European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 10, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes tuesday August 10,1993 expert on Bosnia quits to protest policy Washington a a state department offi Cial investigating War crimes accusations against serbs in Bosnia is resigning to protest . Policy toward the Samorn country. Jon Western wrote his superiors Friday to give them two weeks notice that he was quitting in disagreement with a policy he concluded was not Tough enough officials confirmed sunday. Western s resignation follows the departure last week of Marshall Freeman Harris the desk officer responsible for monitoring the ethnic conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the resignation last August of George Kenney the Deputy officer on the Yugoslavia desk. Their resignations reflect discord within the depart ment Over a policy that has failed to Stop bosnian serbs from their assault on the former yugoslav Republic s Muslim population. The policy has depended largely on economic penal tics against the serbs supporters in Belgrade though the Clinton administration is trying to persuade euro Pean allies to approve using Force if the serbs do not end their siege of Sarajevo the bosnian capital. A dozen state department officials including Harris but not Western took their protest earlier this year to Secretary of state Warren m. Christopher since then several have sent memos to Christopher urging tougher action. Western worked As an analyst in the intelligence and research Bureau studying allegations of War crimes against the serbs. He also dealt with Croatia and Slove Nia two other former yugoslav republics. Reached at his suburban Virginia Home sunday Western said he would not discuss his resignation until he leaves the government payroll. He said he plans to pursue graduate studies at Columbia University in new York City. The United states voted in the . General Assem Bly to investigate the allegations but the administration is reluctant to accuse the serbs of genocide which is a crime under International Law. A department official insisting on anonymity said it was ironic that Harris and Western had resigned even As Christopher was pushing for a tougher stand within nato. Hoping to overcome european reservations Christo Pher telephoned foreign ministers Over the weekend telling them nato s future role hangs in the balance. Christopher also wrote All 15 Allied foreign ministers Friday night on what a senior . Official described As a make or break decision whether to follow through on persistent threats of Allied military intervention. By disc Boschert looks Over flood damaged items in the backyard of her parents Home in Portage pcs Sioux to. Floods ebb but levee Breaks feared St. Louis a water Levels dropped dramatically in some areas along the swollen Mississippi River but continued pressure on saturated levees kept flood weary residents holding their breath. It s not Over said Jean Rissover a sandbagging Volunteer in Ste. Genevieve about 50 Miles South of St. Louis. We still have Many Many Days and perhaps weeks where we have to be concerned about the possibility of a levee the town settled by the French in 1735, is the oldest permanent settlement on the West Bank of the missis Sippi. It weathered a Crest of 49.67 feet Friday Well Over the 1973 record of 43.3 feet. The Mississippi was ebbing in areas around Ste. Genevieve dropping As much As a foot in 24 hours. About 50 Miles downriver in Cape Girardeau the Mississippi crested sunday and water began to recede. We still have water on the levees. Higher than the highest Crest was in 73," said Lou Chiodini of the army corps of engineers in St. Louis. You can breathe a certain sigh of Relief but it s not a time to Stop being the National weather service said much of the mid West will be hot humid and without rain for the next few Days raising Hopes that the levees will survive As the Waters recede. Flooding on the Mississippi and Missouri along with their tributaries has contributed to the deaths of 48 people and caused at least $10 billion in damage flood ing 17 million acres in nine midwestern states. Congress has passed a $5.7 billion Relief Bill. Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy said he will ask for More Money. The flooding also has closed much of the upper Mississippi to commercial and recreational traffic. However a 30-mile stretch of the River North of St. Louis might reopen by the end of the week if levees show they can withstand wakes created by test runs of rowboats and barges the corps said. The tests probably would begin when the River drops to 39 feet or 9 feet above flood stage. The River would be open from Clarksville about 70 Miles North of St. Louis to Winfield 40 Miles North of the City. At St. Louis where the River is expected to fall below flood stage in late August or Early september All but about 200 of some 12,000 residents who were evacuated a week ago were returning to their Homes. They were forced out because of fears of explosions and fir eat a flooded propane tank facility. 1 St Black chosen to Lead Citadel s corps of cadets from wire reports Charleston . For the first time in its150-year history the Citadel has chosen a Black student As its highest ranking Cadet. Norman p. Doucet will become the regimental commander of the school s corps of cadets this fall. People should t say they chose a Blac regimental commander Doucet said. It should be they chose the person qualified. There s Only one color in the corps of cadets and that s Doucet was chosen to Lead More than 1,800 cadets after a vigorous selection process said Gen. Claudius e. Watts Iii the College president. Watts called Doucet an excellent role Model and outstanding the state supported military College admitted its first Black student in 1966. Child allegedly aids theft Baltimore a boy no older than 9 held a Shotgun on a Security guard at a general motors storage lot while an adult tied up the Man and stole a new Van police said. Another Security guard was beaten with a pipe and stabbed by the adult during sunday s Holdup. Hours later police stopped a Van with a License plate Matching the stolen vans and took a Man woman and three juveniles into custody. Police were not sure whether the child who held the Shotgun was among those in the Van. The Man was charged with driving a vehicle with a stolen tag but police did not immediately know whether he was involved in the robbery. Police would not give his name. Former klan Leader Dies Mobile Ala. Bennie Jack Hays a former Kun flux klan Leader accused of instigating the murder that led to his group s financial ruin has died in a Mississippi Hospital. He was 76. Hays who died saturday was awaiting trial in the slaying of 19-year-old Michael Donald of Mobile. The Black teen Ager was abducted at random in 1981, his Throat was slashed and his body was hanged from a tree. A Federal jury ordered Hays United klans of America inc. To pay Donald s family $7 million. The group s Headquarters and property in Tuscaloosa were seized to Settle the judgment. Hays son Henry Francis Hays was convicted of the killing and sentenced to death. He is at Holman prison awaiting execution. Holiday s name protested Providence . Rhode Island is the Only state that still commemorates the end of world War ii with an official Victory Day and japanese american critics say the state should change the name of the Holiday. The Holiday celebrated each year in Rhode Island on the second monday of August is also known As a a Day or Victory Over Japan Day. Thev should be More sensitive to what they Call it said Yoko Rabson of the Rhode Island Japan society which has fought the state Holiday for years. Peace Day perhaps would be a better name said Hiroko Shikashio a japanese woman who has lived in Rhode Island about 20 years. Bon Jovi fans Hurt at show Groton Conn. About 40 people were injured or became ill at a Bon Jovi concert saturday. Lead Singer Jon Bon Jovi appealed to fans to move Back from the stage and Stop pushing during the performance at the thames River music Center. Some of those injured were overcome by heat on the muggy summer night while Many others were injured As the crowd surged toward the stage. Ten people taken to one Hospital were treated and released. The conditions of two others taken elsewhere weren t immediately available. Pushing was a problem even before the Rock n Roll show began but Many in the crowd appeared oblivious to the stage front problems at the music enter which is located on the naval submarine base near Groton. It. Cmdr. Ruth Noonan submarine base spokeswoman said saturday night that the promoter metropolitan productions claimed the situation was never out of control
