European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 15, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Exchange Tornado hits Kansas area killing 2 people injuring 19 from Page 1 1 , on our ministry and our ideology would t have allowed  two be rim High school teachers. It nver Prigge and Jack . Made a Pov it a e. A on nov. I. Tvo Days after the we opened. I visited the school and made Contact with some of the  Pogge said. Pogge. A Gennari teacher at the american High school found an ally in Lyon. An English teacher. They started a pen pal Exchange Between students of the ,0 a Hoot s. During . S i rec Bour visit. The americans visited a physics class and did some hands on experiments m a chemistry class. They also visited gymnastics and judo classes. The. A Ere fed a spartan lunch of boiled potatoes and boiled eggs covered with a Mustard sauce. To afraid the were embarrassed by the simple lunch the fed  said Enk Caldwell. 1 7. A they told  that was All the had to  Pogge and Lyon said they hoped More visits would de Tel of out of the experience. On tuesday. The East German students will visit Berlin High and on March 28. L., class is scheduled to visit the a Hool in the East. The Exchange of v visits began Friday when a group of last Jerman eighth graders were hosted at the High school by Lyons class. Quot their visit dispelled some american misconceptions Quot i on said. Before their visit. "1 thought East germans  All dirty unhealthy and  eighth grader Tanya Rasmussen v. Rote in her essay on the visit. Quot that has All changed now Quot freeze Hesston. Kan. Lap a authorities cordoned off this town of 3.000 w wednesday and called out the National guard to help residents recover from a Tornado that kilted to o people and injured 19. The Tornado tuesday night carved a i co mile path through the Flat country Quot Side for 2 hours leaving about 100 Rui Ned houses in its Wake. A i looked out our Back door and i saw this thing  City administrator Jay Welland said. Quot i drought. A of. My god. There goes my  a a National guard troops arrived about Midnight to help with the cleanup and prevent looting. Law enforcement officers were allowing Only emergency personnel residents and reporters into the area wednesday morning. The National weather service warned wednesday of More twisters in Texas and Oklahoma. More than two dozen funnel Clouds touched Down tuesday across the Plains from Texas to Iowa including More than a dozen in South Central Kansas. The dead in the Hesston area just North of Wichita were a 6-year-od boy and a 68-year-old woman. A missing woman and her teen age son w Ere found Safe. The Tornado touched Down Southwest of Hesston. Cut a 1 v 2-Block-wide Swath through the Community then moved along to the Northeast chewing up farmhouses in Marion and Morris counties. A i saw at least four to five houses that had roofs Tom off a said Kenneth Kaluhiokalan in Morris county. A belongings were scattered through the Yards and Glass was shattered in  from 75 to 100 houses were damaged in Hesston. Nineteen farmhouses were damaged in Marion county and at least five e in Morris county. Six year old Lucas Fischer of Burrton. A Mik South of Hesston was pronounced do gtd tuesday a at Halstead Hospital said House supervisor so of Imam his brother. 12-year-old Garrett was in said ars condition with head injuries. Quot a Harvey county sheriffs investigator Bvron Mouer said the boys were among seven people huddled in a basement to escape the storm when a Chimney and fireplace collapsed. A a we were in the basement no More than a mute or two. Then it crashed a said Paul Wedel a neighbor who had sought Refuge there. Ruth Voth 68. Died when the Tornado swept into her Home near Goessel about 10 Miles Northeast of Hesston authorities said. A authorities said 19 people were treated at area hospitals for storm related injuries and at least two were in critical condition. About 50 people made homeless spent the night at Hesston High school said principal Marvin Estes. Quot there was no electricity or Gas in the town and w orders were making emergency repairs to the water system said Jay Wieland Hesston City administrator. Winds from the Tornado blew off the roof of a pizza hut restaurant and about 15 customers and employees huddled in a walk in Freezer and bathrooms. No one was injured. Residents of Hesston had a warning. One twister dissipated before reaching the town and sirens sounded half an hour before the second funnel entered town at 5 30 . From Page 1 tons where personnel shortages threaten the operation of the Post office. Movement of the mail will not be hampered because the air transportation is managed by air Force personnel and ground transportation is provided by army units. In areas where personnel shortages could disrupt distribution of mail Community commanders will be asked to Supply military manpower. The department of the army restructured the european postal group in late 1988, converting More than half of the military slots to civilian slots. The postal group workforce declined from 1,081 military and 139 civilians in 1985 to 546 military and 635 civilians in september 1988. An additional 82 military positions will be eliminated in september 1990. Bush Thatcher to meet Washington apr president Bush and British prime minister Margaret Thatcher will meet in Bermuda next month for talks on the changes in Eastern Europe and issues facing nato it was announced wednesday. The White House said the two leaders would hold an informal meeting on april i 3. Democratic Runoff Winner to face millionaire in Texas governor s race Austin Texas apr millionaire oilman rancher Clayton Williams got everything he hoped for a the Republican nomination for governor and the Prospect of a bruising democratic Runoff Between treasurer Ann Richards and attorney general Jim Mattox. A in the words of that world famous philosopher Jackie Gleason a How Sweet it is a a Williams told a hotel ballroom full of whooping supporters after humbling All Comers in t us Day a gop primary with 61 percent of the vote. With 98 percent of precincts counted the West Texas businessman got 511,007 votes. Railroad commissioner Kent Hance a former democratic congressman was a Distant second with 129,662, votes or 15 percent farther Back were lawyer Tom Luce with 113,542 votes or 14 percent and former Secretary of state Jack Rains with 80,400 votes or 10 percent. Richards and Mattox ran neck and neck in the brutal democratic race sin Long the comeback Hopes of former gov. Mark White. With 98 percent of precincts reporting Richards had 561,080 votes 40 percent to Mattox a 521,494, or 37 percent. White received 274,551 votes or 19 percent. Because no Democrat got More than half the vote the two top vote getters will meet in a Runoff for the nomination april 10. Before the polls opened Williams said he hoped to avoid a Runoff so he could relax and a have some fun watching each of the democrats murdering on each  on tuesday night he added a this has been a spirited primary and at times things have gotten a Little testy although looking at the democrats mess makes us looks like a Bunch of  Richards told her Campaign workers a Well this is Gonna be a Good nighty All but do you have enough Money fora Runoff a Williams 58, who Calls himself a just a country boy Quot and admits to occasional fistfights spent s8 million a s6 million from his own pocket a in rolling to Victory in his first run for office. Texans also voted on the . Senate seat held by Republican Phil Gramm who has no gop opponent in his bid for a second term. State sen. Hugh Parmer a 50-year-old fort Worth lawyer easily won the democratic nomination by defeating Harley Schlanger a Follower of extremist Lyndon Larouche Jim Hightower the state agriculture commissioner who raised controversy at every turn pulled 65 percent of the vote to win the democratic nomination for re election against six opponents supported by the Texas farm  from Page 1 not been any announcement on the timing or place of the next round. After their morning talks the delegates began a meeting with West German foreign minister Hans Dietrich Genscher. Eighteen officials from the six nations began the meeting at an enormous round Tabic inside the West German foreign ministry. No opening statement was made to reporters. West German television said the officials would discuss alternating the Sites of the next meetings in the capitals of the a participating  additional details were not provided. The chief East German Delegate Deputy foreign minister Ernst Rabatsch made a few comments to journalists As he was sitting at the table. He reiterated that East Germany favors the participation of All concerned nations in unification talks at some level. A we be always favored. Including neighbouring countries All interested countries including Poland a he said. On tuesday West Germany said Poland could take part in discussions on a United Germany a Borders but it remained unclear whether that meant Poland would actually have a voice in the six Power talks or whether it would be involved in discussions in some other Way. Chancellor Helmut Kohl of West Germany heightened International jitters by at first refusing to say that a United Germany would not claim lands ceded to Poland after the third Reich a defeat in he has since said a United Germany must sign a Border treaty with Poland but the poles Are not satisfied with his position. Kohl has come under intense International scrutiny for trying to push unification at a Pace that has worried the soviets As Well As some of West Germany a close friends and neighbors. During the past few Days Kohl has launched a Campaign aimed at soothing any bad feelings his handling of the unification process May have created vowing Unity will not occur behind other nations backs. Volker Rishe general Secretary of Kohls Christian democratic Union told reporters tuesday that unification cannot be completed a was Long As the external questions. Are not  Rishe said unification would Likely come a in Steps under article 23 of West Germany a Constitution which allows for East German states to decide to join with their Western neighbor. He also said All German elections would not be Likely until next year some time. Rishe said that because of enormous complexities the unification process May require three or More years to complete., also tuesday officials of Kohl s party said they favor drastic cutbacks on social benefits for East germans who move to West Germany in the future. More than 130,000 East German have resettled in West Germany this year alone joining 344,000 who arrived last year. Christian democratic officials speaking on condition of anonymity said a a possible East germans May have to Laci shortened benefits for a certain period time. West Germany a opposition social democrats have already urged that Ben a fits be curtailed for the re settlers a Means of discouraging them from Iea j b their Homeland but up until now k had opposed such an idea