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Tuesdoy, May 30, 1995 Serbs unwavering in face of buildup T08AY ing today in the Croatian port of Split. U.S. Marines and a French aircraft carrier edged closer to the Adriatic coast less than 120 miles from the Bosnian capital, Sarajevo. The United States today held out the possibility of an American commando action to liberate hostages. "It has never been ruled out," White House press secretary Mike McCurry said this morning in Washington.

The Associated SARAJEVO, Bosnia Isolated Bosnian Serbs defied the gathering might of Western powers today, repudiating outside authority, threatening a U.N. official and keeping peacekeepers chained as human shields. Some 370 U.N. soldiers remained hostages. Western leaders pledged to stand tough.

The first new British soldiers, the vanguard of up to 6,200 reinforcements, were arriv inn --mirwan ROOM ADDITIONS OFF VINYL SIDING i wm 4Q offH Mf.friM Mattnm rj II Popular iJ C.lir, jJ Mai' 30 OFF Reg. Price COMPLETE REMODELING ROOFING? i ThP rfpnlnvments will allow for quicker action should the United Nations and countries involved In Bosnia decide to strengthen peacekeepers or to withdraw them. Rebel Serbs indicated they would shoot at NATO planes and said they regarded all U.N. resolutions on Bosnia as invalid. The authority of the U.N.

force in Bosnia has eroded because its mission was never clearly defined. Sarajevo's peacekeepers demand ed instructions. "How long we can stay In this situation is debatable," said U.N. snnkesman Alexander Ivanko in Sarajevo. "We suspect not too long." The foreign ministers of the United States.

France. Britain, Germany and Russia, the so-called Contact Group heading efforts in Bosnia. ODted for additional muscle. They urged U.N. commanders to strengmen and regroup the more than 20,000 peacekeepers.

In a joint statement irom inc Hague, the five nations demanded the release of some 370 peacekeepers that Bosnian Serbs have taken hostage to prevent further NATO air strikes like those last week against Serb ammunition depots. They said berD leaders would be held accountable for the hostages' safety. The United Nations said some peacekeepers remained chained to potential NATO air strike targets despite a promise from the Serb WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Reg. Price WEATHERTECH WINDOWS The Ail-American Vinyl Replacement Window OVERHEAD DOORS Often Copied FREE LICENSED ESTIMATES BONDED INSURED IMMEDIATE CONSTRUCTION a Equated! CONSTRUCTION CO. COMPLETE REMODELING 271-2600 Russian earthquake toll could hit 2,000 commanding general, Ratko Mla dic, to halt the practice.

Still, U.N. officials said the Serbs were treating the captives reasonably well and had released some Russians, traditional Serb allies. Secretary of State Warren Christopher said Monday night that NATO had not abandoned the option of air strikes against Serb-held locations. In a new twist, the Bosnian army also began restricting peacekeepers' movements. A U.N.

official who requested anonymity said government troops were keeping 76 Ukrainians confined to their base In Gorazde, apparently fearing a U.N. pullout would lead to Serb attacks on the government-held eastern enclave. The Serbs gave no Indication they would release more hostages, and their defiance continued: Their fighters seized 36 U.N. armored vehicles. Including six light tanks, around Sarajevo, U.N.

officials said. Serbs also threatened U.N. spokesman Alexander Ivanko. In a fax received by the U.N. mission today, Miroslav Toholj, information minister of the would-be Bosnian Serb republic, accused Ivanko of "insulting and slandering the Serbs." "You should better go home before it is too late," said the fax.

"If Mr. Ivanko keeps on behaving like this, he might run into an accident." and hundreds of rescue workers are being rushed to Neftegorsk aboard helicopters and small planes. An ice-breaker has been dispatched to clear a path for a hospital ship. But getting help to the victims has posed major logistical problems. The nearest airport that can accommodate large cargo planes Is 400 miles away in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, at the southern end of the island.

Fog and poor roads compound the transportation problems. "Rescue work can help save victims only In the first two or three days." said Sergei Kheta-gurov, deputy minister for emergency situations. "After that, there is no one left to save." The injured are being taken from Neftegorsk to hospitals In the regional center of Okha and to the mainland cities of Khabarovsk. 500 miles away, and Vladivostok, 900 miles away. The temblor destroyed about 20 five-story brick buildings dating from the 1960s, when Soviet construction was especially shoddy.

Deputy Prime Minister Oleg Soskovets called the decision to build a town In such an active earthquake zone "ill-considered" and Construction Minister Yefim Basin said Neftegorsk will not be rebuilt. There were reports the quake had cracked oil storage tanks and pipelines, but Soskovets said he expected the oil fields to resume normal operations within days. He said oil workers would be brought in from the mainland from now on. Sakhalin. 4.000 miles and eight time zones east of Moscow, is rich in oil.

gas, coal, timber and fish. Phono Price Slightly Higher With One Year U.S. pilot dies in crash FRANKFURT, Germany A U.S. Air Force pilot was killed today when his F-15C fighter jet crashed on takeoff from Spangdahlem Air Base. The jet from the 53rd Fighter Squadron crashed onto a golf course at the end of the runway, taking out a couple of small trees but injuring no one on the ground.

The pilot, pulled from the plane and pronounced dead at a hospital, was not immediately identified, pending notification of his relatives. Cause of the accident is under investigation. North Koreans open fire SEOUL, South Korea North Korean gunboats fired on and seized a South Korean fishing boat that violated the North's territorial waters today. One crewman was confirmed wounded and there was an unconfirmed report of two dead. South Korean officials said the 103-ton 86 Woosung apparently entered North Korean waters as it took a shortcut from Seoul to Inchon, 40 miles from the border.

Haiti candidate shot, wounded BARADERE, Haiti Gunmen shot and wounded provincial mayoral candidate Madsen Cadet over the weekend. Police have not made any arrests. It was the first political violence since campaigning began May 17 for the first elections since a U.S.-led multinational force restored President Jean-Bertrand Aristide to power in October. NATION Tiger captured N0VI, Mich. An 11 -month-old tiger named Duke led police on a four-hour hunt through a wooded area Sunday after the animal escaped from an overturned trailer on 1-96.

An air and ground search led to its safe capture. Crime victim NEW YORK Trinadad tourist Samela Thompson, 56, fell onto the subway tracks and lost parts of both legs Monday as a train pulling out of a station rumbled over her. She had been chasing a purse-snatcher. Agent slain GREENBELT, Md. Ralph McLean.

29 wanted for the shootings of two police officers shot and killed FBI agent William Christian Monday before being slain by other authorities. Motorola Tha Associated Press KHABAROVSK, Russia Rescue equipment and supplies meant for a remote, quake-flattened town ran Into bottlenecks today, leaving crews dependent on a few cranes and their own hands to try to dig out survivors. As the search entered its third day, almost 1,000 survivors had been found and nearly 400 bodies recovered from what was left of the Sakhalin Island oil town of Neftegorsk. Officials fear the death toll from the magnitude 7.5 quake, one of the strongest In Russia's history, could surpass 2.000. The quake struck the island early Sunday, leveling the town of 3,000 as it slept.

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Won't quit MADRID, Spain The center-right Popular Party scored major gains in Sunday's regional and municipal elections, casting doubt on the future of Socialist Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez and his scandal-plagued administration. Newspapers urged early general elections. Gonzalez, however, said Monday he intends to serve out his term, which doesn't end until 1997. Arab fishermen get too close GAZA CITY, Gaza Israeli soldiers shot and wounded two Palestinian fishermen off Gaza Monday, apparently after their boat sailed close to an army firing range. The men were treated by Israeli medics and released.

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