European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 3, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 b the stars and stripes wednesday March 3,1993 at a glance president Clinton chided the National ride association for opposing gun control efforts and pledged to work for Quot sensible National controls. See Story on Page 6. Consequences of cuts shrinking the Marine corps to the Levels proposed by the Bush administration could Lorce service planners to Back away from some current missions the ration s top ranking Marine told lawmakers. A Pago 4 no Price commitment Donna Shalala the Secretary of health and human services has met with Vadne manufacturers but received no commitment from them to hold Down prices. A Page 7 unified armed forces defense officials from six former soviet republics Are seeking a unified armed forces and nato state Council to address military disarray in the Commonwealth of Independent states an official said. A pages Index Abby Ann Landers. 21 action Una. Classifieds. Comics. Commentary. Crossword. 21 faces a places. Focus. Nor Scopo. 27 Jumble. .27 letters. 14 Money matters. Sports. To listings. Weather. Correction i Airdrop from Page 1 Ray Harlan said of the leaflet drops. Harlan who commands Rhein Wain a 37th Airlift so said his Crews had been Quot trying to get As Good a  As possible. Quot maybe some of them found their Way into the right hands. The important thing is we tried to get the word out where we could a he said while visiting departing aircrews late monday at Rhein main. Quot a to re All learning in this  he and his Crews which number 150 officers and enlisted fliers Are Quot trying to get the food to the right people without risk to us a Harlan  we done to Call it a combat zone he said of the skies Over Bosnia. A we say its a High risk  Oliree different factions Are fighting for control of Bosnia in the splintered Region that used to be part of Yugoslavia. Aircrews have been taking extra precautions including flying at night to avoid being hit by ground fire from hostile troops. Planes and Crews from the states routinely help the 37th Airlift so with its heavy schedule of humanitarian and cargo flights inciting near Jaily Supply runs Inlo Sarajevo. Harlan Aid. But As of tuesday morning no stateside Crews had flown the nigh Altitude drops Over Bosnia he said. A the squadrons three c-130 cargo Dianes dropped 18.6 tons of food Early tuesday including 21,312 military rations called meals ready to eat in the area of the town of Zepa the  european come said in a statement tuesday. Zepa was designated a a High priority location few the  High commissioner for refugees and the last land Convoy of humanitarian Aid reached the town of 29,000 people feb. 21, the associated press said tuesday. . Officials say the town needs 29 tons of food each Day according to the .  from Page 1 Days missed during the task forgets two month plus deployment. Quot we re going to have Christmas a said sgt. Raymond weal. Quot in a going to do All those things that 1 missed like Reading to my  weal said he plans on spending As much Quot Quality time As he can with his 2-year-old son Raymond and his wife a Vita. A a a we be got so much to talk about Quot she said. Quot he a been gone so  this was the second time Mildred Harrison had waited for her husband staff sgt. William Harrison to return from deployment. A Quot it was not As Long a wait As saudi was and they were not in the same danger a she said. Harrison a deployed dec. 31, so the family will be making up for missed new years celebrations with Flowers Champagne and Quot the whole  Quot we kept our son out of school so we can just be together Masten As a family again. Well be doing a lot of family things Quot she said. Sgt 1st class Larry Stimson will celebrate the ninth birthday of his son Brian a Day late. Quot we postponed his birthday until his daddy got Home a said Crystal Stimson. While some task Force Soldier reacquainted themselves with their children others brought Home memories of children they met in Somalia. A when you go driving Down the Street you la see tour or five Little kids purposely get in front of your truck to slow you Down a said sgt. Christian Vaughn. Quot As soon As you slowed Down other kids will jump on and swarm you.  reach in the windows and  take the sunglasses off your face and anything else that s not tied  Quot they were still Happy they were still smiling a sgt. Sharon Mccray said of somalian children Quot to us it looked like they were in a bad situation but to them they  a i was glad the United states was involved with the Relief Effort a spec. Chris Masten said. Quot i just wish i could have seen More of  cult from Page 1 involved in the siege. Koresh began letting children out late sunday after a station agreed to broadcast a statement by him. T tuesday morning eight More children left the compound bringing the number of children released to 16. Two women also left the first adults to voluntarily leave the compound. Also tuesday morning a Blue military Type bus pulled toward the compound and police cleared the Road where reporters had parked vehicles. A hum vec Utility vehicle police Wagon and Tarp covered Utility truck also drove to toe site and at least eight ambulances with lights flashing parked nearby. Reporters were kept two Miles away from the site 10 Miles cast of Waco. A senior administration source in Washington said an end to the bloody siege could be imminent. Quot its looking better. It looks like they will be Able to negotiate a the official speaking on condition of anonymity said. Ave think it is imminent a Quot i think what they re doing now is trying to get As Many hostages out As they can then try to negotiate with them to get them out Quot the official said. Koresh the 33-year-old messianic Leader of the sect who says he is Jesus Christ told a radio station he had been gravely wounded sunday. As of Early tuesday Koresh had not been publicly heard from since 2 . Monday but the at Bureau reported talking to him Early tuesday. Sunday s assault had been planned for months but failed when the agents encountered overwhelming firepower including at least one .50-caliber machine gun. In addition to the four dead 16 agents were wounded All were out of the Hospital or reported in stable condition tuesday. Quot the problem we had is we were outgunned at spokeswoman Sharon Wheeler said. Quot they had bigger firearms than we had.�?�. The agents also feared hitting women and children in the compound Wheeler  spokesman Jack Killorin in Washington said authorities believe the cult was tipped off about the raid by phone. He also said the Agency had people working undercover within the cult. Relatives of Koresh had urged him to surrender. Members of the Branch Davidian sect believe Koresh is the Lamb mentioned in the Book of revelations and can bring about the end of the world. The sect is a an offshoot of the seventh Day adventists who disavow any connection to the Branch davidians. Arson suspected in a amps Bookstore fire by Nancv l. Torner 11jl Bureau arson is suspected in the sunday night fire that gutted a stars and stripes Bookstore at Raf West Ruislip England says the organizations  sales manager. A base spokesman said fire investigators have ruled out accidental causes such As faulty electrical wiring. Navy investigators Are assisting the British ministry of defense with the investigation. It is not known How Long the investigation will take and no one has been arrested said Navy it. Dean o. Oyier a spokesman for Raf West Ruislip a Navy support base in West London. Alan jux stars and stripes area sales manager has been unable to enter the store to assess damage because of the investigation. However it is estimated that about $85,000 in merchandise has been lost and that the building will have to be razed he said. Quot in a primarily concerned about resuming service a Jui said. The fire was found about 6 40 p m. Sunday by ministry of defense police on patrol. The fire was put out by the local British fire brigade president of Abc news Calls it quits because of a reporting error a Story tuesday contained incorrect information about the retirement of air Force maj. Gen. Donald l. Kaufman. The Secretary of the air Force decided at what rank Kaufman was allowed to retire. New York a Abc news president Michael Gartner resigned tuesday an apparent casualty of the general motors crash debacle. Gartner 54, a former Wall Street journal editor and owner of several Iowa newspapers and to stations stepped Down tuesday morning Abc spokeswoman Katherine Mcquay said. The Wall Street journal reported tuesday that Abc is to receive the results of an internal investigation of the fiasco later this week. As president of Abc s news division for five years Gartner was criticized for slashing its budget naming the alleged victim in the William Kennedy Smith rape trial and mishandling the today show change from Jane Pauley to Debo Rah Norville. But Gartner a career apparently was finally undone by no cd Sill fated dateline report on the alleged danger of pm pickup trucks the newspaper said Abc issued an on air apology month for rigging a fiery test crash will tiny Model rockets. The apology came after pm Slapper the network w Ith a defamation lawsuit