European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 9, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 b the stars and stripes wednesday december 9,1992 hat a glance b a youth takes to the airwaves on his snowboard monday after heavy Snow blanketed areas near incline Village Calif. Storms battered much of California and the West with a Tornado causing damage in Southern California. See Story on Page 5 and weather details on Page 11. Hail the comedian Dana Carvey performed his hand waving goofy Grin impression of president Bush at White House on monday. A Page 4 pain lingers in ceremonies around the country Pearl Harbor survivors recalled the horror they Felt 51 years ago. A Page 5 financial turbulence struggling Northwest airlines has cancelled or delayed More than $6 billion Worth of aircraft orders. A Page 17 Index Abby Ann Landers 19 comics.19-21 commentary.13 crossword.19 faces Fnu places.22 letters.12 Money matters 17-18 sports.23-28 to listing .27 weather.11 1 to our readers an Early printing deadline May affect the stars and stripes ability to get some late breaking news into today a editions. The print deadline for the newspaper was moved up about four hours because of electrical and motor maintenance on the newspapers 24-year-old main printing press. No disruption in Home delivery or other distribution is expected. A  because of a reporting error an article tuesday incorrectly stated the number of . Air forces in Europe personnel sent to Moron a Spain in support of the Relief Mission to Somalia. As of tuesday morning the number was 40.warlord from Page 1 people urging them not to go to the Airport and the port in their technical a aided said. In what appeared to be an example of the tenuous control of the warlords clansmen Loyal to aided on monday seized cerberus Delio an italian water Engineer working for Unicof. Aided said he knew nothing about the arrest but would look into it. Relief coordinators were taking precautions in Advance of the marines arrival. Unicof pulled its four foreign workers out of North Mogadishu which is ruled by aided a a rival and sent a memorandum to employees telling them not to come to work today or thursday unless summoned in writing. Other Relief agencies also said their workers would probably stay inside. A a tomorrow a not going to be a Day of uncertainty but its not going to be a Normal working Day so lets not pretend it is a Mark Stirling the head of Unicof in Somalia said tuesday. Oakley a former ambassador to Somalia sought assurances the warlords men would steer Clear of the More than 28,000 . Troops being sent to Somalia and to make Clear that the americans intentions Are strictly humanitarian. In an interview with Abc Oakley said aided and Ali Mahdi had warned that some of the armed factions were out of their control but a they seem to feel optimistic the situation will come off without any major  a i done to believe that we re going to be Able to take All the arms away from the somalis any More than we can get them out of the major cities in the United states a he said. Fewer Young gunmen have been on the streets of Mogadishu in recent Days. There have been reports that Many have moved Inland intimidated by the size and firepower of the foreign Force headed in. Rival militiamen battled for two Days in Bairoa one of the Inland towns hit hardest by famine and a planned Early destination for . Forces. A spokesman for the International Relief Agency care Rick Grant said some 70 people had been killed sunday and monday. Somalia collapsed into chaos after rebels drove dictator Mohamed Siad Barre from Power nearly two years ago then began fighting among themselves. About 300,000 somalis have died this year from starvation disease and War. Some 2 million people about one third of the population Are at risk of starvation. 4 nine factions from Northern Somalia issued a statement monday asking for . Intervention in their nominally Independent territory which seceded and began calling itself Somaliland last year. The . Military has no immediate plans to deploy in the North which is not suffering the level of turmoil and famine of the South where . Troops will be deployed with smaller contingents from France Canada Italy Egypt Zimbabwe Turkey and Kuwait. Russia said tuesday that it might provide humanitarian Aid. Adm. Jacques a a Lanade the French military chief said in a radio interview in Paris on tuesday that French troops will begin arriving in Somalia today. In All Between 3,000 and 4,000 French troops will be involved he said with the first 2,000 to be in place by Christmas. On the moot let air Foret in Europe it supporting operation restore Hope. As of tuesday 40 Safe airmen from the following air bases had been sent to Moron a Spain to support the Somalia Relief Mission Sembach a Germany 10 Ramstein a Germany 9 Span Dahlam a Germany 5 Rhein main a Germany 4 Lundsey air station Germany 1 Raf Alconbury England 5 Raf upper he lord England 4 Torrejon a Spain 2 total 40 the following types of workers were sent to Moron firefighters 9 fuel 8 communication 5 transportation 4 weather 3 traffic controllers 3 combat camera 3 Public affairs 2 radio communication 1 vehicle Mechanic 1 liquid fuels 1 total 40 not included Are air Force personnel under the command of air mobility come who Are based at Safe installations. For example there Are 24 cargo specialists from Ramstein who were sent to Cairo Egypt in support of the Relief Mission. A amp Sasin from Page 1 Dorsing them a Cheney said. A but clearly Les Aspin is a very Able talented member of  military analysts outside the Pentagon also said Aspin would perform Well in the Job. A a he a very knowledgeable a said Larry Korb a senior fellow at the Brookings institution. A a he a done a lot to propel the debate on Post cold War defense issues he was instrumental in rounding up congressional support for the Gulf War and i think Hes grown quite a bit in the chairmanship of the House armed services committee a Korb said. Cheney said sen. Sam Nunn d-ga., the powerful chairman of the Senate armed services committee also would be a Good Choice. Nunn who also has advised Clinton on defense issues often has been mentioned in the same breath with Aspin for the Pentagon Job but has not commented on whether he is interested. Nunn May have Hurt his chances through his Public disagreement with Clinton Over the highly charged Issue of whether to lift the ban on homosexuals in the military congressional sources said. Nunn advocates a cautious approach that Calls for extensive research deliberations and hearings while Clinton made repeated promises during the Campaign to repeal the policy that Calls for automatic separation of Gays in uniform. Gay groups have seized on Nunns views a As Well As recent news reports that he removed two Gay staff members a decade ago because they handled sensitive Security information a to argue against his appointment As Pentagon chief. At the time Nunn dismissed the two aides the Pentagon and Cia still considered Gays to be Security risks because of their supposed susceptibility to blackmail a View that has since been discredited by Pentagon studies and Cheney himself who has called it a a bit of an old  congressional sources said Nunn May be Moie useful to Clinton in the Senate anyway. Other names that have been mentioned As candidates for the top Pentagon Slot include House intelligence committee chairman rep. Dave Mccurdy d-okla., who also has been advising Clinton on defense issues and adm. William Crowe retired chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. However Crowe has already made it Clear that he does no to want the Job a spokeswoman in his Washington office said. Mccurdy on the other hand has left the door open. A if the Job was offered to him he would consider it but that a about All he has said publicly a said Mccurdy spokesman Cindy Cain. In the late stages of the election Campaign the name of rep. Pat Schroeder d-colo., was also floated As a possibility. It is questionable whether Schroeder who chairs the House armed services military installations and facilities subcommittee has Ever been on the Short list of contenders. Schroeder has been extremely outspoken on such issues As battling sexual harassment in the ranks expanding roles for women in the military and repealing the ban on homosexuals in the services views that have not won her Many friends in uniform. A she certainly would be capable of handling the Job but shed come with a lot of baggage probably More baggage than Clinton could afford a a House staffer  from Page 1 million pieces of mail were processed during october and november. During the same time last year. 26.1 million pieces were processed said maj. David Field commander of the mail terminal where inbound mail arrives and outbound mail is loaded on aircraft for All military destinations in Germany and some of the rest of Europe. The decrease was less than expected considering that about 70,000 service members were pulled from the military Force in Europe during the last year. Although bound mail volume is Down about 30 percent outbound mail has increased by 4 or 5 percent Field said. A i can to really say what the reason for that is a Field said. A but if i had to take a guess id say some of that is due to people mailing some of their household goods Back to the  spec. Lamar Turner said insured and certified mail which he handles at the Offenbach facility has almost tripled there. A we usually have one shift and we be had to add a night shift a he said. Officials also say there seems to be an increase in Catalon orders from the United states this Holiday season perhaps because of the weak Dollar in Europe there have been no problems with Holiday mail this season Field said. A everything is working real Well a he said monday. A when i came in this morning there Wasny to a piece of mail Here. Everything that is Here now came in today and will be out  both the Offenbach and Frankfurt facilities Are using aug enters from units throughout Germany and reservists from the United states to supplement regular staff during the Holiday mail Rush. Truck runs from the Offenbach and Frankfurt facilities to Post office stops have increased from the usual one per Day to two when mail volume necessitates More trucks. Offenbach which usually dispatches trucks five Days a week has shifted to a seven Day a week dispatch operation