European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 30, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Ii i i ii huh Tim  t in nor in pier hath of it to m in   i  Prynt Ftp i mind err till re a to Quot he itt Quot a t Quot  i i it a Rirs a it tit Quot ,.r a   v t a t a Kurt int Ltd Toan v it. Vol. 53, no. 166 500 Friday september 30,1994 a a d 8693 add May help Nab Deadbeat parents by Chuck Vinch. Washington Bureau a a a a Washington a Deadbeat parents beware Congress is making it tougher to Duck out on child support payments even if you re overseas. Under a Bill being drafted in the House the defense department would build a new data base with addresses of All service members retirees and civilian employees that could be made available to courts in child support proceedings. A a we do a pretty Good Job in getting Access to parents in the United state who have not provided for their dependents a Jeanne Fites Deputy assistant Secretary of defense for requirements and resources told the House armed services committee on thursday. That system which garnishes the paychecks of parents with delinquent payments a works quickly and efficiently a Fites said. The defense finance and accounting service currently is managing about 60,000 child support enforcement actions and nearly 5,000 new cases Are added to the system each month she said. A but one of our biggest problems is reaching someone deployed overseas to serve them with a summons a Fites said. The Billyou Koscek to solve that by creating new data Banks with the Home addresses of All defense department personnel in the United states and the duty station addresses of All those stationed overseas  deployed on ships., 4 it As originally drafted the Bill Calls for each service and each individual installation to maintain data bases with addresses of defense department personnel. Fites suggested simply expanding the existing files of the defense manpower data Center so that All the necessary information would be available from one source although the a Mac currently does not keep Home Ana duty addresses of defense department personnel Fites said that data could be gathered an see parents on Page 2search still on for ferry victims High winds hampering efforts to find vessel Turku Finland a Salvage workers said thursday that a picture taking robot will let them peer into the wreck of the ferry Estonia and locate bodies trapped in the giant Tomb on the Baltic sea floor. A. A a a a a. Various investigations have been started hoping to pinpoint the cause of the Accident. The new provisional death toll provided by finnish authorities stood at 909, while 140 people were rescued after wednesdays disaster. Bodies were still Bobbing to the surface of the wind whipped Waters and surging seas diving Back Salvage workers trying to locate the vessel More than 264 feet Down. The heavy seas prevented a sonar electronic device from locating the vessel. Once they have the ships exact location finnish and swedish Crews plan to Send Down the Ultra sophisticated robot which is equipped with cameras and mechanical arms. Sweden already has used the robot for underwater search and Salvage operations. The robots grasping devices Are capable of attaching a Cable to something such As a body so that it can be hauled to the surface. Eventually Salvage workers May try to raise the ferry from the Bottom of the sea. But officials said such an Endeavor would be private. The swedish government estimated its Cost at up to $1.34 million. Though helicopters and Navy ships crisscrossed the Baltic disaster site thursday chances of finding anyone else alive were virtually nonexistent. Search and Rescue operations were being curtailed. The 515-foot Estonia Sank in a raging storm Early wednesday. Survivors described scenes of panic in which the strongest lived while the weak and elderly perished. A a some old people had already Given up Hope and were just sitting there crying a passenger Andre Maidre 19, told a news conference in Turku. A i also stepped Over children who were wailing and holding onto the  Estonia a Captain arvo Andre sen was among those reported missing. A there were hundreds of bodies that were Bobbing up and Down in the sea. Many were dressed Only in underwear and life vests a Hemming Eriksson of Sweden was see victims on Page 2 Ippi Quot. A a a it �?�., is Estonia built in Germany 1960 passenger capacity 2,000 car capacity 460 length 515 feel Beds 1,190 tons 15,500 Power 24,000 Brake horsepower i it a  s a it it v / v ski i by Ida b0rn Gupta poo Jap a. A a a. A a a a a a a a a a. .. Troops respond to grenade attack port a Prince Haiti apr a grenade exploded thursday near the. Positions at the port a Prince seaport. The red Cross said five haitians were killed and witnesses said at least 18 people were injured. . Army soldiers and military police raced to investigate and a half dozen gunshots were fired at them injuring at least one woman. Civilians at the scene fell to the ground to avoid gunfire then ran away. One Man was detained. American troops then fired at least 100 rounds into the door of a warehouse near the port yanked open the door and fired at least 100 rounds inside. The explosion took place about a mile from City gis warned about aids in Haiti Hall where just hours before haitians welcomed the City a democratically elected mayor Evans Paul who returned to office for the first time since being forced out at gunpoint by Haiti a military last september. After cheering Paul a crowd of 3,000 marched past. Positions and the explosion occurred. The blast sent hundreds of people running from a stretch of the port that is guarded by some of the nearly 20,000 american troops in Haiti. A Are we never going to Stop suffering a wailed a 26 year old woman at the scene who identified herself Only As Jesula. It was not immediately Clear who set off the explosion  Why but witnesses told the associated press that a Man threw the grenade then ran away the seafront area has been the site of numerous pro democracy rallies and clashes wit military police since american forces began la Dirig in Haiti on sept. 19. Haiti a army Leader it. Gen. Raoul Cedras had predicted there would be trouble thursday the first of three Days of planned protests by pro democracy forces Loyal to ousted president Jean Bertrand Aristide. Thursday was the third anniversary of the beginning of the 1991 military coup that overthrew Aristide