European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 15, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes paragliding stripes Magazine d Hamadi denies he was Leader Page 2 q Randy Barnett s car Comer Page 13 d High school Grid schedules Page 20 the Star and if ripes Csc t3 auth sized unofficial publication Fob the . Omeo Force vol.47, no. 150 thursday september 15, 1988 Good Morri Lugt d 8693 a 11 at recruiting Center taken hostage freed Richmond a. A a gunman took 11 hostages at a military recruiting station wednesday but freed them unharmed hours later after to radio stations aired at his demand a statement asserting his goal was peace in Leb he surrendered just before 2 p.m., shortly after the last hostage was freed. No one was injured in the five hour standoff. The unidentified gunman who had described himself As a local person of lebanese descent was armed with an ak-47, an automatic Rifle that is Stan Dard Issue in communist countries said police it. Pm. Schesventer. Police negotiated by Telephone with the Man who had claimed two armed companions but police Learned from freed captives there was Only one gun Man. The 11 captives nine military personnel and two civilians included a High school senior enlisting in the serv ice said . Hostages began coming out alone and see freed on Back Page Hurricane hits Yucatan thousands flee Inland Cancun Mexico a Hurricane Gilbert battered the resorts of the Yuca Tan Peninsula wednesday with 160 Mph winds and torrential Rains. Thousands offed coastal areas for shelters in the wind was blowing out windows everywhere in Cancun an official said of the resort where thousands of Ameri cans vacation each year. Residents along the Gulf coast of Texas 560 Miles to the North stockpiled food an supplies and prepared to evacuate. Robert sheets director of the National Hurricane Center in Florida said Early wednesday he expects Gilbert to strike the Texas Louisi Ana coast in 48 to 60 hours. The Hurricane one of the strongest i history i extremely dangerous the . National weather service said. The storm s winds reached 175 Mph earlier wednesday but later fell slightly to 160 Mph the weather service said. Oil companies evacuated thousands of workers from rigs in the Gulf of Mexico. According to reports from new Orleans. Gilbert which has killed at least 1 1 people moved Over the Island of Coz Mcl at 10 a.m., said Jose Pereira spokesman for the governor s office in Merida capital of Yucatan state. Pereira who spoke by Telephone from Mexico City said heavy rain was falling Over the Peninsula and communications with Cancun and Cozumel were is 240 Miles East of Modira. Co Tumcl is 12 Miles off the Yucatan coast. Military and civilian learns evacuated More than 16,000 people from coastal areas on the upper Yucatan coast be tween puerto Progreso to Rio Lagarto Pereira said. Most arc in shelters in in land towns he said. Many people were reluctant to leave their Homes Pereira said. They had to be convinced of the seriousness of the officials in Merida last spoke with people in Cancun Early wednesday be fore the Center of the storm hit. Electricity is Down he said. We talked to them Early in the morning and they said it was impressive All people were afraid the wind was blowing out windows heavy Rains began in Merida about 6 a.m., and the storm was expected to dump 5 to 10 inches on the area. The National weather service in continued on Back Page owner of Milwaukee Bucks among state primary winners by he associated press Wisconsin democrats dashed the comeback Hopes of a former governor by nominating a millionaire sports club owner to succeed sen. William Proxmire while in Arizona seven Republican legislators who helped oust former guv. Evan Mecham were Defeated by his supporters. Also among six state primaries tuesday two Republican Congress men from new England passed the first hurdle toward higher office. Vermont rep Jim Jeffords won the right to face Democrat William Gray a former . Attorney Tor the scat of retiring gop sen. Robert Stafford. New Hampshire rep. Judd Gregg son of a former governor captured his parly s nomination to succeed re publican gov. John Sununu and will run against Democrat Paul Mceachern. Minnesota voters As expected set up a november clash Between Republican sen. Dave Durnberger seeking a third term and demo cratic attorney general Hubert h. Skip Humphrey Iii. In the Arizona primary the most prominent casualties were Senate president Carl Kunack beaten by Mech am supporter Jerry Gillespie and House speaker Joe Lane a Republican who started the impeachment process against Mcchamp last fall. He lost to Mcchamp backers Lloyd Fenn and Warren shut Nakor. Not All the former governor s supporter were successful his press Secretary Ron Bellus was trounced by former sen ate president Leo Corbel. The Victor in Wisconsin s demo cratic Senate primary was Herbert Kohl the Milwaukee Bucks Basket Ball team owner who spent 12,1 Mil lion mostly his own Money on Campaign built mainly on to ads. Kohl seeking office for the first time said voters wanted a qualified non politician with real business world but former gov Anthony s. Earl who finished second in a five Way race said Don t think Herb Kohl would mind if i say he got the most see winners on Back pays Sembach s High tech defense trips up invaders by Deedee Arrington Doke Bureau Sendach a West Germany All that stood Between the four commandos and entry into the . Air base at Sembach was a Cornfield a strip of grass land and a , As the invaders were to discover belatedly a few thousand electronic sensors monitored by . And West German Security specialists backed up by 1,500 armed defenders. When it was All Over new technology and Superior Numbert had won out. The invaders representing a team of soviet pc Snaz commandos picked them selves up dusted the grass off their clothing and gave up. See related refer str photos on Page 3. Sembach at least on this particular late summer Day was secure. Autumn forge duplicating that performance during time of War and against what Likely would be More even Odds was the purpose of the mock invasion staged several times during the past week As part of Creek Warrior one of the series of nato exercises called autumn forge. As part of the exercise about 900 West German soldiers defended Sembach s exterior while 600 . Security police including 270 flown in from the United suites protected the base from the inside. A crucial element in the exercise which ended tues Day was testing Marly $2 million of detection equip ment designed to pick up where human vigilance left off. I think this is the Start of something big senior master set. Ken fears chief of the nth air Force Security police operations division said of the sensor see invaders on Back Page m d Gazi be today
