European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 12, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse The so Send amp Klepes authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol. 49, no. 212 monday november 12, 1990 Good morning 25t daily and sunday d 8693 a related stories pages 2, 3, 28deployment raises Many questions by Effie Bathen Nimberg Bureau Nurnberg Germany a wives of cavalry soldiers Are accustomed to having their husbands leave for Field Maneu vers several months each year. But the Long term deployment of the 2nd army Cav regt to operation desert shield throws a different Light on the Home fires. See related Story on Page 2. A from the moment i heard the news you have been on my heart and in my prayers a Phyllis Holder told More than 500 women who gathered saturday afternoon to learn what would happen next. Although their husbands Are trained for their Mission a we Haven to had the training for what we Are going to face a said Holder the wife of the regiment commander col. . Holder. A there Are no manuals on How to keep the Home fires burning a she said. A the Best Way to get out from our burdens is to shoulder someone support groups will also be activated to see deployment on Back Page Arab leaders want Gulf crisis defused Cairo Egypt up a King Hassan of Morocco on sunday offered to hold an emergency meeting of Arab leaders on the Gulf crisis even As iraqi president Saddam Hussein announced he was ready to negotiate a settlement to the tense standoff if the palestinian Issue was added to the Agenda. The developments followed a communique that was issued in Damascus Syria on saturday by the foreign ministers of Egypt Syria and saudi Arabia. In the statement the three Arab countries Strong backers of . Policy in the Gulf said they wanted to avoid a military confrontation with Iraq. The Arab worlds intensified movement toward finding a peaceful settlement May have been triggered by Secretary of state James bakery a swing through the Region last week. The Secretary was on a Mission to drum up support for a possible military strike against Saddam who has defied International pressure to withdraw from Kuwait. Hassan called on Arab leaders in a speech broadcast by moroccan television to give peace a its last Chance a saying he was concerned by indications that the .-led multinational Gulf Force was preparing for War. Some observers said sunday that of All Arab leaders Hassan has the greatest Chance of negotiating a settlement Between Iraq and the multinational Alliance arrayed against him. The moroccan King the Arab worlds longest serving Leader has sent troops to serve in saudi Arabia yet in his speech referred to Saddam As a my brother and a a my Saddam said in a television interview to be broadcast sunday in Britain that he was prepared to negotiate in the crisis if the palestinian problem was also put on the Agenda. The iraqi president has attempted to get Arab backing by linking his occupation of Kuwait to the israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza strip. However Western leaders have rejected the Contention the two problems Are connected. Saddam has said earlier that he will consider withdrawing from Kuwait if the israelis withdraw from the occupied territories and Syria withdraws from Lebanon. Meanwhile sunday a chinese envoy said before a meeting with iraqi foreign minister Tariq Aziz that it was too Early to determine if Beijing would support a . Security Council Resolution to use Force. Foreign minister Qian Lichen on a Mideast tour that included a meeting with Baker last week in Cairo see Gulf on Back Page transplant Pioneer Stormie Jones Dies Pittsburgh up a Stormie Jones the plucky Young texan who underwent the worlds first heart and liver transplant died sunday after suffering what doctors said might have been a rejection of her second transplanted liver. Stormie 13, of White settlement Texas died at 9 52 . At Pittsburgh children a Hospital six years after the landmark heart liver operation said Hospital spokeswoman Toby Trosky. A physicians Are Uncertain on the cause of death. She will be undergoing an autopsy a Trosky said. The freckle faced girl was admitted Jones saturday morning to All saints episcopal Hospital in fort Worth Texas after experiencing nausea vomiting and dehydration. Doctors recommended that Stormie and her Mother Lois a a Susie Purcell return to Pittsburgh children a Hospital for evaluation. The child who captured the hearts of people nationwide because of her persistent spunk in dealing with her health problems was flown by commercial air Pittsburgh in saturday night. She was admitted to children a Hospital in serious condition suffering flu like symptoms including a sore Throat and in Wrade fever Trosky said. This was quite a Shock for everyone a Trosky said of the child a death. A family Friend in Texas said Stormie had not been feeling Well for several Days. The girl had suffered repeated health problems and been forced to return to the Pennsylvania Hospital several times. Doctors there had Managad to stabilize her condition each time through a change in medication. Funeral arrangements were not Complete. Stormie underwent her history making heart River transplant on feb. 14, 1984, because a rare disorder called homozygous familial damaged her own heart and liver. The blonde girl inherited two genes a one from her Mother and one from her father a that made her liver unable to process cholesterol. A the disorder caused her cholesterol level to soar clogging her arteries with the waxy yellow substance and leading to a heart attack in 1983. Between october and december that year Stormie underwent open heart surgery twice including two triple bypass operations and a valve replacement. By february 1984, Stormie a condition deteriorated to the Point that doctors said she would die without the untried double transplant. After her transplant surgery Stormie a speedy recovery surprised her doctors. She came Home to Texas three months later and returned to school to repeat first Grade. Stormie enjoyed a relatively Normal life following her transplant. But hepatitis damaged the second liver and last february she underwent a transplant to receive a third defense Secretary Dick Cheney above left places a Wreath at the Tomb of the unknowns in Virginia a Arlington National cemetery during veterans Day ceremonies sunday. Assisting him is sgt. 1st class Edmond j. Gittens or. At right Kenneth r. Creese president of the Pearl Harbor survivors association salutes during the Arlington observances. Story on Page 4. A amp
