European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 17, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes wednesday August 17,1994 at a glance Elvis Presley fan Nicholas Russellos Australia pauses monday night at the Singer s grave on the grounds of Graceland in Memphis Tenn. Thousands of fans gathered tucs Day to Mark the anniversary of pre Sley s death in 1977. See Story on Page 14. Gop gears for vote Republican senators said tuesday that they May be ready to begin Vot ing on health care legislation. Page 6 Concrete plans shuttle endeavour will become a giant Concrete mixer after liftoff whipping up a Batch of special order Concrete the first Ever concocted in space. Page 7 cancer ruled out . Simpson s swollen Lymph nodes and drenching night sweats do not mean that he has cancer doctors say. Page 9 Cathedral invaded hundreds of haitian troops and heavily armed civilians swamped the congregants at port a Prince s Ca thedral stifling a religious Holiday. Page 11 buyouts May be limited Federal agencies might be limited to about one third of the buyouts they had hoped to offer this october. _ Page-15 l Index Abby Ann Landers 20 classifieds 26-29 comics 20,24-25 commentary 17 crossword. 20 faces n places. .14 focus. 21-23 Horoscope. 28 Jumble. 28 letters. Jug Money matters. 15 sports. 29-36 to listings. 35 weather .13 storm Beryl soaks Florida loses strength in Georgia Tallahassee Fla. A heavy rain and wind up to 50 Raph from Tropi Cal storm Beryl washed out roads flooded coastal areas and knocked out electricity in the Florida Panhandle be fore heading into Georgia on tuesday. There were no reports of severe damage or serious injuries. Weakening As it moved Inland the storm headed tuesday int southwestern Georgia which was racked last month by flooding caused by Beryl predecessor tropical storm Alberto. At 8 . Tuesday Beryl was Over southwestern Georgia about 45 Miles West Southwest of Albany. Sustained wind had dropped to 35 Runph making the system no longer officially a tropical storm. Street flooding was reported tuesday morning in southwestern Georgia. We re just trying to clean it up said Greg Diehl a Pakulla county Fla., commissioner. It s everything we expected of a tropical storm. We took a pretty big  he said the water was pretty much re ceding tuesday morning. Nearly 6v inches of rain fell at Talla Hassee in the 24 hours ending at 8 . Tuesday. My daddy always said you pay Aprice for living by the water " waiter Beckham 61, said monday As he helped Hose Silt and muck out of Posey s restau rant in the coastal town of St. Marks 15miles Southeast of Tallahassee. The restaurant s linoleum tiles were beginning to curl and an Oyster cooler outside had been lifted 10 feet up a Hilly the rising water. The National Hurricane Center said the storm would dump 4 to 6 inches of rain on Alabama Georgia and Northern Florida although some spots could get As much As 12 inches. Beryl was less powerful than Alberto which came ashore Early last month at around 70 Mph nearly Hurricane strength. And Alberto was unusual in that installed for three Days Over Georgia. It dumped nearly 2 feet of rain in some areas killing at least 31 people in the state and forcing More than 40,000 peo ple to evacuate. The Florida Panhandle got hit twice when Alberto moved ashore july 3, and later in the month As the flooding in the Rivers surged downstream from Georgia. Nearly 800 Homes in four Panhandle towns were damaged or ruined and dam age was estimated at $40  can t take too much More rain apr. Road at Alligator Point As tropical storm Beryl Wallops the leading to Georgia where it weakened while it moved Inland. Said Alan Pierce emergency manage ment director for Florida s Franklin county where last month s floodwater ruined the Oyster Harvest. We be been having bad weather Ever since  s getting real  georgians were equally worried. Who knows what s next said Melodie Holton of Mitchell county a. She and her cat to Susi Hustind Vij Lac Holton lost abou$500000 when their Fields and pastures flooded last month. A of a he Flo Dwater is still Here Melodie Holton said. A lot of it is trapped. It would t take much to brine it up  e u isolated Power outages were reported throughout the Florida Panhandle As wind and Waves Rose and some schools Are Ioasa part of the main Road through Alligator Point collapsed at High tide and other roads were Unser water in Beryl s path expected rainfall 1 to 3 inches 3 to 6 inches 6 or More Pensacola a \  v. Miami fax. V a Mexico 80" source acc weather aps a from Page 1 deprivation. Many died from poor Sani tary conditions and polluted  monday . Workers began re painting water trucks to prepare to turn them Over to . Representatives. Military personnel produced More than 5 million Gallons of clean water that was distributed to the refugees. The army s cob 94th engr in from Vil Seck Germany dug several Miles of roads through sheer lava Rock so Relief agencies could transport food and medi Cal supplies to the Camps. The unit also began construction of a new refugee Camp for about 200,000 people. Jarvis could not say when the remain Der of the joint task Force would be moving. Another task Force spokesman said the military had stopped flying in additional food and water for its people . Personnel also staff the Goma air port 24 hours a Day and their aircraft transport humanitarian Aid daily. Rates from Page 1 following the fed s decision percent the highest level in three tuesday s move was widely expected by financial Market traders and econ in its who pointed to july 2 Tco Neres crease m the Federal " done increasing rates for now these actions Are expected to be sufficient at least for a time to meet the objective of sustained no inflationary growth its statement said. So far this year inflation has remained subdued. Through july prices Rose at a rate that if continued would match Las year s 2.7 percent. But Greenspan repeatedly has stressed that interest rate changes affect the econ omy with Long lags and that he is seeking to forestall inflation next year rather than trying to squelch Price increases occurring now. It s kind of like Duck Hunting. You  ahead of the Duck not at the Duck. The same is True of inflation. You have to act in Advance said economist Sung won Sohn of Norwest corp. In trying to determine How much inflationary pressure is building in the econ omy the fed looks to see whether labor shortages Are developing and whether factories Are reaching their capacity Lim its by raising inter Fra test it Fis attempt my to slow the Economy enough to keep Supply bottlenecks from appearing and Price increases from accelerating