European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 30, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 updates the stars and stripes thursday july 30,19d7 arson blamed new Orleans a the july 19 hold fire during which a Security guard died was the result of arson the fire chief said. There Are no suspects in the Doubletree hotel fire William Mccrossen said in a statement tuesday. The fire broke oat on the 0th floor of the 17-Stpry hotel. The floor was unoccupied at the Lime because new furniture was being put in. More than 100 people were evacuated. Henry Gonzales 35, collapsed in a stairwell and died. There were no sprinklers in the building. High Rise buildings constructed before 1975 Are exempt from a Sulc Law requiring them. Port strike ends Belgrade Yugoslavia a some j.300 employees at Yugoslavia largest port Rijeka went Back to work tuesday after a five Day walkout Tor higher pay that paralysed cargo traffic in the Adriatic port the Tan Jug news Agency reported. The workers went on strike last week to press their demand for a wage hike of about 100 percent for july. The average monthly wage at the port has amounted to the equivalent of about s250 Over the past six months. It was the second strike in the port in 45 Days. 49 71tr, a St 70 is d rag gum inn a in ii or i Otic Fth re tic a m Ftp u. Tart Phi pm of a. R a w h 9 13 . I pop in iwed lil a a Al it 4pm h77 to i1? 4 h 1? to for of Al. D to to Uvonn. O h 78 Kula p is b1 i in p s3 to Pur d i and ram f u � 71 u 2nd army div medic charged after seeking Refuge in Chapel byjoe Mapother Bremerhaven Bureau Gari Stedt Germany a 2ndarmd div fwd medic who refused to Don his uniform and took Refuge in Chapel was charged wednesday with fail ing to obey the order of a Superior. Spec. 4 Pricr Kress who is seeking a Chicase from the army As a conscientious objector took Refuge in the Lucius d. Clay Cavern Chapel monday. He made a statement that he wants to be a conscientious objector and that he did not want to be a Soldier any More said capt. William Jakucs a 2nd army div spokesman. The Soldier from Alq co 4th in 3rd Field arty regt surrendered to military police monday after seeking Asylum in the Chapel. Kress also was charged wednesday under the uniform code of military jus ice with failure id go to an appointed piece or work Jaques said. The 22-year Obj Soldier was to be transferred to he Mannheim military confinement facility wednesday evening to await a court martial. Accounts conflicted on whether Kres deposited his uniform in front of his company commander s office or left it on a ceremonial Cannon m front of Theca sern s Headquarters building before he went to the Chapel. After he surrendered Kress was give two opportunities monday to report to his company in uniform Jakucs said. On tuesday he was Given a last Chancel put on his uniform but he decided wednesday to remain in his quest not to put on a uniform and go Back to work Jakucs said. Wiliiam Boston an american working for the military counselling network in Germany said Kress decision to see release from the army without going through channels stemmed from the Sof Dier belief that the army lacks the right to decide whether conscientious objector status is deserved. The counselling network was found Din 1984 and has connections with euro Pean peace organizations. Kress decision is a Persona statement of conscience not a statement against the army Boston said. Kress who joined the army in Jan uary i9s6, Obj Cid to being trained to throw grenades and fire rifles and he disliked marching to cadences emphasizing dealt and destruction Boston said. In a four Page declaration of Eon science distributed in German by the military counselling network Kress was quoted As saying that Ai a Soldier he was taught to enjoy death destruction and inhumanity. My Joy in living was changed into the Joy of death. I believe that the teaching of Jesus mean living a violence free life. The teachings of Jesus mean disavowing the Soldier mentality of duty and obedience. A can Only Hope and Pray that the army understand Why i am taking Inch an extreme but in no Way hazy or hurried Boston who travelled to garbled from Schwae Bisci Gemuend to advise. Kress said he had been in touch with the Soldier for some time. Kress decided last fall to seek release from the army bos ton said. Kress comes from a Catholic family i Rochester n.y., Boston said. Navy probes ship bombing Accident Tokyo a the . Navy said wednesday the Dummy bombs that struck a malaysian registered cargo ves Sel injuring one crewman apparently were dropped by a Navy warplane. The . Navy deeply regrets the Accident and is conducting a full investigation into the circumstances a statement from the . Military s press Liaison of fice in Tokyo said. The injured Crew member has accepted an offer for medical care at die . Naval Hospital on Okinawa and will be transferred there thursday it added. A japanese maritime safety Agency official said earlier wednesday thai War Heads from two Dummy bombs and other fragments had been found on the 5,922-Lon Pomex Saga after it was hit in inc East China sea on monday night. Kazuhiro Sameshima of the Mesa s regional Headquarters in Okinawa 1,000 Miles Southwest of Tokyo said there were to 8-Incn-Diarneler holes in the Stern of the vessel which carried 21 filipino Crew members. The injured crewman 38-year-Oldraca Arturo remained in serious Condi non at a Hospital in Okinawa Sameshima said. Arturo suffered serious injuries to his Arm. The . Statement said Navy officials who inspected the ship said that non explosive practice bombs apparently dropped by a Navy plane struck the ship causing Taip a and injuring on Crew Sameshima said investigators found the two cylindrical warheads each 9.6 inches Long and weighing 22 pounds in the ship s rudder Section after in was Lowed int Onaha inc capital of Okinawa he said live Metal fragments inscribed bomb practice 25lb mk76mod5T were also found on the ship. Glider damaged in hangar by explosion of Wii bomb Gie Belstadt Germany Sas a world War ii bomb exploded in a Remote area of the Gie Bebuel army Airfield slightly Damag ing a glider in a nearby hangar and leaving a targe Crater in the ground. A team from Lite Stith Ord Del explosive Ord disposal in Stutt Gart determined that the old bomb exploded on its own about 7 10 tuesday a unit spokesman said wednesday. Trie two Maui team estimated the Crater left by the bomb to be 16vt feet across and 10 feet deep. The team would not speculate on what caused the bomb to go off. However German police told the associated Pfest that the blast probably was caused by a rusted through fuse mechanism that activated the bomb after More than 40 years under the ground. The glider in a nearby German glider club hangar was damaged by falling Rock after inc expiation said Leslie a Tucker Wuerzburg Community spokeswoman. 3 Alpine villages buried by landslide 23 feared dead Sandrio ii at a Rescue learns dug through font of rocks and Earth wednesday in search of As Many As 23 people feared buried by massive landslide that struck with the Force fan earthquake. Government officials Here said one woman was killed til people were hopi aliud and 23 listed As missing after the landslide buried three Alpine villages near the Swiss Border on tuesday. A belgian family of three and an italian who were listed u mining tuesday evening were found unharmed. Hundred of military and civilian Rescue workers using bulldozers and Avalanche dogs trained to find bodies dug through the rubble of the devastated villages of Sam Antonio Mona none. Orig non and pome Del diabolo along the Adda River in the Vali Ellina. The National geophysics Institute in Rome said Tut the landslide struck with the tame Energy of an earthquake of the matai Lude of 3.9 on the Rah tar Sale and that the Rush of Rock Earth ind mud Down the Mountain id lasted 23 seconds. The landslide came 10 Days after torrential Rains triggered severe flood ing in the Val Etlina and claimed 19 lives across the italian Alps. Navy officer slightly Hurt by assailant in Naples Naples Sis a . Navy officer was shot in the Back during an apparent robbery at tempt a Community spokesman said wednes Day. La. Or nor. James c. Bums a native of Monte Rey calif., was driving Home at about 10 30 . Monday when an unknown assailant tried to Stop his car according lot. Cmdr. John March. As Burns sped away a shot was tired Pierc ing the tar and the diver s scat and slightly wounding bums. Bums 42, was taken to the . Navy Hospi Tal in Naples treated and was released the Fol lowing morning Manchi said. Police Are investigating the shooting. Burns is assigned to the military Community in Naples. Names of 2 crash victims released by 1 St army div Ansbach Germany first amid div officials wednesday released the names of the sol Dier and his passenger killed monday when their car skidded off a Road near Erlanger Germany. The told ice set. John of Huggett 23, was assigned to he co 2nd in 81st Arm i in or Lanien. He was pronounced dead at he scene by a German physician according to maj John Shea division spokesman. Helen g. Buo Koza is a Czechoslovakia a living in Erlanger also was killed when the car hit a House m the town of it Tyndorf just South Ofer Tangen. Huggett native of Springfield mich., is sur Vived by his wife son a
