European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 25, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes monday. May 25.1987 iranian official warns . To leave Gulf Nicosia Cyprus a an iranian official sat urday warned the United slates to pull ill forces out of the persian Gulf before it faces More Iran s official islamic Republic news Agency quote Hussein sheikholesla Iran s Deputy foreign minister for political affairs As saying the . Presence will Lead to the possibility of clashes that will have unpredictable results. It is better for the United slates to pullout of the Gulf before it faces More Irna monitored Here said sheikholesla who i visiting China was addressing a press conference in Beijing ii quoted him As saying he believes the Iraq missile attack on the . Frigate Stark which kilted 37 crewmen was premeditated. Iraq says the attack was inadvertent. Sheikholesla charged that Iraq has been trying to involve other countries of the Region Ever since the War started in september 1980.he was further quoted As saying that the greater the superpower presence in the persian Gulf the More electrifying the tension and More dangerous its Dimen present the situation in the persian Gulf is so sensitive that any slight mistake will have dangerous consequences for the entire Region he said. His comments came a Day after Iran s parliament speaker virtually dared Washington to Fly the . Flag on kuwaiti tankers in an Effort to protect Hashemi Raf Saiant said one of the things hat we must do is to Board their ship and take their Flag and bring ii Here so that they will know thai the Flag will not solve Washington has agreed to place kuwaiti tankers frequent targets of iranian attack under the . Flag so the Navy can provide Protection. A Sfanjani considered the most influential iranian Leader after Ayal Phah Kun Houlah Khomeini said attacks on american ships my continue unless you go an leave the Security of the Gulf to of course we Are Happy about the attack on the Stark he said during Friday prayers at Tehran univer sity. What is your business Here Are we the villain or you of we had come near new York and made mis chief then we would be the measure from Page i have a greater representation of Blackland hispanic age and race arc significant factors i anthropometry she said. Older people tend to be heavier than younger people she said. Slacks Are usually taller than Whites with longer arms and legs while hispanic Len Shorter and huskies tha changes in Haj i i is probably the researchers picked 130 body measurements to be recorded in the Survey after an extensive review of what Dimen Sions arc needed to design protective hire and equipment Load carrying Sisly clearance and addition to the 130 sure ments researchers dimensional and facial head bracing developed for the photo of each subject s righthand will also be taken for use in design ing better fitting gloves she said. That Bead and facial data will be in valuable in designing Eye and facial Armor and respirators said technicians will begin the yearlong Survey in july she said. The dozen installations to be surveyed have Large n Umbers of personnel and of ethnic groups Shwal Tarih aint Raol equip Rne special opera it infantry. Each sur vey and asked to fill data Sheet listing age rank Lili Catly Birthplace race and ethnic group. That information will be used to ensure that the Sample of soldiers to be measured meets the necessary scientific Crite Ria Gordon said. It will take about two hours to process each Soldier and the information will beaut directly into on Sile portable computers. Researchers expect to process 40to 60 soldiers a win hav a data base that is the most versatile anywhere Gordon said. For the first time men and women willbe measured with exactly the same tech will also be the first time for Rifici sampling targets that ensure a6c genders once the army i ,the information will be free la Wailan to Navy and air Force researchers who May wish to use it Gordon said. Vets from Page 1 they had been in the armed services. A i Sta Feliy the general accounting office found that n i served in the military since at least world w3rt�4luj�jhavc traditionally received fewer benefits and Lew a Smulian than males. Subsequently the veterans admit creased their benefits and redesigned a Hospit belter accommodate them. Las fall. Congress passed a Bill to build a memorial to women veterans and an Effort is under Way to place statue of a Servic woman in Washington d.c., at in Vietnam veterans memorial. Lane among the estimated 8,000 to 10,000 women about 8i percent of Uicon nurses who served in Vietnam. She was the Only one killed by enemy action but seven others also died there one from a stroke one of f Monia and five in non combat aircraft crashes. A few years after Lane got her nurse a i Legree. She thought she was t getting no ugh Foff life recalls her Mother Kay Lane. Shimmied something was her Choice on june 4, 12snane wrote her parents a letter about life a combat nurse. It was her final Teller Bome sol Days later in the rocket attack Silaron Lane was decapitated. Dear mom and dad got your Tetter of april the 28th, mom yester Day june 3. Today i got dad s of april 26th. Never know what s going on with the mail. Working in ice intensive care unit again today. Got to 102 degrees and ice is air conditioned. They have a lot of really sick patients. Had three die yesterday. They still have four on respirators. None too Good either. This unit the 312th evacuation Hospital has 10,000 patients since we arrived Las seple Able fill going to Mara slime Aud what daletnmu6pau�mpmrade was yesterday heard who won the Money Yel. They Pul offic or rubber ftoof1ffihmin before last. Looked ram Teji Jay noon when ii got hoi. The tar came up in the tile and in got stuck All Over the place. How did the homemade ice Cream Lum out Start nights tomorrow so i Don t have to get Pearly tomorrow. Nice thought. Still very quiet around Here. Haven t gotten mortared for a couple of weeks now. We Are getting some new nurses this week. Read a Book last night and missed a Good Lee Marvin movie at the mess Ball. Well Stop for now. Gelling sleepy. See a sooner Shar in 1973, the City Council of Canton an Industrial town of about 90,000 residents decided to build memorial to the Hometown heroine. In raised $8,872 in contributions and Ilni 111 of Tuimil fist tue of Lane atop a Marble Tost in names of 10 Stark county a pm red in statue Bea Bon Vietnam Veteran chapter in Canton dedicate itself to Lane and All women who served in Vietnam on memorial Day 1985.in officially becoming the Sharon Lane memorial chapter no. 199 of the Vietnam veterans of America the chapter wrote we Hope this Small Effort will help these women receive More recognition in the future. These women tit the War by helping Mead broken bodies hearts Lints sometimes with just a smile a soft word or Assed through an evac station has memory or uhf Eurse. Perhaps she gave him Hope or courage. Fet hmm helped write a letter Home. Perhaps she fwd cry if Haasl a Little easier. God bless you. We thank Home Tornado from Page 1 ceremony for preschool children. A Parent yelled a Tornado was coming and parents started grabbing their kids from the stage said Elodia Garcia 26, who watched As adults frantically shoved Chil Dren Onder tables and benches. They told us to take cover then he windows started shattering the Walls started coming Down. It fell on us but the lord was with us said Garcia whose family escaped injury. Officials at Reeves county Hospital i nearby Pecos said 89 people had been treated and released there since people have been admitted to five area hospitals and officials said fou were in critical or serious condition. The Little town is pretty much destroyed said assistant fire chief Doug Curbow of Mona Bank one of Many communities thai sent volunteers to the farming Community about 190 Miles Easl Ofel paso. Republican sen. Phil Gramm said Federal emergency team would arrive sunday to Lay groundwork for a response to the expected request for a Federal disaster declaration. Clements sent his executive assistant George Bayoud to the town. Representatives of the department of Public safely Highway department department of Parks and wildlife and department of health also arrived sat urday. Stark from Page 1 declined to comment further. Cleanup Crews were Clearing twisted Metal from the frigate s wrecked c1 chronic control Center add placing the debris in Large dumpsters on Board said a source dose to the investigation. The source who demanded anonymity had no in formation on reports of a malfunction in the defense system. He spoke in Bahrain after visiting the ship. The vessel was attacked May 17 off Qatar. Iraq apologized saying the attack was a mistake arising from Iraq s Long War with Iran in the persian Gulf. Joint american iraqi investigation of the Accident has been proposed. In the first detailed description of the ship s damage the source said the first missile a water skimming exocet punched a Hole but failed to detonate. The second missile still unidentified exploded and touched off an inferno. The source said the Freob Buill exocet missile entered the vessel near the overhead or ceiling of one ii Tore a gaping Tunnel through the port Side then hit Ihei Side of the starboard Bull punching a Small Bole there. The second missile also entered the frigate although no entry Hole has been found and it is unclear where it first struck the vessel the source said. The missile barrelled Down into a Small confined Are where it exploded causing tremendous damage because the space was limited he exploded upward and outward next to come of the Crew s quarters and sparked a fierce Blaze made worse bythe presence nearby of chemical filled piping the source said the source described the mood among Many of the surviving crewmen As angry and said there Wasa fetid that in the future iraqi planes should be shot Down if any evidence emerges of an attack being prepared
