European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 23, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Vol. 52, no. 219 50 tuesday november 23,1993 0 8693 Al 5e near miss reported . Jet allegedly v/2 Miles by Nancy  . Bureau Independent British investigators Are probing a re Eort that an f-15e strike Eagle from Raf Laken eath England nearly collided with a British passenger plane. The incident is alleged to have occurred about 5 15 . Thursday just Southwest of the Newcastle Airport said Robin Mcevoy an executive of the air miss group. The Newcastle Airport is about 230 mites Northeast of Lakenheath. The Captain of the passenger plane an air . Fokker fz7 that was carrying 29 passengers reported the incident to the civil aviation authority which turned the matter Over to the British joint air miss working group. The Independent body investigates complaints about military and commercial air traffic. The British Pilot reported that the . Fighter plane passed within m Miles of the left Side of the passenger plane at 5,000 feet. The commercial plane was on its Way from Newcastle to Stansted Airport about 25 Miles North of London. No aircrew member from Lakenheath has reported a near miss a . Air Force spokesman from Raf Lakenheath said monday Lakenheath aircrews were Fly ing combat exercises the Day of the alleged incident. According to air Force regulations a near midair collision is defined As a an unplanned event in which sea Jet on Page 2 Quot or a h i it it it  Jeff Schwarm above takes a swing on the 18th Hole of Woodlawn Golf course at ram Stcin a Germany during a heavy snowfall Early Mon Day. At right youngsters in Schults Germany about 75 Miles Northeast of Frankfurt take advantage of the first 2 inches of Snow this year. Early snows cause in Sas Kan a Aorta by de Reavis _ staff writer the sudden cold and Snow sweep ing through much of Europe have caused widespread traffic chaos and contributed to deaths among Drivers and the  Light Snow was forecast for today Over much of the continent while the United kingdom was expecting severe Frost and freezing fog on top of the weekend snows. Flurries Are expected to last until wednesday throughout the United kingdom followed by rain and sleet in Scotland later this week weather reports said. It is an unusual storm for England. Central londoners had not seen any Snow accumulation in november since 1969, according to a British new spa Eer report. It was also the first year in at a Century that Snow fell in Scotland As Early As october. The German weather service said warmer air is expected thursday in Central Europe but even then temper see snows on Page 2 \ mile a and a world a separate 2 foes in Mogadishu Ropwr re what it night ult it a the a hic Quinn turns to the . Res enc in aided s somali National  turning their by Vince Crawley and Kevin Dougherty staff writers Mogadishu Somalia a it is somalian custom that when two people disagree they sit beneath a tree and talk. G saying he Speaks for somalian faction Leader Mohamed Fatah aided Burhan gut ale sits beneath a tree in the tranquil courtyard of a South Mogadishu Villa. For the most part his words Are conciliatory whenever the discussion turns to the . Presence in Somalia. A i thank any american who came into this country because i know what he came Here for a also any pakistani gut ale says referring to the two countries that have suffered the most casualties. A but i totally disagree with what the . Does with him less than a mile away lies the barbed wire and sandbags of the huge hunkered . Compound. There soldiers who Are trained to search for enemies blame aided a a somali National Alliance for turning their humanitarian Mission into a Nightmare of firefights and paranoid Street patrols. Seated in his spartan office with a Little Row of . Flags behind his desk senior american commander Thomas m. Montgomery an army major general who has spent eight months in Somalia folds his arms High across his Chest. The frustration in his voice is obvious continued on Pago 4 actor Bill Bixby Dies of cancer at age 59 next step in fitness what s coming in the new generation of gyms a see pages 16-17