European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 27, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Vol. 52, no. 100 500 tuesday july 27,1993 d 8693 a . General warns serbs he threatens retaliation after attack on base Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina a the commander of . Peacekeepers in Bosnia accused serbian forces of betrayal monday after the heaviest attack yet on a . Base. He ordered immediate retaliation in Case of a recurrence. I cannot allow the lives of my soldiers to be put endanger said it. Gen. Francis Brique Mont of Belgium. We will defend them if necessary. Brique Mont rejected a serbian claim that the attack sunday was the work of provocateurs in the Muslim led bosnian army. The newly established peacekeeper base in Sarajevo was bombarded by at least 68 tank and mortar rounds for 45 minutes sunday the supposed starting Date of a agreement among Bosnia s warring factions to halt offensives. No soldiers were Hurt but four vehicles were wrecked and six others damaged. Complaining of direct fire from serb tanks and artillery Brique Mont said i am angry at this betrayal. I cannot accept that my troops Are fired on while carry ing out a Mission of  cmdr. Barry Frewer a spokesman for the peace keepers said sunday s attack was the most prolonged assault yet on . Forces the attack came As a com plete Surprise and the French peacekeepers did not see serbs on Page 2 the waterlogged Midwest volunteers work to fight Back the Missouri River in Parkville mo., on sunday after the River Rose almost 4 feet overnight. Floodwaters continue rampage by United press International soggy River levees gave Way in missourian Illinois leaving another 60,000 acres of Rich Illinois and Missouri Farmland underwater monday. Officials feared More levees would go As floodwaters continued to Rise. The Missouri National guard supplied drinking water 10 Gallons per family per Day to More than 80,000 people i Northwestern Missouri and flooding swamped water treatment plants Nalton 111., and St. Joseph and Weston to. Weeks of heavy Rains have left Large portions of the Midwest waterlogged causing billions of dollars in  forecasters see no respite from the Rains in the near future. A levee surrounding the water Plant inthe Industrial City of Alton across the Mississippi from St. Louis gave Way Sun Day leaving 77,000 residents without drinking water. St. Joseph a City of 71,000, lost it drinking water saturday when the elec Seo rampage on Page 2 gis Likely to get raise in fiscal 94 by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington service members Are virtually assured of seeing some boost in their take Home pay in fiscal 1994, As the Senate armed services committee has joined its House counterpart in defying president Clinton s pay freeze proposal. Clinton wanted to freeze salaries for All Federal employees including service members in the next budget year As part of his Call for shared sacrifice in reducing the budget deficit. The Senate armed services commit tee on Friday included a provision in its version of the fiscal 1994 defense authorization Bill that recommended a 2.2 per cent pay raise effective Jan. 1. Rep. Ike Skelton d-mo., unveiled a plan in the House last month that would give service members a one time 2.2 per cent Bonus also effective Jan. 1. Both proposals would Cost about $1.1 billion m fiscal 1994. But the Bonus would Cost less in the Long run because i would not permanently affect military Active duty and retirement pay tables. However congressional aides said Skelton and other House lawmakers would like to join their Senate colleagues in providing a regular raise if Money can be found. The House armed services committee was scheduled to begin work on its ver Sion of the fiscal 1994 defense authorization Bill today. Once both Chambers Fin ish their respective Bills lawmakers and see raise on Page 2 coping with the Summe of a see Page 17 Wii Leader former army chief of staff Ridgway Dies Fox Chapel a. A Matthew Bunker Ridgway who commanded the army s first major airborne Campaign led the 82nd airborne div on a Day and later succeeded Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur during the korean War died monday. He was 98. Ridgway died in his sleep at his Home in suburban Pittsburgh said Donald Gerlach Ridgway s attorney Ridgway had lived in Fox Chapel since 1955, when he retired As army chief of staff to become chairman of the Mellon Institute in Pittsburgh. He re tired from the Institute in i960. He commanded the 82nd airborne div and the xviii airborne corps Dur ing world War ii and the 8th army an the . Come in Korea. He also served As . Commander in chief for the far East supreme commander for the Allied Powers in Japan and supreme Allied commander in Europe. I guess i was in combat More than any american general in the armed see Leader on Page 2 Matthew Bunker ridgway1895-1993 the