European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 18, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 stars and stripes saturday december 18,1993 letters a to Santa Katie wants dog to Roll Over bark. A a just once please dear Santa this is what i want for Christmas 1. Flapper Barbie 2. Erector set 3.1 would like to if you could find my Emerald Chip birth Stone ring and my Best Friend Lovett my Best Friend sent to me. 4. And if you would let my dog bark and Roll Over one time to play. Love Katie. A a dear Santa i want my own Candy a Barbie Glass for my Sis Ter Ashley my own alarm clock Barney play Doh a laundry Center play Mobil ski suit and a picture of myself a Lamb that does no to sing and my own crayons. Love Daniel Osgood Santa received Christmas letters and lists from the following children but there was no return address so Santa could not write Back Jenny who wants a clock Joshua who wants a John Deere play set Joey amp Jacob who want baby stuff amp Tornado Gam Richard Rembert Erik Labes and Maggie who wants a Bathtub girl Santa also received Christmas letters from Pam Els Ole s class Joshua Sasha Demetrius Josephl Erin a Seal Adrienne Dominic Dennis cart Daymon Tony Jessica Malcolm Lance. Cedric. Jonathan Ladeanne Justin Esteven Timothy Heath Jeremy. Stephany Latasha Rachael Joseph q. Ashley 0. Amanda Caitlin. Karleigh Ashley m. Heather Jeremy f. Daniel Mark Robert Emanuel Nicholas chortle Craig Michel to Amber Sheila Murrills class at Llesh inv elementary school in Germany Cassel Partidge Accra Heather Spencer William Allen Keill Tanler Jessica Saldivar Quincy Banyard Bryan Cro Skios Dominque Evans Matthew Flynn Joshua Coatney Amber Hoffman Jennifer Edney Kara Drews Christopher Weaver Joshua Wilder Sandy Weber a class at Atterberry elementary school Vincent Sylvia Hamler Joshua Davonne Amanda Funderburk Greg. Stanley Nathaniel Lorena Reix Haidt a second Grade class at sem Bach elementary school Sembach and Germany Steven Harris Johnathon Smith John s. Brown Corrion Mel end i Jimmie Stewart Brian Smith Thomas Salahi Raymond Malachi Campbell to Jenkins Barbara Rowland a second and third graders from Wertheim elementary school in Germany Rachel Agusto David Damon Melody Llara Darrick Clayton Amanda e pos Ito Courtney Thacher Veronica Knuth Chris Stefan Michelle True Jessica Wade. South african apologizes for apartheid backs plan Cape town South Africa a South africans government on Friday apologized for apartheid and pushed the All White parliament to adopt a new Constitution that would effectively abolish the body and treat All races equally. Quot if Ever in the eventful history of our beloved land there was a Day that dawned with great Promise it is this Day Quot constitutional minister Roelf Meyer said. Meyer addressed South african lawmakers As they began debate on a 200-Page Constitution that would end White minority Rule and with it the All White parliament. The Constitution is the product of two years of negotiation by the government the african National con Gross and about 20 other political parties. It was approved at multiparty talks in november. However an Alliance of pro apartheid Whites and conservative Blacks who boycotted the talks opposes the Constitution. The groups say it does no to ensure them enough autonomy. V. A the document is virtually guaranteed approval because president . De Klerks National party holds a majority in parliament. The vote tentatively scheduled for wednesday will be the last major action by South africans White parliament. Meyer the governments chief negotiator used the occasion to offer a formal apology for the policy of apartheid or racial separation. 2 More c a we who were responsible for apartheid Are now saying that we want to leave that wrong behind. We Are saying we Are sorry. But we Are also saying that we Are now determined to rectify what went wrong a Meyer said. De Klerk issued the White minority governments first apology for apartheid in a speech last year. The Anc led by Nelson Mandela sent a delegation headed by its general Secretary Cyril ram Phosa to watch the debate. The Anc is expected to win the nations first multiracial elections set for april 27. Quot its a culmination of what our people have struggled for for Many years. It leads us into a transition that will finally Lead to democracy a ram Phosa said. He said it Wasny to too late for conservative White and Black opponents to join the political process. Fordi Hertzenberg Leader of the opposition conservative party accused de Klerk of Selling out Whites. In a speech thursday Hertzenberg called on White afrikaners descendants of dutch and French protestants who came to South Africa in the 17th Century to prepare for Battle if they lose the parliamentary fight for a separate afrikaner state. Zulu King Goodwill Zwy Elethine has also urged followers to defend the Zulu Homeland Quot with their  Quot resist i command you. Resist i implore you a he told about 10,000 supporters thursday. To join group of . Planes aiding Bosnia by Chuck Roberts staf Twyller Rhein main a Germany a the United states on Friday added two . C-130 Hercules cargo planes to expand its Airdrop Relief Mission to the former  this is the first step toward meeting Secretary of state Warren Christophers recent commitment to doubling the . Effort a said capt. Andy White a spokesman at operation provide promises joint task Force Headquarters in Naples Italy Christopher announced nov. 30 that the United states was ready to double its daily Relief flights into Sarajevo to 10 and to Start flights to Tula in Eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina. Sarajevo is the bosnian capital. The two c-130& will increase to eight the number of . C-130s participating in operation provide Promise. The Airdrop Mission routinely consists of six c-130s, two German c-160 tra Salls and one French c-160 Transl. The German air Force began flying an additional c-160 on nov. 27 and plans to increase that number to three soon White said. The Airdrop provide food and Medicine to bosnian towns that have been Cut off by fighting and cannot be reached regularly by Overland convoys. To meet the demand of doubling the missions White said additional planes and aircrews from National guard and Reserve units will begin arriving at Rhein main a Over the next two weeks. White said full expansion of operation provide Promise will depend on of fast those additional forces arrive and Are ready to go. Units from Alabama Georgia new York Klaholt a Pennsylvania Texas and Wyoming Are currently augmenting aircrews at Rhein main. Other details about the operation expansion were not available Friday while said. The expansion also Calls for increasing the daily bosnian croats approve cease fire for holidays Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina apr a Christmas and new year cease fire was announced Friday Between bosnian government forces and rival croatian troops promising a respite from fighting for thousands of beleaguered bosnian. Rasim Delic commander of Bosnia a government forces and Ante Roso commander of bosnian croatian troops agreed to Stop fighting from Midnight thursday until Midnight Jan. 3, croatian to reported Friday. The commander of the bosnian serbian forces Gen. Ratko Mladic said he also would respect the truce a was Long As he was not attacked a . Spokesman cmdr ides bad Van Biesbroeck said in Sarajevo. Flights to Sarajevo where supplies Are unloaded for distribution by land throughout the War torn Region. Bui that increase wont be possible until a damaged runway needed to handle additional traffic is repaired. Those repairs Are almost Complete. However its the Airdrop Mission that May prove most valuable to the estimated 4.7 million people needing help in Bosnia As Winter weather worsens. A those Airdrop have saved tens of thousands if nol hundreds of thousands of lives Quot a . Official said. The Airdrop began feb. 28, a total of 1,658 Allied flights have dropped 11,129 tons of food and 187.3 tons of medical supplies. In a separate Relief flight Mission . C-130s Nave delivered 30,112 tons of food and equipment to the Airport in Sarajevo. Torso of woman found in Frankfurt Frankfurt Germany apr a City Street cleaner on thursday found the Torso of a woman with the head arms and legs chopped off police said. It was the second time this week that German police have reported the discovery of a mutilated body. The woman a Torso was found in a Blue plastic bag shoved under Bushes near a major Highway on the East Side of Frankfurt police said. A police statement said the Torso was that of a Black woman estimated to have been 20 to 30 years old. An autopsy showed she had died from a Stab to the heart before her head arms and legs were chopped off with a Sharp instrument. The woman had been dead for one Day to two Days police said. A Teardrop shaped scar on the woman a left shout Dei Blade May help identify her. Frankfurt police have asked the Public to Contact them if they know of an missing person who might fit the victims description. On tuesday police in Neustadt about 110 Miles Easl of Frankfurt in Northern Bavaria said a Fanner found the body of a Man in a plastic sack. He had also been stabbed to death and beheaded. Police said there might be a connection Between the two cases