European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 15, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Ass Scon a Millet air Force col. John for. Now of Rhein main a a Cal Germany wus a i on for six years. Fath dignity key to Surv a sex pow says by Ron Jensen stuff writer Riiein-ma1n a. West Germany air Force col. John per talks about his six years of Captivity in North Vietnam As if he were Dis cussing Holiday plans. His voice is free of emotion. Bitterness is absent from his words. Yet the Story he tells is one of survival under the most excruciating conditions a talc of torture deprivation loneliness and. Ultimately Freedom. You re stripped of everything except the in tangibles things like your dignity and your Faith and things like that he says. But it was those intangibles that pulled for through his ordeal. The 51-year-old California native credits his Faith in god his Strong family background and his ability to concentrate daily on his behaviour hoping he had the strength not to Embarrass himself his family or his country. I think it was probably the single most important period of my life says for now chief of the european office of the on site inspection Agency at Rhein main and. I know myself much belter now. 1 know my limitations. I know there arc things i can do if i apply myself. 1 know there arc things much More valuable than possessions. I know family is for and his fellow i own from America s wars along with those still missing arc being continued on Pago 3 the stars and stripes authorized unofficial publication Fob the us Ahmed forces Good morn a vol.48,no 151 Friday september 15, 1989 it on d 8693 a police thursday evacuate a victim wounded by a disgruntled employee at a Louisville ky., printing company. Worker kills 7, then self in printing Plant rampage Louisville. By. A a Man with an assault Rifle mowed Down co workers As he went from floor to floor looking for Bosses at a printing Plant thurs Day killing seven people and wounding 13 before Tak ing his own life. The gunman Joseph t. Was Becker. Had been on permanent disability and was described by police chief Richard Dotson As a disgruntled employee. One worker called him paranoid and said he had a fixation with guns. I told them i d be Back. Get out of my Way. John. I told them i d be was Becker told fellow Stan Dard gravure co. Employee John Tingle who approached him before the shooting began. I said. How Are you Rock Tingle recalled. He said. Fine John. Back off and get out of the Way. All the Way to the Wall " Tingle and other employees nearby then ran into a bathroom and locked the door police searched every floor of the three Story Stan Dard Cira Vurcy building for victims. Two were found As police officers led mayor Jerry Abramson through the building adjacent to the courier journal newspaper we also found a fellow silting in a Corner that was just shuddering in fear Abramson said. He had t been shot but he was in of the wounded were in critical condition with multiple gunshot wounds Hospital officials said. One person who was not wounded suffered a heart attack and was taken to a looks like a Battle zone. With the blood and the people involved Abrar a said. There were Bod ies lying across staircases. It was just entered the building at 8 30 . With a Duffel bag. An ak-47 semiautomatic Rifle and a 9mmsemiautomatic pistol. He also carried six to eight am munition clips each holding about 25 rounds. Dotson was loaded for Dotson said. It was unclear How Many shots he fired from the ak-47, the same Type of gun used by a Man who killed five school children in Stockton calif., in january web Cockcr took an elevator to third floor offices pulled out of his bag and opened fire police and witnesses said. He was up there looking for Tingle said. He could t find none of the Bosses and could t find none of the supervisors. He was just in too deep to turn Back. So he just shot anything that was close to worked Nis Way downstairs randomly see rampage on Back Page refugee Rush across Border speeds up after Lull Budapest Hungary a East German Refu gees streamed across the hungarian austrian Border thursday after a three Day Lull apparently spurred by fears that Hungary May slam the door shut to the West. Austria s Interior ministry reported that 100 East germans were arriving at the Border each hour. West German Border authorities said More than 700 new refugees arrived overnight. On wednesday Hungary s Deputy foreign minister for inc Somogyi said his c Ounn will Grant East Ger to the West Only temporarily. Austrian officials said the number had exceeded 1 3.1 50 by midday thursday. Aid workers in Budapest said another 500 East germans were waiting for Pas Sage Westward from International Aid Camps in Hun mans unfettered passage t i he did not elaborate. Or. ,.,._, has not made Clear How Long it will allow Somosi said in an interview on wednesday that East germans to leave for West Germany without per Hungary ill renegotiate agree mints Vith us Warsaw Mission from the East German government. See refugee on Back Page
