European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 04, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page2 the stars and stripes tuesday october 4,1994 at glance software King Bill Gates net Worth grew by More than $3 billion last year rising to $9,35 billion. That put him atop Forbes Magazine s 1994 list of the richest americans. See Story on Page 14. Lottery debate anew York Goy Marid Cusmo accused his Republican opponent of planning to rip off the lottery. Toile Larimer a career Crook age 94, says he in t afraid of being sent Back to jail but a judge fears the sentence could be fatal. A. A a ,/-." .-./. / a a a / Paget Harriet Nelson Dies Harriet Nelson who raised two sons before the eyes of a generation of to viewers on the adventures of Ozzie Harriet has died at 85 Page 10 v ". Florida woes the Sun was shining on tourism growth in the South except for Florida which had continuing Clouds. _1 a Page 14 " " to " open Book 1 the Princess of Vales initiated a five year affair that Jregan while Prince Charles was away a new Book says. -. Index Abby Ann Landers. .20 classifieds21-24 comics .,.,. 18-20 commentary. 13 computers ,10. Faces a places. -15 focus 7,a. 16-17 Horoscope 23 Jumble 23 letters. 12 Money matters. 14 sports. 26-32 to listings. 31 weather .11 probe says locks failed on cargo door of ferry Turku Finland a locks on the huge front cargo door of the ferry Estonia failed last week during a storm let Ting in a. Flood of water that Sank the ship investigators said monday. More than 900 people were killed in the " the investigators preliminary conclusions were based on More than 15 hours of videotape taken by Remote controlled cameras sunday of the wrecked ship which went Down off Finland in a violent storm video showed that the huge door used for loading cars and trucks onto the ferry had fully separated from the res of the vessel the investigators said in a statement. The door was not found. The door which lowered from the top like a garage door was detached from the ship after its locks failed the investigators said. The video pictures confirmed stories by survivors and speculation by experts that the huge front door had leaked or even broken off the ship during the storm. The video also showed a problem with the inner Bow door which doubles As a ramp that is lowered to let in door is supposed to be watertight but investigators said it had been partly dislodged leaving a Gap of about 3 fee along the top Edge that allowed water to Rush into the car Rush of water was of sufficient magnitude to result in a Lack of stability and the capsizing of the ferry they statement signed by the official Board of inquiry said that it is not pos sible to comment further on the reason the locks failed. The findings could be explosive for Northern europeans who rely on cheap reliable ferry transportation. Experts have already called into question the design of the Estonia and similar ferries that have Large movable doors and carry hundreds of cars and trucks in Stormy seas. Only 137 people survived when the Estonia capsized and Sank while in route from Tallinn the capital of Estonia to Stockholm Sweden. Memorial services for the dead were held sunday in swe Den Estonia and Finland. More than half the victims were swedes the Remote cameras did not go inside the sunken ship which is lying Between 180 and 280 feet deep and did not Send Back pictures of any bodies investigators believe 912 people perished in the disaster but Only 93 bodies have been recovered. From Page 1 a the army said a . Army spokesman maj. Ken Fugett. The Soldren a member of the army special forces was hospitalized at the 28th combat support Hospital in port a Prince after being shot in the Abdo men about Midnight. He was in stable condition after surgery _ his prognosis is great said army it Gen Henry h. Shelton . Commander Iri Haiti.". " 7. It was the second time an american has been wounded by hostile fire since . Forces arrived in Haiti two weeks ago. An interpreter was wounded in the leg during a gun Battle in Cap haitian on sept. 24. Fugett said the Soldier ordered two to four haitians to Stop after they scaled a Wall. The haitians opened fire and the Soldier returned fire. Fugett said the sol Dier believed he hit two of the attackers before they escaped. Les Cayes an Aristide stronghold is one of several Interior towns occupied by special forces units to assess humanitarian Aid heeds. The haitian military and its Allied gunmen have launched periodic crackdowns there since Aristide was overthrown. About 300 Soldier it from four Caribbean nations were scheduled to arrive in Haiti on monday to form an International peacekeeping Force at the same time the 1,800 . Marines in lace country were to begin withdrawing. Former new York City police com missioner Raymond Kelly arrived in port a Prince on sunday to direct an International police Force of up to 1,000 Mem Bers intended to help ensure a transition to democracy in Haiti. Also sunday . Troops detained Romeo Halloun who directed Security for the haitian army chief it. Gen. Raoul Cedras and was once a member of a Black masked group of private Mili Tiamen known As the ninjas. Also arrested were Halloun s brother Ramses and other men who . Officials said included other members of the ninja brigade. Balkans from Page 1 j a a a to integrate Eastern and Western Europe smoothly. ,""."./ " " Ato Bosnia is a Good example of a Security problem which does not threaten the sur Vival of the United states but is still a National Security problem in which we have very substantial interests he said. Those interests Are Felt even More strongly in earlier Perry met for three hours with . Officials in split Croatia. He denied reports that . Leaders in the Region did nor agree fully with his Call for a More aggressive air Campaign in the for Mer Yugoslavia. Perry carried to that meeting an agreement from the 16 nato defense ministers supporting immediate air strikes without warning and against multiple targets when . Peacekeepers Call for them. Yasushi Akashi the . Special representative to the Region said monday that the nato plan poses a threat to peacekeeping forces. We agreed on the timeliness of response which is essential particularly when nato air Power is called for to As Sist . Peacekeepers under attack on the ground Akashi said. When it got to the question of warnings i think you have to discuss that in Light of the differ ent it Gen. Michael Rose the . Com Mander in Bosnia and the official most responsible for the safety of the peace keepers has reacted coolly to the nato proposal saying an intensified air Campaign could Force the withdrawal of the peacekeepers. Perry however played Down the diver gence of views. Rather he described the meetings As producing a Good conver gence of views on the Issue of the mos effective use of nato air Power. He said a robust program of air strikes would keep pressure on bosnian serbs who he said have waged a War of strangulation of Muslim enclaves and harassment of . Supply lines the United states is not seeking a Broad air Campaign Perry said but Only to respond to closely defined in what he emphasized was a . Consensus airstrikes would be used when provocations were sufficiently he said that he and . Officials had agreed that .-authorized nato air strikes should be timely and with Little or no warning. Aircrews should also have flexibility to select multiple targets he said. Perry is scheduled to visit . Service members today at spa Dahlem a and the 7th army training Center at Gra Fenohr both in Germany. He said that he would explain to . Forces that it is in the National interest to do what we can to prevent the War in Bosnia from spreading beyond the Bor Ders of Bosnia. That s Why we have troops in the most effective Way of achieving that objective is getting that War stopped he said. It is vital he said that this does not become a test of whether some of the extremists in countries like Iran and Iraq could gain control of the conflict there and change the nature of it he added. This is not a religious War. It nevertheless has muslims sitting on one Side of the ethnic conflict he said. We have a substantial Security interest in seeing that this does not turn into a religious Espy from Page 1 government for travel or other expenses were untrue and Espy said he could not comment specifically on the allegations because of the investigation. Espy said he had been fighting the allegations for months and had begun to feel As if he was twisting in the wind twisting in the wind. The Bough finally the resignation will end a two year Cabinet career for Espy a former missis Sippi congressman who made history by being the first Black the first southerner and the youngest person to serve As Secretary of agriculture. Ruth Harkin head of the overseas private investment corp., is a leading candidate for the Post and had been considered before Espy s appointment. She is the wife of sen. Tom Harkin a Iowa. Others mentioned for the Post include Bob Nash an Arkansas Friend of presi Dent Clinton and now under Secretary for Small Community and Rural development rep. Jill Long d-ind., a Rural development advocate on the House agriculture committee and rep. Dan Click Man d-kan., a farm state lawmaker
