European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 29, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 r the stars and stripes thursday september 29,1994 at a glance John Wayne Bobbitt was convicted of a second Domestic Battery charge arid ordered to serve 30 Days in jail by a judge who called him a bully see Story on Page 8. Alaska polarized a Polar Bear thai chewed on a couple of folks has become a Folk hero in Alaska. Pages let s do launch the Only shuttle astronaut to he Dura two engine shutdowns is Back for another try. A a--page7 waste delayed the Energy department decided to delay the arrival of ships carrying radioactive waste from Europe. "  / page8 cancer risks Jack women Are More than twice As Likely As Whites to die of breast cancer a study finds page9 arson suspected a fire blamed on arson swept through a refugee shelter in Ger Many killing a boy and his disabled sister. Page 10 giving it a shot a new program will make flu shots available at almost 2,000 drugstores. V Page 14 engaging conversation Ivana Trump announced her engagement to italian businessman Riccardo Mazzucchelli. Page 20 Index Abby Ann Landers 21 classifieds 24-28 comics. 21-23 commentary 17 faces n places 20 Horoscope. 27 Jumble 27 letters. 16 Money matters 14 sports 29-36 to listings 35 weather 15 panic chaos ruled of sea witnesses say by Greg Mcivor Manchester guardian service Stockholm Sweden every thing was chaotic. People did t under stand what was happening said Neeme Kalk who was on Board the ferry Estonia when it capsized and Sank. Kalk wrapped in a Woolen Blanket at a Hospital in Turku Finland survived several hours on a life raft in the churn ing Baltic Early wednesday taut faced the estonian Mechanic described How passengers ran scream ing and pushing to get on deck As the ferry listed heavily in the storm Force winds. Around him people were jump ing into the 54-degree water people wac Rushing to try and get out on deck Kalk said Many elderly people weren t Able to make it to the lifeboats but some of the younger peo ple got  after an evening of duty free shop Ping Cinema musical entertainment and drinking in the ship s bars most passengers were asleep in their Cabins when disaster struck. Severe vibrations woke them but Many were unable to leave their rooms before Alt the lights went out. Eyewitnesses talked of panic and of people being left behind in the crush. Katarina Hult Langton a swedish nurse on Board one of the Rescue helicopters said i saw a mass of life jackets and life rafts. I saw people floating in the water. I also saw empty life jackets  Johan Larsson a helicopter Winch operator said empty life vests were scattered Over the water. Upon descending to the life rafts he found conditions were so bad that it was almost impossible to Tell who was alive and who was dead i tried to take the people who seemed weakest and maybe would not survive for Long. It was a Terri ble Choice he said. Distributed by Scripp Howard  Crew members move the first rescued passengers of the sunken ferry Estonia off helicopters in Turku Finland on wednesday ferry from Page 1 them were empty said Stefan Carne Ros the Pilot of a swedish Rescue Heli copter. He said Waves in the area were up to 20 feet High. More than 500 of the passengers reportedly were swedes and at least 150 were estonians. The Estonia started sinking about 12 30 . And sent out its distress Sig Nal. Some news reports said the ship Sank in five minutes while others put the time at closer to 30 minutes. A vessel of this size should have no problem in these winds maritime in Spector Esa Saari said in Turku. Some officials speculated that trucks and cars on Board May have broken Loose and that their shifting weight caused the capsizing. A spokesman for the ship s owners told estonian radio that authorities believed both engines stopped simultaneously leaving the ferry vulnerable to the wind and Waves. Ships and helicopters from Finland Sweden and Estonia were at the scene. At least five other ferries helped search. Twenty survivors we re flown by Heli copter to Turku. Two were in critical condition suffering hypothermia with body temperatures As Low As 81 decrees when they arrived said or. Juha Niini Koski at Turku University Hospital. Other survivors suffered broken Shoul Ders and legs and other injuries he said. Eight people pulled from the sea were flown to Stockholm s Hud Dinge Hospital but one died before arrival said or. Jan Kumlien. He said several others were in Shock and could not speak. Raids from Page 1 go against the bosnian government or failing that to defy the embargo unilaterally which is seen As having disadvantaged bosnian Muslim forces against the bosnian serbs. A recently passed Law sets oct. 15 As a deadline for the bosnian serbs to accept the peace plan. Beyond that Date president Clinton must seek . Support for lifting the embargo and consider unilateral action. But Perry predicted the pressure from Congress would probably ease if the combination of increased airstrikes and a Cut off of Aid from Serbia persuaded the bos Nian serbs to accept a territorial peace settlement in the Region. It seems to me when they put Laws like that on the books it s out of frustration they want something to happen that s not happened Perry said. He called the meetings with nato ministers in Seville Spain crucial for seeing if we can get an agreement on a unified course of action in Bosnia. Responding to the concerns of his Spanish hosts Perry said that with the end of the cold War nato must pay greater attention to concerns on Europe s Southern tier. Instability in North Africa has countries such As Spain worry ing about an influx of immigrants much As instability in the Caribbean has had that effect on the United states. There is no doubt in my mind that nato needs to be looking South and paying much More attention to the prob lems on its Southern flank Perry said in a news conference at the Spanish de sense ministry. Neucom from Page 1 been involved in operation support Hope in Rwanda and Dine with his five . Four Star commanders in Europe. On tuesday morning Perry will visit Span Dahlem a Germany Home to the air Force s composite Wing in Europe. He will make a special Point of talking to some of the airmen who Are associated with the Airlift into Goma Zaire the official said. Later that Day Perry will tour the . Army Europe s major training Range at graft Wohr Germany to observe Var ious operations. Before visiting with . Forces next week Perry has a full plate of official Busi Ness with his nato counterparts today and Friday in Seville Spain. High on the Agenda will be the Clinton administration s partnership Jor peace program and the Issue of possible nato expansion. France will Send its defense minister Francois Leotard to the meetings for the first time since 1967, a move that has greatly encouraged nato officials. The French Are not part of the nato integrated military Structure and As a mat Ter of policy have not participated in these meetings the Pentagon official said. We take this As a very hopeful sign that France is willing to consider closer if still and hoc association with nato on military Iccino issues. Since the end of the cold War nato has become involved in issues considered to be outside the Alliance s traditional Pur View the civil War in Bosnia and the concept of military combined joint task forces among nato nations to name two. Perry will spend Friday evening with Leotard discussing .-French issues in fre us Leotard s Hometown on the French Riviera. On saturday they will go to Dijon where both men will be inducted into France s brotherhood of the knights of wine tasting on sunday Perry will visit the George c. Marshall european Center for Security studies in Garmisch Parten Kirchen Ger Many and talk with some of the 80 Stu dents in the Center s first class. They Are mostly senior Field Grade offi cers from various Central european states and the former soviet Union. Perry will Fly Back to the United states on tuesday night after visiting Gra Fem Vohr