European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 24, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes d Olivier at 60 the greatest actor of our generation Page 13 q flyers beat oilers in nil playoffs sports Psge 21 d . Fighters intercept five soviet jets Page 28 the vol. 46, no. 37 Auto Osiier unofficial. Pud sunday May 24, 1987 Irti i ii d 8693 a Reagan eulogies 37 sailors 2,000 attend memorial service at Home port Mayport is. Fill. A president Reagan Fri Day led the nation in mourning the 37 sailors killed aboard he Slark telling their families Llinat their loved ones were Ordinary my who did extraordinary things yes they were in n somber memorial serve tar old in a hoi hangar at the Stark s Home port the Prosini said the sailors killed in last sunday s missile Ottar 1huhe persian Gulf gave up their lives so that. To Idimar an greater conflict could be two thousand people filled the hangar at ma1,. Naval station including 300 relatives and friends the victims whose remains have nol yet been resumed to the United states for burial. Among the mourners were Crew members ill Home on leave a tin an iraqi Jet carried out its Surprise attack. Reagan and his wife Nancy flew to the base near Jacksonville for inc service with Secretary of defense Caspar Weinberger and Uther dignitaries. In die hushed hangar mothers and children fanned them selves with programs and hugged one another. It was the Start of a memorial Day weekend made even More real by the week s events in the Middle East half a world away. Rear adm. John Mcnamara chief of naval c Lains spoke first praying to god in this Airor Gar Mode your Temple to console us now Alrh the Faith and conviction that one Day we will in of nth them again in your of lord these Young sailors life s blood in the future of America. May Wariki com that invest ment by our own Devotion Tome land they loved Mcnamara prayed. Of the new seere Rary of iwo Navy James Webb prom ised the families. I Nynee to Vouha neither you Northey will be forgot other chaplain i added their prayers and rear adm. Michael Kal rfcs the group commander of the Stark and other Mips in the Gulf read a passage from Chebook cd Wisdom for my Young they Are in peace " he read. They arc truly and greatly blessed because god has tried them and found them worthy of himself. As Gold would be proved in a see Reagan on Paga 2b president Reagan and his wife. Nancy console mourners Al Florida my Mariai sen ices Tor 37 Stark Stamen. . Investigators to question iraqi Pilot Washington Nytz Iraq win allow american investigators to Biliter frigate Slark and inc iraqi military Otto cers who ordered the Mission. Administration officials say the iraqi gesture is an Effort to limit damage to american iraqi relations As a result of the missile attack last sunday in the per Sian Gulf in which 37 americans the iraqi embassy Fri top Lut pub Lic a copy of a re Sidcot sad dam Hussein a of resident Reagan that fell condolences for the deaths of the seamen saying sorrow and regret Are not am after statements from compensation for damage to the ship. The teams expected to Baghdad on monday. It is pan of a joint .-iraqi Effort to examine Why the attack took place and How such incidents can be prevented. The Reagan administration Hopes that the investigation will dispel mounting criticism from Congress of a pm m to in crease the american presence in the per Sian Gulf when the Navy begins ing kuwaiti Oil _ could Lead to con the remarks made on thursday Secretary of state Riehard w. Murp who said attacks on american naval ves Sels would open a new dimension in the War by bringing Iran into direct conflict with the United states. His remarks were interpreted by some legislators and journalists As saying that the United tales c is me state department official in charge of Middle East policy told reporters that Iran would be reluctant to initiate actions thai could pro Voke a second War. When asked what he meant by a second War. He replied int a second one with . However that because Hbl Iak Inions Are unpredictable there Isa t White House Filz see Pilot on Page 28 Tornado kills at least 25 in Texas town Saragosa Texas a a Tornado ripped through this tiny town in a Remote part of West Texas on Friday night killing at least 25 people injuring More than i 10 and trapping some residents in a Community building officials said. Mike Cox a spokesman for the stale department of Public safely in Austin confirmed the death toll and number of injured. The own is an unidentified Amateur radio operator said about the Community of 185 residents about 190 Miles East of Elpaso. The town is without Power the roads arc impassable and we have reports of people trapped inside Sara Gosa Hall Cox said. The residents trapped inside the demolished build ing apparently were taking part in a safety course officials sold. Cox said the building was packed wit people when the twister str Jek. Jan Knoll assistant administrator at Reeves county Hospital said a Short Lime later that at least 60 people were Hurt and in route to the Hospital. She said More injuries were expected. Cox said at least another 50 injured people remained at the scene. Ector county red Cross spokeswoman Katherine Stockton said Reeves county authorities Hod asked for cots water blankets and other Aid because of the storm s extensive damage. The Tornado hit at about s p.m., striking ground West of nearby Palm Rhca. Then East of that town and then smack in the Middle of Saragosa a few Miles to the North the National weather service said. Rescue units from throughout the area were being sent to the scene co said. It probably wiped out the whole town said see Tornado on Page 28
