European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 26, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 10 b the stars and stripes sunday May 26, 1991 a a a a a a a a / a a is amps John Millar Sandra Cash is escorted Friday to the memorial by col. James c. Riley commander Ohice husband s brigade during operation desert Page 1 Diers participating in operation desert storm. That Cash was the Only one to die is a statistically outstanding even miraculous a he said. Hut borrowing from desert storm commander Gen. I i. Norman Schwarzkopf Shoffner said that even one death a a won the miraculous to the families of the soldiers who were for Sandra Cash the ceremony meant closing one chapter of life and opening another. She plans to pick up where her husband left off by attending College on an Roth scholarship and eventually becoming an army officer. A to like to if i can a she said a i was going to do it Long before i met him a she. Said choking Back tears. As for the memorial Day ceremony honouring her husband among the units War dead Cash found one word to describe her feelings Page 1 be sold to civilian developers. Hazardous wastes in the soil or in the underground water table pose the biggest problems but a some bases there May be other environmental dangers a such As Asbestos or radon -4 that also could require expensive remedies. Eleven of the 43 bases scheduled to close by 1997 Are priority cleanup locations under the Federal superfund Law. Even the others not As seriously polluted have hundreds of hazardous waste Sites noted in the defense departments annual environmental report although the document offers few clues about How serious those problems might be. At some bases the cleanup is Likely to eat up whatever savings the military might expect from the closure and land sales. A some of these properties they re just going to have to build a High Fence around them and Mark it off forever a said Gary Mckown vice president of if. Engineers an Oakland based firm with a contract to design environmental remedies for the army. One of the toughest cases is from the list of 86 installations approved for closing in 1988. At the army a Jefferson proving grounds in Indiana 1.4 million unexploded shells bombs and mines have accumulated on a too Square mile test Range. Nobody knows How if at All that could be cleaned up. A. Complete restoration depends on technology not yet invented and could Cost More than has Ever been spent on the base since it opened Mckown said Cheney a list of 43 bases is being reviewed by an Independent commission but the panel is not supposed to take cleanup costs into account in deciding which installations should be closed. The Pentagon a rationale is that the cleanup costs Are going to have to be . The Pentagon a chief cleanup expert , dismisses the most alarming estimates of How bad things arc saying he thinks the 43 bases can be restored to Good environmental health for less than $1 billion. A your intent is to clean them up a said Baca Deputy assistant Secretary of defense for the environment. A we feel we will have the the people who live around the bases proposed for closure arc not so sure. A a Wco re worried that once its closed it la be out of sight out of mind a rep. Gary a Condit d-calif., said in an interview. Condiss District includes Castle fab which is on both Cheney a new closing list and the superfund priorities list. The cleanup at Castle could take until 2017, at a projected Cost of $200 million to $400 million Condit said. But the Money could be hard to find. The Pentagon a total annual budget for environmental restoration at All its bases is just $1.2 billion with $100 million earmarked for bases already scheduled for closing before the latest list was proposed. Condit recently introduced a Bill that would require the military to keep bases some of these properties they re just going to have to build a High Fence around them and Mark it off forever a Gary Mckown open until 75 percent of the cleanup was complete1, then finish the Job within two years after closing. A without this legislation Castle air Force base and other military bases scheduled for closure could become wastelands forbears to come a Condit said. Asked if his proposal was reasonable considering the scope of the mess Condit said that if Pentagon officials face no deadline a Community leaders wind up fighting them for the next 25 years. I done to think that a the Sacramento army depot another superfund site on the latest base closure list Isnit nearly As bad As Jefferson. Blit putting the land Back to use is going to be Tough because of trichloroethylene and heavy metals in the water Supply. A because of the contamination its never going to be used for housing. It May be a Blank spot in the Economy for years to come Quot said Michael picker West coast director for the National toxics Campaign fund. A you can to build a modern functional City around this gory mess. You can to just leave it there Quot picker said. A the military is leaving these blighted toxic ghettos behind them. I think there a a Little More Page 1 murdering four kuwaiti women to Start tuesday. Those tried saturday included 12 jordanians 10 iraqis five palestinians two stateless arabs a kuwaiti a Turk and a saudi. Most of the jordanians Are of palestinian origin. Quot. The defendants were arrested on charges of collaborating with the iraqis in ways ranging from joining the iraqi popular army to helping fix iraqi cars. Many also were charged with car theft. Saturdays session was the first since tuesday when the hearings for 24 newspaper workers were postponed until june 1 to allow defense attorneys time to prepare. They face the death sentence on five charges of collaborating with iraqis by working at a newspaper which supported the occupation All pleaded not guilty. The panel of three civilian and two military judges meted out Quick sentences to six defendants on the first Day of the trials including a 15-year jail sentence to an iraqi Man whose Only known crime was wearing a sad dam Hussein to shirt. Defense attorneys Many appointed on the spot complained that the process was unfair because much of the evidence against the accused was not revealed publicly and confessions were extracted under torture. The process brought criticism from president Bush and Western nations. The kuwaiti minister of Justice and Legal affairs Ghazi Abeid Al Samar responded to the criticism by saying that a the kuwaiti government still upholds the supremacy of Law and the principles of Justice concerning the Page 1 report came from Mohamed Al Conru representative of the eritrean Peoples liberation front in Sudan a capital Khartoum. On Friday insurgents captured ethiopians second largest City Asmara and vowed then that Naseb would be next. The rebels have said they do not intend to seize the capital but fears of civil disorder have prompted Many foreigners to flee. Embassies including those of France Britain and Germany urged their nationals to leave Ethiopia. The . Embassy on Friday told americans in the capital to stay indoors and use caution if they chose to stay. The United nations began evacuating about 1,500 dependents of employees of 16 agencies to Nairobi the capital of neighbouring Kenya. Can Jacques Graisser the representative of the . Development program in Kenya said 450 people arrived in Nairobi and an additional 200 were expected later in the Day or on sunday. In recent Days there has been a growing number of armed men on the streets of Addis Ababa including deserting soldiers civilian militia members neighbourhood Security forces and residents. The Swift rebel gains to launch its huge Airlift to bring about 15,000 ethiopian jews to Israel. The emergency operation began Friday and ended saturday,.with As Many As 1,200 ethiopian jews at a time were packed into scat less Boeing 747s.pilotsfrom Page 1. Car aircraft that had been used in the Gulf conflict. It was fortunate that the two fliers were on hand because the weather put a crimp in the air displays that had been planned for the first Day of the annual two Day event at Raf Mildenhall. Still officials estimated that 105,000 people turned out. A Low Gray Cloud Bank squatted Over the Airfield limiting visibility to about 1,500 feet. Those planes that were flying wore often hard to see against the Leaden skies. Many other aircraft simply needed a higher ceiling to show their stuff. Air fete officials were hoping for better weather on sunday for the Aerial displays. There were several ground exhibits to keep the crowd Busy. The High tech displays Drew particularly Long lines. Britain a Navy and army brought in simulators to show How their equipment is used. One hands on exhibit popular with the children was a mock up of a combat obstacle course Complete with a Rock a face Quot to climb rope Bridge and swinging ropes. Color sgt. Bob Sharp from the British marines unit in Poole on the Southern coast of England noted that the mock up Isnit a True combat obstacle course. A it gives the kids something to do As Well As an idea of what the training might be like Quot he said. A a a it also gives us some publicity. They be heard of the marines in the states. But Here they done to know that we exist. 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