European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 11, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday. June .11. 1991 the stars and stripes. Page 9 an Auto dealer at Shimbara Japan checks new cars on his lot that Are covered with volcanic Ash sunday. Military 501st tac missile Wing named outstanding unit Raf common. England a amps1 he 501st Lac missile Wing which deactivated june 4, has been Given the air Force outstanding unit award. 1 he Wing which had been operational for almost nine years received the award for the period of june 1, 1989 to june 4 of this year. One of its primary achievements during that time was receiving the highest ratings Ever Given to a ground launched cruise missile Wing during a a i o tactical evaluation in december 1989. Mildenhall no honoured ral Mil do nha1 i. 1 glands a a senior master sergeant a a stationed with the 5 the Mobile Aerial port so at Raf Mildenhall has been named the military an hot Camul Semor no of the year for 1990. Senior master sgt. Michael Reynolds 38, is superintendent of the Squadron 79 people assigned to it. He oversees and coordinates deployments making sure equipment manpower and logistical require of ments Are met. Lie also coordinates the training for the Squadron air base ground defense at Thetford Forest. Reynolds a trom Cochran. A. Participated in the squadrons deployment to operation desert shield Between August and november and had deployed to support operation provide Comfort from March to May. A Reynolds will Transfer to the operations so at Llu Alburl yield ida., in july. I he 19-year air Force Veteran is eligible to compete for the air Force outstanding airman of the year award. 9 0 0 f the air Force outstanding airman of the year Awan rain in Japan increases tears Bush nominates Laposata of deadly volcanic mudslides Tokyo apr Pleavy rain fell monday on tons of Ash and Rock from an earlier volcanic eruption in South pm Japan raising fears of deadly mudslides As the Mountain continued to rumble and spew out More molten debris. Police widened an evacuation order to include areas around mount Unzen that might be affected by possible rain induced slides of volcanic material. An explosion of superheated Gas Ash and rocks from the Mountain june 3 killed -37 people. A bigger explosion Over the weekend razed 73 Homes but claimed no further casualties. On monday a firefighter injured in the june 3 eruption died raising the death toll to 38.yasuhiro Inoue 38, received fatal Burns while fighting fires at the Mountainside City of Shimbara. Evacuation warnings issued by Shimbara and Fukae another City at the foot of the Mountain now affect about 9,800 people in. 2,500 households said Hiroshi Tanaka a spokesman for the Nagasaki police. The Volcano is located on the Island of Kyushu the southernmost of Japan a main islands 600 Miles South est of Tokyo. Many of the evacuees Are being sheltering in gymnasiums and local schools. The mass circulation Asahi Shimun reported that one housewife began screaming As she watched television footage of her Home on fire. A Stream of Ash and Rock called pyroclastic flow spurted saturday from the 4,452-foot Mountain. The debris followed the course of the Miz Nashi River to about 1.2 Miles from the East China sea coast. Television news shots showed White vapor rising from the Rock and debris choked River. A Blanket of Gray Ash spread along the Riverside and into coastal Fields and residential areas. It Kyodo news service quoted experts As saying the rain could set off a slide of As much As i million cubic Yards of volcanic debris now poised on the Mountainside. No mudslides had yet been reported. The meteorological Agency meanwhile reported slightly greater volcanic activity at mount intake in Kagoshima prefecture state since Friday. But the Agency said minor eruptions from the constantly smoking Volcano were it t particularly unusual even though the 128 minor eruptions observed this year far exceeded the 64 similar eruptions recorded for the corresponding period last year. Mount Unzen was the site of Japan a worst volcanic disaster. A 1792 eruption set off a landslide and tidal wave that killed 15,000. The june 3 eruption was the worst since 1926, when 144 died in mudslides after mount Okachi erupted on the Northern Island of hokkaido. To invite to follow up economic Summit Naples Italy a amps a . Army maj. Gen. Joseph s. Laposata has been nominated by president Bush for promotion to lieutenant general with assignment As Cine of staff. Allied forces Southern Europe in Naples Italy. Laposata currently serves As Deputy chief of staff for logistics Usa eur and 7th army which has its Headquarters in Heidelberg Germany. A a Laposata according to a Friday announcement by afsout11, would replace . Army it. Gen. Thomas a Griffin jr., who. Served in the nato Post from March 1988 until his retirement on wednesday. Rec specialists needed Washington a amps a the army is looking for a few Good civilian recreation specialists who would like to work in saudi Arabia for 120 volunteering for the 24 positions would make up the third group to perform their duties in the Arab nation since january said Boh Mcketa of the army Community and family support Center in Alexandria a. The first group was made up of 27 people Anil the second group had 18 volunteers. Those who qualify for the third group Are scheduled to arrive in saudi at the end of july Mcketa said. About seven employees from Germany have volunteered for each group he said. Eligible personnel must be currently employed As army recreation specialists and May be either an a reprinted or Hon appropriated fund employee. Individuals with diversified backgrounds in planning administering and marketing army recreation programs Are encouraged to apply. Applications must reach the army Community and family support Center by june 24 via Mcketa a fax number 703 325-2519 or autovon.221-2519, London apr Britain will invite Mikhail s. Gorbachev to come to London at the end of next months economic Summit of the seven major industrialized nations foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd said monday. The soviet president will be invited to meet with president Bush prime minister John major German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and other leaders of the so called group of seven when the july 15-17 Summit has formally ended. A a he is not going to come As a supplicant and he is not expecting to receive a Check under the plate a Hurd said. A a that a not the nature of the Hurd said the invitation would be issued a within the next Day or Hurdus announcement followed weeks of negotiations among the seven nations after Gorbachev publicly angled for an invitation saying his country urgently needs Aid. On thursday. Majors office sent messages to United states Japan Canada France Germany and Italy proposing that Gorbachev come to London at the end of the Summit. A was of this moment we Are still waiting for some of the replies to come in a said Hurd. A but we know now that everybody is in favor of an invitation so an invitation will be issued in the next Day or so. The exact terms Are still being worked it the United states and Japan initially opposed inviting Gorbachev to the Summit. Washington warmed to the proposal after superpower differences Over a conventional arms treaty were patched up recently. Japan agreed on condition that Gorbachev did not come to the Summit itself. A i done to think anybody was profoundly hostile a Hurd said. Quot there were reservations but they be been last week in a speech in Norway accepting the Nobel peace prize Gorbachev suggested his entire economic Reform program could be in jeopardy if the West did not respond favourably to his appeals. Hurd indicated the most Gorbachev can Hope for at the London Summit is a new procedure for assessing soviet Aid needs. Hurd also indicated Aid will he conditional on implementing reforms. Recall order issued for some bottled water Heidelberg Germany a veterinary food inspectors at 7th medical Comdr have issued a product recall for some bottles of Stolzenbac her Altwasser Brand bottled water. The items involved Are .33-liter, Clear Glass bottles manufactured by Allgauer Alpen Wasser got Ober Taufen Ober Allau Germany. The labels read a Stol Zelbacher Quot in red print and a Alp Wassers in Blue print. Only bottles with an expiration Date of �?o2/92" Are involved in the recall. A 7th medical come veterinary food inspection unit found pieces of Glass in a bottle said col. Jack Barck assistant chief of staff for veterinary services at 7th medical come. A a this is probably an isolated instance a Barck said. Quot however to be absolutely Safe we re requesting anybody who has this product to return it to the Point of
