European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 19, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 a a a the stars and stripes tuesday june 19,1990services for teacher planned wednesdays amps Joseph Owen . Army chief warrant officer 3 Dobron Tir Neikov hoists his Nephew Georgi while Neikov a bulgarian sister Maria Stoyanova holds her daughters Raina left and Stefka in a Joyful reunion. Army officer reunited with sister 25 years after escaping Bulgaria by Joseph Owen Stuttgart Bureau Benningsen West Germany a Maria Stoyanova was 11 when her older brother Dobromir fled their native Bulgaria and disappeared from her life in june 1965. When she met him at the Stuttgart railway station last week for the first time in 25 years the rebellious youth had made an unlikely transformation. He is now chief warrant officer 3 Dobromir Neikov of the . Army. Government reforms that followed the 1989 overthrow of communist ruler Todor Zsivkov empowered bulgarians to travel abroad for the first time and Stoyanova wasted Little time planning her first trip to the West to see her 48-year-old brother. She stepped off the train from Sofia. They saw each other and they hesitated wondering whether the other was indeed the Long lost sibling. A it was like a mexican standoff a Neikov said. Then recognition sprang from a something from inside maybe the blood a said Stoyanova 36, and the rest was ecstasy. She said her new Freedom to travel is a exceptionally Beautiful. I am emotional beyond expression. If that Hadnot happened we would probably never see each  for the beaming Neikov his Sisters visit is doubly Joyful. Her husband Gandi Stoyanov and their three children also came with her. Neikov was working on a River project As a diver when he fled from his work detail fought off a bulgarian Border guard and escaped into Greece in 1965. He quickly made his Way to the United states and joined the army soon afterwards. The Price he paid for his Freedom was never seeing his family again a until now. The Stoyanova live in Tica a town of 1,500 people in Central Bulgaria about 220 Miles East of Sofia. They Are spending three weeks with Neikov at his Fiancee a House in Benningsen near his duty station in ludwigs Burg. Speaking with Neikov serving As interpreter the Stoyanova said the new order came without warning in Bulgaria for decades the most orthodox and subservient of the soviet satellite states in Eastern Europe. A in the past we were oppressed. Today things have changed. How it changed we done to know its Way on top a said Stoyanova a kindergarten teacher. A now if i done to like you As a Boss i can raise my voice a said her 39-year-old husband. A today there is Freedom to the Point where i can express my opinion without going to  their children a passports were free but their own Cost 120 bulgarian lev apiece a no Small obstacle in a country where the average monthly wage is 200 to 250 lev said Gandi Stoyanov a shift Foreman in a factory that makes starters for soviet Zhigui cars. Nonetheless it was a Price they paid gladly. A this passport for travelling abroad is a Benefit i never thought i would enjoy a he said. Pointing alternately to his Domestic identity card and his passport he said a there i am a bulgarian citizen there i Art a citizen of the  the last thing the Stoyanova did before leaving Sofia was vote by Absentee ballot. Voting is compulsory. The june 10 elections and the runoffs on sunday yielded a Victory for the former communists now reorganized As the socialist party. When the Sto Yanovs visit ends Neikov plans to drive them Back to Bulgaria. That will give him the Opportunity to visit other relatives including his father. Baker opens foreign Aid talks with Central american leaders Antigua Guatemala apr Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii had breakfast monday with five Central american presidents and discussed How to coordinate . And other foreign Aid for the Region. Baker also was to hold individual meetings with each of the leaders. He arrived in Antigua on sunday night to attend the close of the three Day meeting in which the Central american leaders agreed to form a Central american economic Community to fight poverty. A we will never see peace in Central America while hunger exists in thousands of Homes a said Costa rican president Rafael Calderon. The presidents a All elected civilians a agreed on two accords sunday night to try to mesh the regions economies. They pledged coordinated action on foreign Trade and debt rebuilding of infrastructures agricultural and Industrial policy and attracting of investment. Calderon said the Region deeply scarred by a decade of civil strife needs International support. A we done to extend our hand to ask for Charity a Calderon said. A but we say to you Here Are the Central american people who Are willing to give their labor their Effort and their dedication but who also need the Friendly hand of the developing world a president Rafael Callejas of Honduras has said Central America needs at least $2.5 billion in Aid Over the next three years to begin the process of rebuilding. Frankfurt West Germany a amps a memorial services will be held wednesday for Wayne o erd Mann a teacher for the talented and gifted at fran Furt High school. Ankh Erdmann 49, died saturday at Lan Stuhl army regional medical Center. He is survived by his Mother Petra Bergh of Oconomowoc wis and a Bro two Curtis Erdmann of Arvada Colo. A Erdmann was a graduate of St. Olaf College in Northfield minn., and earned a masters Deere a Middleburg College in Middlebury it. He was a member of Phi Delta Kappa and the association for supervision and curriculum development and was Secretary for the German chapter of the National association for gifted children. A Wayne Erdmann memorial scholarship fund to help needy students attend College has been founded at the High school. Those wanting to contribute should Contact principal de Siemaszko at 320-8469. The memorial service will be held at 7 . In Christ the King Church in  replace seats of humvee gis told Nurnberg West Germany a amps a soldiering is no cushy Job and a recent Vii corps safety message shows that its Likely to stay that Way. Many gis have softened the discomfort of Long duty hours by removing their original hard Riding humvee seats and replacing them with Plush bucket seats from civilian automobiles. Such modifications Are against army regulations the May message says. A changing seats and seat configuration May adversely affect the safety of occupants a said capt. Anda Strauss a corps spokeswoman. Soldiers wanting to reinstall a vehicles Standard humvee seats should make arrangements to do so through their Chain of command she said. She did not know How Many vehicles had been  airman gets article 15 for exposing himself to woman Mainz West Germany a amps a a Mainz airman who was apprehended last month for exposing himself to a German woman will receive non judicial punishment for the offence. The details of the airman a article 15 punishment were worked out monday said Jim Sherman a spokesman for Sembach a which has jurisdiction in the Case. In cases of non judicial punishment the service members name is not released. The airman who works for the army a 8th inf div in Mainz was apprehended by German police in the Klaren Thal Section of Wiesbaden on May 25. According to police reports the airman stopped to ask the woman for directions. When she approached his car she saw he was nude and fled.3rd army div go found dead at a Frankfurt train station Frankfurt West Germany a amps a a 3rd army div Soldier was found dead at a Frankfurt train station saturday. German police found pvt. 2 Jeffery c. Skinner of he co 4th in 67th Armor regt at the taunt anlage a Bahn station about 4 . The tank Mechanic 21, was taken to the Sachsenhause Hospital where he was pronounced dead by a German doctor. There was no physical evidence of the cause of death a 3rd army div spokeswoman said monday. An autopsy is being conducted at the army regional medical Center in Frankfurt. A memorial service will be held at 3 30 . Tuesday at Ray Barracks Chapel in  is survived by his Mother Phyllis k. Skinner of Phoenix Ariz. Correction a caption in yesterdays editions incorrectly ident fled the opponents involved in a tug of War at to Kaiserslautern elementary schools Field Day. In fifth graders in the picture were competing again other fifth graders. In addition the Cap turn incorrect reported on a school adoption program involving so Diers of the 1st in 7th air defense arty. The Soldini have adopted the school on a permanent basis