European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 27, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday november 27, 1993 the stars and stripes Page s Bosnia Aid deliveries blocked again Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina a bos Nia s three warring sides reneged on agreements to per Mit Aid deliveries Friday and croats blocked what Wasto be the biggest evacuation from besieged Sarajevo since May in. Officials said. The officials said 1,200 women children and elderly people were unable to leave the capital of Sarajevo be cause croats backed out of an agreement to provide buses for the main part of the journey to the croatian City of Dubrovnik. Most of the would be evacuees were croats and muslims. Aid blockages have been a weapon used by All Side sin the War which broke out in april 1992 when Bosnia a s serbs rebelled Over Independence from serbian dominated Yugoslavia. More than 200,000 people have been killed and at cast 2 million Mafle homeless in fighting involving serbs croats and muslims. On Friday the in High commissioner for Refu gees accused bosnian serbs of hindering deliveries in violation of an Accord signed last week in Geneva by the three factions. A . Relief Agency spokesman in Geneva Ron red mond said convoys had delivered 1,000 tons of food and other supplies to Bosnia during the past three Days. But he said serbs on Friday refused to let the United nations shuttle Aid from serbian held banja Luka in the North to Zenia a distribution Point in Central Bosnia. Convoys to Central Bosnia had been suspended for four weeks after a danish Aid worker was shot oct. 25, causing crucial stockpiles of food to dwindle As Winter set in. Food deliveries resumed wednesday Only to be Cut off Friday. In Eastern Bosnia Redmond said serbs stalled 12 trucks bound for the Muslim enclave of Srebrenick. The cargo included mattresses blankets and shoes items the serbs have blocked in the past by claiming they did not qualify As humanitarian Aid. . Officials estimate As Many As 3 million people across Bosnia will need Aid this Winter. Storms put on . By the associated press snowstorms that paralysed sections of the country turned thanksgiving travel into anything but a Holiday and som would be Feaster had to wait a Day for their Turkey dinners. Treacherous weather claimed at least11 lives thursday. American airlines re bound from a crippling strike was hampered by storms in Northern Texas that cancelled flights at its main Hub at Dallas fort Worth. Snow and freezing temperatures were forecast again Friday As travellers continued their journeys and others made their Way to shopping malls for the unofficial Start of the Christmas shopping season. But shopping was t the Only thing of Friday s Agenda. The Rev. John Lewis Unity shelter in Atlanta offered a Day after thanksgiving dinner. Lewis said most people Only remember those indeed on thanksgiving and Christmas. It just hit me. What about the Day after " Lewis said. Turkey dinner with the family was postponed for Many in the upper mid West who were stopped in their tracks by More than a foot of Snow. In Bismarck n.d., the salvation put off serving its annual feast and meals on wheels program also postponed deliveries after a record 23.s inches of Snow accumulated. Robin Stanton a clerk at the comforting said the Motel had about 30 stranded travellers from As far away a Winnipeg in Manitoba Canada and Denver. A snowmobiles were one of the main Means of thanksgiving Day travel in Mandan n.d., after 23.5 inches of Snow fell. Kameran Ali of the nearby Perkins restaurant said stranded travellers were pretty Down about having to cat thanksgiving dinner on the Road. They seem like Why could t it come week later " Ali said. A mixture of Snow and rain made trav Eling treacherous on Many Oklahoma roads and at least six people were killed in traffic accidents. Slick roads were blamed for two Acci dents in Wisconsin that killed three peo ple. Two Minnesota traffic deaths also were blamed on icy roads. In new York City the cold did t Stop thousands of people from lining Broad Way for the 67th annual Macy s thanks giving Day Parade. The new balloon sonic the hedgehog a character from a video game made a memorable debut As it went astray in the morning Breeze and toppled a Street Light slightly injuring two spectators. Police deflated the balloon. Food Bank officials from Honolulu to Boston had reported donations were Down from corporations and individuals but those serving the homeless and needy did their Best. As she does every year Ruth William Walker invited everyone no questions asked to Turkey dinner at her modest Home in Uniontown pa., an economically depressed Coal town. There s no one i la turn away Walker said. It s not always someone who s hungry. A lot of times it s someone who does t want to be alone on the that meant she and her two daughter served up 23 turkeys 30 pounds of Sweet potatoes huge trays , Macaroni and cheese potato salad and greens Gal Lons of Cranberry sauce is pies and 96lemon tarts. Neo nazis injure 3 in bar fight Potsdam Germany a about is Neo nazi skinheads used bottles chairs and table legs to beat up University students at a club in Potsdam police said Friday. Eight skinheads were arrested they 23-year-old student was rushed to the Hospital with an apparent Frac tured Skull after the thursday night Melee police said. Two others suffered slight injuries. Police said the skinheads provoke the fight at a club for University Stu dents in Potsdam just outside the troublemakers was a 16 year old girl. A neighbor called police who arrested the eight skinheads. Moon will be the Star in heavenly show sunday fog fouls up air traffic in Britain London a heavy fog disrupted air traffic in Britain on Friday. Dozens of flights were diverted or can Heathrow Europe s busiest Airport 34 incoming flights were diverted to other airports and about 55 incoming flights were cancelled out of about 400 total flights daily. Heathrow reported that outgoing flights were subject to delays but were not being cancelled because of the fog which Cut visibility to about 200 Yards throughout the Day. Gatwick reported that 20 incoming flights were diverted to other airports but the Airport also served nine incoming flights turned away elsewhere. New York a the delicate pleiades Star Cluster and the Pale Orange Star Aldebaran will grow brighter sunday night when the full Moon slips quietly into darkness in an eclipse visible across the United states. It will be High up in a dark sky so no body anywhere in North America should have any trouble seeing it if the sky is Clear said Alan m. Macrobert an associate editor at sky & Telescope Magazine. The Moon will begin entering the Earth s Shadow at 10 27 . Est on sunday. It will be totally eclipsed from 1 02 until 1 50 a.m., making for a late night for Watcherson the East coast. Still Macrobert s advice is not to miss it. Either stay up and have an eclipse party or set the alarm clock and at least stick your head out the door he said. He described a lunar eclipse As one of the grander spectacles of he noted that for thousands of years people thought a lunar eclipse was something Hor Rible and catastrophic. That s a measure of the visual Impact it can have he said. Lunar eclipses occur once or twice year but this one happens to be perfectly situated for viewing in North America. Ashe passing Moon becomes eclipsed Star Light will seem to Shine brighter particularly from Aldebaran and the pleiades. It will be the most widely visible total eclipse in North America since july 5-6, 1982, with the next Good one not due until sept. 26,1996. A Pale ghostly image of the Moon is Likely to persist during the period of total eclipse As Light from sunrises and sunsets is scattered by the atmosphere and reflects off the Moon Macrobert said
