European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 11, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday,-june.11 1991 the stars and stripes Page 3parades just a Mirage to gis in desert Kuwait apr ask one of the 4,000 . Service members still in the desert about the Parade hoopla at Home and the answer is Likely a what parades Quot a Parade ill be Happy with a cold Beer and a Good nights sleep Quot said pfc. Charles Porter 23, of Manassas va., crawling through the Sand near his m1a1 tank in search of a Little Shade monday with the temperature around 110 degrees. A a we done to get too much news a said sgt. Jose Santos 30, of Bayamon puerto Rico pulling guard duty in his tank on the opposite Side of the Road. A a in a not even sure there was one a said an officer climbing into a car in downtown Kuwait when told about the Parade in Washington on saturday and mondays ticker tape affair in new York. The Only thing that approaches a Parade around Kuwait City is the departure of soldiers. Nearly every morning about 5 a.m., buses and a few fighting vehicles from various companies head South to saudi Arabia. A a we re going Home a the troops howl from the windows. the soldiers arrived in the Region in late december or Early january. Santos said that he May be heading out in about nine sex pow Hopes he never has to kill anybody Fallon Nev. Apr an american pow who appeared bruised and battered on iraqi Tele Vison and was forced to denounce the United states for its aggression says he now has second thoughts about War. A i done to Ever want to kill anybody again a said Navy it. Jeffrey Zaun. A this country did no to get to see the Cost of the War. I a people think a hey we went in there and just kicked ass a but they did no to see the iraqi mothers get killed a Zaun said in an interview published saturday in the Lahonta Valley news and Fallon Eagle Standard. The newspaper gave no details on bombing runs Zaun participated in. Zaun 28, was the bom Bardier navigator on an a-6e intruder shot Down Over southwestern Iraq on Jan. 17. He spent 47 Days in paraded on iraqi television Zaun Captivity and was with other pos Zaun said he punched himself in the face to deter his captors from putting him in front of the cameras. A i hit myself in the nose and in the face As hard As i could stand it when i knew they were taking me to a to station a he said but Zaun said he escape being videotaped. The aviator said previously that about 90 percent of his facial injuries were caused by ejection from his disabled plane. Zaun a native of Cherry Hill n.j., said he was confident the american Public would realize he was being forced to make such remarks. Zaun said he feared for his life and considered escaping. He added that he was forced to lie on the floor hands cuffed behind Back in a Bunker. Days and that his Parade will be the one a before mama and the a sure a Public Parade would give you Goose bumps but the main thing i look Forward to is seeing my wife and kids a he said. Spec. Michael Johnson 21, of Baltimore knew about the Parade because he was supposed to be one of the Parade ill be Happy with a cold Beer and a Good night s sleep pfc Charles Porter two representatives of his unit flown Back to the states to take part. A they lied again a he said. A but i suppose. Somebody has to take care of the \ the kuwaiti government asked . Troops to remain in the Region at least until september while Secu Rity arrangements Are made. King fahd of saudi Arabia spent Lour hours to Kuwait on sunday to talk about military plans his first visit since allies took control feb. 28. But even without a Parade. Kuwaitis still show their appreciation. Bedouins in their pickup trucks honk and wave As they pass the soldiers. A a we re Happy that America is behind the troops Acain a said set. Domingo Montero 24, of Providence . A a. A a a a. A a. -. A a a a the 115th my co a of the Rhode. Island National guard has been protecting the. . Embassy in Kuwait City. A a a a a a. A. A a a a a a Many of them say they heard about the parades on the radio but none had Access to television to watch them. A i think its great As Long As i done to have to March in them a said sgt. Willie Funchess -50,.of Providence. A main concern running among the troops still in Kuwait is that the enthusiasm for celebrations might Wane by the time they get Back. Said spec. Charles Henderson,-28, of Providence a by the time i get Home there wont be any More free a a a. -. A. ,. A. Celestial fans gearing to watch planetary lineup solar eclipse path of total eclipse Austin Texas up a rare treat for sky watchers an alignment of Mars Jupiter and Venus alongside a Crescent Moon will be visible saturday followed by a solar eclipse july 11, astronomers said. Only the june phenomenon can be seen from Germany said a spokesman for the Observatory ruin in Frankfurt. A the solar eclipse on july 11 cannot be seen at All from Germany our staff plans to travel to Southern California to witness it a the spokesman said the june lineup will be one of the More compelling planetary alignments of the decade said Jeff Kanipe editor of Star Date Magazine published by the University of Texas at Austin me Donald Observatory. A things really Start getting interesting june 15. You have Mars Jupiter and Venus together in the sky which also has a Crescent Moon. So it makes a very pretty composition a Kanipe said. A people looking West just after the Sunset about 8 30 p.m., should be Able to see the Crescent Moon and up to the upper right Mars and then Jupiter and Venus. Venus will be the Bright. on june 18, the planets get even tighter covering an area of sky just a Little bigger than the size of the full Moon. The planets will then disappear Mot to be seen again until september when they will come up in the morn ing sky. On july 11, the most talked about solar eclipse in years will sweep across the skies. Billed As a once in a lifetime viewing Opportunity it is the last total solar eclipse that will occur Over the North american continent until aug. 21, 2017. A a july 11 solar eclipse the total eclipse of the Sun expected july 11 will Only sweep Over a 160-mile-wide strip of tropics but the partial eclipse will be visible in most of the Western hemisphere. A a t Chuna Northern limit of partial eclipse Atlantic Ocean Southern limit of partial eclipse Pacific Ocean a Universal time Greenwich time source sky amp Telescope Magazine. A although one must travel to Hawaii or Mexico to View the Moons Complete blockage of the Sun a partial solar eclipse will be visible from practically All parts of the United states with the Best views in the Southwest. In Texas 5 percent to 80 percent of the Sun will be blocked depending on which City you Are in. Dallas will see 59 percent blockage Austin 65 percent Houston 60 percent and Brownsville 79 of Kennedy rape suspect blasts article new York apr the Mother of William Kennedy Smith lashed out at people Magazine for its a a demeaning portrayal of her marriage in the Wake of an alleged rape at the Kennedy family a Florida estate. Jean Kennedy Smith a the sister of sen. Edward Kennedy a mass. A took the unusual step of writing a letter to the editor after the Magazine profiled the Kennedy clan including a look at her marriage to the late Stephen Smith under the headline Quot dignity and her 30-year-old son has been charged with raping a 29-year-old woman after inviting her to the Kennedy so Ocean front estate in Palm Beach fla., in the Early hours of March 30. Smith 30, has denied any wrongdoing. . May 27 Issue people reported that Jean Smiths husband a new York businessman who handled Kennedy family financial affairs engaged in a notoriously indiscreet womanizing and a treated her like the article quoted an Anonymous family Friend. A i am shocked and horrified by the portrayal of my husband and our mar Rhaue and my role As an abused wife a Jean Smith said in a letter in the june 17 Issue. A this is demeaning not Only to me but Uyun children a and to my entire family All of whom had the. Greatest respect and admiration for my in an accompanying letter her other son Stephen Smith jr., took Issue with the magazines assertion that he and his Sih Linus a were often left to
