European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 16, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse A. A i us p Stock Exchange studies 24-hour 5 p Dugan says b-2 has 9 p pistons win title 7 die As fans riot pages 21,23 p Trump misses deadline on Bond 28the so amp an gripes authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol. 49, no. 63 saturday june 16, 1990 a a 25t Dally and sunday d 8693 a4 fugitive terror suspects arrested by East germans Ekkehard von Seckendorff sudent 10 dead dozens missing As Flash floods sweep Ohio Shadyside Ohio apr Thun management Agency. A the problem temporary morgues were set us hard Nrec Cunt to Hannoh a Antrei Anh Wpm a having right now is accounting Bellaire cite Hospital and a fun Shadyside Ohio apr thunderstorms swept through Central and Eastern Ohio causing flooding that killed at least 10 people left dozens missing and forced hundreds of others from their Homes officials said Friday. Two creeks just outside this Ohio River Village of 4,300 people overflowed when about 4 inches of rain fell thursday night in about an hour. A it created a Wall of water a said Jim Williams of the Ohio emergency management Agency. A the problem we re having right now is accounting for the people we can to Williams said 40 to 60 people remained unaccounted for at midday. Belmont county sheriffs sgt. Bart Gie sey said 10 people were confirmed dead. Gov. Richard Celeste declared a state of emergency and surveyed the area. The raging Waters knocked Homes off their foundations and washed away a bar filled with people in Shadyside an appalachian Mountain foothill town. Temporary morgues were set up at Bellaire City Hospital and a funeral Home in Shadyside. Four bodies were brought to the Hospital from the Shadyside area Hospital spokesman Lawrence England said. England said the four bodies were taken to the Bauknecht funeral Home in Shadyside. Patty Valloric director of the funeral Home said seven bodies had been brought there. The Shadyside fire department set continued on Back Page Berlin apr East German police struck a major blow to the hard Core of West Germany a leftist terrorism arresting four top fugitives officials in East Berlin said Friday. However late Friday the East German government retracted its earlier statement that police had also captured three More most wanted suspects. A the three people arrested today in Leipzig Are not the hunted red army faction terrorists Barbara Meyer Horst Ludwig Meyer and Sabine Callsen a the government run news Agency adn said in a Brief news Flash. Authorities said the others arrested were Monika Helbing 36, and Ekkehard von Seckendorff sudent 49, in Frankfurt an Der Oder East Germany and Werner Lotze 38, and Christine dim Lein 41, in Cottbus East Germany. Helbing and Seckendorff sudent Are married As Are Lotze and Demlein. East German officials said the arrest warrant for Demlein had expired and that she had been freed following her capture. It was not immediately Clear whether the West germans would Issue another warrant for her. It gave no explanation for the earlier incorrect information issued by the Interior ministry and did not say whether the three Are even suspected of being involved in terrorist activities. Despite the mix up the Roundup of the terrorists in Frankfurt an Der Oder and Cottbus together with two previous arrests represents a major strike at the feared terror gang. The red army faction waged a murderous War against West German capitalism in the 1970s and 1980s. The arrests since june 13 Are confirming West germans Long held suspicions that East Germany a stalinist regime once harboured the hard Core terrorists. West German government spokesman Hans Klein told reporters the Federal government had indications for several see terror on Back Page 2nd army div loses Battle of budget port Hood Texas a _ the 2nd army div helped win the Battle of the bulge but now it has been Defeated by a rapidly shrinking defense budget. The army has decided to deactivate the unit ending its colourful history As the armoured division with the longest Active service record. Formed in july 1940 for european service in world War ii Patton. The division is being dismantled 50 years later in anticipation of european peace. A this division has the most glorious history of any combat unit in the . Army it. Charles mamas Ter at fort Hood said thursday. Gen. George dubbed the division a hell on wheels a promising it would terrify its enemies. The troops adopted the nickname As their motto. Today its soldiers still proudly Wear a hell on wheels on their division Patch. Patton had urged armoured units As Early As world War i. It took until just before the outbreak of world War ii though for military technology to Advance enough to demand tank support units. Patton was officially reprimanded for demanding the armoured units. But his persistence paid off. The 2nd army div landed on Omaha Beach pushed through France and was the first Allied unit to enter Belgium. After moving a record 100 Miles in a single night the division helped win the Battle of the bulge in the Winter of 1944 and was the first american unit to enter Berlin on july 4, 1945. The division had previously been badly Defeated it 1943 when 25 of its tanks fought alongside the British in the Battle of Beja in Tunisia according to capt. Jim Bolling. Only one tank survived that Battle and troops nicknamed it the Gallant. Parts of the division also participated in the korean and Vietnam wars. Under pressure to Cut spending in anticipation of a cutback in european troop strength and the warming of superpower relations the army announced wednesday that it is deactivating the division. That Means 3,537 military jobs will be Cut by sept. 30 at fort Hood. Another 8,615 in the division will be Cut by the end of fiscal year 1991. The divisions goal a supporting . Troops in Europe a is less important because a was the Warsaw see division on Back Page
