European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 7, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse A i>t3 i a % if i # a some european areas get Relief from heat 3 a audits detail of abuse of mar funds. Page 4 a cheating charge restricts four on Nimitz. Page 7 a saints beat raiders 17-10 in american bowl Page 21 authorized unofficial publication Forth . Armeo forces Good morning vol. 49, no. 115 tuesday August 7, 1990 Foj 0h>ly and sunday d 8693 a in by Susanne m. Schafer a military writer Washington a . Marines plucked 62 americans and 12 others from War torn Liberia in a precision helicopter Rescue sunday and shored up . Embassy defences with 200 sharpshooters. About 225 marines in 17 helicopters and escort jets swooped Over the capital of Monrovia at 8 47 . Local time lifting an initial 59 americans to safety aboard . Warships off the coast of the West african nation the Pentagon said. The military action Drew no fire. Another three americans and 12 citizens of other countries were flown out later and More departures were expected the Pentagon said. President Bush ordered the evacuation after one of the rebel leaders trying to oust president Samuel Doe ordered the arrest of All foreigners in an attempt to provoke outside intervention in the bloody civil War. White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said. The United states has steadfastly refused to intervene in the increasingly violent dispute. Prince Johnson whose rebel troops have occupied much of the Eily in their Battle to oust Doe told reporters saturday he would begin rounding up foreigners on monday. He said american British lebanese and Indian civilians would be taken first. A the . Marine corps reinforced. See Liberia on Back Page ramming the Wall a los Angeles rams kicker Mike Lansford squatting Center and teammates from left Irv Pankey Larry Kelm Robert Delpino and Duval love look through a Hole in the Berlin Wall on sunday from the East Berlin Side of the cold War Barrier. The rams Are in Berlin for an american bowl match against the Kansas City chiefs on saturday. More on the in l in Europe on pages 21 and 26 in sports. On out of Kuwait Washington apr president Bush charged sunday that Iraq a lied once again Quot and reneged on its pledge to pull its invading forces out of Kuwait. Angry and forceful the president again condemned iraqis aggression and said Quot this will not related Story Page 5. A Bush dispatched Secretary of defense Dick Cheney to saudi Arabia to Confer with leaders of that desert kingdom administration sources said. Bush conferred sunday evening Lorig hours at the while House with his top civilian and military advisers including Secretary of slate James a. Baker Iii Cheney and Gen. Colin Powell chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. Quot they reviewed the situation in the Gulf Quot said White House spokesman Doug Davidson. He would not elaborate. Bush turned aside reporters questions about whether Turkey or saudi Arabia might shut Oil pipelines critical to iraqis Oil distribution which run through their respective countries. He refused to discuss any military action the United Stales might be planning. A a in a not going to discuss what we re doing in terms of moving of forces any thing of that nature Quot he said. The Washington Post reported in its monday editions that the . Contingency planning includes planning to destabilize and eventually topple iraqi Leader Saddam Hussein from Power. The account attributed to unidentified sources said Seo Bush on Back Page Young go. Alcohol. Shortcut. Death by Gary Pomeroy staff writer Frankfurt West Germany a pvt. 2 Carl King had a few Beers in a Fried Berg bar on the night of sept. 6, 1989, then boarded a train for Frankfurt about 11 45. King got off in the suburb of Berker sheim and was killed by a northbound train. There were no witnesses. The v corps Soldier was 19 years old and had been in West Germany for two months. He fits almost exactly. The profile of six other v corps gis who were killed or paralysed by trains last year. Altogether 12 americans and three canadians have been killed by trams in Europe Sinee the Start of i98.s. Although the number is Only a 1 auction of the 3< 0 to Mil people who Are killed a German trams a cry a ear. Tite Ameri can military is concerned. And with More than half of the american casualties coming from v corps ranks Connie Gibson the corps safety officer has made track safety a Persona crusade. Quot there a such a divergence in the Way that americans Are brought up with Gibson said. 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