European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 12, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 a a a the stars and stripes Friday october 12,1990 crisis in the Ginli news update motorcyclist s death Lyon France up the 21-year old motorcyclist whose death last saturday sparked four Days of rioting in the Lyon suburb of Vaulx in Velin was killed by an accidental fall Lyon prosecutor Xavier Richaud said thursday. Thomas Claudio 21, was killed saturday afternoon when he fell off the motorcycle driven by his Friend Laurent Assefille 20, who emerged unhurt from the Accident. Assefille charged that police caused Gaudious death by deliberately cutting in front of him throwing his Friend to the pavement when the motorcycle hit the police hoax Dallas apr the executive producer of abcs �?o2020�?� has acknowledged that the television show was duped by an impostor claiming to be buckwheat from the classic Quot our gang comedies William a a Billy Thomas the actor who played buckwheat died nearly a decade ago. Reserve Call up nearing level reached during Vietnam Korea Washington apr More than 33,000 military reservists have been called to Active duty in support of the . Buildup in the persian Gulf area a nearly As Many As were activated during crises in Vietnam and Korea. The army thursday activated 12 National guard and 24 army Reserve units from 24 states and puerto Rico for a total of 4,846 troops. Meanwhile the Marine corps said wednesday it was calling up about 160 reservists. Those actions brought to 33,252 the number of reservists from All services activated since aug. 22 when president Bush authorized their use in support of operation desert shield. None of the reserves called so fax Are from combat units All Are performing combat support or combat service functions such As cargo handling air sea and ground transportation water purification intelligence and Security. The 160 Marine reservists Are the first from that service Branch to get the Call in the current crisis. The Pentagon said in late August that it expected to Call up nearly 50, reserves by oct. 1, but officials recently said the immediate need had been overestimated. Still the total ordered to Active duty so far is approaching the 35,280 called up in 1968 following the tet offensive in Vietnam and the seizure by North Korea erf the . Surveillance ship Pueblo. Those were the most recent uses of military reserves other than a Brief Call up during the 1970 postal workers strike. The Maxine reservists called up wednesday Are forming a combat service support detachment to replace Active duty marines at Kaneohe Bay Hawaii who already have been sent to the Gulf area. The army reserves being placed on Active duty thursday Are mainly from transportation maintenance and combat engineering units. Here Are the army units try state a Arizona 348to trans co of toe Arney Reserve at Twe Nix. A Arkansas 299tfi eng co of the army Reserve at Pine stuff. A Florida 74cw combat support co it the a ascend guard at fort Lauder Fate 325th combat support co of the a sacral guard at Slafca Yates 138th Aerial Surve Sance co of the army Reserve at Orlando and the 873rd quartermaster det at the army Reserve at Mian. A Georgia 165 the quartermaster co of the Natick re it Ford at Savannah. _ a rings 419th trans he det of the army Reserve at Peoria. A Kansas 642nd quartermaster co of the army Reserve at Otari. A Kentucky 2123rd trans co of the a amp Naf guard at Bowling Green. A Louisiana 1086th trans co of the National guard so Jena 1063rd Tram co of the National Gud at Jonesle a Maine 619th trans co of tha army Reserve at Auburn a Michigan 18cth trans co of the army Reserve at grand rapids. 10991 Cut meal support co of the Matovu us Dou a of Letl a Mississippi 173rd quartermaster co of the army re. Senra Greenwood 29�h Tara co of the army Reserve at brow Haven. A Nebraska 1012 combat support co of the army serve at Fremont 172nd trans co of the army Reserve a Omaha. A new Medico 52nd eng co of the army Reserve at Santa be. A new boric 623rd trans co of the army Reserve at Fot Totten. A North Carof iria 1450th trans co of the National guard at Jefferson 991st trans co of the army Reserve at a amp Xay. A North Dakota 306th eng det of the army Reserve at Bismarck. A Pennsylvania 131st trans co of the National guard at Uff Leaston 347th quartermaster co of the army Reserve at Farrell. Quot a puerto Rico 2?6to combat support co of the Reserve at Juana Saz. A Tennessee 212nd eng co of toe National guard at Tracy City. A Teras 149th a mutant general co of toe National guard at Austin 1sjh quartermaster det of the army Reserve at hurts file and toe 644th trans co of the army resg#v6 a Beaumont South Carolina 941st trans co of the army Reserve at Charleston. A Virginia 1033rd trans co of toe National Guad at Gate Sty. A West Virginia 646th Quarter Wistar co of toe army Reserve at King Wood toe 385th quartermaster det of the Arm Reserve at Eidins. A Wisconsin 89cth trans co of toe army Reserve Al Green Bay. . Bakers called up for dessert shield duty by Amy Geiszler Jones . Bureau Raf Mildenhall England a each time she plops a spoonful of cookie dough on a baking pan Janet Dunlap is grateful that her husband won t be getting any of the homemade goodies. For the past month Dunlap has been baking dozens of cookies brownies and Sweet breads for the troops in the persian Gulf As part of a base wide Effort dubbed operation Home sweets. And she considers herself fortunate that her husband capt. Scott Dunlap of the 313th tac Airlift group Isnit among the thousands of troops massing in the Region As part of operation desert shield. A whenever i make goodies i make them thankful that he a not Over there eating them a said Dunlap the coordinator of Raf Mildenhall a family services Center. Operation Home sweets is run by the 513tn Maint so. It was started in Early september by chief master sgt Bill Hammett a Vietnam Veteran who remembered getting homemade goodies during his tour in Southeast Asia. A when i was in Phu cat we used to get them from the american legion women in my Hometown a said Hammett who at the time hailed from colonial Beach a. A and they got mailed so sometimes they weren to quite As these desert desserts however Are taking a much speedier route than those goodies that Hammett used to Munch on. They Are being sent aboard Gulf bound aircraft at least once a week. The Squadron also sends out other items such As magazines and puzzles. The Blueberry muffins Jellyroll chocolate Chip cookies and other treats Are being shared with not Only american but also foreign troops Hammett said. A a it a kind of a big pass the word thing a said Dunlap who encourages the 25 volunteers on the family services staff to take mixing spoon in hand. She has also organized a bake off in the sunday school class she teaches. For the past two weeks even local britons have been contributing to the baking Effort. A i done to think its too much to ask people to bake a few cookies when it will make someone Happy a Dunlap said. A amps any goes Deric tech. Sgt. Karen Mitchell at Raf Mildenhall England packs up goodies for Hun Ferric members stationed in saudi Arabia. Families of Gulf troops get to live a fairy tale by pm Jones staff writer Wiesbaden Germany a Linda wills was All dressed up for an elegant evening that made her feel As if she w Ere living a fairy tale. �?o1 feel like Inderella. Except we came in an army bus a wills said a instead of coming in a pumpkin we came in a Green bean but its wills was one of about Iso spouses of v corps service members in saudi Arabia who w Ere wined and dined tuesday in the Biebrich Castle on the Rhine Courtesy of the minister president of Hessen. Walter Wallmann told the group that the evening was symbolic of German Solidarity with them and their family members serving in the persian Gulf. I know that in this time of separation of waiting Between Hope and worry it is not easy for you and your families a the minister president said. A i wish you great Wallmann assured the group of Germany a concern even though German troops Are prohibited by their Constitution from being deployed to a foreign country to fight a we germans axe also following the current events in the near East with great concern and tension particularly in Light of the fact that they Are taking place at a time in which our own people have so much reason to be Happy a Wallmann said citing Germany a reunification last week. While adults enjoyed the elegant evening upstairs about 50 of their children were entertained downstairs looked after by 12 caregivers from the Wiesbaden area. La Gen. George a. Joulwan v corps command i congratulated the families on How Well they have Bourn together. A this is proof that we do care for one another and a it do take care of our own a Joulwan said. A be assure that the corps and the communities in which you Liv it win continue to be sensitive to your wills said the evening gave a us an extra boost is when we write our husbands we Are a Little bit she and her 8-month-old daughter have received Fivi letters from the Gulf so far. Although the correspondence is about two weeks behind a a it a still a letter a Sau wills whose husband capt. Mike wills is a compan commander from Hanau
