European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 24, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday August 24. 1989 the stars and stripes Page 3 grief from Page 1 Sas Ken George 7th medical come s Mai. Gen. Richard Travis presents a medallion from Kim Strader s unit the 63rd medical Del to Virrinia Strader while Alice Strader cent Erthe victim s Mother looks on. Either she said. They suffered a great Deal. They re people just like  she sees no reason to put an end to air shows and said she s sure her Hus band would feel the same Way. I have no hard feelings about the air show she said. My husband loved his flying he loved his aircraft. I know that even through what he suffered he would not say Don t do this anymore " the 63rd medical Del has not been involved in another air show since Ramstein. But if it were called on to support another its members would do some things differently. As a commander if i provide cover age 19 any future air shows of any nature we will be extremely careful of the location of the Mcd vac standby air Craft in relation to the Aerial Demon stration Becker said. That s Only common sense. It happened so it in t going to happen again the Book on How to Deal with air shows May still be in revision but with dedications such As the one to Kim Strader the Saga of the tragedy May be coming to an end for some. It s a closing of a chapter Virginia Strader said. It s been a Long hard year. A difficult year in Many ways. This is kind of helping to close the  with the tragedy. On the anniversary some feel it is now time to put it behind them. It s something that everybody feels like needs to be done to Complete the Cycle maj. John Becker commander of the 63rd medical Del. Said of the dedication of the Small Stone. This is like the end of the grieving  Becker carries no bitter feelings about the disaster that claimed the life of one of his aviators but he can under stand those who do. I could Sec where a lot of people would have bitterness because really what caused the Accident was human error Becker said. The Solo Pilot made a mistake. But being bitter about it really does t accomplish  Virginia Strader who moved from the kaisers Lautem area to san Antonio has been face to face with members of the italian team and has shared a sense of grief with them. They would t wish this on anybody . Military officials from Rheinland Pfalz sign emergency pact by . Arrington  Bureau officials representing inc . Mili tary and the West German state of Rheinland Pfalz on wednesday signed Mutual Aid agreement designed to improve coordination of emergency serv ices. The agreement which among other provisions lays the ground rules for establishing combined command posts was signed by Rheinland Pfalz Interior minister Rudi Ceil and maj. Gen. Rob Ert l. Rutherford the commander of the 17lh air Force in a private ceremony in Gail s Mainz office. The document comes nearly one year after the Ramstein air show disaster which killed 70 people and injured hundreds. In the Wake of the Ira Gody. Some medical professionals criticized Emer gency service coordination and care pro viders who responded to the aug. 28 disaster. Ramstein a is located in Rheinland Pfalz. Known formally As the agreement on Mutual assistance in fire Protection general Aid and disaster preparedness the document of links a general Frame work for coordinating emergency assist Ance Between . Installations and local communities. Specifics must be ironed out Between officials from . Air Force and army bases and their surrounding communities said master sol. Charles pick a 17th air Force spokesman. Air Force base commanders will sign agreements with officials of their local German communities while army Community commanders will negotiate Mutual Aid plans and submit them for approval to Usa eur Headquarters. Pick said. No deadline was set for requiring com Manders and local officials to develop their plans. Our opinion is. This is a matter of such great Public interest we foresee no difficulties in German and american authorities making rapid Progress on this Fick said. In addition to the combined command posts the Model agreement Calls for alarm notification exercises to be held at least semiannually. Combined operational exercises to be held at least every two years. Sufficient . Personnel with Ger Man language skills to be available for the combined command Post and for briefing German response teams. Ger Man organizations would be required to have sufficient English speaking person Nel. Coordinated responses Between germans and americans for emergencies both on and off . Installations. At a news conference two weeks ago. Gail said the agreement also would Sug Gest improved identification for Emer fancy workers so that their skills could e immediately recognized. Fick said on wednesday that he could not specify How the new plan differs from previous Mutual Aid  was not available on wednesday As to the Accord s potential financial Impact on the . Military and local communities. In signing the agreement Rutherford represented . Forces stationed in Rheinland Pfalz. Relatives of crash victims pay tribute to Lockerbie Lockerbie. Scotland a rela Tives of those killed on pan am flight 103 paid tribute wednesday to the peo ple of Lockerbie the Small scottish town where the plane s fiery wreckage crashed. Bert Ammerman . President of the victims of pan am flight 103, said Lockerbie will always be sacred and have a special place in our  speaking at Lockerbie town Hall which became a temporary mortuary Fol lowing the dec 21 bombing Ammor Man said it is right and proper that from this building where so Many of our loved ones Lay that we pay Public tribute to the Many people from Lockerbie and sur rounding area from All walks of life who enfolded us in a cloak of Floc prayer and compassion and have in so Many ways helped us Day by Day in our mourning and our struggle to comprehend this in  All 259 people on the plane died along with 11 people on the ground. Their relatives arc pushing for an in Quiry into air plane safety and say they arc not satisfied with the British govern ment s responses since the bombing. New York bound flight 103 originated in Frankfurt. West Germany but switched to a larger air plane and took on More passengers and baggage in London. After the town Hall address Ammor Man five other americans and Jim swire head of the British relatives group visited the Garden of remembrance at Dryfus Dale cemetery where they placed a Wreath containing 270 red roses one for each victim. Hungary tightens controls of austrian Border Vienna Austria a hungarian Border guard wednesday stepped up their surveillance of the Border with Austria but some 250 East German refugees arrived in the West by Dawn reporters and other witnesses said. An associated press newsman watching the Situa Tion near Korbisch on the austrian Side of the Border said hungarian guards some of them with dogs began Manning the Border at 40-Yard  were controlling a four Kilometre Border stretch near of Erbisch reporters noticed that in contrast to previous Days when hundreds came Over the Border the influx of refugees was Down to a trickle by 6 . Arriving East German refugees said that hungarian authorities had also begun close checks of East Ger Man tourist groups deep inside their country in order to discourage them from crossing the Border illegally. The hungarians were obviously reacting to the continuous Stream of East German refugees who have poured across the Border into Austria in sometimes daredevil efforts to escape economic hardship and authoritarian communist Rule at Home. Hungarian authorities began dismantling the Iron curtain Border fencing and electric signalling equip ment in May saying the installations had become technically and politically obsolete. The foreign ministry in Bonn said wednesday that some 3,300 refugees had arrived via Austria since aug. I. 2,000 of them in the last four Days. On tuesday More than 500 came Over the Border to Austri. Almost half of them in a mass escape that went unnoticed by hungarian Border personnel. Arriving refugees told stories of physical exhaustion and mental Strain the Price for Freedom in the West. A 23-year-old Man from East Berlin told reporters he crossed Border fences 12 times until he was sure hews in Austria his problem was caused by the mean Dering Border and Lack of orientation. Scores of austrian citizens with a precise knowledge of the Border area and West German tourists with Large scale maps Are known to help the East germans sometimes Ingroup to find their Way across the Border