European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 11, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 a the stars and stripes thursday june 11, 1992 at a glance  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 see stripes Magazine. Steps 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 4 secret projects in budget the latest Pentagon budget request includes $16.3 billion in secret or a a Black Quot programs an Independent research group says. A Page 5 gunshots killing teens gunshot wounds Are the second leading cause of death among All High school age children in the United slates Federal statistics show. A Page 6 business As usual the air Force is conducting operations As usual at Lajes Field azores despite a Cloud hanging Over the facility a a future. A Page 11 . Spenders still wary americans remain cautious about borrowing despite an improving economic Outlook a government report indicates an outstanding consumer debt has recorded its sharpest drop in nearly 12 years. A Page 15 i Index Abby Ann Landers 17 comics.17-19 commentary.14 crossword 17 faces a places .16 letters 13 Money matters.15 sports26-32 to listings.31 weather. 12 americans in favor of keeping troops in Europe author says 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. Treverton Samerica Germany and the 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 for the bloody fighting around Sarajevo capital of the former yugoslav state 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 ize Begovic has appealed for an american air attack on serbian gun positions around Sarajevo. 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 yugoslav states and to further what they saw As serbian interests a i think it was really the toll of Domestic politics Quot he told reporters. A those 600,000 croats living in Germany exerted a powerful lug in German Domestic  he added that events in Yugoslavia show the importance of the United states 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 said. A whether that translates into willingness to spend a lot of Money i Nuht that and whether it translates into much interest in having americans die in yugoslav civil wars its pretty Clear about the answer to  his Book predicts that Germany will emerge As Europe a pre eminent Power. The connection Between the United states and Germany a remains Central and fundamental even As from time to time we continue to be tempted by the tug of the Anglo american relationship a a he said. Evangelist Robertson cancels bid to buy United press International Washington a religious broadcaster Pat Robertson on wednesday dropped his month old offer to Purchase financially troubled United press International in its entirety declaring that the a economics just done to seem to make  at a news conference in Washington Robertson said he was instructing his attorneys to a modify our offer a initially set at $6 million. He said he was still interested in a acquiring but one or two of the assets of this organization including its  Robertson said he was interested in purchasing upits radio operations. Up is operating under bankruptcy Protection for the second time in recent years. Up president Pieter Van a conc Kom speaking immediately alter Robertson said the search would resume for another buyer. At the same time he said the company which employs 500 people would consider All its options a including a shutdown of  he made his comment at a crowded news conference at the National press club. Among the reporters present was one for up. The wire service has been losing Money for three decades and now owes its creditors $60 million. In new York wire service Guild president Kevin Keane representing one of upits largest creditors said he was not surprised by Robertson a announcement but made no additional comment. Robertson emerged at a Federal bankruptcy hearing in Vermont last month As the Only bidder for All of up a company with a Long tradition As a wire service providing newspaper stories news photographs and broadcasting services. He was granted 30 Days to go Over upits finances before deciding whether to go Forward with his offer. Robertson a announcement marked another turn in the Long downward economic spiral for up which has won nine pulitzer prizes for reporting and photography. The company initially sought bankruptcy Protection in 1985, and again last August. Its 500 current employees arc Down from More than 1,800, and those employees remaining have agreed to a series of wage and Benefit cuts to help keep the company afloat. At his news conference Robertson said he had made a review with a due Diligence of the financial and Legal issues in purchasing up. He said there were a not sufficient synergies. To justify the significant investment that would have to be made to operate up up to the standards of performance that would be needed. Nurnberg nurse killed in plane crash by the stars and stripes Furth Germany a a memorial service will be held at 10 . Today in the Chapel of the Nimberg army Hospital for a nurse killed monday in a plane crash in Alabama. Peggy Ann Yurk 42, head nurse of the obstetrics and gynaecology clinic at the Hospital for three years was one of three people killed. The plane crashed in fog and rain on a Remote part of fort Mcclellan army base. Yurk was the wife of maj Michael j. Yurk commander of the 193rd my co custom who was being transferred to fort Mcclellan. She had gone ahead to prepare for the move. Michael Yurk was to leave Germany in two weeks with the couples three children Lisa 19 Kim 17 and Todd 14.Sarajevo from Page 1 Nian town of Tula also was shelled by serbian gunners who hit the City Hospital several times. Alija mul 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 1984 Winter olympics in a continuation of nearly three months of almost constant shelling. In a sign that the costs of the War Are starting to weigh on Belgrade the serbian red Cross began handing out free food 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 governments extensive printing of Money to finance the Federal army. The army fought a six month War in Croatia where fighting still Breaks out sporadically despite a cease fire that took effect Early this  from Page 1 however they immediately began discussing Steps they could take to strengthen the global warming treaty. The treaty is to be signed later this week. Bush who is expected to arrive tonight has argued that strict limits on Carbon dioxide emissions could Hurt the . Economy As it struggles out of recession. The United states leads the world in Carbon dioxide production. In other developments a among unresolved issues at the Summit Are How much Money industrialized nations will pledge to support action on the summits goals and now the Money will be disbursed. Another problem is a proposal to regulate biotechnology . Spokesman Jean Claude Faby said. A a proposal to reduce air pollution Urban smog and acid rain was being blocked by saudi Arabia which fears a drop in Oil revenues said Jorgen Henningsen a member of the european Community delegation. A saudi arabian Delegate said the saudi negotiators working on this Issue were not available for comment tuesday. A the United states has proposed increasing its Aid for saving rain forests by $150 million. But a proposal to protect forests is being opposed by developing countries which fear it would infringe on their sovereignty