European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 18, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 a a the stars and stripes monday june 18,1990 news briefs body of 16th flood victim found 23 still missing Shadyside Ohio apr a 16th body has been found and 23 people Are still missing after the Flash floods that battered parts of Eastern Ohio officials said sunday. Chuck Vogt Belmont county coroners investigator announced at a news conference that the loth victim was found a 35-year-old woman whose body was pulled from the Ohio River 20 Miles South of Shadyside late saturday. Earlier saturday the death toll Rose to 15 with the discovery of four victims. Officials at the scene revised the. Number of missing from 34 to 23, said Jim Boling of the Ohio air National guard. Previous reports from Belmont county authorities had Given the number As 51. Vogt identified the latest victim As sue Humphrey 35, her sons Danny 8, and David 12, also died 2 suspected Ira terrorists arrested near Brussels Brussels Belgium apr authorities on saturday arrested two suspected Ira members after a focal Farmer heard them shooting target practice in Woods near the dutch Border. Police said they were looking for a third reputed member of the Irish Republican army who escaped. Authorities identified one suspect As Donna Maguire. She faces West German terrorism charges dating Back to september 1989, dutch authorities said. Spilled Oil is on the Way Gulf coast residents told Galveston Texas apr shifting winds in the Gulf coast area pushed an Oil Slick from the supertanker Mega Borg northeastward sunday and coast guard officials alerted communities North of Galveston to Louisiana that tar balls could soon be washing up on their shores. A the Way its going no one will be surprised if they see tar balls on the Beach tomorrow morning a said coast guard chief warrant officer Rick Meidt. The 45-mile Slick has stretched into a Light Sheen in places and continued to Drift slowly away from the Tanker crippled 57 Miles offshore from Galveston since the june 8 explosion. But officials said sunday that the leaking had apparently stopped and the threat of a new fire had ebbed. Emergency cleanup Crews had expected the angolan crude Oil to begin washing ashore late sunday near Galveston but a morning flyover showed the Slick moving North Northeast of the area. The coast guard predicted Early sunday that the tar balls could begin showing up in a 45-mile stretch of coastline from High Island some 30 Miles North of Galveston to Sabine pass at the Texas Louisiana Border. Coastal areas in Eastern Texas and Ana Are largely Marshland. Western Louisi. The Texas general land office has trained him. Nln it t Trall try to Lett Art aka Rel in _ "u1 is u i Gram Are ready to help once the Oil comes ashore me Texas Vij Eucial Viiu Vince Nas Zirair dress of volunteers to work on the cleanup in in Galveston and Angleton on saturday and session a a it Austin last week. Land commissioner Garry Mauro sail 1,200 volunteers from the states adopt a Beach Salvage Crews working on the norwegian Tanker sunday began transferring Oil from a leaking cargo bin to another holding tank aboard the vessel Cutti Ngok the flow of Oil into the water. A the ship has definitely quit leaking a Petty officer Mark Sedwick said. A a reconnaissance Crew flew Over at 6 this morning and did no to find any Oil within five Miles of the ship. That a a pretty Good indication that they be stopped the  divers attempting to Rescue five Loggerhead sea turtles spotted saturday near the leading Edge of the Spicl had been unable to locate the reptiles the National oceanic and atmospheric administration said. But the Noaa planned to continue searching for the loggerheads a threatened species of Turtle. Unity from Page 1 German parliament president Rita Siihsmuth were in the audience to attend the session As they have in the past and the atmosphere in the chamber was electric with anticipation. But when the floor was opened for discussion prime minister Lothar de Maiziere took the microphone and dashed expectations when he said it was too soon for lawmakers to make the final decision on unification. De Maiziere said that even though his governing coalition had a mandate from the voters to do so too Many questions must be worked out before East Germany takes the final step of declaring itself a part of West Germany. The question that lawmakers voted to put on the Agenda for discussion was whether to support article 23 of the West German Constitution under which the entire country could dissolve itself and become a part of West Germany. Terrorist from Page 1 claimed responsibility for the soldiers death and the bombing. Ster Nebeck a denial that she was involved with the red army faction after 1980 contradicts allegations by West German authorities said Hans Jurgen Forster a spokesman for the West German Federal prosecutors office. Forster said sunday that Stembeck bought a car a with knowledge of its later purpose on july 18, 1985, near Frankfurt. He said the car was used less than three weeks later in the air base bombing. Meanwhile von Stahl said in the West German newspaper Welt am sonntag on sunday that he would look into whether there is evidence to begin preliminary proceedings against former East German officials for allegedly supporting and harbouring terrorists. Forster confirmed the report and said on sunday that there already were a initial suspicions but not enough evidence yet to pursue extradition. Forster said there was a Quot priority inquiry involving Honecker former minister for state Security Erich Mielke the head of the secret police and former East German espionage chief Markus Wolf Honecker a regime was ousted in october by mass i demonstrations. He and Mielke Are among several leaders undergoing medical examinations to deter mine whether they Are competent to face pros ecu a Tion in East Germany on charges of abuse of office and corruption. Of the seven terrorist suspects arrested one Oil them Christine a Kimlein 41, was freed because a West German warrant for her arrest had expired. A new warrant will not be sought Forster said because she had been charged with being a member i of a terrorist group but had not been linked to any other specific crime. East German authorities meanwhile turned Down West German extradition requests for three other suspected terrorists Werner Lotze Monika Helbing and Ekkehard von Seckendorff sudent. The Interior ministry statement gave no reason for the action and Forster said West German authorities would re apply. He said he was optimistic the request would be granted. The rejection of the extradition requests May be linked to a Legal Challenge by two of the suspects lawyer Rolf Henrich who is representing seeker Dorff sudent and Helbing questioned whether West German Federal police could legally operate in East Germany. Twenty four Core members of the red army faction were still being  from Page 1 Section than is already granted Quot he said. A respect for it is a matter of individual conscience and Choice and not something that should be legislated by the  Bill Roundy a Sophomore at Frankfurt International school expressed a similar View a i done to support Flag burning but people should be Able to As part of a protest. Otherwise its a form of  several service members of the Giessen military Community stood firmly behind the amendment to protect the Flag because they said they have a firm belief about what it stands for. One person in disagreement was staff sgt. Martin Fawbush who compared the right to bum a Flag to a woman a right to have an abortion. �?o1 think its up to them. If they want to do its their preference a he said. The 4th in 43rd air defense artillery Soldier said he frowns upon anyone who would bum the Flag but said if special Laws were enacted to protect the . Flag then that might Lead to the necessity of creating Laws to protect state flags too. Raf Lakenheath tech sgt. Mary j. Waddell has been at Odds with her coworkers because she defended the right to bum the Flag. A most people think that people who bum the Flag should be shot a said the f-111 avionics specialist with the 48th aircraft generation so. A i agree with the supreme court that Freedom of expression is necessary. But if you do away with the Freedom to bum the Flag where will it end a capt. Cliff Walker disagreed saying that allowing people to bum the Flag could be the beginning of the end for the United states. A a it a a Symbol of the country a said Walker who is assigned to veterinary det Europe in Giessen. A a lot of men have died for that Symbol and our country. Its something we All have to rally behind when things get Tough. If we Start desecrating the Flag where do we end a even an englishman said he thought that the United states should ensure Protection for the Flag. Jason Haywood a new car Salesman for the cafes in Kaiserslautern said he thought the amendment should be passed. A i  like my Flag being Burnt a he said. Sgt. Linwood Murphy of the 48th equipment Maint so at Raf Lakenheath said a person should not even be allowed to bum a Flag he owns. A the Flag belongs to the United states of America not just one person a Murphy said. In Italy other service members expressed support for the amendment. A i think its sad that we need one but we do a said Petty officer 2nd class Nona Kirk a storekeeper assigned to the Naples naval Security group activity. As far As the Freedom of speech Issue is concerned the resident of Birmingham ala., said a if they want to say something they should say it. They done to have to bum the  Petty officer 3rd class Mike Barth also stationed in Naples saw the Issue differently. Barth said there should not be a Flag protecting amendment a because to me the flags just a Symbol of Freedom and if people want to bum it they should be free to do it. That a one of those moral questions that should be left to the  or. Ronald Schlundt who teaches . History and government at the urn varsity of Maryland a Kaiserslautern Ramstein area Campus said Congress i should exercise caution before amending the Bill of rights which has remained i untouched for 199 years. The process requires two thirds apr Proval by both the House and Senate and three fourths of the state Legislatures a it is a complicated process. But the writers of the Constitution intended that Way so that very emotional subjects did no to bring Quick chanic a Quot consi1 1 tuition a Schlundt said. He pointed out that the Flag controversy is being used by politicians in an Etc i Tion year to distract from other issues. Schlundt warned that such an amendment would be an abridgement of first amendment. A it Narrows what the meaning is of Freedom of speech and it says the gov ment May ban certain kinds of Spe that Are critical of the government e though from that speech there s no Dir danger to the  contributing to this report Chuck Robfrt Lar i l West Germany Ron Mckinney in oarniateul1� Etoll Sawyer in Heidelberg Gary Pomeroy in fran a Quot. Bathen in Numberg John Millar in wll Ribuffo Jumson in Kaiserslautern Dave Diehl and Amy Jonee at Raf Lakenheath and Gary Miller in w Italy