European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 1, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Of monday april 1991 the Staj a and stripes a page5new Hampshire base set for shutdown the the base will remain Bush spit Stop in of vim it or of a cd it / Ess. Route to his vacation Home in Kenny  . V next time Bun port Maine with the new Hamp of a silent Bush lands at Pease fab on Shire air National guard operating and his Way to Maine the air Force wont be maintaining the Airfield waiting Pease which opened in 1956, has been or a rse.�?T. One of the big Home to the 509th bombardment Wing Gest installations to fall under the de the successor of the 509th composite tense department budget a three years group of the army air corps which or monday becomes the first told topped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima close eliminating what some Call the air inl945.flt secret us s i Pease has housed b 29�?T b�?~52 and b 47 the Seaside base which housed 3,700 bowl is and has deployed Kc-135 re t non r Dot Pendents fueling tankers and fb-111 fighter bomb and employed about 1,000 civilians was 1 ers. Eerily empty last week As the 90 or so r r people remaining packed to leave. Kileen i Otey. Mayor of adjacent ports flaihasnv0nbumh4 255-Acrebase a a cd the Sli Omilli Pazi Jeff to obey hem the utilitarian in a Quot t Vav 8<t&Quot"k Racks and office buildings appeared More counted Stark without anyone milling around to soften their edges. A a it feels like a ghost town. Its dead you go from 9,000 people to less than to a �us�?o1f s a Quot Kep canal be par5 100 a that feels weird a said master sgt. Complo it pcs from la it has. Foley said. Steve Campbell among the last to leave. Four remaining airmen were to attend a Midnight ceremony on sunday As the Flag Over Pease was to be lowered for the last time. It. Col. Harry Mandross planned a news conference monday morning his last act As base commander. Til show up Here at Midnight on the City a student body from kindergarten through High school. Nearby malls miss both business and dependable part time Plo yees from the base Foley said it just has been a very traumatic and dramatic experience for the whole City of Portsmouth arid we re going to miss them a she said. A Quot a a a a the military personnel either retired or transferred to other bases. Pease was never As Well known nation it ii Ariun up Ucic i  on me ully As some other air Force bases. But 31st. Probably cry a said retiring  Gap Howard Snarr who oversaw the Raggiani. A a in la be Here at 9 30 . Mon closing said Pease a location 60 Miles Day for the commanders last speech and North of Boston on the new Hampshire probably watch people drive off the base coast attracted More than the usual num ill be saying a what the hell am. I doing Ber of military a homesteaders a people now a a. Who elect to stay at a base on extended sgt. Chris Davis finishes his packing As one of the last to leave Pease fab. Pease is the first of 86 military installations nationwide to close As a Cost saving measure. The Federal government approved the closure confirmed two years ago by Congress.  them was Raggiani 38, who was stationed at Pease for five years. A a you re not too far from Boston you got the Ocean and you got the mountains. Its just an Ideal assignment a he said. While Raggiani mourns 26-year-old sgt. Chris Davis is glad to be leaving for a base closer to his Michigan Home. Davis base electrician in the final Days said closing was toughest on. Pease civilians faced with the crippled Job Market during a recession which has been especially hard on the Region. A a they la walk into a building and look around.  sigh  Snake their Heads and walk away a he said. Meanwhile the states consultant is developing plans for the base that in elude a commercial Airport just one of Many options being discussed for use of the land. In addition to its 11,300-foot Airport runway Pease has 1,500 houses and 1.2 million Square Teet of commercial office Light Industrial and warehouse buildings. All stand empty As Snarr Campbell Raggiani and another airman braced to watch the base officially close. A some people were glad to leave. Me personally in a sad a Raggiani said. A i mean this is my last assignment. Its my last  honors Gulf Soldier killed in Detroit Las vegas a a Gulf War Veteran shot to death on a Detroit Street was eulogized saturday As a proud american in the stars and stripes10 year Sago april 1,1981 a Indiana led by All America guard Isiah Thomas Defeated Nort Carolina Towin the Mcaa basketball championship 6350. 20years ago april 1,1971 a in a landmark Case 1st it. Withiam Galley was sentenced to life imprisonment after being found guilty of the premeditated murder of at least 22 unarmed and unresisting vietnamese women children and elderly men,30 years ago april 1,1961 a terrorist bombs killed the mayor of a Small French town on the Franco Swiss Frontier. Algerian extremists protesting French rebel talks that they feared would Lead to Muslim Independence in Algeria were believed to be responsible for the attack. 40 years ago a april 1,1951 a Nahum Goldman. Chairman of the american Section of the jewish Agency predicted that within a year there would be virtually no jews left in Germany. Who  Faith in god would see him through the dangers of War. About 150 people attended a memorial ceremony for army spec. Anthony Riggs who was born Here moved to los Angeles As a child then returned to graduate from High school. Riggs 22, who manned a Patriot missile Battery during the six week persian Gulf War was shot to death March 18 in what was first believed to be an act of random violence. He had returned from the persian Gulf a week earlier but Toni Cato Riggs 22, and her brother Michael Cato 19, were subsequently arrested on first degree murder charges. Toni Riggs was thought to have been Riggs wife but court records last week showed she already was married to someone else when they exchanged vows in Las vegas oct 2,1989. Riggs fellow soldiers remembered him saturday for his  when we had bullets and missiles flying he was confident at All times a army sgt. Gary welliver said his voice breaking with emotion a the was sure the lord was protecting him. He believed he  be a Hurt because he was doing  welliver of Stillwater okla., said Riggs inspired other members of the Patriot missile Battery. A the was a Bright Light and we rallied around him Quot welliver said. A the was the consulate Soldier. He walked tall. He walked proud. He was proud to be an american. He was what we All tried to  there were muffled sobs As a Bugle played a a taps and an air Force Honor guard presented a folded american Flag to Riggs Mother Lessie Riggs and his Stepfather Garland Washington. A a a i thank the nation for praying for us a said mrs. Riggs at the end of the service. A and i thank the lord for giving me Anthony for 22 years. In a going to miss  Riggs was buried in Detroit last week but his Mother said she would seek to have the body exhumed arid buried in Las vegas after Toni Cato Riggs was charged with murder. The Detroit free press quoting unidentified police sources reported that she and her brother began plotting the murder in february while Riggs was in saudi Arabia Cato allegedly told witnesses his sister promised to split the $50,000 in military life insurance Riggs was eligible for if he would kill the Soldier the newspaper said. A a a a. A. A a. Riggs friends and relatives said he and Toni Cato Riggs were experiencing serious Domestic problems and that she asked him for a divorce As soon As he got off the plane at fort Bliss Texas. Mich. Gun Law loaded with brain busters Lansing Mich. Apr a new state Law requiring anyone seeking a handgun permit to pass a gun safety test took effect last week. It featured such brain bus ters As True or false guns should be stored unloaded and out of reach of children a they made it so simple that anyone could pass it a said capt. Richard Murray acting chief of the East Lansing police department. One sports store owner complained a this test is directed at people with an in of 2 or below a Murray said. Applicants must correctly answer seven of 10 questions to pass but receive a pamphlet with the answers ahead of time. They also must be Given the an Swers after they take the test and can take it twice in one Day. The answers to All questions Are the same True. _ a was far As i understand the test was not supposed to be easy or difficult a said Kevin Frailey a member of the Basic safety review Board that drafted the test. And a firearms instructor for the National Rifle association. A the Point of the test was to reinforce safety regulations and responsibility of a gun owner a he said. A a you a be amazed at How Many people done to know they re supposed to keep guns  although lawmakers approved the measure in december the test was drafted on thursday the Day the a took effect. A the state Board  write the test any earlier because it Wasny to considered an official body until the measure became Law said it. Vernon Reidsma gov eminent affairs director for the state police. A the admittedly weak test provision was added by pro firearms forces when gun control advocates threatened to Stonewall the Myn Bill in a gun package. The package eliminates All local gun control ordinances that Are tougher than state Law. Reidsma said the test is a a step in the right  a everyone now will be subjected to some elementary knowledge of gun safety whereas before they were not a he said