European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 9, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A a a a crisis in tha a Gulf b or related stories and photos pages 8, 9 amp 28 the Sims adj amp a ripes authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces Good Monina vol. 49, no. 178 tuesday october 9, 1990 a a 25< daily and sunday d 8693 a riot police firing tear Gas storm the Temple mount in Jerusalem to Stop arabs from throwing stones below on jewish worshippers who were celebrating the sukkot Holiday at the wailing  kill 19 in riot near wailing Wall Jerusalem apr police opened fire on Stone throwing palestinians at the Temple mount in Jerusalem sold City on monday and israeli police said 19 people were killed and 140 were injured. Arab Hospital officials first said 22 were killed. However they later gave a lower casualty toll than the one provided by israeli police minister Roni Milo saying 18 palestinians were killed and 125  incident was the bloodiest in the holy City since Israel captured its Arab sector from Jordan in the 1967 Mideast War. The death toll also was the highest in a single Day since the palestinian uprising against israeli occupation began in december 1987. In disturbances following mondays rioting two palestinians were killed in the occupied Gaza strip Hospital officials said. The Jerusalem clash erupted after palestinians threw stones from the mount at jews worshipping below at the wailing Wall Judaism a holiest site witnesses said. Thousands of jews were at the Wall celebrating the sukkot festival. Milo said 20 jews were injured. He said 120 arabs were arrested including Faisal Husseini a prominent palestinian nationalist involved in unofficial peace contacts with israeli moderates. He said Hus Semi was arrested on the Temple mount. A senior paramilitary Border police officer Yossi Tobias told Israel radio that some 3,000 arabs were involved in the rioting. The palestinians apparently were angered by rumours that jews were trying to establish a presence on the Temple mount which is holy to both jews and moslem but is under moslem control. The arabs burned Down a police station in the Temple mount compound and hurled hundreds of rocks at jewish worshippers. As thousands of jews fled from the wailing Wall see riot on Back Page air accidents kill 2, leave 8 missing in Gulf Dhahran saudi Arabia apr two . Pilots died in a Jet crash in saudi Arabia monday As the Navy searched for two helicopters and eight Crew members missing in the North arabian sea military officials said. The officials said the Rf-4c reconnaissance Jet belonging to a unit of the Alabama air National guard assigned to operation desert shield crashed in the Southern saudi arabian Peninsula shortly after 1 . The names of the pilots were withheld pending notification of relatives. A military spokesman Navy cmdr. . Van sickle said he could provide no other details other than that the crash was being investigated. The crash came As Navy search and Rescue efforts continued for eight marines missing after two uh-1 helicopters vanished during a training flight in the North arabian sea earlier monday. As night fell there was no further word on the outcome of the search. Navy officers ruled out hostile action in the incident which occurred Well outside the Strait of Hormuz leading to the persian Gulf and 500 to 600 Miles from where ground forces Are deployed in the saudi arabian desert. They also said there was no indication that the two uh-1 Huey might have collided in flight As they were returning to the amphibious assault Carrier Okinawa. In Washington the Pentagon confirmed there had been no Progress in the search operation. A spokesman said the marines were from the Camp Pendleton calif., base. A radar and voice Contact was lost at 5 13 a.m.,  sickle said. A search and Rescue efforts Are currently  each helicopter carried two pilots and two Crew members. Their identities were withheld pending completion of the Navy a search in the North arabian sea. The . Forces were deployed in saudi Arabia and nearby Waterways after Iraq invaded Kuwait on aug. 2. Since then seven american military personnel have been killed in accidents. In addition to the two pilots monday two air Force f-16 pilots were killed m a crash sept. 30, a Soldier and a Marine died in vehicle accidents and a Sailor was electrocuted in an Accident aboard a ship in the persian Gulf. plays taps on a 10-year tradition by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington a the  a annual theme which had become something of a minor tradition Over the past decade has gone the Way of the a rations the Brown Boot and the steel pot. There has been no formal obituary but one official confirms that earlier this year Secretary of the  Michael Stone considered continuing the practice begun by his predecessor John Marsh a Ana then sort  another official citing an almost comp Ete personnel turnover in the Secretary of the  a office in the past year said the  theme a is not an Issue that has lived on in the consciousness of the  other sources said the theme a was always marshes baby and that support for sustaining the tradition went with him when he departed in August 1989. Marsh originated the concept in 1981 As a Way to boost morale by emphasizing positive aspects of  life and heritage. That was the Bicentennial year of the famous revolutionary War Battle at York town mass., said Marsh now a partner in a Fairfax va., Law firm. A it was the  a most important Battle of the War. Without it we  have won the revolution a Marsh said. He made a Yorktown spirit of Victory a the  a first annual theme that year As a Way to dispel the ghosts of Vietnam and barbs about the a hollow  that followed the War. A i wanted to emphasize the great spirit of the  a Marsh said. A i did not become Secretary to go around All Han dog see taps on Back Page stripes running theme contest the  started 1990 with operation just cause and Likely will end it As part of desert shield. In Between it celebrated its 215th birthday announced a 30,000-troop Cut in Europe and lost at least two football games. In Short the stars and stripes news staff feels the  a had the kind of year that deserves an annual theme. So to help fill that void we re running the first give the  a theme contest. The contest is simple come up with a theme that you think Best describes the year the  a had in 1990. Scrawl print or Type it on a piece of paper and mail it to the  theme contest stars and stripes Apo 09211, anyone can enter a yes even air Force personnel a and you can enter As Many times As you a like. Entries received by nov. 16 will be considered by a panel of judges made up of stars and stripes staffers who have had yes actual  experience. The Winner gets a Little Green of his or her own a $100 a and All of the top entries will be highlighted in the papers annual december retrospective of the year that was. Done to let the  finish 1990 without a theme. Act now