European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 1, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 2 b the stars and stripes at a glance Ernest Dittemore 78, wipes dirt from his Eye after emerging from the 4-by-10-foot Hole in Troy kan., that has been his Home for the past 18 years. See Story in page6. 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A 21 education. 12 faces a no places. 24 focus. 17-20 Horoscope .27 Jumble  27 letters.14 Money matters. T6 sports.2936 to listings. 35 weather. 13 Airdrop once considered last resort for Aid delivery by Chuck Roberts staff writer delivering supplies by Airdrop was once considered a Quot last resort by the . High commission for refugees but now it seems the Only alternative to reach starving people in some areas of Eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina a commission spokesman said sunday. The . Air Force dropped about one million leaflets throughout Bosnia saturday night to Alert those on the ground in the War Tori Republic about the upcoming Airdrop of food and medical supplies. However the Airdrop of supplies was still awaiting the go ahead As of sunday afternoon according to staff sgt. Johnny Rea an air Force spokesman at Rhein main a Germany where the Airdrop will originate. The Airdrop is designed to reach areas such As Czerska where people Are starving to death each Day because serbian militiamen refuse to allow Relief trucks to bring in food or Medicine said Ron Redmond a . Spokesman in Geneva. Bosnia and Herzegovina requires about 9,000 tons of supplies each week for its people to survive Redmond said. About 70 percent of that total actually gets through and some locations such As Sarajevo often receive their entire Alio cation every week he said. But residents of the town of Czerska have never received Relief supplies Mak ing it a priority among . Relief officials Ana a Likely candidate for the in pending Airdrop Redmond said. . Officials were negotiating a Cal into sunday with bosnian serbs to allow Supply trucks into Czerska but the Only route approved by the serbs was a Trail accessible Only by Quot Mountain goats a Redmond said. Refugees who fled Czerska said All houses have been destroyed by the War and people Are hiding in basements to is. Cape the almost constant shelling according to reports Redmond said. As Many As 15 military Relief flights continue to arrive daily in Sarajevo. But supplies brought in to Gay the aircraft must be trucked from the bosnian capital to a number of towns and villages in which an estimated 3 million people Are in need of food shelter and clothing. Relief trucks Are often hindered by mines damaged roads and serbian soldiers who insist on searching every Box of supplies causing delays of up to five Days Redmond said even women and children sometimes Block the Road to prevent food from reaching people who they think Are responsible for killing their husbands and fathers. Quot it seems an impossible situation sometimes a Redmond said. Russia to Arm serbs secretly paper says Pondon of a Russia agreed to Supply $360 million Worth of arms including sophisticated missiles to Serbia and scr controlled areas of Bosnia and Croatia the observer reported sunday. The newspaper said generals from the russian army and intelligence service signed a secret arms agreement with serbian leaders last month following negotiations in Romania and Bulgaria. Such an agreement would violate the United nations arms embargo against All factions in the former Yugoslavia. The observer said the serbs agreed to buy t-55 Mobile Battle tanks and Quot an array of anti aircraft and anti missile missiles capable of destroying targets up to 375 Miles  a Bosnia from Page 1 More than 69,000 meals. The shipments were divided into 96 bundles and each c-13q can carry 16 bundles. Small High velocity parachutes were strapped to the top of each bundle. The first packages of food and Medicine Likely were to be dropped within a Day or two . Military officials said. They refused to be specific because of fears the cargo planes might be fired upon. The Airdrop is meant mostly to help muslims suffering from cold and hunger in enclaves virtually Cut off from Relief for months by fighting serbian troops or damaged roads. Aid also will be delivered to serbs and croats. A. Any amount of Aid via Airdrop will be Welcome said one inspector. Quot we Are satisfied with one Gram of anything a said Mufid Halilovic the bosnian government s representative with the four Man inspection team. Answering criticism that High Altitude drops could miss their targets by several Miles Conan Peisan a . Relief official at Rhein main said the air Force has dropped practice loads within 200 Yards of their targets during test runs the past few Days. The c-130s May drop their supplies at altitudes As High As 10.0&0 feet to avoid antiaircraft fire according to . Officials. Normal Airdrop take place at about 1,000 feet or lower. Cargo drops at 10,000 feet can miss targets by More than 2vi Miles according to an air Force air mobility come manual. But Peisen seemed confident the supplies would hit their Mark. Quot Quot we re certain that the . Air Force has the technical ability to deliver Aid where it s needed Quot Peisen  from Pago 1 would Only satisfy their needs for four or five Days said Helmic. But . Secretary of state Warren m. Christopher said sunday the Airdrop Quot May last longer than a few Days if we see that its  a two c-130 Hercules Turbo prop cargo Craft that dropped leaflets overnight flew at More than 10,000 feet under cover of darkness to keep out of Range of serbian antiaircraft guns and shoulder fired missiles. Leaflets going astray would illustrate difficulties of making accurate drops from that Altitude the Airdrop Are intended mostly for muslims suffering from cold and hunger in enclaves almost entirely Cut off from Relief for months. The drops will however also Supply serbs and croats. Some of the enclaves were reportedly increasingly desperate with Little or no food or medical supplies. Ham radio operators in Sarajevo reported serbs attacking Czerska were using megaphones to urge local defenders to surrender their weapons. Zepa which reportedly is undergoing an epidemic of enter colitis a a serious intestinal condition a had run out of powered milk and vitamins for the towns 8,000 children said Helmic. Srebrenick had no More food and Becirevic said the last Quot Peoples Kitchen Quot that the Airdrop could mean trouble for Crews aboard c-130 Hercules cargo planes because they will Fly without the Protection of combat aircraft. However Peisen said a the need for this humanitarian Aid far outweighs the risks  Quot it s going to be a pretty dangerous Mission a Navy it. Ike Skelton a spokesman for the air Relief operation Saia late saturday. "1 know there Are risks there. We re taking calculated  there also is danger to those receiving the supplies. Refugee iraqi kurd were killed two years ago in Turkey when they rushed to drop zones and were struck by 2,200-Pound food bundles. The air Force is using relatively Small parachutes that Only keep the Load stable while falling. The parachutes Quot just slow it Down so the Impact does t make it explode on Impact Skelton said. Contributing to this report staff writ Art Vinca Craw toy and Chuck Roberta in Carmst to Germany provided one meal a Day for More than 650 residents had closed. A serbian artillery attack kilted two civilians and wounded three he said. The two c-130s took off saturday evening from Rhein main air base near Frankfurt dropped leaflets at four Points and returning to its base Early sunday said associated press Corrot pendent Terrence Petty who Rode aboard one of the aircraft. They dropped two kinds of leaflets in Serbo croatian one advised people to stay Clear of falling Aid pallets weighing up to 1,500 Pound s each. The other Type implored warring bosnian not to fire at . Planes. Bosnian serb Muslim and croat representatives had inspected the leaflets and Aid in Frankfurt to allay fears that weapons not Aid would be  from Page 1 changes housed in the y j Trade Center said they would reopen edvy despite the deadly explosion that has forced much of the Complex into indefinite shutdown. Officials of the four exchanges which Are critical markets for Basic materials ranging from Oil to Gold to Coffee said sunday they had received Perm Ibbison to operate after meetings with fire police and City agencies. A a one Day shutdown  h had a major Impact Quot said David Hale head of the new York commodity change the worlds leading metals n Ket. Going longer he said Quot would h been a Reau Erious