European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 2, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday september 2,1988 the stars and stripes Page 3services Honor victims of air show from Page 1 Kelly said. Noting that memory or remembrance is crucial to the Way we experience Kelly urged the audience not to forget the tragedy or those who suffered so hard in As of thursday 52 people have died As a result of the Accident. More than 360 were injured. A soloist opened inc Ramstein service by singing the German and . National anthems almost As if they like the grief shared by both communities were one. As a Call went out for a moment of silent prayer Heads bowed some Shook As if in disbelief some qui Vered from crying. We canno find inc words to express our grief chaplain it col Richard Parkinson said. We can not find the words to express our sorrow. Shock was our immediate reaction. And in Shock Many heroic deeds were performed. But now the Shock has worn off. And we arc left with the dead the no Public announcements were made about the services. Normal nato training nights were cancelled thurs Day in Honor of inc victims. A Public memorial service will be at 11 . Sat urday at St Nicholas Catholic Church in Ramstein the italian government announced thursday that Senate president Giovanni Spadolini the no. 2 offi Cial in the government and defense minister Valeric Zanoni would represent Italy at the service United press International reported wednesday evening about 1,500 people marched through the streets or Kaiserslautern behind a Banner that read we mourn for Thost to died Al the air the half mile walk co sponsored by he social democratic and the greens political parties culminated in a Small service at a Church. Rose Gylte a social Democrat who represents the Kaiserslautern Kusel District in the German parliament said thursday in an interview Wilh the stars and stripes that her party probably would not bring Forward its proposals Tor dealing with the tragedy until next week. Spa representatives also will meet next week with German defense minister Rupen Scholz to ask him Why he did allow the shows we had asked him not to we Don t want to make too much noise right now Bolte said. We wanted to wait some Days As All the dead people arc not Bolte one of the most vocal opponents of Flug lag said she had a Long and Good discussion july i Wilh air Force Brig. Gen. William Studor former com Mander of inc 316th air div at Ramstein on her concerns about safety and noise at the air show. Studer who left his dual roles As commander of both the Kaiser Lautem military Community and the air division in curly August for a new assignment assured her hat Alt safety precautions were being taken Golc said. He said do you think i would allow anything that is dangerous my airmen arc there too " Gylte said. The representative said she wants to Eccl with air Force Brig. Gen. Lawrence Boese Studor s successor to discuss the tragedy and options for holding a gift or Gormat groups stage a peaceful March in in a demonstration Phi inst air shows. The Banner reads the victims warn no More air shows. Cut Type of German american Friendship program. Out now it is a not a Good atmosphere to talk quietly and seriously about this gotta said. The greens Are calling for a More cultural and pc acc oriented festival to replace Ramstein s annual flu tag said party spokesman Andreas Markus. While the . Military Community would be Wel come peace groups from the United states also would be invited to attend the festival aimed at solving problems Between germans and americans Markus said. The greens will broach the subject monday to the Katsur Lautem City Council. In a separate Issue Safe officials declined to comment thursday on manslaughter and assault charges filed by he greens against the unknown . And German officials responsible for the Ramstein show. Wil Ctm Sattler chief prosecutor for inc Owci Brick in District which includes rams Cin a said thurs Day five complaints including the greens have been received by his office in conjunction Wilh the air disaster. A sixth was on its Way to his office he said. Except for the greens complaint the others were filed by private citizens saltier did not identify the other complainants Bui said they had no relationship to those who died or were injured in the catastrophe. In related news wire services reported the Timian flying team will be Welcome to per form in France in october a French official was quoted As saying. The air Force official told the France soil newspaper that recce Tricolour would perform As scheduled oct. 24 at a show in Salon de prove acc near Marseille City authorities in Ferrara Italy decided wednesday to cancel a sept. 10 air show featuring a display by the italian learn. A statement issued after a meeting of Sacal officials said the cancellation was decided to show sensitivity for what happened and Solidarity with i Host who were involved in the in Paris the defense ministry said it would eliminate some stunts from French military displays offer Balics. In. A statement he ministry said the new rules including he suppression of certain figures would be in effect next sunday at an air show Al Dinard in Western France ii did not elaborate on which stunts would be Cut la this mean Flea la Whitt a dial in an Al ram min a another Ramstein air show victim Dies b Janet d Agostino medical writer another victim of the Ramstein a sir show Iraq cd has died according to a Rheinland Pfalz state spokesman who also said thursday that 40 of the dead have been identified. The . Air Force said the death toll held steady Al 52. The dead were victims of the crash of an italian air Force Jet sunday into a crowd at the show. The West German death count increased by one thursday to 49 when a German victim of the crash died during the night said Wolff Buermann a spokesman for the Rheinland Pfalz Interior ministry. The identification of 40 victims was up from 25 the previous Day he said the identified dead in clude two americans three italians 33 germans one victim who was dutch and one French. Of the More than 360 people injured 172 remained in 45 hospitals thursday the number of missing dropped from 65 to 35, Bilchmann said. The air Force said the 52 dead included pfc. Gun a Viec r. Riggs 36, of he 10th my co in Munch a veiled another american whose name has not been released pending notification of the family the three italian pilots 17 germans 21 unidentified bodies at Ramstein and nine unidentified bodies in local hospitals. Riggs1 husband army sgt. Myron Riggs 24, of the same military police unit was severely injured in the disaster and was flown tuesday to Brooke army medical Center in Texas for bum treatment. Seven people so far have been flown from Ramstein to the san Antonio Hospital. Six americans ref bed Al Lii lands Uhl army regional i scat Center in Good condition thursday while one was in fair Condi Tion. Germans and americans arc beginning to raise Money to help the hundreds of victims of the trag Edy. The West German red Cross issued an urgent Appeal for financial donations the a re ported. The 2063rd comm so Al Lindsay air station West Germany had planned to sell food through the weekend at the Heiner Borg and Mainz Kastel shop Ping centers to raise Money for their unit Booster club. Now they have decided thai he Money should go toward Flowers a Monument and a fund to help the injured and their families the air station also will be collecting donations for the cause
