European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 22, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes saturday january 22,1994 at a glance Basil Assad the eldest son of Syri a s president was killed in a car crash Friday state run radio re ported. See Story on Page 5. Christopher aide quits . Secretary of state Warren Christopher s top aide for policy planning has resigned. Page 4 Harding practices skater Tonya Harding took to the ice thursday amid allegations that she helped plot the attack on a rival. Page germans kill somali German troops have killed a so Mali who apparently was trying to steal fuel. Page 9 idea of hell heats up the notion of hell is making a comeback Page 10 Layoff changes sought Clinton administration officials Hope to revise Uncle Sam s Layoff policy of last hired first fired. Page 14 Index Abby Ann Landers. 21 classifieds. 22-24 comics. 18-19,21 commentary. 13 crossword. 21 faces n places. 20 focus. 15-17 Horoscope 24 Jumble 24 letters. 12 Money matters. 14 religion. 10 sports. 29-32 to listings. 31 weather 11 correction because of a source error in the let s go Section of stripes Magazine the wrong Price was quoted for the Gritti Palace s school of Fine cooking in Ven ice Italy. The Correct Price for hotel accommodation is 1,025,000 lire about $600 per person. The Cost for the Cook ing course is an additional 600,000 lire about $360 per person. Russia must curb inflation to keep Aid Clinton warns Washington a. President Clinton cautioned the russian govern ment Friday that it will have to get a grip on inflation if it Hopes to keep getting International Aid. He also renewed an offer to help president Boris n. Yeltsin set up social programs to Cushion the transition to a Market Economy. But addressing the exodus of reformers from the russian government Clinton stressed that hard decisions will have to be made in Moscow. They la have to Chart their course and Well be there to try to be supportive he said. Clinton declined to declare that Radical Reform was dead. I would t go that far he replied in an Exchange with re porters in the Oval office. Russia has gone further than any other former communist country in converting to private ownership Clinton said. But he went on what we re concerned about obviously is whether they will be Able to manage their inflation problem.". The Radical reformers now in eclipse favored suspending government subsidies to combat inflation which runs about 12 percent a month. Their rivals now on the Rise feared government supported Facto Ries would close throwing thousands of people out of work. Clinton declined to join that debate. That s a decision they la have to make. He said. What we Are concerned about obviously is whether they will be Able to manage their inflation  and he said How much economic help they can get from the International Community will be directly related to what kinds of reforms they decide to in  at the same time he extended a helping hand saying what we offered to do and still offer to do is to try to help set up the sort of Job training and unemployment and other support systems that any Market Economy has to  Clinton earlier praised Yeltsin As a very Tough Guy and said the russian Leader should be Able to survive his coun try s economic and political turmoil. I think he s got a Strong grip Clinton said of the russian president on can s Larry King live program thursday night. He s got a four year term and a Constitution which gives him More Power. Than i have  Clinton reaffirmed his support for Yeltsin whose term is actually five years Long in the Wake of the Strong showing of Ultra nationalists in parliamentary elections and the loss of some of the coun try s boldest reformers from his Cabinet. Mercury from Page 1 new York City water main break sent water gushing into the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel making the link Between Brook Lyn and Manhattan impassable. Worker got the flow Down to a trickle about seven hours later by turning off valves. Residents of More than 60 flooded Homes were forced into the streets. One Street partially collapsed under the Tor rent and some parked cars were swamped by water. As water settled on the streets it began to freeze. In. Cincinnati work Crews were re pairing the 150 water Mains that sprung leaks or burst. Mandatory water restrictions were lifted in Atlanta after repairs to three Mains that burst earlier in the week. The National weather service said temperatures will shoot up by monday to a Balmy 40 degrees in some spots. It s going to be very gradual said meteorologist Bob stalker in new York. Forecasts called for temperatures in the Midwest and Northeast to reach about 20 on Friday the upper 20s today and the Low 30s on sunday. The coldest spots in the lower 48 states were in the Northeast and Midwest Early Friday. At 4 a.m., it was minus 16 in Al Bany n.y., and Indianapolis. It was minus 9 in Pittsburgh and 6 below in Portland Maine. Cleveland de troit and Louisville also had subzero temperatures. Snow and ice have closed schools highways and airports in the past week. Some schools were to reopen Friday but Many remained closed through the week end. About 362,000 nonessential Federal employees in Washington were told to go Home wednesday and stay Home thurs Day. Federal offices reopened Friday. Utilities resorted to rolling Black outs briefly cutting off Power to certain areas for fear the unprecedented demand for electricity would cause far More Crip pling outages. People were urged to turn Down their thermostats. Forecasters blame the cold on High pressure hanging Over the Western United states and Canada. Like a Boulder in a Stream it has forced the eastbound Jet Stream from the Pacific to take a Detour into Canada picking up cold air before flowing Down into the United states. On the Frozen Hudson River coast guard icebreakers rescued ice bound barges and tried to keep a Small ice free Highway for boats. Steve knee s Houseboat the  bullwinkle has been ice bound All week in the Hudson at a new York City Marina. Yesterday we set up a table on the ice and had Coffee and then we went roller skating on the ice he said. Ice skating would have been too  Many others have had enough of the most skin numbing cold they be seen in years. The last two Days have been really testing my resolve said Michael Savosky a toll taker at the rip Van Winkle Bridge near Albany whose hands were so chapped his Knuckles were bleeding. Perry from Page 1is ration two weeks ago that he would withdraw As the nominee. Inman first told the White House of his intentions Jan. 6. But the administration not wanting the news to detract from a trip Clinton was embarking on two Days later to Europe kept it a secret until after the president returned. Clin ton accepted Inman s withdrawal Man Day night. His withdrawal baffled top White House officials and sent them scrambling to find another popular Choice. While the president travelled overseas Thomas Mac Mclarty White House chief of staff and Anthony Lake the National Security adviser began considering possible candidates. Sen. Sam Nunn d-ga., chairman of the Senate armed forces committee was sounded out for the Post but declined it sources said. He is believed to be backing Perry. From the beginning White House officials have considered Perry a Strong con tender. Other possible candidates also have Rich backgrounds but Lack Perry solid defense credentials or for other Rea sons Are not considered As Well positioned for the Post. F. The other candidates include two top administration officials Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen and Cia director r. James Woolsey. But a White House official said both probably were consid ered to be too valuable in their current posts for either to take Over the defens department. Two chief executives of defense companies Norman r. Augustine of the Martin Marietta corp. And Bernard l. Schwartz of Loral corp. Also have been under consideration. Neither has a military background though. Still another possible candidate the White House considered was former sen. Warren Rud Man r-n.h., a Washington lawyer. Perry 66, was undersecretary of de sense for research and engineering Dur ing the Carter administration and was known for his ability to overcome bureaucratic resistance. He was a key figure in promoting an obscure technology la bleed stealth which developed into the now celebrated stealth bomber and stealth fighter. Since returning to the Pentagon he has had a Strong hand in running the department and has been in charge of a determined Effort to Reform the Way the Pentagon spends its $45.5 billion procurement budget. After assuming the Post he said when i leave this Job in four years i d like to look Back and say i be left some legacy. Acquisition Reform is High on the list of things i m trying to  . From Page 1 Secretary general of its support of . To begin feb. 18. Is tres is located Between the City of Marseille and the Rhone River. The decision to base the aircraft in France was reached nov. 14, when the French government notified the nato Friday s announcement represents the first time that a nato operation will be conducted from French soil since . Air Craft left the country in july 1966. Kc-135s were deployed to France during operations desert shield and desert storm Pressley said. She added that from time to time . Aircraft have conducted missions in France but that this operation is the first sustained operational Mission on behalf of nato since the mid-1960s. The redeployment of the Kc-135s to is tres will not impair the aircraft in any Way from supporting the Mission Pressley said. The aircraft heading for is tres Are either from Raf Mildenhall England or from the United states