European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 5, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes . V v Friday. March 5,1993 caller seemed to know blast facts source says new York a investigators in the world Trade Center bombing Are focusing on the first claim of responsibility received according to an Fri official a a Call from someone who knew the site of the blast before the Public did. Quot that s the most Likely direction and that s the first place they re looking a said the official speaking on condition of anonymity. The caller who said he was a member of a previously unknown group called the serbian liberation front was the first of do efts to claim responsibility for the blast that rocked the twin towers and killed at least eve people. The caller was credible because he Quot seemed to Nave information that had t been out Here Quot including the garage level where the bomb went off Friday the Fri official said wednesday. But at a news conference wednesday James Fox chief of the of big a new York office said of the Call Quot thiere was no unique information in it. The Only thing the Guy said was a this is no Accident a no Calls warning of the blast were received investigators have said. Radovan Karadzic the Leader of bosnian serbs and a Delegate to . Talks in new York aimed at bringing peace to the former Yugoslavia has denied his people were involved. Among wednesdays other developments a investigators were considering the possibility the bombers died in the blast based on a smell of dead bodies at the Crater. But police commissioner Raymond Kelly noted the smell could be from the one Trade Center employee still missing. A authorities said the 110-Story towers  be open until april. T a the Muslim fundamentalist group Hamas issued a statement in Jordan denying involvement in the blast and. Requesting an apology. Fox had mentioned the group As being among several under investigation. A state department spokesman Richard Boucher also said the popular front for the liberation of Palestine a group also mentioned As under investigation was probably not linked to the blast. Fri agents look at a car brought out of the parking garage at the world Trade Center on wednesday. Authorities Are continuing their probe of last Friday s explosion which left at least five people dead. Tower tenants fret Over lost business by new Day new York a the prolonged delay in reopening the world Trade Center until Early next month is making dozens of stores and office tenants anxious about disruptions or lost business. Already a few of the hundreds of companies that rent space in the Mammoth Complex Are considering relocating their offices permanently if they re shut out for More than four weeks. Quot we re doing everything we possibly can to avoid a loss of business Quot said Paul Higgins a partner with Del Oitte amp touche the big accounting firm which has crammed most of its 1,000 employees normally stationed at the twin towers into its Midtown Manhattan offices. A but if the building is closed for a Long period of time a he continued Quot we a have to Deal with that reality. Well begin to feel the effects of overcrowding within 60 to 90  Small Fry done to have it so easy. Ernie Vermont owner of twin towers wines amp spirits on the Trade Center concourse does no to know How hell stay open More than another Day or so. Without the usual Trade Center shoppers he expects to close and Lay off his 10 employees. Such concerns have everyone reaching for their calculators. Already Elizabeth Holtzman the City comptroller estimates the local Economy will lose $1 billion if the twin towers Are closed for a month. But if Chicago can be used As a Rule of thumb that estimate May Rise. The flood that struck Chicago last april and caused three weeks of havoc Cost $36 million in cleanup costs $3qq million in private property dam age and another $1 billion in lost business according to Chicago officials. Some however insist new York s losses will be minimal. Quot i done to believe there a any Way to estimate the economic Impact at this Point a said Michael Schlein chief of staff for Barry Sullivan Deputy mayor for finance and economic development. Quot the question is whether these businesses Are functioning As usual. In be talked to scores that Are a for the moment businesses Large and Smalt Are coping by activating a wide array of contingency plans. Law firms such As Brown amp Wood Are using space Given them by clients. And Many twin Tower tenants Are considering some of the 3 million Square feet of office space that the real estate Board of new York is promoting Schlein said. As companies review their insurance policies looking for ways to make up for lost business a Host of special loan programs Are being offered a some by government agencies such As the . Small business administration and others by Banks featuring below Narket Loans and Quick processing. Some companies report that shifting workplaces has not been a catastrophe at All. Aetna life amp casualty the insurer moved its 300 employees to suburban offices or agents premises while others work at Home. Phone Calls to its Trade Center offices have been rerouted and computer processing is being handled by other area offices. Marine from wire report v t san Juan puerto Rico a a . Marine working guard duty at a per Tori a military installation died wednesday after the Nile of another Soldier apparently discharged accidentally a military official said.,Paul Satterfield 20, from Lorain Ohio died at about 2 . Wednesday while undergoing surgery for a Bullet wound to the left shoulder and Chest. It. E. A. Jones a spokesman for the military in puerto Rico said Satterfield was working guard duty late tuesday on the roof of a building at the Sabana Seca naval station near san Juan when the Accident occurred. Shortly before Midnight Satterfield apparently was hit to a Bullet from an m-16 Rifle being cleaned by another Soldier on guard duty with him Jones said. Boston Goy ban move fails Boston a a Massachusetts supreme court Justice wednesday denied a bid by organizers of Bostons St. Patrick a Day Parade to ban homosexual groups from marching. Justice Herbert Wilkins rejected an attempt by the sponsors to link the Boston event to a court decision last month in new York where Gays have been banned from marching in that City a March 14 St. Patrick a Parade. Wilkins had indicated at a Brief hearing earlier in the Day that the new York ruling would not play a role in his decision on the Boston Parade because it was sponsored by a religious group and has Quot religious origins not found in the Boston  the sponsor of the annual Parade through the Irish dominated South Boston neighbourhood the South Boston Allied War veterans Council went to the states highest court seeking to overturn two lower court rulings that up lathe right of a Gay group to March. Faulty Hose delays shuttle Cape canaveral Fla. Nasa delayed this months planned launch of space shuttle Columbia by at least two Days wednesday because of a ruptured Hydraulic Hose that sprayed fluid in the engine compartment. It is the second delay in three weeks for the German space lab Mission. Columbia was supposed to lift off around feb. 25, but confusion Over engine parts last month forced a delay until March 14, Nasa now is aiming for no earlier than March 16. The latest problem occurred during a test of the three main engines tuesday night Hydraulic line burst and sprayed about three Gallons of Hydraulic fluid Over one of the engines and nearby components said Nasa spokesman Mitch Varnes. Electrical connections were . _ a ear tests for Newborn urged Washington a More than half of american babies bom into silence Are not identified As hearing impaired for More than two years a delay that can leave them unnecessarily handicapped for life a National institutes of health panel said wednesday. The Nih committee recommended All babies Ean be tested within hours of birth using a new technology that makes it possible to detect deafness in the Newborn. The recommendation announced to an audience of health care workers who Deal with deaf and hearing impaired children was greeted with applause. Tie committee organized by Nih to recommend the Best Standard medical care for hearing impaired infants said that about one in every 1,000 . Babies is bom deaf Cable failure is false alarm Washington a an underground electric Power Cable failed near the White House Early officials said us a Rcpt its of an explosion 1f.e1were 0� injuries and no evacuations said a tire official. He said there were reports of explosive sounds coming from a manhole about two blocks Northeast of the White house., ? a malfunction on the Cable underground. We Call it a Cable fault a said Steve Arabie a spokesman for Potomac electric Power co