European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 31, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 the stars and stripes Friday August 31,1990 news briefs Dodds Counselor Dies in England of heart failure Raf Alconbury England a amps a a guidance Counselor at Upwood elementary school died recently of heart failure. _ Matthew a. Moore died aug. 2 at his Home in the town of St. Ives in Eastern England. He was 57. Moore began his career in 1956 As a teacher in Massachusetts. He joined the military overseas school system in i960 at Kaiserslautern High school and eventually taught at seven other schools in West Germany. In 197he transferred to the Alconbury elementary school in the systems Atlantic Region. Moore had been at Upwood elementary school since 1987. He is survived by his wife Sheila and three daughters Jennifer Bronwen and Michelle All of California. Donations in Moore a memory May be sent to the outreach program management team fund family advocacy program 10th tac fighter Wing clinic Apo 09238. Army identifies Soldier killed on Railroad tracks ludwigs Burg West Germany a the army on wednesday released the name of a Soldier who died aug. 22 after being injured four Days earlier in a late night incident on Railroad tracks in ludwigs Burg. The victim was pvt. 2 Joseph r. Finn 20, a communications specialist assigned to co of 51st inf 511th military intelligence in a memorial service for finn was held Friday at Coffey Barracks in ludwigs Burg a suburb of Stuttgart. Ludwigs Burg police spokesman Ewald anger said that evidence strongly suggests that a passing train struck and injured finn and that the collision was an Accident. East Germany drops visa rules for 10 nationalities Bonn West Germany a amps a americans canadians and citizens of eight other nations no longer need visas to travel to East Germany. The East German government decided to remove the visa requirements aug. 20, and the change took effect immediately said Michael Freir consular Section director at the East German Mission in Bonn. A this is an adaptation to the visa practices of West Germany a Freier said monday adding that the oct. 3 unification of the two countries also is prompting East Germany to cancel visa exemption agreements with Cuba Mongolia and Vietnam. Freier said some differences still exist Between East and West German visa requirements but those will disappear oct. 3. The aug. 20 decision permits travellers from Australia Canada Ireland Israel Japan Mexico new zealand san Marino the United states and the Vatican to visit East Germany for up to three months without a visa. A amps Lynda Davidson a Security policeman guards the wreckage of the c-5a that crashed near Ramstein a West Germany on wednesday. Of wont on what caused Ramstein crash by Deedee Arrington Doke Kaiserslautern Bureau Ramstein a West Germany a air Force officials wont speculate on what caused a c-5a Galaxy to crash moments after Takeoff killing 13 people and injuring four. The transport plane flown by Reserve pilots plummeted into a Field in the Middle of a forested area one Quarter mile past the base runway at 12 38 . Wednesday As it left for Rhein main a a 30-minute flight from . Gen. Richard t. Swope 316th air div commander said he could not say when the 20-year-old aircraft last received a major overhaul because its maintenance records were at its Home base. The c-5a aircraft which had been at Ramstein for the previous 17 hours belonged to the 60th military Airlift Wing at Travis fab Calif. It carried half its fuel capacity of 360,000 pounds. A i done to want to speculate on the cause of this mishap a said Swope who said the air Force was not ruling anything out. He also would not comment on communications Between the Tower and the aircraft. One official said however that the Tower heard nothing before the plane went Down. The Crew had spent the last 24 hours resting at Ramstein before the crash. One Crew member survived the crash. Staff sgt. Lorenzo Galvan a Load master was reported in Good condition at Lan Stuhl army regional medical Center. The other three survivors also were in stable condition. They were identified As a capt. Cynthia Borecky of England fab la. A it. Col. Frederick Arzt of Mccord fab Wash. A master sgt. Dwight Pettit of Mccord fab. The dead were identified As a maj. Richard w. Chase Pilot. A staff sgt. Daniel Garza Crew chief. A maj. John m. Gordon Pilot. A master sgt. Rosendo Herrera flight Engineer. A tech. Sgt. Monty Knutson Crew chief. A tech. Sgt Daniel Perez Load master. A maj. Richard Price 1st Pilot. A staff sgt. Edward Sheffield Load master. A senior master sgt. Carpio Villarreal flight Engineer. C a staff sgt. Rande Hulec det. 2, 31st weather Wing at Ramstein. A master sgt. Samuel Gardner det 14,31st weather so at Hahn a. A staff sgt. Marc Cleyman det 14, 31st weather so Hahn. A capt. Brad Schuldt of Ramstein. Schuldt 27, had told friends that he was going on temporary duty to support desert shield said Mark Cole of Kaiserslautern. Schuldt was from Arlington Heights Iii. Of five initial survivors brought to Lan Stuhl one died at the Hospital. It had not yet been decided which air Force Agency would investigate the crash. A Ramstein spokesman said the team a probably would be a joint Board of . Air forces in Europe and military Airlift command  the Ramstein runway was dosed unil 11 07 .  c-5 Relief fund was established wednesday through merchants National Bank at Ramstein a North Side Branch. People who want to contribute May do so through account number 44-1415-164.battalion from Page 1 had not been decided whether the cutoff Mark would be set at 12 months or 18 months remaining on a tour. Soldiers not selected to remain in Europe would then be issued orders a preferably everybody from a battalion will go to one place Quot Saint said. A was you can understand that a probably not going to be possible a next the unit begins the four month process of turning in equipment and preparing people for the move a a a to include families cats dogs cars and other associated equipment a Saint said. Car and pet assessments will have to be done to facilitate their shipment Back to the United states it is estimated that each 500-Soldier battalion has Between 150 and 200 pets that May require veterinary treatment before being taken Back to the United Stales. Likewise a battalion of 579 soldiers typically has Between 695 and 750 cars. Many of the cars will not meet . Standards so the Soldier will have to sell the car or have someone else sell it. Usa eur is also considering paying the Soldier the car s Blue Book value then trying later to recoup the Money elsewhere he said. Plans also Call for the draw Down of military equipment and facilities to occur Over six months Saint said. Equipment from the departing units will be sent first to other Active units then to pre positioned equipment reserves then to theater stocks before being returned to the states Saint said. As for facilities Usa eur plans to keep All government housing Kijja the goal of bringing a fall the families into the housing because its less expensive Quot and Quot More comfortable he said. When deciding which facilities it will keep Usa eur will consider their location in relationship to the Mission. It will also keep the Best training areas a so As the soldiers train they done to have to travel so far to be Able to do that Quot Saint said. Saint also gave a budgetary Outlook for Usa eur saying officials expected the commands budget to be Cut by 65 percent by 1997.saddam from Page 1 men who Are hostages also could leave As soon As the United states pledged not to attack Iraq. Since president Bush has always maintained that . Forces in saudi Arabia had no offensive Mission the comment seemed promising but . Officials said they were not sure that the iraqi ambassador was authorized to signal a departure in policy. Previously Iraq has said that hostages would be released Only if . Troops were withdrawn from the persian Gulf Region. On the subject of a possible . Military strike Saddam said in his interview with cd so a Dan rather a we take this into account and we prepared on the basis of that  he insisted that Iraq does not want to go to War with the United Stales and appealed to Bush to avoid conflict