European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 14, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes . Thursday january 14, 1993 in Sas Susan Harris san Diego a washouts last week along a Highway stretching the length of Mexico a Baja California have stranded As Many As 1,000 americans and other tourists. Some of those stranded were said to be sleeping in their vehicles. Food and water were reported to be running Short in some places Cut off by the flooding last wednesday and thursday. A the people Are getting desperate. Some have even called on Ham radio for someone to Fly them out by plane a said Ernesr to Paredes a journalist with the newspaper Baja California. Peter Samson spokesman for the . Consulate in Tijuana said at least 500 american citizens were believed stranded with the possibility of As Many As 1,000 americans stranded. He said the consulate believed the tourists had adequate food and medical supplies and was Quot confident they Are  Baja tourism officials said tuesday that Highway 1 was heavily damaged last week from Ensenada to la Paz a distance of 850 Miles on the 1,066-mile Highway. The Road was reported washed out in at least three places by heavy rain. Washouts have trapped tourists in at least four towns along the Highway. The northernmost washout in the town of Colonia Guerrero is about 150 Miles South of the . Border. Many of the areas were without electricity find there were reports that food and drinking water were running Short Paredes said. He said Many of the tourists were staying at hotels in motor Homes and other vehicles they were travelling in and in the Homes of local residents a Man who identified himself As Lee Schell a american from san Francisco told go am in san Francisco by Telephone that he was stuck in the san Quinton area tuesday. Quot it appears the mexican gov eminent does no to realize the situation is As bad is it is or Isnit Able do anything about it a he said. Quot there Are travellers who have been in the Baja since the Christmas and new years holidays who Are trying to get Back up to their Homes and their families and their jobs. They Are trapped.�?�. Schell said others stranded included a Busload of 60 German tourists one of them pregnant. German consular officials in Mexico City said tuesday they were unaware of any trapped germans but were checking with mexican officials. Miguel Escobar a spokesman for the mexican consulate in san Diego said food water Medicine and other supplies were being airlifted Between the two stranded communities of Colonia Guerrero and san Simon. He did not know the Supply situation in other areas. Robert Encinas Consul for Canada in Tijuana said four canadians and seven american families were stuck at a hotel outside san Quinton. They were running Low on food but mexican authorities were on the Way with supplies he said a if we done to hear from them in the next couple of hours we May work with the americans to land a helicopter Rescue Crew a he said tuesday. By her Peers Albany . Apr a state assemblywoman says she has been sexually harassed by male colleagues three times since 1988, including once just hours after a seminar on How to avoid harassment. Assemblywoman Earlene Hill made her allegations monday before the Assembly unanimously approved a requirement that a sexual harassment monitoring program be maintained for employees. She said the most recent episode occurred dec. 9, the Day All Assembly members were ordered to attend a seminar where experts told them How to avoid harassment. Hill a Democrat assemblywoman from Long Island since 1988, said that while a male colleague cited statistics during a speech to about 400 people he mistakenly said Quot sex instead of "six.�?�. Quot then he looked at me and said something like a whenever think of Earlene i think of sex a Quot Hill said. She said when she confronted her colleague about the remark he made a honking noise accompanied by a hand gesture toward her Chest. Hill said that in another instance a male assemblyman threatened to throw her out of a window in 1989 after she asked him to leave her office. He had followed her into her office during a legislative session and she thought he wanted to talk about what the Assembly had done. Quot he sat Down and started to discuss his history with women and his sexual prowess a Hill said. She said the third incident was a sexual remark by a. Colleague who sat near her in the state Assembly. Hill said her colleague insisted that she climb Over him to get to her scat she did not identify the  musicians say police beat them new York apr members of a rap group said tuesday that police pulled them from their car and beat them on a Harlem Street then left without Copla nation leaving them lying on the ground. The civilian complaint review Board will investigate the allegations that officers used unnecessary Force and verbally abused the Black musicians monday night said police spokesman sgt. John Mccluskey. John Quot ecstasy Fletcher of the rap group who Dini and Frank Edwards who Init a manager told webs to that police officers with drawn guns pulled them out of the car and punched1 and kicked them. A fall of a sudden this one Gung to cop walked Over to me when 1 am on the ground and whiny kicked me right in my face a Fletcher said. He said the kick caused his face to hit the Concrete of the sidewalk. He said the officer who kicked him was White. Police said an Anonymous caller had reported an Auto similar in description to the musicians a of As the one used in a robbery of a supermarket. Who Dini had a hit in 1986 with one love. Rai. A the Crew capsule of the Earth winds Lilton balloon lies on a Mountainside near Reno Nev., on tuesday. The Craft s attempt to Fly around the world ended alter a voyage of about a dozen Miles. Veart winds balloon gets but not away on first Reno Nev. Apr a troubled Effort to launch the first nonstop around the world balloon flight lumbered off the ground tuesday but the Craft brushed a Mountain and crashed in a Remote Valley minutes later. The three Crew members weren to injured but the project was scrapped until fall. A it really started right after Takeoff a Pilot and project Leader Larry Newman said at a news conference. A its performance was sluggish. It was not climbing As scheduled. I am baffled Why the balloon did no to climb As 1 expected it  Earth winds Hilton a unique hourglass shaped Craft Rose slowly into Leaden skies above the Reno Stead Airport at mid morning and drifted Northwest toward the California Nevada Border. It went Down 30 minutes later and a dozen Miles away just inside California in a Snow clogged Valley Between two Mountain ranges off . Route 395, All three aboard were taken Back to Reno after two of the Crew members Don Moses and Vladimir a Hambe Kov secured the doubled balloon Craft and its football shaped compartment. The balloon came Down in rugged terrain accessible Only by helicopter or Snow vehicles because of heavy Snow Over the past several weeks authorities said. It was the latest setback in the Star crossed bid for the record books. The attempt has been delayed Foi nearly a year by weather and other problems. Problems inflating the crafts two balloons delayed the planned predawn launch for several hours tuesday. Organizers and a crowd of about 50c turned out in subzero temperatures and cheered As the balloon finally ascended. J Newman said no further flight attempts would be made before nov 15, when he said temperatures in Reno would be less harsh and additional engineering tests could be completed. Members of the project  discuss a possible cause for tuesdays problems until the Craft could be studied but Newman mentioned ice 01 Snow on the huge balloon could have been a prob pm he said the Crew dumped 1,000 pounds of ballast from the capsule and pumped 800 pounds of additional helium into the balloon but still lost Altitude. Earth winds consists of a top balloon filled with helium a football shaped Crew capsule hanging beneath n. An air filled Anchor balloon is suspended beneath the capsule. Their combined height is 37 1 Teet about the distance from goal Post to goal Post on a football Field. It in As. Intended to Rise 6 i Miles to a 0i000-mile ride eastward on the Jet Stream