European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 24, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 a the stars and stripes monday december 24 1990 Quot Dye Quot ii 11�? u i Gnu w i i in i we a a a it a a b ferry sinking toll rises to 21 sailors Haifa Israel a the . Navy has raised the death toll to 21 in the weekend sinking of a charter ferry carrying american sailors. The tally included one Man whose body has not yet been recovered a Navy official said sunday the body of the 20th victim was recovered by israeli divers earlier sunday Haifa police said. Neither of the latest two victims was identified by authorities. The israeli ferry Tuvia capsized saturday shortly after Midnight As it was carrying 102 american seamen to the aircraft Carrier Saratoga off Haifa following a Christmas Shore leave capt. Joseph s. Mobley the Saratoga a skipper reported the higher death toll after a tearful memorial service aboard the Carrier sunday. A it is 21 lives lost. We still have the Man whom we have not recovered. We have news briefs the utmost Confidence that he did perish a Mobley said. Quot he was definitely on the ferry at the time of the Accident. He was definitely not rescued a Mobley said. A the is not on the ship he is not ashore a about 1,200 Crew members of the Saratoga including the 81 survivors of the Accident attended the memorial service in a hangar aboard the Carrier. Two sailors dropped a Wreath into the metallic Gray water from a hangar Bay door in front of the. Mourners. A detachment of marines fired three Rifle salvos into the Cloudy darkening sky. Some of the survivors wiped tears from their eyes As a choir Sang a a american and the Navy hymn a eternal three investigations by Haifa police the israeli fort authority and the . Navy have been launched into the ferry sinking it remained unclear Why the 57-foot, double deck ferry capsized. Survivors reported that Waves of about 3 to 4 feet had been pouring water Over the Stern and that two larger Waves then hit the ferry overturning it. Winds were about 35 Mph at the time they said. Israeli port officials said a Large number of sailors had congregated in the Back of the ferry in anticipation of getting off and May have destabilized the Craft. The ferry Sank some 200 Yards from the Saratoga which was anchored about one mile off Haifa s Shore. A a israeli divers retrieved six bodies from the sunken Craft in 65 feet of water saturday. The others were found dead on the surface or died of injuries after being rescued officials said. A the body retrieved sunday was found near the sunken ferry police said. Three dozen sailors were taken to hospitals but most have been released. The Saratoga task Force based at May port naval station near Jacksonville fla., includes the destroyer Sampson Cruiser South Carolina and combat stores ship Sirius. It has 6,200 men including about 4,500 aboard the Saratoga. The ships anchored off Haifa on thursday for the holidays with Shore leaves beginning Saratoga and its three escort ships were in the red sea As part of the naval buildup in the persian Gulf Region in the Wake of iraqis aug. 2 invasion of Kuwait. The Accident was the deadliest involving . Service members in operation desert shield raising the number of americans who have died in the buildup to at least 74.walesa meets Jaruzelski on 1 St full Day in office Warsaw Poland apr president Lech Walesa on his first full Day in office sunday received his predecessor Gen. Wojcicch Jaruzelski who had been excluded from the inauguration ceremony the Day before. During the 50-minute meeting at the bal Wedor Palace Jaruzelski a shared his experiences of performing the presidential office according to a Brief communique carried by the news Agency. Jaruzelski also wished the new president Success in his a most responsible Mission a said. Walesa the 47-year-old shipyard electrician it be and Solidarity Leader for a decade was elected dec. 9 in the nations first popular presidential vote. He took the oath of office saturday after the meeting with Jaruzelski he returned to his Gdansk Home sunday afternoon a the Christmas holidays with his Calls 3-Day cease fire for Christmas holidays Belfast Northern Ireland apr the leadership of the Irish Republican army Ort sunday announced a three Day Christmas cease fire the first in 15 years. The decision to suspend Ira military activity from Midnight sunday to Midnight wednesday was announced in a statement issued in Dublin and released in Belfast. 1. A we have instructed All Active service units to suspend All offensive military action in the British occupied area for a period of three Days from Midnight Quot said the statement which was signed p. O Neill the pseudonym for the Ira army Council. The British government said it would respond after it had considered the Ira announcement in Northern Ireland lawmaker Peter Robinson Deputy Leader of the democratic unionist party said a the Ira calling cease fires has nothing whatsoever to do with the Community interest but is to give themselves the Opportunity to reorganize and re Stock it should be viewed in that list of dead by the associated press Here is a partial list of american servicemen killed when a chartered ferry capsized near Haifa Israel As provided by the . Atlantic Fleet. Also listed Are Ages hometowns and their assigned duties. Complete ranks were riot made available. All were assigned to the Saratoga. Christopher b. Brown 19, Leslie ga., airman apprentice. Darrell k. Brown 19, Memphis tenn., airman of Prentice. A a a. A a /. A a a. V \ Quot. A a Quot a Mon Ray c. Carrington 22, North Braddock pa., Seaman. A. A a a a a a Larry m. Clark 21, Decatur ga., airman. Del win Delgado 26, Jacksonville fla., signalman 3rd class. A. A a a a a a a. A. A Wilton l. Huyghue 20, St. Thomas Virgin islands fireman. A Timothy j. Jackson 20, an Olsfon Ala fire control technician 3rd class Brent a. Mccright 23, Eminence ky., airman. Randy l. Neel 19, Albuquerque n.m., airman apprentice assigned to strike fighter Squadron 83 on Saratoga Matthew j. Schiedler 20, Hubbard ore., data sys terns technician 3rd class. Timothy b. Seay 22, Thomaston ga., disbursing clerk. Jeffrey a. Settimi 25, fort Wayne ind., mess management specialist Seaman apprentice Jeffrey Vav. Shukers 28, Union Iowa fire control chief. A. A a a a. Philip l. Wilkinson 35, Savannah ga., mess management specialist 2nd from Page 1 visits. He was accompanied by Gen. Colin Powell chair Man of the joint chiefs of staff. Before returning to Washington to Brief Bush Cheney met for one hour with egyptian president Hosni Mubarak in Cairo. Cheney reiterated his concern that War with Iraq May be drawing nearer because Saddam shows a no sign he. Intends to withdraw his forces from a one has to conclude that the situation is not improving and that the Day is drawing closer when we May be forced to resort to military Force a he said. Earlier at his morning news conference in saudi Arabia Cheney called the service members involved with the Supply Effort a the Unsung heroes of operation desert shield. He acknowledged that there had been Supply problems which he did not specify but said a i can to think of a time when there has been a More Clear Cut demonstration of the enormous skill and Talent of the United states soldiers in the Field say problems still plague the sup ply Chain. Field units continue to Lack adequate supplies of essential parts and ammunition according to soldiers Repp Nelv interviewed. A. A Soldier in the 2nd in 17th Field arty said his battalion had no ammunition for its m-16 rifles. A do i think we re ready honestly no. We re train ing training training and equipments breaking Down. The biggest thing is we be got All these people marching around with m-16s and no ammunition Quot said the Soldier who requested that his not be used a i guess a whole lot of us Are going to die right off the Bat. That show i look at a Soldier assigned to a maintenance company said a a it a hard to get stuff we need to work with. We re getting it but it seems to take forever. That keeps morale Down its hard to do anything when you can to get the on sunday air raid sirens sounded in Eastern areas in the first of what saudi officials said would be regular tests meanwhile one . Soldier participating in operation desert shield was killed and a second was injured saturday when a truck in which they were Riding overturned in Eastern Saud Arabia a Pentagon spokesman said. The soldiers whose names were withheld pending notification of relatives were driving a 22-ton truck to a logistics area when the Accident occurred Early saturday the spokesman said. The soldiers had been assigned to the 51st chemical co 2nd corps support come part of Vii corps in Germany. A a a a a. A a the cause of the Accident is under investigation the spokesman said. A contributing to thl report Tho associated press in Egypt and Cypra and United press International. From Page 1 old children was Geoffrey Cortalano it first grader at Grenham common elementary school in England. And the Blue and White Huffy sonic six Speed bicycle might be just what the doctor ordered. Six year old Geoffrey had been feeling a bit under the weather All last week battling a bout of flu. But on his Way Home from a doctors appointment Friday he stopped by the stars and stripes circulation office at Greenham common to claim his prize. Winning the Bike certainly perked up his spirits said his Mother Valerie. When he saw the Bike Geoffrey immediately hopped on it and declared that his Brothers Charles 9, and Nicholas 5, might be a bit envious. They also had entered the annual contest. A a i used crayons and some glitter a Geoffrey said explaining How he completed his entries. He also glued Felt Cotton balls and bits of branches that he had gathered near his Home in Greenham close. A the and his Brothers were trying to outdo each other Quot his Mother said. His picture of Bells included red plaid rib on and tiny Pine Cones for decoration. A if someone a going to be a Sloppy artist like a Van Gogh Type of artist it la be Geoffrey a said his father capt. Bruce Cortalano the commander of the 501st Security police so. Last year Geoffrey received an honorable mention in the newspapers colouring contest the second place Winner in the 8-12 age group was Rachel Lambert. 12, of Heidelberg Germany. Her prize was a Walkman in third place and winning a camera was Kiran r. Banker 11, of bit Burg. Germany. The second place Winner of a Walkman in the younger category was Rami Johnson 6, of chevres Belgium. And in third place winning a camera was Alexander Garland 3,. Of Augsburg Germany. Receiving books for honorable mention were Cristina Alexander 12 Pom Aid Bebber 9 Valerie Quinones 11 Christy Leeman 12 Jamie Smulian a Marina Davis 8 Brad Beardall 9 Tani Sha Hall 9 Melissa Stearns 12 Ronit s. Les Geld 12 Ebony Barton a Charles Kittell 11 Patty Webb a Devin Smith 13 and Mary a Cantu 8, r also Pale Zavala 6 Philip r. Mas Terson 6 Stephanie Weaver 5 Hana Gilchrist 7 Jeremy j. Deaton 4 Ash Lon Pineiro 4 Rafael Good 3 Andrea Knapp 5 Stephen Smittle 7 Katy Lut Trelli 6 Lacey Singleton 5 Zina Gontscharow 6 Erin Leigh Mathes 7 Rich Ard Sadger 6 and Stephanie Keele o
