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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Sunday, February 13, 1994

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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 13, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes sunday february 13,1994 at a glance Edvard Munch s the scream one of Norway s Best known works of Art was stolen saturday from the country s National gallery. See Story on Page 11. Churches protest some of the largest religious groups in the United states Are campaigning of Knock abortion coverage out of president Clinton s embattled National health plan. Page no Progress made with negotiators unable to break an impasse in Trade talks Japan s prime minister Morihiro Hosokawa is heading Home without a new Trade Accord with the United states. Page 8. Escape blocked a medical examiner testified that the bodies of six Branch davidians were found at the blocked door to an underground shelter at the cult s compound. Pages a walk for Charity a band of Hardy britons on sat urday became the first people since the ice age to walk from France to England trekking through the undersea Channel Tunnel. Page 12 imprisonment recalled standing in the Lime Quarry where he once toiled with a pick and a shovel Nelson Mandela joined other former political prisoners to remember their years in prison. Page 13 buyouts of d in an Effort to slash the Federal work Force by a Quarter of a million employees the Senate passed legis lation offering $25,000 incentives. Page 23 Index Abby Ann Landers. 16 classifieds 24-27 commentary 15 faces a places. 16 Horoscope 26 letters 14 Money matters 23 Mutual 20-23 sports 29-36 weather 17 . Mission in Cuba mobbed on visa Rumor Mexico City a cuban police surrounded the . Diplomatic Mission in Havana on saturday after hundreds of cubans flocked there on rumours that visas were being Given to All Asker. Havana residents reached by Tele phone from Mexico City said More than 300 people converged on the Mission officially called the . Interest Section. The residents said witnesses told them Many of the 300 or so were detained. The interest Section handles american affairs in Havana and is located in the building that housed the . Embassy before Fidel Castro took Power in 1959 and the countries severed diplomatic re lations. Officially the Section is a part of the Swiss embassy. Conditions in Cuba have deteriorated since the collapse of the soviet Union which propped up the country with Finan Cial and military Aid. The disturbances broke out Friday night and lasted several hours. In Miami cuban exile groups said their information from the. Island was that there was gunfire. Relaying information from sources reached by Telephone and Ham radio operators the cuban american National foundation said cuban Security forces were on Alert. Angela Herrera president of the cuban democratic coalition a human rights group in Cuba relayed reports of automatic gunfire sirens and police cars speeding around the capital. Anything can spark this in Cuba said a Trnoska Perez spokeswoman for the foundation in Miami. Some fliers to get smoke free option from wire reports american airlines announced saturday that it would inaugurate nonsmoking trans Atlantic flights May 1. American s first evening flight from new York to London each night will be a nonsmoking trip. The Carrier s second morning flight from London to new York also will bar smoking. The airline said it would Eval uate the nonsmoking flights to see if customers react favourably Amert ican has no plans to offer non smoking service on its other inter National routes a spokesman said. In 1990, the . Department of transportation banned smoking on All Domestic flights of less than six hours. 2 escaped dogs Maul Pennsylvania boy 6 Aliquippa Paap two dogs who escaped from their Back Yard pen mauled a 6-year-old boy and mangled his head then attacked police officers who shot and killed both animals. Ronald Lucas was in critical condition saturday in children s Hospital of Pitts Burgh which would t release further in formation about the boy. Neighbors and the boy s Mother heard Ronald screaming Friday and found him and the dogs about half a Block from his Home. They were unable to get the dogs away from Ronald. I ran inside the House to Call police and then got some rocks that me and my Cousin threw at the dogs neighbor Aaron Tucker said. Police chief William Alston arrived within minutes. When we exited our vehicles the dogs attacked us Alston said. They had to be shot at that Point. It was just a bad sit  the dogs a 100-Pound Rottweiler and an 80-Pound husky mix had escaped from their Yard. They were being tested for rabies. Investigators would t identify the dogs owner who was out of town at the time of the attack or say if the owner would be charged. Tucker said he doubted that Ronald could have provoked the dogs. He was like every Little kid he said. He was t a bad kid. He never said any thing bad. He was pretty  talks from Page 1 a More ominous sign remained to be seen. . Forces began restoring Power after the guns on the Hills around the bosnian capital were quiet Friday night. Once All the lights Are on life will be transformed said the . Commander it. Gen. Sir Michael Rose As he toured the streets saturday with two armoured personnel carriers. Peace talks in Geneva broke Down sat urday and bosnian serbian Leader Rado Van Karadzic accused the West of encouraging the rival Muslim led government to stall negotiations. More talks were set for gis from Page 1 cited to Florida to the monday opening of the armed forces recreation Center s shades of Green facility at Walt Disney world resort. The command has awarded free travel lodging and Park passes to the soldiers All of whom earned High level a military honors in 1993, and to their families. I m 36 years old and i be never won anything Ever. I was totally ," said Hartness a meteorologist assigned to he Btry 41st Field arty brigade in Babenhausen Germany. Also serving As noncommissioned offi cer in charge of chemical operations and re enlistment Hartness was named the v corps arty noncommissioned officer of the Quarter for october through Decem Ber. Spec. Matthew g. Mastick a person Nel records specialist with he co 22nd area support group in Vincnza Italy also was stunned when invited. I knew they had put my name in for it but i did t think i had a Chance of later february or March. Washington put new pressure on serbs to make concessions to end the War in the former yugoslav Republic the Pentagon sent eight jets to Italy to enhance nato s Arsena in the Region. Serbian forces turned in 13 mortars can Nons and Multi barrel rocket launchers to . Forces Friday in the Southwest suburb of Lukavics. The bosnian army turned Over five mortars at the marshal Tito Barracks i Central Sarajevo. Gen. Jovo Divjak the bosnian Muslim led army s Deputy commander said sat urday the serbs were not turning Over All their weapons but appeared to be with drawing them to unknown locations not under . Control. The serbs had prom ised to turn Over at least 25 heavy weapons. French soldiers entered the bombed out winning it said Mastick 21, of Tacoma Wash. I could t believe it. It was Toogood to be  Mastick who Learned of his prize less than two weeks ago was a distinguished Honor graduate of a one month primary 1 leadership development course in Grafe Wohr Ger Many last october. Staff sgt. Leo m. Stolfi 29, a head quarters platoon sergeant with the529th my co in Heidelberg Ger Many said he was surprised and Happy to be among c. In Winn is. Heni -4 u plans to travel to Florida with his wife and once there. Relax wind Down a Little bit from the up t0 Jacksonville � visit Stolfi was the 26th area support Phr up Kunco of the uart a jul through september. Y local area support group officials and tactical sergeants major selected the win Dobrija housing project in Sarajevo on Friday and swept Tor mines. Government and serbian fighters glowered at the peace keepers through blackened window frames on either Side of the front line. . Forces built two observation bunk ers on the government Side of brotherhood and Unity Bridge a flashpoint in the fight ing that was occupied and de mined by French peacekeepers. Government soldiers said the serbs fired scarcely one Bullet All Day. Nato allies last week told serbs to pull Back their howitzers mortars and anti air Craft guns 12 Miles from the City by feb. 21 or face bombing raids. On Friday . Secretary general Boutros Boutros Ghali gave his special envoy to the former Yugoslavia the authority to Call for nato airstrikes around Sarajevo. Ners based on their 1993 military achievements according to . Army Europe Headquarters. The other winners listed by area sup port group Are in Germany unless noted otherwise in the 6th area support croup. Sgt. John Vancore co. 7th special operations support come Bobingen spec. Michael Watkins. 732nd medical Del Stuttgart. In the 26th, pfc. Karmic a. Butler. He co. 97th my in Mannheim staff sgt. Freddie r. Florentz. A oct. 291st base support in Karlsruhe spec. Innocenzo j. Loreo. 189th personnel service co  spec. Brian k. Scott 324th signal co Karlsruhe spec Christopher Spencer he co. 37ih trans come Kaiserslautern sgt Leola Walker. 208th support in fwd Heidelberg. In the 53rd. Spec. Julie m. Trent co e. 3rd in. 58th aviation regt Wiesbaden sgt. Frank r. Aguilar co a 2nd in 68th army regt Burrt Holder. N in the 80th, spec. George Henderson Provost marshal office chevres and Belgium. In the 98th, spec. Gregory Grund troop a 2nd so 6th Cav his aviation regt Hillesheim staff sgt Ronnie und by cob 3rd support in Schweinfurt sgt Edwin Ruia 6/th combat support Hospital a Funburg spec Matthew Suggs buy a 2nd in 14th Field arty Bamburg. In the 100th. Spec. Demetria Aragon. He co. 282nd base support in Hohenfels sgt Brian Covert 536th my co. Vile Csc spec. Joyce a Dailey he co 283rd base sup port in wild Flucken. In the 104th. Set. Robert Byrne 26h quartermaster service co. Hanau spec Donnic Howard 27th trans in Hanau sgt. David Jones 38th engr co Hanau spec. An Thony Nagy service Btry. 2nd in 3rd Reid arty regt. Kirch cons spec. And Cannette White. Special troops in v corps Headquarters Frankfurt. In Berlin staff sgt. Abelardo Diaz do Leon co a 6th in 502nd inf regt  
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