European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 18, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Bush vows to help czechs contrasts darkness in Gulf with velvet revolution Light in Molina in the military profits problems a Day 1, the problem a Day 2, the Money a Day 3, the illness the s8sandripes authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces Good morning 1 vol. 49, no. 218 sunday november 18,1990 25 daily and sunday d 8g93 a Prague Czechoslovakia apr president Bush old a crowd that filled historic Wenceslas Square on saturday that a America will stand with you through card times ahead and he urged european Solidarity in he persian Gulf crisis. Speaking on the anniversary of the revolution that ended decades of communist Rule in Czechoslovakia Tosh likened last years struggle of emerging democrats against totalitarianism to the current  Effort o drive Saddam Hussein from Kuwait. A the darkness in the desert sky cannot stand against he Way of Light a Bush said addressing about 100,000 people who packed the half mile Long 200-foot-wide Laza that is the scene of much recent czechoslovak history. The first . President to visit this Central european nation Bush shared the platform with the nations play Wright president Vaclav Havel. People in the crowd waved Small . And czechoslovak flags and Many chanted a Bush Havel. Bush  after their speeches the two presidents stepped out torn their bulletproof enclosure and climbed a wooden platform joining a Folk band that Sang a we shall Over ome a first in English and then in czech. Many in the crowd joined along filling the cold and overcast late afternoon sky with the traditional song hat was both a protest Anthem for the . And civil rights movements of the 1960s and for czechoslovak students in Street protests Here against communist Rule. A year ago the Square was similarly filled with hundreds of thousands of citizens to begin the so called Quot velvet revolution that drove communists from Power with Little bloodshed. A the world will never forget what happened Here i bomb kills 1 at .-Chile softball game Santiago Chile a a bomb hidden inside a softball Bat exploded saturday during a .-Chile game killing a Canadian and wounding two people including an american embassy official police reported. A Man claiming to represent what he called the chilean Branch of the Palestine liberation organization claimed responsibility for the blast in a Telephone Call to a radio station. The caller warned president Bush against visiting Chile. Bush is scheduled to travel there As part of a South american tour dec. 2-8. The attack the second on americans in Chile in two weeks occurred during a game at the National stadium Between teams from the . Chamber of Commerce and a chilean University. Police said the Bat was stuffed with 400 Grams of dynamite. It exploded in the dugout of the Commerce chamber steam. 1116 blast killed James Thomas 36, an executive with a Canadian him exporting seafood from Chile they said. The games Umpire Vicente Alcayaga said at East two other people were wounded including l Nomas Collins a a Security officer in the american  this Square where the history of Freedom was written a Bush said. He praised Czechoslovakia As a one of the first nations to condemn the outrage in the persian  Havel reiterated this View and promised Bush continued support during a joint news conference outside the hrad Cany Castle the czechoslovak equivalent of the White House. Havel shrugged off a question on whether he was concerned that the persian Gulf crisis was draining away Money that could have been used to help support his country sailing Economy. A it is my opinion that All the resources that Are expended on resisting aggression anywhere in the world Are finally turned to the Good of All Mankind a he said. Bush was expected to try to further coordinate Allied support in Germany on sunday where he was to visit Chancellor Helmut Kohl and in Paris where he attends a three Day european Summit. See Story Page 2. At the news conference Bush was asked if he and Havel discussed future Security arrangements for Europe in the aftermath of the cold War and the crumbling of the Warsaw pact. A we do not want to see Czechoslovakia Poland and Hungary off in some kind of no Many a land a Bush said. A thus we did discuss future Security  while he did not elaborate Bush said he wanted to see a More Active role played by the 34-nation conference on Security on cooperation in Europe the group sponsoring the Paris meeting. Future alignments in Europe Are expected to be High on the Agenda of that session. Bush said the United states has an enormous see czechs on Back Page president Bush and czechoslovak president Vaclav Havel listen to the National Anthem at the Prague Airport saturday. Children assume burdens As parents leave for Gulf by Joseph Owen Stuttgart Bureau Ramseck Germany a at 17, Kip Ward figures its time for him to shoulder the burdens of running a household. Ward an Lith grader at Stuttgart High school m Ramseck lives with his Mother and two Brothers one 3 years old the other 3 months old. But in a few weeks his Mother will deploy to saudi Arabia with cob 7th in 159th aviation regt. A instead of me cracking up and getting scared i feel like in be got to take on More responsibility a Ward said. His grandmother will arrive in december to stay with the children but his Mother still is a under a lot of pressure worrying about her family a future he said. A a it a kind of hard to watch your Only Parent go through something like this because you know there a nothing you can do to help a Ward said. Department of defense dependents schools Are full of evidence lately that the departure of a military Parent for Gulf area duty can be especially stressful for the children left behind. Such a separation poses special problems for dependents who like Ward Are losing an Only Parent or for others who Are saying goodbye to two parents. Few parents Are withdrawing their children from school and sending them to the United states because of the deployment said school officials in the Stuttgart school District. But when it happens a dual deployment of sole Parent deployment is often the cause. The deployment also is catching some military parents without a solution to child care problems. Single Quot instead of me cracking up and getting scared i feel like i be got to take on More  Kip Ward Soldier parents and dual military families Are supposed to have plans that provide for child supervision in an emergency but last minute complications often Render such plans meaningless. Staff sgt. Reatta Forte a court clerk in Stuttgart said she and her Soldier husband had made arrangements to leave their two children with her husbands parents if they both were deployed. But Forte and her husband Are now getting divorced making the emergency plan inappropriate. At the same time she is scheduled for deployment to desert shield. In the absence of reliable child care Forte plans to try to find a Way to avoid deployment even it Means Asee Gulf on Back Page