European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 08, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes sunday August 8,1993 i at a glance h-1 retired chief master sgt. Ujj. Johnson always planned to retire where he could make the most of his abilities so he now resides in Woodbridge England. For Johnson and some other Black americans Home is England. See sunday Magazine. Breaking ground the . Presence on the territory of former Yugoslavia is breaking ground not tread in 40 years. Page 4 flood Aid approved Congress passed and sent to the White House a $5.7 billion spending Bill to repair damage from months of flooding and heavy rain in the mid West. Page 5 More cultists charged a Federal grand jury issued an expanded indictment against some Branch Davidian cult members in the killing of Federal agents at the cult s Complex near Waco Texas. Page possible bigamist Bill Clinton s father might have married the president s Mother be fore his divorce to another woman was final newspapers reported. Pages storm pounds islands tropical storm Bret unleashed heavy winds and Rains on Trinidad and Tobago knocking out Power to thousands of Homes. Page 10 Wail Street on hold the Battle Over president Clinton s deficit cutting budget plan put Wall Street on a holding pattern last week. Page 18 Index Abby Ann Landers 15 classifieds 20-23 commentary 13 faces v places 15 Horoscope 22 letters. 12 Money Manors 18-19 Mutual 16-18 sports 25-32 weather 14 serb from Page 1 approved later this week. Sources speak ing on condition of anonymity said the plans contain categories of bosnian ser Bian positions that could be targeted by Hairstn pcs but do not list specific targets. Officials have said Likely targets would be artillery positions and communications facilities. The plans Are based on the concept of proportionality meaning the extent of the airstrikes would be according to How severely the bosnian serbs were perceived to have violated . Resolutions. Moreover the sources said the plan propose a command and control arrange ment that would permit authority to be shared by nato and . Commanders. The procedures were worked out . Adm. Mike Boorda commander of Allied forces Southern Europe Andanto air operations in Bosnia and French it. Gen. Jean cot who is i charge of 27,000 , peacekeepers in the former Yugoslavia. The military plans though do not address the sticking Point of who would have ultimate political authority to order the Start of the combing Campaign. 2 More bosnian towns slated to get Airdrop Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina a an Aid official said saturday that two More bosnian towns that have Bee Cut off for two months from humanitarian convoys would begin receiving air drops of Aid parcels. The Airdrop which began feb. 28,have provided More than 6,000 tons of food and Medicine to bosnian govern ment held towns that have been Cut off by 16 months of fighting and cannot breached regularly by Overland convoys. American French or German a Lane Fly almost nightly. Peter Kessler a spokesman for . High commissioner for refugees in Sarajevo said the organization had asked the Western governments to expand the Relief missions to the Central Bosnia towns of Baglaj and Desanj. He said the new airlifts would begin in 48 hours. . Air Force spokesman staff Mullican said at Rhein main a Germany where the operation is based that fliers had not yet received new orders. Mullican said the Eastern Bosnia town of Gorade had been the Airdrop sole target for the past two weeks. Wounded . Commander improving London up a British . Com Mander shot in the Chest Friday when his Convoy came under fire in Central Bosnia and Herzegovina was recovering Well sat urday a . Spokesman said. The commander was shot while Takin part in a routine patrol in Gonji a Kun 30 Miles West of Sarajevo where . Forces have a base he is of and has been talking to doctors a British military spokesman said by Telephone from Vitez. He is being transferred to split in Croatia and preparations Are under Way for him to be flown commander whose name has no been released was shot once in the Chest when up to 10 rounds of Small arms fire erupted Friday evening As British . Armoured convoys patrolled the area. 10 army communities in Germany honoured Heidelberg Germany is ten army communities in Europe will receive Cash awards for excellence .army Europe officials announced Friday. The Usa eur level awards Are prelude to the 1993 army communities of excellence Competition. The following communities All i Germany were honoured top Large communities Heidelberg and Wiir Burg. Top medium sized communities Hanau Schweinfurt and Wiesbaden. Top Small communities bad Kreuz reach Bamberg and Grafe Wohr. Most improved Giessen and Kaiserslautern. Winners in the categories for Large medium and Small communities get $50,000 each and go on to compete a my wide. If selected As the army s Best Small medium or Large overseas communities the prize will be an additional $1 million. The winners of the most improved category each receive $25,000 and a Chance to compete army wide for award sup to $125,000. In the army Competition overseas communities compete against each other. A department of the army evaluation team visits each Community usually in february or March each year to make it final selections in the army wide Competition. This year Competition was extremely Tough said Trudi Nebgen who manages Usa eur s army communities of excellence program. All the communities excelled especially in providing Superior customer support. And we Send special thanks to those people in the communities who made that happen Clinton from Page 1 television to put Down your Remote control and grab on to your Wallet. Because your taxes Are going to go Clinton however told americans that his congressional Victory sets the stage for action on health care welfare Reform crime legislation and other initiatives. Well keep moving As fast As we Havein these first six months of the administration he said and keep taking new ideas to the american people for making our country better Ana putting our peo ple in the Republican response to Clinton radio address rep. Jim Light foot of Iowa mocked the president for singing the praises of the world s largest tax increase that passed Congress by a margin of three tenths of 1 percent As a the Bill would raise taxes on the wealthy businesses motorists and some social Security beneficiaries. It would Stow the growth of medicare and trim the Penta gon s budget. The decisive vote Friday night came from sen. Robert j. Kerrey d neb., the last senator to make up his mind. Kerrey who ran against Clinton for the White House last year declared that he could not and would not cast a vote that would bring Down the administration eve though he complained that Clinton had strayed from the High Road and some of his original goals for shared sacrifice in reducing the deficit. The president was expected to go to Charleston w.va., on monday for a Down town rally celebrating the Victory. Aides said he was Likely to sign the measure int Law tuesday at the White House. Twister from Page 1 building. Thirty people were injured in neigh Boring Petersburg where the storm knocked Down buildings buckled Walls and ripped off roofs in the historic Oldtown District. More than 100 people were forced out of their Homes. Spencer Boykin 25, of colonial Heights was standing in front of Wal Mart when the Tornado hit. There were people covered in blood and there was screaming everywhere he said. It was unbelievable. I be never seen anything like it.". Doctors and hearses were summoned Toa triage Center in the parking lot of nearby Southwark mall. Authorities used Blaze Orange hats propped on poles to Mark the location of the bodies in the debris. The names of the dead were being withheld until relatives could be notified tvo were Wal Mart employees. About 80 Miles East in the Norfolk sub Urb of Chesapeake a Tornado caused an estimated $1 million damage to Homeland knocked Down Power lines. Eight people were slightly injure when the roof flew off a Flea Market in Newport news. At Langley fab near Hampton winds damaged buildings and two f-15 Jet fighters. Shortly after the vote the president addressed cheering aides from the North portico of the White House jokingly raising Gore for his unwavering contribution to the despite the narrowness of the margin of Victory the president declared what we heard tonight at the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue was the sound of gridlock breaking. After 12 Long years we can say to the american people tonight we have Laid the foundation for the renewal of the american dream. The Days of endless gridlock rising deficits and trickle Dow economics Are the legislation is the most far reaching economic plan since the 1981 program by then president Reagan that Cut taxes an increased defense spending. The Clinton economic plan reverses 12 years of re publican economic policies. Soldier from Page 1 Down but got up and continued firing. After More police arrived it. Bill Simons crawled through a rear door on his stomach and shot the gunman again disabling him. Among the dead were the italian restau rant s owners. Peter and Ethel Parrous employees scattered for cover As gunshots rang out. Hostess Anita Wheeler said she and her husband heard what they thought were Evine 50 Miles South of Raleigh i bordered on the Northwest by fort Bragg
