European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 10, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 a a the stars and stripes monday september 10,1990197th a ready to Roll As vehicles arrive by Vince Crawley staff writer a port on the persian Gulf a the Navy ship Denebola is in port and its cargo a the wheels and Teeth of the 197th inf brigade a is being lined up in military formations near the docks. The soldiers had arrived by air a week earlier and been stuck in a tent City waiting for their ship to come in. Like other gis arriving in saudi Arabia they complain that they Arentt getting any newspapers and done to know what a going on in the world. A a everybody a anxious to get out into the desert a says spec. Terry Clark 29, who perhaps is More eager than some of his fellow soldiers. A Mechanic he Calls Denver his Home. A a we re ready to Roll a Clark says. A a let a do it. Give us our vehicles and Point us to the desert. We re  the vehicle cargo ship Denebola brought no news but it gave them their vehicles rows of tracked and armoured machines painted the Dull Tan of desert camouflage. Personnel carriers. Hum vees. Engineering equipment. Semis with fuel trailers. Field ambulances. And tanks. My Abrams main Battle tanks pointing toward the desert. A a we a like to get on with it and go Home As soon As we can a it. Col. Dan Gritton says As he watches the dockworkers sailors and soldiers unload his infantry brigade. He a the unit executive officer. A i Hope it tums out peacefully a Gritton adds. A instead of otherwise. Men with cranes begin lowering self propelled howitzers from the Denebola a deck. Others drive out through a Side door shaped like a drawbridge. Inside the Catacomb of cargo holds the air in a ship like this gets hot oily and suffocating by still. Down there men have to unchain the vehicles Start them up and drive them out. Sometimes they done to Start. The 197th is based at fort Benning a near Columbus on the Alabama state line. Soldiers say they had a pretty Good Send off. Hundreds of people lined the streets of Columbus waving flags and a god bless you signs cheering the troop buses on the Way to the Airport. A just knowing the american people Are behind us its like they re helping us win the War a says Clark the Mechanic. A was compared to being  Clark is kneeling on the dockside helping put a cardboard Gasket into an improvised repair panel. Somebody had pilfered the belly plate off of their vehicle so the mechanics of team c were creating a new one from scratch he said. The piece was about the size of the lid on a gallon paint can and fits onto the Bottom of an m578 Light armoured recovery vehicle. Pfc. Brian Yaeger 22, of Rochester mich., spotted the missing cover and he figured out How to make a new one by cannibalizing an old water cooler. He also Cut up a cardboard Box to make a Gasket. A a it san Access plate a explains a Mechanic. A fits on the Bottom of the vehicle. Keeps dirt from blowing  a a you be got to work with what you be got out Here a says Clark the 29-year-old. A a it a not like running to True value hard Ware store and picking up four gaskets Well learn As we go. Maintenance is pretty much into adapting As we  Clark had volunteered to Cross the Atlantic on the cargo ship where he would have helped guard his units equipment but someone Elso got picked. A i wanted to come Over on a boat i said a ill go. Ill  it sounded pretty Cool. You could do some deep sea fishing off the Side. Id try. Hook a Chicken on the line. You never  Clark likes to Volunteer and say a til go ill  in a training exercise in the California desert he volunteered to go up front with a cavalry unit to fix a vehicle. He knows the same might happen in the saudi desert but still he wants to go. A i know to try to stay out of the desert Sun a he said. A drink a lot of water stay away from camels and done to play with snakes a a Soldier needs to be in the Field a Clark says. A a in a a Christian. I Pray every Day. I done to want anyone to die. A a but in a ready to  Illinois becomes 4th Black miss America Atlantic City . Up a miss Illinois Marjorie Judith Vincent a Law student who said she wants to help with the economic development of Haiti was named miss America 1991 saturday night. The Choice marked the fourth time that a Black woman has won the coveted title of americans unofficial sweetheart. Vincent 25, of Oak Park appeared stunned As her name was called at the conclusion of the two hour nationally televised pageant finals. Tears swelled in her eyes As she was fitted with the rhinestone studded Tiara by her predecessor Debbye Turner of Columbia to. Vincent then made the traditional stroll Down the runway waving and smiling to a sold out crowd in convention Center on the Boardwalk and a television audience estimated at More than 60 million. The first runner up was miss South Carolina Mary Waddell Gainey the second runner up was miss Tennessee Dana Brown and the third runner up was miss Texas Suzanne  from Page 1 get to work but Are annoyed at some of the restrictions they will be forced to follow. The three Are the women of the group. A i understand we need to be Over there but As a female i disagree with some of the restrictions they re putting on us said sgt. Suzanne Boltz a food inspector who had been stationed in Denmark. A was a female in the United states army and an e-5, if they want me Over there in the Middle East they should treat me like that a Soldier a Boltz said. Some of the restrictions the women have to comply with include keeping their hair out of sight under a veil keeping their sleeves Down no shorts and no driving. The women in the unit were issued extra cravats slings from the personal first Aid kits to be used As head covers Boltz said. Boltz said she Felt that since the army was providing a service to the countries in the Middle East a they should be Able to give a Little also. I done to like being treated like a second class citizen. A a it a ridiculous i can to show my hair i can to let my arms show because in a going to offend some Guy who lives in the 15th Century she added. Boltz a food inspector says she will be inspecting rest rations food that is prepared by dining Hafi workers for Large groups of people and locally procured fresh fruits and vegetables a with her hair hidden and her sleeves rolled Down. Spec. Ginger Butler a food inspector previously stationed in Berlin agrees with Many of Boltz a opinions about the restrictions they will have to follow. But she added a a there a got to be females going to prove that females can do  from Page 1 get economic Aid. A it would be very superficial to judge that the soviet Union could be bought for dollars a he said. He said Bush had told him the United states does not intend to maintain a permanent military base in the Gulf. Bush said . Forces would stay in saudi Arabia and elsewhere in the area As Long As necessary to do the Job but a the sooner they Are out of there As far As in a concerned the  a we have no intention of keeping them there a Day longer than required Quot he said. Gorbachev said soviet advisers remained in Iraq where they Are fulfilling contracts but he said their number had been reduced from 193 to about 150. A they Are leaving Iraq and the process is moving Forward so i done to think its a problem a he said. There had been speculation that Gorbachev would agree to withdraw All the advisers. The two men met five weeks after Iraq invaded Kuwait leading the United states and other countries More detainees London apr hundreds of evacuees from the Gulf crisis headed Home to safety sunday in government chartered jets flying out of Jordan and Iraq. An iraqi airways jumbo Jet carrying 426 evacuees left Baghdad bound for London said officials at Gat Wick Airport and a Squadron of Indian air Force planes flew Home hundreds of indians stranded in makeshift jordanian refugee Camps. Since the aug. 2 iraqi invasion of Kuwait thousands of foreign workers have been trying to flee the country and Are stranded in the refugees Camps awaiting transportation Home. A .-chartered flight carrying about 300 americans from Kuwait and Iraq landed in Frankfurt West Germany Early sunday. The flight continued to Charleston s.c., after refuelling. The Northwest airlines plane took off from Amman Jordan. A spokesman at Gatwick London a second Airport said flight 1237 was caning 221 britons 170 americans 10 indonesians six filipinos three Irish three jordanians two kenyans two taiwanese two lebanese one trinidadian one singaporean one jamaican one Seychel Lian one sri lankan one nigerian and one South african who had been evacuated from Kuwait and Iraq. A . Embassy spokesman said the embassy was making arrangements for the americans to spend the night at hotels near Gatwick 24 Miles South of London. He said the americans would travel to the United states on monday but he did not know if they would Fly together or take different scheduled flights. The British foreign office said it chartered the iraqi airways Boeing 747 for the flight. The plane was expected to return immediately to Baghdad with no passengers the Gatwick spokesman said. The Indian government launched a coordinated air evacuation plan sunday. Air India Charters picked up to deploy thousands of troops and tons of material in saudi Arabia to deter further iraqi military action. A today we once again Call upon the government of Iraq to withdraw unconditionally from Kuwait to allow the restoration of Kuwait a legitimate government and to free All hostages now held in Iraq and Kuwait a their statement said. A nothing Short of the Complete implementation of the United nations Security Council Resolution is acceptable. Nothing Short of a return to the pre August status of Kuwait can end iraqis  the statement also said that As soon As Iraq withdraws the two countries will work with nations in the Region to develop regional Security structures and measures to promote peace and  there was no mention in the statement of other issues expected to be on the Summit Agenda including lingering arms control disputes and the future of Europe. The two presidents met one on one in their first session sunday joined Only by translators and note takers. The Summit meeting the third in nine months was arranged just eight Days before. After lunch with their Host finnish president Mauno Koivisto and their spouses the superpower leaders met again this time with senior  out of Gulf hundreds of Indian refugees at Amman Airport and flew them to Dubai where they were flown Home by a Squadron of air Force jets. An Indian consular official said 1,600 refugees had been repatriated by the Airlift which began saturday. About 2,200 americans remain in Iraq and Kuwait . Officials estimate and some men among them have been placed at important installations to deter possible Western attacks. Some women and children Are being allowed to leave but male diplomats and dependents who left the . Embassy in Kuwait have been prevented from going  soviet test Pilot killed in fiery crash at italian show Salg Areda Italy up a a top soviet test Pilot was killed sunday when the sophisticated military Jet he was flying crashed during an air exhibition in Northern Italy police said. Organizers identified the Pilot As Rimas Stanki Vici us 4u. They said that he worked at the Gromov aerospace research Center in Moscow and was considered one of the Best pilots in the soviet Union. Police said Silvio Moretto 35, believed to be one of the exhibitions organizers was also killed. Police also said that eight people were injured including a 13-year-old boy whose hand was severed and two Young girls who suffered bums. The Su-27 single seat fighter was the first soviet military Jet Ever to be flown at an exhibition in Italy officials said. According to videotapes of the disaster which occurred in front of 40,000 horrified spectators the plane was just coming out of a Loop and was flying near the ground when it crashed in a fireball