European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 29, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes thursday july 29,1993 Aid of d As sandbagging goes on Prairie do Rocter Iii. A both Kansas cities withstood a twin surge by the Missouri and Kansas Rivers but people there and in other Midwest communities under siege can Only won Der How Long the levees will hold. Meanwhile the House approved $3 billion tuesday for flood Relief after a five Day fight Over How to pay for it. The measure was sent to the Senate. President Clinton said he would ask for $1.1 billion More telling governors of six flood states it could get  with swollen Rivers pressing for weeks against pc vacs built to withstand Only temporary strains residents across six states said another disastrous break is inevitable. The question is whether it will strike metropolitan areas such As the dual Kan Sas cities or St. Louis or Small towns like this Hamlet near the Mississippi River. There s just one Guy who knows when it s going to happen and he Ain t talk ing said . Duck Stirnaman police chief of Rural Ellis Grove working on loan to Prairie Durocher. As he spoke tuesday 40 volunteers la bored in 97-Degrec heat and punishing humidity to build a sandbag banked Lake in Hopes of equalizing the pressure on a porous levee. If the Dike gives Way,27,000 farm acres could be flooded and hundreds of Homes could be lost. The Story was the same in other River towns. In new Canton Iii., volunteers and National guard members reinforced the Southern portion of a levee after the Northern Section blew out sunday flood ing 44,000 farm acres and forcing 2,000 people from their Homes. The sandbagging was tiresome and in some cases dangerous. In Prairie do Missouri River floodwaters tuesday surround an old Kc-97 Tanker on display at the Missouri air National guard base in St Joseph. Rocher officials took Down the names of volunteers in Case of a tragedy so that rescuers would know who was out there. The weather Outlook gave reason for Hope. Bruce Terry a National weather service forecaster in Camp Springs md.,said the system that has been causing persistent rain in the Midwest is showing signs of breaking up and the Region is in for at least several Days of drier weather. Flooding since the beginning of june inthe Midwest has contributed to 42 deaths and caused at least $10 billion in damage. In the Kansas City area straddling Kansas arid Missouri levees held against record cresting of the two Rivers that meet there. Some 8,000 people were evacuated from the Industrial and residential Armourdale and Fairfax sections of Kansas City Kan., As a precaution. The Missouri River crested at 48.8 feet flood stage is 32 feet and the previous record was 46.2 feet in 1951. The Kansas River peaked around noon at 54.9 feet nearly 22 feet Over flood stage. The old 1951 Mark was 51 feet. John for rely spokesman for the corps of engineers said in Kansas City that full streams and saturated soil meant flood ing was still a danger. There is not by any stretch an All Clear he said. Tempers flared As evacuees demanded to be allowed to return to their Homes. If the levee was to break and we lose our Home we also lose our business said Jeff Eylar who runs a roofing Busi Ness from his Home in the Armourdale District. All i want is 30  at an evacuation Center set up at a High school chanted we want tog Home t. Despite the Good news in Kansas Cit Yand the flood Relief dollars people s out look was grim. In Prairie Durocher where 80 percent of the population of 600 had been evacuated the holdouts and volunteers said they fear the work on the levees nay prove to be in vain when  next week. The Mississippi River in St. Louis 40miles to the North of Prairie Durocher was expected to Crest at 48 feet next tuesday nearly 5 feet above the record set during a 1973 flood. Of nurse punished after gun smug no by Chuck Robert staff writer Rhein main a Germany an air Force nurse who was investigated in connection with gun smuggling to former Yugoslavia has received administrative punishment a Rhein main spokeswoman said wednesday. Capt. Anka Cosic and three american men All of croatian descent were the subjects of a. Weapons search feb. 16 by air Force agents and German investigators at a room in Wiesbaden Germany. Authorities have not said what Type of room was searched or to whom it belonged. German investigators turned Cosic s Case Over to Theair Force office of special investigations at Rhein main in april. The investigation was concluded injure but details about her punishment and the investigation cannot be released said Rhein main spokeswoman Susanna Bartsch. I can Only say that administrative action was Sakenas punishment Bartsch said noting that details about administrative cases Are guarded by the privacy  said details of Osi investigations also Are not made Public. The  the German Federal Crimi Nal police is handling the cases of the three american men Bartsch said. The names of the men have not been released because German Law forbids releasing the names of people under investigation. A Bun Destri Minal amt spokeswoman reached wednesday could not provide details about the investigation. At the time of the search in february Cosic was As signed As a charge nurse to the 7100th combat support Wing Hospital in Wiesbaden. She now is assigned to Lan Stuhl Bartsch said. No other details about her current assignment were available. Cosic has been in the air Force about four years. Former Soldier gives birth awhile serving murder term fort Leavenworth Kan. Is one year after she left her infant daughter in a closet to die a former 3rd in div Soldier serving 33 years in prison for premeditated murder has Given birth once again. Officials at the fort leaven Worth confinement facility said regulations protecting the privacy of Cassie r. Byrd pre vented them from releasing any information. One prison spokesman cited state adoption Laws As a reason he  discuss details of the birth in june. Spokespersons at the two hospitals in Leavenworth also cited privacy regulation Sand declined to give any information. Attempts to reach the family in Albany ga., were unsuccessful. Byrd 21, pleaded guilty feb. 25 during a court martial in Firth Germany. At the time of her trial. Byrd was a private first  revealed that she placed her 4-week-old Daugh Ter in a bedroom closet at her government quarters in ans Bach and travelled to the United states for three weeks of leave in june 1992.when she returned she initially attempted to blame baby Sitter for the baby s death. It was disclosed during the sentencing in March tha Byrd who was not confined Between her arrest and court martial was five months preg  that hearing she was de scribed by her father Jess Byrd As a jewel someone special to our  super visors described the woman As an above average Soldier while serving with the 603rd aviation support in. Lebanese flee israeli onslaught Saida Lebanon a thousands of lebanese fled the Southern ports of Saida an Tyre on wednesday after israeli gunboats opened fire and further assaults were threat ened. At least 77 people most of them lebanese have been killed and More than 403 wounded since israeli jets helicopters gunboats an howitzers began striking suspected guerrilla bases across Lebanon on sunday. On wednesday morning four israeli missile boats fired on Saida the site of ancient Sidon and Lebanon s third largest City where the population of 300,000 has been swollen by refugees. Israel s offensive its biggest operation since the 1982 invasion of Lebanon was in retaliation Foran escalation in guerrilla attacks on israeli troops in the jewish state s Security zone in Southern Lebanon. Seven israeli soldiers have been lulled in these purity zone since jury 8. An eighth Soldier was killed in an ambush monday. Some 150,000 israelis moved into bomb Shel ters and some moved to safer areas. Since Sun Day two israelis have been killed and at least 26wounded in Katusha rocket barrages launched by guerrillas since sunday. The violence comes As the United states tries to keep Middle East peace talks on track. Sailor s death under investigation Gaeta Italy is the body of sea Man apprentice Oliver t. Sermsri was found on Santo Stefano Island near a submarine re fitting site at la Maddalena Sardinia Early Friday a 6th Fleet spokesman said. Sermsri 19, was found by local citizens about t a.m., said Navy it. Cmdr. Greg Smith. An autopsy was performed monday at the Naples support activity Hospital but Smith provided no cause of death. . And italian authorities Are investigating Smith said. The area where Sermsri s body was found is not part of the . Military installation on the Island. Sermsri was assigned to the submarine tender Simon Lake. He worked As a torpedo Man in the ship s weapons Section. He is a native of Fremont Calif. No other details were available tuesday Smith said