European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 31, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes wednesday january 31,1990 . Burial scheduled for Dod employee Stuttgart West Germany a defense communication Agency Europe employee who died Jan. 21 will be buried thursday in Washington a. Mildred e Anderson died after a Short illness a Stuttgart Community official said. She was 41. Anderson a Cleveland native had worked at the Patch Barracks Agency for two years. She and her family had moved to Stuttgart from saudi Arabia in 1986.survivors include her husband. Stuttgart resident Engineer Carl m. Anderson and two sons Michael and  memorial service was held Friday in Stuttgart. Donations May be made in her memory to the Patch High school band boosters club. Memorial service planned for airman at Alconbury Raf Alconbury England is a memo rial service for a 22-year-old airman who died Mon Day will be held at 11 . Friday in the base Chapel. Senior airman Brendon c Robinson was found unconscious by his Roommate in his dormitory room monday morning and was transported to pinching Brooke Hospital in Huntingdon Cambridgeshire. He was pronounced dead at $20 am base spokeswoman sgt. Cathy Phillips said  cause of death is under investigation by . Medical authorities. Robinson had been at Alconbury since september and was assigned to the 10th Supply so. He had served in the air Force for three years. He is survived by his Mother Judith Robinson of . Memorial mass to be held for 44-year army employee we Brucken. West Germany is a memorial mass will be held Friday for a 71-year old department of the army employee who died Jan. 25.services for Marcel Cornelius Decraene will be held at 11 30 . At the Kreuzberg Cavern  worked for the aviation logistics div 200th theater army Materiel management Cen Ter. He died in the Lan Stuhl army regional medi Cal Center after a Long  Detroit native served with the 101st air borne div during the Normandy  44-year army employee is survived by his wife. Elizabeth. Memorial service set for credit Union manager Kaiserslautern West Germany is a memorial service will be held saturday fora serv ice Federal credit Union manager. Aubrey demons died tuesday of cancer at his Home in kaisers Lautem. The retired army sergeant major worked As the credit Union s assistant director of operations for Europe at the time of his death. He the service will be at 3 . At the Vogel Weh demons is survived by his wife Ursula and three children. Janice Chris Joann Parker and Michael demons All of Kaiser Lautem. Commander counters protest against Heidelberg Airfield by Rosemary Sawyer suit writer Heidelberg West Germany Heidelberg Resi dents would lose a vital facility if a local protest group forced a . Army Airfield to close the Airfield com Mander says. About 10 civilian medical flights land at Heidelberg army Airfield each month said maj. William Kidder who also commands the 207lh aviation co. These austrian and German missions often involve fixed Wing aircraft carrying patients to the City s specially hospitals at other times organs Are flown in for trans Plant operations. Dignitaries visiting the City also sometimes Fly into the army Field because Heidelberg has no commercial Airport military Community spokesman Pete dressier said. Sweden s Queen Silvia for example recently boarded a West German helicopter there to Fly to Munich. Residents of Heidelberg s Pfaff Ungrund Section which Borders the Airfield have called for the facility to be closed. Members of the group Stop the flying noise claim the army conducts unnecessary flights that disturb local residents. They say the army shuttles corrections three of the charts in this week s special Section on Home schooling included incorrect or incomplete attribution. The Smith family s Home school schedule cited the Home school Legal defense association As its source. The schedule was provided by the  defense association provided information on the legalities of Home teaching in each of the 50 states. The profile of Home school families came from research by Brian Ray of Seattle Pacific University. To sister City of the Baden we Ottemberg town of Schwa Bisch Hall was incorrect in a Story last week about a clothing drive. The polish town is Zamosc. Truck car crash kills 20 Lagos Nigeria a a gravel truck attempting to pass a bus collided head on with a car coming from the other direction causing a Multi vehicle Accident that left 20 people dead police said monday. Officials to nearby locations that could easily be reached by ground transportation. They be dubbed the practice military  Kidder denied the group s claim that the Aimy burned a track in the sky Between Heidelberg and near by Mannheim. Passengers sometimes have to be picked up or dropped off in Mannheim but rarely More often than a couple of Days a month Kidder said. The unit also flies to Mannheim for aircraft maintenance. I do not even remember Ever flying anybody from Heidelberg to Mannheim for a meeting or vice versa said Kidder who s commanded the unit for a year and a  army has been very pro Active Over the years in reducing the noise at the Airfield he said. Pilots now conduct All their proficiency training it other locations for example. The army also contracted an Institute in Dusseldorf West Germany to study noise reduction measures for the Field. Heidelberg City Council members Are expected to discuss the Airfield question again and Appeal to . Army authorities to avoid unnecessary flights a coun cil spokesman said tuesday. Courageous driving by soldiers brings award for averting disaster by Crystal Laureano Hardwick an instructor Driver with More thany Start writer Wiesbaden West Germany two Mannheim soldiers received a scroll of appreciation tuesday for averting a potentially fatal Accident near a City where two truck accidents have killed eight people since 1983. The soldiers arc specs. Edwin Hardwick and Ricky Dotson of the 1st platoon 77th trans co 28 trans in. They were honoured for their roles in steering a 95 ton vehicle off a Road leading to Herborn West Ger Many after the brakes failed. Herborn about 35 Miles Northwest of Frankfurt sits at the base of a Steep Hill. In june 1987, five people died when a gasoline Tanker failed to negotiate the turn at the Bottom of the Hill. The Tanker carrying nearly 10,000 Gallons of fuel crashed into an ice Cream Par Lor triggering a series of explosions and fires. In 1983, three people were killed when a truck sped Down the incline and crashed into a car waiting at a Light on the same Corner As the ice Cream parlor. Or. Walter Wallmann minister president of Hesson thanked the soldiers at a ceremony in his official Resi Dence in Wiesbaden. He referred to the 1987 Accident and said the soldiers showed a great Deal of courage. Hardwick r drive 30,000 Accident free Miles in the last two years was driving the heavy equipment transporter loaded with a German army tank on aug. Ii. With him was Dotson a student Driver who was sharing the driving duties. About two hours into the journey on Hilly roads the truck s overheated brakes failed on the sleep incline. I pulled the Jill year trailer Brake pushed the brakes put on All the hand brakes but it just kept rolling Hardwick said. As the truck gained Speed Hardwick tried to pull onto the shoulder of the Road but there were a Bunch of signs there and i did t want to take any signs Down he said. Then Hardwick saw his escort vehicle sitting in a Field farther Down the Road. He steered his truck onto the Field and it rolled to a Stop. Harwick said he never noticed his exact Speed. I was just trying to get the truck stopped he said. Dotson who became a certified Driver shortly after the incident gained a new respect for his Friend. I did t know How he was going to react Dotson said. But he shocked me. He was really Calm. Full Nde with him  fatal 3-car crash leaves 6 hospitalized Lan Stuhl West Germany is six people from one family remained hospitalized tuesday Fol lowing a three car Accident that killed an air Force major. Military officials incorrectly stated monday that there were no serious injuries in the Friday night Acci Dent. The major was charged with driving while intoxicated. Mud Gar Chon chit 20, was in serious condition with multiple broken Bones at Lan Stuhl army regional medical Center a Hospital spokeswoman said tuesday. The other five were in stable condition. They arc Watana Thompson 41, with multiple bruises David Thompson 6, with multiple bruises Elisa Thompson 6, with a broken Pelvis Melissa Thompson 8, with a Back injury and broken ankle and Anthony Chong chit 4, with a head injury. Watana Thompson is the Mother of mud Gar Chong Chil David Elisa and Melissa and the grandmother of Anthony. Thompson s husband army sgt. Harold Thompson is assigned to the 524th Matt co in Pir Masens. He was not with the family when the Accident occurred. A fourth Thompson child Harold jr., 12, was treated and released after the crash. Also treated and released was Edward Bragle who was in the third vehicle involved in the crash. No further information about Bragle or other occupants of the third car was available tuesday. Maj. Jerald Lee Whitmore 39, died at the Lan Stuhl Hospital three hours after the Accident. The crash occurred when Whitmore s car crossed into the oncoming Lane on Highway l-363 South of Lan Stuhl and crashed into the other two can officials said. A memorial service for Whitmore will be held at i . Thursday at Ramstein a Chapel one a base spokesman said. Army s postal facilities to close for training Holiday rheingau West Germany is army postal facilities in West Germany Italy Belgium and the Netherlands will be closed Friday for a training holi Day the Holiday was declared by col. Arthur t. Dean commander of the army postal group Europe in appreciation for the extra hours that postal employees worked during the Holiday season. Postal workers were not allowed to take the two training holidays granted to Usa eur soldiers after Christmas and new year s Day. Leave also was restricted during the period. Air Force postal facilities arc not affected by the training Holiday