European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 5, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                I Ltd of ? b. Stars and Stripe a a q wednesday june 5, 1991 a at a glance Harry Rennison is among civilians who went to War in the persian Gulf. See pages 1415. Quiet anniversary an aids activist believes she has picked the Best Way to Mark the 10th anniversary of the first diagnosed Case of the disease. She s staying Home with her family. Page 4 a blow against racial Bias / the supreme court has acted to eliminate racial considerations from jury selection in All  Page 5 raising the Bible Iran Contra figure Oliver North is hailed As a Prophet by thousands of Flag waving Southern baptists. A Page 6 boy could land record a bumpy Landing in North Carolina May make a 7-year-old the youngest person to Fly an. Air plane across. The Continental United states a _. A Page 7 Volcano takes toll rescuers Retreat from blasts of an erupting Volcano in Southern Japan where at least 14 people isre believed dead. A Page 8 Sovereign not socialist president Mikhail s. Gorbachev and the leaders of nine republics agree to change the country a name to the Union of soviet Sovereign republics Tass says. A Page 9 Index Abby Ann Landers. 19 action line. 16 comics.19-21 commentary. 13 crossword. 19 letters. 12 Money matters. 17 sports. 22-28 to listings. 22 weather. 11 on cruise closes As Wing by Amy Geiszler Jonus . Bureau Raf Greenham common England a the 501st tac missile Wing at Raf Grenham common was relegated to history tuesday. The 501st, the first ground launched cruise missile Wing to activate in Europe was the last to deactivate. The Wing was one of two such bases in Europe that reached full operational status. Maj. Gen. Marcus a. Anderson 3rd air Force commander deactivated the Wing spid activated the new 7501st air base so. The Squadron will serve As caretaker Lor Grenham common which will assume standby status. The missiles that were once housed at the base in now empty bunkers epitomized the Backbone of natos deterrence Anderson said. During nearly nine years As a missile base Grenham common was the target of frequent anti i Ulcar protesters who came to be known As the Grenham women. Once numbering in the hundreds Only a few Are camped outside the base Gate now. One who saw Greenham common build to its Peak and oversaw its winding Down is it. Col. Joseph Slowinski. He helped build up the missile base Between january 1983 and june 1986. Now As Greenham commons Wing draw Down officer Slowinski has been working for the last two years to rid the base of its Mission related and excess supplies valued at $287 million. With about $7 million in inventory left he shitting the Homestretch. Slowinski a Michigan native with a background in logistics is also overseeing the reduction of the forces and services that will be needed to run the base on standby status. Its similar to the Job he finished at Raf Mol Worth two. Years ago when that base became the first casualty of the intermediate Range nuclear forces treaty signed in december 1987 Between the a United states and the soviet Union. Molesworth located 70 Miles North of London had an even Shorter life Span As. The air forces second ground launched cruise missile base in England. The base which Slowinski helped open closed in january 1989 after a Tsuyo year  its heyday Greenham common was Home to 1,845 airmen. About 325 airmen will remain As part of the 7501st air base so after tuesdays deactivation. The Squadron will also support the 208 airmen stationed at Raf Welford a storage base for conventional munitions located  10 Miles from Grenham common. Wit hits smaller population has co mean atmosphere similar to a sleepy . Town. The movie theater a marquee am ounces. That the theater is not in business. Buildings have been deserted and boarded up. Commissary Stock is limited and on base shoppers have Only a tiny cafes convenience store a a 1 a recently As Many As four buildings a Day were being deserted. All the dormitories have been vacated because single airmen now share base houses. The Secu. Rity police building is also empty because. The Squadron has moved to Welford leading the policing of the base to the British ministry of defense police. A a it a getting to where you done to wave to people you know anymore because your Arm would get tired. You know everybody now a said staff sgt. Rickey Mcdowell the bases superintendent of vehicle operations. A a a  a a a i think in some ways people do by come friendlier due to the fact that you a a a get to. Know everybody and everybody knows you. You can to hide a said tech. Sgt. Jim Preidis who recently became the sole Chapel manager for the base. Pre a piously there had been three. Life on a Small base however can have its drawbacks. A on a bigger base you have More facilities a in the Way of larger exchanges offering More selections said staff sgt. Richard Martino the bases fire station chief. A however the remaining airmen will be i treated to More personalized service said the 24-year-old new Jersey native. A a it a nicer on a Small base to walk into Capo consolidated base personnel office and know  Slowinski who has spent 16 of  23 military years at overseas bases is to be assigned to a stateside base in August. Because of having led the closing of two bases military personnel officials have it hinted that Slowinski might be sent to do similar work at a stateside base. A i could do it again a he said a but 1 would like to clo something  Soldier 21, charged with murder one woman rape of another Wurzburg Germany a amps a 3rd inf div Soldier was charged monday with killing an army wife last year and raping another woman last month a division spokesman said. A. V. A a. Pfc. Dwan Gates 21, is assigned to 2nd in 64th Armor in Schweinfurt tire Armor crewman is in pretrial confinement in Mannheim said maj Steven Shively. No trial Date has been set. Carol Cuttle Wile of an army officer stationed in Schweinfurt was found strangled in her car in downtown . Troop n Zak Iio Iraq More than 500 . Troops have left Northern Iraq in the past 10 Days a military spokesman said tuesday. R the spokesman said the departure of miscellaneous troops has lowered the number in the Region from 5,330 on May. 25 to 4,817. The departing troops wore part of combined task Force Bravo which is handling Security in the protective zone of Northern Iraq for kurdish refugees. A the number of troops in the task Force increased however As units from the Schweinfurt on nov. 23. She had last been seen dropping a Friend off at Conn Barracks. At. The time,.��?��German police said they believe Cuttle 30, met her assailant on Ledward Barracks and was a murdered there before the killer drove her car off  alleged rape victim a 28-Ycar-old German vonian was directed to Conn Barracks on May 23 by a caller who told her something had. Happened to her sol Dier husband in Llie United. States. He said he  explain what was Wron United kingdom. Australia and Luxembourg arrived. Those units which had been in the Mountain refugee Camps in Turkey boosted the task forces size from 12,871 on May 25 to 13,090 As of tuesday. Meanwhile . Troops cruised. The streets of Zakhoo on tuesday broadcasting an announcement in kurdish that the task Force Headquarters is about to be moved from the East to the West Side of the City later this week. _ the current site a 12-Story Grain silo and adjacent buildings is needed to re on the phone but  should meet him of the Cavern As soon As  soldiers wife said she met a uniformed Soldier at the Conn Barracks Gate who identified himself As the caller. He allegedly got in her car and directed her to a Remote location on the Cavern where he allegedly raped her several times. Police said Cuttle was struck on the head before being strangled. A. The alleged rape victim said her assailant struck her several times in the face and stomach. A. In Chew and store Grain about to be harvested in the area. Army it. Col. Robert Flocke a task Force spokesman said the move was not related to Security concerns. Quot Quot r violence had broken out in several spots in the secured zone sunday in Zakhoo kurdish demonstrators attacked the Headquarters of the iraqi police. In Dahouk at least three people died in a clash at the baath parly Headquarters. There were reports of violence in other cities. No lost Squadron has t been found Miami Beach Fla. A chagrined explorers said tuesday that the five Navy avengers they found off i Ort a Lauderdale Are not the lost Squadron that disappeared in 1945, helping form the myth of the Bermuda Triangle. The High Zeeh explorations ship deep see discovered the five planes last month and found a plane number that corresponded to flight 19, which vanished while on a routine training flight but subsequent checks showed that other numbers did not Check out and that the planes were of an older Type a than the lost Squadron. A we Are in the unenviable position of telling you that we re now quite certain a that the five aircraft we found Are not those of flight 19, but in fact Are five other aircraft a said Graham Hawkes. Who headed the search