European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 19, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes Friday August 19,1988 hostage drama eaves 3 dead 3 arrested. .j._.a4l.fca t Fin -1 a 1 4 no it a is r n nsn/1 4 n a it pc continued from Page 1 shot Back Hosse told reporters at a Cologne news conference. Hosse added it is still unclear which weapon the Bullet that killed her the female hostage came  the other spokesman Fechner said one of two women hostages was killed in the Exchange of gunfire and the other received life threatening injuries. He said he could not release their names. Fechner is the police spokesman in the Northwestern German City of Recklin Hausen where a special com Mand Post had been set up to coordinate the police strategy after the hostage drama started in nearby glad Eck. The bizarre incident had started after the gunmen took two hostages during a Bank robbery tuesday morning in glad Eck 50 Miles North of Cologne and news briefs flawed Booster test firing called successful by Nasa Brigham City Utah a an intentionally flawed space shuttle Booster rocket was successfully fired thursday in the last of a series of tests required before resumption of manned . Space  engineers deemed the test a Success after inspecting the prone rocket and Nasa workers Are Able to plug a tiny fuel leak in the shuttle discovery the space Agency will be Able to set a firm Date in late september or Early october for the first shuttle launch in 32 months. The two minute horizontal test firing the fifth full scale test of Morton Thi Okol s Rede signed Booster sent Clouds of dust billowing thousands of feet in the air As hundreds of Nasa and company observers cheered. Fantastic it looked really Good. This is it said John Thirkill vice president of space operations for Morton Thi Okol. Morton Thi Okol and Nasa engineers expected preliminary test results within hours an final results within two weeks said company spokesman Rocky , technicians at Cape canaveral fla., drilled holes in discovery s cargo Bay Walland an engine compartment thursday in an at tempt to Stem a tiny leak in a fuel line. The repair and subsequent testing Are expected to take about a week said Nasa spokeswoman Lisa Malone. Darmstadt go hit by car suffers multiple fractures Darmstadt West Germany a Soldier was in stable condition thursday after being hit Bya car while serving As a Road guard for a company formation crossing the Street wednesday. Spec. William Johnson 22, of the 575th personnel services co suffered multiple fractures in the 1 . Accident near the front Gate of Ernst Ludwig Cavern a Community spokesman said. Johnson initially was treated at a Darmstadt Hospital then transported by helicopter to the Lan Stuhl army regional medical Center. The personnel specialist is a native of Louisville by. German and . Authorities Are investigating the Accident. Later fled in a car provided by authorities. They also escaped with 420,000 Marks $227,000 police had provided the bulk of the Money 300,000 Marks to try to ensure the hostages safety. The gunmen next surfaced wednesday in Bremen 135miles Northwest of glad Eck. There police said they opened fire in a vegetable Market. No one was injured. Accompanied by a female accomplice the bandits then commandeered a City passenger bus and drove away with about 30 hostages. Five elderly people were later freed and the bus continued along the autobahn for several hours late wednesday and Early thursday. The bandits also freed their two original hostages. Hermann Wahl another Recklin Hausen police spokesman said an officer had died in a crash pursuing the gunmen while the armed robbers had shot to death a 15-year-old italian boy aboard the bus. Wahl said the boy whose name was not released was killed after police grabbed the robbers accomplice who was identified by Law officials Only As mar Ion Irma  her full last name was not released. She later was allowed to rejoin the gunmen and the bus crossed the Border into the Netherlands. The hijackers shot and wounded two captives about 6 . Thursday before freeing most of them dutch police spokesman Jan Housel said. The seriousness of their injuries was t known. The spokesman said that after most of the hostages were set free near the dutch Border town of olde Zaal the gunmen their wounded companion and two women hostages got into a High powered Bow Sedan and raced Back into West Germany about 8 . Thursday. No from Page 1 rested Soldier  ring recruits victims in the Philippines prom Ising them High paying jobs in West Germany an lending them up to 5,000 Marks $2,674 to make the trip according to German police. Once the aliens arrive however the smugglers hide them in the Frankfurt area for a few weeks in unsanitary conditions then administer sedatives to them and smuggle them to other european countries to work at menial Low paying jobs police said. Most of the filipinos end up in France Italy and Spain Falk said. The smugglers also charge the aliens up to 10 per cent interest monthly on the travel Loans and threaten reprisals against the aliens families to guarantee pay ment Federal police said. Couriers in the smuggling gang take the aliens to their jobs and take their loan payments Back to the Philippines. The criminal office said one such courier was apprehended with $30,000 in payments in his suit  police began investigating the smuggling operation in june with the state prosecutor s office i Frankfurt. The criminal office said More than 1,000 undocumented filipinos have become stranded in the Frankfurt area in the Wake of the probe but the rate at which Young filipinos enter West Germany has dropped by half. In late 1987 and Early this year investigations found filipinos living in . Military housing in West Ger Many and illegally working As nannies and housekeepers for americans. Guard from Page 1 thus lost his student deferment from the draft. He served until 1975.few guard units were activated and sent to Viet Nam and Many Young men sought to join the guard to avoid being drafted and sent to  said Quayle inquired As to whether he might be sent to Vietnam As part of a guard  Issue of How he got into the guard was raised during the screening process run by the Bush Campaign Ronall possible running mates said Bush aide Robert Teeter. The question was i believe was there any pull or some influence in some Way for him to get into the National guard. My impression is the answer is absolutely not said Teeter. He at some Point said i simply applied like anyone else " said  the Bush Campaign tried to play Down the controversy other republicans said it could be a continuing problem for the gop  s face it the question is whether a Rich kid s family got him into the guard when other people were getting drafted said John Decamp a Vietnam Veteran an Delegate. Some of them like me got shot at a lot and a great Many of them just Plain got shot and . Tom Tauke an Iowa Republican suggested Bush might reconsider Quayle s inclusion on the ticket if the Indiana senator lied to the  Rollins former Campaign manager for Ronald Reagan said if Quayle misled the Campaign bus would have a right to withdraw the nomination. You Cut your losses and do not bleed to  sen. Alan Simpson of Wyoming said questions about Quayle s military service were a Bunch of crap. There Are about 10 million people in the National guard who should be offended by All of  but rep. Bob Dornan of California a hard line conservative and longtime Bush supporter said Quayle must explain himself much As Richard Nixon did in 1952 to defuse reports of financial impropriety. It requires a checkers like speech and he must do it must do it quickly before this gets out of hand Dornan said. My sentenced to 5 years for rape attempt in Germany Frankfurt West Germany a v corps Mili tary policeman who tried to rape a German woman was sentenced wednesday to five years confinement and reduced to the lowest enlisted rank a corps spokesman said thursday. Pfc. Oney j. Langley Iii 22, of the 109th my co,18th my brigade also was ordered to forfeit All pay and allowances and was Given a bad conduct discharge following his conviction by a general court martial on a charge of assault with intent to rape. The officer and enlisted panel found that Langley sexually assaulted and attempted to rape the woman after she gave him a ride from a Frankfurt Dicso during the Early morning hours of May 27, the spokesman  had been in the army since january 1986 and in Frankfurt since june 1987. He will serve his term at fort Leavenworth Kan. Bush from Page 1  evening turned into Bush family night at the convention. His daughter and four sons warmly endorsed him As they each announced the nominating votes from their states and his mexican-b9rn Daugh Ter in Law Columba seconded his nomination in Spanish and  state by state Roll Call was orchestrated so that Bush s adopted Home state of Texas had the Honor of putting him Over the , born in Massachusetts has claimed Texas As his Home for about 40 years and Hopes texans will show their loyalty to him on election Day. Dukakis has named Texas sen. Lloyd Bentsen As his vice presiden tial nominee to try to pull Texas support away from  have put great emphasis on Texas Dur ing the convention in Hopes of winning the state s 29electoral votes As a major step toward National Victory in the  sen. Phil Gramm began the nominating pro Cess placing Bush s name before the delegates an saying George Bush is the greatest vice president this nation has Ever , known for his efforts to Cut . Govern ment deficits noted Bush had met with european leaders such As British prime minister Margaret Thatcher French president Francois Mitterrand and West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl. They know George Bush said Gramm. They Trust him. They respect  waiting under the vast roof of the super dome released 50,000 balloons in Celebration after Bush s name was entered into nomination. Sen. Bob Dole Bush s last major challenger for the party s nomination gave Bush a ringing endorsement praising him and attacking Dukakis. The governor is one of those liberals who is suspicious of America s strength embarrassed when Ameri Ca asserts its rights uncomfortable when America stands on the Side of Freedom Dole declared. Bush Quayle buttons sprouted on the lapels of delegates after Bush pronounced Quayle 41, his designated nominee for vice president. He called him one of the rising Young stars of the party and quickly added that he is qualified to be one heartbeat away from the presidency. At a joint nationally televised news conference Quayle sought to fend off a barrage of questions ab9ut his youth and background and struck an aggressive Campaign pose i can t wait to get out there and Tell the Story about what America would look like under a George Bush administration he said. If the democrats get Back into the White House it would be a disaster Quayle said