European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 20, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday december 20, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 3euronews to network set for Jon. 7 Stort Lyon France a thirty nine countries from England to Russia to Egypt Are helping launch a to news network Jan. 1 to compete with can for the eyes and ears of europeans and North africans. Media analysts Are split Over whether eur news a a Bare Bones nonprofit operation with no correspondents anchors or bureaus a will pose a serious threat to the . News network. But the new Channel is one piece of Good news for a european Community struggling to keep plans on track for a stronger economic political and monetary Union. I have reason to believe that we can do it with some imperfections and mistakes a predicted Secretary general Pierre Brunel Vantenac during a press tour Friday of a former Hewlett Packard office building housing the Headquarters. A we must be Able to do it for Europe a Brunel Vantenac said admitting that limited staff and material will make it difficult to provide full coverage. Technicians were busily installing wires and video screens Friday As the 120-member staff prepares to broadcast in two weeks. The launch Jan. 1 is to Start with a news Flash weather and a lengthy program on the history of the european Community. Eur news will use raw footage or programs from member countries state to stations and add voice overs in English French German Spanish and italian. Arabic will come later. Programming will be interrupted by live coverage of news events including the inauguration Jan. 20 of president elect Clinton. The signal will be sent mainly via Cable and satellite though a few countries will broadcast it on airwaves. About 30 million viewers Are initially expected. Twenty hours of daily programming Are planned in january rising to 24 hours in april. The initial budget is $13 million with 75 percent of the Cost carried by the member nations and the european Community with the rest expected from advertising. Cable news network which says it beams into 51 million households in Europe North Africa and the Middle East insists it welcomes the new entry in the Market. Yeltsin returns from China to Aid Cabinet Moscow apr russian president Boris n. Yeltsin returned to Moscow on saturday dropping the last Stop of his China trip to resume the fight for his economic reforms. After Landing at Moscow a Vnukovo-2 vip Airport yet so told reporters he came Back Early to help form the new government under prime minister Viktor Chernomyrdin whom he appointed last monday. Before leaving Beijing Yeltsin said he had received news of attempts by Chernomyrdin to replace Cabinet members appointed by his predecessor Yegor t. Gaidar. Gaidar was a close Yeltsin ally and main architect of russians free Market reforms. Yeltsin told reporters in Moscow that he would meet with Chernomyrdin on sunday and that the guiding principle in forming the new Cabinet would be a to preserve the main nucleus of the Gaidar government. There May be some  Chernomyrdin was returning to Moscow on saturday from an official visit to Kazakhstan and other key members of the Gaidar team will join their meeting today said Deputy prime minister Alexander Shakhin who also was at the Airport. Yeltsin on monday bowed to pressure from hardliners in the Congress of people s deputies and replaced Gaidar with Chernomyrdin a former communist party Technocrat who has said he would continue reforms out wants to soften them so they done to a impoverish the people. Chernomyrdin also supports subsidizing russians ailing state run industries to prevent bankruptcies and Quot we done to see it As direct Competition a Peter Vesey vice president of can International said in a Telephone interview from Atlanta. A we could possibly be a complementary set of  eur news is the second regional Challenge to the 10-year-old can which itself struggled in the beginning. Last year the British broadcasting corp. Launched world service television in Asia and analysts say it is doing Well. Also nov a German All news station began operating recently. The eur news members include stations in Belgium Cyprus Egypt Finland France Greece Italy Monaco Portugal and Spain. Eur news assures that As part of the 39-member european broadcasting Union Germany and Britain also would contribute footage. Russian president Boris n. Yeltsin Speaks to reporters at be Jing Airport saturday shortly before his return to Moscow. Mass unemployment. Yeltsin who held two Days of talks with chinese leaders was due to have flown from Beijing to the Southern City of Zhenzhen a where China has conducted experiments in Market reforms a but he abruptly scrapped that visit to return to Moscow. Yeltsin sought to play Down the abrupt change in plans. A the official part ended and for that reason i did no to go to Zhenzhen with the delegation Quot a weary looking Yeltsin told reporters after Landing in Moscow. A we have to form the  sex Homestead airmen recall horror count blessings by Kevin Dougherty Kaiserslautern Bureau Ramstein a Germany a while they take Stock of what was lost last August in Florida some Ramstein airmen also Are taking into account How Lucky they were for surviving Hurricane Andrew. A i am glad that my family made it out of there alive a said air Force sgt. Guillermo Santana. A material things can be replaced. Its not that big of a  Santana an electronics technician is one of about 30 Ramstein airmen whose tour at Homestead fab was Cut Short by the aug. 24 Hurricane. In All there Are about 100 service Mem ers who left the devastated Southern Florida base for Europe. Like Santana Many Are wrestling with the task of filing claims for what was lost or destroyed in the costliest natural disaster in . History. The latest damage estimate is about $30 billion. A a in be been married for 13 years Quot said tech. Sgt. Tony Ciullo a coworker of Santana a. A you tend to collect things. When you walk into the House and they Are not there anymore it really gets to you. A it was weird. It just picked certain Rock houses that it wanted to destroy and it  when Ciullo and Santana returned to the base after Andrew swept through there were reminders everywhere of natures unchallenged Force and fury. They saw How the storm stripped houses of aluminium siding and Flung it into tree trunks much the Way an Archer fires an Arrow into a target. Elsewhere things were picked up and moved to Odd locations As if some giant hand had reached Down from the heavens to rearrange the furniture. There were sofas and other furnishings dropped in empty Fields. A refrigerator sat atop the pitchers Mound at the bases Little league Field. A i saw a perfect example of double parking a truck on top of a car a said sgt. James Rock. Rock was assigned to Homestead after Clearing out of Clark a Philippines following the 1991 eruption of the mount Pinatubo Volcano. Some colleagues he says now kid him about being a Jinx. Fortunately for Rock he suffered Little financial loss in the Philippines because his belongings still were in storage. He also fared Well in the Hurricane losing Only about $5,000. The storm damaged part of his comic Book collection and a few other collectibles. While neither of their Homes was levelled Ciullo and Santana experienced heavy losses from the Rains that followed the Hurricane. Ciullo also had somethings looted from his Home. The claim that Ciullo is preparing already is More than 70 pages. Santana filed a partial claim and plans to finish his accounting soon. Each can claim up to $40,000 in losses. With the depreciation that is factored into everything that is claimed Ciullo said a you know you Are not going to replace everything you lost because prices go  staff sgt. Kevil Friel said the experience has left him feeling much More thankful for what he has. A Friend to both Ciullo and Santana Friel believes the most important thing is that their families including the pets survived. All three Are looking Forward to Christmas when they can give their children some of what they lost in the Way of toys. A they a Friel said a Are going to love