European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 6, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday March 6, 1993 . 1 the stars and stripes Page 5ne secrets come out from the cold. By the Washington Post Washington a at least 24 americans were killed on 31 spy plane flights Over the soviet Union Between 1950 and 1970 and 138 remain unaccounted for two news organizations a. The reports by abcs prime time live and in the forthcoming edition of . News and world report Are the latest installation of information about the missions that has begun to pour in. Russian president Boris n. Yeltsin began the Public discussion by saying last summer that 12 americans shot Down on previously unacknowledged spy missions in the 1950s were taken prisoner. Intelligence experts said at the time that the number of americans unaccounted for from that period was probably closer to 50. A few months later three Independent investigators James d. Sander Mark a. Sauter and r. Cort Kirkwood published soldiers of misfortune a Book that documented several previously secret incidents in which . Planes vanished on spy missions with no word on the Crews Fate. In january the Senate select committee on pow Mia affairs put them umber of americans still Unac counted for in such incidents at 133, based on information from the defense department. Now Abc and . News and world report say the number is 138, citing information from formerly classified documents stored at the National archives. The organizations worked together on the Story. The number is Likely to grow As the Pentagon a task Force Russia continues its examination of the archives of the former soviet Union Pentagon officials said. With russian cooperation task Force Russia has been combing prison records and other documents in the former soviet Union seeking information about americans held there during the cold War. The defense department lists 133 whose Fate is unknown from 13 Quot aircraft incidents Quot a Pentagon official said. Soldiers of misfortune said that Quot More than 100 american lives and 20 . Air planes have been lost in action during similar peacetime reconnaissance operations since 1945.&Quot until recently neither Washington nor Moscow had Ever acknowledged the spy flights or the shoot Downs except for the highly publicized Downing in 1960 of Francis Gary Powers in his High Altitude u-2 plane. Now Quot we admit it the russians admit it the planes went Down a an official said. Nothing in Advance summaries of the latest news reports indicated any of the americans arc still alive. Yeltsin told the Senate committee in a letter delivered last june that Quot today there arc no american citizens forcibly held on the territory of  but he indicated that some americans who found their Way there during one conflict or another had stayed on and arc living As private citizens Alan Ptak a former Deputy assistant Secretary of defense told the Senate committee late last year that . Investigators had focused on 10 shoot Downs Between 1950 and 1965 whose Crew members remain us accounted for. He said it was possible that some of those men survived Long enough to be taken prisoner and that Quot second hand evidence Quot indicated some had been captives but Quot we Lack conclusive  according to . News and prime time live the . Spy flights a not in High Altitude u-2s but in conventional aircraft a deliberately flew into soviet airspace Quot to determine the location and capabilities of coastal air  in the stars and stripes 10 year Sago March 6,1903 a democratic members of the congressional joint economic committee urged the establishment of a $700 per taxpayer limit on the tax Cut scheduled to take effect in july. 20 year Sago March 6,1973 a two Spanish jetliners flying Over Western Spain during an air controllers strike cot lived. One crashed killing All 68 aboard and the other made an emergency Landing. 30 year Sago March 6,1963 a a Muddy Ohio River swelled toward flood stage from Wheeling w.va., southward into Kentucky As rain and thaw swollen tributaries poured in More water than the River a Banks could hold. / 40 year Sago March 6,1953 a soviet dictator Josef Stalin suffered a heart attack and his general condition is gravely deteriorating a government bulletin announced. 50 year Sago _ March 6,1943 a Allied round the clock air raids on Germany and German held territory passed the 200-hour Mark with More sweeps Over Europe. R world War ii 50 years ago today March. 61 9�4 3- president Roosevelt appoints a High powered committee to study ways to relieve manpower shortages in american factories. Blocked from crossing the donets River by floating ice Germany s 4th Panzer army shifts to the West and launches an attack from the Krasn Grad area northeastward in conjunction with the is Panzer corps. Source 2 94 Days of War w. H. Smith publishers inc. World almanac Book of world wat in a san books corp., 1981 a violent storms cause 4 deaths. Heavy along East coast by the associated press Gusty wind and a deluge of rain ripped Down Power lines Tore off roofs and caused Street flooding thursday along the East coast. At least four deaths were blamed on the storm. In sea Bright n.j., heavy surf battered beaches already eroded by a december storm that caused extensive damage along the new Jersey and new York coastlines. Streets in the resort town were under water and most of the town was without electricity said police dispatcher Daniel Belins Lcy. A we have Power lines Down a very where transformers exploded a Belinsky said. A a we Haven t even seen the Peak of it  one apartment building roof was blown off and several families were evacuated he said. A shelter was opened in nearby Rumson. In Central new1 Jersey an 86-year-old Man was killed when his car Slid off a rain slicked Road and crashed into a Utility pole police said. In Eastern Maryland a 24-Ycar-Oid woman was killed when she lost control of her car on a wet Road and crashed into another vehicle police said. A a a 42-year-old Man died when scaffolding around a building project collapsed in Lancaster pay a where wind gusts reached 68 Mph officials said. In Virginia a 28-Ycar-old Man was killed when a wind gust blew a tree onto his car officials said. His wife and 3-Ycar-old son escaped injury. Heavy rain and 70-Mph wind lashed Pennsylvania Downing Trees and Power lines and knocking a Harrisburg Al weather radio station off the air. Winds gusted to 71 Mph in new York City and on Long Island , Homes in pedestrians Battle the e wind and rain near new Yorkus Rockefeller Center on thursday. Southampton were flooded by tides that were up to 3 feet above Normal officials said. Minor flooding was reported elsewhere on Long Island. In new Jersey a gust of wind Tore the roof off a Small building housing administrative offices for workers at exit 17 of the new Jersey Turnpike said Turnpike authority spokeswoman Lynn Fleeger. The roof flew Over the toll Booths damaging vehicles that were waiting to pay tolls and injuring one Motorist she said. The motorists condition Wasny to available. Atlantic City n.j., got a record 2.51 inches of rain from the storm and wind knocked Down people trying to walk on the Boardwalk in Atlantic City. In North Carolina two canoeists who climbed a tree to flee raging water on the Eno River were rescued More than three hours later by the Crew of a Black Hawk helicopter from fort brag. T he boys had set out for some White water canoeing after 3 inches of rain swelled the River officials said. Sol. Jeff Hewitt who was lowered to the boys by rope said the first youth he reached told him Quot in a glad to see  minor flooding from up to 2 inches of rain closed roads and schools across West Virginia ice and up to 6 inches of Snow caused traffic problems at higher elevations of Northern West Virginia and adjacent Western Maryland. More Federal workers expected to get buyouts by the Washington Post Washington a president Clinton a pledge to eliminate 152,800 of the Federal governments 2 million no postal jobs a without layoffs a will require agencies to Shell out millions of dollars in Cash and go payments to induce workers to quit or retire. The Tipoff is what is happening in the defense department which is looking at a tenfold increase in the number of w orders who could get buyout offers this year. Dod is currently the Only department with the authority to pay people to leave but that is expected to change. As recently As mid january the defense department said Only 3,000 of its nearly 1 million civilians would be paid to quit or retire in 1993. Congress authorized the department to give workers buyouts equal to their Severance pay or $25,000, whichever is less. The department said repeatedly that the buyouts w Ould be few and far Between and that none would be offered to workers at bases that were being closed or to anyone eligible to take regular retirement. Last week it announced that 16,400 workers will get buyouts and insiders said that before the year is out 30,000 or More army Navy and air Force civilians May get buyout offers. Some buyouts will be offered at babes being shut Down and to employees already eligible to retire. Other agencies a the agriculture department May be one a could have reductions in Force unless they gel buyout authority. Congress is Likely to give it to help the president keep his no Layoff pledge. All this Means a couple of things a first the Job turnover Clinton counted on to reduce employment has dropped. Many workers who might have retired or quit this year Are Likely to be hanging on in Hopes of getting a buyout. A second Federal workers who might have taken Early retirement even with its penalty before the buyouts became a reality Are also Likely to hang on until Uncle Sam further sweetens the pot