European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 8, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday june 8, 1994 i world the stars and stripes Page 11 russian arms outlay assailed jetliner s wings trembled before crash report says from wire reports Beijing a the navigator of a russian built Airliner that crashed killing All 160 people aboard radioed before Impact that the planets wings were trembling an official report said tuesday. The China Northwest airlines plane a Tupoljev Tu-154, crashed into a Field and broke up minutes after Takeoff monday morning from Xian a popular tourist City in Northern China. The crash China a worst aviation disaster renewed fears that safety is suffering As China a airline Industry grows faster than its Supply of experienced Crew and modern equipment. The official Xinhua news Agency said the navigator radioed about the trembling wings 14 minutes after Takeoff. The plane crashed moments later it said. Among the dead were two americans an italian family of four and two Young British male tourists their embassies said. Lorraine Toly the . Embassy spokeswoman identified the dead americans As Mark Stoel from Michigan and Mark Woodrum from West Virginia. She said she did no to know their hometowns. Attacks scare off tourists Berlin a youth groups from the United states and other countries Are cancelling visits to Germany for fear of anti foreigner attacks school and sports officials Berlin meanwhile police raided a band of right Wing extremists reportedly Bent on just such violence. A spokesman for the German youth sports organization which organizes International youth exchanges told the Berlin Morgen Post newspaper that he is now dealing weekly with cancellations by would be visitors. Most of the cancellations come from Israel and the United states but scandinavian and european visitors also Are deciding More frequently to bypass Germany the paper said. It offered no guarded Moscow a transport police in the russian far East have beefed up Security on and around the train bearing Alexander Solzhenitsyn across the russian Countryside the russian news Agency itar Tass reported tuesday. The former exiles train is being guarded by increased patrols in the amur Ana Chita regions near the Border with China in particular a spokesman for the trans Baikal transport police told the Agency. Trains in the far East have been plagued by robberies recently and russian authorities say chinese gangs have set up extensive organized crime operations on the trans Baikal line Solzhenitsyn Strain from Khabarovsk arrived tuesday morning in Blagovest Chenik a City on the chinese Border about 3,333 Miles East of Moscow monkeys victims of War Moscow a ethnic War in the separatist georgian Region of Abkhazia has nearly eliminated its famous Monkey Reserve and herds of sem wild monkeys in the Woods around the abkhazian capital of Suk Numi officials said tuesday. Fewer than 600 of the prewar 6,000 monkeys remain in the Reserve. Several Hundred monkeys of the most productive Herd have been stolen and illegally exported to Turkey numerous monkeys were killed during the War and Many living in the Woods Between Sukhui and the Black sea resort of to lapse Are dying of Hurt in Brawl Moscow a outnumbered paratroops got More than they bargained for when they took on angry local youths at a disco near their base Southwest of Moscow. The Brawl which grew to involve about 150 people ended with nine paratroops hospitalized the itar Tass news Agency reported. One reportedly remained in critical condition monday. Only three of the locals were treated for injuries none severe reports said. It was not Clear Why or How the fight started. Moscow a despite the end of the cold War Russia remains on a a wartime budget with a bloated military and defense industries that Siphon off a the Money needed by the rest of society a newspaper said tuesday. A a we arc All hostages of our military Industrial Complex a Rossinskaya Gazita said in a front Page article. A there Isnit any military Reform going on in this country.1�?T in another newspaper defense minister Pavel Grachev insisted the military is doing everything it can to hold Down and Cut Back expenses and he maintained spending has been Cut by half since 1989. The conflicting accounts appeared As parliament prepared to consider huge military spending increases As part of the 1994 budget. President Boris Yeltsin a government has warned that such increases could further boost inflation and the budget deficit. In an interview with the daily trud Grachev said the military is already forced to scrimp. He later added a poor financing inflicts irreparable damage on the armed Grachev also lashed out at critics who accuse of failing to Reform the military adequately saying they have subjected to a malicious a i too would like to see the painful process of the building and Reform of the russian aimed forces Over and done with Quot he said. A but you have to draw a distinction Between Wishful thinking and reality. A we have 10 simultaneously change the Structure of the armed forces the recruitment system to Cut Back troop strength to withdraw troops from abroad to accommodate them at Home to maintain combat readiness and to address a Host of legislative and social issues. And All this is financed on a shoestring. So 1 have More than enough Rossinskaya gazeta said the military and related industries soak up 65 percent of the governments spending and suggested such Levels themselves threaten russians Security. A this is truly a wartime budget Quot the newspaper said. A the economic consequences of a militarized budget and a resurrected arms race will be a a it a time to Stop and look Back a it said. A Russia has spent the entire 20th Century living in wartime conditions under the occupation st regime of the Domestic military Industrial Vietnam yields remains of 16 Hanoi Vietnam apr Vietnam on tuesday turned Over 16 sets of remains believed to he those of . Service members missing from the Vietnam War. American officials received the remains the largest number recovered in at least a year at a ceremony at Hanoi a Noi Bai International Airport. An Honor guard placed the remains into Transfer cases and loaded them aboard an air Force c-141 cargo Jet. They were to be flown to the Central identification Laboratory at Camp . Smith Hawaii for analysis. The turnover is the third since president Clinton removed the 19-year . Economic embargo against Vietnam on feb. 3. Clinton has said the future establishment of diplomatic relations Between the United states and its former enemy depends in part on continued help in the repatriation of . Remains. The United states lists 2,231 americans As unaccounted for from the War including 1,641 in Vietnam 504 in Laos 78 in Cambodia and eight in China the so Ulgart entertain men Branch presents Craig Lucas june 10,17 amp 18 at 8 . June 12 at 3 . June 19 at 7 . Stuttgart theatre Center Kelley Barracks bldg 3321 for reservations Call Dan 421-2796/2825 or Civ 0711-7292-796/825 palestinians get test pattern As to station hits airwaves Jericho West Bank apr from a cramped hotel room with Only two chairs and a borrowed personal computer a test pattern with a Plo Flag was broadcast As palestinian television took to the airwaves for the first time. The palestinian broadcast corp. 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