European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 19, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 b the stars and stripes Friday april 19, 1991 r at a glance a it blossoming Trees arc Bent to the ground by Snow near Pees in Southern Hungary. Winter returned to parts of Europe the frs Day. See weather on Page 11. Gop split on abortion the hew chairman of the Republican party opposes abortion and wants to maintain the Gopas antiabortion a page4 Gays gain acceptance eight in 10 americans believe homosexuals should not be discharged from military service solely because of their sexual orientation according to a poll. A a pages Vietnam mias identified the . Pacific come has Ridenti fled the remains of two american servicemen listed As missing in the Vietnam Page 9 Stock Market tops 3000 the Stock Market surged to historic Levels wednesday As the Dow Jones Industrial average broke the 3000 Mark for the first time. A Page 17index by. V-wiv.-. I Abby Ann Landers a a a m a 19 action line 16 comics to it to o -21 commentary. A a a a a 13 crossword. 19 letters. 12 Money matters. A a a a a 17 sports., 22 -28 to listings. 22 weather a it a #. A 11 storm Navy copters medical evacuees by j. King Cruger staff writer on the iraqi Border frantic refugees pushed past turkish guards on the iraqi Border wednesday and stormed aboard two . Navy helicopters flying the first medical evacuation flights of kurdish refugees. Thirty kurdish women All in advanced pregnancy and some quite ill had originally been scheduled to Fly aboard the mercy missions. Instead the two Navy ch-53 super stallions ended up lifting off with a total of 65 refugees a men women and children. A when we arrived at the Camp there weren tas Many pregnant women As we had been told to expect. So we said we would take some seriously ill women and children too a said Mehmet Birbari a Turk who handled translating tasks during the provide Comfort Mission. About 15 pregnant women made the flights to an Airfield in Diyarbakir where turkish ambulances waited to Rush the refugees to a nearby Hospital. A the Mission took 11 hours and the helicopters flew 1,200 Miles most of those through Mountain passes in bad weather and poor visibility a a it a a Mission i want to have to do every Day a said it. John Berry 30, the Pilot of one of the choppers from helicopter so 4, deployed from its Home base at Simonella Sicily. A on a medevac you fee you have to press because lives Are in the refugee Camp sheltering 12,000 to 15,000 kurd in tents and lean tos is on the iraqi Bank of the Tigris River. Dirty Brown and 50 Yards wide the River flows through rugged Snow capped mountains Between Turkey and Iraq. An old Stone Bridge spans the River. Following a 600-mile flight with air to air refuelling from in Ciurlik a in Southern Turkey the pair of choppers landed in a Field just across the River from the Camp. Birbari went into the Camp to handle details of the patients Transfer. A there was no discipline in the Camp and the refugees did not want to listen to anyone a said Birbari Community relations a adviser for the air forces 39th tac group at in Ciurlik. A the refugees let those on stretchers through. They All wanted out. They pushed aside turkish soldiers bar kurdish refugees wave to an american helicopter dropping water and other supplies in iraqis mountainous Border Region with Turkey. Ring their Way across the Bridge and began running for the helicopter Crews had finished unloading several tons of bottled water when a wave of kurd crested a nearby Hill. The refugees ran Down toward the choppers which were waiting with rotors turning. Most of the men. In the desperate group were escorting ailing family members. Once the men had pushed aboard with their relatives most refused to leave the choppers. A we started to lose control so we raised the ramp at the rear of one helicopter and left said Petty officer 3rd class Mike Bell from Westminster calif., the Lone Navy medic on the Mission v. Staff sgt Kirk Silver 32, one of three army medics aboard the Navy helicopters found himself confronted with a difficult decision. A a a that a my wife and child a one Man said to me in English he started to walk away. I told to stay a Silver said. A i let go. In be got four kids myself.�?�, a a a 3 Silver a resident of Marseilles hi., is deployed with provide Comfort from the 7th medical come in Heidelberg Germany. As the huge nearly windowless helicopters lifted off one refugee a girl of about 7, looked in the direction of the nameless fast retreating Camp and began a slow sad wave. Others joined in with Many of the adults in tears. A everybody on that plane was suffering from some degree of dehydration from diarrhoea because of the Lack of clean water in the Camp a Silver said one 6-week-old girl was near death. Because she was so tiny medics could not insert a Needle to administer Hes a ing fluid intravenously. Silver however inserted a tube in the infants anus to get vital liquid to the Large intestine where it possibly could be absorbed. A a it a something they Learned in the falklands War a Silver said. The baby a eyes remained closed As she was cradled by her anxious father. But after some 30 minutes the girls eyes fluttered open. Silver smiled. The father smiled. And the other kurd smiled too for conflicts of interest in a amp a Cas correction. Because of a reporting error wednesdays Money matters Page gave the wrong subscription Price for a monthly newsletter on household budgeting. The Tightwad Gazette costs $12 a year for delivery to Apo addresses. For More information Send a stamped self addressed envelope to Amy Dacyczyn dept. Per 1, Box 3570, Leeds Maine 04263. Denver apr Federal regulators in thursday imposed sanctions against Neil Bush for conflicts of interest while he was a director of the failed Silverado banking savings and loan a lawyer said. James Nesland attorney for president Bush a son said office of Thrift supervision director Timothy Ryan accepted an administrative Law judges finding that Neil Bush should be banned from future conflicts of interest. A a it a just a cease and desist order a Nesland said. The penalty resulted from a nearly two year Battle with Federal regulators Over Bush a role at Silverado whose failure is expected to Cost taxpayers $1 billion. Bush involved in settlement hearings in another Silverado related Case with the government Thi Weekin Denver would not comment Nesland said. A we disagree with the decision just like we disagreed with the decision of the administrative Law judge a Nesland said. Whether Bush will Appeal the Thrift offices decision depends on the outcome of the current hearings the lawyer said. They Are scheduled to last through next week. Ryan a order said Bush must a cease and desist from any acts omissions or practices involving any conflicts of interest unsafe or unsound practices or breaches of fiduciary the order said Bush a has engaged in unsafe or unsound practices As a former director of Silverado. For example the a ush order requires Bush to get advice from an attorney on potential conflicts of interest if he accepts another such position. He must also abstain from voting on any proposals in which he has a personal interest or from which he May Benefit directly or indirectly. J Thrift office attorneys charged that Bush and Oil company Job exploration benefited from Silverado borrowers Ken Good and Bill Walters. While Bush was a Silverado director from 1985 to 1988, he voted to approve $106 million in Loans to Walters and tried to win a $900,000 Silverado line of credit on goods behalf. Bush did no to reveal to Silverado that he would have benefited from the loan. He also did not Tell Silverado that Good paid salary and funded Oil business while the real estate Developer defaulted on $30 million in Silverado Loans. The administrative Law judge in issuing recommendation to Ryan in december said Bush a actions a raise the Specter of special the White House which has declined All along to comment on the Case had nothing to say about the latest ruling. White House officials referred to the presidents words on the1 Case in july 1990 a i have great Confidence in the integrity and Honor of my son and beyond that i say no
