European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 24, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes monday january 24,1994 shelling kills 6 children in Sarajevo . Investigating attack As Bosnia urges airstrikes Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina a . Team headed sunday for the suburb where a mor tar round killed six children and the investigators hoped to determine who fired the deadly projectile. The children were playing in fresh Snow saturday inthe City s Ali Pasino polje neighbourhood when the at tack hit killing the six youngsters. At least three Chil Dren and one adult were wounded. It was unlikely that bosnian defenders would Shell their own on purpose and residents said the round came from serbian positions ringing the City. But the . Team was seeking to Clear up an doubts about the origin of the round. It. Col. Bill Aik Man the Sarajevo spokesman for . Peacekeepers said determining the origin could prove difficult be cause the Shell apparently landed on Concrete complicating attempts to determine where it came from. . Officials said three wounded children including one who could lose his eyesight had been listed Asur gent cases for medical evacuation. The attack on an otherwise relatively quiet Day infuriated Bosnia s foreign minister Han Silajdzic. He re Quested that the United nations authorize airstrike against serbian artillery positions in the Hills surround ing Sarajevo. The airstrikes would be carried out by nato planes. How Many times has it been said that the unite nations will not allow Sarajevo to be strangled asked Silajdzic in a protest letter to . Secretary Genera Boutros Boutros Ghali. This act humiliates the International Community mocks the dignity of the United nations and renders senseless All of Pur efforts to reach peace through negotiations Silajdzic said in the letter released to journalists in Sarajevo. These children or. Ghali we replaying in a United nations Safe zone. Only 200 me ters 220 Yards from the main Sarajevo headquarter Sof the United nations military  hundreds of children Are among the carnage in the bosnian capital. As of Jan. 17, 9,788 Sara Evans including 1,551 children were listed As dead according to the government s Public health Institute. Another 57,435 Sara Evans were listed As wounded including 14,726 children according to the figures. The figures do not include saturday s victims. Since the War began ethnic serbs who oppose Independence from serbian dominated Yugoslavia have children frolic saturday in new Snow near the Sarajevo site where six other youngsters were killed by shelling. Won control of about 70 percent of Bosnia. Bosnia muslims and croats who were Allied Early in the War Are fighting Over land unclaimed by serbs. At least 200,000 people Are believed to have died including dozens of . Peacekeepers countries whose forces Are serving As peacekeepers in Sarajevo and elsewhere in Bosnia have increasingly questioned the Wisdom of exposing their people to Dan Ger without any Progress toward peace. Increasingly there is talk of withdrawal. But som nations have called for a More aggressive . Pres Portland puts no. 1 topic on ice Portland Ore. A the Call it skate Gate and it s the talk of Tonya Harding s Hometown. The Brouhaha Bede Iling the olym Pic figure skater is the biggest thing to hit Portland since the volcanic Ash fall out from mount St. Helens in 1980. Is there anything else asked John Carter a Portland general electric . A grand jury is considering whether Harding had anything to do with the bashing of rival skater Nancy Kerri Gan s knee earlier this month. Har Ding s sex husband a talkative body guard and two other men Are charged with conspiracy. What did Harding know if anything and when the guilt stricken bodyguard con fessed and told Oregon s main newspaper that the skater was involved up Toher glittering tights. Harding denies it and no charges have been filed against her. Portland residents debate the ques Tion As they order espresso from a Street cart or pause to drink from the City s water fountains. Callers to radio talk shows return to the topic Day after Day after Day. I think the City feels she is not get Ting a fair shake said Pat Curran a downtown Security guard. Others Aren t so sure. Carter said Portland s mixed emotions about har a the ice skating drama involving Tonya Harding is the focus of conversation inner Hometown of Portland Ore. Ding divided his own family. I m very much a supporter of Tony Harding and have followed her career. 1 Hope she can go to the olympics andean win the Gold medal Carter said my wife thinks she s a  port Landers Are simultaneously Dis gusted and fascinated by the National Media presence. After All it s not everyday Diane Sawyer visits the Clack Araas town Center the suburban shopping mall where Harding practices. Clusters of people gawk at the Park ing lot across the Street from the jail where a half dozen to satellite truck Roost defendant Shane m. Stant accused of clubbing Kerrigan s knee in Detroit fled Back into the jail when a horde of reporters descended after he posted bail. Even the principals in the Case Are talking about who will play whom in the inevitable made for to movie or movies. County prosecutor Norm Frink for example wants to play him self. The skate Gate edition of town Hall a talk show on Kate to was the show s second most watched program in five years surpassed Only by a de Bate on Gay rights said senior produce Frank Mungeam. Some oregonians worry that the scandal is giving them a Baa name. The Harding investigation came just after highly publicized visit by sen. Bob Packwood r-Ore., who is under investigation for allegedly making unwanted sexual advances to More than two dozen women. We re getting a Black Eye Curra said. We Are getting a lot of bad publicity first with Packwood and no with Tonya  ence that would allow military strikes against those Hin Dering Aid shipments. The status quo is impossible. We must take anew initiative French foreign minister Alain m. Juppe said saturday evening in Paris. " juppe1 said he had a Long talk Friday night with his German counterpart Klaus Kinkel and also planned to speak with British foreign minister Douglas Hurd. I also Hope to have a Frank and useful discussion with Warren Christopher on monday morning he told reporters referring to the . Secretary of state. Belarus Leader says he taught Oswald russian Moscow up the Leader of the former soviet Republic of Belarus revealed sunday that he gave russian Les sons to Lee Harvey Oswald the accused Assassin of former president  s. Shushkevich a former Aca Demic who is chairman of the belorussian parliament said in an interview with russian television that he was Oswald language coach when the former Marine lived in Belarus capital Minsk in the Early 1960s. I personally taught russian language to the Man who is considered the Mur Derer of Kennedy Shushkevich said. Shushkevich was answering a question about belorussian Kab files on Oswald that were handed Over to president Clin ton during his recent visit. Clinton also received russian archival documents re lating to the Kennedy assassination. Oswald lived in the soviet Union from1959 to 1962, where he sought political Asylum and soviet citizenship. Oswald spent much of that time i Minsk where he was Given a Job at a local television factory met his future wife Marina Prusakov and went Hunt ing in the surrounding forests. Oswald s stay in the soviet Union raised suspicions that he was a Kab agent but the soviet authorities denied Ever recruiting the loner. The Warren commission conclude that he alone shot Kennedy in Dallas in november 1963