European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 10, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes tuesday August 10,1993 at a glance Kenny Stahura takes a ride As Parton the 8-year-old i therapy at a summer Camp in England arranged by the air Force services for exceptional children. For details see the Story on pages 18-19. Death met newcomers two of four . Soldiers killed sunday by a land mine in Somalia had been there Only a few Days. Page 4 1 brass coming to dinner president Clinton is having a Din Ner tonight where he can size up 16 commanders who Hope to Lead the joint chiefs of staff. Pages Vietnam to pay fees the vietnamese government has revived an offer to pay a reasonable fee to citizens who help find re Mains of american  10 Calm carries Price Calm has returned to Europe s currency markets but the new Tranquillity Means that the european Community is abandoning its dream of a monetary Union. Page 16 Index j Abby Ann Landers 21 classifieds 25-27 comics 21-23 commentary 15 computers 2 crossword 21 faces a places 24 focus 17-20 Horoscope 27 Jumble 27 letters 14 Money matters 16 sports 30-36 to listings 35 weather ,.13 Albert becomes belgian King i Brussels Belgium a Alberti was sworn in monday As King and vowed to continue the work of his de ceased brother King Baudouin in seek ing Unity among the nation s dutch an French speakers. Albert 59, became the sixth constitutional Monarch since Belgium gained in dependence from dutch Rule in 1830.the solemn ceremony was marred briefly by a cry of protest from an iconoclast parliamentarian. We can take to better inspiration than the last speech of King Baudouin Albert told the joint houses of parliament in a tribute to the late Monarch who preached reconciliation and Federal Harmony in a nation often known for linguistic  accordance with belgian tradition the new Monarch was not crowned but simply pledged allegiance to the Constitution before members of  before As Albert tense and shaking Rose to take the oath representative Jean Pierre Vanrossem of the anti establishment Rosset part shouted Long live the european re pub  protest was quickly drowned with shouts of Long live the King from Many other parliamentarians among the 600 guests. The crowd included diplomats the Royal family and representatives of the  Fabiola Baudouin s widow sat teary eyed at the Side of the Assembly Hall. In the Early evening Albert and the new Queen italian bom Paola greeted thousands of Well wishers Many waving Belgium s King Albert ii and Queen Paola wave to the crowd in Brussels alter the swearing in ceremony at parliament on monday. The belgian Tricolour from the Balcony of the 19th-Century Royal Palace. The belgian King holds a largely ceremonial function. His political influence is limited principally to appointing a Media Tor to form a new coalition in the Wake of a government  s joyous mood was in Sharp contrast to last weeks when the nation was in official mourning. The new Kin was cheered along the Way As he drove through downtown Brussels in an Opencar. On saturday Baudouin was buried in state funeral attended by members of Royalty from around the  died of a heart attack while vacationing in Spain. He was 62. Re up from Page 1 who Are Content to stay Here o Connors id. He and others View the improved figures As evidence that soldiers in Europe have weathered the painful transition from a huge cold War theater army to being part of a Mobile rapid re action  above average re enlistment rate Speaks to you louder than any of us can said it. Gen. Daniel r. Schroeder Deputy commander of the army in Europe. Hebrew almost defensive when asked if the Quality of soldiers was slipping. You want to talk to me about the Quality of soldiers Schroeder said. They Are the nation s treasure. They Aregood Young people and when you go and talk to them they talk with seriousness about their  soldiering in Europe remains serious business with the army counting 42 deployments in the past three years including trips to far Flung places such As Croatia Macedonia and Kazakhstan countries that did t even exist during the cold War Era. Soldiers realize their Mission Here said staff sgt. Woodrow a. Roeback the army s top re enlistment noncommissioned officer of the year for 1992, who is stationed in Pir Masens Germany. They see it on a daily basis. They seethe results of their hard  Roeback s unit is a medical warehouse and soldiers there have Senf medical sup plies to be parachuted Over the former yugoslav Republic of Bosnia and Herze Govina or to be shipped to the splintered regions of the former soviet Union. The medical troops know they have worldwide Mission Roeback said. A lot of soldiers want that kind of  also a year has passed since the height of the army s exodus from Europe when 72,500 soldiers went Home Over 12 months while thousands of  were offered Cash bonuses to get out of the army carry. Many of those who declined the Early out offers found themselves involuntarily discharged with less Money and no retirement benefits in the midst of a races  smaller army in Europe also Means there is a greater Chance that people willbe personally involved in the growing number of deployments said o Connor the colonel in charge of personnel. Therefore we All share in the excite ment and adventure of the deployment to Macedonia he said adding that rethought the sense of adventure was a big reason for improved re enlistment rates. Every one of us in uniform is in uni form for a sense of adventure o con nor said. All of us might say it a bit differently but there s a bit of Nomad a bit of wanderlust a bit of adventurer in every  1 correction because of a reporting error an article Friday incorrectly identified the com Mander of the Simonella naval Hospital. Navy capt. Buddy Sparks commands the medical facility. Somalia from Page 1 ters continued their night patrol of the City of Mogadishu last night a . Spokesman . Army maj. David Stock Well said monday. Dubbed eyes Over Mogadishu these operations will continue he said. As part of ongoing weapons searches he said pakistani troops confiscated Small arms and ammunition at two locations. . Forces came under scattered sniper fire sunday night the spokesman said but there were no casualties. The mine attack in a crowded Mogadishu neighbourhood sunday demolished two humvee Light and Una Mored Mili tary vehicles and killed four soldiers in one of the vehicles. Soldiers in the second humvee were uninjured. The attack claimed the greatest loss of american lives since . Troops landed in Somalia last december. It was the third attack on . Force sin Somalia in less than a week. The deaths were the first american ones since . Forces in Somalia turned Overall responsibility for the operation there to the United nations last May. About 4,000 members of the . Force of 24,000 Are americans. Before the turnover eight american Shad died in Somalia. Four including one civilian were killed in action. Three others died in accidents Andone committed suicide. In recognition of the danger its soldiers face in Somalia the . Army recently authorized any who had served there to Transfer their distinctive unit patches from their left to right shoulders and Tower them there permanently. In the past such recognition was Only allowed for soldiers who had served in combat. Nato from Page 1 Sion making arrangements for implementing the airstrikes. The commander of nato s Southern Region adm. Mike Boorda and French u. Gen. Jean cot who commands 27,000multinational peacekeepers in the former Yugoslavia led the development of plan approved by ambassadors monday. Under the plans the first use of Airpower would have to be approved by . Secretary general Boutros Boutros Ghali As Well As by the ambassadors. Subsequent strikes would require .and nato political approval. The actual operation would be commanded by nato in cooperation with . Protection Force officials. Officials would not say monday which targets had been approved in the plans. 1