European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 11, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 a a a the stars and stripes tuesday september 11,1990 woman beaten aiding battered woman by Deedee Arrington Doke Kaiserslautern Bureau a 24-year-old american woman was severely beaten thursday when she stopped to help another woman along a Highway in West Germany. The woman was hospitalized for three Days after a violent run in with a Man who she believed had beaten up another woman abandoned the woman on German Highway b-60 near prism and then returned for her. The american woman the wife of a . Officer assigned to Pitburg a was driving toward Cologne when she saw the bloodied woman along the Road struggling to get up. The american stopped to help. A i thought she was hit by a car and that a Why i stopped to help. There were no other cars around a said the woman who asked not to be identified. When she Drew closer she saw that the injured woman a eyes were swollen shut her front Teeth were missing her nose and lips were bleeding and she  breathe. A i think shed been hit in the head so Many times she  comprehend what was going on a the american said in a Telephone interview monday. Within two to three minutes after she had stopped to help a Small White car pulled up and a Man Yelling in English got out. The Man yanked the battered woman toward his car. The Good Samaritan tried to pull the helpless woman away As the Man a ordered the victim to a Stop being such a baby and he told me to mind my own business a the american woman recalled. He then hit the passer by three or four times in the face knocking her out. When she regained consciousness about 20 minutes later she got into her car and drove off to find help. She stopped at a car Dealership where an ambulance was called. The american spent thursday and Friday in a German Hospital in prism. Her injuries included a broken nose a broken Bone under her Eye and nerve damage in her lip. She was moved saturday to the . Hospital at Pitburg and released that night. The american woman described the woman beside the Road As being in her 20s with Long Brown hair and wearing dark coloured clothes. The Man in his late 20s spoke with an american accent. He was clean shaven and had Brown hair. He wore a flannel shirt with Blue among its colors. Despite her injuries the Good Samaritan said she probably would try to help again. A if it were a woman alone again i would Stop. But i would be More cautious a she said. . And German authorities Are investigating the  updates ferry denies charges London apr p and o european ferries and seven sex employees on monday denied charges of manslaughter arising from the Herald of free Enterprise ferry disaster in which 193 people died. The British owned Herald of free Enterprise turned Over in the Belgium port of Zeebrugge on March 6, 1987, minutes after sailing with its main car deck doors open for the South English port of Dover. The former employees charged ranged from the company a chief Marine superintendent Jeffrey Develin to a Junior Crew member Mark Stanley who was supposed to shut the doors but fell asleep in his Cabin. They Are charged with the unlawful killing of just one victim in the test Case Alison Gaillard,"27.securitate chief Bucharest Romania apr the head of Nicolae Ceausescu a despised Securi Tate secret police went on trial before three military judges monday on a charge of complicity in mass murder. A 28-Page indictment read out at the opening of the court session charged that 52-year-old Iulian Vlad had a assisted genocide in his position As head of the Security  a Vlad who has been in custody since March faces 20 years in prison if found guilty. The trial Likely will last for months. But the trial was adjourned until tuesday shortly after the proceedings began to give Vlad More time to acquaint himself with the charges. Car License registrations to be renewed automatically for soldiers serving in Gulf Heidelberg West Germany a vehicle and firearm registrations and Drivers licenses will be extended automatically for service members participating in operation desert shield Usa eur officials said monday. The Extension policy was written to a lease some of the administrative Burden for troops in the persian Gulf and their families said it. Col. Joseph Seletsky the Usa eur registrar. The Usa eur registry of motor vehicles will Issue no fee extensions for those whose registrations and licenses would expire during deployment Seletsky said. Initial extensions will be for a 180 Days. Further extensions will be Given if deployment exceeds 180 Days. Service members wont have to document their involvement in desert shield to qualify. Provost marshal offices automatically will Forward the information to the Usa eur registry. Service members must keep their car insurance current however because West German Law requires that cars with expired or cancelled insurance policies be registered non operational. Usa eur cannot Grant exceptions to these requirements. A we urge All family members remaining behind to keep their insurance policies up to Date in order to avoid having their privately owned vehicles registered non operational a Seletsky said. Cars can be registered non operational for free if related to desert shield Seletsky said. Those doing so must return their License plates to their local vehicle registration office. Reagan retracing old Steps seeing new sights Berlin apr former president Ronald Reagan was to return to Berlin on monday to see a City vastly changed since 1987 when he stood near the infamous Barrier Between East and West and challenged Moscow to a tear Down this  the Berlin Wall is now Down and East and West germans mingle freely on the streets. Their governments have agreed to unify on oct. 3 into one German nation which will be a member of nato. Reagan 79, was due to arrive late monday in Berlin the first Stop on a 10-Day trip to Germany Poland the soviet Union and Italy. Five years ago a trip by Reagan probably would have been limited to Calls on the West German government and in Rome the Pope and the italian government. Reagan then had yet to hold his first meeting with soviet Leader Mikhail s. Gorbachev and everything to the East would have been the a evil Empire of Reagan a Early years in office on this trip Reagan is to walk through the now uncalled Brandenburg Gate Between East and West Berlin on wednesday and meet officials of the democratically elected government in East Germany. In Warsaw he will meet leaders of Poland a non communist government and give a speech to parliament. In Moscow he is to address the supreme soviet or parliament and meet with Gorbachev who in effect responded positively a year ago to Reagan a 1987 Call to dismantle the Berlin Wall. East germans Rose in open Defiance of their communist government last october after Gorbachev visiting East Berlin made it Clear that soviet troops would not use Force to prevent change. A everyone knew the russian troops would not interfere a said Gerhard Behrendt an environmental official in the new East German government. A Gorbachev spoke on a Friday and on tuesday the old system was  Reagan has a Light schedule tuesday his first full Day in Berlin meeting for dinner with Community leaders. On wednesday he returns to the area near the Wall where he spoke on june 12, 1987, at celebrations of berlins 750th anniversary. He questioned whether Gorbachev a reforms were a Token gestures or the beginnings of a profound change in the soviet  a there is one sign the soviets can make that would be unmistakable that would Advance dramatically the cause of Freedom and peace a he added. A emr. Gorbachev open this Gate a Reagan said. A emr. Gorbachev tear Down this  last nov. 9 the Wall was opened. Now Large sections of it have been removed and the area around the landmark Brandenburg Gate through which Reagan will walk is thronged with tourists and paddlers Selling chunks of the Wall bits of soviet army uniforms and postcards showing the Joyful celebrations when East and West berliners took their first Steps toward Unity. Army names teacher go Dies from injury in training exercise who died in Augsburg Neu Ulm West Germany a amps a army officials on monday released the name of a 41-year-old schoolteacher who died last week at an Augsburg West Germany guest House. Mattie l. Perkins who died of natural causes is survived by her husband James Lee Perkins and four children Emmitt Hines 18 Selena Perkins 10 Buster Perkins 7 and Sterling Perkins 2. The teacher who taught kindergarten for the department of defense dependents schools was discovered about noon on sept. 6 by a hotel housekeeper. A memorial service is planned for 2 . Wednesday at the Neu Ulm Chapel said 1st it. Theresa Arndt the Community adjutant. Friedberg West Germany a a 3rd army div Soldier died saturday at the Lan Stuhl army regional medical Center from head injuries suffered during a training exercise Friday. Spec. Peter m. Rowe of he co 2nd in 67th Armor regt was struck by the Mirror bracket of a humvee in the Friedberg training area a division spokesman said. The 21-year-old Soldier was taken to a German Hospital in Giessen for a brain scan before he was transported to Lan Stuhl on Friday night. Surgery was performed saturday morning but the Soldier died that evening. The cause of death was a herniated brain Stem the spokesman said. Rowe of Little Falls ., had been in West Germany since August 1989. He is survived by his Mother Nancy Cioch of Herkimer  And his father John Rowe of Dolgeville  A memorial service will be held wednesday at 1 . In the Ray Barracks Chapel in Friedberg about 15 Miles North of Frankfurt. The Accident is being investigated by military authorities. Ramstein billeting facility chambermaid Dies at 52 Ramstein a West Germany a amps a a 52-year-old chambermaid at the Ramstein billeting facility died Friday afternoon at the base clinics emergency room. Betty Mcfadden had stopped breathing when she was found by a co worker in an administrative area of the billeting facility said staf sgt. Doyle Tillman a Ramstein spokesman. The Ramstein North billeting manager master sgt. Dexter Jordan tried vainly to revive Mcfadden while waiting for an ambulance to arrive. She was pronounced dead at the 316th air div clinic at 4 41 . Mcfadden had worked at the billeting facility since aug. 13. She is survived by her husband Andrew a retired air Force master sergeant who works As an aircraft dispatcher at Ramstein base operations and a daughter Christina 17. A memorial service was held sunday at the Kapaun air station Chapel