European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 7, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday september 7,1990 Horvath to cancel meeting with cos who complained Page 28 a a the stars and Stripe Bush from Page 1 where he was placed in a hotel Dillen said. According to the friends account the american was wounded in the forearm while trying to escape out of an apartment window. He was taken initially to one Hospital in Kuwait and then to another. But Dillen said the second Hospital disavowed any knowledge of the incident or of the american having been admitted. On thursday iraqi officials travelled to Moscow and Beijing in a bid to break out of International isolation but the Kremlin reiterated its demand that Saddam withdraw from Kuwait and restore its former rulers. Also thursday Iraq said it was reviving a Law calling for prison terms up to life for any foreigner caught trying to leave without an exit permit. He repeated the order Given aug. 24 by iraqis ruling revolutionary command Council that anyone caught hiding a foreigner would face charges of espionage punishable by death. About 11,000 westerners Are still stranded in Iraq and Kuwait. Saddam kept up his propaganda barrage calling wednesday for a holy War against the  Western forces that flooded the persian Gulf Region after he overran Kuwait on aug. 2. More freed Western women and children headed Home thursday but hundreds were held Back. In Jordan tens of thousands of asian refugees from Iraq and Kuwait remained stranded in desert Camps awaiting a Way to get Home. The quest for a peaceful solution continued thursday As Jordan a King Hussein held talks with Saddam in Baghdad sources in the iraqi capital reported. Gorbachev meets with Bush in Helsinki Finland on sunday. The same Day the iraqi foreign minister is to visit Iran in the first such High level trip since War broke out Between the two nations 10 years ago the iraqi news Agency reported. Thursday an air France Jet flew into Paris from Jordan carrying 153 westerners allowed to leave Iraq including at least nine americans. In Baghdad a British Convoy arrived from Kuwait with 182 women and children who joined hundreds of other foreigners in the iraqi capital. The International organization for migration announced it would begin an Airlift thursday to evacuate 19,000 people Over the next two weeks. It said it planned 72 flights at a Cost of about $ 12 million. . Officials seeking Allied help in offsetting the $1 billion a month Cost of Fielding tens of thousands of troops in the saudi desert say Britain has promised help. Japan already has pledged $ 1 billion in Aid. Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii was to begin touring the Oil Rich capitals of the Middle East while Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady arrived in South Korea after visiting London and Paris. Brady will Fly to Tokyo on Friday. _ saudi Arabia purchases 24 european based f-15s from staff and wire reports Bonn West Germany a saudi Arabia has purchased 24 . Air Force f-15 fighters based in Europe an air Force spokesman said thursday. Twelve of the jets Are coming from Pitburg a West Germany said maj Jereon Brown the Public affairs officer at Pitburg. The other 12 Are coming from Oesterberg a in the Netherlands Brown said. The c and d models were sold to the saudis because they Are the a most compatible with the ones the saudis currently have a he said. Brown did not know How Many of i 5s the saudis already have. . Pilots will Fly the planes to the persian Gulf Region after the fighters undergo such modifications As painting and maintenance Brown said. A the modifications will ensure that the planes Are in Tiptop condition a a he said. The Sale is part of a nearly $3 billion package to help beef up saudi arabians armed forces against possible iraqi aggression. The impending Sale was announced in Washington last week. The package also includes 150 m60 tanks 200 stinger anti aircraft missiles and Armor piercing ammunition congressional sources have said. The f-15 Eagle built by Mcdonnell Douglas is a single seat fighter designed for air to air combat. Pitburg is the Home of the 36th tac fighter Wing. Oesterberg is the location of the 32nd tac fighter so. By Randy Pruitt staff writer Darmstadt West Germany a the Usa eur command sergeant major said thursday that he plans to cancel a meeting he called with three senior cos after the sergeants complained to the stars and stripes about housing conditions. Ron Mckinney a stars and stripes military reporter who wrote two articles sept. 4 about no housing in Darmstadt had also been summoned to appear before command sgt. Major George l. Horvath Iii the three senior cos Are sets. 1st class Raymond Johnson James Edwards and Carl Conaway. Each said he had been instructed to appear before Horvath on sept. 19, and each believed he was being called on the carpet for his comments. However Horvath said thursday evening that he called the sept. 19 meeting because he wanted to learn More about the problem. A i wanted to talk to the sergeants involved to see in fact if there was a problem a Horvath said. A i wanted to talk to the reporter primarily because i wanted to know if there was something else he could Tell me that he May have found out that might shed More Light on that problem or other  Horvath said he has since discovered that a problem does not exist. He said the cos had been properly informed that they Are geographical bachelors and by regulations Arentt authorized Bachelor quarters except on a space available basis. A when i found that out i called Back and said there was no need for me to talk to these Guys a he said. A obviously the word did not get out to the right people the right Way and i apologize for  As of late thursday the sergeants had not been told that the meeting will be cancelled. Johnson assigned to cob 94th engr in said thursday morning that although he was not told what was to be discussed at the meeting a a there a no doubt in my mind its about the article. And 1 knew it was heat from Page 1 maybe a change of civilian clothes they re not Likely to Wear. Some brought books and tape players or Sony Walkman one sergeant who packed a Dartboard said his tent has been a popular Stop during the relatively Cool desert nights before work begins. Like most other Gas in the saudi kingdom they done to know How Long  be Here. Tech. Sgt. Steven Rich 31, of Herculaneum mo., simply said a we packed for a Long  Rich a pronounced a a Rich a said his wife is expecting in december and he does no to know whether hell be Home by then. The ground Crews sleep about 12 to a tent and half the tents Are air conditioned with new Cooling units being set up every Day. The Crew members take a bus or sometimes a pickup truck the three or four Miles from their tent City to the flight line. They say they get three Kitchen cooked meals a Day and have Flushing toilets and showers. Not Many bathrooms partitions though. So life for them is Public. Unlike army troops living in other parts of the desert Many of the people in air Force maintenance units especially the weapons loaders did no to Volunteer for the kind of work they do. A they the air Force told me i was going to be a weapons loader Quot said airman 1st class Mike Handley 23, from Houston. A i wanted to get into computer programming but it did no to turn out that  master sgt Thomas Clegg has been loading weapons for More than 20 years including a stint under fire in Vietnam. Now he a in charge of 72 younger men who might be in danger of becoming veterans too. A him and Rommel were like this Quot joked one of the younger airmen twisting his Middle anger around his Index digit to show that Clegg is old enough to have been a ten mate with German Field marshal Erwin Rommel world War ii so desert  not quite. A i m 39,�?� said Clegg whose Hometown is Wilmington Del. A a in la be Here for my 40th. But that a not so bad. Quot we have one poor kid who just celebrated his 21st birthday. Its finally Legal to drink and he can to get a drop a Clegg continued referring to saudi Aradiac a moslem strictures against alcohol. A turning 40�?Ts easy going to happen. In a glad the Story broke. Something needed to be done about  he said he would consider any criticism of his actions As an infringement of his first amendment rights. Johnson also said he went through his direct Chain of command before talking to the newspaper. A i have not done a thing wrong a the 15-year army Veteran said. Conaway a 17-year Veteran said thursday morning that he wanted to refrain from commenting until after his appearance before Horvath. A i was talked to a Good bit yesterday about keeping my Mouth shut a said Conaway who is training to become the no in charge of the Messel Small arms Range in Darmstadt. Col. Gene Townsend editor in chief of the stars and stripes directed that Mckinney an army sergeant not attend the meeting with Horvath. A if there Are any concerns about that Story the appropriate channels like Public affairs should arrange a meeting with our editors and discuss it a Townsend said. Philip Foisie a department of defense ombudsman who oversees both the european and Pacific editions of the newspapers also criticized Horvath for summoning Mckinney and his sources. A it is not acceptable for a journalist at stars and stripes to be intimidated in such a matter a Foisie said a it does no to matter whether they Are civilians or members of the armed  Mckinney interviewed five sergeants who complained about losing half of the Community a senior enlisted Bachelor quarters forcing them to choose Between living in the Barracks or spending some of their own Money to live in an apartment on the German Economy. The Darmstadt Community converted those Bachelor quarters into transient billets beginning last summer. The conversion caused at least 12 senior cos to move into the Barracks. The conversion eventually will generate More than $1 million annually for the Community mostly from soldiers and their families who a for their rooms in transient billets with temporary Ging allowances. Out Here. Turning 21, that a  Clegg said Vietnam ground Crews endured shelling and enemy soldiers trying to sneak onto the flight lines. Part of his Job now he said is to help younger troops get prepared for a possible replay. A when i found out i was coming Here a Clegg said a i spent a couple nights thinking Back 20 years. Trying to dredge some stuff up Little things like when you re driving around in a truck at night when you pop the doors open the Little Light inside comes on. It silhouettes you. Little things like  farther Down the flight line set. Sidney Jones escaped the 10 . Inferno by sitting in the Bat shaped Shadow of an air plane. The desert behind him was Flat and featureless except for a Ripple of dunes in the distance. A a it a just us military Guys out Here a he said. A a there a no other people  Jones from Monongahela penn., worked at a chemical Plant and grocery warehouse before joining the air Force four years ago. He a 31. Joe Montana the Star quarterback for the san Francisco �?T49ers, went to his same school ring hold High. A but he graduated three years before  Jones said. A in �?T74.�?� Jones is worried about combat a but i try not to show it. If i show it the next person is going to get worried. Even though you might not be in High spirits you be got to put on a Good face. A but in the Back of our minds a he said a i think we re All a Little  6 injured in bombings in 3 buildings in Madrid Madrid Spain apr package bombs exploded at the Madrid Stock Exchange the Economy ministry and the constitutional court thursday slightly injuring six people at the Stock Exchange police said. The first two explosions occurred about 11 30 . Off the Exchange s trading floor and on the 11th floor of the Economy ministry a police spokesman said. Minutes later the third bomb exploded at the constitutional court on Madrid a Western Edge Spanish National radio reported. No one was injured at the Economy ministry or the court police and the National radio said. There was no word on the conditions of the victims of the Stock Exchange blast. No group immediately claimed responsibility but police said the attacks bore the hallmark of the Basque separatist group Eta