European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 17, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 b the stars and stripes sunday March 17,1991 Geniv Crosbie Saint commander of . Army in Europe congratulates runner up Lara Hughes while fellow spelling Bee judge Archie Grimmett shakes hands with the Winner Jeff  from Page 1 and threw up his hands in Relief. A  was the clincher for the 13-Ycar-old in the 1991 Competition run by the european Congress of american parents teachers and students. The spelling Bee is sponsored by the stars and stripes. Jeff earned the right to feel big headed and to relax a bit after 29 rounds of spelling things his parents describe As a not human  but he can to let Down his guard for too Long he Heads in May to the Scripps Howard National spelling Bee in Washington where he will face More than 200 other competitors. A a in a Kinda shaky a Jeff said when the final round ended. A it feels Good to finally be  this Marks the fourth year that Jeff has represented his school District in the european Bee. The first three years he was the top speller for Germany a Bremerhaven District while a student at Geilenkirche. Now a student at accent High school in the Netherlands he represented the Atlantic regions Benelux District at saturdays Competition. He placed second in the 1990 Competition. The spelling Bee hosted by the Patrick Henry Village elementary school Parent teacher group started with 10 girls and five boys from As far away As Norway and Turkey. It the first six students were eliminated after three rounds. About 90 minutes later the Competition entered the 13th round and reached the 94th word called by pronounced Judy Bottiggi. Only four students were left. V. A a a a a a a a a a a a a a Quot a a  tripped sixth grader Jullie Vander Veen of Kaiserslautern elementary Germany in the 14th round. That left Jeff Lara from bad Kreuz Nach elementary in Germany and Nicole Brown from Hal Worsen elementary school at Rhein main a Germany. The finalists went three More rounds before fifth grader Nicole misspelled a Shillibeer a a horse drawn Hearse with seats for mourners. She immediately realized her mistake and put her head in her hands. Twenty five words later Lara pondered Over  she later said she Felt a sort of Clumsy at missing a simple word but said that spellers tend to spend More time studying the harder ones. A i was sort of nervous a the fourth grader said. A i knew it was his fourth time. I never really knew id get this  a.  in the end the children spelled 135 words in about two hours. In 1990, 13 contestants spelled nearly 700 words the words came from a list of 1,080. Second place finisher Lara said she wrote words on Index cards and recorded the hardest ones on tape to listen to during her morning routine. �?o1 never did anything in my spare time except study a she said. One of Jeffs methods was to write five times any word he missed. His parents senior master sgt. David and Louise Sellers helped him with his studies. His father is a communications technician with natos airborne warning and control system at Geilenkirche Germany. A. A a a a a. A a a. A a the other contestants from the Germany Region were Suzy Lee osterholz elementary Randy Kevin head Worms elementary Melissa Dejesus Aschaffenbur elementary Middle Jennifer Smith Nurnberg Middle Kristy Spivey Ulm High school and so con Dria Wilson Berlin elementary. Other contestants from the Atlantic Region were Monica Morrison Croughton Middle school England Jonas Blank Lakenheath Middle school England Scott Mckelvy Lakenheath elementary England and Gene Cook Oslo american school Norway. The Mediterranean Region contestant was Tammy Misuinas from Ankara elementary Turkey. Maybel Barcelona from Simonella Sicily was unable to attend. Judges were Gen. Crosbie Saint commander of . Army Europe Archie Grimmett Usa eur assistant Deputy chief of staff for civilian personnel and Mary Hayes a fourth Grade teacher at Patrick Henry elementary school in Heidelberg. A Saddam from Page 1 and Thuc commander of operation desert storm Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf who said bluntly that aircraft in violation would be shot Down. A none of us want to move forces into Baghdad. But they know what the ground rules Are a Bush said. White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said later that the president agreed with his commander �?oentirely.�?�. A. A a a a a a a a  a a. A a. A asked what would happen if Iraq did violate the act Fitzwater added a a we la leave that unstated. Let in  the remarks wound up an intensive opening drive of v postwar consultation for Bush who also travelled earlier in the week to Ottawa for talks with Canadia prime minister Brian Mulroney and to Martinique for a meeting with French president Francois Mitterrand. The soviet Union meanwhile moved to dilute . Influence in the Gulf Region. The Kremlin proposed a six Point plan warning against forming a isolated blocs and calling for foreign military units to leave. In his first nationally televised speech since the wars end Saddam proclaimed a a new political Era for the country he has tightly controlled since 1979. Despite reports that indicated violence was escalating he said his government had crushed the shiite rebellion in the South and would soon defeat kurdish rebels in the North. As a result he indicated he would form a new Cabinet to Lead the country a reconstruction. He also promised elections for parliament and a new Constitution a repeating still unfulfilled pledges he made before the War but not giving a timetable. A iraqis will find in this new Era More Liberty to express their wills add their interests through political parties societies and the press. This is a decisive and irreversible decision a he said. Sources in Baghdad said Saddam a speech was a signal to opposition groups that he is ready to negotiate though it was not Clear what if any concessions he was ready to make. Saddam referred to the rebels As a stooges and agents of foreign enemies a and hinted that neighbouring Iran was behind at least the revolt in the South. A a i feel bitter that some of our neighbors with whom we have been trying to establish peace have made their territory a springboard for treachery against Iraq a he said. Reports of refugees cited by Iran a official islamic Republic news Agency indicated that the Southern rebellion was continuing despite Saddam a assertion. A in the North kurdish rebels claimed saturday that they now control the of Industry City of Mosul and that thousands of army defectors were fighting on their Side in a growing revolt to unseat Saddam. The rebel radio station. A voice of iraqis revolution a said Mosul the third largest City in Iraq with a population of 1.2 million was taken Over after several Days of fighting with government troops according to in the syrian capital Damascus kurdish rebel Leader Jalal Talaban said Saddam a speech was an attempt to mislead iraqis. A a he a trying to give them and the world the  he is in full control in the South and the North when he is not a Talaban said. A if he really believes in democracy let him step Down and let the people choose their  in Hamilton Bermuda major said Iraq would have to take several Steps before International economic sanctions could be lifted. For example he said Iraq must destroy its chemical weapons under International supervision and must clearly acknowledge Kuwait s sovereignty. Bush said conditions of a permanent cease fire in elude an end to flights of iraqi aircraft that the United states claims Are being used to quell the anti government  from Page 1 in my judgment the iraqi air Force never recovered from this opening attack a Mcpeak said. A we took the initiative at the beginning and we. Held it throughout the rest of the War period. A it will be a generation before the iraqi air Force recovers a he said. Allied forces then suppressed iraqis air defense system and spent 22 Days picking Over iraqis heavily entrenched Field army in Kuwait and Southern Iraq. A All of these Steps Mcpeak believes reduced the ground War to a 100-hour rout. Mcpeak showed silent videos in which fleeing tanks were hunted Down and obliterated by Allied jets. Some iraqi soldiers veered their t-72 tanks off main roads in a desperate attempt to survive. One video clearly showed soldiers fleeing a tank and the explosion that followed a few seconds Kite when a bomb hit the tank. Mcpeak clearly proud of the air assault emphasized that the air War was a a massive attack against strategic  though he acknowledged that up to 10 percent of the 6,250 tons of Quot smart bombs dropped May have missed their targets. That 6,250 tons dropped Over 43 Days amounted to 50 percent More tonnage than the United states used against communist forces during the entire Vietnam War. A a a a a a a a a a in All a staggering 88,500 tons of bombs were dropped during the persian Gulf War. A this is the first time in history that a Field army has been Defeated by air Power a Mcpeak said. He denied charges that the allies May have ruthlessly pursued retreating iraqi troops. A if we do not exploit Victory then the president should get himself some new generals a Mcpeak said. A your War is to end the War very quickly. Its often a Bru Tal thing.�?�. A Mcpeak echoed the opinion of defense Secretary Dick Cheney when he cited the operations Success As ample evidence. That the expensive stealth technology works. He said that in the first minutes of the air Campaign f-117a stealth fighters wiped out iraqi Early warning radar sys. Terns enabling f-15 interceptors to sweep deep into enemy territory and take out scud and other Sites. The Pentagon is frying to persuade Congress to fund the next generation b-2 stealth bombers which the military claims can reach any part of the world with one refuelling