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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Friday, August 9, 1985

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 9, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes August world today Pope arrives in Togo at Start of african tour Togo a Pope John Paul ii arrived thursday in this West african country at the Start of a 12day tour of seven african a the Popes special a italia dc10 jetliner touched Down at Lomes to Koin Airport following a flight from the Pope was greeted by logos gassing be for eign government and Church officials and thousands of citizens holding up tiny togolese and Vatican the state television commentator the entire togolese nation wishes the Pope a Hearty the White Robed pontiff received a rousing cheer from the crowd As he appeared at the door of his plane and walked slowly Down the on the third visit to Africa of his John Paul scheduled a 44hour stay in he will then Fly on to the Ivory the Central african Kenya and Nixon has surgery for cancerous tumor new York up former president Richard Nixon had a can Cerous tumor removed from behind his left ear a week doctors said Nixon walked out of new York hos pita Cornell medical Center Hospital after the surgery and returned to his Home in Saddle Philip Prioleau of Cornell medical Center said wednesday he removed a tumor from behind the former presidents the cancer has been totally re Prioleau he has been on coumarin a blood thinner used in the treatment of phlebitis for Many years and we had stopped it for the when we the wound began to on Prioleau swathed Nixon head in bandages because of profuse bleeding Over the last several the an Inch in did not threaten the former presi dents according to Many killed in rioting in Black townships South Afri Ca a at least 16 Blacks were killed and More than 150 injured in 24 hours of fierce rioting in Durban Black Hospital officials said hundreds of Indian families fled from Black the rioting was the bloodiest since when police shot dead 20 Black marchers near site phage and unrest flared throughout the Eastern Cape province for several in the White government announced an overnight curfew in Rio torn townships of the Eastern Cape a ban on entry by non lacks into the townships and a ban on possessing gasoline in con aimed at stopping youths from making an order issued in terms of the july 20 state emergency decree also bars students in the Johannes Burg area from being outside class an attempt to curtail school newspaper reports put the unconfirmed death toll in the Durban area at while hospitals confirmed 16 deaths and police acknowledged nine people dead since wednesday eve Lawson condemns bombing Stuttgart after visiting the Ter Roris bombing site at Rhei main a air Force Richard Law european come Deputy com issued the following statement the tragic and senseless terrorist bombing at Rhei main air base was a cowardly at tack on innocent my heart goes out to the dead and injured and their while the Rhei main air base was the physical object of today thursdays it was the american military Community As a whole and its vital role in the North Atlantic treaty organization Alli Ance which were the real it is our resolve to maintain peace with Freedom which is being challenged Here and around the but neither this treacherous act nor any other will break our All of us who serve in the euro Pean command must redouble our personal Security awareness and remain constantly vigilant to the dangers of those who would undermine our efforts to keep the As president Reagan has free democracy and peace have enemies they must also have steadfast we must All work individuals and gov to remove the threat of terrorism from our bomb from Page 1 the marking items and taking photo the entire bomb site was cordoned several adjacent including the transient facilities and Burger were evacuated As a to keep out investigators also blocked off a five lock area including the audio video club and transient appointments at the base clinic were can investigators said they suspect the red army once known As the Baader Meinhoff was responsible for the their opinion was based on the fact the bombing had much in common with the groups favored style of attack the time of the method of delivery and the fact that a member of the faction is on trial in Dusseldorf for the 1981 bombing at Ramstein the fact that the blast occurred when most airmen were arriving for duty was no Coin said Lorrie base pub Lic affairs it was done very smartly to inflict very serious German investigators believe a metallic Green 1976 Volkswagen passant was driven onto the base Early thursday morning and was parked behind the officials said the car got on base because it bore counterfeit Usa eur plates with the number in they believe the Driver was dressed in Mili tary clothes and escaped by walking off base to a waiting officials said the airman victim was dead at the woman survived the blast and was flown by army helicopter to the army Hospi Tal at officials at the which specializes in Burn treatment and neurological said the woman was dead on officials said she was a 23yearold service members and she probably died of head her husband was on his Way Back from the states police officials said at least 10 of the injured were air Force officials identified one of the injured As Barbara a Ger Man employee at the two of the injured were taken to the air Force Hospital at one of a Man who was inside when the blast was knocked Down and May have suffered a he was being kept overnight for the other was in serious but guarded he underwent More than seven hours of one of the injured hospitalized at Wiesbaden was identified by air Force officials As senior airman Mathias As signed to the 437th military Airlift another victim was taken to the army hos Pital at the other victims were treated and released at the base George Deputy chief of pub Lic saw a Gigantic Flash of Light just after arriving at his office in the Headquarters Sillia called ambulances and the command Post and ran through the offices looking for it sounded like an air plane exploded in said recreation Center manager who was in his office 100 Yards from the i went through world War ii and i heard a lot of but Noth ing like that pointing out a 2footlong piece of twisted Metal at the rear of the Christiansen said looks like it came from a it had to come Over two buildings to get staff Larry Stewart was a few minutes Early for duty which he believes May have Savea his normally i Park a couple of Yards from where the blast but this morning i was a few minutes so i stopped at the Post office Stewart i was still in the Post office when i heard i ran out and saw my who also in the air run Ning toward the she saw me and of i thought it was air Force Security fire units and ambulances swarmed to the blast scene within two fires were and sex dogs were brought in to search the area for More Security was immediately tightened at the motorists entering the base had to show both sides of their identification their vehicle registrations and Drivers As Many As 400 cars were backed up waiting to enter the officials at Hahn a said they had in creased but they declined to provide at the Darmstadt military Security increased to Check the front and Back of identification a full Check of the and the vehicle not All military installations changed proce a spokesman for the 56th Field arty Bri Gade in Schwa Ebisch the Only Amer ican perching ii unit in said the com Mand was satisfied with its a spokesman for Vii corps at Kelley bar Racks said corps units were taking no special Security the base is the main transit Hub for the movement of forces to and from the european thursdays bombing occurred about seven weeks after an unsolved bombing at the civil Ian commercial that on june killed three people and injured scores of temperatures August 7 families from Page 1 it family Ferguson she Are More Likely to step up efforts to improve family programs and services after hearing for themselves complaints and proposed in a conclusion briefing family members and officials said that the sponsorship program needs More support from commanders and orientation pro Grams need to be sponsorship is an area that needs a lot of said Jim Quality of life Branch chief for 1st personnel commanders must realize they service members have got to get informed about the Community they Are in and make sure family members get the same youth participants should be family members suggested that More pay and Volunteer positions Are needed for teen town councils should be established in military and Community youth Coordie Nator jobs should be participants in the housing group said the inspection system should be housing referral office staff should be in and the Quality and Quantity of government furniture and appliances should be other recommendations included giving Exchange managers More flexibility in or allowing cafes employees to receive More training and better adding More drug and alcohol programs and allow ing family members to use these and giving families at Remote Sites better housing and other officials will evaluate the problems and suggested solutions to decide which should be included in the army in Europe family action plan when that document is updated next Edmund Deputy commander of the army Community and family support Center in who attended the said the lot of family members is its not he by it is the budget approved by Congress last week contains More than million to improve family much of the in creased funding will go toward helping finance moves to new duty l h 64 81 68 96 47 61 65 78 70 79 68 88 59 93 73 87 62 91 60 81 67 78 65 80 77 89 64 75 62 84 70 81 66 78 78 97 55 93 67 91 66 86 49 76 55 85 61 80 75 90 76 95 64 84 73 89 63 87 76 107 71 90 Albany Albuquerque Anchorage Atlanta Atlantic City Baltimore Billings Birmingham Bose Boston Buffalo Burlington Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Worth Denver Des a Oines Detroit Fairbanks Fargo Hartford Honolulu Houston Indianapolis Jacksonville Kansas City Las vegas Little Rock l h 65 84 los Angeles 69 83 Louisville 74 89 Memphis 74 89 Miami Beach 58 89 Paul 69 84 Nashville 72 87 new Orleans 71 80 new York 70 86 Norfolk 70 94 Oklahoma City 67 87 Omaha 75 93 Orlando 70 86 Philadelphia 80 105 Phoenix 66 84 Pittsburgh 57 76 Maine 61 69 59 78 Providence 66 87 Raleigh 58 91 Reno 71 90 Louis 75 92 Petersburg 67 98 Salt Lake City 68 75 san Diego 56 67 san Francisco 74 90 san Juan 55 66 Seattle 6 8 80 Syracuse 77 97 Tucson 71 88 Washington 67 90 Wichita european weather forecast for Friday Cloudy with rain or drizzle in the Central area will have partly Cloudy to mostly Cloudy skies with slight Chance of South will be partly Cloudy to occasionally with morning fog burning off by old morning in most High temperatures will Range from the upper 60s in North to upper 70s in lows will Range from Low to mid Sunset Friday Sunrise saturday Outlook for saturday mostly Cloudy with scattered rain and Gusty winds in South will be partly Cloudy with Chance of temperatures temperatures recorded thursday 90 57 p 52 62 57 68 68 81 p 72 54 m 61 55 68 81 by weather other worldwide temperatures High Low f dub r r 91 70 63 57 86 64 As 59 d cd cd r High Low 81 68 84 64 70 so 84 61 66 54 e by the associated a Rall Cloudy mostly  
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