European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 20, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse I charming Copenhagen stripes Magazine d Exxon defends spill 7 d stadium hooliganism described.,.,.,Page 9 Foj Lucilie Ball has heart attack Page 24 the stars and tripes authorized uhor fic a publication Fob the u.3. Omeo Fochts ,vot.48. No.3 thursday april 20, 1989n a i suns d 8693 a at least 47 die in blast Iowa Norfolk a. A a tire and explosion in a giant gun Turret on the battleship Iowa killed at least 47 people and injured an undetermined number of others wednesday in the Atlantic Ocean a Navy commander said. The death toll could go higher but we Don t know at this Point it. Cmdr. Steve Hur Natl said. The ship was not seriously damaged and was sailing to a rendezvous with the nearby aircraft Carrier Coral sea . Atlantic Fleet spokesman it. Cmdr Chris Baumann said. Baumann con firmed the deaths. Helicopters from the Coral sen brought medical equipment to the Iowa and were transferring some of the injured to the Carrier which has three Doc tors and much larger medical facilities. Liu Knelt said. Crewmen put out the fire and As a precaution flooded several rooms where explosives were stored. They said the ship was no longer in any danger. Bur Nett said. The a jul onion occurred about 10 . In one or the battleship s three 16-Inch gun turrets As the ship was taking part in a gunnery exercise about .330 Miles Northeast of puerto Rico he said. The for Fleet Readi Ness began april 13 and involved 19 000 people aboard 29 . Ships. Three Allied ships and Shore based aircraft also participated Baumann said. Crew members sea battleship on Back Page Hitler s Birthplace wishes it we re not family Ponti of Adolf 11 it scr As a child sitting in a chair la Austria. By Joseph own sniff writer Brunau am inn Austria the cheer pastel coloured. Houses Gluhic churches and Stone carvings Are a feast. Tor the eyes in this Rivi re Roni town but Llic drab House at Sai Burger Vorstadt 15 gets most of the attention. A Stone Tablet Over the first floor identifies it Ai a Library but it has t Huld books for years. At Oiler times it was a school arid a Joule Center. Mcben Shirfe a crafts Oros ram for pm typically and mentally handicapped children hits rented the House since 1977. But inc. House s varied uses belie its most significant role in history Adolf. Hitter who Sci cd Power in Germany in 1933 and unleashed world Wiir in on Europe was born there 100 years ago today when the House a is an inn called Gash aug us f Ommer. Miller s father a customs official in lie last Austro Liu Ganan Empire moved his family away trom Brunau in 1892 to take a Job in the German City of Passau and Braun Ait residents anxious to disassociate themselves from the horrors of killer s nazi dictatorship Are Quick to Point that out. / neither Fai Cisne nor National social ism was born w id the Rev. Sic fan Holer the roman Catholic pastor of Saml Stephan s Church where Hitler two a s after his birth. He Reask lad by i ill to do with Bunau la Ofcar said. He surely did t love Hofer said he docs not make Itic baptismal registry available for Public inspection because too Many reporters have inti Rcd about it some past International press reports por tray cd Brunau in an unflattering Light so local wary of the renewed attention. This year however. Mayor Gerhard Skiba has decided to confront the he surely did t love Stefan Hofer lion head on. A Hii Dirc Clion City work ers erected a Granite Monument on the sidewalk in front of he Hitler House a few weeks ago. Its three line inscription reads Only for peace Freedom and democracy. Never again of dead arc a the Stone was chopped from the Quarry at Austria s notorious Mau Hausen concentration Camp where More than 122,000 of the millions of a i victims died. In a statement Skiba said he commissioned he Monument to set Forth a Dis Tinct outward Symbol of How we in bran Ria stand on the past and recollect the. Continued on Page 3 . Stresses missile need by outlining soviet moves Brussels Belgium a . Officials stepped up a Campaign wednes Day to convince european allies that nato must improve its aging Arsenal of Short Range nuclear weapons. Despite the Effort sources said it remained unclear Hov tin 16-Natton North Atlantic treaty organi Avion would Han dle the issued defense score Lar pick Chenty presented what was described a an unexpectedly extensive intelligence behind closed doors stressing the Sovi ets efforts Over the past five cars to modernize their Short Range nuclear mis Siles and artillery shells. The decision to ofter the briefing was prompted by a growing split within the Western Alliance. In which Wes Ger Many Belgium and same other Tuio Putian countries have expressed doubt about moving now to replace the Lance missiles deployed with a Stu forces. Those missiles Are expected to become obsolete by the mid-1990s. A . Source said the . Govern mint Broad language of sup port for modernization to win funding from Congress after wednesdays tails the source
