European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 29, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes saturday january 29, 1994 t at a glance i by a throng of earthquake victims lines up for emergency food Stamps in los Angeles on thursday. See Story on Page 6. Teens press Gore teen agers weary of living in fear have told vice president Al Gore that they re tired of Tough talk on crime without action. -. Page5 Navy says thanks the Navy is naming a class of ves Sels after Bob Hope who has kept service members entertained for 50 years. -.-. Page 7 . Soldier wounded somalian militiamen opened fire on a . Convoy seriously wound ing a Soldier from saudi Arabia. Page female god protested a dispute has broken out Over an ecumenical conference on women that invoked Sophia creator  -. Page 10 Israel to buy planes the United states plans to sell 20 sophisticated f-151 fighter bombers to Israel Page 14 Index Abby Ann Landers. 21 classifieds. 22-25 comics 18-19,21 commentary. 13 crossword. 21 faces n1 places 20 focus 15-17 Horoscope 24 Jumble. 24 letters. 12 Money matters 14 religion 10 sports 26-32 to listings 31 weather 11 . Prepared to carry out Bosnia attacks official says Washington a appealing to France for an end to bickering Over bos Nia and Herzegovina Secretary of state Warren Christopher urged . Allies thursday to prepare for nato military action against the serbs to relieve two encircled towns in the former yugoslav Republic. Christopher said the United states was quite prepared to implement president Clinton s commitment at the nato Summit in Brussels Belgium earlier this month. I Hope we can come together on the importance of carrying out the , and nato resolutions As Well Christo Pher said amid an unusual diplomatic Cross fire. France which has 6,000 peacekeeping troops in the Balkans has urged the United states to help put pressure on the Muslim led government to accept terms for an end to the 21-month War which see related Story on Page 9 has claimed some 200,000 lives. The Choice today is Between settling for watching the combat and trying every thing to Stop it said Richard Duque spokesman for the French fore Gri ministry.,. / ,-.v Christopher who has called for some territorial concessions to the muslims said the allies should close ranks and get ready to implement threats to. Attack the serbs if they keep interfering with the opening  Airport for Relief ship ments and with the Relief of . Troops in the Eastern town of Srebrenick the United states is not standing by he said in response to repeated accusations from pans that the Clinton administration was not exerting itself to end the War. " but Christopher ruled out using . Ground forces to pressure the bosnian government. The United states does not believe it should put ground forces on the ground in Bosnia in order to require the parties to enter into a settlement he said. We think it would be inappropriate to insist that the victim the bosnian government conform to some pre existing  besides the state department spokes Man Michael Mccurry said the american people would not understand a decision by this administration to impose Large numbers of . Forces on the ground in a situation in which three Par ties continue to fight and Slaughter. They would have no understanding of  the . Senate on thursday passed by a 87-9 vote a nonbinding sense of the Senate urging the president to end the . Arms embargo against the Muslim government of Bosnia. Pilot killed when copter hits Tower san Jose Calif. A a helicopter helping move heavy equipment crashed into a 13-Story office Tower Fri Day and exploded setting the top floor on fire and killing the Pilot authorities said. The top floor was unoccupied and filled with equipment. Managers for the first american title building had advised people to stay out of the top floors while air conditioning equipment on the roof was being cleaned a tenant said. Four men working on the roof at the time of the 7 40 . Crash escaped unharmed. One called the Pilot who was not immediately identified a hero. I think he knew he had lost it and was trying to minimize the damage said Ron Bilyeu one of three men cleaning the equipment. The fourth Man was a spotter for the helicopter. If you crash it into the Side of the building it would have been More than the Pilot Bilyeu  of the chopper rained onto the Street below. The building fire burned for about Ivi hours said fire battalion chief Mik Burtch. The men on the roof had tried to res Cue the Pilot from his burning chopper. "1 ran Down and got a fire extinguisher and one of the other Guys from the Pilot s company grabbed a fire extinguisher and we both ran up and we tried to save him said Ron Preston who worked for the air conditioning contractor air com mechanical inc. In Santa Clara. We could t because the heat was just too  storm from Page 1 either sleet or Snow this would continue the trend of High winds and High precipitation for the sea son Kaster said. He expected a Lull by sunday. V. At Span Dahlem Fotis and others in his Squadron worked bucket brigade style in a line that snaked 75 Yards up two flights of stairs and  the attic. Like other units across the storm area his was alerted before Dawn. Winds of 60 Mph snapped a dozen 30 foot Trees on the Eifel Mountain Golf course. Yno damage was reported to the base s roughly three dozen aircraft which generally Are parked inside hardened aircraft shelters each night said capt. Mike rein a base spokesman. At 2 45 . Friday All nonessential base workers were told to leave duty to beat once again worsening weather. Workers were still wrestling with plastic sheeting and the elements on top of the Headquarters building. This has got to be the worst place i be Ever been said one cold airman. In other damage Rhein main a authorities attributed losses to roofs and Canvas blown Loose from tents in the rigging areas for operation provide Promise. The storm did not affect Relief flights to Bosnia and Herzegovina they said. Heidelberg at Patrick Henry Vil Lage dislodged roofing damaged at least 15 vehicles said spokesman Pete dressier. The wind also peeled Back the Corner of the old Dominion club s roof and smashed its marquee. Stuttgart army posts sustained mod Erate scattered damage said spokesman George Huettig. The wind knocked Over several Trees at Robinson Barracks tipped Over an empty dumpster and sent roof tiles cascading from 10 buildings in eluding some that smashed two vehicle game from Page 1 think coming in at 12 30 . Is a Good idea because of True time it comes on and you know How monday mornings Are any Way Here s How a few military commands throughout Europe will observe super bowl monday . European come As far As we know right nov there is no official Neucom policy for excused absence from duty monday after the super bowl said maj. Debra Pressley a Neucom spokeswoman. . Array Europe there is no set command policy for excused absences from duty said Millie Waters a usar eur spokeswoman. It s up to the individual commanders she added. A Usa eur message sent out tuesday says that the commander in chief has said those members of the Usa eur staff who watch the super bowl May re port to work at 10 30 . Next  . Naval forces Europe super bowl a festive time for Many has not been designated an official Holiday or Day off for the command a Nav eur re lease said. However individual com Manders have the authority to Grant lib erty under special  . Air forces in Europe no com Man wide policy has been set but it also is up to individual unit commanders. Windshields. Patch Barracks the site of . Euro Pean come Headquarters experienced minor Power failures toppled Trees and shattered gymnasium windows Huettig said.  Wiesbaden Mainz winds caused $100,000 in roof damage to a warehouse and blew out windows at the Mainz Kas Tel storage station said spokeswoman Deborah Dunlap. Other damage at wies Baden a included $33,000 in roof dam age to one hangar and $7,500 to another. Baum older a Power outage lasting a few hours was reported. Throughput Germany police reported Trees blocking Highway and rail lines and heavily damaged Homes and cars. Most of the five deaths were attributed to Sepa rate Auto accidents involving Trees downed on roads. None of the injured were immediately identified As Ameri cans. Contributing to this report John Bomor at Span Dah Lem a Jon Connor and Wayne Hall in Darmstadt Joseph Owen in Heidelberg and Nancy Tomer in the United King Dom at Rhein main a however it will be business As usual come monday said base spokeswoman Susanne Bartsch. We re not having a super bowl Holiday on Rhein main she said. The army s v corps in order to provide All the soldiers in v corps the Opportunity to watch this year s super bowl training within v corps will not commence on Jan. 31 until 1 .," said Hilde Patton a v corps spokeswoman. Operational requirements should be kept at a minimum for that  the army s 3rd inf div we re Fol lowing guidance verbal or written from higher Headquarters allowing command ers the option to allow their people to have a half Day off on monday said capt. Kirk Frady division spokesman