European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 6, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 r the stars and stripes monday june 6,1994 a at a glance to sen. Bob Bole plans to meet with a Republican who is considering an Independent Challenge or Oliver North above in the Virginia race for the . Senate see Story on Page 13.pupils suspended fourteen eighth graders from Ohio have been suspended for stealing several Hundred dollars Worth of jewelry and souvenirs Dur ing afield trip. A Pago 13cubans fire on boat cuban gunboats fired for More than four hours saturday on a cuban freighter loaded with Florida bound refugees who reportedly Hir jacked the  Pago 14autos recycled . Automakers Are conducting a major recycling drive of their own transforming parts of old vehicles into new materials for their latest models. A Pago 18travel bargains the Cost of travelling by car air or ship is a bargain in Tho United states the american automobile association says. A Page 22woodstock uncut fans of Tho 60s can rejoice a. Warner Bros will soon release the original director s Cut of its 1970 documentary on the Woodstock Rock  Page 23 Index Abby Ann Landers 26 automotive .18 classifieds.27-30 comics .24-26 commentary .21 crossword.26 faces a places.23 horoscope.29 Jumble. 29 letters .20 Money matters.22 sports .32-40 to listings. 39 weather .19 . Would defend s. Korea in Case of attack Perry says Washington a defense Secretary William Perry vowed sunday that the United states would defend South Korea if North Korea invaded and warned the North that such a confrontation would bring Quot devastating  Perry said he did not believe a military showdown was imminent Over the communist North s refusal to allow inspection of its nuclear facilities. But he said the United states if necessary would strengthen the 38,000 . Troops already in South Korea and use them if fighting broke out. Perry said a preemptive military strike against Pyongyang a nuclear installations Quot is an option which is open a a reversal of a position he publicly took two months ago. But he added that he would not presently recommend such an action. A we do not Sec the danger of a War at this time and we re not going to take actions to provoke a War a he said on no cd a meet the press. Nonetheless he said the United states would not hesitate to defend the South if its hard line Northern neighbors attacked. A we will defend South Korea a Perry said. A we have a commitment to defend South Korea. We Are prepared to defend South Korea. We Are capable of defending South Korea. And any War that would be started would have devastating consequences on North  North Korea is suspected of making nuclear weapons. It has refused to let International inspectors examine its stocks of plutonium As required under the nuclear nonproliferation treaty that Pyongyang signed five years ago plutonium is an ingredient of nuclear arms. The North says its nuclear program is peaceful arid has refused to Back Down against burgeoning International pressure. On sunday the North said it will abandon the nonproliferation pact unless the United states agrees to direct talks and continued to show no taste for full nuclear inspections. Shells hit near envoy s plane in Rwanda Kigali Rwanda apr italian envoy Franco Rocchetta received a harsh Welcome at the Airport sunday when two mortar shells exploded around his air plane forcing it to flee without unloading passengers or cargo. Meanwhile the commander of . Forces in War ravaged Rwanda said rebel troops were pressing in on the provisional seat of government in Sitarama 30 Miles West of Kigali and had begun infiltrating the City. Kigali the official capital and Sitarama Are the two key targets of the rebel offensive that has captured about half of the county in the past two months. Rebel forces of the rwandan patriotic front hold parts of Kigali and arc steadily shelling government forces in the City Center. The rebels have seized the town of Kab Ayi just three Miles South of Sitarama and Are moving Forward. But As maj. Jean Guy Plante the . Military spokesman put it a a Sitarama is very Well  maj Gen. Romeo Dallaire the Canadian who commands the 450 . Military personnel said rebels usually surround an area Shell it and then infiltrate. A a we re not sure How far they be got beyond Kab Ayi. They Are infiltrating Sitarama and going a Little West of it a he said. Rocchetta the foreign ministry undersecretary had been scheduled to spend the Day in Kigali inspecting the . Headquarters a local Hospital and a Church compound where thousands of refugees have been stranded. He flew in on the Canadian c-130 cargo plane that makes two flights a Day from Kenya. As the plane swung in front of the terminal of the rebel controlled Airport and dropped its cargo ramp a mortar Shell landed next to the control Tower 100 Yards away. Moments later a second hit the Tarmac. The plane immediately took off Back to Nairobi and flights were suspended. North Yemen attacks vital refinery South claims san a a Yemen apr South Yemen accused North Yemen a air Force of attacking the nations Only Oil refinery near Aden on sunday after the Northern leadership said it put a on hold a .-urged ceasefire. A Southern military statement broadcast on Aden radio claimed three Northern warplanes were shot Down during the morning air raid on the refinery on the outskirts of Aden. A fourth plane was forced to flee the report said. The Northern government in san a denied attacking the refinery. The defense ministry said Southern forces fired a. Missile at the refinery a in order to destroy it arouse Public opinion and evoke an increased sense of grudge and hatred among the sons of the one yemeni  the Southern statement monitored by the British broadcasting corp., said a fuel tank destroyed in the attack held supplies for Northern govern rates. Quot How ironic that Northern Leader Ali Abdullah Salehm a four aircraft which made the Aerial attack on the Aden refinery should destroy the fuel tank which supplies fuel to the Northern Gover Norates a it said. The statement gave no other details of damage or casualties at the refinery which before the War processed about 120,000 barrels of Oil a Day about one third the country a output. Earlier a Northern official said san a is delaying acceptance of a . Cease fire because of reported saudi arabian threats of intervention in the country a civil War. Saudi arabians foreign minister Saud Al Faisal was quoted sunday by government owned Arab news agencies As saying the Gulf cooperation Council a six nation saudi led group May act to end Yemen a civil  from Page 1 who lost their lives in the area in 1944. A your comrades speak to us from their continuing existence a he said. Quot if you have a timeless memory you can hear them speaking now because we never forget  this town has always welcomed american veterans. And the veterans Are Happy to return some coming time and again. Quot if we did no to feel Welcome we  come Back a Sullivan said. Maurice arc Naudy a father was mayor of  on a Day and his parents were responsible for opening the. Town to the veterans years ago. Renaud helped plan sundays activities but refused to take credit for the wonderful weather. Quot i would do better than this a he said laughing. Asked if this might be the last time veterans would come Back in Large numbers he said Quot it is up to them. They Are always  that a the feeling Robert Piper has. He visits every year and is practically a member of the Renaud family he said. The expressions of gratitude Here arc real he said. A they Are genuinely appreciative. They Are genuinely thankful Quot he said they Are so pleased they Are not speaking  the veterans mixed easily with their hosts. They signed autographs with a hint of embarrassment always insisting that what they did was nothing special. Someone pinned a a screaming Eagle Lapel pm of the 101st airborne div on 9-year-old a Isselman Constanse. Another p of d and said be a Sweet Gill. She knows Why the town is so crowded said her father Joel. A a a it san important Day for All French people especially in this area a he said it s a very important part of our history. The Day was a Happy one. The sadness and the tears came Only at the memorial ceremony and at an earlier service on the ground of a former Cem Ciery that once cradled the bodies of 3,000 liberators. But this was not a Day for tears. This was a Day to celebrate the Joy of peace and to Honor those who brought it Wood said in a prayer a Lugt re make us builders of peace. Lord make us builders of  at a ceremony in the Early evening sunlight the children and the townspeople of  paid a Heartfelt thank you to the veterans who arc Here and to those who Are not including those buried in the French soil a you gave us Back our land and our mayor Mark Lefevre said thank you for being at the right place at the right  the ceremony on the town Square was attended by thousands who stood in a Large Circle around what probably has become the most famous Rural Church in children held a sign of Welcome while Silver haired veterans smiled and accepted the thanks. Quot nobody Here can forget what is most important the thousands of Young men from across the Ocean who lost their lives on French soil a the mayor said. As the ceremony continued the parachutists who jumped sunday entered the town Square the Young ones and the veterans. Together a few hours earlier they had re created those first few moments of a Day that led to this towns iteration the first French town during the War to again know Freedom