European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 7, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 update a a a the stars and stripes wednesday March 7,1990victims of hotel fire Cairo Egypt apr medical records confirmed monday that a former president of Brandeis University and his wife were among four americans killed in last weeks fire at a luxury hotel a . Embassy spokeswoman said. Seventeen people were killed in the hotel fire Early thursday at the Heliopolis Sheraton which started in a Garden tent restaurant. Among the victims were professor Marvir Bernstein 71, a former president of Brandeis University in Waltham mass. And his wife Shiva Rosenthal. Spokeswoman Marcelle Wahba of the . Embassy said the couples dental and medical documents arrived monday providing positive identification. Attempt at coup crushed afghan regime elections �?T90 Washington a Indiana voting officials have scheduled a statewide primary election for May 8 to choose candidates for one Senate seat and All 10 . Representatives. State offices on the ballot include treasurer auditor Secretary of state and clerk of the supreme court. In addition All 100 Indiana House seats and half the Indiana Senate seats Are up for election. The winners in this primary election will compete in the nov. 6 general election. Servic members government employees and their family members who Are residents of Indiana should Contact their unit voting officers for details on How to Register and obtain Absentee  bad qare Offenbach West Germany a warehouse personnel Are trying to locate service members and civilians in Europe who have not claimed their unaccompanied baggage a v corps spokesperson said. Baggage left unclaimed after 300 Days is subject to disposal. The following people should Contact the Offenbach warehouse Ito Box 44, Frankfurt military Community Apo 09710. Phone numbers Are ets 3205008 or 7309 or German civilian 069151-5008 or 7309. Baggage unclaimed after 60 Days Robin Anderson of Wight Johnson Harry Bolden Christopher Lowd Kevin Bowen James Maltos Timothy Bramblette ten Moss Cynthia Hall Delbert Roberts Leon Hall Anita Tucker Roger Hall Kimberly Van n Lisa Hendricks Brian White George Henry Eric Willett James Holzhauer baggage unclaimed after 120 Days Caryln Cash Gary Ostwald Frederick Corbin Ariel Pedros Amelna Carolyn Evans Tommy Perdomo Frank Justice George j. Pruitt Melinda Kirk Rhonda r. Robison Curtis Long Christine Smith William Lucas Trent m. Suko Karen Messmer David Wortha memorial service set for Sembach infant Sembach a West Germany a a graveside memorial service will be held wednesday for a 1-year-old girl who died Friday at the Sembach a clinic. Jennifer m. Croom the daughter of George e. And Gabriele l. Croom died when her heart stopped because of a congenital heart problem. Her father is a civilian employee assigned to the 66th Mission support so printing management Section at Sembach. The service will be at 11 . In the Kaiserslautern Central cemetery at Bun de Strasse 38. Islamabad Pakistan apr the afghan defense minister and moslem guerrillas attempted to overthrow the Kremlin backed government in Kabul on tuesday but failed Kabul radio said. Pakistan based guerrillas and diplomats said they had reports of widespread fighting in Kabul. In Moscow official soviet sources said that the Palace of president Najib was bombed by unidentified planes and that there was fighting around the defense ministry. Official Kabul radio monitored in Islamabad said defense minister Shah Nawaz Tanai had plotted with guerrilla Leader Gul Buddin Hematyar and his fighters to overthrow the government. But the attempted coup was crushed it said and Tanai escaped. Security forces were searching for him and his backers. The radio appealed to afghans to join the military and help capture Tanai Quot dead or  a curfew was imposed at 7 . In Kabul the radio said. Hematyar Leader of Herb i Slami one of the most fundamentalist of the seven resistance groups based in Pakistan said the guerrillas were broadcasting appeals on the afghan army a military frequency urging soldiers to help oust Najib and his government. Najib has been president of Afghanistan since 1986. He has made various offers to the guerrillas known As Mujahideen or islamic holy warriors to try to end the civil War that started when his marxist party seized Power in a 1978 coup. Tanai is considered a party hard liner who opposes the peace overtures. He was implicated in a december coup attempt but never charged. Guerrilla sources based in Pakistan said they had reports from their commanders of widespread fighting in Kabul. Tanai one of the leaders of the revolution that installed the soviet backed government has reportedly had contacts recently with the moslem guerrillas. Guerrillas in the Pakistan Frontier City of Peshawar indicated that they would give the general Sanctuary. A probably Quot said one guerrilla source when asked if the rebels would help Tanai evade afghan troops. The soviet news Agency Tass quoting eyewitnesses said that a unidentified planes bombed the presidential Palace Quot and that anti aircraft guns returned fire. Shooting also was heard in the Vicinity of the Airport and near the defense ministry Tass said. Soviet foreign ministry spokesman Gennady i. Gerasimov told reporters earlier in a news briefing that a coup attempt possibly was under Way. Western diplomats in Islamabad also reported Street fighting Aerial bombardments by the afghan air Force tank movement around the soviet embassy and fighting around the presidential Palace. They did not know if the tanks were being moved to defend the embassy or to attack it. The diplomats speaking on condition of anonymity said they had received their information from numerous sources but declined to elaborate. Radio Kabul said Aslam Watanar the country a Interior minister will replace Tanai. Tanai has been involved in at least three of five known coup attempts since Najib became president in december 1986, afghan sources in new Delhi said. The most recent was in december when at least 100 members of the khat i faction of the Peoples democratic party of Afghanistan were detained the sources said on condition of anonymity. Similar accounts were Given by Kabul residents. Tanai thought to be in his mid-40s, has a reputation As an Ultra hard liner especially when it comes to making any concessions to the Mujahideen or modifying the stand of his party. Although its origins Are marxist the party under Najib has sought to portray itself As a defender of islam and Champion of a free Market Economy. Tanai is a member of the party a politburo which currently has 14 members according to senior party members. Soviet troops pulled out of Afghanistan in february 1989 after 10 years of waging War against rebels trying to oust successive soviet backed regimes. Guerrilla attacks intensified after the pullout and some observers predicted Najiby a Days were numbered but the guerrillas were unable to secure major cities. Officials in we Brucken advise some residents to boil tap water by Deedee Arrington Doke Kaiserslautern Bureau health officials at we Brucken a West Germany Are warning some . Housing residents to boil their tap water for 15 minutes before drinking it because of a higher than Normal bacteria count in the water Supply. The bacterium known As a Romonas hydrophilic can cause diarrhoea. It is normally present in fresh and Salt water. But base personnel found elevated Levels of the bacterium in a routine test of the water Supply feb. 21 in the so called Canadian housing area near the air base. Since then Wei Brincken Bio Environ mental engineering services personnel have performed More than 60 tests on the housing area s water which comes from City water sources. The base at we Brucken gets water from a different source. A at this time we done to know where the bacteria Are coming from or How they got into the water system a said tech. Sgt. Carl Wellington of Bio environment Tal engineering services. Only water in the housing area where 1,100 . Military and family members live has tested positive for elevated Levels of the bacterium. Air base and we Brucken City officials Are working to isolate the bacterium a source said tech. Sgt. Rick Shick a base spokesman. The bacterium is a similar to those of several intestinal viruses now going around. There a no Way to Tell whether a person is sick from the virus or the water a Shick said. However the number of people seeking help for such symptoms has not increased said it. Col. Charles Boone commander of the 26th tac recon Wing clinic. He also emphasized that drinking the water did not pose a significant Hazard. Until the source is found Public water fountains in the housing area have been turned off. Parents whose children go to we Brucken elementary school or the american youth activities Center both in the housing area Are advised to Send along bottled water juice or other beverages with the children. A a there a no problem using the water to Shower or Wash clothes Quot Wellington said. A but it should be boiled before it is drunk or used for making  natos crested Eagle cancelled Brun sum Netherlands a amps a the changing political and military situation in Europe has led to the cancellation of a nato training exercise an Allied spokeswoman said tuesday. Crested Eagle a joint army and air Force Allied command Post exercise was to be held March 22-28. West German army Gen. Hans Henning von Sandr Art the commander of Allied forces Central Europe decided to cancel the exercise because a events had overtaken the script Quot . Air Force maj. Iris Galan said. The exercise held every two years in the Central Region of Europe is de signed to train commanders and their staffs in command and control procedures Galan said. It involves no Field troops. The exercise brings together commanders from West Germany Belgium the Netherlands Luxembourg Britain Canada and the United states she said. Airman 20, sentenced for 2 assaults Wiesbaden West Germany a a Lindsey air station airman was found guilty of two new years eve assault charges at a general court martial thursday. Airman 1st class Kevin v. Archie 20, was convicted of aggravated assault on an individual outside the Lindsey consolidated open mess and of assault and Battery on another person at the Amelia Earhart hotel said base spokesman staff sgt. Robert w. Fortenberry. Both attacks occurred dec. 31. Archie was a medical services specialist at the air Force Hospital in Wiesbaden since july 1988. He was reduced to the lowest enlisted rank sentenced to confinement for 10 months ordered to forfeit $885 monthly for 10 months and Given a bad conduct discharge Fortenberry said. The Tacoma wash., native requested a trial by judge alone