European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 6, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 a the stars and stripes tuesday november 6,1990baker visits troops in saudi Arabia from Page 1 what the future holds. That a the one thing that people arc asking More than anything else Ana of course that a something that can to be answered now with a great Deal of  in a Low key address Baker told the troops that they were sent to the saudi desert to defend a american  he also emphasized that the american people appreciated the sacrifices the troops were making. A this is a Long Long Way from Home but i think americans arc at Home wherever our principles Are a Baker said surveying the assembled troops As the temperature Rose to 100 degrees. A and that is really what this crisis is All about. Its about the defense of the values that made the United states of America the finest and greatest country in the world. It is an important principle that unprovoked aggression should not be rewarded. Quot we appreciate the sacrifice that is involved in being Here. We appreciate As Well the sacrifices your families arc making. I want you to know that you Are constantly on the minds of the leadership of the United states. We appreciate what you arc doing. Your nation is grateful to you for what you arc doing. We Are extraordinarily proud of  the latest iraqi vow to keep Kuwait at All costs came Only hours after a former japanese prime minister Yasuhiro Nakasone met with Saddam a and said the iraqi president had demonstrated a great earnestness and seriousness about seeking peace. Nakasone a visit aimed at winning the release of japanese hostages came As japanese lawmakers consider a plan to Send troops to the Gulf to join the multinational i orc arrayed against Saddam. The troop deployment proposal has drawn Strong criticism from those who say it violates Japan a postwar Constitution even though the troops would be confined to non combat roles. Meanwhile four american sex hostages were on their Way Home a Day after being freed and fifteen euro news briefs 3 . Sailors injured in blast at Chile resort Vina Del mar Chile a a bomb exploded at a German restaurant in this Seaside resort injuring three sailors from the . Aircraft Carrier Abraham Lincoln and five other people police and the . Navy said sunday. No group claimed responsibility Tor the bomb ing which occurred shortly before Midnight saturday according to police in Vina Del mar 180 Miles West of Santiago. Two of the injured sailors were treated at a local Hospital and released. A third was treated it spi on Board the Abraham Lincoln according to Navy cmdr. Stephen Honda in Norfolk a injuries were limited to cuts and bruises. Cocaine found in hangar at Kennedy space Center Cape canaveral Fla. Up a Small amount of cocaine was found in a hangar at the Kennedy space Center where space shuttles Are readied for launch Nasa officials said sunday. Agency spokesman Karl Kristofferson said the drug was found Early Friday in an a orbiter processing facility a a of a one of two at the Florida shuttle port a cocaine was discovered in the of a minor Quantity of it and an investigation is under Way a he said sunday. Peans arrived in Jordan after being released by the iraqis. They were among thousands of foreigners trapped in Iraq and Kuwait when Saddam Hussein s troops took Over the emirate aug. 2. The first pos of the persian Gulf crisis a three French soldiers a had a Homecoming of their own m Paris on sunday but it Wasny to exactly a heroes Welcome. French officials have said the soldiers who were captured last week might have strayed into iraqi territory and that they probably face punishment for their carelessness. Belgium a foreign minister complained that efforts by individual nations to win their citizens Freedom Are eroding Unity against Iraq. A Saddam is creating this Royal court of All sorts of Western pilgrims who visit him to obtain the release of hostages the belgian official Mark Eyskens said in a television interview sunday in Brussels. Sometimes the visitors a let themselves be lured into political discussions with Saddam which could a jeopardize the United stand against Saddam a invasion and annexation of Kuwait a he said. Three of the four americans freed by Iraq on saturday flew into London on sunday night on their Way Home a . Embassy official in Jordan said the fourth a Michael Barner 49, of Woodsworth la. A made private arrangements for returning Home. Former hostages or. Abdul Hamid Kanji 50, an Indian born american from Glencoe 111. Randall Trinh 49, of Hacienda Heights calif., and Raymond gales a Diplomat from the besieged . Embassy in Kuwait were met at Heathrow Airport by . Officials from the London embassy. The three were reluctant to speak to reporters. Trinh clutching his stomach said a i am too sick to say anything now. The main thing i am looking Forward to when i get Home to the . Is to be with my  he confirmed he had been held at an unspecified installation As part of Saddam so human shield ool Icv a it was terrible a he said but he did not elaborate Quot some americans and other westerners have been held at strategic installations in Iraq to a potential air  freed by Iraq on sunday included 14 Ger mans and one belgian All men. The German embassy said they were granted exit visas after their work contracts ended. In Iraq a foreign ministry source said sunday two a hostile aircraft had penetrated iraqi airspace from saudi Arabia on saturday. There was no immediate response from . And saudi officials who have denied reports of similar incursions in the past. The Baghdad government stressing its willingness to fight announced sunday it was recalling some retired army officers to duty. It did not say How Many. Iraq has an estimated 430,000 troops in Southern Iraq and Kuwait confronting about 300,000 troops in the .-dominated multinational Force in the Gulf Region. About 2,500 syrian troops arrived in saudi Arabia on sunday joining an estimated 4,000 syrians already deployed As part of the multinational Effort. They brought with them about 150 tanks the first Armor Syria has  from Page 1 she was Peter pan or Nellie Forbush or Annie Oakley or Maria von Trapp. I loved her dearly and 1 shall miss her a said Dorotny Rodgers widow of Richard Rodgers who wrote the music for a South Pacific and a the sound of  a the Bright Light and Good cheer that Mary brought to the world win not fade merely because of her absence a said William Hammerstein son of Oscar Ham Merstein ii who wrote the lyrics for a South Pacific and a the sound of  Martin is perhaps Best remembered for her portrayal on stage and television of Peter pan the boy no never wanted to grow up. A fall my life i wanted to be Peter pan a Martin once said. A my poor Mother never knew what i was going to do next. I done to think anything Ever surprised my parents. I was always doing something strange a like at 5, jumping off the garage. I wanted to Fly and All i did was break my Collarbone. Martin who was born dec. 1, 1913, made her first stage appearance singing at a fireman a Ball in her Hometown of Weatherford Texas. Her father was a lawyer and her Mother a violin teacher. After a year at the University of Texas Martin married Benjamin Hagman in 1930. They divorced the following year after the birth of her son Larry Best known for his role As . Ewing on televisions a a Dallas series. Martin left Texas to pursue a singing career and made her professional debut As a nightclub vocalist at the Trocadero in Hollywood. It was there she was seen by producer Charles Schwab who put her in Cole Porter s a leave it to  the musical which opened on Broadway in 1938, made the unknown performer a Star. Each night she stopped the show by doing a Coy striptease while singing the musicals Best known song a my heart belongs  Martin journeyed to California for a series of less than memorable movie musicals and married Story editor Richard Halliday in 1940. He later became her manager. They had one daughter Heller. In 1943, Martin returned to new York to play the title character in a one touch of Venus a a musical fantasy that had music by Kurt Weill and lyrics by Ogden Nash. She charmed audiences by singing the shows big hit Quot speak  after touring As Annie Oakley in the National company of a Annie get your gun a Martin was chosen in 1949 by Joshua Logan Rodgers and Hammerstein to Star opposite Ezio Pinza in their musical a South  As Nellie Forbush the naive army nurse from Little Rock ark., Martin Sang some of Rodgers and Ham Merstein a most buoyant and warm hearted songs including a a cockeyed Optimist a a a in a Gonna Wash that Man right outa my hair and a a in a in love with a wonderful  she won a Tony award for her Quot performance a the first of three she was to receive during her career. Martin later appeared in its London production. A Peter pan a which opened on oct. 20, 1954, had a relatively Short Broadway run a Only 152 performances a but it was immortalized on television. The musical which also starred Cyril Ritchard As capt. Hook was televised live on Abc in 1955 and was done again live the following year. Martin won an emmy for her por tra Yalof Peter pan. A the sound of music a which opened in november 1959, was conceived As a Star vehicle for Martin who played the irrepressible Postulat Maria. It was taken from a the Trapp family singers a the autobiography of Maria von Trapp and a German film version of that Book. Rodgers and Hammerstein were brought in to write an original score that included such songs As a my favorite things a a do re min and a the lonely  Halliday died in 1973, several years after the couple retired to a huge ranch Iri Brazil. Martin sold the ranch and bought a place on Martha a Vineyard and another in the California desert. Martins last show a legends a in which she toured with Channing in 1986, did no to make it to Broadway. A a it a one show i did no to like a Martin said. She did it she said a because Larry said to me a Mother you be been off Long enough. Martin is survived by her children Hagman and Heller Halliday Demeritt six grandchildren and one  from Page 1 Are certain now because postal officials Are still working with military commanders to identify mail channels. Zip codes now in use overseas Are often the cause of dissent mail said George Shipman from the postal service. For example Riyadh saudi Arabia has a military zip code of 09038, and Uxbridge United kingdom has 09083. The new num Bers Are expected to allow for More accurate sorting by workers until machines take Over the Job Shipman said. Mail addressed to the old Apo and Fpo addresses will be delivered up to a year after the new mailing procedures take effect he said. About 40 percent of the 160 billion pieces of mail delivered daily by the . Postal service is being scanned by optical readers which place a bar code on the mail signifying the letters destination. After the code is attached other optical readers sort the mail until it reaches its destination. Unique bar codes will be assigned for each delivery Point including military unit mail rooms by 1994, Shipman said. The bar coded system should be in full operation by 1995, he added. A bar codes have greatly improved productivity a Shipman said. A the optical readers Are Able to sort More accurately than people a because of the Large volume of mail handled daily by postal carriers even a 1 percent error rate in sorting can mean a lot of misdirected mail. A if you re 99 percent perfect that Means you mishandle roughly 1 billion pieces of mail each Day a Shipman said. A machines Are More accurate despite trouble in Reading bad handwriting or when there a some garble because of Ink smears or a bar code a when an optical scanner can to make out a Clear address on a letter it is sent to another computer that attempts to Analyse the handwriting. If the address is still unreadable a photograph of the letter is sent to a person who either tries to make it out or sends it Back to the sender he said