European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 16, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page2 the stars and stripes saturday january 16, .1993 at a glance Gen. Colin l. Powell chairman of the joint chiefs of staff hugs his commander in chief during a fare Well ceremony for president Bush on thursday at fort myer a. See Story on Page 5.the world of a Waif As a High bait was set for her alleged Abductor details of the tragic life of 10-year-old Katie Beers were coming to Light. A a Page 4gay Sailor a Martyr. Seaman Allen Schindler Lias become a Martyr for Gay activists in their crusade to end the military s ban on homosexuals. A Page 5stealth problem solved the air Force says it has found a solution to the defect that left the Northrop q-2 stealth bomber vulnerable to radar detection. A Page 7troop plan vetoed Chancellor Helmut Kohl s Blue print for letting German troops take part in International military missions has been rejected by the main opposition party. A pages Index Abby Ann Landers _ a .21 automotive. Classified. 25-28 comics. Commentary. 15 crossword. .21 faces n places. 24 letters. Money matters. .16 religion. A12 sports. To listings. .35 weather. 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 similar  operation and company officials say they intend to Honor contracts with american customers in Europe. Quot for those who were in a panic we apologize for any apprehension Quot said stateside owner Sam Levine in a Telephone interview from California. Quot we d 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. A i want either my Money Back or my furniture Quot Stevens said. A if i can safely feel they Are going to Honor their contract ill be satisfied. But right now i Don t have a warm and  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. A stateside cd a european operations closed effective dec. 15, Levine said because of a 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 Malto Rye a. Furniture of Jacksonville n.c., expressed an interest in merging with stateside. If the merger takes effect Levine said the resulting Brinkey firm a called Mallory a stateside furniture a would attempt to move Back into Rhein main to and Pitburg a both in Germany and Raf Lakenheath England. J officials at Mallory s 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. A some stateside customers in Europe said they Are taking a wait and see attitude on the company a claims. A will believe it when i see it a said 1st sgt. Don Brinkey of Hodet 21st person net group on dinner 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. A the requested his furniture and they  give it to him Quot Brinkey said. A and there was no  capt. Carl Hornbuckle of the 26th Ord co in Mannheim Germany said knowing that the company May Honor his contract a makes him icel 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. A i was concerned about people losing money.�?�. A troops fro Page 1 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 a air defense Batter ies were ordered before the strike not to switch on their radar units in order to make the Sites harder to target a your sacrifices in equipment and military hardware were superficial a a military statement said. But president Bush said the raid by 110 ., British arid French warplanes a made the skies a Little  Williams said the raid s Success came in disabling the interlocking system of air defense radars communications and missiles in Southern Iraq. Despite Iraq s giving in to the allies on the weapons inspectors and Border for ays Deputy Premier Tariq Aziz said Iraq was not retreating. A Iraq condemns this Bald faced aggression and reserves for itself the right to respond to it a Aziz said. A and this is what we will do most  the raid was in the Southern no Flor zone where the allies have banned iraqi flights to protect shiite Muslim rebels from air attack. Iraq does not consider the zone legitimate and the allies said the anti aircraft batteries were a Clear threat to Allied planes patrolling the  from Page t worker Sean Devereux in the Southern port of Kismay on Jan. 2. An american civilian working for the army and one . Marine have been killed since . Forces arrived dec. 9 to restore order and secure famine Relief distribution routes in the country. World food program spokeswoman Brenda Barton said More Relief supplies Are gradually spreading through Somalia. Famine disease and righting have killed an estimated 350,000 in the past year following the ouster of dictator Mohammed Siad Barre and the lives of 2 million peo ple Are considered threatened. A things continue to go Well. We have More and More Access to areas previously inaccessible a Barton said. A the Security situation continues to be an Issue Quot but a is being dealt  the world food program is the main distributor of Aid in Somalia. Barton said a Convoy of 25 trucks carrying 400 tons of food and accompanied by troops will head sunday to Waajid and Oddur areas previously served by air. She said Airdrop of food using German air Force planes were beginning Friday at Amadu 75 Miles Northwest of Kismay. The area has been Cut off by. Floods and fighting and the population has been eating Bushes and grass she said. A we Are still finding pockets where we Haven to been Able to move around As wed like a Barton said. A in Northern Somalia she said the first world food program Relief ship in More than a year was scheduled to arrive m berber As port Friday. The ship carried almost 1,500 tons of wheat enough to feed 3,750 people for three months. Two smaller vessels taking advantage of improved Security were to arrive in other Northern ports from Djibouti within a few Days. Mawlawi said a ship has begun unload ing commercial goods at Mogadishu for the first time since . Forces awed More than a month ago. The port had been used Only for Aid or military  a Haiti from Page 1 contribute to a humanitarian  about 200 boats Are under construction along Haiti a 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. A we do Hope there is some deterrent effect a the Admiral said. The naval and air operation involves More than a third of the coast guards larger cutters on the East coast. Kime acknowledged the Mission would Cut into the coast guards traditional tasks of a polling fishing and intercepting drug the overriding purpose of the stricter interception policy was to a protect the safety of life at sea a Kime said. Already this year the coast guard has intercepted 900 haitians trying to reach the United Stales including 107 on two boats 1 thursday said rear adm. William Leahy commander of the District stretching from Miami to the Caribbean. Although the operation is aimed largely at rickety wooden sailboats traditionally packed for voyages to the United states the task Force also will closely watch Small haitian freighters that Jjo gently have carried hundreds to the run Ida coast. The plan extends coast guard operations dating to 1981 when an earn in Tian exodus resulted in hundreds drownings near Florida and the i Mas. The coast guard has intercept 40,000 haitians since then