European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 03, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse Page2 the stars and stripes tuesday january 3, 1995 at a glance president Clinton first lady Hillar Rodham Clinton and daughter Chelsea walk to air Force one a they depart Beaufort Marine corps air station s.c., on sunday. The Clinton were returning from hit ton head Island where they participated in Renaissance weekend and greeted the new year. Sec Story on Page 6. Pataki takes office George Pataki took Over As new York s governor with a Promise to re cover the revolutionary spirit of a Page 7 Gramm ready to say Texas sen. Phil graft pm indicated that he will formally announce his run for the 1996 Republican presidential nomination feb. 23. Pages Royal Gold Rush the royals have done it again. Last month it was Oil under Windsor Castle. Now Gold has been found at the Queen s scottish Highlands holi Day Home. Page 9 tuning out Iran s parliament approved a Bill Banning satellite to antennas. Pago 10 sour notes. The Woodstock concert did t bring the Windfall everyone in the area was hoping for. To. Page 14 Index Abby Ann Landers. 20 classifieds 21-25 comics 18-20 computers 10 commentary. 13 faces n places. 15 focus. 16-17 Horoscope. 22 Jumble. 22 letters. 12 Money matters. 14 sports. 25-32 to listings. 31 weather. 11 Grozny Barry full of Hope from Page .1 times they controlled the sprawling City admitted monday that the chechen were putting up stiff resistance. Firc fights and rocket exchanges raged around the Central railway station and the Northern Industrial District fighter jets streaked overhead but the Gritty Gray Haze appeared to stave off More air strikes. Doctors at the City s Only working hos Pital said they were trying to Cope with a constant Stream of trucks with dead and wounded mostly chechen. The International red Cross in Geneva said it had two convoys of Medicine and emergency supplies for Grozny but they were unable to reach the City be cause of the heavy fighting. Neither Side gave casualty figures Al though it appeared hundreds had been killed or wounded. The russians began their All out As Sault on the capital of the secessionist mostly Muslim Republic on new year seve after weeks or airstrikes that claimed High civilian members of the russian parliament returned from Grozny on Mon Day and demanded an immediate end to their government s terrible bloody crimes in Chechnya and urged president Boris Yeltsin to fire those in charge. Returns to to Tho Washington a four years after being forced from the mayor s office in disgrace Marion Batry was sworn in a mayor again monday after promising to make the nation s capital newer and during his absence Barry serve six months in prison for a drug conviction got divorced won a scat on the City Council and got married for the fourth time. Barry s inauguration was greeted Barry with loud applause from a crowd of several thousand Gath ered in a gymnasium at the University of the District of Columbia. I see myself As a transformer Barry,58, said sunday during inaugural events a Day before his swearing in at the univer sity of the District of Columbia. A transformer Means to make even better and we re going to make washing ton newer and better he said of a Cuy wracked with financial problems so severe that City workers May lose the raises they won just last year taking Over for Sharon Pratt Kelly Barry faces a $500 million budget deficit for which critics say his previous administrations Are partly to blame. And Money in t the Only problem. While Washington s homicide rate dropped in 1994, it still is the third High est among american cities. Also Basic services that most municipalities take for granted like trash collection and policing have been reduced we re going to make some Tough decisions there Are going to be hard times but we re going to make it out Barry said. Give me a Chance to be successful and with your help i lab the mood was animated at sunday s events where Barry stood with his wife Cora masters Barry and son Christopher. Hero from Page 1 mended Bucher be court Martiale but then dismissed the recommendation. Bucher served another five years in the Navy mostly in desk jobs. And army col. Charles Beckwith also came underwire upon his return from a Mission. Beckwith retired in 1981 amid criticism for his leadership of a botched 1980 Delta Force Mission to Rescue american hostages in Iran. Eight servicemen died when a Marine helicopter and a c-130 Hercule Sailplane collided in the iranian desert. A Pentagon investigation concluded that the mis Sion failed because army air Force and Marine personnel had not trained together and the Mission lacked a Clear Chain of command. Hall returned Home on saturday after 13 Days of Captivity in North Korea. He said his helicopter was hit by North korean air defences after he and co Pilot David Hilemon strayed across the Border. Hile Mon was killed in the crash. Hall said he was Cap tured immediately by North korean soldiers. Attributed by Scruppi Howard ntw8fv Ahall new year from Page 1 we decide to make it a family tradition.". When Sibley Jett says it s a family affair he s not joking. Among those leaping with him were his 14-year-Oldniece, Alysia Tashjian and his 13 year old Nephew Luke Avha Are visit ing from Massachusetts our neighbors Back in Massachusetts started the whole program said Luke. This is our second jump master sgt. Grace Rainey 35, is the noncommissioned officer in charge of the social actions office at Raf Mildenhall. She and her 10-year-old son Derrick joined the jumpers. It was More painful than i thought it would be Rainey said it Felt like Little Needles sticking you everywhere that was exposed to the nine Polar bears made the Brief swim in the water while about two dozen Teddy bears spectators stood by and offered support. Capt. Bill Northup 29, from the 100th air refuelling Wing at Mildenhall and Froncy Vail 22, who works at the social actions office were among the Capers. Craig Robinson 8, was the last one to jump. He stood on the Edge of the Wall looking alternately at the cheering Teddy bean and the icy water As he tried to summon his courage. After a few min utes Sibley jct returned to the Wall and offered to be his jumping partner. They grasped hands and jumped together. I might do it next year said Craig but Only in the after the dip the Polar bears an Teddy bears retired to the dining room capt. Mitch Sibley Jett helps Craig Robinson 8, with the initial plunge As the pair joined the first group of Polar bears at Raf Mildenhall. Of the Judes ferry pub for a hot meal and to explain Why they took the plunge. We do it to Start the new year off in a new Way and do something differ ent said Sibley Jett. We try to keep a list of everyone who participated and then keep track of them to Send out notices next extinction theory cites Ozone effect of exploding Star Washington a a mass extinction on Earth 225 million years ago May have been caused by Art exploding Star that zapped the planet with radiation and stripped away the protective Ozone layer a scientist says. An explosion of a Supernova within 30 Light years of Earth would Bathe the planet s upper atmosphere in powerful Gamma and cosmic Ray radiation setting off a chemical reaction that would de stroy the Zohe layer said Pavid a Schramm an astrophysicist at the University of Chicago. Recent research suggests that if the Ozone layer were wiped out ultraviolet radiation from the Sun could soak the unprotected Earth and kill plants Schramm said. V ,.-/. This in turn would break the Foo Chain leading to mass extinctions said Schramm co author of a study appearing today in the proceedings of the National Academy of sciences. An exploding Star about 185 trillion Miles away would create enough Gamma radiation to thin the Ozone for Man years he said. It would Start a inthe upper atmosphere and once it s started the Ozone is depleted Schramm said. That a Supernova May have cause mass extinction is not a new idea but the mathematical Model created by Schramm and his co author John Ellis of the euro Pean organization for nuclear research is the first to suggest that exploding stars could destroy the Ozone layer
