European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 17, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes saturday. September 17,1988 firm to Stop student shuttles pending probe Singen Wesl Germany is a West German Tai company will not be used to shuttle american school children to their bus Toules until Wesl Ger Man officials Complete an investigation into an Accident that seriously injured two students officials said Friday. Three Frankfurt Junior High school students were passengers in the Taiti when it made a a turn Al 7 15 . Monday and was struck in the Side by Mother car. Katrina Ostertag 13, suffered head injuries and was in a com for two Days. She was in satisfactory and stable condition Friday in a German Hospital in bad Hornburg. Tommy Talon ares a was in serious but stable condition Friday following surgery tuesday. He suffered broken Bones and internal bleeding. Brian Woolard 13, suffered Only bumps and bruises. He was treated at a West German Hospital in Singen and released. Because Singen is not on the school bus route american school children there take a 15-Minuleride in a subcontracted taxi to Rossbach where they Board the bus to Frankfurt. Wolf taxi company is subcontracted by the primary Dodds contract cd bus company tank of Lessen. A spokesman for the Giesse military Community logistics office said the principal company tank is a dependable firm carrying 2,000 children a Day. Based on Community concern Over monday s Accident tank has volunteered to not use the Wolf company for any military request until an investigation by West German officials has been completed the spokesman said. Reagan s mental state was scrutinized aide confirms Washington a president Reagan says there in t an Iota of truth to an account that aides questioned whether he was mentally tit to serve at the height of the Iran Centra crisis. But a former aide said Friday it would have been irresponsible for him not to raise the Issue there s no truth Loany of this Rea Gan said thursday when asked about the report in a new Book that aides weighed whether to invoke the 25th amendment providing for the vice president to Lake Over if a president is unable to discharge his duties. It s just ridiculous Reagan said while attending the annual White Home picnic for members of Congress. There in t an Iota of truth in the whole Story an to whether people were considering invoking the 25th amendment the president said i never knew that anyone was. I Don t think anyone  James Cannon a former Senate aide to Howard h. Baker jr., who was on the transition team when Baker succeeded Donald t. Regan As White House chief of staff confirmed most of the account. . Sailor drowns after fall into High sea Brussels Belgium an american Sailor drowned thursday after falling overboard during a nato exercise off the coast of Norway. Petty officer 3rd class Darrius v. Fludd 22, was being hoisted from a ship s boat onto the destroyer tender puget sound when the line broke and he fell into the water an exercise spokeswoman Al nato Headquarters said Friday. The incident happened at 3 . While the ship was anchored in High seas and 40-knot winds near Vest fjord Norway. Rescue attempts by a ship s boat were unsuccessful because of poor visibility and rough seas the spokeswoman said. After a two hour search fludd was found by a norwegian coast guard Cut Ter. Following efforts to revive him fludd of do land fla., was pronounced dead about 10 ., the spokeswoman said. The Navy is investigating. The Pugel sound is one of 200 ships participating in teamwork 88, a nine nation nato exercise. Attributed to him in the Book land slide by reporters Jane Mayer of the Wall Street journal and Doyle Mcmanus of the los Angeles times published by Houghton Mimin. Cannon in an interview on lbs this morning defended his decision to raise the Issue of the president mental state and the possible use of the 25th Amend ment to Baker after he had interviewed several White House staff members As part of the transition. I think it would have been irresponsible not to have Given what i had been told by senior staff members who had been working with him Reagan " can non said. Cannon said he interviewed White House aides on feb. 27 and 23, 1987, just after Baker accepted the Job and a patient of response evolved that the real problem you have to worry about is the president. They would say he s nonpaying attention he s not Reading his memos he does t come to the office he stays Over in the  on March 1, the Book says Cannon wrote a memo to Baker suggesting that his first priority be to consider the possibility that Section 4 of the 25th Amend ment might be applied.11 after Cannon presented and discussed the memo Al a meeting in Baker s Home that night. Baker is quoted in the Book As saying Well it does t sound like the Ronald Reagan i just saw but Well Sec tomorrow Baker on thursday said he does no recall any serious consideration Ever of invoking the 25lh  he called Reagan Strong and Asser Tive and perhaps the most presidential Man. I Ever knew and said Reagan was fully in charge fully capable and  Regan asked in Portland Maine about the Book s assertion that the presi Dent was out of touch said Well i m a Little doubtful of that. Of course the White House was in somewhat of disorder. He was Down because he had had an operation in Early january but t think by that time he had fully recovered from  in his Book for the record published last Spring Regan portrayed Rea Gan As disengaged and indecisive. Ramstein air show toll reaches 64 with death of Rheinland Pfalz Man by Deedee arr1mgton Doke the death toll from the rams Cin Abair show tragedy climbed to 64 Friday when a 34-year-old West German Man died of injuries suffered in the aug. 28 disaster a spokesman for the Rheinland Pfalz Interior ministry said. Spokesman Jurgen Dietzen said the latest victim was from Rheinland Pfautz. The disaster occurred when three ital Ian air Force jets collided during an Aerial demonstration Al the annual air show. One plane crashed into a crowd of spectators killing Many instantly and injuring hundreds. Of the 64 killed 57 were germans. Others who died were the three italian pilots two americans and one French and one dutch victim. I Elzon said Friday that 25 germans who died were from the state of Baden Wurttemberge and 16 from Rheinland Pfalz while seven were from Hessen five from Bavaria three from Saarland and one from nor Rhein westfalen. On Friday 152 people injured in the disaster remained hospitalized including10 children under 14 years old. An american woman. Tammy Mccanch 21, was released thursday from Brooke  medical Center in Texas said maj. Kathleen White Ramstein a spokeswoman. Mccanch and her husband air Force staff sgt. Jeffrey l. Mccanco 23, of he 377th explosive on disposal flight a Kapaun air station West Germany will remain at Lackland fab in Texas until their son Jeffrey jr., 2, is released from Brooke White said. The child s condition is improving White said the condition of  sgt Myron Riggs 24, of the 110th Mico a Munch Weiler West Germany has been up graded to Good. Remaining on the very seriously injured list at Brooke were  1st la Kim Strador 30, and air Force master sgt. Stephen Hull 32. At the lands Uhl  regional med ical Center in West Germany Roberta Nicks 26, and  set. Alexander Tirana of the 44th signal in Kaiserslautern remained hospitalized. The International Board investigating the Accident will recess next were and resume work approximately a week  said. The team of americans Ger mans and italians will break so the ital ians can return Home and meet with National defense officials White said. Investigations typically take 30 Days or less to Complete but lie examination of the Ramstein a disaster a expected to take longer White sold. The West German government so far has paid about 500,000 Marki $270,000for funerals and related costs for tragedy victims and their families the Interior ministry s Dietzen said. About 3s6 personal damage claims and so claims for property damage have been tiled with the West German govern ment Dietzen said. He added and that is Only the  longtime . Forces Liaison officer Larson is dead at 59 of lung cancer correction an article about the cafes change of i command was incorrect maj Gen. John a. Long has taken Over As commander of the  troop support come in St. Louis. Stuttgart West Germany the . Forces Liaison officer for Baden flirt Lemberg and author of numerous books for americans about Germany died Friday of lung cancer. Robert a Larson Baden  Berg Liaison officer for 14 years died Fri Day at the Lan Stuhl  regional medical Center after a lengthy bout with cancer. He was 59, the hushing n.y., native who graduated with honors from Yale University at age 19, was Best known for his books about germans including getting alone with germans and t your Swa Bian  Larson served in the  from 1951 to 1952 in Baum older then began a civilian career As an education adviser there. By 1957, Larson became assistant director of the european division of the University of Maryland a position he held until 1961. Larson went to the United slates Tor a year to Leach German and English at new Mexico military Institute then re Lumen to Germany in 1963, where he worked As an  education adviser in Giessen and  from 1964 to 1967, Larson edited the  in Europe Magazine in Hei Delberg which later became eur  in 1967, he was named special assistant to the director of Public affairs for the . European come in Stuttgart in 1974, he assumed the Liaison officer duties he performed until his death. Larson also founded toastmasters clubs in Heidelberg and Stuttgart and served As president of lie federation of German american clubs in 1977 and 1978. In addition to his Bachelor s degree in German language and literature Larson earned his master s degree in German language from Yale. He received his Doc Lorale in German philology in i9s7 from the Friedrich Wilhelm University in Bonn in 1957. Larson was awarded two Merito rious civilian service awards and the commander s award for civilian service he is survived by Bis wife Marijoi and daughter Miriam of Stuttgart an sons Andrew and Christopher. Funeral arrangements have not been made yet a Usa eur official said Fri Day