European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 30, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                R tuesday. Aptin30, 1991 the stars and stripes a Pago 3twister victims receive food clothing Andover Kan. Apr townspeople collected clothes and opened their hearts to victims of a Tornado that killed 14 people. \ a friends we re not Defeated a the Rev. Steve Weldon told worshippers at a memorial service. A we Are not without Hope. We have not lost the  the Andover methodist Church was crammed with clothing donated to the 1,500 residents who were left homeless by the twister that flattened a trailer Park and destroyed 88 houses a Mobile Home Park and 11 businesses on Friday  a big meeting room workers sorted 3,000 pounds of clothing donated by people churches and businesses. Andover primary school s gymnasium was filled with rows of donated food. A i bet some stores Arentt stocked this Well a said red Cross Volunteer Marvin Keeler. Fourteen residents of the towns 40-acre Golden Spur Mobile Home Park were killed when a Tornado destroyed 226 trailers and heavily damaged 15. Three Wichita residents were killed during Friday nigh to storms and three other fatalities were reported in outlying Kansas counties. Three people were killed just Over the state line in Oklahoma for a total of 23 dead. Andover a Lone Siren did not sound to warn residents of the Tornado. A \ a Quot a a a a. Quot Blit mayor Jack Finlason said that it did no to matter because patrol cars and fire engines were sent into the streets with lights flashing and sirens wailing As they have for the past 40 years. He said residents had 20 to 30 minutes warning during the memorial worshippers Sang the hymn a a we la understand it better by and  another hymn told of god being a a shelter from the Stormy  a fewer than 100 people attended probably because victims wanted to use the remaining Daylight to look for belongings in the rubble organizers said. In Washington on sunday president Bush urged americans to Pray for the victims. He promised to a do whatever we can to  the newly homeless continued to find lost treasures under the Mobile Home frames which were twisted like giant steel pretzels. \ a we just found our cat. She a alive a said Renee Berggrun. A she had been bulldozed  a a there a the quilt i made i just done to believe it a Kathy Schultz shouted to a Friend pulling the colourful airmen try to move a car from a doorway at the base Hospital at Mcconnell Ait in Wichita Kan. Item from the debris. Bud and Alta Kafton found some family photographs and a Century old Shotgun that was Kay Long a grandfathers. But that did t ease the heartache. A you know 54 years of marriage and you colled a lot of things a said mrs. A Ftp. A to lose it All Well its pretty hard.�?�. V National guardsmen patrolled and a curfew remained in effect to prevent looting. No looting was reported in Andover. Police reported looting in the northeastern Oklahoma Community of Oologah where 70 Homes were destroyed and 41 damaged. Civil defense officials estimated 18 tornadoes destroyed 118 Homes in Oklahoma. In Andover Mobile Home resident Charles w Hale raked up other Peoples insulation from his  67-year-old retirees Home in the Parks Southeastern Corner was pushed a hit off level hut nothing inside was damaged. A a it a the Best spot in the whole Park a said male. A your Little Lucky Corner that a what we always Call it. And it turned out to he just  make for love boat san Diego a thirty six Crew members of the Acadia were pregnant and had to be transferred during the destroyer tenders deployment to the persian Gulf naval officials say. More than half became pregnant after the ship was under Way but Navy spokesman it. Cmdr. Teff Smallwood said there were no indications of improper fraternization Between men and women on the ship. A these women have a right to get pregnant a Smallwood said. A the conclusion somebody is jumping to is that the Acadia is a love boat and that a not the  the Materiel support ship whose 1,250-member Crew includes 360 women returned Home Friday after More than seven months in the Gulf Region. The Acadia is among a number of Navy support vessels that permit women to serve on Hoard because its not considered a combat ship. Naval policy is to Transfer women immediately to Shore duty if they become pregnant. Smallwood rejected suggestions the women May have become pregnant to get out of Gulf duty saying the Acadia performed Well during its deployment and that the number of pregnancies on Board the ship was irrelevant. A placing any kind of significance on the pregnancies is trivializing the role of the women a Smallwood said Friday. A the Acadia did a great Job in the  the Navy has strict rules against sexual relationships Between men and women while on duty or Between ranks but Smallwood maintained there is no evidence any such regulations were broken. Nine of the women became pregnant before the Acadia left the san Diego naval station on sept. 5, but they weren to tested until the ship was under Way. Five others were transferred to the Acadia in route to the Mideast hut their pregnancies weren to discovered until after they arrived on Board. The remaining 22 women became pregnant while the ship was deployed perhaps during Liberty Calls in Hawaii the Philippines and other ports it visited on the Way to the Gulf area Smallwood said a a a Cikrit Iraq apr in Saddam Hussein a Hometown bagpipers and traditional dancers entertained 3,000. People celebrating his birthday in a soccer stadium. In past years tens of thousands would have shown up. The stadium Celebration was one of Many events across Iraq on sunday honouring the 54th birthday of the iraqi Leader. State radio said Saddam marked the occasion by touring Baghdad to citizens applause. Usually about 100,000 people come from All Over the country to Cikrit some 100 Miles Northwest of Baghdad for the birthday. One organizer blamed transportation difficulties in the War ravaged country for sundays lower turnout. But government officials attending the Celebration in Cikrit said Saddam remained popular despite the trauma of iraqis military defeat in the persian Gulf War deep economic problems and Short lived rebellions in the South and North. A the West would have to kill 18 million iraqis before they could wound Saddam Hussein a kaid Izzat Ibrahim Deputy chairman of the nation s ruling revolutionary command Council. A what happened in the last nine months to Iraq and president Saddam Hussein proves he is a legitimate Leader and accepted and loved by the iraqi people Quot Ibrahim said. A the will be president for a Long Long time a said Abdul Razzaq a Hashmi the minister of higher education and a former ambassador to France. The officials spoke to foreign journalists on a government sponsored trip to report on the Celebration. On his own tour of Baghdad Saddam at one Point got out of his ear to shake hands according to state run Baghdad radio. Quot the sons of the City were Happy with the presidents tour and they welcomed him with clapping and singing expressing their Trust in a Happy and Bright future under his leadership a the radio said. At tier it a Celebration a the eighth in Saddam a 12-year Rule a bands of bagpipers and drummers escorted schoolgirls in brightly coloured dresses onto the soccer Field where the girls performed traditional dances to music blaring from Large speakers. Speeches were made and the crowd chanted beneath a huge portrait of Saddam hanging above bleachers opposite a reviewing stand. Sabah Adana an organizer and the Dean of education at the University of Cikrit said the crowd was Dow n drastically a because of the transportation  shortages have made transportation extremely difficult although rationing ended this weekend and there were Many cars on the Road Between Baghdad and Cikrit scores of cars were still lined up in front of gasoline stations however to. Take advantage of the increased fuel supplies. Despite such hardships brought on by the Gulf crisis iraqis still support Saddam Ibrahim said. A i know the iraqi people More than anyone inside or outside Iraq a he said before departing in a Convoy of about 20 Mercedes sedans escorted by army vehicles including a truck mounted with an anti aircraft gun. Al Hashemi the minister of higher education said Saddam a enemies Are the United states and Israel. Quot if they Are his enemies then the iraqi people know he is right Quot he said. The minister of Trade Saadi Mehdi Saleh said the continuation of in. Economic sanctions alter the wars end shows a the reason for War was not Kuwait. It is Iraq.�?�. He said Iraq s Trade depends entirely on its ability to Export Oil for which it has requested permission from the . Security Council and use of its hard currency assets abroad. The Council has not acted on the Oil request. ? Saleh said life would be difficult w without Oil Revenue but Iraq would survive. A the people of Iraq w ill live Quot he said. A the Leader is leading the country so we Are hacking