European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 06, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes Friday August �,1993 Fri at a glance . Secretary of state Warren m. Christopher takes a dip thursday in a Jerusalem hotel Pool. His trip through the Middle East to help re Vive peace talks has gone swimmingly. See Story on Page 4. Gay ban challenged democratic senators Are urging the Pentagon to release an Independent study that they say questions the ban on Gays in the military. Pages to violence fought to sets would have to be equipped with technology giving parents the ability to Stop violent programming under a Bill being introduced in the House. Page 7 Turk blamed in fire German police say a Turk has confessed to setting a fire in a Turk ish restaurant that had been blamed on right Wing radicals. Page 10 huge joblessness seen the european Community fore sees unemployment rising to num Bers unparalleled in decades. Page 11 i Index Abby Ann Landers. 21 classifieds. 25-27 comics 21-23 commentary. 13 crossword. 21 faces of places 14 focus 17-20 Horoscope 27 Jumble 27 letters 12 Money matters 11 sports 31-36 television 35 weather 15 serbs correction a report thursday incorrectly stated the stars and stripes financial losses in fiscal 1992 and 1993. The newspaper lost $4,2 million in 1992 and is expected Tolose $6.7 million in 1993. From Page 1 serbs took the threat seriously. In Zagreb Gen. Jean cot of France commander of roughly 27,000 . Peacekeepers in the former Yugoslavia met with . Adm. Mike Boorda representing nato the United nations said. The two agreed that close coordination Between the unite nations and nato was essential and that before nato would strike cot would assess How dangerous the attack would be for . Peacekeepers on the ground. The meeting was described As open amicable and highly productive despite differences Over who has the authority to order airstrikes. Nato agreed tuesday to a . Proposal to launch air strikes against bosnian serbian forces if they do not lift their siege of Sarajevo. The United states says nato should decide when and where to attack but . Chief Boutros Boutros Ghali says the decision should be his. Nato s newfound readiness to bomb serbian gunners has heartened Bosnia s president Alija ize Begovic who had been under intense pressure to capitulate at the bargaining table. Ize Begovic reluctantly agreed last week to Divide the country into three ethnic states but began boycotting the talks when they reached the map drawing stage citing serbian offensives around Sarajevo. Ize Begovic met thursday with mediators in Geneva. But he has refused to negotiate with the leaders of Bosnia s serbs and croats since monday demanding that serbs withdraw from land they have grabbed outside Sarajevo. Serbs took up arms against muslims and croats who voted to secede from serb dominated Yugoslavia 16 months ago. Croats no longer Allied with the muslims control most of the rest of Bosnia and the muslims hold Only Small pockets including Sarajevo. Pullout from Page. 1 could satisfy everyone involved a . Official said. The troops mainly from Britain France Canada and Spain would be moved to an area considered Safe by French it. Gen. Jean cot the . Com Mander in Bosnia and Herzegovina . Officials said. The proposed withdrawal would not affect 14,800 . Troops based in other former yugoslav republics the officials said. Although Alliance officials monday endorsed planning for extensive air attacks fear of serbian retaliation against . Troops caused Britain France and Canada 1o balk at approving the strikes. Virtually the same Allied concerns forced Clinton to Retreat from an Initia Tive the Spring that would have armed Muslim forces while using warplanes against serbs in Bosnia. While some administration officials were confident Clinton s plan would move Forward next week defense officials doubted Allied objections would be overcome. The chances of airstrikes on the serbs Are still Remote a . Mili tary planner said. No one wants a wider War or a bigger commitment in  other administration officials have indicated Clinton s goal is Only to influence the Geneva talks where All sides in the Bosnia conflict Are seeking a peace agreement. In a briefing for House members wednesday by state department an Pentagon officials the emphasis was on mounting a military threat rather than launching actual air attacks. I got the impression that there is no cohesive policy but More of a seat of the pants approach said rep. Pete King r-n.y., who endorsed Clinton s policy of intervention. At the Brussels nato session earlier this week . Representatives were re minded that no Large american Force would be endangered by airstrikes con ducted by More than 70 . And Nat warplanes poised in Italy and the Adriatic sea and that european countries provided most of the Forward air controllers deployed this week to guide the War planes to serbian targets. Thefts from Page 1 in january 1990, Taylor said. Taylor identified the trucking company As Mertens which was based in West Erstedt. The company has gone out of business Taylor said. It served As a subcontractor for Large Carrier firms that coordinate and assume responsibility for moves Shirley said. This particular trucking company has been hauling american household goods since 1988. There is no evidence that any of the carriers were involved in this operation. It was an operation that unfolded in Wester stede Southwest of the port City of Bremerhaven from where the goods were shipped. Shirley said the haul to Bremerhaven would typically stretch Over several Days to include the weekend. Drivers would divert their rigs to one of at least two known locations in West Erstedt. Since the beginning of the year the employees had been relying solely Ona Brick warehouse for cover. There they would open the crates and rummage through them for  that were taken ranged from stereo equipment to collectable figurines to clothes. The stolen goods were used to Stock a Flea Market operation Shirley said i there is ample evidence Shirley said to prove that company managers were intimately involved in the scheme. Taylor doubts that All of the goods will Ever be returned to their rightful owners. Items with serial numbers or identification numbers Are the easiest to match he said but investigators Hope to return keepsakes such As a Vintage record col Lection or grandma s cookie Jar. We would love to recover those items and return them to their rightful owner Taylor said. Leaders from Page 1 satisfied King expressed some Relief that officer Laurence m. Powell and sgt. Sta Cey c. Koon did get prison time. In sentencing the two wednesday . District judge John g. Davies said a combative King brought much of the beating on himself. The two police officers had faced a maximum of 10 years in prison and $250,000 in fines for violating King s civil rights. Federal guidelines called for sentences of about six to seven years. With Good behaviour the officers could be out in just More than two years. Koon,42, and Powell 30, were ordered to re port to prison sept. 27. . Attorney Terree Bowers said he will consult with attorney general Janet Reno on whether to Appeal the sentences. We Are disappointed he said. All available police officers were put on duty wednesday to prevent a repeat of the rioting that left More than 50 peo ple dead in 1992 after Powell Koon and two other officers were acquitted on mos state charges in the beating. The City remained Calm overnight and the Alert was ended thursday morning with police returning to their Normal schedules. Black leaders and citizens alike denounced the sentences. These sentences display a Wanton Dis parity discrimination and inequity based on race. Once again a double Standardo Justice in the United states Legal sys tem has been exemplified said Benja min f. Chavis jr., executive director often Acap. I know Brothers who be served More than that for traffic violations said Niles Degrate an unemployed Black Man who had waited outside the Federal building for the decision. Racism is alive and Well in los Angeles  King who has filed a $50 million Law suit against the City did not attend the sentencing. In the Abc interview taped wednesday he accused the judge of try ing to reach beyond the Federal trial with his comments at  think. He was trying to set a tone for the civil Case in accusing me of provoking the fight he told today. King was clubbed kicked and stomped on March 3,1991, after leading police on a Chase that began when they tried to pull him Over for speeding. An onlooker videotaped the episode which became a National Symbol of police brutality. Shooting rampage leaves 1 dead 3 Hurt Topeka Kan. A a Man scheduled to be sentenced on drugs and weapons charges entered the Federal building thursday and began shooting killing a Security officer and wounding at least three other people officials said. At midday the gunman armed with rifles and bombs was still believed to be holed up in the Frank Carlson building said Jeff Lanza an Fri spokesman. The gunman was thought to be on the fourth floor where judges have their offices. Federal employees began Rushing from the building about 9 30 . As armed troopers from the Kansas Highway patrol took up positions outside. Other workers including at least two judges barricaded themselves in their offices some for two hours or More. About the time the shooting broke out a car was bombed or set on fire in an out door visitors parking lot on the South Side of the building. Three Large explosions could be heard As the car burned