European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 17, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10. B the stars and stripes wednesday april 17, 1991 Baltimore apr the Navy a Hospital ship Comfort returned Home monday after eight months in the persian Gulf its Crew complaining of boredom but thankful that the War was Short. Elsewhere monday about 7,500 marines who helped dupe Iraq into thinking that an amphibious assault on Kuwait would be part of the ground War headed Back to Camp la june . Also about 600 army engineers returned to fort Leonard Wood in St. Robert to. The Comfort with 400. Crew members spent most of the last eight months off the saudi arabian coast travelling North to Kuwait City when the War began. Its emergency room 12 operating rooms in Tensive car units and wards with roo0 Beds saw Little  Comfort returns Home the comforts Crew treated Only 716 . Troops As inpatients All for noncombat injuries said capt Roger j. Pct Zien the Hospital s commanding officer. A throughout the entire Campaign for us boredom was a constant companion a Pentzien said. A a we were ready a said Michael Reynolds a Comfort Hospital worker from Jacksonville Fla. A but we re glad we did no to have to be put to the  the worst moment Pentzien said was when four men were brought in who had been burned in an explosion on the amphibious assault ship iwo Jima. A a Large Crew Laboured for 13 hours Over four men. We All cried when they died Quot Pentzien said. As the ship approached its Home Betth in Baltimore Harbor chief Kevin Pratt was eager for his first look at his 13-Day-old daughter Michelle. A i could jump off the ship now and swim to Shore a he said. A i did no to sleep an hour last  it. Cmdr. Melanie Frank said she never worried about her children Evan 8, and Lauren 5, who were left in the care of her husband Joel. A the worst thing was the War. That was unknown a she said. Looking Down at the two children clinging to her legs she said a i just want to be a Mommy  in North Carolina the commander of the 2nd Marine expeditionary Force told marines returning to Morehead City on their Way to Camp Lejeune that they played a key role in the 100-hour Gulf War ground assault even though they saw no Battle As their ships were stationed off the Kuwait coast. A six or seven iraqi divisions faced to Seaward because of you a it. Gen. Carl e. Mundy or. Said Quot what this Means is marines who had to penetrate the lines had that Many less iraqis to Deal  in Missouri most of the 600 members of the army s 5th engr in flew into St. Louis Early monday and were bused to fort Leonard Wood for a Parade. Thousands of people waved flags and held signs to Welcome Home the engineers who were sent to the persian Gulf in october. Relief from Page 1 Priis said the Raf was sending six cm-47 Chinook transport helicopters to join the three British helicopters now Hying supplies to the refugees. Turkish officials say 500,000 iraqis mostly kurd sought Sanctuary on their territory after a failed rebellion. Iran says close to 1 million of iraqis 4 million kurd have crossed its Border. The iraqi news Agency said tuesday that Saddam visited Kirkuk on monday after visiting other cities in Northern Iraq Over the weekend in what appeared to be a tour to stress the governments reassertion of control the report said Saddam had ordered the reconstruction of Kirkuk a major Oil Center that reporters found was devastated during the kurdish rebellion. The International Rescue Effort for kurdish refugees began in Earnest on april 7 when ., British and French transport planes started parachuting emergency Aid. A a it a a difficult Battle because of the Way the kurdish refugees departed Iraq in such Large numbers and to such a Remote area Quot said Gordon Murchie a spokesman for the state departments Agency for International development. A there is no infrastructure in this Southeastern Corner of turkey.,. The refugees Are in the most difficult area to  but each Day More Aid is reaching the refugees. A a it a still tragedy out there but i think its looking better a said Murchie. Turkey on monday reversed itself and allowed some refugees to move beyond ther Border Region to better equipped Camps on lower flatter ground. It moved 2,100 refugees from the Remote Isik Ocren Camp to a new settlement in silo i it plans to bring Down about 30,000 people to lower Camps where they will have Access to water and medical treatment. American Aid officials and soldiers have been visiting refugee settlements to assess their needs and to plan further Relief work. Volunteers such As the Paris based doctors without Borders organization have been providing treatment in Camps. In silo i at a Small out-6f-use turkish army Camp on a Grassy Plain below the Snow capped Frontier about 250 . Soldiers set up tents that will House up to 1,500 military personnel. Ivy the stars and stripes americans who want to help kurdish refugees fleeing from iraqis armed forces can contribute to several Relief organizations. V the International red Gross the american red Cross and the German Caritas association Are among groups racing needed food shelter and medical supplies to the suffering Peoples. A the International committee of the red Cross in Geneva has been entering its Relief activities in Iran and Iraq. A -. A / Quot the refugee How from Iraq to Iran continues a said Peter Flugge a spokesman for the organization. The. Committee is setting up text cities in Ravan Shar and Jiveh Iran Flugge said. A a three mile Dong truck Convoy is now on its Way from Turkey to Iran with More supplies a he said. A a an a other Convoy has left Baghdad in Iraq for the country a Northern province of Kurdistan with food and other . At amp to Kuwait based Calls Washington a amps at amp to has filed a request to of Flor direct Telephone service from Kuwait to Germany and Guam with the Federal communications commission at amp to officials said monday in addition the telecommunications company is seeking to return to prewar rates for Calls made from Bahrain if approved the higher rates and expanded service area would begin april 25, said Lydia White Field a company spokeswoman. The at amp to request applies Only to Calls placed in Kuwait and Bahrain. No similar request for the higher rates has been filed for Calls placed in saudi Arabia at amp to lowered its rates on feb. 22 for Calls placed in the Middle East because of the persian Gulf War. The discount rates were supposed to end after 30 Days but were  additional 30 Days. Officials estimated at amp t lost about s3 million each month that the lower rates were in effect. A a a we re now bringing the rates up to a pricing Structure to allow us to recover our costs a she said. Quot on March 1, at amp to began setting up emergency Telephone equipment in Kuwait and lower rates were used. Only Calls Between Kuwait and the United states will be possible until april 25, pending acc approval. Flugge said donations to the International committee of the red Cross should be made through National red Cross organizations. Myra Halpin regional director of the american red Cross european Headquarters in Stuttgart Germany said donations can be sent to american red Cross Quot kurdish Relief Quot am Roemer Kastell 73, 7000 Stuttgart 50 or to american red Cross european area Headquarters aug 09154-0017. The German Caritas association headquartered in Freiburg Germany sent four flights full of food Woolen by meets tents and cooking supplies to the Iraq tur key Border last week. Six additional flights will make the same route this week. A spokesman for the organization said financial donations can be sent in care of kurdish refugees to the Deutscher Caritas Herband a a Karl str. 40, 7800 Freiburg. Or contributors can make a Bank Transfer. Money should be sent to kurdish refugees account no. 202, at any Bank in Germany. At amp to us direct prices prewar prices Kuwait to United states wartime prices new prices initial minute $1.15 $2.90 additional minute v service 1.15 .90 service charges not j a at amp to calling card available 0 2.50 collect 3.25 i 5.75 person to person j 3.50 i 6.00 Bahrain to the United states initial minute. $3.46 3.46 3.19 additional minute 1.25 1.25 i 1.15 service charges at amp to calling card 2.50 0 j 2.50 collect 5.75 3.25 5.75 person to person 6.00 3.50 6.00 Kuwait to Germany and Guam initial minute 3.19 additional minute service service .1.15 service charges not not at amp to calling card available available 2.50 collect 5.75 person to person. J 6.00 Gorbachev from Page 1 Mally ending world War ii hostilities with the soviets thereby Clearing the Way for Aid. Gorbachev faces Strong opposition at Home to any territorial concessions. Half of his three hour Summit meeting with Kaifu which was described by a japanese official As a a Frank Exchange of views a was devoted to the dispute. The leaders agreed not to divulge any details until after further talks. The official said japanese economic Aid was not discussed. In the meeting Gorbachev said soviet relations were advancing with nations throughout the West and that bilateral ties with Tokyo a must fire improved substantially a said another japanese official. In some areas soviet Japan Csc relations Are Frozen and in other areas a life can hardly be seen a Gorbachev spokesman Vittaly n. Ignatenko quoted the soviet Leader As saying. The soviet president and his wife Raisa did their Best tuesday to warm up relations. An invitation from Gorbachev for Kaifu to visit Moscow was immediately accepted and the two leaders were shown frequently on television smiling shaking hands and sharing laughs. In what has become a signature gesture Gorbachev a amps Sharon Kilday stopped his motorcade and Shook hands with some of the 200 bystanders who crowded near his Bullet proof Zil limousine. Mrs. Gorbachev wowed a crowd of about 2,000 admirers As she walked the Ginza Tokyo a shopping District. Office workers and shoppers jostled Behina police lines to get a look at the fashionable soviet first lady. A i saw her i saw her. She stood directly in front of me and Shook my hand a screamed Takuko Kaneko 73, one of several women who jumped up and Down after mrs Gorbachev passed by on her Way to the Kabuki theater for a performance of a traditional japanese play. Senator has heart attack Washington a sen. David poor had a heart attack Early tuesday and was hospitalized in fair condition his office said. Pryor dark was placed in the cardiac care unit at George Washington University Hospital after suffering the heart attack at around 2 . Pryor 56, is chairman of the Senate aging committee and Secretary of the democratic conference a Senate party leadership Post