European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 11, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Germany edition the vol. 50, no. 59 tuesday june 11,1991 b authorized unofficial publication for the u a armed forces 35c d 8693 anew York fires away at vets a with confetti new York apr Gulf War veterans got a Welcome Home hug monday from new York City an embrace that included a Parade through the Canyon of heroes Hearty cheers a few jeers and tons of confetti. A a in be been in seven parades since february a said air Force sgt. Kelly Young a and in be never seen people on roofs people in Trees people on top of cars people hanging out of windows toilet paper flying. Nothing can top hundreds of thousands of people lined the 18-Block route from the Battery past City Hall to participate in a operation see related Story on Page 3 Welcome Home a the largest ticker tape Parade in the City a history. The Days events were to be capped with a nighttime fireworks display Over the East River. A a it a a great Day to be Back Home in new York a said Bronx born Gen. Colin Powell who along with Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf and defense Secretary Dick Cheney served As grand marshals. Powell is chairman of the joint chiefs of staff Schwarzkopf was desert storm. Commander and Cheney is Secretary of defense. Billed As a a Celebration of peace achieved through International cooperation a the festivities Drew a crowd that police estimated at 4.7 million including those in the skyscrapers lining the route. Such figures have been considered exaggerated in the past. A this was the Mother of All parades a see vets on Page 10 a Dick Cheney left Secretary of defense Gen. Colin Powell Cente chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and Gen. Ii. Norman Schwarzkopf desert storm commander wave from the reviewing stand after leading Parade through new York City on reports iraqi attacks against shiites Nicosia Cyprus apr Tehran radio said monday that iraqi forces have attacked some of the hundreds of thousands of shiite muslims trapped in iraqis Southern Marshlands. There was no Independent confirmation of the report which quoted a diplomatic sources close to the United nations As saying tanks armoured units and helicopter gunships were used in the attacks. Iraq on saturday denied a British broadcasting corp. Report that it was planning a Large scale attack on the shiites Many of whom fled their hometowns following a failed uprising against iraqi president Saddam Hussein in March. Iranian president Hashemi a Sfanjani expressed concern about iraqi troop concentrations in Southern Iraq saying they a could Lead to another massacre of innocent people a turkeys Anatolia news Agency reported. Anatolia said a Franju Nils message was Given to president tur gut Ozal of Turkey As he met sunday night with Iran a Deputy prime minister. The Tehran radio broadcast monitored in Nicosia said the account of the attack was contained in a secret report sent by . Observers on the iraqi kuwaiti Border to the. Organizations new York Headquarters. The broadcast called the attacks a preparatory a suggesting they would precede Large scale assaults. There have been fears that Saddam a see shiites on Page 10volcano threat forces Clark a to evacuate Manila Philippines apr thousands of americans piled into cars and buses with dogs cats and Duffel bags and left Clark a on monday after a Volcano spewed searing gases and Ash for a second straight Day. The decision to evacuate one of the largest overseas . Military bases was made Early monday after 4,795-foot mount Pinatubo spit volcanic matter sunday. No casualties have been reported. But experts Are concerned a major eruption could occur soon. The Volcano about 10 Miles West of Clark erupted last week after six centuries of dormancy. Gases Ash and molten Rock continued to pour out of the Mountain monday a shrouding it in thick Gray Clouds of Ash and steam that Rose 12,000 feet. Mondays eruption was described As mild but the philippine Institute of volcanology and seismology said it detected rhythmic ground movements monday that indicated molten material was rising to the surface of the craters. Institute director Raymundo Punongbayan said mount Pinatubo was in the a Early eruptive stage and a after that we will have bigger a magma dome 100 Yards Long 00 Yards wide and 30 Yards tall could be seen above the Crater he said. He said most of the Ash and molten rocks had been flowing Westward away from Clark. But he said geological studies showed that in the previous eruption 600 years ago the main flow Cut across what is now the Western portion of Clark. Rains fell across the area sunday and officials warned residents in the Lush Green lowlands West of the Mountain to move to higher ground to escape mudflows. Air Force spokesman it. Col. Ron Rand an see Volcano on Page 10
