European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 17, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes thursday february 17,1994 at a glance Crystal Cartier s charges that Michael Jackson stole her song dangerous have fallen Flat. Sec Story on pages. President and military president Clinton has not totally won the Confidence of the . Mili tary former defense Secretary Les Aspin is quoted As saying in Jane s defence weekly. Page 4 rescuer shot a Colorado kidnapping victim flagged Down a Driver but the Abductor chased the two shot the res Cuer and made off with his victim. Page 5 crime fight pushed president Clinton chastised con Gress on tuesday for moving too slowly on anti crime legislation. Pages shooting spree the first victim in a shooting spree at a Wendy s in Tulsa okla.,  woman who rebuffed the suspect on Valentine s Day police say. Page 10 Japan stays Cool Japan has reacted coolly to . Charges that it broke promises to open its cellular phone Market. Page 13 new Challenge ahead another struggle awaits Viacom inc. In its Long planned merger with Paramount communications. Page 14 Index Abby Ann Landers 21 classifieds 24-27 comics 21-23 commentary 17 crossword 21 faces a places. 20 Horoscope 26 Jumble 26 letters 16 Money matters 14 sports 29-36 to listings 35 weather 15 saudis from Page 1 chairmen Frank Shrontz of Boeing and John Mcdonnell of Mcdonnell Douglas. The aerospace Industry is in the grips of hard times and tens of thousands of american workers have been Laid off. Brown said the Sale marked the forma Tion of a real partnership in the com Mercial Arena. He said the Deal would generate or preserve 100,000 aerospace jobs. The split of business Between Boeing and Mcdonnell Douglas was not announced. But each was expected to receive a. Substantial share of the work with the planes to include a full Range of sizes for a commercial Fleet Brown said. American companies also Are to supp y Jet engines for the planes principally Pratt & Whitney and general electric Brown  said the United states worked hard to conclude the Sale and would keep pushing for More business abroad. Members of Congress expressed de Light at the news. This is a great Day for the country House speaker Tom Foley told Clinton. Boeing is based in Seattle a major City in Foley s Home state of Washington. Rep. Dan Glickman d-kan., whose District includes the Boeing Plant at Wichita told Clinton we thank god it s. American  in Seattle Boeing spokesman Mark " Hooper said the Long awaited saudi order is certainly  he said the company still has to work out exactly How Many Boeing planes the saudis want. The Purchase is a vote of Confidence in american Quality american worker Sand the competitiveness of our exports Clinton said. We worked hard on this and we will continue to work hard at Home and abroad to help our people thrive in the global  Clinton asked if he would aggressively pursue other foreign business for . Companies in Vietnam for example said that it depends on what the facts Are in any  this administration will be aggressively involved in this kind of Endeavor he said. When i think it s appropriate and potentially helpful i Don t mind asking for the  Sarajevo from Page 1 bribe of 100 to 200 German Marks $60 to $119 you can buy a Chance to escape into the Hills by crossing the Airport run ways. The risks come not Only from snip ers but also from the . Troops who guard the Airport. One Sarajean was caught and re turned eight times the guide says. The ninth time he wrote his obituary before ten the May also have fortified himself with Sarajevo Cognac for which the guide provides the recipe 3-4 spoons of sugar water Ethyl alcohol the Quality of the Cognac depends on the Brand of the alcohol and on the Quality of the Sarajevo water preferably brought from one of the protected Wells. Fry the  water is one of the City s big problems. Shortages May last for weeks because of bombings and Power outages. Waits at the Wells Are at least three hours some times under sniper fire the guide says. Good food and drink still can be found at the Holiday inn and the guide recommends four restaurants the City s chess club is still open and is reported to have an excellent and expensive Buffet. Proprietors would not say How they get their supplies through the siege lines. Kapic has had 2,000 copies of the guide printed in Croatia. She Hopes to have them in american bookstores by the end of this month. They will sell for $20, with half going to a fund for children in Sarajevo. Crashes from Page 1 largely intact but it is too soon to Tett How damaged it is Law said. There was no fire or  at the time of the crash the aircraft was armed with two aim-9 sidewinder air to air missiles plus a pair of aim 120a advanced medium Range air to air Siles Law said. He added that Uribe had previously jettisoned extra fuel and two my 82 500-Pound bombs Over the Adriatic sea. An explosive ordnance team has been sent to Portoro to recover the weapon Sand transport them Back to Aviano. The f-16 is assigned to the 526th fighter so from Ramstein a Germany. The Squadron has been deployed since feb. 5 to Aviano in support of operation deny flight nato s enforcement of the United nations flight ban Over Bosnia. A Board of officers is expected to investigate the Accident officials said. The operation involves monitoring and enforcing a . Security Council ban on flights Over Bosnia Herzegovina s air space. The flights also provide cover . Air Force capt. George a. Uribe Center dons a jacket following his Rescue after . Troops in Bosnia and gather Intelli ejecting from his f-16 fighter near Portoro Slovenia on wednesday. Gence for any nato air strikes. Claims from Page 1 preaching a state of emergency currently exists in a s compensation and pension service Joseph Violante of disabled american veterans testified before con Gress. Appeals Board delays have be come unconscionable and  John Hanson of the american legion said other issues must not be allowed to overshadow the True crisis in the claims process and the Impact this is having on the lives of tens of thousands of veterans and their  Overall the system stinks said Sam Ledwith 73, a former Marine who fought in the Pacific in world War ii and in the korean War. Ledwith of Valley Stream n.y., recently Learned after four years of appeals and an even longer period of Hospital vis its that the a was restoring a 40 percent disability payment for hearing loss that it had Cut by half in the 1980s. It s too big too bureaucratic he said. It just does t  Gary Hickman director of the compensation and pension service said that military reductions have meant a 50 per cent jump in new claims to about150,000 last year and that veterans now tend to file multiple and often complicated claims. There have been about 30,000 claim from the persian Gulf War including thou Sands who say they Are suffering from the mysterious persian Gulf syndrome. Charles Cragin chairman of the Board of veterans appeals said the creation in 1988 of a new . Court of veterans appeals while helping define a body of com Mon Law for veterans has added an adversarial legalistic element to what for half a Century had been a paternalistic system. He said new requirements for More comprehensive explanations of decisions also have added to the paperwork an average file May be 4 feet High and have slowed Down the process. The Board of appeals made 45,000 Deci Sions in 1991, but it May conclude Only 13,000 this year. If this trend continues it could take More than six years to hear an Appeal. We Are doing a marvelous Job on a vet eran by Veteran basis Cragin said. It s a great product but the waiting list gets longer and  a plans to Start incorporating 43 ideas made last year by a panel that recommended a multitude of changes m the claims system. Included were the training of More decision making staff members computerization of records and rating sys tems and better cooperation with the Ren Wagon