European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 09, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Germany edition vol. 49, no. 358 tuesday april 9,1991 b authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces 35c d 8693 Baker urges refugee a Donly International Effort can Avert tragedy he says Diyarbakir Turkey Apt see rotary of state James a. Baker he Eal cd monday for an immediate major International Relief Effort for kurdish refugees fleeing Iraq. A Only the generosity and humanity of the turkish and american people As Well As the International Community stand her tween these souls and Complete tragedy Quot Baker said after touring refugee Camps on the iraqi Border. Baker said he a witnessed the suffering and desperation of the iraqi people experiences of cruelty and human anguish that defy  he said he saw the men women and children battling hunger thirst and the elements in their escape from iraqi repression adding that a Many of these people arc losing this  on sunday . Military planes began taking off from in Ciurlik a in Southern Turkey to drop food and water to the cold famished refugees at the Border. Four . Cargo planes parachuted More than 25 tons of military meals a including ready to eat rations that had been earmarked for american soldiers in the persian Gulf a on the Border area monday said col. Don Kirchoffner a spokesman for the a provide comforts joint task Force at in Ciurlik. In the open and under frequent  said the important thing was that a Hope must be Given to these people for a return to  a these people must be free from the threats persecution and harassment that they had been subjected to by that brutal regime in Baghdad a he said. Baker warned that a if there were any threats of interference or actual interference with the International Relief efforts the . Security Council might be required to look into  a right now the important thing is that the International Community should gear itself up to provide urgent humanitarian Aid a he said. Baker was accompanied on the tour by turkish foreign minister Ahmet Kurt cube Alp Timocin and health minister Halil singin. After the visit Baker left for Jerusalem. In a statement after visiting the refugees Baker and Alp Timocin said a we done to foresee a military intervention into Britain began airlifting supplies to Ira 3is massed on the turkish Border Mon a and French planes took off for the Border to Parachute packages of flour sugar Salt and other Staples. Some reports sunday erroneously had British planes already taking part. Meanwhile several thousands tents blankets and mattresses were being transported on land to the Border where the refugees have been spending nights Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii Speaks with a kurdish refugee on monday. Astronauts space age testing proves work has its Light Side a civil War in Ira but we wont let anyone intervene in the humanitarian Aid  they added that the Aid should be aimed at helping them return to their Homeland. Baker who arrived sunday flew to Southeastern Turkey for a firsthand look at the kurd and other refugees who have flooded across the turkish Border to escape Saddam Hussein a suppression of the rebellion against him. In the Southeastern City of Diyarbakir Baker briefly inspected a . Transport plane that will drop supplies to the refugees and was briefed by the governor of the Southeastern province. Then he set see Baker on Page 10 Cape canaveral Fla. Up two shuttle space walkers took turns zooming along a track in at lands cargo Bay monday pumping a space age Railroad Handcart and testing other people movers that May be used during Assembly of Nasa s space station. Astronauts Jerry Ross and Jay a also took turns Riding on the end of Atlantis 50-foot robot  to determine the suitability of such fragile space cranes for moving future station hard hats from one Point to another and to determine realistic Speed limits for such  Ross and Apt began their second spacewalk in As Many Days at 11 . Edt monday when they ventured out into Atlantis payload Bay for a six hour spacewalk to Complete experiments they began sunday after repairing a crippled $617 million astronomy satellite during an emergency spacewalk. A a the excursion sunday was the first spacewalk in More than five years and Only the second carried out on an emergency basis the excursion monday was More relaxed but nonetheless exciting to the Crew. A holy cow what a View a Ross exclaimed As they got to  goal of the second  activity a or Eva was to evaluate the performance of manual electrical and mechanically powered carts to move astronauts and equipment from one Point to another. Simi Lar devices will be needed during construction of nasal a planned space station Freedom. With commander Steven Nagel co Pilot Kenneth Cameron and robot  operator Linda Godwin looking on from Atlantis flight deck Ross and Apt quickly got to work setting up a 48-foot Monorail track along the left Side of Atlantis cargo Bay. They then attached a manually powered Footstool like Dolly to the track and took turns pulling themselves up and Down the payload Bay hitting top speeds of about 4 mph As they appeared to Glide effortlessly along. Then they took turns pulling each other like cargo. A boy this thing glides Slick it really does a Apt said As he towed Ross Down the track. A this is the Way to = travel around the world. Virtually no efforts required Here you could move hundreds and hundreds of feet this Way without getting  the review of the mechanically powered cart pumped like a Railroad Handcart was not so favourable. A you can certainly work with a cart like this a Apt reported. A i done to feel there a any particular gain a Over the manual cart however. The coasting is slightly  Ross and Apt then turned their attention to the of see astronauts on Page 10robot plane had pioneering role in Mideast War by Jim Dillon Cox news service there they were a Shell shocked band of iraqi soldiers hunkered Down in a desert Trench eager to end their pain and suffering. Soon they heard the Distant drone of an  their tired eyes to meet fhe sound they spotted a Dot in the sky. Slowly the Dot grew in size and took the shape of a Small air plane. Within minutes a Pentagon official said the plane was orbiting Over the iraqis who Laid Down their arms and waved White hags. They had just surrendered to a robot. The plane was an Aai Iai Pioneer a Remote controlled unmanned air vehicle or Nav that saw heavy use in the persian Gulf War and May have changed . Military thinking forever. The plane was developed by Aai corp. And Israel aircraft industries. A i think the whole Effort the avs played in see plane on Page 10