European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 17, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes saturday november 17,1990 news update remains studied new York a scientists searching for the remains of Saint Hood candidate Pierre Toussaint say they have found the body of a Black mate but Are not sure it is Toussaint. A this is the furthest we be gotten Quot Joseph Zwilling spokesman for the roman Catholic archdiocese of new York said wednesday. He said three other bodies discovered in the old graveyard in lower Manhattan where Toussaint was buried were either White or female or both. Toussaint who was born a slave in Haiti and came to new York with his French owners could become the first Black american Saint if his candidacy is approved by the Vatican. He died a free Man in 1853 after what Church officials say was a life of exemplary Charity and virtue. Zwilling said archaeologists and forensic anthropologists searching for Toussaint a remains would have to exhume the body and study the Skull Teeth and other parts before deciding if it belonged to Toussaint. In 1989 the Church began investigating and examining Toussaint a life the first formal step if he is to be canonized. The process can take years. Identifying Toussaint a remains is part of that process. If he is made a Saint his Bones May be distributed to churches and places where he once lived.2 mias identified Washington a the remains of two american servicemen previously listed As missing in Southeast Asia have been identified the Pentagon announced wednesday. The announcement identified one of the men As air Force col. Stanley h. Horne of los Angeles who disappeared Jan. 14, 1968, in Vietnam at the age of 42. The Pentagon said it was withholding the name of the other Serviceman at the request of his family. The announcement said hornets remains would be flown from Hick am fab Hawaii to Travis fab calif., on thursday after a ceremony with full military a stars and stripes article on insurance sales to service members with orders to deploy to saudi Arabia included inaccurate information about Minneapolis based itt life insurance stand on the Issue. Robert Dombroski general agent for the company in Europe said hour Day that the company will not sell new life insurance policies to service members headed to the persian Gulf even if the service member is willing to buy a policy that includes the so called a War clause. That clause Means death benefits would not be paid if the policyholder died in armed conflict. _ Dombroski said the company will not Issue new policies to service members headed to the Gulf Region at All. Applications will be taken from customers but they will be held in abeyance by itt Headquarters until the individuals return from duty in the Middle East. Dombroski said customers who bought life insurance from itt in the past done to have War clauses in their policies and death benefits Are not in jeopardy. Transfers separations Frozen by Usa eur for All soldiers by Rosemary Sawyer staff writer soldiers scheduled to leave Europe for new assignments or civilian life should t pack them bags yet. A new . Army Europe policy prevents transfers or separations for All soldiers regardless of their career specialities. Previous actions called Stop loss affected Only soldiers involved in operation desert shield or who had career skills deemed critical to the operation. The Stop loss action a will allow commanders time and flexibility to properly assess current personnel requirements necessary to meet ongoing missions a command spokeswoman staff sgt. Elayne Venema said thursday. The freeze on departures also will allow the command to Transfer soldiers to deploying units to bring the units up to prescribed strength according to a command message outlining the policy. Sgt. Lena Brown of 8th inf div support come Headquarters in bad Kreuz Nach Germany had just made her out processing appointments when she heard about the Stop loss policy tuesday. She and her husband sgt. Michael Brown of the 12th engr in in Derheim were to leave Germany on dec. 17. A i was disappointed but in a still hoping that Cut it Short and Well get out of Here a said Lena Brown. The pair was to move to fort Leonard Wood mo., after spending the Holiday season with relatives in Pennsylvania Kentucky and Indiana. They be already called the relatives to Tell them the bad news. Lena Brown said she a optimistic despite co workers predictions that she so not going transportation officials boosted her optimism by advising her not to cancel her customs and shipping appointments a yet. No time period has been set for the Blanket Stop loss but Venema said it would be modified a was soon As earlier this month army officials announced that soldiers in units and installations marked to shut Down in Europe would be exempt from the army Stop loss policy related to desert shield. The latest Stop loss policy supersedes that exemption. Soldiers in certain categories Mavi exempted from the policy but Cash a be reviewed i Divi Tauy. Thl151 soldiers separating for retirement j Nancy hardship reasons and in satisfy by performance or conduct. The command also is exempting Sod soldiers scheduled to attend train classes and pre commissioning program those who have already cleared and ters will also be allowed to leave. Solid normally depart Europe within two i of Clearing quarters. Simply having Shi Ped household goods or a car does constitute Clearing quarters. The first colonel in a soldiers Chain i command can exempt him or her Frostl Blanket Stop loss in a cases of extra personal hardship or where it makes my sense to allow the Soldier to continue leave Usa eur at this time a the my Sage said. J soldiers can get detailed informal regarding How Stop loss applies to Thel through their servicing personnel Soffio Venema said. Baker cancels meeting in German from staff and wire reports Bonn Germany a Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii has cancelled plans to meet with his German counterpart in Bonn on sunday officials said thursday. The German foreign ministry said monday that Baker would meet with foreign minister Hans Dietrich Genscher for talks expected to focus on the crisis in the persian Gulf. But a . Source confirmed that Baker would not travel to Germany this weekend because of conflicts in his new schedule to rally support for the .-led actions in the Gulf. News of the cancellation came the same Day that a . Spokesman announced president Bush a plans for a nearly five hour visit to Germany on sunday. A spokesman for the . Embassy in Bonn said Bush is due to arrive at Ramstein a at 11 . Sunday. A the embarks for Speyer where he is due to land at 11 30. Hell sign the City a Golden Book tour the Cathedral hold a speech on Cathedral Square and listen to an Organ recital in the Cathedral a the spokesman said. The spokesman did not know what the topic of Bush a speech would be. At 12 45 ., Bush will leave Speyer to visit the Home of German Chancellor Helmut Kohl in Ogger sheim near Ludwigshafen. Bush is then scheduled to Fly from Coleman Barracks in Mannheim at 3 50 To Ramstein he said. From there the president will head to Paris for the con Ference on Security and cooperation l Europe where a treaty slashing Convel tonal forces Between the Atlantic at ural mountains is expected to be signed Baker plans to meet saturday in Gen a with the foreign ministers of Ethiopia Ivory coast and Zaire officials in Wasington said. He Hopes to persuade the to support a . Resolution auth Rizir the use of Force to expel iraqi forces fro Kuwait. Baker then plans to Fly to Paris to me sunday with the foreign ministers of a mania and Finland and to hold Vanotha session with soviet foreign minister Edu Ard Shevardnadze and British foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd. Bush will join Baker in Paris on suit Day. Of logistics come to Cut 7,500 Worken Salt Lake City a the Pentagon has ordered More than 7,500 employees trimmed from seven air Force logistics come bases including More than 1,400 from Utah a Hill fab a congressman said wednesday. Rep. James Hansen a Utah confirmed his office was notified that 1,427 Hill workers would be among those targeted in a nationwide reduction. A letter Hansen received from the department of the air Force showed that of the seven bases Hill had the second largest number of layoffs. The hardest hit was tinker fab in Oklahoma which was ordered to trim 2,196 employees. Kelly fab in Texas must get rid of 1,213 workers Robins in Georgia 907 Mcclellan in California 811 Newark in Ohio 709 and Wright Patterson also in Ohio 240, Hansen said. Hansen said changing International politics made the cutbacks inevitable. The reduction would affect about 5 percent of Hills work Force Hansen said it was not a real dire news for Utah a defense Industry. A a lot of these will be handled by attrition and the likelihood of legislation to allow for a Early out retirements is High Hansen said. The reduction was ordered for 1991, but Hansen said that did no to mean workers would be forced out in january. A a they re going to give the people some Lead time. In a looking at march1 april a he said. In a prepared statement Hill official said no specific Date had been decided of the reductions. The statement said Gen. Charles Mcdonald commander of air Force id Ristics requested in september the coat Gressional authority to implement Early retirement program. A the Prospect for a greatly reduced loj Ristics workload in the years ahead is tb1 main Factor driving Falc toward a sea Quoter work Force a said the statement. British celebrity Muggeridge Dies London apr Malcolm Mugge Ridge once Britain a Best known Media celebrity died wednesday at a nursing Home in Southern England three months after suffering a stroke his family said. He was 87. Muggeridge was an agnostic who became a roman Catholic when he was nearly 80 and a Youthful socialist who later mocked the trendy left. He had one unchanging fascination a death. A i rejoice in it. I love it if it weren to for death life would be unbearable a mugger de said in a television appearance seven years ago without a Trace of morbid Ness. Some commentators dubbed him a St Mugg while others said he railed in old age against vices such As smoking drinking and adultery that he had enjoyed As a younger Man. I 3 journalist author teacher world War ii spy for Britain a counterintelligence service editor and traveler Muggeridge became famous through television in tie 1950s and 60s.he married his wife Kitty in 1921 they had three children a one son died a and nine grandchildren. Thomas Malcolm Muggeridge was Bon into a lower Middle class family a reared in South London. His fat Beij Henry a clerk in a shirt making firm a a lifelong socialist and for two years i labor party member of parliament. After attending state schools Mug Ridge went to Cambridge University m soon dropped his fathers socialist views
