European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 30, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday March 30, 1991 the stars and stripes a pagei5huge crowds Greet returning ships at Norfolk Mayport by Mitchell Miller the United press International two aircraft Carrier Battle groups with 18,000 sailors and marines steamed into East coast ports from the persian Gulf Region thursday greeted by huge crowds and Heartfelt thanks for their Safe return. The Carrier John f. Kennedy and seven warships arrived at Norfolk naval base in Virginia while the Carrier Saratoga and its support ships steamed into Mayport Fla. Among the ships steaming into Norfolk was the battleship Wisconsin which is soon to be retired. The commander of the Kennedy Battle group rear . Riley Mixson said he was glad to return even though Iraq s Saddam Hussein is still in Power. A the reason i am is we cannot go and Chart the course of Iraq a Mixson told reporters aboard the Kennedy As it steamed into port. A your goal was to go and get them out of Kuwait and give the people of Kuwait the Chance to have democracy if they want it a he said. A it s been eight months and there a been some hard times but this reception today is just fantastic a capt. Joe Mobley said in Mayport. A a in be never seen anything like it. In a Happy to be  a about 40,000 people turned out in Mayport and in Norfolk about 50,000 filled Henners throughout the Day. Sailors in dress blues lined the decks of the carriers As they approached the Shore. Terrence Smith 20, of Sandusky Ohio sailors line the rails of the Wisconsin As it sails into Norfolk naval base. Pointed in Surprise from the deck of the Kennedy As he spotted his family waving with its sister ship the Missouri because a a it a something special a he said. A i Haven t seen them in months. Quot Bob Craig 20, of Merrillville ind., was one of about 300 sailors who saw their babies for the first  wife Jackie held their infant daughter Carly. A to Tell you the truth i done to think its really hit me yet a said Craig. A i heard somebody Yelling my name and i finally saw her holding my daughter Over her  for Steven Coleman 38, of Buffalo n.y., the Homecoming was especially touching because of what he went through after serving in Vietnam. A the difference Between then and now is when 1 came Back from Vietnam id just left the Carrier Enterprise. And i came Back and the Airport was empty there was no reception. As a matter of fact i just took a cab and went on  also returning to Norfolk thursday were the cruisers Biddle Thomas s. Gates Mississippi South Carolina and san Jacinto and the frigate Thomas c. Hart. The Wisconsin was the last to return to Norfolk. The Saratoga returned to Mayport with the Aegis Cruiser philippine sea the destroyer spruance the guided missile destroyer Sampson and the frigate Elmer Montgomery. Ships also returned to Newport r.i., and Colts neck . At Newport the frigate Samuel b. Roberts returned around 10 . To be greeted by roughly 300 family members and Well wishers. For sailors aboard the Wisconsin the Happy return was tempered by the fact that the battleship is slated to be retired from the pier. Faa eases Airport Security rules of Pentagon budget cuts. In the stars and stripes by new Day the Federal aviation administration is lifting some of its wartime Security restrictions at airports including a ban on curbside baggage Check in aviation sources said thursday. The sweeping Security Steps put in place when the persian Gulf War started Jan. 16, were designed to thwart terrorism within the United states. Since the cease fire was declared last month Airport officials have pleaded poverty and pressed the Agency to relax the Security rules although Many experts say terrorism is a bigger threat now because Iraq was so soundly Defeated. Agency officials highly sensitive to Public fears about Airport Security declined to comment on whether safety measures were being relaxed. But sources said that the Agency distributed a letter to its regional offices wednesday night authorizing a reduction in uniformed police and reinstating curb Side Check in if skycap or other officials were trained in Security procedures. The authorization effective thursday also said that other wartime rules a such As allowing Only ticketed passengers past Security checkpoints a will continue for the time being. The Airport operators Council International has said that the increased manpower required by the rules has Cost air ports an additional $3.3 million. Parking lot Revenue declined because Airport officials believed the Faa had or Decd the closure of any lots located within 100 feet of a terminal but the Faa letter said that was a misunderstanding sources said. Terrorism experts informed of the Faass shift thursday criticized the Agency  so quickly to reduce Security procedures. Martin Pollner a former department of the Treasury official instrumental in setting up the sky marshal program and other anti hijacking efforts in the 1970s, said that a to abolish the rules to appease the travelling Public is  gets a King Bismarck . A gov. George sinner signed legislation thursday to give state workers a paid Holiday in memory of Martin Luther King or. The action leaves Only two states new Hampshire and Arizona without some form of paid state Holiday for the civil rights Leader who was assassinated in 1968. A this Bill and the resulting Holiday that comes from it will ensure that at least once every year the people of our state will remember Martin Luther Kings life and what it stood for and what he died for a the governor said. Attorney John Gosbee said he was try ing to drum up support to have the legislation referred to a statewide vote. He estimated the Law would Cost taxpayers $3.2 million in lost state employee time Over two years. Gosbee a Republican candidate for attorney general in 1988, said evidence that King plagiarized portions of his doctoral thesis makes him unfit for a state Holiday. Two percent of the states residents must sign a petition to Force a referral vote. The Federal Holiday honouring King who was born Jan. 15, 1929, is on the third monday in january. It was first celebrated in 1986. The North Dakota Bill was approved by the Senate on feb. 20 and by the House on March 15. It also gives state workers a Holiday on the third monday in january. A none of us is immune from the degradation of racism a sinner said at a Brief ceremony. A none of us is untainted by the unfortunate old  however there is Hope ahead sinner said. A i want you to know that All minorities will indeed in gods Good time see the promised land a he said. A for himself reverend King has seen the promised land. It was not important that it was a land outside of this  10 year Sago March 30,1981 a Steven Wagen Baches wild ride came to a sudden Stop when he ran out of Gas and hit a Light Post after a 120-Mph Chase on an interstate South of Chicago in which he was pursued by up to 50 police cars. 20 years ago a March 30,1971 a first it. William Calley or. Was convicted by an army court martial of premeditated murder of at least 22 unarmed and unresisting vietnamese men women and children during the so called my Lai massacre of 1968. 30 years ago March 30,1961 a sir Charles Darwin grandson of the English naturalist said the world s mounting population is a More dangerous threat to humanity than an atomic War. 40 years ago March 30,1951 a Julius Rosenberg his wife Ethel and radar expert Mortan Sobell were convicted by a Federal jury of passing wartime atomic secrets to the soviet Union in the first atomic spy trial in the United states the three faced the death penalty