European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 4, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol. 49, no. 143 tuesday september 4, 1990 25 Dally and sunday Good Mornin d 8693 a billeting move adds Cash but. A pages 8, 9 american Dick Clay 46, shows the forged paper he used to escape from Kuwait As a  document filipino disguise help american flee Amman Jordan apr Dick Clay a Burly american construction manager with a Mustache and Beer belly is an unlikely filipino. But with the help of Loyal friends and fake embassy Stamps carved from a Shower Sandal he escaped from Kuwait. To do so he had to hide out for three Days in Baghdad iraqis capital which was swarming with Saddam Hussein a secret policemen and their army of informers. Clay 46, brought out 34 filipino employees by pretending he was one of them. His week Long flight took All the ingenuity of world War ii prisoners flight from stalag 17. A i was hiding in Kuwait until the iraqis said they a hang anyone who helped shelter foreigners a Clay said in an interview. A then i figured it was time to  that was aug. 20, almost three weeks after Iraq overran Kuwait. By then he was ready. A filipino instrument technician Friend had spent 10 Days duplicating the Philippines embassy Seal and a Long inscription in tiny English characters. He used a rubber flip Flop and Black Ink made purple with milk. On the one Page filipino travel document Richard Eugene the German Irish american became Ricardo Erazo. His real Home in Bloomington ind., where his wife Claudia and three children Are waiting became Batangas City. That left Only his sunburned face and distinctly european eyes. Also he had a Large . Navy Tattoo on his right hand. Clay pulled a baseball Cap Down Low Over his Brown hair wore Large sunglasses and disappeared into a Roomy Long sleeved shirt. That did no to help much but he had no Choice. Food and water were gathered and secreted away. Exit documents were sought. A route was planned. A when everything else was ready i told Mem see american on Back Page Iraq reneges on vow to free More captives by the associated press Baghdad walked monday at allowing More airlifts of foreign hostages and Western governments expressed fears that Saddam Hussein a government did not intend to fulfil its Promise to free remaining women and children captives. Diplomatic efforts to resolve the month old persian Gulf crisis appeared to have bogged Down As Well. . Secretary general Javier Perez de Cuellar was meeting monday with Jordan a King Hussein in Paris after returning empty handed from talks with iraqis foreign minister. President Bush was returning to Washington from his vacation Home in Maine with Only a few Days to prepare for his Summit with soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev. The two Are to meet sunday in Helsinki Finland and discuss the crisis set off by iraqis aug. 2 invasion of Kuwait. In Advance of the superpower Summit the foreign ministers of the european Community nations planned to meet in Rome. Italian foreign ministry spokesman Giovanni Castellaneta told reporters monday the 12-member dec would be considering Bush a request for financial support for the .-led deployment of forces to the Gulf Region. Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii is expected Friday in saudi Arabia for talks with kuwaiti Golem ment in exile officials which Likely will Center on the same subject a the Cost of the military operation. During the weekend hundreds of foreigners a some of whom had been detained at key installations As human Shields against potential attack a made their Way out aboard three separate flights from Baghdad the iraqi capital. But on monday Britain and France a which had sought permission to Send in planes to pick up More westerners a said the airlifts were apparently on hold. Saddam promised last week that All the foreign women and children captives could leave but sat urday a flights were the Only Large scale departures. The French foreign ministry indicated monday that Iraq had set conditions for Landing rights for a French plane to repatriate women and children. The ministry said France would not meet the conditions and it did not say what the conditions were. A iraqi authorities have once again gone Back on their position a ministry spokesman Daniel Bernard said grimly. He denounced iraqis efforts to a complicate slow Down and make More difficult the return of the remaining women and children. Bernard said the iraqis had initially approved Landing rights for an air France Airbus which was to pick up 200 women and children with exit visas about one fourth of them French. Britain a foreign office said monday that British diplomats in Baghdad were considering the possibility of Large scale Overland evacuations As uncertainty grew Over future airlifts. A obviously our interest is in getting britons out As quickly As possible a said the spokesman speaking anonymously. A if the embassy judges that Overland evacuation the Best Way to do that i am sure that is what will  Britain a Virgin airways said it had received permission to Fly into Baghdad but permission was revoked in a telex on sunday the airline said. Meanwhile in Alexandria Egypt dozens of members of . Congress met monday with president Hosni Mubarak and praised Egypt so Brave and courageous stand in sending troops to help protect saudi Arabia from Iraq. The legislators indicated they would Reward Egypt by pushing for increased financial Aid and for cancellation of its $6.7 billion military debt to the United states. A Egypt is being totally cooperative a said sen. Claiborne Pell d-r.i., the senior legislator in the 36-Mem see Iraq on Back Page women and children captives could leave but sat see Iraq on Back Page labor Day festivities run Gamut with special prayer mock funeral by the associated press Enon viewed annually about five Miles East of Marfa it by the associated press americans enjoying the last gasps of summer sizzled hot dogs and hamburgers on barbecues frolicked on the Beach spread out picnics and just Plain had fun in labor Day celebrations nationwide. But sobering current events were to take Center stage monday night in Corpus Christi Texas where a prayer service for . Military personnel shipped to the Middle East was organized. Meanwhile a mock funeral in new York was to Mark the unofficial demise of summer with the burial of a coffin containing hot weather items like sunglasses and swim trunks. Virgina Beach saw no repeat of looting and violence that marred last years Holiday a $40 million aquarium Complex on the Mississippi River opened to record attendance in new Orleans and annual Clamshell toss championships were held on the new Jersey Shore. Hordes flocked to the Beach in California where a bodybuilding Competition was scheduled at muscle Beach in los Angeles. In Texas the Marfa lights festival ended its four Day run monday after celebrating the natural phenom Enon viewed annually about five Miles East of Marfa a City 175 Miles Southeast of Elpaso. Scientists have tried to explain the mysterious lights first documented More than 100 years ago by Pioneer ranchers. Legend has it the lights Are the ghost of the Mescalero Apache Indian chief Alsate looking for his tribe. Gospel music sunday at the spirit festival in Kansas City mo., gave Way to Rock a no Roll from the group Santana on sunday night. Controversy flared briefly at the festival when not everyone was amused by live mice on a Roulette wheel or the mule that jumped through a blazing hoop. Animal rights activists complained and the attractions were shut Down. Sundays crowd of 16,009 at the aquarium of the americas in new Orleans was a single Day record said spokesman Steve Schulkens. The figure topped the previous High of 15,101 set in 1989 by the National aquarium in Baltimore. In Cape May n.j., Betty Ann Saraceni of Philadelphia won the women a singles in the 44th annual Clamshell pitching contest. She also won a share of see labor Day on Back Page