European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 25, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday february 25, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 5war in the Gulfa Center for . Family support Savannah Pacino of Portland ore., wraps Tyler arms around Michelle and David Nelson at a rally in port land on behalf of . Forces serving in the persian Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Feb. 25, 1951 Gen. Douglas Macarthur told the United nations that virtually the entire population of North Korea would have fled into South Korea to escape communist oppression if Given the opportunity.30 years ago today. Feb. 25, 1.9fi l a president Kennedy sent Congress legislation that would Cut the $500 duty free allowance on american tourist purchases abroad to $100. The proposal is designed to curb the flow of dollars abroad officials said. �?�20 years ago today. Feb. 25. 1971 a Chicago mayor Richard j. Daley romped to the nomination for a fifth term in an uncontested democratic primary. His opponent for the april 6 election will be Republican Richard friedman.10 years ago today. Feb. 25, 1981 a Spain a King Juan Carlos survived an attempted coup by 200 right Wing army and civil guard officers who surrendered after holding 350 parliamentary deputies for 17 hours. V a a Gulf Region. Kenneth Nelson father of Michelle and David is serving with the 101st airborne div in operation desert  Ink Campus to Gulf troops by the new York times West Lafayette ind. A with donated computers and stores of stamina students at Purdue University have created Quot a telecommunications link to men and women serving in the persian Gulf War. Hundreds of messages a intimate notes to friends and family members along w Ith greetings and encouragement for the troops a have been sent via computer Modem from Purdue since feb. 7, according to the projects student organizers. The service is free to All students. The a Only limitation is that messages not exceed 640 words. The response has swamped the Small staff of volunteers who Type the messages into the computers a so much so that the service was halted temporarily until More typists were recruited and the staff could catch up. Service resumed last week. The project coordinated by the student concerns committee of the Purdue University student government has been equipped with computers by International business machines corp. Office in Lafayette. Messages Are typed into the computers and transmitted by Modem to a program called Genie to which ism has linked the student computer system. Genie a telecommunications network operated by general electric transmits the messages to a military information Center in saudi Arabia where they Are printed and delivered. The process takes two Days. The service began with eight computers at different Points on the Purdue Campus. Members of Purdue a student government volunteered to Type the messages. John p. Mcdonald a Sophomore from Indianapolis who is studying Industrial management and is helping with the project said transmissions started feb. 7 so that messages would arrive in time for Valentines Day. A but the messages just kept coming in a he said adding that a people Are still bringing in about 20 to 30 a  As the student government volunteers left to take care of other duties on Campus a crisis arose there were More messages than people on hand to Type them. The project halted on feb. 13 so a recruiting drive for Volunteer typists could be started. By then More than 600 messages had been sent overseas. With the infusion of Volunteer typists last week another 100 messages have been sent to saudi Arabia. Sonja m. Scott a Sophomore from Detroit said the project would now Type in and Send messages As they arc submitted to prevent a backlog. Mcdonald a part time employee at ism said he had been looking for a Way to Send messages quickly to saudi Arabia when David c. Roberts a marketing representative in the company a Lafayette office approached him with the idea. Kin of Sailor in Iowa blast fears for those in gun Crews Norfolk a. Up1 the sister of a Sailor whom the Navy once blamed for the blast aboard the battleship Iowa in which 47 sailors were killed said Friday she fears for the lives of sailors firing 16-Inch guns aboard two . Huge warships in the persian Gulf. A i just think they re needlessly putting More lives at stake a said Kathy Kubicina of Cleveland who believes the gun turrets where the sailors Load the booming weapons May be unsafe. Kubicina a brother gunners mate Clayton Hartwig was the focus of a controversial Navy investigation into the april 1989 gun Turret explosion aboard the Iowa. The Navy initially developed a circumstantial Case concluding that Hartwig was a most probably the cause of the tragedy. But the inquiry was reopened after congressional hearings suggested the explosion was accidental not deliberately set off. The Iowa tragedy raised questions about the safety of the guns on the nations refurbished world War ii battleships. Unlike High tech rockets these guns fire huge shells. Sailors must ram Gunpowder bags into the Breech of the guns to propel the 2,000-Pound rounds. Kubicina who for nearly two years has hounded Navy officials for More information about the Iowa disaster does no to believe those questions have been fully answered. A if i was a gunners mate on one of these ships they a have to court martial me because i would not get near one of these guns Quot said Kubicina a self described a Flag waver supportive . Troops in the Gulf. The Navy is satisfied the two battleships deployed in the Gulf the Wisconsin and the Missouri Are Safe a spokesman in Washington said. The battleships have been bombarding the kuwaiti coast with shells that can travel More than 20 Miles. It. Dane Lajoye said the Navy is still conducting tests related to the Iowa explosion at the naval surface warfare Center in Dahlgren a. Results will be compiled in report and sent up the Chain of command he said. Kubicina does got think the guns should be fired until the exact cause of the fiery Iowa explosion has been determined. One Sailor who the Navy reprimanded for carrying out unauthorized firing experiments aboard the Iowa master chief Stephen Skelly is now assigned to the Wisconsin. He reportedly is one of those in charge of firing its 16-Inch guns