European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 11, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 b the stars and stripes Friday december 11,1992 Roadblock from Page 1 125 Miles Northwest to Bairoa officials said. Relief officials reported thursday that a Large Convoy of a technic also a the armed vehicles favored by somali gunmen a was spotted headed West from the Bairoa area toward the ethiopian Border. The emergency food Airlift to Mogadishu resumed wednesday just hours after 1,700 marines came ashore and seized the Airport and seaport the first Steps in an unprecedented  Campaign to deliver Aid through armed Force. More than 30,000 marines army troops and soldiers of other nations will be deployed in the crippled East african land. Until now Relief shipments have been routinely looted by armed bands of youths set Loose by two years of clan conflict. Some 300,000 people have died of starvation disease or warfare . Officials estimate and hundreds of thousands More Are at risk of starvation. A a a in be been waiting for this Day for so Long a Victor Tanner a Unicof worker said after the americans took charge of the Seaside Airfield. Although marines and French troops earlier confiscated some automatic weapons from passing cars it appeared most of the teen agers who have terrorized Mogadishu from machine gun mounted vehicles had stowed their weapons or slipped out of town. Some sex gunmen lined up looking for More peaceful jobs with Aid agencies Relief officials said. But not All were taking a Low profile. Capt. Greg Horton a Marine helicopter Pilot who flew patrols Over the City wednesday said he saw flashes of gunfire but did not know the target. Marine spokesman col. Fred Peck also reported gunfire late wednesday near the compound of the former . Embassy where marines Are bivouacked. It was not Clear whether the fire was directed at the embassy he said. Thursday marines raided a compound half a mile from the embassy where they reported seeing muzzle flashes. With cobras hovering marines burst into the building and seized two anti aircraft guns two surface to air missiles and 10,000 rounds of Rifle ammunition according to an Abc reporter. A Stream of c-5 and c-141 cargo aircraft landed at the Airport from Germany thursday bringing equipment to Supply the terminal with electricity communications and water according to Peck. Crowds of curious somalis flock around the soldiers. Thousands followed the Sand coloured . Marine armoured vehicles As they headed toward the old embassy on the City a outskirts. Halfway around the world in California hundreds of marines from the Camp Pendleton and Twenty nine Palms bases were airborne by late wednesday bound for East Africa. A Marine corps band blared Rudolph the red nosed Reindeer As families did the troops goodbye for the Holiday season. A they need him More than i do a one corporals wife said of the starving somalis. One of those arriving thursday was the operations . Field commander Marine it. Gen. Robert b. Johnston who was to set up Headquarters at the devastated . Embassy compound. . Commanders thursday also ordered the first 150 soldiers from the army a 10th Mountain division of fort drum n.y., to head for Somalia. In Bairoa where the marines plan to go on saturday hundreds of somalis Are reported dying every Day. The City was once one of the country a agricultural centers. In Washington on wednesday Pentagon officials said clan fighting that erupted in Bairoa earlier this week had subsided. The Bairoa area is believed dominated by gunmen Loyal to aided whose forces also control Southern Mogadishu. Presumably an airborne Marine Force might move into the area before the Marine led truck Convoy sets out on the first mercy Mission to the City since nov. 11. On that Day a 34-truck Convoy was attacked with heavy loss of life. In Mogadishu the marines were to have Ridden Shotgun thursday for food trucks moving into the City a Northern Section. It would have been a first test of their humanitarian Mission but torrential Rains forced postponement of the Convoy until Friday. A at a glance 1 even though Prince Charles and the Princess of Wales Are separated speculation is raging Over the possibility that Diana might eventually be Queen of England. Sec stories on Page 16. Ethics plan announced president elect Clinton a transition team thursday unveiled a Tough new ethics plan that would bar top government officials from lobbying their former agencies for five years after they leave office. A Page 5 7 miners bodies found rescuers on wednesday night found the bodies of seven of the eight miners missing More than a mile underground since a Coal mine explosion in Norton va., on monday. A Page 6 inflation takes a dip inflation at the wholesale level fell in november for the first time in 10 months As plunges in the Cost of vegetables and Home heating Oil helped Overall . Prices fall 0.2 percent the government said thursday. A Page 17 Index Abby Ann Landers .19 comics. 19-21 commentary.13 crossword.19 faces a no places 18 letters.12 Money matters.17 sports.22-28 to listings .27 weather .11 1 correction i because of a source error an article wednesday gave the incorrect Dollar amount of monthly transactions and errors at merchants National Bank automated Teller machines in Germany the Netherlands and Greece. Merchants customers conduct $58.3 million in Cash withdrawals at the machines. Of that amount about $4,000 each month is considered Money lost through atm errors. In addition Federal Laws protect customers by requiring Banks to prove wrongdoing or refund to the customer whatever funds were lost As a result of an atm error. Somalia from Page 1 they Are fired up a slate said. A so on fridays we try to get in Early get food into the feeding centers before the shoot and loot  despite the arrival of the marines to the somalian coast earlier this week slate said conditions in much of the country remain dangerous. A until there is a solidified american re since people can shoot you and not e held accountable for it a slate said. He said members of the clans fighting each other in Somalia and roving bands of smaller Lawless groups Are Well armed with soviet weapons left Over from the cold War Days. They include Small automatic weapons All the Way up to heavy Armor. A i saw them trying to hide two tanks under a Palm tree a slate said. He said life in Somalia operates on a Sharp Edge and can turn violent with Little apparent provocation especially when khat is involved. A in Somalia you can be with smiling people and it can All go to hell in a heartbeat a slate said. He said there is Little Protection from the gunmen except through similar or More deadly firepower. Flak jackets however Arentt much help. In one Case slate said a flak jacket proved fatal. A Relief worker was being guarded by a somali who was wearing a flak Vest slate said. The guard was summarily shot dead by another somali who wanted to see whether the jacket actually could Stop a Bullet. K a most of these people have Armor piercing ammunition a slate said. The task Force spokesman said the american aircraft involved in operation provide Relief and the personnel operate intentionally without weapons. A the safety of our food the planes and the Relief Agency workers on the ground is tied to our being aboard unarmed aircraft a he said. The task Force operates under the . Central come. It includes about 600 people from the Marine corps air Force and army special forces. The Force flies 10. Air Force c-130s and can deliver enough food for 200,000 meals a Day. Slate said the airlifts will continue until Somalia a seaports roads and food centers Are open and secure and food supplies Are not interrupted. Clinton from Page 1 Panetta had criticized Clinton a economic proposals during the Campaign saying they did no to add up Clinton said with a smile a a in a going to give him a Chance to teach me some  introducing his new Treasury chief Clinton said a when you say a stature and a dignity and a respect a Lloyd Bentsen a name comes to  Clinton said the economic Council led by Rubin would coordinate economic policy much As the National Security Council coordinates foreign policy and National Security material. A this new economic Council embodies our commitments to make economic Prosperity the top priority of this administration a Clinton said. Belsen said that the Clinton administration inherits two deficits an investment and a budget deficit. A and we re determined to Cut both Down to size a he said forcefully. Bentsen added a cautionary note a these challenges did no to develop overnight and they wont be corrected  Panetta said that fixing the Economy will require a a bold and comprehensive economic plan. It will not be  he said that while there Are signs of economic recovery a there remain some deep and very fundamental problems in our  economist Laura do Andrea Tyson of the University of California Berkeley was said to be Clinton a Choice to Lead the Council of economic advisers but she was not present at Clinton a news conference. Clinton insisted he was not downgrading the Cea with his new National economic Council. The Bentsen Altman Treasury tandem gives Clinton two government veterans at the department that will oversee the tax policy changes Clinton favors to Spur investment sen. Lloyd Millard Bentsen or. Born feb. 11,1921, m my Aion. That current Job democratic senator from Texas chairman of the Senate finance committee education University of Texas Law degree in 1sm served As a bomber Squadron command in world War 11. First ran for Congress in 1948. That year Harry Truman was elected president. Retiree from Congress in 1955 to take Over a family owns financial holding company in Houston. Re entered politics in 1970, unseating incumbent sen Ralph Yarborough in the democratic primary and then repub1 can candidate rep. George of fish in the ran for vice president with Muhael Dukakis in 1988, parried to Byi aim Tonga of a texa8> three children and six grandchildren. Hobbies Tennis Hunting fishing a amps