this year. Employers thus far Haven to budged from their original offer of 3.3 percent. The negotiations apply Only to Western Germany a Metal Industry workers. Eastern German metalworkers conduct wage negotiations separately. New probe sought in British deaths Oxford England apr parents of the British soldiers mistakenly killed by . Pilots in the persian Gulf War said wednesday that an Independent probe May be necessary to prevent a cover up. The parents have criticized the United states for refusing to allow the two pilots from testifying at an inquest into the deaths of the nine British soldiers. The pilots submitted a written statement. A if we done to get satisfaction at this inquest we want a totally Independent inquiry by Independent countries where neither the British nor the american governments have any influence at All a a said Ann Leech whose 20-year-old son Kevin was killed. A they Are stopping All the facts coming out a a she said. A lawyer representing the families says the pilots statements contained inconsistencies that could Only be cleared up by their testimony. A Independent countries would have More of a Chance of getting at the truth a a said Peter Atkinson whose 19-year-old son Paul was among those killed when the two a-10 aircraft mistakenly fired on a British armoured personnel Carrier in Iraq on feb. 26,1991. At the inquest wednesday a British officer who worked in the air support operations Center testified that the . Pilots spoke abruptly in radio messages during the Mission. A from the tone of their voices and the staccato nature of their transmissions i thought the pilots were not completely relaxed a a said fit. It Ian Robertson. A i gained the impression that they wished to get on with things a he said. 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. The inquest resumes  from Page 1 the last Chance for endeavour to retrieve the satellite. The shuttle did not have enough fuel for a fourth try. The astronauts risked puncturing their spacesuits which could be fatal in the vacuum of space. And if they had caused the 12-by-17-foot, 414-ton satellite to wobble it could have smashed into the shuttle. They finally caught the Craft by waiting arms raised on cargo Bay platforms until it was within reach. Three pairs of gloved hands 225 Miles above the Pacific Ocean gripped Intelsat at its base. A got it a shouted Pierre Thuot. At Mission control in Houston flight controllers applauded. A Houston i think we got a satellite a said commander Daniel Brandenstein whose precision steering put endeavour Only a few feet below the Intelsat As it whizzed around Earth at 17,500 Mph. After they grabbed it the astronauts held the drum shaped satellite steady for 90 minutes one full orbit of Earth. Then with Akers keeping both hands on Richard Hieb and Thuot attached a bar that allowed the satellite to be grappled by the shuttle Crane. The Crane lowered it to the rocket and it was bolted on. Later it took several tries to release the satellite rocket combination but Intelsat ultimately floated away slowly Over the Pacific. A a you be made the Agency proud today a Mission control told the astronauts. The Success came at a time when Many members of Congress want to whittle away Money for manned space flight and the Bush administration has replaced nasal a leadership viewing it As too wedded to shuttles and big expensive projects. Scientists have said nasal a exploration could be done better and cheaper by robots but Nasa argues that thinking creative astronauts have a role in space that cannot be fulfilled by robots. A a we be rewritten the Book on a number of things a flight director a1 Pennington said. The Thuot Hieb Akers team spent eight hours 29 minutes in the cargo Bay breaking a 20-year-old space walking record set on the final Apollo Moon flight. The capture Cost Intelsat $147 million a $93 million to Nasa $46 million for the rocket and $8 million in other  from Page 1 or appealed on the radio for citizens to be prepared to defend Sarajevo from an All out serbian attack. No casualty figures were immediately available in thursdays fighting. A wire service report thursday that a Canadian Soldier was injured in shelling in the capital City of Sarajevo was not True a Canadian forces Europe spokesman said. A we checked with the Headquarters and they re All Safe and sound. But they Are being shelled a army maj. Norbert Cyr said. The canadians in Sarajevo who number fewer than 100, work on the Headquarters staff of the . Peacekeeping Mission to nearby Croatia. Since the . Troops deployed to Croatia in april eth Nic violence has erupted in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Canadian forces Headquarters in Lahr Germany has been Able to Contact Canadian troops in the former yugoslav republics Cyr said. But . Duty officers have reported that the shells hit a hotel where the troops Are staying just across the Street from the . Mission Headquarters Cyr said. He added that 12 vehicles were reported to be burning on the Street. Bosnia a by news Agency said the building housing the . Headquarters had been hit but there had been no damage to peacekeepers offices. A russian officer Igor Filipov said about 10 . Vehicles in the parking lot of the Headquarters were apparently hit by shells. The bosnian presidency building Headquarters of president Alija Izette Govic a slavic Muslim also was reported under attack. A presidency official Haru Dir Somun said by Telephone that the build Inge a staff was staying in corridors Anc that shells were exploding about every 2 seconds. Somun said the bosnian Interior min Istre also had been hit but he declared serb led forces could not capture the City. A the serbs cannot enter the City a i said. A fall they can do is wreak More de  in serb held Lidza at least two Gre Nades hit a hotel where most foreign journalists Are staying. The serbian press cer Ter in the hotel later issued a Stateler prohibiting any filming or photograph around the hotel. A non Observance of these rules Coul put your life in danger a the Stateler said. Serbs fired on positions around the Aii port held by Bosnia a Muslim dominate defense forces. Staff writer Joe Owen contributed to this report