European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 24, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes tuesday january 24,1989 Brandon Pahr 7, searches his charred bedroom for his pet monster toy. At right his parents sets. Susan and Michael Pahr recuperate in the ambassador s lobby pm go couple Hurt while saving kids in hotel fire hit i a Mitt urm it t c t it xt�7xr air by Janet Howells Tierney and l. Emmett Lewis or. Staff writers Frankfurt West Germany an Early morning fire monday injured two soldiers and gutted a suite of rooms in the ambassador  hotel on Frank Furt s Abrams Complex. Susan and Michael Pahr both sergeants with the 533rd military Intelli gence in 3rd  div received minor injuries while rescuing their three Chil Dren from their burning hotel suite Community spokeswoman Brigitte Schmit said. The pairs work at Michael bar Racks in h6chst, a Frankfurt suburb. Both were treated and released from the Frankfurt  regional medical Center on monday. Their children were not injured Schmitz said. About 70 people were evacuated from the building after military police notified the fire department she said. News update the fire department arrived within six minutes after being notified and quickly put out the fire but the apartment was a total loss Schmitz said. Damage is Esti mated at $82,000 for the destroyed four room suite. The family had occupied suite 313 since Jan. 11 when they arrived fro fort Hua Chuca Ariz. Smoke alarms alerted the family a about 6 a.m., Only three hours after they had finished watching the super bowl. The couple rushed through the smoke to save their three children Brandon 7 Dallas 4 and Jacob 1. Susan 25, received first degree Burns Over most of her Back. The Biloxi miss., native also was Cut on her head by Glass fragments when something explode from the heat she said. I pushed Dallas through the door in a tackle Susan said later in the hotel lobby. She clutched a Box she had res cued from the fire that held a ring her Mother had designed and Given her former 18th birthday. Not much else was salvaged from the burned out rooms. Dressed in Hospital greens Michael 24, went through the rooms with fire department officials to Survey the damage. His 7-year-old son accompanied him searching for his pet monster stuffed toy. Later Michael who suffered smoke inhalation and his first sergeant searched through charred debris on the Lawn three floors below trying to find $300 that had been in a Box in the living room. They found a few burned wet $20 Bills. When the alarm woke them Susan grabbed a Chicago bears sweat shirt be fore dashing out of the bedroom. Michael a Villa Park 111., native later said he was glad she had. The shirt was not Only Protection from the january chill but a reminder of a treasured chicag bears Cap that burned in the fire. The Cap was one of those passed out in 1985to a Small group of soldiers in Seoul Korea by Illinois governor while the bears were super bowl contenders. That was a memorable time for Michael but he s not Likely to forget this year s super bowl either. People from the Community responded to the family s disaster with compas Sion the pairs said. While the family Satin the hotel lobby people who had heard about their plight kept coming in an Giying them clothes and shoes Susan said. An elderly woman came up an pushed some Money into my hand and then slipped off before i could thank her Michael said. He later discovered she had Given him $50. The family has been moved to other rooms in the hotel. The cause of the fire is under investigation. Italy drought eased Rome a rain and Snow Wette drought stricken Northern Italy sunday but Only a few raindrops fell on most of Sardinia painless for 11 months and Alpine ski resorts continued to face a disastrous season. Farmers in the Northern to Valley had warned last week that Rice wheat and Barle harvests would fail if rain did not come this month. Czechs detain 400 demonstrators body of . Sailor found floating in Harbor at Rota Rota Spain is the body of a . Nav Sailor assigned to the amphibious cargo Carrier Charleston was found floating in the inner Harbor a naval station Rota sunday morning according to a naval spokeswoman. The Sailor was identified through dental records after an autopsy conducted jointly monday by Spanish and american pathologists it. Donna Hoffmeier said. The autopsy did not determine the cause of the sail or s death and the Case is under investigation by naval investigative service agents she said. The name of the Sailor a Seaman is being withheld until his next of Kin have been notified. The Sailor was reported missing when the Charleston left rot wednesday. Prague Czechoslovakia a police detained More than 400 people near the grave of a student who burned himself to death 20 years ago to protest the soviet led invasion that crushed Prague Spring re forms activists said. The police action capped Czechoslovakia s most serious week of political unrest since Jan Palach set him self ablaze in Central Wenceslas Square in january 1969 and thousands of people took to the streets i Shock and grief. Former communist party chief Alexander Dubcek was quoted sunday As saying the Young people now demonstrating against communist authorities Are frustrated by a political and economic system that offers them no future. Activist Petr Uhl said More than 400 protester were arrested on saturday in the Village of Vesta to Palach s Hometown 18 Miles from Prague. Palach i buried in Vesta to. The arrests brought to 800 the number of people detained during the week of protests most of which occurred in Wenceslas Square where Palach set him self afire on Jan. 16, 1969. In Warsaw Poland police detained two members of the banned polish socialist party during a demonstration monday in support of the czechoslovak dissident detained an opposition spokeswoman said. The police presence was heavy in Prague and Vesta to on sunday and no protests were reported. Uhl a member of the charter 77 human right group said police on saturday detained people who could not prove they were Vesta to residents. He said most were taken to a nearby state farm questioned photographed and released. The protests signal a growing frustration with the Lack of social and economic reforms similar to those implemented by president Mikhail Gorbachev in the soviet Union said Dubcek. Indiana sets election for House seat Washington Indiana voting officials have scheduled a special election for March 28 to elect a . Representative for the 4th congressional District of Indiana. The seat was vacated when then gov. Rob Ert Orr chose rep. Don Coats to fill the Senate sea vacated by vice president Dan Quayle. Jill Long who lost the Senate race to Quayle in1986, is the democratic candidate. She will run against Republican Dan Heath the fort Wayne ind., Public safety director. Service members government employees and their family members who Are residents of Indiana s 4th congressional District should Contact their unit voting assistance officer for details on How to Register Ana obtain Absentee ballots. A completed Federal Post card application should emailed Early to ensure timely receipt of a ballot officials said