European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 9, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Crisis in the see related stories and photos on pages 2 and 3 authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol. 49, no. 148 sunday september 9, 1990 a a 25$ daily and sunday d 8693 a leaders arrive for 3rd Summit Bush May offer soviets Oil related Swap Helsinki Finland apr presi iraqis Saddam Hussein directed pre Dent Bush and soviet president Mikhail Summit advice to the two leaders telling Gorbachev arrived saturday for Summit Bush the prestige of the United states hip a Rhian would sink a if it were to slide into the abyss of War and telling Gorbachev that siding with the americans would increase world doubts about soviet status talks spawned by the persian Gulf crisis. The Summit will be their third As leaders of their countries. Bush said he hoped for common ground against Iraq that would usher in a a More peaceful stable and secure Post cold War Era. Gorbachev said it was important for the two men to cooperate to protect a positive trends taking place elsewhere in the world. As a superpower. Saddam in a statement read on iraqi television by a spokesman said that As the two men weigh Summit decisions a the Angels will be hovering above you on one Side and devils on the White House officials said there would be no immediate comment. Before arriving Bush told reporters he would be interested in pursuing a possible Deal with Gorbachev in which the United states would give the soviets Oil producing technology perhaps involving pipelines. In Exchange the soviet Union would make some of its vast Oil reserves available to the West to make up for supplies lost from the persian Gulf. Bush said he did not plan to ask Gorbachev to Send ground forces to supple ment the .-led deployment in saudi Arabia. The five hour Summit held out the Prospect of an extraordinary joint declaration against iraqis invasion of Kuwait. Also on the Agenda for the hastily arranged meeting were Sticky disputes Over arms control the future of Europe and other traditional East West concerns. The usual Summit accoutrements were in evidence from the extremely tight Security to the soviet american and finn see Summit on Back Page troops Battle isolation heat for now by Ron Jensen staff writer in the Central arabian desert a spec. Cleveland Carters Home for the past 11 Days has been a stretch of desert that expands in All directions to the limit of sight. It is uninterrupted by the slightest incline tree or dwelling. And it is hot sometimes exceeding 120 degrees. Carters Only respite from the killer Sun is the Shade created by his 62-ton my tank and the sheer camouflage net that is supposed to make the tank and Carter invisible in this vast and empty Plain. Carter and his tank mates sleep on the tank to avoid scorpions. The mail has reached their lonely outpost Only once. And if that a not bad enough a i eat res breakfast lunch dinner and snack a said Carter the tank gunner. A a it a a spartan existence a admitted capt. Jeff Swisher commander of cob 1st in 64th Armor of the 24th inf div. A this is our it gets worse. Inside the tank the temperature can reach 150 degrees. A a it a like being in an oven a said pfc. Aris Villanueva the tank Driver. Feeling like a thanksgiving Turkey inside the tank has its advantages. When they climb out at the end of a training exercise the scorching desert heat outside actually feels Good. These Are not completely alien conditions to the tankers. They train regularly in the Mojave desert m the United states. Heat is heat. And Sand is Sand according to col. Paul Kern see troops on Back Page pfc. Aris Villanueva ties a Scarf across his face to protect it when he drives his my across the desert. A amps Bon Jensen worker missing in Titan rocket fuel explosion Edwards fab Calif. Up a floodlights bathed a Ridge above a dry Lake bed Early saturday to Aid emergency workers searching for the body of an employee killed in the fiery eruption of an experimental Titan 4 Booster motor. The motor component filled with 255,000 pounds of solid rocket fuel dropped from a Crane and burst into names Friday morning injuring at least nine people. The Titan advanced solid rocket motor was being transferred from an unspecified location to a position near fairies lower at ases astronautics Laboratory when it leu about 10 feet and erupted into a Geyser of flames. My col. Jan Dalby an air Force spokesman at the base said one person was missing. That person a civilian employed by a defense contractor was presumed dead said a Man ranking official who requested anonymity. Tie missing worker was believed to be buried beneath a pile of rubble left by the fire. Titan 4 missile accidents amps Peter Jaeger a the Crane split and hit some Concrete blocks a said sgt. Cordelia Rackley an air Force spokeswoman who visited the fire scene a few hours after the Accident. A we think the person listed As missing might be under those one of the most seriously injured workers who suffered third degree chemical Burns was moved Friday night from the base Hospital to nearby Antelope Valley medical Center. The 100-foot-High flame from the Booster motor was whitish yellow with the steady intensity of a welders Torch. Dalby said the fire mangled the Crane and quickly consumed All of the fuel in the Booster motor an experimental unit developed by Hercules aerospace co. Of Magna Utah. The smoke plume a Black at the base near flame and billowing to a Large White puff a drifted North see Titan on Back Page
