European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 12, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars and stripes saturday september 12,1987 it is Brief . Chief arrives in Iran to begin peace Mission Nicosia Cyprus a . Soc Clary go neral Javier Perez do Cuellar arrived in Teh ran Iran Friday on the first leg of a peace mis Sion seeking 10 end the 7-Ycar-Otd Gulf War Iran s official islamic Republic news Agency said. The Agency monitored in Nicosia said he peruvian Diplomat s Jel landed Al 7 20 . After a flight from Paris. Iranian foreign minister Ati Akbar be Jayasi and senior officials greeted Perez do Cullar irn Asaid. The Agency gave no other details. Navy Secretary leaves to visit troops in Gulf Washington a Navy Secretary James Webb left thursday for he persian Gulf to visit . Sailors serving in the Region and Pentagon sources said defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger plans a similar trip later this month hell slay there through inc weekend visiting the sailors one official Laid of Webb he just wants to see firsthand what s happening Webb who became the Navy j Secretary in april said this week he had initial reservations about using . Warships to protect kuwaiti tankers plying the Gulf. But he said he support sic Gulf operations ordered by president Reagan although american allies and other Friendly countries in the Region should be doing More to assist . Forces. Court rules explained to British defendants Brussels. Belgium a the 25 Liverpool tans jailed Here in connection with the 1985 key set stadium riots appeared briefly in court Friday one Day after they were charged with involuntary manslaughter. They were taken to Brussels from their prison in Leven East of Here to have the Legal procedure they Are facing explained to them. They made no statements when hey appeared in court afterwards they were returned to Leven they will return to Brussels next tuesday the last Day the courts can renew the remand order issued by an investigating judge who formally charged them with involuntary manslaughter on thursday. The trial is not due to begin until later this year or Early next year. British fans charged into a neighbouring Sec lion of the bleachers holding mostly italian tans. In the ensuing Stampede 39 people most of them italians were crushed to death. Bombs set off outside meeting site in Istanbul Istanbul Turkey a two Small explosions occurred Early Friday behind the Shera ton hotel the venue of an islamic economic cooperation meeting and the Citibank office building in Central Istanbul police said. Istanbul s Deputy police chief Mehmet Agar said the blasts which occurred around 2 a.m., caused no casualties or damage. The to build Ings Are about $00 Yards apart. Agar said investigators determined that the explosions were most Likely caused by Molotov cocktails. 20,000 continue battling major blazes in 5 states a the associated pros nearly 13,000 firefighters struggled against still raging forts lies in Northern California Friday hampered by a Smoky lid of hot air while Crews in Oregon assaulted their state s big Gest Blaze. Firefighters in parched California kept their eyes on the sky hoping to win a one in five Chance of rain. More than 20,000 firefighters soldiers and prison inmates Are fighting major blazes in Cali fornia Oregon Washington Arizona and Hawaii. Forest and Brush fire have charred More than 1,100 Square Miles in the West. Reservist takes command of fort Hood during exercise fort Hood Texas with half of fort Hood s soldiers in Europe Tor nato exercises the commander of an Reserve unit has taken com Mand of the huge Post something that May be unprecedented for an Active base in peacetime. Brig Gen. Robert f. Pennycuick commander of the 102nd Reserve come based in is. Louis took control of ton Hood sunday. His stint lasts until sept. 18, when his Deputy commander. Col. Jan h. Paynton takes Over for two weeks it. Col. Have Crosson said wednesday. At the end of september fort Hood regulars Mem Bers of i corps will return from their european exercises and it. Gen. Crostic e. Saint will resume com Mand. Pennycuick is now in command of the Central Texas base normally the Home to 38,000 soldiers. However half its soldiers an. In Europe for refer Ger exercises with forces from Germany England the Netherlands and Belgium. Pennycuick also has court martial jurisdiction Over the remaining 19,000 regular soldiers on the base said Crosson Public information officer for the 102nd Reserve come. As far As we know no Reserve commander of an Reserve command has been assigned has been granted general court martial authority Over an Active base and its soldiers Crosson said. The Fisl group of 80 Reserve soldiers from the 102nd Reserve come which includes 6,000 reservist j from Missouri and Illinois arrived at fort Hood aug. 30 to begin a two week stint. They will leave today and another so reservists will spend two weeks on the base. Our definition of Success would be if nobody notices any difference Crosson said. It col. John Chapla an array spokesman in Washington d.c., said the plan to move Reserve or nation Al guard officers into command positions Al military bases when regular commanders have been called away is an old one. If our armed forces were mobilized in a National emergency and Iii corps was deployed the Job of the 102nd Reserve come would be to come to fort Hood within a matter of Days and take on the Job of running the installation commanding the remaining troops on Post until they deployed and overseeing the mobilizing of reserves and National guard units and soldiers Pennycuick said. There is no belter Way to train for this kind of Mission than 10 actually perform it and reformer which required 111 corps to deploy to Europe provided the perfect Opportunity he said. Man Euver from Page 1 division which was flown to euro this year As part of the return of forces to Germany for nato s an Nual autumn forge Maneu vers. They will link up with the rest of Iii corps from fort Hood nominally a Reserve element for nato s Central Region. The 1st Cav div of fort Hood 45th inf brigade separate of the Oklahoma National guard and the Headquarters element of the 4th inf div of fort Carson colo., will deploy along with the corps combat aviation brigade. Vil corps will Supply exer Cise umpires. Split among Orange and Blue forces Are troops from Germany the United kingdom Belgium France and the Netherlands. . Troops Are attached to the Friendly Blue forces. During the first week of Maneu vers they will move North from staging areas South of Hannover through the lines of the German i corps to engage hostile Orange forces North of Hannover Farndale said. The americans Are equipped with the latest Genera Tion of fighting equipment including the my Abrams main Battle tank the m2 Bradley fighting vehicle and the Apache attack helicopter. One danger in mane vering heavy Armor around Northern Germany was demonstrated in late August when seven tanks of the 2nd div fwd became mired in mud during their deployment. A wrong turn resulted in inc tanks sinking so deep that a Road had to be built to free them. The operation took More than a week. It is riot an uncommon Field exercise tale of woe for. The Region. Heaths and moors speckle the exercise area. Beauty i Ful in late summer Bloom the northeastern Comer of i lower Saxony is a major stale nature preserve. The Topography of the exercise area is different on its Southern Border where the state capita of Hannover and the sprawling Volkswagen Plant in Wolfsburg Mark the Southern Boundary or certain strike and the i Northern end of an important Industrial the West the Weser River and the cities Ownien Burg Verden and Rotenburg form the exercise bound Ary that reaches East of Bremen to just South of Ham Burg Northern Germany s major population Center with 1.6 million people. Pope from Page 1 and carrying his Shepherd s crazier mounted a 200 foot wide Attar decorated with chrysanthemums flanked and topped by Palm Trees. But fierce lightning and thunderstorms forced him to break off before be concluded his Sermon or gave communion. He completed the mass in a nearby Sac Risty for a smaller group of Bishops and cardinals and emerged an hour later to bless the thousands who bad braved out the storm. I cannot express the admiration to everyone but to you t am expressing this admiration the Pope said. I come to you to offer my he then blessed the crowd in latin said thank you very much and Adios Muchas at thai the crowd chanted Viva papa in his homily the Pope denounced pornography adultery divorce contraception abortion and Eutha Nasia. He said the commercial exploitation of sex of fends human dignity and endangers the future of Young crime violence and terrorism Challenge Basic human and Christian values the Pope said. He spoke out against dishonesty in business and Public life and said alcohol and drug abuse take heavy toll on individuals and on throughout the world he said great sums Are spent on armament i while millions of poor people struggle for the Basic necessities of in his heralded meeting with he leaders of major jewish organization the Pope called attention to a Vatican decision announced sept. I in Rome to Issue documents on the holocaust and anti semitism. It is to be hoped that common educational pro Grants on our historical and religious relations which Are Well developed in your country will truly promote Mutual respect and teach future generations about the holocaust so never again will such a horror be Possi ble he said. The Pope received a standing ovation at the conclusion of his address which was boycotted by orthodox jewish Ryan a Zattoni who were dismayed Over the pontiff s with austrian president Kurt Waldheim in june Waldheim is accused of helping Deport jews and Yugo slav partisans when when he was a German officer in world War ii. He has denied the 20 protesters some wearing concentration Camp garb protested outside the Melro Dade cultural Center As the jewish leaders and the Pope left during the meeting the Pope was told that the Waldheim incident had caused pain and anger in the jewish Community. He did not respond but told reporters on the trip from Rome that it had been hit duty to meet Waldheim since he came As a president democratically elected of a people of a another major Issue dividing the two fifths the Vatican s reluctance to establish diplomatic relations with Israel was raised by rabbi Mordecai Waxman Honor Ary president of the synagogue Council of America. We Welcome the recent statements from Vatican Leaden declaring that no theological reasons exist in Catholic doctrine to inhibit Nich Jumaa said. We strongly urge once again thit full and Diplo Matic relations be established in response the Pope said the jewish people have a right to a Homeland but he added that Jalso applies to the palestinian people so Many of whom remain homeless and refugee he said it is time to forge those solutions1 that will Lead to peace in the Middle East
