European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 26, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside i stripes q 66 recruits barred after positive aids tests Page 2 q jets bears raiders rams win other nil action sports q today s Dollar buys 2.54 Marks see rates Page 27 Ujj the Swan Fries Asfe six vol. 44. No. 222 tuesday november 26, 1985 i doll Ond sumo d 8693 a bomb debris checked for clues an investigator stands next to the wreckage of the Bow Sedan in which sunday s bomb was hidden. By Brenda Hoster and Diana vai.de7. Senff writers Frankfurt German police helicopters circled overhead monday As investigators waded through charred remains of vehicles and other debris searching for clues to sunday s car bombing at the . Military shopping Center. Officials had no estimate of the damage from the blast which injured 35 people. Thirty four of the victims were treated at the army Hospital in Frankfurt and three remained hospitalized in Good condition monday Hospital spokesman Bill Swisher said. The names of the hos Itati de victims were not released. The other victim a polish Man was treated at a German Hospital. Two soldiers injured in the blast were presented purple heart medals monday morning in the Hospital. One of the recipients was sol. William Dommin 25, from the 284lh my co. The army did not identify the other recipient. United press International reported that German police arc seeking two dark foreigners who bought the Bow automobile used in the attack. The hessian stale criminal office which offered a Reward of 50,000 Marks $19,500 for information leading to the arrest of the bombers said the pair might be arabs. The Bow was bought at a used car lot in Graven Bruch near Frankfurt on saturday. One of the men about age 35 to 40, who wore a Black and Gray Scarf that covered his hair and part of his face showed the car dealer a passport the dealer thought was moroccan. The see bomb on Page 28 59 die As commandos form hijacked Jef Valletta Malta a egyptian commandos stormed a hijacked egyptian Jet monday to prevent a massacre but fire raced through the Cabin killing trapped passengers when terrorists threw phosphorus grenades. In the egyptian assault on the Airliner parked at Malta s Airport 59 persons died bringing the hijacking death toll to 60, a maltese official said. One woman identified As an american Wai killed earlier by the hijackers the offi Cial said. Maltese government spokesman Paul Mifsud Laid the dead included nine pales Tinian children and four of five hijackers. He said one Hijacker survived the assault by egyptian commandos and was in serious condition at St. Luke s Hospital in Valletta. First reports said All of the hijackers were dead. Mifsud said 58 bodies were recovered from the burned out Boeing 737. In Addi Tion he said a filipino Man died of injuries be Luft ered after egyptian soldiers blew in two doors and surged aboard to shoot it out with the hijackers. The american woman shot by the Hijack ers was thrown from the aircraft after the plane landed in Malta saturday night. She was identified monday by the state department in Washington As Scarlett Marie Rogenkamp 38, a civilian air Force employee stationed in Greece. A defense department spokesman cmdr. Bob Prucha said she was from Oceanside calif., and was on vacation when the Athens to Cairo flight was hijacked saturday and forced to Malta a Mediterranean Island. Mifsud said that the american woman was the Only one killed before the Rescue attempt but that other people were shot and thrown from the plane. Before the com Mando Aiu Ault ended the hijacking the Cap Tain had reported that the hijackers killed seven people. Apparently he had believed that All of those shot and thrown from the plane had been killed. The two other american passengers were wounded and thrown from the plane before the assault said . Embassy Deputy chief Joel Levy. Mifsud said 30 people were being treated in Malta hospitals. The egyptian government in its first official reaction to the attack said the terrorists threw three phosphorus grenades in the front and rear of the plane which started Large fires and spread burning shrapnel. The available resources at Valletta Airport to face this situation were limited and modest and therefore the number of people saved were 44 the statement said the command attack took place successfully according to plan it said the lightning assault took five minutes and no passengers were Hurt by commandos. But Tony Lyons a 46-year-old austra Lian Hijack survivor who spoke from his hos Pital bed on Britain s to am morning news show said there was a lol of Indis Criminate shooting because the egyptian commandos did t know who were the terrorists and who weren the Pilot Cape. Hani Galal. Described the hijackers As first class killers and said the ringleader had singled out americans and israelis for Patrick Scott Baker a surviving Ameri can passenger told the Abc to today show i was walked out onto a platform and then shot. It was a Graze. I was con fused for a second. I fell Down the stairs head first. A scr about two minutes i got up and ran Gilbert Briard a 36-year-old Frenchman injured in the raid told Europe i radio in Paris the hijackers called the americans and tied their hands behind their backs. They first shot the boy then waited about an hour to shoot the second person and then shot the Levy said initial reports indicated a of the hijackers were killed. But the state run egyptian newspaper Ai ashram without see Hijack on Page 28 cos must ensure fairness Vii corps Leader says by Dan Wollam Stuttgart Bureau Stuttgart the Vii corps com Mander Laid monday that senior cos have to be willing to make Tough decisions to ensure that Young soldiers Are treated fairly and that poor soldiers Aren t re warded for their poor performance. It. Gen. Andrew p. Chambers out lined hit philosophy during Vii corp a front line leadership conference for corps and Community sergeants major and their spouses Chambers who has commanded Vii corps since february said leaders have to least to step in and take charge when demeaning degrading and unauthorized actions Are taken against Junior soldiers. He cited examples from within the corps where leaders had not stepped in a company commander told the members of his unit they would be punished if they did t Purchase non Issue it uniforms. An no decided the punishment two soldiers received was too lenient so he made the soldiers sleep outside their tent As additional punishment. A sergeant first class made soldiers Cut some grass using scissors and a ruler. When the Job was t done to the ser Geant s satisfaction he made them re turn in the Middle of the night to continue the work. That s demeaning degrading and unauthorized Chambers said. Chambers said incidents such As those arc often the result of no one being in charge. Where was the company commander and the first sergeant when that was happening he asked. We will not have our soldiers demeaned and misled and driven out of the army because this Type of thing is wrong he said. Chambers said the knowledge and sex see Chambers on Page 28
