European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 15, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                To Cakl lathe stars an vol. 53, no. 151 500 thursday september 15 1994 r d 8693 a world series strikes out new York a the baseball season ended wednesday with a fax instead of a fastball. An extraordinary season already shut Down by a month Long strike was cancelled along with the world series in a vote by 26 of the 28 teams Baltimore and Cincinnati did t sign the Resolution. The decision which came on the 34th Day of the strike by players was reached in a conference Call among the owners led by acting commissioner Bud gone Are the exciting Pennant races the expanded playoffs and the world series As Well As the Hopes of. O fare the thought the players and owners could resolve their month Long labor dispute. And the game As we know it May never be the same. The end though expected was no less stunning when it came on the 34th Day of the players strike. The see series on Page 35 showdown in Haiti b no deadline set for Haiti invasion but president Clinton takes to the airwaves to Appeal to the Public i when the phone rang paratroops thought it was the real thing is photos Perry pledges to maintain Quality of life by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington defense Secretary William Perry vowed tuesday to protect critical Quality of life initiatives such As housing commissaries health care and compensation As the services continue to retool for the next Century. In a statement to the annual air Force association convention Perry predicted further erosion in retention and recruiting rates As Well As readiness if the defense department does not take Steps to ensure that its people Are eared for properly. Perry was to have delivered the statement in a speech to the convention but was called away to Capitol Hill and the White House to Deal with the Situa Tion in Haiti copies of the statement were released in the Pentagon. Perry said maintaining Quality of life is not just the right thing to do it s crucial to what i Call medium term Readi Ness which in my mind is associated mostly with  Perry and his Deputy John Deutch recently decided to shift funds in the cur rent five year defense part away from weapons systems and toward readiness related activities military pay and other personnel initiatives. Deutch ordered the services to consid see Perry on Page 2 Prins Finup Oost ende passengers stand on the decks of the ferry Prins Filip and look at the scene of wednesday s deadly Walkway collapse. Six people were killed and seven injured when the Walkway shown sticking up in the air collapsed before a crossing to belgium., v ferry a i Kway col lapses killing 6 Ramsgate England a a 40-foot-High Walkway collapsed wednesday As passengers were boarding a ferry to Cross to Bel Gium killing six people and injuring seven including four americans authorities said. The covered Walkway snapped apart just before 1 . As the last of about 400 passengers were boarding the 28,833-ton ferry Prins Filip for an overnight crossing tothe North sea port of Ostend. Two belgian men and a British Man were among the dead police said. The three other bodies two men and a London Belgium German Katherine Hedges said she had just stepped aboard with her British husband when she heard the sound of people panicking. We looked around and saw peo ple desperately trying to run up the gangplank and on to the ship she Sak woman were so badly crushed they could not be immediately identified. The injured included four americans an austrian a japanese and a briton. A handful of passengers who were boarding last Clung to the dockside end of the Walkway As the Center of the Structure collapsed. Tony Dixon who was behind the Pas sengers catapulted onto the Pontoon said he heard a loud bang and the Power see ferry on Page 2 gearing up for lawyers circling relatives like Buzzards thrust reverse theory discounted in us air crash of Magazine