European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 3, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 a the stars and stripes wednesday March 3,1993 at a glance president Clinton chided the National Rifle association for opposing gun control efforts and pledged to work for Quot sensible National controls. See Story on Page 6. California blues Hillside homeowners Beach devotees movie makers and amuse ment Park lovers Are having a difficult time finding a Silver lining in the Clouds that have inundated Southern California this Winter. A Page 4 no Price commitment Donna Shalala the Secretary of health and human services has met with vaccine manufacturers but received no commitment 1rom them to hold Down prices. A Page 7 living within Means books emphasizing spiritual As Well As material gains Are becoming More popular As lifestyles change from grabbing All you can to living within your Means. A Page 12 Index Abby Ann Landers 21 action line. 20 classifieds. 25-28 comics. 21-23 commentary .15 crossword .21 faces n places .24 focus. 17-20 Horoscope .27 Jumble .27 letters. 14 Money matters. 12-13 sports .30-36 to listings. 35 weather. 16 correction Airdrop 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 retired from Page 1 Ray Harlan said of the leaflet drops. Harlan who commands rein Mains 37th Airlift so said his Crews had been Quot trying to get As Good a  As possible. A maybe some of them found their Way into the right hands. The important thine is we tried to get the word out where we could a he said while visiting departing aircrews late monday at Rhein main. A we re All learning in this  he and his Crews which number 150 officers and enlisted fliers arc Quot trying to get the food to the right people without risk to us a Harlan said. A we done to Call it a combat zone a he said of the skies Over Bosnia. A we say its a High risk  three 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 so with its heavy schedule of humanitarian and cargo flights including near daily Supply runs into Sarajevo Harlan said. But As of tuesday morning no stateside Crews had flown the High Alti tude drops Over Bosnia he  Squadron s three c-130 cargo planes dropped 18.6 tons of food Early tuesday including 21,312 military rations a called meals ready to eat a in the area of the town of Zepa the . European come said in a statement tuesday Zepa was designated a a High priority location by 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. A . Officials say the town needs 29 tons of food each Day according to the . Military. Home from Pago 1 Days missed during the task forces two month plus deployment. A a a we re going to have Christmas a said sgt. Raymond weal. A a in a going to do Alt those things that 1 missed Tike Reading to my  weal said he plans on spending As much a Quality time As he can with his 2-Ycar-old son Raymond and his wife Al Vita. A a we be got so much to talk about Quot she said. A a 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 it was not As Long a wait As saudi was and they were not in the same danger Quot she said. A Harrison deployed dec. 31, so the family will be making up for missed new years celebrations with Flowers Champagne and a the whole  a we kept our son out of school so we can just be together Maston As a family again. Well be doing a lot of family things she said. Sgt. 1st class Larry Stimson will celebrate the ninth birthday of his son Brian. A Day late. A we postponed his birthday until his daddy got Home a said Crystal Stimson. While some task Force soldiers 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 four or five Little kids purposely get in front of your truck to slow you Down Quot said sgt. Christian Vaughn. Re 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 a not tied  a they were still Happy they were still smiling Quot sgt. Sharon Mccray said of somalian children. A 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 Quot spec. Chris Masten said. A i just wish i could have seen More of  cult from Page 1 drove from Chandler Texas to Waco on monday released a message her son left on her answering machine sunday. A hello mama. Its your boy Koresh message. A they shot me and right but ill be Back real says on the message. Quot they shot me and in a dying All right but ill soon of a the group Branch davidians Are an offshoot of the seventh Day adventists who disavow any connection to them. In London the British foreign office said it had confirmed the names of u British men women and children who moved to the group s Headquarters last month following a Call from Koresh. The office spokesman said up to 50 britons May be involved. The six children released tuesday morning followed 10 who were allowed to leave sunday and monday. It was not known How Many children remained Royster said sundays assault had been planned for months but failed when the agents encountered overwhelming firepower including at least one machine gun. A the problem we had is we were outgunned a said at spokeswoman Sharon Wheeler. A they had bigger firearms than we  the agents also feared hitting women and children in the compound Wheeler said. At spokesman Jack Killorin in Washington said authorities believe the group was tipped off about the raid by phone. He also said the Agency had people working undercover within the group. About 7 . Monday authorities moved their command Post farther from the 77-acre compound which includes a Lookout Tower. An hour later reporters were ordered to Clear the Road into the compound and the Convoy moved in. The standoff began sunday after a 45-minute gun Battle with at agents who were trying to arrest Koresh on weapons charges. Later sunday three people tried to shoot their Way out of the compound. Sixteen agents wounded sunday were already out of the Hospital or reported to be in stable condition. One person was taken into custody sunday and was charged with attempted murder of a Federal Law officer. Relatives of Koresh urged him to sur Render. 7 a i wish head give up i wish head gig up Quot his grandmother Jean Holub said in Houston. A and i wish head get out of that place and Start Over and not get killed take care of his  arson suspected in a amps Bookstore fire by Nancy  . Bureau arson is suspected in the sunday night fire that gutted a stars and stripes Bookstore at Raf West Ruislip England says the organizations .-area sales manager. A base spokesman said fire investigators have ruled out accidental causes such As faulty electrical wiring. Navy investigators arc assisting the British ministry of defense with the investigation. It is not known How Long the investigation Wilt take and no one has been arrested said Navy it. Dean o. Oyler 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. A a in a primarily concerned about resuming service Quot jux said. The fire was found about 6 40 . Sunday by ministry of defense police on patrol. The fire was put out by the local British fire brigade no injuries were reported and no other buildings were damaged. President of Abc news Calls it quits kii7u/ v / a in _ a new York apr 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 no cd a news division for five years Gartner was criticized for slashing its budget naming the alleged victim in the William Kennedy a Ertith rape trial and mishandling the a a today show change from Jane Pauley to Debo Rah Norville. But Gartner s career apparently was finally undone by Abc s ill fated a Date line report on the alleged dangers o pm pickup trucks the newspaper said. Abc issued an on air apology Quot a crash wit month for rigging a fiery test tiny Model rockets. The apology came after pm Slapit the network with a defamation lawsuit