European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 1, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 stateside the stars and stripes tuesday november 1,1988 Man smashes head on into car driven by wife St. Blairsville Ohio a a Man driving to work slammed head on into a car driven by his wife who was on her Way Home from work police said. Both were in fair condition in a Hospital. Kenneth Wiggins 45, was driving a vehicle that apparently crossed the Center line and slammed into inc car driven by his wife. Nancy. 41, officials said. Their meet ing Wasan Accident authorities said. Wiggins was died for no wearing a safety Belt and for failing to yield his half of the Roadway to his wife said a dispatcher for the Ohio Highway patrol. Vandals strike building where Dukakis has offices Montpelier it. A vandals broke into the building that houses the Vermont Campaign offices of Democrat Michael Dukakis and put up bumper stick ers that said. Smart democrats vote Republican a Campaign official said sunday. The offices were not entered but 15 to 20 bumper stickers were put on Walls in the Halls and posters were ripped Damn and Cut in half said stale Campaign Leader Andre Oliver "1 Don t think this Type of thing is called for Oliver Datil Oliver discovered the vandalism at the Burlington building Early sunday and discussed the incident with Bush Campaign representative Sieve Watson who said lit Husli Campaign had nothing to do with it. Walton said he and Oliver would urge their Vot Juji Cert not to engage in Sui a behaviour. Girl in serious condition after plunging 80 feet Silverton Ore. A a child bending Down to pick up a Stone while posing for a family photograph plunged so feet offa ledge at a Park authorities said. Amy Michelle Walker 2, of Lyons suffered a head injury and a broken nose in the fall at Silver Falls state Park authorities said. She was listed in serious Condi Tion at a Hospital. The doctor said she is doing Good. It s nothing she s no going to recover from said stale police sgt. Unruly Westbrook. The girl Feli from a Trail a1 the Park s South Falls shortly after noon sunday. Westbrook said. She Slid and tumbled the first 40 feet Down the Steep in line. Thon foil through the air to a Creek Bank,.West Brno said. The girl s a incr carried her to a parking lot where a fid if i scr picked her up. Alaskans shaken awake by Strong earthquake Homer. Alaska a a Strong earthquake awakened residents Early sunday but no damage or. Injuries a wry reported the Alaska tsunami warning can scr reported. The temblor measured 5,1 on the Richter scale of ground motion. It struck at 1 33 . About 60 Miles Northwest of Homer said Paul Whitmore a geophysics Istat the Conler. Child released brakes on Boxcar that killed Man Loveland. Colo. A a boy has confessed to releasing the brakes on a ran Over and. Killed a Railroad worker police said. Detective sgt. John theples said the boy was under. Age 10 and would not be charged. The empty Boxcar rolled about a mile before it struck a Burlington Northern a orc truck him. 17, the. Boxcar and Ruck then ran Over Kevin Evenstad 35, of fort Collins As he worked on the tracks. Memorial panels replaced in Toledo Ohio Chris Dock left and Norm traces replace panels an the moving Wall � Hlf Scalo Rondel of Washington s Vietnam Zelenin me Morial after it win damaged by High wind while on display in Toledo. About hair of the 72 panels suffered damage. The moving Wall contains the name or 58,156 americans who lost their lives during the Vietnam War holocaust Council gives award to Dachau inmates liberators Louisville by a pan Arney unit that Liber ate the inmates of one of the ?.i regime s worst concentration Camps was honoured by he United Stales holocaust memorial Council. The citation was presented saturday night at a reunion of former members of the 20th army div which liberated Germany s Dachau extermination Camp on apri29, 1945. The idea for a citation came from pal Gitcin of Peoria 111., the daughter of a division member Tanker Stanley. Rea Ostler who had hoped to attend the reunion at a Louisville hotel. But her father died oct. 13 in North Muskegon mich., at 75. I always knew what they her father s division did Ai Dachau Goitein said when heard they were having a reunion i said daddy you Guys were he roes 1 wanted to them gel an award from the holocaust commission Don t want people to forget Dachau established in 1933, was one of the first concentration Camps the nazis set up inside Germany. Ten Miles Northwest of Munich it was the site of about 3.soo brutal medical experiments. Thousands More jews and political prisoners were executed or died of starvation and illness . Farces liberated about 32,000 prisoners from the Camp. Gilcin was born april 4, 194s, while her father s unit was on its Way toward the Camp. She said that she and her a incr were working on the citation right up to his death. The last thing he said to me was do you have any news business has been a very Ricky and very per serial she said last week by the time he died he knew we had it pretty Well lined up and that really made him the proclamation signed by president Reagan and the holocaust Council chairman Harvey Meyerhoff was presented by rabbi Robert Slosburg president of the Louisville Board of rabbis. Retired army col. James m. Snyder the reunion s chief organizer accepted the award then handed it to fort Knos chief of staff col. Donald w. Williams for presentation to the Patton museum at fort Knos. Snyder 74, a major at the time of the liberation said the division was moving toward Munich when it came across the Camp. I had no prior knowledge of it the Camp he said. "1 Don t i now if anybody Snyder said the Camp guards surrendered without much resistance the division stayed Long enough for the military government to take Over the Camp then moved on to Munich. He said the Gas had Little Contact with inc prisoners. They were in Hom Bic shape he said. Just after liberating the Camp the division battled a 55 anti Lank group defending Munich and suffered a considerable number of the unit received a distinguished unit citation for the Sam Eskenazi Public affairs director for the Holo Caust Council in Washington said thai Between 12 and 15 units liberated inmates of nazi Camps certificates of appreciation have been sent to these units he said and flags of the units have been collected. There will be a place of Honor for these flags Ai the uni Ltd states holocaust museum he said. The museum to be built near the Washington Monument in Washington inc is expected to open in 1992. Trucker arrested after fatal Highway rampage fort Hancock. Texas a a trucker was behind burs monday after a 70 mile rampage in which an ofter was shot and Scherar motorists were forced o t a Highway including a woman who died when her vehicle hipped officials said.1 Denver Jerome Ilu Relk 30, of Ander son s.c., was arrested after the hour Long rampage sunday along interstate 10 in a Remote mountainous Section of West Texas said David Wells a state depart ment of Public safety spokesman.1 the Only thing we know is he was High Eye Donily on said a trooper. Bob., Newman of Elpaso. Burrell was in the Hudspeth county jail in lieu of $-100,000 in Bonds on charges of attempted capital murder in. Voluntary manslaughter and driving under the influence of a controlled sub stance official said. Tie rampage began near Van Horn about 100 Miles Southeast of Al i Aso. Newman said. As inc tractor trailer continued West on 1-to, it rammed a four wheel drive vehicle driven by Sharon Marie Gaulter the 48-year-old Elpaso woman s vehicle careened off the Road and flipped. She was pronounced dead at the scene. The tractor trailer which was hauling Light bulbs from South Carolina to be Vada next rammed a Winnebago pulling compact car on a trailer smashing the car. The Winnebago s Driver was unhurt and followed inc truck ". County Constable Sonny his Lin was Shoi in the Neek by Burrell before the trucker was finally ppr herded new Man said. I
