European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 3, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 c the stars and stripes wednesday june 3, 1992 a two Rescue workers carry a Mother left and her child in the flooded Paris suburb of a Arcellus on monday. Downpour knocks out Power transit system in flooded Paris Paris apr the City of Light was darkened monday As a storm Cut off electricity and halted Public transport throughout the French capital. Even president Francois Mitterrand a office was without Power for a time. A Campground in the verdant Bois do Boulogne Park West of Paris was under 5 feet of water. About 140 people were stranded in cars and tunnels and hundreds were evacuated from flooded Homes. Train tracks at the Gare do Nord were flooded disrupting commuter rail and subway service into the late afternoon. Service was also Cut at the waterlogged Garc St. Lazare station. About 25,000 Homes and offices lost Power including the presidential Elysee Palace and the ., British and japanese embassies electric it de France said. Service to these priority clients was restored about 8 a.m., but More than 7,500 Homes and offices remained without electricity hours later the Utility said. By Kevin Dougherty Kaiserslautern Bureau Ramstein a Germany a life became a bit simpler for la. Col. Bob Rhodes and others this week. The commander of the 58th Airlift so was never out of touch with his Parent organization the military Airlift come but the line of communications Between the two could be cumbersome. A we were often dealing with people who were not Only on a different continent but in a different time zone a Rhodes said tuesday referring to the Scott fab iii., Headquarters for the military Airlift come. All that changed monday when the 58th military Airlift so shortened its name and the distance it has to go to reach its Boss As part of an air Force restructuring plan that included the inactivation of Mac. Under the new Structure the 58th reports directly to the 86th Wing at Ramstein a. The admission of the Airlift Squadron to the 86th made it necessary to drop the word a fighter Quot from the wings name. Its a change that Means the addition of no fighter aircraft to a Wing that previously had Only fighters. For the  Air forces in Europe the change also Marks the first of its kind under the recent service wide reorganization since transport aircraft and fighters have typically not been assigned to the same Wing. Those and other changes at Ramstein occurred in conjunction with a service wide Effort to streamline operations. The changes have led to the birth of the air mobility come air combat come and strategic come. The Stra a a in be been walking for 20 minutes a said solanic Dien a returning vacationer who dragged heavy Luggage through a subway Tunnel. A first the metro was Down then the escalator stopped and now i can to find my Way out of  the weather service said about 3 inches of rain drenched Paris Between dusk and Dawn. In one two hour period 1.7 inches of rain fell it said. Meteorologists said such storms occur in the Region about once a decade. The heavy Rains followed scattered showers throughout last week that poured into the Seine causing a massive fish kill. More than 300 tons of dead fish had been retrieved by monday authorities said. The area around Paris also got drenched overnight. One nearby town reported 3.8 inches of rain. Flooding and mudslides Cut several major highways leading to the capital including the roads connecting Paris to Lille Beauvais and Amiens. Telic come will coordinate nuclear plans for the air Force and Navy while the other two commands Are assuming duties that had been entrusted to the strategic air come tac air come and Mac Rhodes former Boss. In the past Rhodes unit answered first to the 608th military Airlift group and then to the 322nd air div both at Ramstein. The 322nd ceased to exist april 1. Like the 58th and 86th, the 608th also changed its name monday becoming the 608th Airlift support group. The group will remain a tenant organization at Ramstein reporting directly to the air mobility come. In addition the 608th assumed responsibility for the 625th Airlift support so at Torrejon a Spain and the 628th Airlift support group at in Ciurlik a Turkey. Within the 608th organizational Structure the groups maintenance Squadron has been renamed the 608th Maint so. The 58th joins the 526th fighter so and 512th fighter so in making up the 86th Wing. The Airlift Squadron brings to the Wing 152 airmen including 22 who were reassigned from the 608th 35 civilian employees and 19 aircraft. The Airlift Squadron has six c-12 super King air cargo planes three c-20s Gulf Stream Iii jets three c-21 Lear jets a c-135 Strat lifter transport a t-43 Jet used for navigation training and five uh-1n helicopters. The Squadron Rhodes said is the Only one in the air Force authorized to Fly six different kinds of aircraft. The 58th�?Ts primary Mission is to transport senior  Government air Force officials and foreign dignitaries within Europe the Middle East and Africa. World Danes reject dec treaty that would tighten ties Copenhagen Denmark a danish voters tuesday rejected a treaty that would bind the european Community into a closer political and economic Union by the end of the Century. The no vote could leave Denmark out As its dec partners form what would become the worlds largest and richest Market a about 330 million potential Consumers. It could also Force a readjustment of the other european nations integration plans. Danish Public television reported that with All 3.28 million votes counted 50.7 percent rejected Denmark a adhesion to the treaty and 49.3 percent favored it. More than 80 percent of the electorate cast ballots. The eco a chief executive Jacques Delors said before the vote that danish rejection of the treaty would mean the other 11 dec nations would have to produce a new treaty. That could open up demands for renegotiation or requests by other members to be released from some of the treaty a  official charged Bastia Corsica a the head of the French soccer federation was charged monday with involuntary homicide in last months soccer tragedy that left 15 dead but said he would a fight to the end and not resign. Jean Fournet Fayard was also charged with involuntarily inflicting injuries in the Accident in which More than 1,300 people were injured. About 100 of them remain  crime rates Rise London a reported crimes in London increased 11 percent last year led by increases in Domestic violence and Street crime Scotland Yard reported monday. The 184 homicides reported in the year ending March 31 was an increase of 1 percent and serious assaults were up 6 percent the department said. Rape increased 15 percent. Street crimes a robberies of personal property and snatch thefts a were up 25 percent. Reports of Domestic violence increased 46 percent the report said. medical team studying needs of sex soviet Georgia Heidelberg Germany a  personnel from the 7th medical come left Germany on tuesday for the former soviet Republic of Georgia to determine if and How excess  Medical supplies can be used in the City of Tbilisi. A this is something like a reconnaissance team a said maj. Joseph Hannon chief of the command s operations Branch in a prepared statement. A their Job is to take a look at the buildings clinics and existing Hospital structures in Hrit Isi and determine whether those facilities will support stocks of defense department medical supplies. Medical officials Are considering sending a Standard Hospital items a to include a Ray units steam generators and surgical equipment to the new state. According to Bill Swisher a medical command spokesman the supplies no longer meet  Army Europe standards and other military commands have declined to accept them. The seven member team left on a commercial aircraft from Frankfurt and was to arrive in Kiev Ukraine later tuesday. The team was to Fly from Kiev to Tbilisi today. The group includes a physician and specialists in medical operations logistics facilities and equipment. All Are stationed in Germany. The visit to Georgia is being made in conjunction with the department of defense a global affairs office which specializes in transferring excess department property to other countries. Streamlining by of shortens Ramstein unit s route to its Boss