European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 30, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Crisis in tits Gulf the  related stories pages 2,3 amp 28 authorized unofficial publication for the . Ahmed Force Good morning vol. 49, no. 138 thursday August 30, 1990 25 daily and sunday d 8693 a Gulf bound c-5 at Ramstein a 11 killed from wire reports and Peggy Davidson staff writer Ramstein a West Germany a an air Force c-5 Galaxy part of the huge . Fleet of aircraft ferrying supplies to operation desert shield in saudi Arabia crashed and burned Early wednesday morning shortly after taking off from Ramstein a. C-5 Galaxy crash the fire was extinguished within an hour of the 12 38 . Crash base spokesman master sgt. Charles Fick said. He said 10 of the 17 crewmen and duty passengers aboard the plane were killed at the scene five were injured and were taken to Lan Stuhl regional medical Center where one died after arrival and two were unaccounted for. The search for the two missing men was continuing he said. Of the four survivors at Lan Stuhl three were reported in Good condition and one was in stable condition. There were no reported casualties on the ground. There was heavy fog in the area at the time but that apparently was not a Factor. Unidentified German witnesses to the crash said the plane was burning before it hit the ground but that could not be immediately confirmed. Safe spokesman Doug Moore said the plane was part of the round the clock deployment of . Troops and supplies to saudi Arabia to deter iraqi aggression. He said the aircraft crashed and burned in an open Field a Quarter of a mile from the runway at about 1 . A it crashed in a Field right off the West end of the runway a he said. Ramstein the largest . Air Force base in Europe has been one of the stopping Points for the steady Stream of planes headed to and from the Gulf. The 11 confirmed deaths bring to 13 the number of american fatalities in connection with operation desert shield. An air Force staff sergeant was killed see crash on Back Page carrying Lood medical supplies for operation desert shield Ramstein a Kaiserslautern Lan Stuhl \ a amps Susan Harris tornadoes rip Illinois 19 dead 280 Ini Crest Hill Iii. Apr tornadoes ripped through several Northern Illinois towns tuesday blowing residents out of apartment buildings and leveling at least 90 Homes and a High school at least 19 people were killed authorities said. Local hospitals said at least 280 people were being treated for storm caused injuries. The tornadoes touched Down at least four times just after 3 30 p.m., along a 7-mile southwesterly path from the Community of Plainfield to Joliet about 40 Miles Southwest of Chicago Illinois state police said. In Crest Hill on the outskirts of Joliet seven people were killed when the twister flattened an apartment Complex said Lockport fire chief Dave Martis. Three bodies were lying in a Cornfield next to the Complex. Four others were pulled from the collapsed buildings. A when the storm went through some of the buildings disintegrated a Martis said. A High winds blew some of the people into the Corn Field. A Guy Allton 16, watched the storm from his House near Plainfield High school. Julie Budzinski of the will county coroners office said at least 19 people had been confirmed dead. Five died in Plainfield said John Watson ambulance services chief for the Plainfield fire department. At least three were killed in Joliet said City manager John Mezera. The National guard was called out tuesday evening to help state police prevent looting and control crowds said Lynn Bobo of the Illinois emergency a amps Susan Harris services and disaster Agency. Commonwealth Edison spokesman John Hogan reported 17,000 customers without Power in the area hit by the storms. Judi Mack a spokeswoman for St. Joseph Hospital in Joliet said the Hospital had received 157 storm victims. About 25 were admitted with injuries ranging from minor to severe she said. Some 35 people were taken to Silver Cross Hospital where they were in serious to fair condition said spokeswoman Susan Larson. Several other hospitals see Illinois on Back Page Saddam says More captives free to leave by the associated press Iraq s Saddam Hussein saying he sympathized with his foreign captives pledged tuesday to free the women and children among them. Another 47 americans had a joyous Homecoming tempered by the sorrow of leaving loved ones behind in Iraq and Kuwait. . Pressure on Saddam mounted nearly four weeks after he set off the persian Gulf crisis by taking Over his Oil Rich neighbor Kuwait. President Bush warned that Saddam would pay a High Price for occupying Kuwait and Quot an even Slifer Price for further aggression. A let no one abroad doubt our National Unity or our staying Power Quot Bush told lawmakers. The Pentagon said tuesday the Navy flotilla enforcing economic sanctions imposed by the United nations has brought shipping to and from Iraq a virtually to a  Saddam said he was willing to talk to Bush and British prime minister Margaret Thatcher on television about ending the Gulf crisis. But the United Stales rebuffed that idea. Baghdad meanwhile hardened its position on Kuwait declaring it a 19th province of Iraq. The White House condemned the move. Also tuesday . Officials said an american civilian died of a heart attack in Iraq. The 56-year-old Man who was not identified was believed to be among those americans rounded up and taken to strategic Sites in Iraq to deter a possible attack. The state department said tuesday that 70 americans have been moved to iraqi Sites. Saddam s Promise to free All the Lureign women and see captives on Back Page