European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 6, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Q Early discharges available to some As Holiday present Page 2 o House sustains Reagan s veto of textile Bill Page 5 d House defeats proposal to count overseas Gas in census Page 9 d mets beat dodgers 3-2 in no playoff opener Page 21 unofficial publication Fob the . Armed forces vol.47,no. 171 thursday. October 6, 1988 Good morning d 8693 a Singh arrives former hostage in w. Germany s health is in doubt Millie Lefthar Singh k it is my by Alexander Rattray tie u.5, Consul Nen Crul in Frankfurt West Germany. By David arrant staff i alter Bill in main a. West Germany Indian pro Fessor Mithi Leslear Singh flew Inlo a . Air base near Frankfurt Early wednesday morning aboard an air Force plane freed alter 20 month As a hostage in Lebanon. Singh a to year old resident alien of the United Shatraw is immediately taken to Wiesbaden air Force regional medical Center for elimination said Khem Mam spokesman u. Civil. I Arry Miil Ney Singh stepped from the plane Al 2 2,1 . Wednes Day. He wore a Pray suit and appeared unsteady As he stepped cautiously Down a Uriah la Metal stairway of the c-l-11 Starli Fier which had flown him from dam related stories photos pages 3, 9 ascus Syria to Ahcin main a he was greeted by Alexander rat Ray the . Consul general in Frank Furt and col. David Williams commander if the 435l1i tac Airlift Wing at Thein main. Earlier Rall Ray had said he would Welcome Singh in an understand manner. I will simply say Welcome to Frankfurt. We Hutc a car wailing for you,1" the former hostage waved but made no remarks to the three dozen journalists Wainui at the floodlit air Purl. Moments later he got into the Back scat of a car and was driven to Wiesbaden with a police escort. Earlier tuesday in Damascus. Singh told reporters that he fell very Happy at his release but sorry Flint three american colleagues abducted with him were still held hostage the associated i Ress reported. Thank god 1 am free lie said to reporters at to Ltd syrian foreign ministry after syrian minister of slate for foreign affairs Nasser Qaddoura officially turned continued on Back Page doct9r believes Stethem did t die instantly Vuki tit Elvis Topsy on Stethem in 19s6 at the request Clark an american said he was Oark testified he could not deter p stuff writer. Frankfurt. West Germany . Navy diver Robert Dean Stethem May have lived 10 minutes after being shot in the head by hijackers of Twa night 8-17, a doctor testified tuesday. Or. Michael Clark said at the air piracy and murder Virsal of Mohammed All a Tamari thai he performed an a tops o i 19 8 at the t of the Fri. Hamadi a Radical lebanese shiite moslem is accused of killing set him. A Petty officer second class. Hamadi has admitted that he and an accomplice identified Hajhassan Fez Eddine commandeered the Jet during a flight from Athens to Rome in 1vss. He has denied killing Stethem. Clark asked to perform the autopsy after an initial autopsy conducted at a . Naval base in Spain was found to be inadequate because no forensic specialist was present. The body was exhumed on Jan. 7 from Arlington cemetery and the a Lopsy performed a to naval Hospital in Bethesda md.," Clark said. Clark testified he could not deter mine How far away the gun was from swim pm s head when he was shot bul said Sie Ihm May have lived up to 10 minutes. Earlier witnesses testified they heard a shot fired and then heard Stethem cry. Of god of during the 17-Day hijacking the Jet see Stethem on Back Page discovery astronauts being debriefed in Houston space Center. Houston Al discovery s five astronauts were due Hack on the Job for the second straight Day of debriefings thursday. The Pusl fans he ses Sions began at the space Center in Houston wednesday after the five i her Crew got tuesday off. Commander Frederick Hauck guided the discuss the night the shut la is being readied for a piggyback ride Back to Florida aboard a modified Buerg 747 on sat urday. The flight followed More than 400 changes to the see Houston on Back Page
