European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 17, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday january 17, 1993 the stars and stripes b Page 3u.s. Flotilla off Haiti stops 2 boat encircling Haiti president elect Clinton has decided to adopt president Bush s policy o ordering haitian refugees returned to their Homeland without determining if they had fled political persecution. The . Coast guard has sent a Force to encircle Haiti and repel the flow of refugee vessels. A. A a s. Haitian refugees fact Sheet a More than 400,000 haitians have been picked up by the coast guard since the september 1991 coup that ousted Jean Bertrand Aristide. A about 29,000 refugees have been sent Back to Haiti since the presidential order in May 1992. A immigration officials say 10,736 have been allowed to come to the United. States. A a refugee Camp at the . Military base at Guantanamo Bay Cuba in october 1991 held up to 12,500 haitians before it was dismantled last summer. It now holds 274. His positive refugees. A coast guard officials say More than 1,000 boats Are under construction in Haiti that could transport up to 100,000 refugees. Source . Coast guard a we. J. Caste to Miami apr a coast guard flotilla deployed in Waters off Haiti has intercepted its first two boatloads of haitian refugees seeking to reach the United  unprecedented deployment of As Many As 22 cutters and patrol boats was ordered in consultation with aides to president elect Clinton to Block a feared exodus of refugees from the military Ruri Caribbean Island nation a this is not a blockade a said Anu a. Wil Ham Kime commander of operation Able manner. A the concern we have is for the potential massive loss of life at  a on Friday the operation s first Day the coast guard plucked 211 haitian migrants off two wooden boats. One group of 74 refugees taken from a 40-foot Sailboat was provided food and medical attention and was to be repatriated coast guard spokesman Steve Sapp said. Details on the second group of 137 were not available late Friday. The 378-foot command Cutter Gallatin and several other vessels already were in place in International Waters outside Haiti a 12-mile territorial limit. By the Middle of next week 18 to 20 coast guard and Navy ships will be patrolling the Windward passage and the old Bahama Channel which form the 600-mile escape route to Florida Sapp said. A if we get swarmed All at one time obviously Well have to bring some More ships Down to handle the Toad a he said. At least a dozen aircraft also were being deployed. Coast guard intelligence has spotted .200 boats under construction in Haiti and More than 1,400 already in the water could be used in a massive boat lift Kime said. About 900 haitians already have been stopped this year and Kime said As Many As 200,000 Hai has is like a Navy version of the humanitarian Effort in Somalia it. Cmdr. Brad Goforth trans might attempt to reach Florida. As part of the Navy contingent the frigates John l. Hall and Doyle each with a Crew of 200, Are to leave Mayport naval station in Jacksonville in monday. The Navy also is sending a destroyer from Norfolk Van a and two Landing ships from Little Creek a a this is like a Navy version of the humanitarian Effort in Somalia Quot said it. Cmdr. Brad Goforth a Mayport spokesman. A we arc helping to keep inc haitians from being lost at sea. 1 the frigates will sail with empty helicopter hangar Bays to enable them to provide shelter for Large numbers of refugees he said. Advocates of haitian refugees condemned the operation claiming 3,000 people returned so fat have been executed by Haiti a military government. No immigration officials will be on the . Vessels to consider political Asylum claims they said. A they cannot put up a blockade at sea arid say they Are concerned for the lives of the people when they arc not giving safety and Security inside the country said Rolande t of Rancy chief of the haitian refugee Center in Miami. Harold Koh of Yale Law school called the blockade a Quot floating Berlin Wall around  shakes up Northern California Gilroy Calif apr a moderate earthquake rattled windows and nerves in Northern California on Friday but caused no injuries or serious damage. The earthquake occurred at 10 29 . On the Southern Calaveras fault about 7 Miles East Northeast of Gilroy which is about 75 Miles South of san Francisco. It measured 5.1 on the Richter scale said . Geological Survey spokeswoman Pat Jorgenson. A people were like screaming but it army employee Dies of leukaemia Heidelberg Germany a amps a longtime employee at . Army Europe Headquarters and former inspector gun Era there died of leukaemia tuesday at Heidelberg University a general medical clinic according to the 26th area support group. Arthur h. Booth 77, had been on sick leave from his Job As a government relations specialist assigned to the Headquarters office of the Deputy chief of staff Host nation activities. Booth a St. Louis native served in the army  enlisted Soldier during world War ii then As an officer in the korean War. He remained in the army for two More decades rising to the rank of colonel. In addition to holding several inspector general positions including the one in Heidelberg from 1968 to 1972, Booth taught military science in the Roth program at Prairie View a amp a University in Texas. Booth a widower lived in Wieloch a suburb of Heidelberg. His Only known relative is a Cousin who lives in new York. He will be buried in Arlington National cemetery in Virginia. A memorial service is scheduled for 11 . Wednesday at the Mark Twain Village Chapel. Lasted Only a few seconds. Then everybody had a Good laugh afterwards in Relief. Everything was of a said Ralph Baig manager of a Denny a restaurant in Gilroy. The quake was Felt through a wide area of Northern California a from Santa Rosa More than 100 Miles North of the epicentre to the Central Valley 75 Miles to the cast. It was described by some As a Sharp Jolt and others As a rolling motion. Gilroy police said the quake knocked items off shelves of Homes and stores arid broke a few windows. The state office of emergency services and other Law enforcement agencies throughout the Region said there were no reports of injury or serious damage by Early saturday morning. The Bay area rapid transit District briefly shut Down the areas rail system to examine the tracks which is usual procedure following a quake. Service resumed at reduced Speed. Recent heavy Rains Hud prompted officials on Friday to Issue warnings of possible mudslides but there were no immediate reports of any Hills coming Down. Scientists however warned that aftershocks could follow. The seismographic station at the University of California at Berkeley measured the quake at 5.7 on the Richter scale Berkeley and uses generally report different readings because they use different methods to measure quakes. Marching for Unity Servic members and civilians from naval support activity Naples in Italy March Friday from the Navy Hospital to the Chapel in Honor of civil rights Leader Martin Luther King or. A ceremony at the Chapel followed the March