European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 15, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes thursday december 15,1994 at a glance Colin l. Powell retired chairman of the joint chiefs of staff is being recommended As the Type of person who could Lead a centrist third party to the White House. See Story on Page 8 plan assailed a Republican proposal to take away the peace corps Independence could put volunteers in jeopardy Agency officials say. Discovering disorders family doctor routinely fail to identify common mental disorders in up to 75 percent of patients re searchers say. Y.-. Page on Alert a new emergency Alert system was unveiled that could warn the Public of disasters by beaming information to tvs radios pagers and compact disc players. Pages Vietnam ties urged the United states has to Start responding to Vietnam s cooperation in settling Mia issues by improving diplomatic relations a key Senate Republican  a . Page 10 Aegean tensions nato warships Are carrying out exercises in the Aegean amid rising tension Between two member nations. " by Page 11 mystery shoppers the Odic has hired a private firm to use mystery shoppers to find out if Banks Are adequately inform ing customers about Mutual funds. Page 14 Index Abby Ann Landers. 21 classifieds. .24-28 comics. 21-23 commentary .17 faces n places. 20 Horoscope. 25 Jumble 25 letters. 16 Money matters. 14 sports. 30-36 to listings 35 weather 15 As Leader defies i Grozny Russia a Chechnya s defiant president angrily withdrew his delegates from peace talks with Moscow on wednesday and urged the people of his separatist Republic to fight russian soldiers to the death. The soil must Burn under their feet president a Khokhar Dunayev said on National television. It s a War for life or death. The current russian regime has t left any other options to the citizens of Chechnya later five russian Su-25 fighter planes bombed the outskirts of Grozny and opened machine gun fire on the Cen Ter of the City the itar Tass news Agency reported. Chechen officials said there were casualties but released no specifics. President Boris Yeltsin of Russia sent an estimated 10,000 to 40,000 russian soldiers supported by tanks warplanes and helicopter gunships into the Republic sunday to crush its Independence drive. The military intervention is Moscow s largest since the 1979 invasion of Afghanistan. Y. As Many As 70 russian soldiers have been killed in three Days of fighting in Chechnya according to a report on inde pendent television. That figure com pares with official figures of nine dead and 20 wounded. Chechen authorities have not released casualty figures for the second Day in a Row russian artillery pounded a Village on the Road to Grozny the chechen capital and jets streaked across the sky. Explosions rang out from the mountains beyond the City and chechen forces managed to Force Down a russian helicopter by wounding its Pilot. It s unacceptable to bomb populate areas while you have been conducting negotiations Dunayev said in explaining his decision to withdraw his delegates from the peace talks for consultations. The chechen delegation headed Backoo Grozny but in a statement Down played the stoppage As a  ,-.- . The mostly Muslim Region of 1.2 Mil lion people in Southern Russia declare Independence in 1991. But Moscow still considers the Oil Rich crime Ridden re Public to be part of the russian federation and has warned it will not Bac Down. A. / y y. Grozny will shortly be encircled and Only capitulation of Dunayev s forces would Stop bloodshed Deputy prime minister Nikolai Yegorov said in a Tele Vised interview tuesday y crash feb Ronpage 1 pit burned. One passenger was walking around in Shock looking for his wife. When Edmond Badham arrived at the scene about 10 minutes after the crash he found people pinned in a 20-foot-Longchunk of the fuselage. There was a woman who was trapped upside Down and still strapped into her seat he said. I was afraid if i undid Thebolt she would  with debris burning about 20 fee away Badham and others tried to pull the victims  saw one person that was clearly dead and he was face Down and burning. We pulled him out of the wreckage and put him out but he was clearly dead he told the associated  was one major piece and the rest of it was a mix of fire plane tree Sand wire said Badham describing the scene to the Herald Sun of Durham. The pattern of the wreckage offer clues about the cause of the crash Ned Clarke an aviation safety consultant told by s today show. The fact we have so Many survivor Sand that Type of environment says that the aircraft was essentially flown into the ground Clarke said. The Muddy site was hindering the probe John Lauber of the. National transportation safety Board said on the show. Y. -. / a it s going to be very difficult to Worback there Lauber said. We Are prob ably going to have to build some roads to Complete this investigation one passenger 38-year-old Dennis Al lain of Georgia was on his  from one construction Job in North Carolina to an other in Michigan said his sister in Law Linda Swaney. He had been away from his wife Deborah for four weeks he was supposed to be coming Home on Christmas Swaney said. He had his ticket in his pocket to come  died in the crash. Airline spokesman Al Becker said that no one yet had any idea what caused the crash but that american Eagle had com plete Confidence in the Type of aircraft. The twin engine Turboprop american Eagle s smallest plane seats 19 Passen Gers and has a 52-foot wingspan. It was37 degrees on the ground and much colder in the air when the plane crashed with18 passengers and two pilots aboard. Visibility was at two Miles at the Airport. It s an approach to Landing , the two main causes of that have been severe weather like Micro bursts that Are associated with Thunder storms and the second has been Pilot error Clarke said. Thirteen people died at the scene an seven others were taken to hospitals Daniano said. Two people died at Duke University medical Center and two others there were in serious condition with broke Bones Hospital spokeswoman Renee Twombl said. One survivor was in critical conditional Wake medical Center in Raleigh. Two others who had been in critical condition improved wednesday morning one to Good and the other to serious  flight data recorder and voice re Corder were recovered and the National transportation safety Board and Federal aviation administration were invest eat american Eagle sister company to american airlines already was reeling from the oct. 31 crash of an at 72plane m Roselawn ind., that killed All 68 people aboard. Ice on the wings is the suspected cause and on Friday the government banned at aircraft from Fly Ingin icy weather. One month ago the International air line passengers association urged its members not to Fly in planes with fewer than 31 seats saying such aircraft have a significantly higher Accident rate than larger Craft. In 1993, commuter airlines had 0.5 accidents per 100,000 flights near ithe rate for major airlines. One safety concern for commute flights is Pilot fatigue from demanding schedules. But Teresa Hanson an Amer ican Eagle spokeswoman in Texas said the pilots of the plane that crashed tues Day had t been flying the plane the entire Day. Capt Michael p. Hillis 29, had logged total of 3,499 hours 1,358 of those at american Eagle and 457 in the jetstream3200.   officer Matthew i. Sailor had 3,452 flying hours 677 in the jetstream3200 for american Eagle the airline said. The plane flew from Jacksonville n.c.,to Raleigh Durham then to Fayetteville Back to Raleigh Durham and to greens Boro. It was making the 70-mile return to Raleigh Durham when it crashed spokesman Becker said v Gus Whitcomb an american Eagle spokesman in fort Worth Texas said the plane was delivered new on Jan. 1,1991,and had its last scheduled maintenance saturday in Nashville Tenn. It had total of 6,576 hours and 42 minutes of Fly ing time Becker said y american Eagle has 54 Jet Stream super 31 air planes which Are made by British aerospace of the four carriers that operate under the american Eagle name Only wings West and flagship air lines Fly Jet Stream super 31s. Raleigh Durham is one of flagship s hubs but it has been unprofitable and service is scheduled to end next month. Nato plans to bolster . Defences Brussels Belgium a asserts Batter blockade and humiliate . Troops in Bosnia nato defens ministers wednesday called their top generals to an emergency meeting on plans to toughen the peacekeepers de lenses. At the opening session of a two Day meeting the ministers renewed their commitment to keep the 24,000 .eeacekeepers in the War torn country it pressed ahead with military Contin gency planning in Case conditions Worsen and a withdrawal becomes unavoidable. We have to prepare for a situation that nobody wants said German de sense minister Volker Rishe. We Are at ?1/1? ctr Sain to make Ungro a Rathe d. In. Protection Force More effective. But  same time we Are inthe preparatory phase for a pullout " senior  officials said top military commanders from the United states an nine other nato nations involved in the peacekeeping Mission would meet Mon Day in the Hague Netherlands a senior . Official speaking on condition of anonymity said the decision to increase the peacekeepers defense marked a dramatic turnaround at nato inc up tet toughening the . Forces redeploying peacekeepers to More secure positions. Granting them increased Powers to return fire if attacked. Extending nato air cover. And creating a fortified Supply Corri. Dor from Sarajevo to coastal ports. The peacekeepers most of whom Are lightly armed also could be Given More firepower. Officials noted that forces from Denmark and other nordic coun tries backed by German built Leopard tanks have been More successful than others in deterring serbian attacks in Northern Bosnia