European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 11, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 b the stars and stripes thursday june 11, 1992sarajevo from Page 1 Nian town of Tula also was shelled by serbian gunners who hit the City Hospital several times. Alija Mula Omerovic the director of Sarajevo medical emergency services said seven people were killed and 40 wounded in the capital overnight. Mortars targeted most sections of the City site of the 1a4 Winter olympics in a continuation of nearly three months of almost constant shelling. In a sign that the costs of the War arc starting to weigh on Belgrade the serbian red Cross began handing out free Lood to pensioners jobless refugees and others impoverished by Serbia a economic crisis. Pensioners and others on fixed incomes have been hit especially hard by hyperinflation that followed the government s extensive printing of Money to finance the Federal army. 1 he Rev fought a six month War in Croatia where fighting still Breaks out sporadically despite a cease fire that took effect �0blhtinsbroke out in Bosnia and Herzegovina after the republics majority muslims and croats voted for Independence from Yugoslavia on feb. 29. With the help of the serb dominated yugoslav army nationalist serbian militias have seized two thirds of the Republic in fighting that has killed about 5,700 people and forced More than 1 million to flee their Homes. The fighting Over Croatia a secession has left at least 10,000 to punish Serbia considered the chief outside perpetrator of bosnian violence the United nations on May 30 slapped serb dominated Yugoslavia with stinging sanctions on Trade Oil and air transport. That has eroded support for Serbia s president Slobodan Milosevic. The latest setback to Milosevic came tuesday when a bloc in his governing socialists the former communists broke with him. Of a amps Juan Meien Doi the flags in question arc one at left and three displayed on the right. Would have been provided at no Cost she Beautiful Colmar is one of the gems of the Alsace Region in North cast France. For a look at the City a architecture wine food and Art Sec stripes against homosexuals Southern baptists have banished two congregations for accepting homosexuals and set in motion a change in bylaws to exclude other churches that do the same. A Page 4secret projects in budget the latest Pentagon budget request includes s16.3 billion in secret or Quot Blacks a programs an Independent research group says. A Page 5gunshots killing teens gunshot wounds Are the second leading cause of death among All High school age children in the United states Federal statistics show. A Page 6business As usual the air Force is conducting operations As usual at Lajes Field azores despite a Cloud hanging Over the facility s future. A Page 11u.s. Spenders still wary americans remain cautious about borrowing despite an improving economic Outlook a government report indicates and outstanding consumer debt has recorded its sharpest drop in nearly 12 years. A Page 15 Index Abby Ann Landers 17 comics.17-19 commentary.14 crossword .17 faces in places .16 letters .13 Money matters.15 sports.26-32 to listings.31 weather. 12flags from Page 1 in ton. The Institute controls the making of All military insignia for the Dod including flags Seid said. A fall flags displayed by army units must come from the support activity in Philadelphia a Seid said referring to the . Army support activity in Philadelphia. That Agency makes flags and other military insignia but Only if authorized by the Institute of heraldry Seid said. The insignia regulation states that a the commercial procurement of flags Guidon streamers and components is prohibited except when the Institute of heraldry Grants an exception. A a we never received a request for commercial procurement from the 103rd and have authorized nothing for them Quot Seid said. The 103rd ordered the flags from Seidys office last fall she said. But at that Lime the area support group was still in the a provisional status that preceded its activation oct. 1. The request for the flags was denied because Only Active units arc authorized to have their insignia made by the government Seid said. Seid said she did not realize that by the time she responded to the request the support group had been activated. In a letter dated nov. 4, 1991, and addressed to the Frankfurt military Community Headquarters Seid cited the insignia regulation and told Frankfurt officials that the government could Only make the flags after the 103rd was activated. A had they asked to have the flags made after the activation a you know resubmitted the request a it would have been no problem a Seid said. The flags Washington apr americans do not want . Troops to die for the embattled bosnian City of Sarajevo but they want them to stay in Europe and influence events there says the author of a new Book on relations Between the two continents. Gregory f. I Veverlon s a Jet a i Germany. And die future of Europe was published tuesday. He specialized in Western european affairs for the National Security Council under former president Carter. Treverton put some of the blame on the German government Tor the bloody by the stars and stripes Furth Germany a a memorial service will be held at 10 . Today in the Chapel of the Nair Sherg army Hospital for a nurse killed Monda m a plane in Alabama Pes a Ann Yunik i.1, Zikik it inc said. But Seid said the 103rd never responded to her letter. Instead nine months later Moore signed the order authorizing the use of mar Money for the Purchase. Moore said wednesday that paragraph a Section 3-15, of the mar regulation allows the Purchase of insignia such As flags when appropriated funds arc not available. However that clause is limited to uniform insignia. Sticker i Funk has been making flags and insignia for military units in Germany for 40 years Hofmann said. But this Purchase he said was unusual from the outset. Fighting around Sarajevo capital of the former yugoslav Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Some Muslim defenders still held Hills around the City after the heaviest bombardment yet by serbian guns on monday. Bosnian president Alija a Elsego in has appealed for an american air attack on serbian gun positions around Sarajevo. Quot Treverton referred to German insistence on recognizing the Independence of Croatia Early in the breakup of Yugoslavia and he implied that this led to the serbs feeling that they had to act on their own to protect serbs in other former t yugoslav states and to further what obstetrics and gynaecology clinic at the Hospital for three years was one of three people killed. T he plane crashed in fog and rain on a Remote part of port Mcclellan Anne lose. Tuik a is the w my i v a Smith came in two times to Check on the Progress of the flags a Hofmann said. A the was afraid the flags would not be ready in time for the Hofmann said he almost rejected the order because Smith wanted the flags on very Short notice. Designing and making organizational flags usually takes about five weeks Hofmann said support group officials wanted them in 12 Days. �?o1 would not have accepted such a fast order but they promised i would be paid very quickly a Hofmann said. A it usually takes two or three months for the army to this time Hofmann said he was paid in three Days. They saw As serbian interests. A i think it was really the toll of Domestic politics a he told reporters. A those 600,000 croats living in Germany exerted a powerful tug in German Domestic he added that events in Yugoslavia show the importance of maintaining . Troops in Europe. A i think most americans instinctively feel somewhat that a and this is putting it in a Way that a not music to europeans ears a that in general Europe is better with America there less Likely to make a mess of it if we re present a Treverton crash Yurk commander of the 193rd my 6� custom who was being transferred to fort Mcclellan. She had gone ahead to prepare for the move. Michael Yurk was to leave Germait a two weeks with the couples three v. Dren Lisa 19 , 17 and Todd 14 . Troop presence backed author say Nurnberg nurse killed in
