European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 25, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Ryan flirts with record 6th no hitter Page 21 the Voi. 48. No. 8 tuesday. April 25, 1989 binds d 8693 a consoles sailors Kin Norfolk a. Al president. Hush monday in railed grieving relatives and friends of the 47 crewmen killed in . Onion of the till Iship Iowa saluting the sailors As s Vic Wil hot. Cannot As Long As be live know Why god . Them president hush.,. Bows head in Prajer Home. He one thing we can he sure this world is a More peaceful place because of the Bush said at a memorial service a the Norfolk naval air station. Among the 6,000 people jammed into the hangar for the service were victims relatives and scores of sailors and offi cers in dress blues. A bouquet of red roses was placed in from of the podium. Behind were an american nag and the battleship s banners. Outside 2,000 peo ple listened to the service on loudspeakers. The sen ice came a Day after the world War la Cra battleship cased into its Home port ils gun barrels scorched and ils 1,500 crewmen a the rails in White uniforms and Black armbands in dead shipmates the president himself a world War ii Navy Pilot said he was proud to rcom Mimon the Iowa in 1984 and said in had earned 11 Battle stars in two wars. Hut with the fire and explosion last week in the battleship s no 2 gun Turret he said Fate has written a sorrowful chapter in the history of this great they came from Hidalgo Texas Cleveland Ohio Tampa Fla. Costa Mesa .calif.-," he president Sard. The 1 came to the Nav As strangers served the nitty ill shipmates and friends and left the Navy As Brothers in eternity. To the Navy Community remember that veil have be of America for sharing the Burden of grief As a family Bush said. You heroically Strong now. To my who mourn a son a brother a see sailors on Bach Page a Sailor it bund if Iowa wines an n a tear As he is greeted by a muted Mic it Norfolk. Walters takes Over As envoy to w. Germany writer the new . Ambassador to West Germany warned monday against abandoning nato s nuclear weapons and urged the Alliance to keep ils forces up to Date As an essential part of its defense strategy. At a tire when East West relations Are changing for the belter nato will still continue to require conventional and nuclear forces that Are effective and credible vermin Walters said. Wallers who presented his credentials to West Ger Man president Kic Ilarij von Wei ii leu r in an afternoon ceremony stopped Short of raising the subject of modernizing nato s Short Range nuclear Arsenal an Issue that recently has stirred in Wisl Germany where the missiles Are stationed. Foreign minister plans Dietrict Tenscher and de sense minister Gerhard St Ollenburg flew to washing ton on monday to push for Starling East Weil talks on eliminating the Short Range we . Officials have insisted however that nato move quickly to reach agreement on modernization so that Congress can vote on funds for he pro Gram. During his Brief address in Hunn West Ger Many Walters also touched on another politically sensitive topic in West Germany the stationing of nearly i Mil lion Allied soldiers there. Public opposition to Mil pullers itary training in West Ger Many has increased Afler a series at military plane crashesjnm98h and As a Resuli of it diminishing Public perception of a soviet military threat i Weil understand that the prose Rev of a carib 1 million soldiers German and Allied on the territory of the Federal Republic Means a special Burden for the German a Pulai Ion Walters said.1 we arc working continually with your govern men to Secli ways to minimize the disruption of inc daily lives of germans. To will continue to do Walters however cautioned against taking too Rosy a View of disarmament initiatives and economic re forms within the soviet bloc. New opportunities arc opening up for reshaping the East West relationship so As to build a More secure Europe one in which the divisions of the postwar years will be overcome he said. We must pursue together in constructive ways but also with patience and realism Walters also said the United Stales Wick pics the changes in the european Community which is moving toward treat ing a single business Market by 1992 we will need to work closely together to resist protectionist see Walters on Bach Page self styled of Witch Given halloween off san Antonio. Texas Ai l an air Force woman who says she is a Witch has been granted permission to observe her Faith s eight holidays in eluding All Hallow s be or Hallow Een. Airman Patricia Hutchins 21, who says she has been a wiccan or Witch for four Jears asked the air Force to allow her to take time aft for religious holidays just As it Joes members ol1 bother religions. Wiccan generally believe thai the Sun Moon each and Al life Are Divinci and Are personifications of All creative Energy. Col. David Engick chaplain Ai Lack land of a wrote a letter to Hutchins supervising officers at Wilford Hall medical Center asking that they follow air Force regulations on religious free Dom Lackland spokesman Bob Mac Niue it unsaid. Air Force regulation 3ss3 states members of the air Force arc free to Cypress religious beliefs in a manner that is consistent and fair to All mitc Naughton said. Hul Ehms a physical therapist at Lackland said she was surprised by the chaplain s expedient help. I have found that chaplains in the air Force arc very she said. "1 was surprised they did it but see Witch on Back Page
