European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 5, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes sunday june 5,1988 Al left rescued miners Pott Tor the news Media after cleaning up following their dramatic Rescue from the 6 who cheated death Coal mine in Borken West Germany. From left Are Heinz Toese Wolf red Doench Helmut inner of plat Ahmel Balkan Egon Dehn and Tonuu Gepperth. At right two relatives of the rescued miners embrace. 6 found alive after 65 hours trapped in mine from Page 1 were brought to the surface in a special Cage that fad been lowered into a Shaft by a Crane. Where is my Ahmel where is my Little Ahmel were the first words of supervisor Thomas Gipperth As he emerged. He was asking about Ahmet Balkan a turkish immigrant worker who was lifted out before him. Gap Ptah who led the Turk and the five German men to safety was the Only one to walk rather than be carried on a Stretcher. Everybody was making their wills Gipperth said. I told them they did t have to family members rushed to embrace the men whose faces showed fatigue. As they were led in an ambulance to be examined by doctors at a nearby hos Pital the miners waved and smiled Wea Rily. Officials said All six were later re leased and allowed to go Home. The six men were found in a dead end Tunnel about 330 feet Long 10 feet wide and b feel High. Cramer said that when the group Felt the Shock wave of the blast wednesday hey ran toward an exit. But Gepperth a Veteran 36-year-old Miner and a trained rescuer realized they were running into High concentrations of deadly Carbon monoxide when he saw another Man stagger and run out of strength. Gap Perth then turned the group in the other direction and instructed them to be As Calm As possible to conserve oxygen Cramer said. The Rescue came Early saturday after work Crews drilled an air Shaft in the North Section of the mine where officials believed most of he remaining men were trapped. The rescuers planned to release Carbon monoxide to facilitate the search and were surprised when oxygen came out instead. A Cord was extended to 230 feet and a microphone was carefully lowered in by Rescue worker. It picked up distinct Reg ular tapping sounds. The microphone also picked up voice for a Brief period but they later disappeared according to a description provided by Hessen stale radio and television. After More than three hours of dig Ging the Rescue workers broke into the air pocket and found the men. In addition to Gipperth and Balkan a company spokesman identified the survivors As Egon Duhn Helmut Gesner Heinz Roese and Wilfried Doench. Democrats continue Campaign Bush visits salvadoran Leader by the associated press Democrat Michael Dukakis returned saturday to the Campaign Trail in new Jersey very relieved by the Success of delicate spinal surgery on wife Kitty while Jesse Jackson sought support in California in the final weekend of the 1988 presidential primary season. For Republican George Bush vice presidential duties took precedence Over Campaign activities As he welcomed president Reagan Back from the superpower Summit praising him for a Job Well done and visited ailing salvadoran president Jose Napoleon Duarte. Dukakis had cancelled Campaign plans thursday and Friday including a final debate with Jackson to be at a Boston Hospital while his wife Kitty underwent a Italy from Page 1 and stripes. Prior to the ministers1 announcement last month . Secretary of defense Frank Carlucci said the Wing would be deactivated unless nato agreed to fool the $300 million Cost of the move. Congress has prohibited using . Money for transferring the jets within nato. The United Stales will pay about 112 million for morale and welfare programs at the new base once the Wing is settled Carlucci said. Alliance officials consistently have pointed to the Wing s importance in the defense of nato s Southern flank. Five hour operation to repair two ruptured discs in her neck. Doctors said the discs were pressing on her spi Nal column. Dukakis said that he was very very relieved at the apparent Success of the surgery and that doctors said his wife faces an excellent prognosis the democratic front runner was to spend most of saturday visiting his wife and then Fly to Cherry Hill in new Jersey the fourth state to bold its primary tues Day for a picnic and other activities sunday. He plans to return later sunday to California for the final Days of the presidential primary season to vie for the 314 delegates at stake there. Bush led the estimated 3,000 people gathered at Andrews fab outside Washington in a Campaign style Welcome Friday for Reagan s return from an 11,000 mile trip highlighted by the signing and Exchange of the intermediate Range nuclear forces treaty with so Viet Leader Mikhail s. Gorbachev. Welcome Home and Well done said Bush the All but certain gop nominee. Earlier Bush returning from a Campaign hiatus in Maine made an unannounced visit to Walter Reed army medical Center in Washington where the presi Dent of Al Salvador is being treated for stomach and liver cancer. During the 30-minute visit. Bush wished Duarte Well and expressed his gratitude for what he s done for democracy said the vice president s spokeswoman Kristin Taylor. Campaigning to smaller than usual crowds Friday in Montana Jackson said at an Airport rally we can not measure human beings and their needs just by their political capital. It s their humanity at  Jackson was to return to California saturday to the Rural town of Mcfarland which has been plagued by an unexplained and unusually High cancer rate. Cuts from Page 1 come under the . Transportation come. Trie study chastised Dod for not giving the unified com Mand created in 1986, More direct responsibility and called the plan for the establishment of the command no plan at  build a new command Structure for the air and ground defense of Alaska. The current system is con fusing and probably will not work in an emergency the study said. The study recommended that defense planners go further in streamlining the organizational Structure of military commands to the lower level service Compo nent elements for example the army in Europe which comes under the european come. Service component commands under unified com Manders often seem to be established mainly to keep the profiles of the military services High the study said. If one service has a four Star service component commander under a unified commander there appear to be pressures for the other services to have something similar it said. For example the army recently asked to elevate it Western come to a four Star position and rename it the army Pacific come under the unified . Pacific come a move rejected by Congress. Such turf Battles among the services for influence authority and ultimately a bigger chunk or the de sense pie have made the Vander Schaaf study a hot item. That thing is like a nuclear bomb around Here said one Pentagon source. Officials had hoped to keep it under wraps until adm. William j. Crowe jr., chairman of the joint chiefs finishes his review in a few weeks but after the general accounting office commented on the study in a report of its own lawmakers asked the pen lagon for copies which were sent to Congress by car Lucci May 22