European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 08, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes tuesday february 8,1994 at a glance Oscar winning actress whoops Goldberg has consented to be the emcee Tor this year s Academy awards. See Story on Page 23. Joseph gotten Dies Joseph gotten the smooth Low keyed southerner who starred in the movie classic citizen Kane and played leading Man opposite Holly Wood s most famous actresses died sunday of pneumonia. Pages Kkt volunteers the Kun Wax wan wants to participate in the adopt a Highway clean up program but it wants to adopt a two mile stretch of Road that runs past a recently desegregated hous ing Complex in the East Texas town of Vidor. Pages Soldier guilty a 21 year old former georgian sol Dier was found guilty and sentenced to 15 years in prison for the murder of Fred Woodruff reportedly the Cia s station chief in the former soviet Republic. Page 10 travelling software computer software that will plan your next vacation for you can be helpful but also expensive. Page 12 strike at  teamsters walked off their jobs at United parcel service on monday after the company raised the weight limit on packages to 150 pounds. Page 16 Index Abby Ann Landers. 22 classifieds. 26-29 comics. 22,24-25 commentary. 15 computers. .12 crossword 21 faces a places 23 focus 17-19 Horoscope 28 Jumble .28 letters. 14 Money matters 16 sports 30-40 to listings 39 weather 13 global warming May destroy ski havens Swiss panel says Geneva a anticipated global warming May turn popular Alpine resorts into no ski areas melt Gigantic glaciers and flood picturesque Lakeside villages a government report said monday. The report said without Tough action to combat so called greenhouse gases Lik Carbon dioxide temperatures would Rise by about 37 degrees fahrenheit Over the next Century. This would strike at the heart of Switzerland s vital tourist Industry. Publication of the report coincided with the Start of a two week  sorted conference intended to flesh out an International treaty against global warm ing. All ski resorts below 4,950 feet would have to close for Lack of Snow the report by Switzerland s Countryside forestry and environment commission said. This would include popular Holiday destinations like a stand and Grin Elwald in the Central Bernese Alps. It said increased storms droughts and flooding would spell potential disaster for summer tourism. About three quarters of the surface area of glaciers would melt unleashing More frequent landslides and Rock fall the report said. The study will be used As the basis for a tougher government program expected this summer aimed at reducing emissions of the greenhouse gases. Most scientists agree that gases like Carbon dioxide released from burning Coal and Oil act like greenhouse Glass to trap sunlight reflected from the Earth s surface. However there is disagreement Over the rate of the warming process and How harmful it will be. Nasa scrubs release of satellite space Center Houston a Nasa gave up monday on releasing a $13.5 million science satellite from the shuttle discovery because of a faulty guidance system. The Wake shield facility a 12-foot Saucer shaped Craft has been riddled with problems since astronaut Jan Davis first tried dispatching it with the shuttle robot Arm saturday morning. Initial glitches were figured out in time to try again sunday but difficulties with the guidance system dashed that plan. Flight controllers considered releasing. The Wake shield on monday for one Day of free flight faulty guidance system and All but decided there was no guar Antee the satellite would remain steady during flight. An unstable satellite would jeopardize what Little science remained and possibly prevent the six person Crew from retrieving the Craft. Monday was the last Day available to free the 3,700-Pound disk which continued conducting experiments on the end of discovery s 50-foot robot Arm. The Wake shield was supposed to Fly up to 46 Miles behind discovery for two Days so scientists could try to grow semiconductor films in its Ultra clean Wake. Radio interference and Glare from the Sun stymied saturday s release. Those problems were resolved sunday but then the horizon sensor malfunctioned. That device is supposed to help guide the satellite. Alex Ignatiew the project s chief re searcher said managers went out of their Way to install a proven guidance system. Similar systems have flown on 50 other spacecraft without error he said. There Are Many snakes out there. This is one we did t expect he said. He said he still Hopes to grow seven semiconductor films with the Wake shield on the shuttle Arm. The Quality of those wafers most Likely will be degraded however because of unavoidable contamination from the shuttle he said. Release and capture of the satellite was a top goal of the eight Day Mission which began thursday. Cosmonaut ser Gei Kri Kalev the first russian to ride a . Shuttle had trained for More than a year to retrieve it with the robot Arm. A act Leader delays Bias report release by the stars and stripes the a act s senior Leader postponed Public release of a report monday on racial Bias in the . Forces in Europe be cause of transportation changes caused by bad weather a military official said. The civil rights organization had in tended to make a draft report Public monday following meetings with military leaders Over the weekend Benjamin f. Sailor being held in alleged rape assault naval support activity Naples Italy is a male Sailor assigned to the destroyer tender Yellowstone is being held As a suspect in connection with an alleged assault and rape of a female shipmate on Jan. 16, Navy officials said. The incident reportedly occurred while Crew members were on Liberty in Gaeta Italy where the Yellowstone is in port. Chavisjr. Said upon arriving Friday in Germany. Chavis is executive director of the National association for the advancement of coloured people. However the a act cancelled a monday morning press conference at Rhein main a near Frankfurt because bad weather prevented the delegation from flying out of Span Dahlem a that morning according to Doug Moore spokesman for the . Air forces in Europe. Chavis instead had to drive to the International Airport in Frankfurt for his return flight to the United states leaving no time for a press conference Moore said. Chavis 46, an activist who has spent 4vi years in jail for convictions connected to civil rights demonstrations became the association s youngest Leader in april. Airlift May affect Hospital services Kaiserslautern Germany is the sudden influx of wounded residents of Sarajevo will not influence inpatient care at the Lan Stuhl army regional medical Center according to a Hospital spokesman. However service members and their families can expect some interruption of outpatient services. We need the support of All the people in the Community in that their routine medical appointments May be delayed and we ask for their patience and understanding said col. David Layland commander of the Lan Stuhl medical facility. Leyland said there were Are enough Beds available for military people and other authorized users. Vegas from Page 1 in recent. A booming resort Industry and disgruntled californians Are fueling much of Las vegas growth said Bruce Wood Bury commissioner of Clark county which includes Las vegas. However he said there s a Down  heavier traffic poorer air Quality and overcrowded schools All put strains on resources. Still there s no Chance of Las vegas becoming a mini los Angeles Woodbury said. The real limiting Factor is water Woodbury said. The arid Valley has enough water from the Colorado River and ground water sources for about 1.5 million people. After that growth has to Stop he said. Metro areas Are designated by the government in an attempt to bring some order to the crazy quilt of cities towns townships and counties that make up America s Urban centers. They Are a recognition that the ways people live and work usually transcend the traditional boundaries of state and municipal governments. The 10 metro areas growing the fastest were spread Over nine states. That s a change from the 1980s, when nine of the highest growth metropolitan areas were Florida. The fastest growing metro areas in the Early 1990s, after Las vegas were Lare do Texas 11.4 percent Yuma ariz., 10 percent Mcallen Edinburg Mission Texas 9.8 percent Anchorage Alaska 8.6 percent Naples fla., 8,3 percent Las Cruces n.m., 8.2 percent Bakersfield calif., 8.1 percent Lawton okla., 8.1 percent and Boise Idaho 8 percent. Eight of the 41 metro areas with More than 1 million people changed rank be tween 1990 and 1992. Atlanta Rose to 12th, and Seattle Tacoma Bremerton wash., fell to 13th Portland Salem ore., Rose to 22nd, and Cincinnati Hamilton Ohio fell to 23rd san Antonio Rose to 31st, and Orlando fla., fell to 32nd and Charlotte Gastonia Rock Hill in the Carolinas Rose to 33rd, while Buffalo Niagara Falls n.y., fell to 34th