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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 19, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 a the stars and stripes sunday August 19,1990groupsfrom Page 1 said. Attend unit briefings and follow the  should also seek out wives in the same situation. They make an excellent support group he said. A a done to say �?~1 done to want to Call sergeant Smiths wife because she a going through the same thing i am a a he said. A a thai a precisely Why you should Call  he pointed out that in  movies As a top gun a and a the right stuff Hollywood realistically portrayed the wives of fighter and test pilots. Quot the wives who were coping the Best a even though they were unhappy even though they were scared a were the ones sitting together holding hands a he said. There Are certain feelings that will be Normal Horowitz said. People separated from their mates will be anxious rest less insecure depressed defensive and indecisive. A these Are the emotional reactions that come with this kind of emotional situation a he said. Done to be afraid of them he suggested. If there Are children in the family to to them what is happening in terms they will understand Horowitz said. People a have to be honest with their children a he said. A spouse should understand that a child is also under stress when a Parent is away from Home. And this stress May show up As a change in behaviour a kids Are going to regress Quot he said. A under that kind of stress your kids who Are potty trained May All of a sudden not be potty  one solution is to involve the children with the support system. Visit other spouses who have children. Have them write letters or make tapes to Send to their parents. Keep them Busy. The Servic member has an obligation too. Before leaving the family should sit together and discuss the upcoming separation and what changes Are necessary he said. A Many people find that certain chores have become the sole responsibility of one spouse or the other Quot he said. Now with one spouse away from Home the other will have to do them All. A think about your last week a Horowitz advised service members. A what were some of the things that you did the last week that your spouse does no to do a but the biggest responsibility for coping with the separation will tall to the spouse left behind. And if the stress becomes too great spouses should not fight the urge to let their emotions out. A if you feel the need to fall apart and cry then do that a Horowitz said. A a it a not failure As Long As you Don t let that become the overwhelming emotion during the period of time your spouse is gone. A but get some help also. You Don t want to Start beating on your kids because you Hale the army or the air Force or the Navy because they re doing this to your  an f-4g fighter bomber from George fab Calif., refuel Over the Atlantic thursday in route to join desert shield forces in saudi  from Page 1 expressed concern Over the Fate of the detained foreigners and asked the Secretary general to take All necessary Steps to help them. At the same time a special Security Council committee met to discuss compliance with the International embargo intended to Force Iraq to withdraw its troops from Kuwait. The five permanent members of the Security Council meanwhile met with their senior military officials in an unprecedented joint meeting to Exchange information about the naval situation in the Gulf foreign diplomats said. The five Are the United states Britain China France and the soviet Union. Bush is to return to the White House from his Kennebunkport Maine vacation Home of sunday night and will meet monday morning with budget aides and Energy Secretary James Watkins to discuss the Impact of the crisis on . Energy reserves. He will address the veterans of foreign wars convention in Baltimore later monday and make a Campaign trip to Rhode Island before resuming to Kennebunkport meanwhile . Ships in the Gulf under orders to intercept All ships carrying goods to or from Iraq stopped two iraqi vessels off the coast of Bahrain the Pentagon reported. The ships were allowed to proceed after it was determined that they were carrying no cargo. The massive buildup of american Mili taty Power in the Gulf now includes stealth fighter bombers Marine amphibious assault units and other forces normally used for offence. In military deployment announcements the Pentagon said Friday a elements of the army a 1st Cav div and 2nd army div from fort Hood Texas have begun preparing to leave for the Middle East. A nine of the military sea lift Comdr a ready Reserve Force ships have been activated and Are moving to loading ports. A the air Force has sent four air transportable hospitals to the area. Medical personnel and equipment have come from Macdill fab fla., Langley fab va., Shaw fab s.c., and Seymour Johnson fab . An air transportable Hospital from Myrtle Beach fab s.c., also is preparing to leave. A defense Secretary Dick Cheney who helped persuade saudi Arabia to accept the .-led Force on its soil arrived in Riyadh on Friday to visit .  at 72 Philadelphia apr Pearl Bailey a preachers daughter who became a top performer Best known for her throaty rendition of a hello Dolly a died Friday at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. She was 72.the Singer dancer humorist and Homespun philosopher had suffered a recurring heart condition since the Early 1960s, a singing does bring out the soreness a she once said. A but when i get on the floor baby you know nothing hurts a last month the Singer underwent surgery to replace her arthritic left knee with a Metal Ana plastic joint. She left Pennsylvania Hospital on july 30, intending to continue visiting two Sisters for a week while undergoing physical therapy. She then planned to return Home to Arizona with her husband jazz drummer Louis Bellson. Bailey had been a performer for 57 of her 72 years. Bom in Newport news va., she moved with family members to Washington and then Philadelphia where she made her debut at age 15, winning an Amateur contest by sin Gingo a poor  perhaps Best known for playing Dolly in the Black version of the musical a hello Dolly a in the late 1960s, she also enjoyed a Long film career. Her movies including a Carmen Jones and a porgy and  in 1968, she received a special Tony award for her role in a a hero Dolly 1&Quot but Bailey considered herself Foremost a Singer. Her standbys included a Bill Bailey wont you please come Home a a St. Louis blues a a Row Row Row a and a a that a Good enough for me a she also served As a Delegate to the United nations in the Reagan administration. She wrote humorous and inspirational books including a Huny up and a America amp  service members missing in Italy feared drowned Riva Del Garda Italy up a two . Servicemen from a nato base near the Northern City of Vicenza vanished during an underwater diving exercise Friday and were listed As missing police said. The two identified As Timothy Brad Field 22, and Andrew Miller 19, disappeared during exercises inside an underwater gymnasium in Lake Garda. Their ranks and hometowns were not immediately available a third diver taking part in the exercise Edward Oliver 21, gave the alarm after losing sight of the two. Rescue divers from local fire fighting squads searched for the two divers but found no immediate Trace of  reopens As Cool weather hits Calif. By the associated press Cool weather washed Over much of fire scarred areas of California on Friday and officials partially reopened Yosemite National Park which had been closed to tourists for More than a week. Yosemite spokeswoman Pat tulle said Highway 120 reopened Friday into the High country Over Tioga pass about 180 Miles East of san Francisco for the first time since aug. 9. But the Road leading into Yosemite Valley remained closed because of slides and burning snags. The Valley the Parks most popular destination and site of half dome Al Capitan and other marvels was not scheduled to be available to visitors until monday Tolle said. National Park service spokeswoman Claudine Gale said firefighters had nearly contained the 18,100-acre a a a Rock fire of which 6,490 acres were in Yosemite and 11,610 acres in stanislaus National Forest. The other major Yosemite fire the 5,280-acre Steamboat Blaze was contained thursday. In All the California fires have burned about 270,000 acres or More than 400 Square Miles and destroyed 127 structures. The Cost of fighting the fires has grown to about $45 million. By Friday most of the army of 15,500 firefighters amassed against the onslaught had been sent Home. Thunderstorms a which ignited nearly All the 1,300 fires across the state by spawning 37,532 lightning strikes in two weeks a Are Likely to recur when the Cooling trend ends monday said Milo Radulovich a National weather service fire expert. A once this pattern is Over we re going to go Back to where we were. It la be hot and dry especially in september. It will be critical fire weather a Radulovich said. Many of californians worst wildfires have occurred in late August and september said California department of forestry and fire Protection spokeswoman Karen Terrill. A series of lightning sparked fires that began aug. 31, 1987, burned 740,000 acres and 38 Homes. Ten firefighters died. A Blaze that at one Lime endangered 1,600 Homes in Northern californians Tehama county the Finley fire was 95 percent contained after burning 22,980 acres. It was expected to be fully contained by Friday. Forestry department fire investigators said the Fargel Blaze of the siege the 130,000-acre Campbell fire in Tehama county May have been ignited by a Pine tree Branch brushing a High voltage Power line aug. 6. Since utilities Are required by Law to keep Trees away from lines state officials were considering action to recover about $10 million in fire suppression costs from the companies including Pacific Gas amp electric co., which use the line  
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