European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 29, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes wednesday August 29,1990guitarist Vaughan Dies in East Troy wis. Apr grammy winning blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan was among five people killed Early monday when their helicopter slammed into a Hill in dense fog after leaving a concert authorities said. The Ether victims were three members of Rock Star Eric Clapton a entourage and a Pilot. Clapton who played with Vaughan at the concert sunday night landed safely in Chicago on another helicopter. His publicist Ronnie Lippin announced Vaughan a death. Lippin said there was no truth to a report that Vaughan had begged to get on the helicopter that crashed because it would arrive at its destination earlier. Clapton said the victims who included his agent bodyguard and tour manager Quot were my companions my associates and my friends. This is a tragic loss of some very special  the helicopter owned by Omni flight helicopters inc., crashed into a Field shortly after leaving the Alpine Valley music theater an open air stage and ski resort near East Troy 30 Miles Southwest of Milwaukee said Omni spokesman Phil Huth. Wreckage arid bodies were scattered Over 200 feet authorities said Clapton a manager Roger Forrester told Britain a sky news Quot we had four helicopters and Eric and 1 were in one directly behind it when it suddenly disappeared from  a obviously we were not aware of the tragic circumstances until the Early hours when Daybreak broke and they discovered it on a ski slope directly behind the building in which we had Jusy performed.�?�. Among the victims was Bobby Brooks 34, Clapton a agent at creative artists Agency whose clients also included Crosby stills amp Nash whoops Goldberg Pat Benatar Jackson Browne and Dolly Parton. Walworth county Coroner John Griebel identified the other victims As Nigel Browne of London a Clapton bodyguard Colin Smythy of London one of Clapton a tour managers and pile Jeff Brown of East Chicago ind. Vaughan 35, who overcame a 1986 drug problem to win two grammy awards and the musician of the decade honors in his Home state of Texas gained popularity in the Middle 1980s with his guitar jamming and blues sound borrowed much from music legends by King Muddy Waters and Albert King papers going to saudi front by Randy Mcclaln staff writer the stars and stripes has landed. Beginning this week More than 18,000 copies of the stars and stripes Are being flown daily to . Service members serving on land and sea As part of operation desert shield. Deane b. Mcdermott circulation manager said the first shipment of papers left saturday morning from Frankfurt West Germany and arrived sunday in Riyadh saudi Arabia. A the folks in Riyadh were delighted a a Mcdermott said. Other copies of tic newspaper Are being sent to Dhah ran and Liddah in saudi Arabia. From there copies of the stars and stripes arc distributed through the military mail system to troops on land in saudi Arabia and to ships at sea in the Region. Quot its important to cover the entire Force and not just the ground forces a Mcdermott said. _ the stars and stripes had been working with military officials for at least two weeks on the Best method of delivering newspapers to the fiend Mcdermott said. A we  just dump the newspapers Down there without knowing what would happen to them a he said. On Friday stripes received unit designations and Apo and Fpo mailing addresses for . Forces in the Region and that has made the shipping process easier Mcdermott said. Before that development stripes had increased the number of papers it was sending to army and air Force Exchange service outlets m saudi Arabia to roughly 3,000 copies a Day. But those sales have since been scaled Back to 500 a Day. Troops participating in operation desert shield will receive the stars and stripes without charge Mcdermott said. Beginning with tuesdays edition troops in saudi Arabia were to receive a slightly altered version of the two Star edition of the newspaper which is sold to . Service members in West Germany. News specifically relating to people serving in Europe is being replaced by stateside and International news in the desert shield  from Page 1 a . Embargo but to allow . Warships to Stop and search their vessels according to several broadcast and published reports. The state department said it could not confirm such reports but spokeswoman Margaret Tutwiler said ave certainly Hope they arc  and in the Gritty reaches of the saudi arabian desert . Troop deployment continued army maj. Gen. William g. Pagonis in charge of logistics for the . Forces said an average 50 . Transport flights were arriving daily. The 52 americans who arrived safely in Turkey on monday began their journey last week As a group of 100 american diplomats and dependents which left Kuwait after Iraq s embassy closing order. In Baghdad Iraq detained the men but allowed the 55 women and children to leave. Then at the turkish Border a after a grueling 27-hour, 430-mile Overland trip from Baghdad a three Young men Over the age of 18 were Quot forcibly removed and sent Back to the iraqi capital the . Embassy in Ankara said. Washington angrily accused Baghdad of having a once again reneged on its pledge of free passage for the dependents. The 52 others were taken to a nato base in in Ciurlik from which they were to Fly Home tuesday. Base spokeswoman Marty Davis said they were swimming relaxing and having a pizza and ice Cream  state department spokeswoman Tut Wiler said the iraqi embassy staff was being reduced from 55 to 19, and a . Official said those expected had 72 hours to leave the country. Remaining iraqi diplomats were limited to a 25-mite radius of Washington. In Kuwait electricity and water has been Cut off to Many foreign missions a including the . Embassy a and iraqi troops ring the missions. Telephone service to Many has been Cut. The pressure is beginning to have results. Hungary and Nigeria said monday they were temporarily suspending embassy operations in Kuwait. Some nations agreed Carl Ier to close. Lebanon said monday it re established Contact with its ambassador to Kuwait earlier reported missing. # one compelling reason for keeping the embassies open was to look after citizens trapped by the aug. 2 invasion. About 21,000 westerners Are stranded in Iraq and Kuwait including 3,000 americans. Presidential press Secretary Marlin Fitzwater said monday a your Best estimated is that 63 americans Are missing or being held by Iraq including seven picked up Over the weekend. Perez de1 Cuellar is scheduled to meet thursday with iraqi foreign minister Tariq Aziz in Jordan. He said the a degree of tension in the crisis led him to try to mediate personally. But president Bush cautioned reporters in Kennebunkport Maine a Saddam Hussein has been so resistant to complying with International Law that i done to yet Sec fruitful negotiations a meanwhile Abc news said monday that . Warships slopped two cargo ships Over the weekend heading into Aqaba Jordan. One was boarded. Both were allowed to continue after it was found they were not carrying cargo for Iraq Abc  from Page 1 Alabama the ranking Republican on the House armed services committee. Quot this is happening less than a month after the committee declaring the conventional threat to the United slates dead slashed 129,500 from next years Active duty strength a he said in a statement released sunday. A the committee got it wrong a Dickinson said. Quot the iraqi invasion of Kuwait Only reinforces in my mind the fad Slyt we Cut too far Loo fast for real world  one Public policy expert says Dickinson s views represent a predictable reaction from those lawmakers inclined to resist cuts in defense spending. A a there a some posturing going on because next years budget is still in limbo a said Martin Binkin a military manpower expert with the Brookings institution a Washington think tank. The current crisis in the persian Gulf will strengthen the hand of the people who want to go slower in cutting the size of the military Binkin said Quot but when the dust settles i think you re going to see a substantially smaller Force Over the Long term a he said. A the Only justification for having a Force of More than 2 million people was the Warsaw pact threat. You could have several persian Gulf situations and still not match that threat a Dickinson argued that slightly smaller cuts Over several years make More sense than Large reductions in any one year. Quot we could have taken a far smaller Cut in fiscal 1991, about 90,000 to 100,000, and similar cuts through 1995, and still achieved the Overall 25 percent reduction which both Dod and the committee envision a he said. The Senate has recommended a personnel reduction of 100,000 service . The House and Senate armed services committees will meet next month to negotiate on that Point and other differences in their respective versions of the defense authorization Bill. Apart from a Strong dissent by Dickinson there was not much discussion of the recommended reduction of 129,500 personnel when the House committee put together its authorization Bill in late july a committee staffer said. A but w Ith what a going on in the Middle East i think it will be a different situation when we go into conference with the Senate committee next month a he  from Page 1 in fuel for either weapons or nuclear Power reactors. . Intelligence officials have said that since the 1981 air raid by Israel that destroyed an iraqi reactor Baghdad has been rebuilding its nuclear program. . Officials say Iraq is years away from producing an atomic bomb. In interviews Friday in Krakow the two polish workers said the americans held at the factory were unharmed. The poles left Iraq on sunday. The americans were said. To have arrived on aug. 17.special from Page 1 Sian Gulf and the apparent it eminent deployment of the two menus units forced the pair to petition . Immigration officers for help. A How would you feel if you died for this country and you weren t a citizen a asked Yook a Marine Motorman who was born in South Korea. A a it a not fair and its not  a Navy hovering Craft Mechanic and a native of Guatemala told reporters after the ceremony a a in be been serving in the military for about four years and 1 think lean prove that i can serve this country right. In a proud to be an  under . Law Legal resident aliens Are eligible to serve in the military. During this Century aliens were drafted and fought As enlisted personnel alongside . Citizens in engagements ranging front the Theodore Roosevelt a charge up san Juan Hill in the Spanish american War to the deployment to Beirut . Citizenship is required however for men and women to be officers. Calls from Yook and his commanding officer Marine capt. David Olsen came to the attention Friday of immigration and naturalization service Western Region commissioner Ben Davidian who ordered the ins to Spur the oaths. A when i heard about about Cpl. Yook and Petty officer Acuna a Davidian recalled a that was All 1 needed. We decided to Bend a few rules to make things  assured that the men had complied with . Citizenship requirements including Legal residency for five years ins officials sought a Federal judge who could fit a naturalization ceremony into an already crowded monday morning Calendar of Legal matters. # . District judge Dickran Tevrizian jr., the son of immigrant parents from soviet Antic Nia obliged. So in from of beaming relatives and comrades in arms the two men a Yook in the familiar Marine Khaki uniform and Acuna in Navy Whites a stood at attention and took the citizenship oath