European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 8, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 b the stars and stripes Friday March 8, 1991 at a glance an iraqi Row Heads  the peace stakes with All the ideas floating around for establishing a new Era of peace and stability in the Middle East the Post Gulf War diplomacy has taken on a distinctly sweepstakes flavor a a. A page4 an unhappy ending the Long wait is Over for the families of 14 missing airmen whose gunship disappeared in the skies Over Kuwait five weeks ago but there was no cause or Celebration. A a a a a. A v a Page 5 victim to be released Rodney Glen King was cleared for release from los Angeles county jail wednesday As prosecutors announced that no charges would be filed at this time against the unemployed construction worker who was severely beaten by police. Y a Quot a Page 6a look Back on tragedy it s been a year since the koryo restaurant in Frankfurt exploded into flames killing 11 people including an american Soldier and four members of his family. �?.page9financial planning and you you May need a personal financial planner but a and this is an Irh portent a a but a be careful which planner you choose. Quot a Page 17in the Gulf win via Index Abby Ann Landers. 19 action line. A. .16 comics 19-21 commentary. 13 crossword.19 letters a a a a a 12 Money matters. 17 sports. 22-28 to listings. 22 weather 11 medical facilities in Europe returning to prewar footing by Rosemary Sawyer v staff writer a a a army and air Force officials in Europe expect to restore medical operations to peacetime operations in almost As Little time As Allied ground troops finished up the Gujt War. Army medical facilities in Europe should be Back to near Normal by mid March 7th medical come officials said thursday. The  air forces in Europe expects to have its four contingency hospitals and All but two acro Medica staging facilities shut Down within a few Days Safe spokeswoman maj. Paula Kougeas said. The last contingency Hospital patient was scheduled to leave thursday afternoon. Rather than set up temporary wartime facilities called contingency hospitals the army expanded existing facilities at hospitals in Frankfurt Lan Stuhl and Nurnberg Germany. With the help of the military communities involved these hospitals should be restructured in nine Days said maj. Gen. Michael j. Scotti jr., commander of the 7th medical Good. With the exception of 125 Beds reserved for operation desert storm patients at the Frankfurt and Lan Stuhl hospitals the three army hospitals will begin changing Back to prewar configuration immediately Scotti said. All three hospitals had to relocate and reduce some medical services for patients in Germany As they glared tip for a possible flood of service members wounded or injured in the War the air Force Hospital in Wiesbaden was continuing to treat both Battle casualties and non Battle casualties thursday with no reduction yet planned in the number of Hospital Beds designated for desert storm use said staff sgt. Rob Fortenberry. Fortenberry said routine Hospital services were never significantly interrupted by casualty preparations. Air Force contingency hospitals at Raf Bicester Raf Little Tissington Raf Norton Hall in England and in we Brucken Germany Are All empty and have started to close Down Kougeas said. Each of the hospitals was equipped and staffed to handle surgery and a Varic to of other specialized medical care including chemical and biological warfare a injuries. A a. It a Quot Quot. A a similarly five air Force aeromedical staging facilities at Raf Mildenhall Raf upper Heyford and Raf wadding ton. In England As Well As. In Nurnberg Germany and Torr Jon a Spain Are also on the downswing. The facilities often set up in hangars serve As a hold my area for patients on their Way to hospitals in Germany and the United states. Staging facilities at ram Stem and Rhym main air bases which support Lan Stuhl Frankfurt and. Wiesbaden hospitals will remain open a was Long As we have a Large number of troops in Southwest Asia a Kougeas said. A both air Force contingency hospitals and aeromedical staging facilities Are staffed by a mix of Active duty and Reserve personnel. The reservists will Start returning to the states As Airlift becomes available Kougeas said. Reservists were also used to augment regular medical personnel in the army a 7th medical come facilities. Some of these part time service members will return to the United states in a few weeks most however will continue in their jobs until regular medical come personnel return to Europe with Vii corps troops. Scotti said that 7th medical come personnel Are still needed in the Gulf Region to treat the a thousands of enemy prisoners of War and civilians caught on the most lethal Battlefield yet known in global  Quot about 250 reservists will make up the first contingent to head Back to the United states said it. Col. Bill Vogt a reservist from the 56th station Hospital who serves As a 7th medical come operations staff officer. A. Reservists in the two medical Clearing companies and three blood detachments were called in to help evacuate the possible Large numbers of patients from operation desert storm to army hospitals in Europe Vogt said. Now that the War has ended with relatively few injuries need for such augmentation has disappeared a a we be to id them to prepare for redeployment to the United states a in two or three weeks a Vogt said. / units topped to head Back Are 245th medical Clearing co from Oklahoma City 306th medical Clearing co Nashville Tenn. 325th medical Dot Mes a quite Texas 548th medical det Madison wis. And the 1467th blood distribution det Salinas puerto Rico. Air Force contingency hospitals treated about 450 patients including some Battle casualties Kougeas said. Of. Facials from 7th medical come report that they treated More than 230 Battle casualties in Europe since feb. 5. A about 90 percent of the wounded have been army and the rest mainly Marine corps a said or. Col Albert Kopp assistant chief of staff for clinical services Quot at 7th medical come. Most of the patients had broken Bones shrapnel wounds arid some Burns. The command has counted about 4,000 services members with non Battle injuries and illnesses since August when Allied forces began their buildup in the Gulf. Most of those injuries were orthopaedic Kopp said. Little used family reception Center to continue operation at Lan Stuhl by Deedee Arrington Doke Kaiserslautern Bureau Lan Stuhl Germany a a family reception Center at Lan Stuhl army regional medical Center Isnit going to get the heavy use its planners expected thanks to the Brevity of the War in the persian Gulf. But its doors will remain open at least for now a for families of soldiers airmen and sailors serving in the Gulf who May yet be treated at Lan Stuhl for noncombat injuries. A military personnel Are probably going to be there for awhile and As Long As they re there there a always a possibility of injury a said army maj Leon c. Scott the hospitals assistant chief of social work services. The Center a joint air Force army project was designed As a Clearinghouse Tor Hospital information temporary shelter food child Cate and other help for out of town families visiting patients being treated at Lan Stuhl Tor War injun lies. A ,. A. A a j about 10 families have been served since the Center opened in Early february. A a. A a a Center helpers also will extend assistance to desert storm families who require Hospital care at Lan Stuhl. During the deployed service members absence. Or in visiting patients sent from the Gulf a family s practical needs could Range from temporary Access to military facilities and transportation to a Shower a Washer and dryer or just quiet time in front of a television set. A a. Apart from timely information about a patients condition Scott said that shelter has usually been the no l concern. Offers of 1,400 Beds of temporary housing came from . Military families in the Ramstein a vog Chweh area. A organizations and individuals alike provided Money for expenses and purchases local German businesses donated a microwave oven and food among other items to the centers operation. A a it a amazing w hat a War Vytill do a Dean Draney director of the Ramstein family support Center said of the Dorta tons. A. /. A. The Center is open from 9 . To 5 . Monday through Friday in building 3809 on the Lan Stuhl Hospital grounds.  is open on weekends. Germany to Send minesweepers to Gulf Pinr vow m-rfv.,  i. A Bonn Germany a amps. A the German Navy will deploy five minesweepers to the persian Gulf to help Remote iraqi mines a German defense ministry spokesman said thursday. Included in the naval deployment Are two troika mine Hunting systems which feature a command ship and three unmanned radio directed drones cmdr Walter Reiche Miiller said. Three conventional minesweepers also will be sent. In addition Germany plans to Send a pfc s / a us one Supply ship to the Gult. I he deployment involves 450 men. The troika ships Are scheduled to depart for the Gult from Crete on monday i he minesweepers Are Beni in response to requests by to eminent and the United n deployment Reinhe Miiller ties As a humanitarian Missic not violate the German c which prohibits military Ope Side nato territory