European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 22, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes tuesday november 22,19b8 news updates sikh s complaint new Delhi India a magistrate on monday dismissed a complaint against two policemen by a sikh convicted of assassinating Farmer prime minister Indira Gandhi in i9h4, news reports said. Magistrate . Gauba de scribed inc complaint filed by Sal want Singh As nothing but an afterthought the press Trust of India news Agency said. Gandhi was gunned Down on oct. 31, 19s4. In the Garden of her official residence by iwo sikh bodyguards Satwant Singh and scant Singh. In his complaint filed on oct. 10, Sal want Singh alleged two Oiler members of Gandhi i Security Force fired at him and beam Singh after they had been captured and disarmed. Saiwan Singh was severely injured and scant Singh was killed. The two men were not  male sikhs by doctrine of their Faith take the name Singh which Means lion in the punjabi Lan Guage. Hostage release try Geneva a the International red Cross monday said it has been assured by parties in Lebanon that they Are trying to locate and gain the release of a Redcross Delegate who was kidnapped by gunmen last week in Sidon Lebanon Pacific is chief lost Job in part for critical stories paper says Washington is a former commander of he Pacific edition of the stars and stripes was removed in 1986 partly because senior Pacific come offi cers objected to what they called negative stories according to the army times the times current Issue quotes general accounting office draft report As saying air Force col. Richard Steven son former editor in chief of the Pacific edition who was removed one year into a three year tour was reassigned in part because of a number of stones critical of inc military. Among them was a series published in june 1986 that dealt with the philippine american conflict that ended in 1905.the author of those articles Chris Feola attributed the end of his military career to disputes Over his reporting. The Gao is investigating charges Ofat the two editions of the tank Rolls Over killing 3 soldiers injuring a fourth Hohenfels West Germany three soldiers died and another was injured sunday night when their Meta Abrams tank overturned at the combat Man Euver training area a 3rd in div spokeswoman said monday. The names of the four soldiers Are being withheld until families have been notified Debra Lucius said. The condition of the injured Soldier was not available for release monday she said. Also unavailable were the soldiers unit and details about the Accident. Army authorities Are investigating. Memorial service held for Frankfurt sergeant Frankfurt West Germany Sas a memorial service for the sergeant who died Friday from a apparently self. Inflicted gunshot wound will be held at 10 . Tuesday in the Edwards Caser Chapel a division spokesman said Mon Day " staff sgt Patrick l. Smith of he co,3rd army div was found dead in his family housing quarters with a gunshot wound in the Chest. The names of Smith s survivors including his  wife and three children were not available fro division officials the death is being investigated by Mil itary authorities. Correction an article pc Sawday incorrectly named the organizer of an acquired immune deficiency syndrome education seminar. The event was sponsored by the Aschaffenbur v elementary school Parent teacher student association. Newspaper based in West Germany and Japan at the direction of sen. William Proxmire. A wis. The final Gao report including a response from the defense department is italian killed As car collides with . Auto Nas s1gonella, Sicily is an italian was kilted sunday in a two car collision in which two americans and another italian were injured a Navy spokeswoman said monday. The Accident took place about 2 30 . Midway Between Nas Simonella s support base Nas 1, and its Airfield Nas 11, i. Mary Hanson said. Pronounced dead at the scene was concetto Cozzubbo of nearby Catania a passenger in a vehicle driven by Salva torn i Natal also of Catania. Dina Tate who suffered Chest and leg injuries is expected to remain hospitalized for iwo months an Kalian police spokesman said monday. The Driver of the . Vehicle was. Melodye King 33. Of Atlanta chief of the defense re utilization and marketing office at Nas Simonella. She sustained head and leg injuries and was flown to Wiesbaden air Force regional medical Center in West Germany for treatment. King was listed in stable condition a Hospital spokesman said a passenger in King s car. Chief Petty officer Arthur Emanuel 37, of Mobile ala., received internal injuries and was. Flown to the naval Hospital in Naples Italy for treatment. Emanuel was listed i n stable condition with Chest injuries including a bruised heart muscle he is assigned to naval Mobile con. Str Clion in i deployed to Simonella from Gulfport miss not due out for at least two weeks but sources have confirmed that the Dod ii considering replacing the military editors in chief of the two newspapers with civil ians. Proxmire who retires in january would like to hold hearings on the report. We still have some Lime Proxmire aide Ron Tammen said of the possibility of holding hearings before the year ends. But i must admit that because the report in t due out until the first week of december it will All depend on the num. Ber of practicable work Days left in the year once the report is released to told the stars and stripes on monday. Stevenson now a spokesman for the army and air Force Exchange service in the Pacific Region in Honolulu could not be reached for comment monday but he was quoted in the army times As saying he fell he was Well qualified for the Pacific editor s Job and did a Good Job there. Feola said the situation in the Pacific simply was one in which the admirals and generals did not understand Ibal not All news is Good news according to the army times. Feola now a reporter for the water Bury Republican in Connecticut wrote the 10,000-word series on the philippine american conflict based largely on re search he did at Navy and air Force bases in the Philippines. The article prompted widespread complaint from senior military officials who thought the series was unpatriotic and inflammatory the army times article said. After the stories appeared Feu Wude Nied a promised reassignment from Lis meal by five months to qualify for the new Job according to the Tumea. Military officials told the Gao that Feola was not wanted in the Philippines after the articles appeared the army times said. At the time the official Rea son for denying the reassignment Wai that Feola was eight pounds overweight under army regulations. Feola was Given non reporting duties in Tokyo and never wrote anything but Book reviews after that he said. Afghan military plane downed Over Pakistan Islamabad Pakistan a all27 passengers and Crew members aboard a soviet made transport plane died when it was downed by pakistani Force Over the weekend Afghanistan s slate run radio said monday. The afghan military transport plane was several Miles inside pakistani Terri tory when it was downed near the Bordertown of Par Chinar a spokesman for Pakistan s foreign ministry said. The pakistani spokesman speaking on condition of anonymity however said it was not Clear How Many people were aboard the plane. The transport plane was on route to the Eastern afghan City of Jala Labad from Kabul the afghan capital when technical trouble developed radio Kabul said in a broadcast monitored in Islamabad. The Pilot put out a Call for assistance but it was ignored by pakistani authorities the radio said. Instead of helping Pakistan shelled surface to air rockets at the plane against All International Law ind norms the broadcast mid. The afghan government a requested Pakistan return the bodies of the crash victims. A spokesman for the pakistani Mili tary said the plane was shot Down with Anli aircraft weapons by a paramilitary Force the plane was asked to identify it self and it did to the spokesman said. Pakistan s Border patrols Are on High Alert because of repealed incursions int pakistani airspace by soviet and afghan fighter jets the spokesman said Afghanistan and Pakistan signed ,-negotiated agreement in april pro Viding for the withdrawal of soviet cd Dicks Tram Afghanistan by feb. 15. Victims names released Lisbon Portugal is . Embassy officials monday released the names of the two Soldi Cri lulled thursday in tugboat Accident Ivi Miles off the port of Praia a Vitoria in the azores. Spec. Kevin w. King. 31, and spec. Zelma l. Foxx 27, were killed in the Accident which occurred As a . Army tugboat was towing two other tugboat sen route to England embassy spokeswoman my Chau Bui Griffin said. A Sailor injured in the Accident was treated at the air Force Hospital at Lakefield azores and transferred to Wiesbaden regional air Force medical Center West Germany she said. Chief warrant officer 3 Thomas Schmidt 44, suffered injuries to his hand and Pelvis Bui grif Fin said. Schmidt was listed in stable condition monday a Hospital spokesman said the three were thrown overboard in the 1 50 . Accident. The cause of the Accident is under investigation. Reservist Dies in Kc-135 Accident March fab Calif. Apr an air Force reservist died after a window burst on a k.c-135 Tanker aircraft lying Over the Atlantic Ocean and inc cockpit de pressurized officials said. Master set James u Borland 47, of Moreno Valley was killed As the plane was in route from England said cant. Richard Williamson a spokesman for the air Wing. The precise cause of death was not immediately determined officials said. He died when a Lo-Inch-by-8-Incb sex Tant sighting window in the cockpit broke officials said. A flight surgeon among the 17 others aboard the aircraft tended to Borland none of the others was injured Williamson said. The Accident four to five hours into the Light from Raf Lakenheath eng land was one of those bizarre  Odds Are one in 2 billion said it col Duncan bridewell. Col Tom Frank the aircraft s com a said he heard a Sharp bang As the plane flew 3s.ooo feet above the Ocean and Miles from land. The Crew landed the plane about 400 Miles away at Iqaluit on Baffin Island 1,500 Miles North of Montreal of the coast of Canada. The Tanker a military version of the Boeing 707, was on a weel Doag refuelling Mission in support of air Force fighter aircraft. A air Force Board of inquiry was sent to Iqaluit to investigate