European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 23, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 world Toda the stars and stripes thursday August 23,1930oil Rig workers rescued after jumping into sea Copenhagen Denmark apr forty nine men jumped from a Drifting waterlogged Oil Rig into the Stormy North sea at Dawn l us Day and were rescued by danish ships Navy and Oil company spokesmen said. The men wore survival suits when they plunged in 46 Mph winds into heavy Waves. Lifeboats transferred them to two vessels bound for the Western danish port of Esbjerg. The danish Navy said no one was injured among the 46 norwegians one briton and two dutch citizens. Rescuers said the Rig had begun to take on water and was in danger of capsizing. The norwegian Rig named West Gamma and chartered by Phillips screed As a floating hotel for Oil workers at North sea stations. It was being towed Between stations monday when the Tow me broke in a  Dodds employee Dies of cancer in California Rota Spain a longtime educator with the department of defense dependents schools has died of cancer. Ellen e. Johns died july 30 in Paradise Calif. She was 49. Johns spent 13 years in the overseas school system starting in 1968 As a High school history teacher in Okinawa. She next taught at Kaiserslautern High school in West Germany. During a break in service from 1970 to 1977, Johns held a variety of positions including Camp fire National Field adviser in Kansas City mo., and As an educational administrator and drug and alcohol abuse Counselor in Italy. Her most recent position with Dodds was As a guidance Counselor at David Glasgow Farragut elementary school in Rota she was a member of the american association of University women Phi Delta Kappa the overseas federation of teachers and the Boston University alumnae association. Johns is survived by her husband Carter and a daughter Alexis both of Rota Spain and by her parents Dorothy and Forrest Albertson of  Soldier sentenced for attempted murder of girl Mannheim West Germany a a West German state court has sentenced a Mannheim Soldier to eight years in prison for  murder of a i a year old girl. Sgt. Francis l. Delongchamps assigned to the 97th signal in was sentenced Friday following a three Day trial Delongchamps had pleaded innocent. According to court testimony Delongchamps tried to strangle the girl on the morning of nov. 4 by using a Cord wrapped in Black adhesive tape. He was wearing a mask at the time. West German police apprehended him a month later when he was driving slowly through the Sancho Van Section of Mannheim the same area where the attack occurred. Police found a Cord adhesive tape and a mask in his car. According to a Mannheim Community spokeswoman Delongchamps is being held at the . Military confinement facility in Mannheim pending an Appeal. Delongchamps 28, joined the army in 1980 and has been in Mannheim since 1985.army flames sergeant killed in motorcycle crash in Italy Vicenza Italy a the army on tuesday released the name of a Caserma Ederle Soldier who was killed in a motorcycle Accident sunday. Sgt. Stephen Salem 29. A medical corpsman assigned to the 45ih Field Hospital died after his motorcycle was struck by a car driven by an italian woman. His passenger Elena Cabinda 20, was also killed in the collision. Salem is survived by his Mother Elisabeth Dohnert of much West Germany. Correction a headline in tuesdays paper referring to a memorial service for a Serviceman killed in the persian Gulf inadvertently called him a Soldier. He was an airman. Prague Marks �?T68 invasion without fear for first time Prague Czechoslovakia apr sirens howled tuesday to commemorate the 1968 Warsaw pact invasion on the first anniversary that czechoslovak could Mark without fear of police retribution. In Prague mayor Jaroslav Koran honoured seven soviets who protested the invasion that ended the a Prague Spring of liberalization and replaced it with More than two decades of hard line communism. Making the soviets honorary Prague citizens Koran said their demonstration in Moscow a red Square on aug. 25, 1968, a salvaged the conscience of their silent  a they protested against the. Shameful treason committed by the tyrants of the Day on a Small Friendly country a Koran declared. The mayor acting on a City Council declaration last week also formally stripped soviet dictator Josef Stalin of honorary citizenship along with Czechoslovakia a first communist president Klement Gottwald and Gustav Husak the communist party Leader installed by Moscow in the Wake of the invasion. Present at the ceremonies was Yelena Bonner the widow of soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov who criticized the invasion. Among the dignitaries gathered for the ceremony at in _. City Hall were soviet ambassador Boris Pankin and Alexander Dubcek the reformist communist party Leader who engineered the 1968 reforms Only to see them crushed by the invading tanks. Dubcek 69, who came Back from More than two decades of official disgrace to become speaker of the nations first free parliament since 1948, chatted affably with Pankin. Their rapport was a striking example of the new situation in Eastern Europe where democracies have replaced monolithic communist Rule in Many countries. Just one year ago riot police waded into thousands of protesters commemorating the soviet led invasion. A soviet made tank is lowered onto its Side in a 1 . Ceremony tuesday in Prague s Wenceslas Square. Less than three months later even Large protests led to the resignation of Czechoslovakia s communist government and subsequent free elections. Earlier tuesday a t-55 Lank appeared in Wenceslas Square where weeping czechoslovak pelted soviet Armor with rocks and garbage 22 years ago. This time the spectators cheered. The soviet made tank was tipped onto its Side by a Crane and Wilt be left standing through sept. 6. Its belly bore the logos of Solidarity the Trade Union movement that spearheaded democratization in Poland and of civic forum president Vaclav Havel a political movement that guided Czechoslovakia a peaceful democratic revolution late last year. Engine explosion apparent cause off a 1 1f crash near North sea by Dave Diehl . Bureau an Raf Lakenheath Fluhler bomber that crashed near the North sea in May apparently suffered an explosion and fire in one of its two engines according to an Accident report released tuesday. Capt. David e. Ratcliff the Pilot and 1st la. Brian w. Kirkwood weapons systems officer ejected safely from the Al 1 if about 30 seconds after hearing an explosion on the air plane the report said. Both crewmen from the 492nd tac fighter so were slightly injured in the May 2 Accident which destroyed the $39 million plane. No one on the ground was Hurt although an empty House was damaged by debris from the crash. The plane was part of what the report called a �?o10-ship attack package Quot from the 48th tac fighter Wing that was competing in a bombing Competition. The iwo officers were acting As win men in a two plane formation that left Lakenheath about j 1 22 . Before the 11 53 . Crash Ratcliff and Kirkwood had made five passes at a nearby bombing Range and a simulated bombing attack on Raf Scull Orpe a seven Miles Southwest of where the plane crashed. About a was the plane was rolling out the Crew heard and Felt a loud bang from the right aft Side of the aircraft Quot the report said. Engine indicators then showed that the planets no. 2 engine was no longer turning and several caution lights came on in the cockpit. The Crew of the other Al 11 saw fire coming from the engine and radioed to Ratcliff and Kirkwood to a turn left and gel out of the Jet a the report said. The plane was at about 3,000 feet and travelling about 435 Mph when Kirkwood pulled the ejection handle the report said. The enclosed Crew capsule came Down in a Field near the Village of Wighton about four Miles South of the North sea coast. The report said that Ratcliff and Kirkwood were fully qualified to Fly the Mission and that they were in a Good spirits and eager to Fly before they look off. Ratcliff suffered spinal injuries and Kirkwood had cuts on his face from the ejection. Both Are still assigned to the 492nd and Are on flying status a base spokesman said tuesday the eight Page report which was put together by air Force officers is compiled in Case any Legal administrative or disciplinary actions result from the Accident. It did not state the specific cause of the crash. A. German party rejects unification pact East Berlin apr a rare Compromise on the Date of German Unity fell apart tuesday when East Germany a second largest party defied its Leader and rejected the pact. The left leaning social democrats refused to accept an agreement by the leaders of All political factions that the nation unite with West Germany on oct. 14. Richard Schroeder the head of the social democratic faction in parliament had agreed to the proposal. He resigned from his Post alter his party walked at accepting it. The social democrats instead said they would push Tor Unity to take place on sept. 15 because of the nations collapsing Economy. Parliament was scheduled to meet wednesday and possibly would consider the proposal. De Maiziere a Christian democrats hold the most votes in parliament and Are in the Best position to set the Date for the historic merger. They want Unity to coincide with the oct. 14 elections to create the five states that East Germany will become when the two nations merge. But East germans have increasingly demanded Quick Unity so West Germany can directly take Over political and economic chaos that worsens almost daily in the nation. De Maiziere a government a the first democratically chosen leadership in the country a history has been hit by a series of dismissals resignations and charges of incompetence in the past week. The social democrats who withdrew from de Maiziere s Broad governing coalition on sunday in a dispute Over unification met tuesday evening and voted to reject the oct. 14 Date