European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 10, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 8 the stars Ano stripes at a glance actor Wesley Snipes is among the a a in personalities for 1993. For More on what shot and what a not for the new year see sunday confirmed the Navy confirmed that a Sailor about to be discharged for being Gay was fatally beaten More than two months ago. A Page 4arrests cheered neighbors cheered when two White men were arrested at a Mobile Home on charges of setting fire to a Black tourist. A Page changing testimony the policeman who testified that officers were Quot out of control Quot in the Rodney g. King beating no longer believes they used excessive Force his lawyer says. A pages Trade clauses sought president elect Clinton plans to seek approval of a North american Trade Accord but pledged to negotiate amendments on the environment and Job Protection. A Page 8an Elvis Stampede the Elvis Presley stamp has postal clerks crooning impersonators puffing their Pompadour and Giddy fans mobbing . Post offices. A Page 9deadly flooding floods from torrential rain in Tijuana Mexico has left at least 15 people dead and 1,200 homeless. A Page 10twa chairman quits Carl c. Icahn resigned As chairman of trans world airlines and turned Over management of the company to two executives chosen by creditors and employees. A Page 17 Index Abby Ann Landers. 16 classifieds .20-22 commentary. 15 letters. 14 Money matters 17 Mutual .17-19 sports. 25-52 weather 13 it. Dave Marker left or san Diego calif., Briers pilots of fighter so 111 who were preparing to Fly evening patrols Friday Over Southern Iraq. The pilots were aboard the . Aircraft Carrier Kitty Hawk in the persian Gulf. Saddam from Page 1 Iraq on saturday Baghdad a leadership Tola iraqis to prepare for an Quot honorable holy War against the allies. Abdul Jabbar Mohsen chief presidential press Secretary said in a signed frontage article in the official Al Jui Huriya daily in Baghdad that iraqis Quot have no Choice but to resist and fight for Quot the highest degree of preparation is required for an honorable holy War the timing of which will be decided by Bur leadership a he said. But Mohseni a remarks and other defiant iraqi statements appeared to be Little More than the usual barrage of Tough talk Iraq unleashes when it backs off from a confrontation with the allies. The senior Pentagon official stressed that although Saddam has backed Down for the moment the allies will keep up the pressure by making it Clear to the iraqis that Quot if they come out of compliance there will be no warning before action is taken. He said the surface to air missiles Are a still in the movement process a but Are no longer deployed in a Way that threatens the patrols of . And Allied aircraft in the no Fly zone imposed Over the Southern third of the country. Pilots flying patrols from the . Aircraft Carrier Kitty Hawk in the persian Gulf said saturday that they could see to the ground in the Clear weather but that the shuffling of the missiles made it difficult to pinpoint their location. The Pentagon official added that iraqi planes had hot re entered airspace Over the no Fly zone in recent Days just minutes after a 5 15 . Friday deadline for Iraq to move the russian made missiles a senior Pentagon official said the weapons had been Quot broken Quot they Are no longer up and in a position to shoot a said the official who spoke on condition of anonymity. The United states and its allies on wednesday gave Iraq a 48-hour ultimatum to place the weapons elsewhere or face possible retaliation. The missiles while not based on the latest technology can shoot planes out of the sky when coupled with launchers radar and command stations. They recently were moved into firing position in an area near a zone being patrolled by Al lied warplanes. Iraqi planes have been venturing into the zone As Well and the potential for clashes was Clear. On dec. 27, an american f-16 fighter shot Down Are iraqi Mig Jet just inside the zone Iraq claims the right to keep its missiles where it wants and disputes the legitimacy of the no Fly zone established by the .-led Alliance. The zone Over Southern Iraq is meant to protect shiite muslims from attack by government forces. In a second move that appeared to ease the crisis iraqi jets that had darted in and out of the no Fly zone have been removed from the a1 Jarrah air base near the 32nd parallel the senior Pentagon of fic Alsaid. An administration official said Friday that there were two factors in the decision not to act As soon As the deadline. Passed. Quot one is the weather and its Impact on our ability to in effect see what a going on. The other is that there is movement by the missiles but you can to Tell whether they re just being hidden or being moved to camouflage Sites or they re just being moved in a Mobile fashion to try to throw us off track Quot he said. President Bush said Friday that Iraq was challenging the United states. President elect Clinton said Bush had consulted him Quot about the action that the president proposed to take and i agreed with the Clinton was not More specific. Jet from Page 1 right Side of the Airstrip. The Vasi a group of lights encased in 4-foot-High Metal eases at the head of the runway was mangled by the Impact. The plane skidded on the Slushy grass along the. Runway for about 3,000 feet veered into the Asphalt and overturned stopping about 7,500 feet from the Point of the first Impact said a senior airline official on condition of anonymity. The right Wing was sheared and was lying 100 Yards from the fuselage. The Tail where the engines were fixed was torn and the body was broken in two. A everything happened in five to six seconds. We were hanging upside Down with our seat belts. People were screaming and some were praying a said Birinder Raj Singh a government official who was aboard the flight. He said the passengers watched the plane breaking apart but they calmed Down when the fuselage came to a halt on the runway. A we could see flashes of fire in the Back. But people got hold of themselves and jumped out of the doors and the gaping holes in the Metal a he said. Minutes after All the passengers were out flames spread through the plane Singh said. Firetrucks arrived 15 minutes later. Four passengers were from Britain three from Italy two from the Netherlands and one from France two indians held . Passports and another had a Swiss passport Indian airlines pilots have been on strike since dec. 10 demanding higher pay. The plane w As one of six leased from uzbek airlines. The crash is Likely to put pressure on Indian airlines to Settle the strike. The pilots Union had said the Tupoljev aircraft were unsafe and accused the airline of putting passengers at risk to break the strike. The airline said the planes underwent safety inspections before they were used in from Page 1 1991 now lie empty in former military communities. Hines said that if cafes had the same stable customer base As stateside retailers it probably would have enjoyed similar Strong sales gains. Still Hines is not expecting further drastic drops in sales this year. And despite the Overall downturn larger exchanges did Well Hines said. For example at the store Iri Furth Germany Holiday sales ran about 17 percent ahead of last year he said. Exchange officials there have tried to boost the Cus Tomer base by drawing from a wider geographic area. At Many stores the trend has been a decrease in weekday sales and an increase in weekend shopping thanks to customers who drive in from communities where services Are closing Down he
