European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 30, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The year s victims spectators watch As smoke pours out of the russian parliament after an assault by forces toil to president Boris Yeltsin. Continued from Page 13 satisfying nearly nobody. Two successive choices Tor attorney general Zoe Baird and Kimba Wood were caught up in controversies Over aliens they employed in their  tossed aside his economic. Stimulus package a fancy haircut on the los Angeles Airport Tarmac brought derision he dropped Lani Tuinier his nominee for assistant attorney general for civil rights. And his popularity rating fell to 36 percent a record Low for a new president. But then. His ultimate Choice for attorney general Janet Reno could have been destroyed by the Waco fiasco but emerged a hero by accepting responsibility. His budget passed. His supreme court nominee Ruth Bader Ginsberg won almost unanimous applause. He won the fight Over the North american free Trade agreement with a Little help from Al Core and Ross Perot. At Long last the Brady Bill became Law. The Economy did t catch fire a in recent months alone companies like Philip Morris 14,000 jobs and Xerox 10,000 jobs announced cutbacks a but Low interest rates kept the recovery going. And Clinton Drew strength from his wife. Hillary Rodham Clinton revolutionized the concept of first lady. Sure she planned the White House redecoration but she also Quarter backed the administration s most important project a a health care proposal breathtaking in its complexity and ambition. It was in Clinton s Back Yard that Yasser Arafat and Yitzhak Rabin Shook hands signing an Accord in which the palestinians renounced warfare against Israel and the israelis promised autonomy for the palestinians. Quot enough of blood and tears. Enough Quot said Rabin. Quot the children of Abraham the descendants of Isaac and Ishmael have embarked together on a bold journey Quot said Clinton. Quot we bid them shalom Salaam peace Quot of course it was t so simple a violence escalated wrangling persists. But at least War is something a Leader can do something about unlike accidents such As the derailment of Amtrak s Sunset limited into an Alabama Bayou killing 47 people unlike natural disasters such As the Southern California fires that burned 200,000 acres and 1,000 Homes or the earthquake that killed nearly 10,000 people in India. And unlike the flooding that inundated the upper Mississippi Basin. More than 40 people died tens of thousands were forced from their Homes millions of acres of prime farming soil were washed away. The water covered 17 million acres an area roughly twice the size of new Jersey. Some called it a once-in-500-years flood a and it seemed to last 500 years. Quot we just can t take it anymore Quot cried Cristina Hein a Des Moines computer operator. And Bill Clinton hugged her. Quot hang in there Quot he  were heroes amid the flood Waters a neighbors and volunteers from far away and even prisoners who loaded or piled sandbags or helped clean up. Kenneth Keller battled for the levee at Canton to Quot the feeling of Pride and people working together a i Don t expect to see anything like that  but in 1993, these uplifting stories were often lost amid the deck. Michael Jackson accused of molesting boys checked into drug rehab three to movies retold the Story of Amy Fisher and Joey Buttafuoco Heidi Fleiss the Hollywood Madam became a celebrity for 14 minutes a video game mortal combat ended with the Victor ripping the heart out of the vanquished. A a a Prince Charles and Diana were exposed in embarrassing taped conversations Howard Stern turned his rant into a Best seller mtg s Beavis and butt head set president Clinton makes Christmas five phone Calls to . Service members stationed around the world. Heidi Fleiss reputed Hollywood Madam had a Brief fling with Fame. Jessica cries from a car seat after custody was awarded to her biological parents. New standards for Moroniti a group of. California boys the Spur posse was accused of keeping score of How often they Sci it red with girls with the slice of a knife t Arena Ana John Bobbitt made domes c and medical history Jack Kevork an continues to make another kind of med Cal history. A meanwhile real history marched on. In Russia Boris Yeltsin battled hardliners i Outh Africa continued Down the Road to democracy Japan struggled with a limping Economy and voted out the incumbents of nearly four decades. Italy was ripped by scandal and shocked by the bombing of its great museum the uffizi. Colombia terminated drug lord Pablo Esco baft. Aids continued its lethal Advance. A Roberrt borne Han tavirus killed More than two dozen people across the Southwest. Even in the world of sports a usually a diversion reality intruded. Michael Jordan shaken by his father s murder walked away from basketball at the height of his career. Monica Seles was forced to the sidelines when a fan stabbed her in the Back during a Tennis match. And in the Midwest a Long Battle for a Tittle girl came to an end. Jan and Roberta Deboer wanted to adopt the 29-month-old girl they called Jessica Dan and Cara Schmidt her birth parents wanted her Back though Cara had once renounced her rights to her daughter. The schmidts won. The last time we saw Jessica she was sitting in a car seat in the Back of a Van wrested from one set of parents to another. Quot Mommy Quot she wailed her face full of a toddler s pure fear and anguish. Quot i want my dad. Where s my dad Quot there were no heroes no villains. Just another child victim. 1993 claims Many of world s brightest stars by Polly Anderson the associated press a the world lost some of its Best and brightest figures during 1993. Here is a list of a few notables who made their Marks in Many different ways and died during the year. The cause of death in each instance is not the official cause but the cause cited at the time of death. A government military Thurgood Marshall the first Black to sit on the supreme court and a towering figure of the civil rights movement. Jan. 24. Age 84. Heart failure. Gerhard a. Gesell a Federal judge who in a Quarter Century on the Bench had a part in watergate the Pentagon papers and the Iran Contra cases. Feb. 19, age 82. Liver cancer. John Connally a three time Texas governor and former Cabinet member Yho was wounded in the gunfire that killed president Kennedy. June 15. Age 76. Pulmonary fibrosis. Matthew b. Ridgway who commanded the army s first major airborne Campaign led the 82nd airborne div on a Day and later succeeded Gen. Douglas Macarthur during the korean War. July 26. Age 98. Pat Nixon former first lady. June 22. Age 81. Lung cancer. James h. Doolittle aviator whose daring Daylight bombing raid on Japan during world War ii stunned the japanese and lifted american morale. Sept. 27. Stroke. Age 96. . Quot Bob Quot Haldeman president Nixon s fiercely protective chief of staff who Marshall served 18 months in prison for covering up the watergate break in. Nov. 12. Age 67. Cancer. A science technology Albert Sabin health Pioneer whose Oral vaccine helped to All but eliminate crippling polio in the industrialized world. March 3. Age 86. Congestive heart failure. Donald a Quot Deke Quot Slayton an original Mercury seven astronaut who waited 16 years to Fly in space before finally going up in the historic 1975 .-soviet Mission. June 13. Age 69. Brain cancer a business labor Reginald Lewis chairman of the nation s largest Black owned business tic Beatrice. International. Jan. 19. Age 50. Brain cancer. Tai Kichiro Mori japanese real estate Baron ranked by Forbes Magazine As the world s richest Man Jan. 30. Age 88. Heart failure. Cesar Chavez a child of the Fields who organized migrant farm workers and led a nationwide grape Boycott in the 1960s. April 23. Age 66. Heart attack. Julio Gallo who founded the Gallo win making Empire with his brother. May 2 age 83. Car Accident. Doris Duke tobacco heiress famed in headlines As Quot the richest girl in the  oct. 28. Age 80. Fluid in lungs. A arts Rudolph Nureyev the charismatic soviet dancer whose daring dash to Freedom opened a Brilliant the death and dying of Arthur Ashe raised aids awareness to a new level. Career that brought Ballet to audiences around the world. Jan. 6. Age 54. Aids. Dizzy Gillespie bebop Pioneer who helped popularize jazz with humor and showmanship a and his trademark bulging Cheeks and Bent trumpet Jan. 6. Age 75. Pancreatic cancer. Audrey Hepburn actress who epitomized elegance in films such As breakfast at Tiffany a roman Holiday and the nun s Story. Jan 20. Age 63. Colon cancer. Thomas a. Dorsey gospel music Pioneer. Jan. 23. Age 93. Alzheimer s disease. Joseph l. Mankiewicz Academy award winning writer and director whose films included All about eve and a letter to three to ves. Feb. 5. Age 83. Lillian Gish actress whose career spanned the Century and reached its Peak in the silent Era with such films As the birth of a nation and the Scarlet letter. Feb. 27. Age 99. Helen Hayes diminutive Quot first lady of the american theater Quot who brought dynamism and Grace to roles ranging from Queen Victoria to a cantankerous passenger in Airport. March 17. Age 92. Hayes congestive heart failure. John Hersey pulitzer prize winning author whose books Hiroshima a Bell for Adano and the Wall chronicled world War ii and its a consequences. March 24. Age 78. Stroke cancer. Marian Anderson the Brilliant contralto whose 1939 concert at the Lincoln memorial was a singular moment in civil rights history. April 8. Age 96. Stroke. Sir William Golding Nobel prize winning author whose classic novel lord of the flies is a chilling Story of the descent of marooned schoolboys who descend into barbarism. June 19. Age 81. Heart attack. Raymond Burr to s Perry Mason. Sept. 12. Age 76. Liver cancer. Agnes de Mille choreographer who changed Broadway and Ballet through such works As Oklahoma and Rodeo. Age 88. Oct 7. Vincent Price actor whose gaunt face and Creepy voice put chills in such thrillers As the Raven and House of Way. Oct. 25. Age 82. Lung cancer. Federico Fellini who transformed his vision of the grotesque bizarre pathetic and mystical onto get Lucid and became Italy s National poet of Cinema. Oct. 31, age 73. Stroke. Frank Zappa musical iconoclast who fused Rock jazz and classical music behind lyrics of satire and social commentary. Dec. 4. Age 52. Prostate cancer. Don Ameche dashing leading than in 1930s- 40s films who won an Oscar and revived his career in 1985 with cocoon. Dec. 6. Age 85. Prostate cancer. Myrna Loy actress of 100 films from the 20s Onward whose Breezy Charm made her Quot the woman every Man wanted to  dec. 14. Age 88. A sports Arthur Ashe a pioneering Black Tennis player and crusader off the court for human rights and aids research feb. 7. Age 49. Aids. _ Roy Campanella Power hitting Hall of Fame Catcher for baseball s Brooklyn dodgers whose career was Cut Short by an Auto Accident. June 26. Age 71. Heart attack. Don Drysdale baseball Hall of Fame Pitcher who helped Lead the los Angeles dodgers to three world series titles. July 3. Age 56. Heart attack. Ewing Kauffman millionaire pharmaceutical company owner and founder of the Kansas City royals baseball team. Aug 1. Age 76. Bone cancer. Willie Mosconi a world Champion billiards player Over nearly two decades. Sept. 16, age 80. Heart attack. A Media Richard Salant retired lbs news president vrho oversaw the introduction of 60 minutes and the lbs morning news. Feb. 16. Age 70. Heart failure. William Randolph Hearst jr., pulitzer prize winning reporter editor in chief of the Hearst newspapers and an heir to the publishing Empire established by his father. May 14, age 85. Heart attack. Joseph pulitzer jr., scion of one of the most prestigious families in journalism. May 26, age. 80. Cancer Robert a Maynard former publisher of the Oakland Calif Tribune and one of America s most respected Black journalists. Aug. 17. Age 56. Prolate cancer. A crime Carlos mar reputed godfather of the a new Orleans based organized crime family believed to be the nation s oldest. March 2. Age 83. Pablo Escobar colombian drug lord whose Escobar Medellin Cartel bombed police stations and newspapers terrorized Public officials and killed hundreds. Dec. 2. Age 44. Shot by Security forces. A rce of the 14 the stars and stripes thursday december 30,199j the stars Ano stripes 15