European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 1, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes tuesday november 1,19m news updates Lawn Dart victim Nashville. Tenn. A an11-year-old Girt whose Skull was pierced by a Lawn Dart has emerged from her drug induced coma a Hospital spokeswoman said. Amy Herrin of Mcminnville re gained consciousness Early sunday morning. Laid Nancy Humphrey spokeswoman of Vanderbilt uni a Cisily medical Center doctor saturday stopped administering the coma inducing drugs. The child s doctors arc please that she is responding As she is Humphrey said. But they will reevaluating that Over the next few Days no that she  Amy underwent eight hour of surgery last tuesday to remove the Metal and plastic Dart that was stuck 2 inches into her head. Doc tors put her into a coma to keeper brain activity to a minimum until swelling subsided. Soviets thanked Loveland Colo. A the plight of whales rapped by Arctic Ocean ice got worldwide attention and the part played in their Rescue by two soviet icebreakers got the special attention of members of third Grade class. "1 feel sorry for every living creature that has to go through this said Lisa do Lack. A third grader at Centennial elementary school in Loveland. Lisa convinced her teacher an school principal that the soviets deserved some thanks for their help in freeing two California Gray whales off the North coast of alas a. A third whale disappeared an was presumed dead. I Taw the whales and the rus sians helping and i thought it was very Nice of them to do it Lisa said. So she and her classmates penned Isdr appreciation on Blue lined school paper some illustrated with drawings of whales. Their letters were sealed in an1 envelope and mailed to soviet presi Dent Mikhail Gorbachev in mos cow. N. Ireland attack Belfast Northern Ireland a an elderly woman died of a heart attack while being evacuated from her Home after a attack on a police station near the bord Erwith the Irish Republic police said sunday. -.-,. Four missiles were fired from launchers mounted on a truck atthe heavily fortified Royal Ulster constabulary station in the Village of Roslea in county Fermanagh late saturday night but police said they believe Only two exploded. Sergeant found dead an apparent suicide Hahn a West Germany a 50thtac fighter Wing no was found dead of an apparently self inflicted gunshot wound saturday on Highway l108 near Simmom. Master sol. Samuel h. Newton 36.was pronounced dead at the scene at 6 . The Columbus Ohio native was a operations resource systems manage ment supervisor a base spokesman said monday. Newton is survived by his wife Susan and daughter. Sherry both of the Hannab area and his father Rchard p. New ton of Columbus. Air Force authorities Are investigating. Psychiatrist at Hamadi trial says captives May misinterpret events bed beams staf writer Frankfurt West Germany psychiatrist testifying at the murder and air piracy trial of confessed Hijacker Mohammed a Hamadi said hostages often hallucinate and suffer faulty perceptions during Captivity but Seldom falsify brutal actions. Andreas Ploger 62, of the University of Aachen has spent More than 20 years studying the reactions of people who have been under extreme stress. He Testi fied that victims never falsify facts but often Are led through excessive fear to misinterpret what is happening. The court had requested the expert opinion on the reliability of hostages testimony about heir Captivity Hamadi is on trial for his part in the1985 hijacking of Twa flight 847 in which . Navy diver Robert Dean Sto them was murdered. The ordeal began on an Athens Greece to Rome Light and ended 17 Days later in Beirut Leb anon. Witnesses have testified that Hamadi and his accomplice identified by authorities As Hassan Weddine brutally beat several passengers although none has claimed to have seen Lethem s murder. Ploger based his findings about people under stress on his experiences with the survivors of a mine explosion in Leng Edc. West Germany in 197 j and with s3of the 89 hostages held during the Arab terrorist hijacking of a Lufthansa Jet. Thelan Bishul in october 1977. In the mine disaster 11 men were found and 10 died. The Landshut was stormed by West Germany s crack anti terrorist unit Gsg-9, while on the run Way in Mogadishu Somalia none of the passengers was injured. In Lengene Ploger said a couple of the men did not believe they were buried alive but hallucinated themselves out of he death trap. One hostage on the Landshut said she thought about being a Friend of the terrorist and joining his group in Leb anon while he was savagely beating her Ploger said. Another hostage saw an ice Cream Booth where the terrorist had set up a table with their weapons. Another walked up to the hostages and told them to hand Over their weapons to him. Reality is not As much suppressed but reinterpreted into something less frightening. Ploger told the court hostages often ear deep emotional scars Lor Many years after their ordeal. One Landshut passenger still imagines he is being Fol Lowed by agents of the terrorists. However questioned by the attorney for the co plaintiffs in the trial. Peter Hamm Ploger said hostages would no invent an event such As beatings or kill Ings. Hamadi was wearing a Beard when reappeared in court monday for the 28th session of his trial. He had appeared beardless since july 5, the tint Day of hit trial. He faces a possible life sentence. Hamady Frankfurt baud attorney requested last week that the court sus Pend hearing More witnesses until they can examine evidence compiled by the Fri in he United states. The own has not yet ruled on the request Fri agent Gary Noesner who testified earlier told the court that the United slates had made available All relevant evidence it had regarding Hamadi. However docs nor said hit Agency would cooperate with the defense if attorneys believed some evidence was missing. The material in question include films and tape recordings some of which were subpoenaed by a Federal grand jury in Washington. Chief judge Heiner Mickenberg Essaid the court still did t know if Harna i s parents had accepted the invitation of the court to testify in Frankfurt he said visas Are being held for then at the West German embassy in Beirut the trial is scheduled to continue on Friday with testimony from passengers. Reagan pledges steadfast support of Israel recalls lessons of holocaust los Angeles a president Reagan vowed sunday that America will never forget the lessons of the holocaust pledging unswerving support for Israel and to use Force against any threat of fascism. We must defend ourselves against the evil of totalitarianism Reagan said in a speech to members of the Simon Wiesenthal Center at its annual award banquet. Vwe must remain Strong and we must be willing to use Force when we arc under threat. This is a lesson that binds us still closer to the state of Israel for the fact is a Strong Israel depends upon a Strong America Reagan said. An America that loses Faith in the idea of a Strong defense u an americ that will lose Faith in a nation at  like Israel Reagan said. Declaring that monsters were responsible for the holocaust Reagan said the mind reels from the enormity of the crime it begs to be set free from so terrible a fact to wipe it from the  people like Simon Wiesen lha have made us understand that we  we cannot we will  the organization was founded in 1977 and named after the Naii Hunter. It i dedicated to preserving the memory of the holocaust through which millions of jews died at the hands of Adolf Hitler s nazis. ,.- the group presented Reagan with its1988 humanitarian award in recognition of his commitment to Israel his work in defense of human rights cd be half of soviet jewry and the signing of the  reduction treaty with the soviet Union the while House said. It also presented a separate and first Ever award to Nancy Reagan for her anti drug abuse work among the nation s youth. In his address Reagan praised Wie sen Hal who was celebrating his Solh birthday at the event arrested by nazi forces in 194, wic Senchal escaped twice from concentration Camps and was Liber ated by american forces in 1945, he and his wire Cyla were the Only two of 91. Family members to survive the Holo Caust the while House said. But out of the ashes of the holocaust there came a Good thing a great thing called the state of Israel. And like Simon Wiesenthal the animating principles of the Siale of Israel Are Justice and la tempered with compassion yes thievery principles of Judaism itself Rea Gan said adding. And we americans with our Judco Christian heritage have no better friends than the people of is Rael fire destroys building it Kaiserslautern Kaiserslautern West Germany is a fire Early saturday morning destroyed a building on Kyj Eicr Cavern in Kaiserslautern that was used As a vehicle maintenance Bay and for offices a 4thtrans come spokesman said monday. . And German firefighters arrive Dat the Blaze at about 2 ., roughly 15 minutes after it broke out and contain edit at is ., maj Alfred Lou said. No cause bus yet been determined for the fire. Loll said the nearest residential bar Racks stood about 110 Yards from the burning one Story building. Three bar Racks were evacuated As a safety precaution but no injuries resulted from the Blaze .,.- in addition to the building the Struc Ture s contents were destroyed. Damage was estimated at 1200,000, including550,000 for the building and si50.000 for the contents. Although the building was used for vehicle maintenance no Petroleum products were stored on the premises Lou said the building was used by the 501st trans co and the 89th trans co Boll of the 53rd trans in. The vehicle maintenance operation and offices have been temporarily relocated to tents on the site lot said. Foul play ruled put in Sailor s death in Spain Malaga Spain s4s a Spanish pathologist has determined thai a .Sailor, whose body was found floating in Malaga s Harbor oct. 20, died of drown ing and foul play is not suspected a Navy spokeswoman said monday the Paiho Loisl s report was based on preliminary autopsy results it Jackie Yost said. Petty officer 3rd class Jeffery , 21, a radioman aboard the guided missile frigate Nicholas was re ported missing oct. 12 when he failed to return from Liberty to the ship which was then on a port visit to Malaga. ,. Brown and another Sailor had been seen together in he port area about 5  When the other Sailor returned to the ship without Brown a search of the port and its Waters was immediately begun Yost said. Brown is survived by his parents George and Beatrice Brown of Portage mad. " "