European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 22, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The Sims and St pipes vol. 52, no. 279 500 saturday january 22,1994 d 8693 . Chief considering airstrikes in Bosnia is . Planes to use base 7n France for Mission by Kevin Dougherty Kaiserslautern Bureau for the first time in 27 years . Military aircraft will conduct a nato operation from French soil beginning next month. Five Kc-135 Strat tankers will redeploy from Nas Simonella Sicily to an air base in Southeastern France to support operation deny flight. The tankers will conduct air refuelling missions for aircraft enforcing the United nations no Fly zone Over Bosnia and Herzegovina. It has not been determined How Long the five refuelling aircraft will remain at is tres air base said army maj. Debra Pressley a spokeswoman for . European come. The Kc-135s Are leaving is Gonella because of scheduled run Way  now it s envisioned the aircraft will be redeployed to is tres for the duration of deny flight Pressley said. In addition to the aircraft about 140 . Airmen including air Crews and support personnel will redeploy to is tres Pressley said. Operations at is tres Are scheduled see . On Page 2 the Hague Netherlands a -. . Secretary general Boutros Bou pros Ghali said Friday that he May order airstrikes against serbian forces unless serbian gunners allow the rotation of . Peacekeeping troops in Bosnia and  have received today information that the problem in the bosnian town of Srebrenick is on the Point of being re solved Boutros Shah said at a news conference at the Hague. While the serbs Are on the verge of agreeing to the Srebrenick rotation they have said no to opening the Tula Airport for humanitarian Aid. If it the rotation does not happen then we will have to make the decision to use air Power Boutros Ghali said. Before agreeing to use air Power we have to agree on what Pur plan of action will be and that is Boutros Ghali s special envoy in the former Yugoslavia Yasushi Akashi is studying How an airstrike operation to break the stranglehold on Srebre Nica could be car ried out. Personally i a Boutros Ghali j n favor of the use of air Power said the Secretary general. I have never received any request to use any air Power if we receive a request i will certainly give the Green Light after consultation with the Security  North Atlantic treaty organization officials have said that Boutros Ghali must be the one to order any airstrikes. While Boutros Ghali said he held out Hope for a negotiated settlement Over the impasse at Srebrenick he stressed plan Ning for using air Power had begun sever Al months ago. I Hope in the next few Days we will have a very precise plan to use Force in the Case we will riot be allowed to do the rotation in Srebrenick continued Boutros Ghali and if we will have certain difficulties in obtaining the Airfield in  Mercury rising icy s " i i a i a s11 Michael Kelly guides an icy Barge through the Chicago River on thurs Day. The Barge pushed by a tugboat was carrying a Load of Calcium Chloride from Ludington mich., across frigid Lake Michigan to the Chicago suburb of Lemont.  the associated press the Mercury took a final dip below Zero Friday be fore a weekend thaw in the 20s and 30s was expected to bring some Relief to thousands in the East and mid West trapped by ice and numbed by cold. You could say we re suffering from a Little Cabin fever said mayor Patrick Loughney of Scranton pa., who has four children Ages 4 to 16. There s Only so much you can do. The videos arc just going around and  a water main break in new York City flooded a Busy commuter Tunnel and forced about 100 residents to flee Low lying Homes in the Borough of Brooklyn. The cold wave was blamed for at least 130 deaths since last weekend. Many Popple died in icy Road crashes some suffered heart attacks while shovelling Snow and others froze to death. Icebreakers cruised  River mail delivery was halted by Frozen postal truck batteries and water main Breaks were a problem from Michigan to Georgia. With the Mercury at about 8 degrees the predawn see Mercury on Page 2 Perry leads race for defense chief sources say by Jackelson los Angeles times Washington Deputy defense Secretary Wil Liam j. Perry a former Stanford University engineering professor highly regarded at the Pentagon has emerged As the leading candidate to succeed Les Spinas defense Secretary White House sources say. Although president Clinton probably will not Dis close his Choice until next week sources said he appeared to be settling on Perry because of his Back ground in defense affairs his popularity in the administration and in Congress and the likelihood that he would win Quick Senate confirmation. At least five other potential candidates have been under consideration. But a senior White House official singled out Perry and said he is almost universally Well regarded especially within the administration and the president knows him and thinks highly of him. He knows of Perry s reputation on the  in addition the official said the nomination of Perry is supported by Aspin who is still highly respected in defense circles even though he resigned under pressure last month after being widely criticized for not guiding the Pentagon with a steady hand. Finding a Strong candidate who would easily win confirmation As Clinton begins the second year of his presi Dency has been a top priority for the White House since Bobby Ray Inman secretly signalled to the admin see Perry on Page 2 inside today in los Angeles 20,000 quake victims still Don t have a place to live seepage saying goodbye to Berlin High see pages 16-17