European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 27, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 2 the stars and stripes wednesday april 27,1994 a at a ounce of a South africans poured into the polls on tuesday As democracy gained a foothold in a country once dominated by the brutal White minority. See Story on Page 5.dod order dropped a Pentagon official has cancelled a directive that told editors of the Early Bird to focus on compiling stories from three major newspapers. A Page 4spy plan studied. The White House is considering a plan that would cede control of key spy catching and policy setting responsibilities from the Cia to Fri leaders officials say. A Page 6pageant Falls apart the dreams of 88 women vanished when the miss Petite Usa pageant collapsed. A Page 8curb on Iraq eased some merchant ships will no longer be stopped and checked for illicit goods heading to Iraq Secretary of state Warren Christopher says. A Page 9russia prodded top International Aid officials Hope Russia will qualify for billions of dollars in additional support As Long As its Reform program remains on track. A Page 14roseanne alters View Roseanne Arnold has changed her Story she a not a battered wife after All. A Page 19 j Index Quot Tabby Ann Landers 22 classifieds. 23-26 comics. 20-22 commentary. 13 crossword. 22 education. 10 faces a no places .19 focus. 15-18 Horoscope. 25 Jumble a it. 25 Money matters. 14 sports. 27-32 to listings. 31 weather. 11 taiwanese Airliner crashes in Japan killing hundreds Nagoya Japan apr a a Taiwan Ese jetliner carrying 272 people crashed and burned at an Airport in Central Japan on tuesday night killing a reported 253 people in Japan a second worst aviation disaster. The fire department which reported 245 deaths said 11 other people were being treated in hospitals. A transport ministry official said that minutes before the China airlines plane crashed the Pilot radioed that he would abandon his Landing attempt and try again. The Pilot did not give a reason. Rescuers searched the wreckage of the Airbus a300-600r for survivors or additional victims after it crashed while trying to land in Nagoya a City 170 Miles West of Tokyo after a flight from Taipei Taiwan. A a a. A. A a Chang Tai Hsih a China airlines official said flight 140 carried 256 passengers including two infants and 15 Crew members when it crashed at 8 18 . He said the right Wing of the plane touched the ground just before the crash. Chang said he could not comment on reports that the aircraft was having engine trouble and that the passengers were unloaded and re boarded once m Taipei China # to we of a a 1 k a \ j be amp of 1 v Japan j a v $ r Tokyo Japan i Jar Nagoya Jet crash �8p�ttichina ? Pacific sea 2 a Ocean 200 pm. A we. J. Castello before Takeoff. But in Taipei airline officials said they knew of no such engine trouble. A Nagoya Airport official said the bombs from Page 1 ing threat in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Sills added however that it is difficult for the United nations and nato to verify serbian withdrawal because of the wooded area and the weather. In Geneva . Secretary of state Warren Christopher said the bosnian serbs Are lagging in meeting the nato ultimatum. A it is Clear that tuesday will be a. Very important Day a Christopher said in a joint news conference in London with British foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd. Hurd warned the serbs a there will be an airstrike if they do not meet the deadline. They met As a newly formed group began considering a new diplomatic imitative to promote a settlement of the War in the former yugoslav Republic. The group formed monday brings the United states and Russia formally into negotiations conducted unsuccessfully by the european Union and the United nations. Christopher then flew to Geneva for a meeting with russian foreign minister Andrei Kozarev. Aboard the  air Force Jet was Vitaly Churkin the russian Deputy foreign minister. The americans aboard kept an Eye on their visitor and carefully covered documents on their desks marked confidential. A we want them the serbians to see a unified front a said a senior . Official explaining the Effort Christopher was making to include the russians every step of the Way. The official speaking on condition of anonymity said the newly formed Contact group would go to Sarajevo the bosnian capital on thursday Ana begin talks with government officials Friday. There was no word on when the serbs might be willing to meet with the diplomats. On monday russian defense minister Pavel Grachev said in Moscow that he strongly opposed airstrikes against the serbs while the foreign ministry proposed an easing of . Sanctions against Serbia. A we want to make sure we Are working in close Harmony a Christopher said. Referring to russians historic ethnic and religious ties with the slavic serbs Christopher said that a undoubtedly they have persuasive  in Washington White House press Secretary Dee Dee Myers was More optimistic tuesday. A the Best information i plane had been due to leave Taipei at 5 40 . And was Only 13 minutes late taking off for the 1,180-mile flight. The official briefing reporters on condition of anonymity also said he had not heard of any engine trouble. The twin engine wide body Jet burned for More than 40 minutes before firefighters extinguished the Blaze the transport ministry reported. On the passenger list More than 100 of the names were not japanese. No breakdown by nationality was available but most were chinese names. The crash was the second worst in japanese aviation history. The worst single plane Accident in any country occurred aug. 12, 1985, when a Japan airlines Boeing 747 crashed into a Mountain killing 520 people. Japan broadcasting corp. Quoted a witness As saying that the China airlines plane appeared not to have its Landing gear Down. Three explosions followed and the plane erupted in flames it quoted him As saying. Another witness identified by the network Only As or. Nomura said the plane failed in an attempt to Puli up just before Landing. Nato officers meet with . On Brussels Belgium a with a j a Forbor Bian withdrawal from the enclave of go deadline just hours away for bosnian ser razed natos top military officers met tuesday with . Commanders to assess the situation in the War torn Region. A it looks promising at the moment a said Gen. Klaus Naumann Germany a senior military officer of reports the bosnian serbs Are complying with natos demand for a withdrawal of heavy guns by Early wednesday. But Naumann added a a it a a fluid situation. Naumann and other military chiefs got a firsthand assessment of the situation from British it Gen. Michael Rose the . Commander in Bosnia and French it. Gen. Bertrand de Lapresle commander of the . Protection Force in former Yugoslavia. After the morning session . Gen. George a. Joulwan commander of natos european forces said the discussions were a very very  he did not  from Page 1 than 18 months. The army is investigating several incidents of Anonymous Telephone threats racially offensive Graffiti and vandalism directed at the senior noncommissioned officers a v corps spokeswoman said. Lamberg said similar problems have surfaced in the Wurzburg Germany military Community As Well but he would not elaborate. The a act is not investigating the allegations but the organization is monitoring army efforts to Calm the racial climate in binding in. If the army cannot Stop the incidents and help the people who made the claims the civil rights group May ask its National Headquarters to investigate Lamberg said. He blamed poor leadership in binding in for the racial problems. Senior leaders at Armstrong apparently failed to recognize the racial problems when they received the first complaint 18 months ago he said. A at that time period no commander wanted to admit that they had a racial problem on their Post a Lamberg said. A a they  consider that racial disharmony existed in their command they wanted  since then however the army has aggressively attacked racial prejudice Lamberg said. He applauded efforts by the . Army Europe a command sergeant major Gene Mckinney and its commander Gen. David m. Maddox to combat racism. A when Mckinney says he wants something done he a not playing a Lamberg said. A and i consider Maddox the commands senior Freedom fighter. He a aware of the problems and he wants to Stop the  Lamberg would like to see the army develop a solution for the racial problems in Budinger and other communities before outside organizations Are called in. For example when the House armed services committee sent a team to Armstrong Barracks in March Lamberg said he was a a wary of the governments attempts to evaluate the situation. A we want to keep this an army Issue Quot Lamberg said. A i done to like going outside the army because i think we need to resolve this at our level but while the a act is currently Content to sit Back and watch Lamberg said he wont hesitate to Call outside help if the army does no to come up with a solution to racial problems in binding in and other communities. A the National Headquarters has been advised and is observing a Lamberg said. A i want All of us to be respected in this process. If we re not then i wont flinch to Call in the National