European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 16, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                At a glance Gen. Colin l. Powell chairman of the joint celeb of staff hugs his commander in chief during a Farewell ceremony for president Bush on thursday at fort Myrva. See Story on Page 5. A the world of a Waif As a High bail was set for her alleged Abductor details of the tragic life of 10-year-old Katie Boers were coming to Light. A Pago 4gay Sailor a Martyr Seaman Allen Schindler has become a Martyr for Gay activists i their crusade to end the military a ban on homosexuals. A Page 5stealth problem solved the air Force says it has found a solution to the defect that left the Northrop b-2 stealth bomber vulnerable to radar detection. A Page 7troop plan vetoed / Chancellor Helmut Kohl s blueprint for letting German troops take part in International military missions has been rejected by the main opposition party. A Page 8 1 Index 1 Abby Ann Landers. 21 automotive. .17 classified. 25-28 comics. 21-23 commentary. 15 crossword. Faces a places. Letters. Money matters. A a a a a 16 religion. .12 sports. To listings. Weather. Correction because of a reporting error an article Friday incorrectly stated the status of a plan to change commissary operating hours at Pir Masens Germany. A proposal Calls for extending the hours some nights until 7. By Kevin Robinson staff writer stateside furniture corp., which suddenly closed its 16 overseas locations in december is pursuing a merger with a Simitar  operation and company officials say they intend to Honor contracts with american customers in Europe. A for those who were in a panic we apologize for any apprehension a said stateside owner Sam Levine in a Telephone interview from California. A a we a like to reopen our doors. And make every Effort to service our  but some of those customers contacted Friday remained sceptical. Chief warrant officer 3 Mike Stevens assigned to Lindsey air station at Wiesbaden Germany said he paid almost $8,000 Cash for his furniture order. �?�1 want either my Money  my furniture a Stevens said. Quot if i can safely feel they Are going to Honor their contract 111 be satisfied. But right now i done to have a warm and fuzzy  problems with stateside surfaced last month when Many of the firms american customers in Europe a some with thousands of dollars invested in new furniture orders a found sales offices and showrooms on or near military installations closed and a staffed. The Only Contact possible with the company was a recorded Telephone message at a California number saying stateside had closed its overseas locations and its Headquarters in la Jolla Calif. T stateside a european operations closed effective dec. 15, Levine said because of Quot uncertainties Over the draw Down of . Forces. He also cited his deteriorating health and advancing age As reasons for the closure. Levine said he will be 60 in february. However As soon As the plan to close was put in motion Levine said Mallory a furniture of Jacksonville n.c., expressed an interest in merging with stateside. If the merger takes effect Levine said the resulting firm Brinkey in. Called Mallory a stateside furniture a would attempt to move Back into Rhein main a and Pitburg a both in Germany and Raf Lakenheath England. Officials at Mallory a furniture could not be reached for comment. If stateside or a merged form of the company wants to re establish morale welfare and recreation contracts on . Air forces in Europe installations the agreements must be negotiated base by base said it. Col. Virginia Pribyla a Safe spokeswoman. Some stateside customers in Europe said they arc taking a wait and see Atti hide on the company a claims. Quot ill believe it when i see it a said 1st sgt. Don Brinkey of he det 21st personnel group on Damp inner Cavern in Kaiserslautern. Brinkey said he paid almost $9,800 for furniture with stateside that he hoped would be awaiting him without hassle in the states. He will be convinced that things Are Back to Normal with stateside when he hears that people rotating to the United states have received their furniture he said. However Brinkey said he contacted a fellow service member who had moved to Indiana who said stateside had not yet delivered furniture. Quot he requested his furniture and they  give it to him a Brinkey said. Quot and there was no  capt. Carl Hornbuckle of the 26th Ord co in Mannheim Germany said knowing that the company May Honor his contract Quot makes him reel a lot  a a there a a Little More Light at the end of the Tunnel a said Hornbuckle who noted he paid about $5,000 to the firm for new furniture. Quot i was concerned about people losing  from Page 1 Quot phonics up film to suggest the United states was bombing indiscriminately and killing civilians. At the Pentagon spokesman Pete Williams said one bomb hit Quot some kind of Structure that was not supposed to have been bombed. He said he did not know what kind of Structure it was or whether any civilians were in or near it. . Military officials said thursday that Only one of four targeted anti missile batteries was knocked out in wednesdays raid and that Allied warplanes would attack again if necessary. The Pentagon said the other three Sites were damaged and that the missile batteries there were dismantled after the attack. Saddam a military said the strike failed and said the country s air defense batteries were ordered before the strike not to switch on their radar units in order to make the Sites harder to target Quot our sacrifices in equipment and military hardware were superficial a a military statement said. But president Bush said the raid by u0 ., British and French warplanes Quot made the skies a Little  Williams said the raids Success came in disabling the interlocking system of air defense radars communications and missiles in Southern Iraq. Despite iraqis giving in to the allies on the weapons inspectors and Border forays Deputy Premier Tariq Aziz said Iraq was not retreating. Quot Iraq condemns this boldfaced aggression and reserves for itself the right to respond to it a Aziz said. Quot and this is what we will do most  from Pago 1 Berger Marine spokesmen in Mogadishu gave a similar account. But red Cross spokeswoman Catherine Cazeaux in Nairobi Kenya said Luston Burger of Lucerne was shot when three bandits entered his quarters and demanded Money. Before he could comply she said the bandits shot him in the torched in front of three other Aid workers. A gunman killed an Irish Relief worker Jan. 2 in the Southern port of Kismay. An american civilian working for the army and one . Marine also have been killed since . Forces arrived dec. 9. Marine col Michael a Hagee told reporters that Somalia was still a dangerous place but that the International Force had come a Long Way in restoring order. Quot we Are moving at Light Speed if you compare where the country was on the first or second of december and where we Are on 15 january a said Hagee. He said soldiers from the 10th Mountain div captured More than half a million rounds of ammunition and some weapons during a raid thursday on an Airstrip 30 Miles West of Mogadishu. Soldiers supported by six helicopter gunships moved in when a reconnaissance flight spotted two civilian aircraft several trucks and armed men on the air strip Hagee said. He said the soldiers seized half a million rounds of 7.62 my ammunition and 89,000 rounds of 5.56 my ammunition which can be used in american m-16 rifles. He said they also took More than 1,400 Rifle grenades 420 anti tank grenades 54 rocket propelled grenades miscellaneous Small arms and two .50-caliber machine guns. World food program spokeswoman Brenda Barton said Relief supplies were gradually spreading into More parts of Somalia an estimated 350,000 people have died from famine disease and fighting in the past year following the ouster of dictator Mohammed Siad Bane. Officials have estimated that the lives of 2 million people Are  from Page 1 the Windward passage Between Haiti and Cuba and the entire task Force should be in place sometime next week Kime told a news conference. Coast guard intelligence reports indicate that 100,000 and possibly As Many As 200,000 haitians could attempt to leave the Island in a worst Case scenario he said. But Kime said he hoped the number would be far fewer following radio addresses by deposed haitian president Jean Bertrand Aristide and Clinton urging haitians to remain Home to help restore democracy to their country. Clinton s criticism during the election Campaign of president Bush s policy of forcibly returning haitian refugees without Asylum hearings had raised Hopes in Haiti of More lenient treatment. But thursday in his first foreign policy initiative six Days before he takes office Clinton said Quot i will end the practice of intercepting haitians. When i am fully confident 1 can do so in a Way that does not contribute to a humanitarian  about 200 boats Are under construction along Haiti s coast and another 1,400 already in the water could be used to carry refugees to the United states Kime said. News of the coast guard Mission will be broadcast to Haiti by the voice of America and other news Media. Quot we do Hope there is some deterrent effect the Admiral said. The naval and air operation involves More than a third of the coast guards larger cutters on the East coast