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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 19, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Vol. 53, no. 32thursday, May 19,1994 Gito Morro to flt Ltd a Ltd a a vow. The world. 5 remembers i a Keepsake a Day edition m a special 64�Page Magazine that commemorates the 50th anniversary of the world War ii Allied invasion of Normandy will be included free Friday in Hie stars and stripes. Serbs spared nato attack after Promise ii  inside today Normandy a Vij a inst Magazine a Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina apr nato warplanes were close to attacking bosnian serbian artillery but held off after the serbs promised to Stop shelling Tula Airport the United nations said wednesday. . Flights interrupted when serbian shells landed tuesday at the Airport in northeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina shortly after a plane landed were scheduled to resume wednesday following the serbian guarantees . Officials said. Ten tank shells exploded just off the Landing strip damaging a building but causing no casualties said maj. Rob an Nink a . Spokesman in Sarajevo Bosnia a capital. North Atlantic treaty organization planes were ready to attack serbian positions within minutes but senior . Officials decided not to order a strike after receiving serbian Guaran tech he said according to the Washington Post danish  it col. Lars Hollcr the Deputy commanding offi car of the . Nordic in in the a Safe area of Tula said that a . Air Force a-10 ground attack plane had locked onto a serbian Lank firing on his men around the Tula Airfield but that see serbs on Page 2 a amp  civilian slain on German train by Joseph Owen Heidelberg Bureau a . Civilian employee of the  a 95th combat support Hospital in Heidelberg Germany was fatally shot and apparently robbed tuesday in a train near Bremen. V. A a a a William Gregory Bledsoe 46, was travelling on vacation to. Nearby Bremerhaven in Northern Germany where his family lives according to German police. A conductor discovered Bledsoe lying on the floor of a sleeping compartment at 5 45 a.m., still alive but bleeding from a Chest wound police said. The conductor summoned an emergency doctor to the Bremen train station but Bledsoe died while still in the compartment. An autopsy later revealed that a projectile had struck a Large blood vessel in the lungs causing Bledsoe to bleed to death internally. Bledsoe a wife Monika told police that an insurance company had paid out $5,000 to her husband in Frankfurt Germany just before his train trip and that Bledsoe had converted the Money to German Marks a search of Bledsoe a clothing and the sleeping compartment he occupied alone turned up no Trace of the Money. As a result investigators suspect a robbery occurred Bremen police spokesman Sebastian Kappner said wednesday. A German newspaper reported that bled soes pockets were inside out when he was found but Kappner could not confirm that. No arrests or other developments in the Case had occurred by wednesday afternoon. Police think Bledsoe who often commuted from Heidelberg to Bremerhaven to be with his family on weekends boarded the Hamburg bound train at 11 10 . Monday in Heidelberg. He took a berth in a sleeping car and asked the conductor to awaken him before the train reached Bremen so he a could change trains there and continue on to Bremerhaven police said. The conductor told police that he went to awaken see slain on Page 2 to by Jimi Jones education writer bad Kissinger Germany a increased violence and gang activity Are Clear indications that the defense department has not paid attention to teenagers living in military communities overseas a Pentagon official said tuesday. A if there is one group that has been ignored its our teens and we Are paying the Price a said Carolyn Becraft the Deputy assistant Secretary of defense for personnel support families and education. Although excellent youth sports and recreational programs exist they Are Only part of what needs to be done for teenagers Becraft told women gathered in bad Kissinger this week for the 38th annual conference of american women activities Germany. A we have generally ignored issues related to mental health social services and health education a she told the group of about 400. She noted that a standing room Only briefing on violence at a recent Pentagon commanders conference a told us that we need to move even More quickly to provide positive activities and programs for our kids and just As importantly to support the parents and other family  Becraft who has been in her Post since october said her staff is developing a strategy to a expand Many existing pro i Grams to include  in what she called a a state of the Union address on Quality of life programs Becraft discussed defense department efforts to promote a Strong healthy families they include expanding teen employment programs and organizing a worldwide training conference to develop a team approach to identifying and solving problems at the installation level. Involving youth and families in planning programs is the key to Success the Mother of two told the group noting that see Campaign on Page 2 the fact that some kids Are involved in negative activities has emphasized the need for positive programs for Alt our kids and made us painfully aware that we have not listened to them in the past Carolyn Becraft Deputy assistant Secretary of defense showdown near with n. Korea Washington a the United states could be Only weeks away from a major confrontation with North Korea Over the communist nations nuclear program defense Secretary William Perry says. Ferry completing a two Day trip to Canada for talks said tuesday that the United states faces a a very substantial near term crisis with North Korea North korean officials now estimate that they will bereft cling an experimental nuclear reactor for about two More months. Pentagon defense analysts suspect that the fuel being extracted from the Plant could be used to produce weapons Grade plutonium for four to five atomic weapons. A if we done to have it resolved at the end of this time then they May have processed this spent fuel into weapons Grade plutonium and we would have lost that Opportunity to Stop that event from Hap pening a Perry said. If North Korea continues to refuse to. See Perry on Page 2  
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