European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 25, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes d cafes food outlet contract expected Page 2 d . Cases of aids underestimated Page 3 g lakers pistons win in Aba playoffs sports Page 21 the Sims an a vol. 46, no. 38 authorized unofficial publication for monday May 25, 1987 06693 a Texas Tornado toll rises to 29 liners remove a victim from the nibble Reft by it Tornado thai raged Brough tin Saragosa Texas. A Philo Saragosa Scias a the death Oil Rose 10 29 saturday As Rescue workers and survivors picked la rough shattered houses crumpled cars and downed Trees left by a Tornado that destroyed this tiny town. The fatalities included six children who were attend ing a preschool graduation ceremony. Authorities said 121 people were injured after the twister swept through the town with Little warning about 8 , Friday. It was a Surprise to these people Here said Reeves county sheriff Raul Florcz who estimated that 80 percent of the town of about 3io residents most of them hispanics was destroyed. The National weather service office in Midland had issued a Tornado warning for inc area about is minutes before the twister hit but the town does not have a warning Siren. Residents walked the empty streets and examined the wreckage of their Homes looking for anything they could Salvage lit front of n Church workers righted two statues thai had been toppled and an american Fla was raised amid the rubble. By mid morning in a heavy rain authorities appeared to have ended their search for bodies in he rubble of the Community building. Bui the Hunt continued elsewhere As the weather service posted a Torna do watch for the area until 10 . A Tornado watch Means conditions arc favourable fora Tornado to form. In the Early morning hours dogs were used to locate bodies but As the Day wore on searchers used Light from miners hats. Gov. Bill Clements pledged All possible help Testate could give to the Liny town. Bishop Raymond Pena of Elpaso planned a memo rial mass sunday afternoon at the site of the levelled Church and a joint funeral service Lor a number of the victims was scheduled tuesday. The Tornado levelled a Community Hall where about 100 people had gathered for a head Stan graduation see Tornado on Page 28 anti missile gear probed aboard Stark Manama Bahrain a a . Navy team investigated saturday 10 see if a fault in the Phalanx Ami missile sys tem aboard the Stark was responsible for failing to warn of an iraqi missile attack that crippled the . Warship and kilted 37 sailors. The possibility of a failure in the de sense system was a focus of the probe Pentagon officials have said. . Navy officials in Bahrain first de Nied a report that the computer system that runs the Phalanx was faulty then sae Stark on Page 28 Only woman killed by enemy fire town s a of Jcu reefs by Thomas Ferraro United press International in a Small courtyard behind Ault Man Hospital in Canton Ohio stands a Bronze statue of army 1st u. Sharon Lane the Only american service to Man killed by enemy ire in the Viet Nam War. On monday memorial inf Wreath is to be by a veterans groupjjhnco1 in 1985 in Honor of jmj presen alive of in Sungch offs women veterans Par wartime nurses. Related chapter a to be named for one Eca Jbf Dabill mad Den vice Prus Potof the is no. 19� of the veterans of America in Canton we believe we did the right thing said Madden. We changed our name because we feel the woman Veteran is the forgotten Warrior. We wanted to show respect to Lane a 1961 graduate of South can ton High school and a 1965 graduate of Aultman Hospital school of Nurs twas killed in a rocket attack on the3 2th evacuation Hospital at Chu Lai on june 6, 1969. It was a month before her 26th birthday. Last year a women s Center at Ault Nan Hospital was named for Lane. Sharon Lane is a Symbol of Aone slowly begin Ning to contributions of women in Gililat of America s 27.5 rmfls�imtl.25 million arc women a census Bureau Survey in 1980, the first time the Agency asked women if see vets on Paga 28 scientists to take measure of today s gis Chuck Vinch a i Washington thousands of gis rarely donate their bodies to science this summer As army researchers attempt to size today s Aven Dier. About 5,000 i Dror Man at 12 Irge army installation i slates will spend Sev eral scientists who Are seeking measurements of Heads feet and just about everything in Between. The project is being carried by enter in a jus cd to design a Range of military i in Lank turrets to Eye holes in Gas masks. Clothing designers engineers and Anthrop of Bis s use the information to ensure that army Materiel sys tems accommodate the full Range of body sizes present in the army population said Claire Gordon who ii i or Neacsu Ruments. The last army wide anthropometric studies were done in 1966 for men and 1977 for women. Since then army s demographics have changed quite a bit i Diers. Which results in a slightly older a a kit Laad ii , with the successful recruitment of rninow9m Lwe now sae measure on
