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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 26, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes tuesday May 26,1937 Tornado survivors begin to Bury Dej a Texas a survivors of a  this Conui Unity began iorwirteir29 dead today and to seek help for Temh As they wondered How to return to no longer exists. People who established this Lown were pioneers. The people of Saragosa Are pioneers  said state rep. Ron Cokman Dei paso who was among the 500 people attending an outdoor mass on sunday in memory of those killed More than 120 people were injured and six of those killed were children. About half the deaths occurred Al a head Siart preschool graduation. The first funeral for the vie in held monday morning in i year old woman and her up Jimro would have been a year Oldja sunday. Two mass funerals arc Naff find for tuesday. Friday s Toro Flo reduced this 76-year old  whose 3so res mostly poor mexican Ameri cans to rubble. I really Don t expect it will he rebuilt. I Don t think they can afford it said the Rev. Ralph Arranger who serves Christ Jhc King Church. Lid they would move away. I dor7rtohjnlacc anymore. Too much has did so Falk Rar who escaped serious it Nado levelled his House. As front end ioo0fmd dump 1 Rucks hauled Awa Mic Rcd houses crumpled cars  Adobe volunteers in no Balmorhea were being trained to Ervick the survivors in preparation for monday s opening of a disaster Relief Center. Local red Cross spokeswoman Susan Clowe said he Relief Center opened Mon Day morning and volunteers Are inter viewing families to determine their needs for food clothing shelter and emergency medical care. These people Are in Shock. We re just trying to Wisul out what they need a Vic or ii be anything from Namer " " funeral to Jong term sch jg0lmisof re Huit Dini or fun Fly of their Homes Clowe said c Here As Long Asil lakes oct people s needs said Dan Wagon or. Director of he american red Cross Effort in Balmorhea. Of Aid have been received from As in thu Canada. Bishop Raymond Pena Saidon a Kcal 76 churches in his Elpaso april for help Wagner said thai although response has hectic Good inc needs of victims stretch beyond food. You can t measure a disaster by the number of houses that Are destroyed. You have to look Al Haw it affects the corny Unity he said. Sunday morning 36 hours Afler the Torr Ink in Rte year Oid Ramiro Rami and his pet Chihuahua under debris in his House alive and uninjured Al though shaking. The Hoy and his father were Home when the Tornado struck Bui icy were not badly Hurt. Most of the More than 120 injured had been treated and released from hospitals by saturday afternoon. A few were hospitalized in serious condition. The Tornado levelled a Community Hall where about 100 people had gathered for a graduation ceremony for preschool children in a head Start program. Among those killed there were else and her son Jonathan burners said a Rosary Sun Day who cup bid have been Jona than s first birth att Jar them in Pecos. They were pics with mrs. Herrera s husband. _ Herrera jr., a Pecos school Board trusts and guest at the graduation who sur Vived Royal dress rehearsal Queen Ellzabeth la s coach and four clip1 past Ber Lin used soldiers monday Al a rehearse of the n s birthday Parade. Britain s Queen arrives in Berlin tuesday. The Parade Hill be wed the Malfeld near Berlin s olympic stadium the City s 75dlh anniversary festivities. Bases from Page 1 Protection in the Gulf where the american frigate Stark was attacked by an iraqi Jet a week ago killing 37 sailors. President Reagan s senior National Security advisers plan to Brief him probably on tuesday on How the expanded military presence in the Gulf should be organized and How much assistance should be sought from euro Pean allies and from Friendly Arab nations such As saudi Arabia. Bahrain and Kuwait. Until the president approves it there will be no formal request to Arab nations for help in providing aircraft patrols Over the Gulf. Ii is not known whether any of the presidents top advisers oppose making such a request. Weinberger said several times that inc expanded military Mission in the Gulf which will include accompanying kuwaiti Oil vessels that have been threatened by Iran would require the use of aircraft and perhaps addition a naval ships. There should be air cover there should be enough ships to protect the commercial ships they re escort ing he said on the Abc news program meet the  i have no reason to suppose Al this Point that we would t be Able to arrange the kind of additional air cover that we think is essential he said appearing later on the lbs news program face inc nation Weinberger said that aircraft to patrol the Gulf could be based on an american aircraft Carrier or alternatively could be provided by the Shore slates along the  he added there arc Good bases in Bahrain and in Kuwait and in a number of places Weinberger said that air cover is provided by saudi Arabia but other government officials explained later that the saudi role is restricted now to defending saudi territory against attack and escorting american Azacs reconnaissance aircraft that Fly continuously near the saudi coast. While the Azacs Are manned by americans and provide surveillance data to Ameri can forces their primary Mission is to help protect saudi airspace from attack. The aircraft Carrier Constellation is moving toward a station in the arabian sea within striking distance of the Gulf according to Pentagon officials. But even with a Carrier just outside the Gulf the United slates is Likely to press saudi Arabia and per haps Kuwait to provide additional support for aircraft patrolling the Gulf. Saudi Arabia reportedly will get such a request later this week. Navy officials have pointed out Hal it is difficult to Fly continuous patrols Over the Gulf from a Carrier based outside the Strait of Hormuz Al us Mouth. Sending an aircraft Carrier Inlo the Gulf is not considered feasible because a Carrier on operational duly is escorted by a Battle group of vessels that might get bottled up in the constricted Gulf Waters h would also be very expensive to Fly such missions from a Carrier. Remembers from Paga 1 remain unaccounted for. In Madison wis., Vietnam veterans Clad in army fatigues set up a Bamboo Cage near Capitol Square As a reminder. In Washington the Vietnam veterans memorial Drew thousands of visitors. Some took rubbings of the names of loved ones etched on the Black Granite. Sen. Albert Gore jr., d-tenn., a Vietnam Veteran was to speak there monday. The Washington slate Vietnam War memorial a Green and Black Granite Wall inscribed with the names of 1,073 americans dead or missing in action was to be dedicated in Olympia. The 37 sailors killed in he iraqi missile attack on the Stark were remembered sunday in ceremonies that included the prese Lalion of a Wreath in a ceremony at Arlington National cemetery in Virginia. I m sure memorial Day will be More on people s minds this year because of the recent tragedy said Don Pierce whose son Randy was among the Slark s casualties. We Are More aware of what it stands for. Every Lime 1 Sec a Flag dying at half Mast it chokes me up fierce said sunday in Midwest City okla. In Macomb county mich., residents tossed 37 roses into the Clinton River on sunday to Honor the Stark s dead. Thirty seven White doves were released sunday during a Stark memorial in Chicago that Drew about 200 families. You can see that there s Only a handful of people Here said John b. Mahony past stale commander or the american legion lamenting thai others seem to forget that these old men used to be 19-year-old kids and that the ones marching in front of us Are the ones that Are left the ones that weren t killed fighting so others can have their Barbecue news Brief Greece witling to negotiate new Accord on . Bases Athens Greece a the  won my a Vole of Confidence monday after Vej River Andreas Papandreou said he is willing to Koti ale a new agreement on . Military bases up would be subject to approval in a referendum As expected. Parliament Subr Tedise government 157-139 in a Roll Call Vole flans Ergative and communist legislators in the 300mber House voted again Papandreou. There were of abstentions and Viies absent. The Premier Call Tor the Vole of Confidence last week after  demands for an investigation of Cha Raythal socialist party officials embezzled More jul $20 million from three state owned corporation those i rations were largely ignored by parliament Fen instead focused its three Day debate on foreign Job economic policy issues. Palm Reou told parliament the United states will be fleeced to make an official Public request for Lauvon maintaining its military bases in Greece when the present agreement expires in december 1988  
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