European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 04, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse \ the stars an ripes vol. 52, no. 261 500 tuesday january 4,1994 60 die in mexican uprising pro Indian guerrillas seize i sex governor hold 3 of ovens mexican soldiers secure the main Plaza of san crist6bal de Las Casas on sunday. San crist6bal de Las Casas Mexico a peasant rebels were holding three towns in Southern Mexico Ort monday after two Days of fighting that killed at least 60 people including 35soldiers and police officers. As Mexico s first guerrilla unrest i nearly two decades continued armed peasants protesting the plight of India sin Southern Mexico seized the former governor of Chiapas state. Absalon Castellanos Dominguez was kidnapped by rebels from his ranch Sun Day along with his brother and his brother s wife the mexican government news Agency no Timex said. The three were still missing monday the rebels initially attacked five towns near the guatemalan Border in Chiapas one of Mexico s poorest states. In oco Singo the scene of sunday Sworst fighting a reporter said the army repelled an attack by hundreds of Well armed rebels. Journalists there counted 25 bodies the reporter said. Sporadic shooting continued monday in oco Singo. Fam a � o lit j aps a rebels fled san crist6bal de Las Casas on sunday a Day after they seized the City. Police tried monday to round up 179 see mexican on Page 2 russian Airliner crashes killing All 120 aboard Moscow a a russian passenger Jet crashed and exploded monday near the siberian City of Irkutsk killing All 120 people aboard including 17 foreigners. It was the second aviation disaster in eight Days in the former soviet Union raising questions about the state run Aeroflot airline an scores of smaller spinoff companies. The tu-154 jetliner that crashed monday be longed to Baikal air one of Many new regional carriers. A special commission was set up to investigate the crash the itar Tass news Agency reported. The Jet had just taken off on a regularly scheduled flight to Moscow 2,500 Miles to the West when one of its three engines failed. The Captain radioed the control Tower that his no. 2 engine was on fire and he was turning around said Yekaterina Gleeova spoke Swo see Airliner on Page 2 disposal of draw Down surplus Means acres and acres of works a John Bohmer m60 tanks by the dozen wait at Ger Many for buyers to give them a new lease on life. By Steve Bureau Sermersheim Germany army it. Col. Jerr Thompson is literally King of everything he surveys. At the moment his kingdom includes hundreds of tanks thousands of trucks jeeps rocket launchers personnel carriers firetrucks communication equipment and other army military Materiel that stretches across the Reserve storage activity Sermersheim s horizon. Iraqi equipment seized during the persian Gulf Waris scattered among the items. Thompson Heads an Effort by the 21st theater army area come to move or dispose of millions of dollars Worth of military equipment made excess by the army Sara Down in Europe. Most of the excess comes from former Europe base army units. Army troops in Europe numbered 213,000 in 1990, while current projections for 1995 Call for Nomore than 65,000 soldiers in Europe. Dubbed Retro eur the . Army in Europe s goals for the redistribution disposal and removal from theater of equipment ammunition and other Materiel necessary to adjust today s on hand quantities to see surplus on Page 2 inside today Snow freezing rain claim at least six lives in Germany see Page 4 a look Back cloning medical advances raise ethical questions see pages 20-21
