European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 15, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes monday april 15, 1991 at a glance spec. Donald Mcchisney Rives Candy to a Young iraqi refugee at checkpoint Bravo in Iraq. See Story on Page 14.nra takes  leaders of the National Rifle association Are mounting an All out Effort against legislation that would impose a seven Day waiting period on the Purchase of handguns. A Page 5guessing game people from As far away As prance and Hawaii Are hoping to win $1,000 by guessing when the ice will melt on Joe a Pond in Danville it. A a a a a a. A a a a a a a a a Page 6tanker sinks off Italy the Tanker Haven Sank sunday off Genoa. Italy carrying nearly 41 million Gallons of crude Oil to the Bottom and magnifying fears of. An environmental disaster. A Page 8a new math approach the military s overseas school system is turning to the latest Brand of new math in an Effort to improve mathematics skills. A Page 9rail strike looms a -. A. A. A. A i a most of the 235,000 freight line workers in the United states Are warring with a management Over wages and health care in a dispute that May Lead to a strike this week. A Page 17index Abby Ann Landers a a a a 19 action line. 16 comics a i 19-20 21 commentary. A a p a a 13 crossword. A a a a 19 letters a i a a a 12 Money matters. I i a a a 17 sports. 22 �?�28 to listings. I i a it a 22 weather. I a a a a 11 2ty Van Gogh paintings found after being stolen Amsterdam Netherlands up a two masked gunmen speaking with american accents stole 20 Vincent Van Gogh paintings from the dutch artists museum Early sunday. But police found All the treasures less than an hour later in sacks inside the Abarr dotted getaway car dutch police said. A we Are very Lucky to have them Back again a a police spokesman Rea zen Ducr Gen said. A now we have to make some   a a a a a v the police said the car was found near the amstel railway station but that there was no Trace of the robbers. \ Klaas wilting of the Amsterdam police said that three paintings were slightly damaged. Wilting would not say How the three pictures were damaged. He said the damaged pictures were a Cornfield with crows a still life with Lemon and a still life with  the thieves held up. Two Security guards in the Vincent Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam at gunpoint then spent nearly an hour in the museum picking out the paintings among them Many of Van Gogh a most famous and Worth millions of dollars. Among those stolen were a a still life with sunflowers a a a pair of shoes a a self portrait As Painter a and a biscuit with  the gunmen then left the museum in a Volkswagen belonging to one of the guards. The Security guards tied up in the museum managed to free themselves and Alert police at 4 48 . Police arrived three minutes later took a description of the vehicle and found it abandoned at 5 23 . At the amstel railway station Zend Bergen said the guards told police the masked gunmen both spoke with american accents. But no other information was available about their identity or How they penetrated the museum. He said it was possible one gunman had remained in the museum after closing hours on saturday then forced the guards to let his accomplice in. It was unclear Why the thieves had abandoned the car or left the paintings behind. The theft is the latest in a string of Art thefts in Holland that have plagued museums and Art galleries. In december 1988, three Van Gogh were stolen from the Kroller Mueller museum that followed a robbery in May 19s8, when the steel Ink museum in Amsterdam lost three valuable works. Three Van Gogh were also stolen from the Noor brabants museum in the sum Mer of 1990. Gunman killed by Portland police after holding 2 women hostage Portland Ore. Apr a gunman who said he wanted to die took two women hostage saturday in a crowded discount store and wounded two officers before he was killed by police. Police identified the gunman As Michael Henry 19, who they said had moved to Portland from Florida just a week ago. The Man released one hostage about 90 minutes after jumping a Bank counter in the store. He shot at police when officers tried to Rescue the second hostage who was six months pregnant and officers returned fire and killed him. The hostages who worked at Pacific first Bank were not harmed. Both officers were hospitalized with one listed in fair condition and the other in Good condition a 7 v Quot a a. Police identified the hostages As Michelle Ulloa 22, of Portland and Stacey Marie Hunter 22, of Vancouver Wash. Ulloa who is pregnant was taken to Portland adventist Hospital where Hospital spokesman Marshall Woolner reported she was distraught but not Hurt. The officers Stan Grubbs 35, and Howard a a Doc Savage 41, were taken to Emanuel Hospital amp health Center. Hospital spokesman Ken Strobeck said Savage was in fair condition with a gunshot wound to the hip. Grubbs was in Good condition with a gunshot wound to the shoulder Strobeck said. Police said Henry smother who lives in Portland arrived at the scene about the erne of the shootout. Her name was not immediately available. A a at least 300 people were evacuated from the sprawling Fred Meyer Gateway store soon after the ordeal began about 2 . The gunman was killed 3v hours later. A woman identified As the Mother of Michael Henry 19, who was killed in a shootout is helped into a police car after being told her son had been killed. Randy Croucher who works at the store said he saw customers run from the Bank As the two women were taken hostage. Quot. A v \ a the customers went poof. Everyone went running Down the hallway Quot he said. The gunman spoke briefly by Telephone to the associated press from inside the Northeast Portland store before he freed the first hostage. He said he wanted to die in a shootout with police because he did no to have the courage to kill himself. He refused to give his name and said he intended to release the hostages after a couple of hours then come out shooting. He said he was 18 years old. A police had been negotiating with the gunman by Telephone but police spokes a Man Derrick Foxworth refused to discuss any demands. Gather for birth of european ban correction due to a reporting error an article in sundays editions gave the wrong opening Date for an exhibit of captured iraqi equipment on display at the 3rd amid div museum in Frankfurt. The exhibit is due to open today monday at 3 . London up leaders and finance ministers of 39 nations began gathering in London on sunday for the inauguration of the european Bank for reconstruction and development which is aimed at helping Eastern Europe shrug off decades of communist Rule and build free Market economies. The brainchild of French president Francois Mitterrand the Bank will be launched officially at the Start of a three Day meeting monday. The inauguration also raised the Opportunity for an unprecedented meeting Between the prime ministers of the soviet Union and Israel soviet Premier Valentin Pavlov and israeli prime minister Yitzhak Shamir will hold talks on tuesday a spokeswoman in Jerusalem said. The meeting raises speculation of a restoration of diplomatic relations Between the two nations. An informal meeting sunday night also was called for the finance ministers of the seven leading Industrial democracies a Britain Canada Italy France Germany Japan and the United states. British finance minister Norman la Mont was to Host a dinner for the ministers. \ with a full meeting of the seven finance ministers and Central Bankers set for april 28 in Washington sundays meeting Wras unlike to generate major decisions on International economic policy analysts said