European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 24, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes wednesday april 24, 1991 at a glance . A Jolt r it it a its v a a a #3 a firefighter with the red Adair company gives directions to fellow employees operating a Crane and hoses in a kuwaiti Oil Field Mon  of murder counselling for stress triggered a Long dormant memory for a Pittsburgh Man who recalled How As a boy he watched a minister fatally beat and Stab a 10-year-old girl. A Page 4expensive error a printing error May necessitate the destruction of 300 million Stamps intended to Honor former vice president Hubert h. Humphrey. A a a a a a a a a. A page5happy birthday Earth Day at environmentally conscious events across the country people Plant Trees clean beaches or demonstrate against big business. A a a a a. A a a a a Page 7revamped air Force the air Force plans to eliminate 15 of its 19 air divisions Over the next three years in a move designed to simplify the Chain of command and save Money. A Page 8miles Don t Stop workers hundreds of thousands of former East germans faced with growing unemployment and rising prices commute daily to the West to support their families. Pages 14-15photographic profit a British Corporal in saudi Arabia is bringing in $600 an hour Selling pictures of a place that most serv ice members can t wait to leave. A Page 17 Index i Abby Ann Landers a a i19 comics. 19-21 commentary. 13 crossword. .19 letters. A. 12 Money matters. 17 sports. 22-28 to listings. 22 weather. 11 . On program for tips a Success by Janet Howells Tierney Washington Bureau Washington a the state department paid out a several Hundred thousand dollars in the past five months to informants who gave the United states tips about terrorist activity. The payouts were made under the rewards for terrorism information program which offers up to $2 million for information leading to the conviction of those responsible for terrorist acts against americans or american property a state department official said a Reward could reach $4 million if the information concerned airline terrorism since the airline pilots association and the air transport association have each pledged an additional $1 million. The informants who do not have to be american can qualify for witness Protection. Although state department officials would not give out specific numbers on recent awards they said the 7-year-old program is successful. A we Are careful to protect the identity of the informant a reap said. A several terrorist acts overseas have been prevented and several people have been paid or their rewards Are under  the Reward program was expanded after the december 1988 terrorist bombing of pan american flight 103, and now offers More Money to More people officials said. A several years ago we named specific amounts of Cash for specific terrorist acts a said Joe reap a spokesman for the state departments counter terrorism office. A now rewards Are Given regarding any act of terrorism involving an american or information that would prevent any act of  for example a $250,000 Reward was offered for information about the hijacking of kuwaiti airlines flight 221 on . 4, 1984. A $100,000 Reward was offered in August 1985 after an attack at Rhein main a Germany killed three americans. In 1988, the government widened the programs scope to include rewards of up to $500,000, and the Cash awards were raised to $2 million following the pan am bombing. A Servic members and government civilians Are eligible for the rewards Only if they come across the information while off duty reap said. Those with information May Contact the nearest diplomatic Mission or write program director . Box 96781, Washington . 20090-6781. Some support units in Gulf moving to Turkey to assist refugee work Dhahran saudi Arabia a amps a some support units Are being pulled from duty in Kuwait and saudi Arabia and sent to Turkey to assist in refugee Relief efforts an army spokesman said tuesday. A medical unit and a civil affairs unit have left the desert storm theater and six More units Are expected to leave in the next few weeks according to it. Col. Brian Johnstone of Central come army Headquarters. A i would not be surprised if several More Are sent there from Here a he said. A the shuffling of support units is do signed to provide assistance requested by the european come he said. The 861st quartermaster co the first unit to fans Fer from saudi Arabia to Turkey flew from Dhahran to in Firtik a on april 12. The Reserve Parachute specialists from Nashville tcnn., Are helping to prepare pallets for Airdrop to refugees in Turkey and Northern Iraq Johnstone said. The 145th medical co a Reserve unit from broken Arrow okla., left Dhahran on sunday bound for inert in. The unit will then move to one of several refugee Camps being built in the area by Allied military forces Johnstone said. The 120-member unit can provide Basic medical care and has some surgical capabilities he said both units have been in the Middle East since late december. Johnstone did not know How Long the units would be needed in the Region. Loses foot to land mine Ankara Turkey apr an american Soldier lost a foot when he stepped on a land mine at a kurdish refugee Camp on the turkish iraqi Border and another was slightly injured the . Military said  sgt. 1st class Todd Reed a suffered a traumatic amputation of the right foot when he stepped on a land mine monday near a refugee Camp in the Region of Uzumcu the military said in a news release. Army capt. Daniel Cooper suffered minor shrapnel wounds. Both soldiers members of the army a 10th special forces group from fort Devins mass. Were evacuated by helicopter to a nearby air base and then by plane to in Ciurlik a the announcement said. A Reed 29, underwent surgery and his condition was serious but stable the announcement said. He will be moved to a Hospital in the United states for further treatment. Cooper was treated and released r Cape canaveral Fla a Nasa cancelled tuesdays launch of the space shuttle discovery because of an electrical component failure just hours before it was to blast off on a Star wars Mission. Nasa officials said the next launch attempt would be sunday at the earliest. Workers were pumping More than a half million Gallons of liquid Hydrogen and liquid oxygen fuel into the space shuttle when a sensor for one of the three main engines malfunctioned. The launch was called off at 1 15 . Edt after officials failed to Correct the prob Iem. A this is a first for us and we done to really understand Why it happened a said Boyce mix Deputy manager for nasal a shuttle main engine project. A your understanding of the problem  is its some electrical  the sensor measures pressure on a High pressure oxidizer Turbo pump on the engine. Nasa quickly began draining the fuel from discovery a big external tank. Engineers planned to enter the shuttles rear compartment late wednesday to get a closer look at the problem. Mix said that until engineers gain Access to the area they will not know whether the problem concerns the sensor or an electrical connection or computerized controller. The sensor and con sensor Section could be replaced easily ant allow for a sunday liftoff but it would take a few extra Days to put in a new con troller he  much of monday officials Wor Ned that bad weather might delay that launch. But the weather improved dramatically during the final hours before liftoff was scheduled and officials sail there was Only a 20 percent Chance of i weather related launch delay. Most of the eight Day round the clock Mission was to be devoted to research of the strategic defense initiative. Official of the ski program want ground ant space based defences in place by the Yea 2000 to protect against ballistic missile strikes. Former Safe employee Dies of cancer Andrews fab my. A amps a former employee of the . Air forces Europe Headquarters died monday at her Home on Andrews fab after a yearlong Battle with cancer. Myra e. Barry 35, had managed the flying hour program for the Deputy chief of staff for operations at the Ramstein based Headquarters she held the position for several years until her family left Germany in january. Barry also directed the choir at our lady of peace Catholic Church in Vowel Weh. The Kaiserslautern High school graduate is survived by her husband air Force master sgt. William Barry now assigned to a civil engineering unit at Andrews and two sons Jason 13, and Joshua 10, a memorial mass for Barry will be said at 5 30 . Saturday at the Vogel wet base Chapel said Sharon Greenawalt family Friend