European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 22, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday january 22, 1994 the stars and stripes Page 5 quake victims reach for diapers left Given out thursday by the salvation army in Van Guys. Elizabeth Salgado right and daughter Anais Vasqus huddle in a tent in Santa Clarita. Weary quake victims facing Long wait for Aid los Angeles a thousands of tired Des Perate arid sometimes angry earthquake victims waited waited and waited some More thursday to apply for help from the government. Across Losangeles an estimated 20,000 people Are still without a place to live. The City is forming teams of priests social workers and psychologists to urge people to leave Parks and cars and to move into shelters. Red Cross officials and police Are doing the same. They just said to leave said Martha Franco of Canoga Park camped out with her neighbors on a baseball Field nearby. They did t Tell us  the National guard planned to set up tents to Shel Ter 6,000 people Many of whom Are now in makeshift Camps possibly As soon As Friday. The death toll from monday s quake Rose to 55. Officials said a 59-year-old doctor died minutes after the earthquake in an Accident at an intersection where traffic lights were out four other deaths were reported but the causes weren t immediately released. At Northridge the quake s epicentre lines were so Long thursday that some people were bused to other Federal emergency management Agency centers. Hundreds of those who showed up got nothing More than an appointment Days or even weeks from now. When the Center finally closed for the Day late thursday 40 people were still waiting. J give us some information Tom Fiore yelled banging on a door. That s All we re asking Don t shut the door on us and treat us like cattle As National guard soldiers in riot gear edged closer a worker took names and promised a place on the front of Friday s line. Inside the Center earlier thursday those needing help were interviewed by Agency workers a process that takes 20 to 30 minutes. No one got a Check on the spot but the interviews put applicants in the pipeline for joans and Grants. Applications must be verified and in some cases an in Spector will have to visit damaged property. At the housing desk workers weren t even accepting applications just handing them out. Earlier thursday Secretary of housing and Urban development Henry g. Cisneros backed off a pledge to Issue housing vouchers immediately. There were quite a few people that were quite a bit confused about what the policy was Fema spokes Man George Thune said. They were of course disappointed because they were led to believe something different from what it really  Fema urged people to use its 24-hour Telephone line. As of wednesday the Telephone system had proc Essed 6,910 applications and was taking 250 applications Art hour. The real problem is getting More people to handle the claims California gov. Pete Wilson said visiting another jammed Center in Santa Clarita. We need More  applicants who needed immediate assistance such As food and housing vouchers were referred to the red Cross.  v. Some people in Northridge waited up to 12 hours in a line that stretched three blocks. On thursday 342 applications were taken. There was some minor pushing and shoving at the front of the line when the place opened. Lourdes Paga no a Fema official yelled herself red in the face through a bullhorn then a police car s Loudspeaker As she gave instructions in English and Spanish to people confused about the process. Rightists held in attack that injured 3 germans Stendal Germany a six Radical rightists armed with baseball bats beat up Resi dents of a House in Eastern Germany seriously injuring three germans police said Friday. The attackers were arrested. Police spokeswoman Barbel Kunert said she did not know what motivated the attack. Al though most Media attention has focused on the thousands of far right attacks on foreigners since 1990, about an equal number of the victims have been germans Many of them leftists. The masked rightists climbed Over a courtyard Wall broke into the Home in the town of Lotze and began beating those present. One Man jumped from a window to escape the attackers and was slightly injured in the fall she said. A 17-year-old woman and two men Ages 22 and 44 were hospitalized with serious head injuries according to radio reports. The six assailants in Lotze were tracked Down to a parked car near the Home. Police arrested two immediately. The others fled but were arrested when they returned to the car said Kunert speaking from nearby Stendal. Police have been clamping Down on the far right in recent months. Potsdam police said rifles bayonets ammunition and steel helmets were confiscated during raids thursday on members of the extreme right direct action Middle Germany group. Crash kills son of syrian chief Damascus Syria a syrian president Hafez Assad s oldest son and possible successor Basil was killed in a car crash Friday state run radio reported. He was 31. Basil Assad was a syrian army major and head of presidential Security. He was considered a candidate to succeed his father who has diabetes and reportedly suffered a second heart attack last year. However the son would have been constitutionally forbidden from assuming the presidency until he was 40. Damascus radio gave no details of the Accident but sources close to the Assad family said Basil Assad was driving to Damascus Airport Early Friday to catch a flight to Germany when his car crashed in foggy  radio said the funeral would be held after noon prayers today in the family s Hometown Kar Dahah in Northwestern Syria. After broadcasting the announcement the radio s regular programming was stopped and was replaced with readings from the Koran islam s holy Book. Basil Assad who trained As an Engineer took Little part in politics until two years ago when photographs of him standing beside his father began to appear on cars and posters across Damascus. Until then he was Best known for his equestrian skills. He was hailed in Syria s state run Media As the Golden  although Hafez Assad never designated him As his heir there were increasing signs that his son was being groomed for High office. Basil Assad appeared to have widespread support among the Mukha Barat Syria s powerful Security serv ice and to be backed by senior military officials. Speculation about the succession heightened in 1992, when Hafez Assad s rebellious younger brother Rifaat returned to Damascus from seven years of exile in Europe. In 1984, Rifaat Assad brought Syria perilously close to civil War when he led his Security forces onto the streets of Damascus in an attempt to seize Power while his brother was Laid Low with a heart attack. Since returning to Syria Rifaat has kept a Low pro file but he remains a political dark horse. A statement released Friday by Lebanon s presiden tial Palace called Basil Assad another Martyr offered by Syria in its quest for the glory of the Arab nation and peace in the Middle East and  Syria maintains 40,000 soldiers in Lebanon and is the country s key Power broker. Lebanon s president Elias Herawi prime minister Rafik Hariri and parliament speaker Nabih Berri Gath ered at the presidential Palace near Beirut and were expected to head for Damascus later in the Day. The death came five Days after Hafez Assad met with president Clinton in Geneva and made a conditional offer of peace with Israel. Basil Assad s death was not expected to alter syrian policy toward the peace pro Cess. Basil Assad was the oldest of Hafez Assad s four sons and one daughter. He was born March 23, 1962,  eve of six Days of coup and counter coups be tween the government of then president Nazim Al Qudsi and a coalition of baathist and Nass Erist military officers including his father an air Force fighter Pilot