European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 13, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes thursday june 13, 1991 at a glance two tourists descend the winding Steps Down the Hill of. Monte Tatiros. See photographer Jim Der Heinie a Story on the sicilian town of Taormina in stripes Magazine. Kuwait heats up firefighter red Adair says a lethargic kuwaiti government could cause efforts to put out the country s Oil Well fires to last five years. A Page 4 nuclear rockets urged a White House panel urges that the . Space program use rockets powered by. Nuclear reactors. A a Page 5 Aspin sees b-2 Compromise rep. Les Aspin says he would be. Willing to Compromise and support the Purchase of two b-2 bombers. Quot a a Page 6 Robb to investigate taping sen. Charles Robb places three top aides on leave and vows to investigate the taping of Virginia gov. L. Douglas Wilder s phone Calls. A. A Quot a a Page 7 .-Japan War predicted japanese readers Are Rushing to buy a Book that predicts Japan and the United states will go to War. A a Page 8 san Vito grows Rich in these Days of military cutbacks san Vito air station Italy is enjoying an unexpected buildup. A Page 9 automakers stress Quality big three rivals get together and deliver a common message Quality cars Are built in the United states. A Page 17 Index Abby Ann Landers. 14 comics. 14-16 commentary. 13 crossword. .14 letters. 12 Money matters .17 sports. 18-24 to listings a. 18 weather. .11 los Angeles up an Anonymous letter has touched off an inv stiga Tion by the Navy into allegations that a naval combat team shot iraqi soldiers As they tried to surrender it was reported wednesday. A. It is the first major publicly acknowledged inquiry into charges of wrongdoing. By . Military personnel in the persian Gulf. A. T athe Navy investigation is focusing on allegations that american troops shot at iraqi soldiers on some of the 11 kuwaiti Oil platforms in the persian Gulf even though they had raised White flags As . Helicopters and armed speedboats approached. The International Laws of warfare forbid any attack on troops trying to surrender. The los Angeles times reported that defense department sources said the Anonymous letter apparently came front a. Sailor  guided missile frigate Nicholas which had launched the naval combat team. Capt. Kendall Pease a Navy spokesman said a preliminary investigation concluded on. June 4 that sufficient grounds existed to warrant a formal inquiry the inquiry will be headed by rear a do. Douglas j. Katz commanding officer of the . Atlantic fleets Cruiser destroyer group two based in Charleston s.c., Home port of the Nicholas. Katz served in the Gulf War. Court martial could result from a for-., Mal . The incident reportedly happened on the night of Jan. 18, when helicopters and speedboats from the Nicholas raided some of the iraqi occupied drilling platforms. The raiders captured 23 iraqis the first pos of the War. Five iraqis were killed and three wounded but it is not known whether any of the casualties were the result of illegal conduct the times a. Said 1 v. A a. The Nicholas returned in mid March and was scheduled for a routine deployment later this month. It will now stay in port until the inquiry is completed the Navy  now Washington a survivors among the nearly 2,000 world War ii veterans exposed to Navy Mustard  May finally receive compensation denied them for nearly a half Century the department of Veteran affairs says. The a in a proposal announced tuesday said participants in. The a Peri mints will no longer need to prove their present Day ailments arc  related to their exposure to Poison Gas. Quot because of the confidential nature of some Mustard  during world War 11, we Are giving the Benefit of the doubt to those veterans who were involved in these tests a a Secretary Edward j. Derwinski said in a statement. The decision comes after an Early 1991 vote by Congress to provide permanent disability compensation to  veterans suffering from cancer and other diseases they say resulted from exposure to agent Orange a herbicide used to Clear Jungle  also follows the introduction of a Bill in the House that would provide $750,000 for each of four veterans who had been turned Down for compensation despite suffering from heart nerve and psychiatric ailments they say resulted from the Navy a Mustard . A a it a not a change in policy but a recognition that the policies need to be fixed a Deputy a Secretary Anthony j. Principi said. A mistakes were made mistakes that we have to  the a has recognized six ailments a. Laryngitis chronic bronchitis emphysema asthma chronic conjunctivitis an inflammation of a membrane in the eyelids and corneal opa cities a As Lon term effects from Mustard Gas exposure. However the non existence or Cle Struc Tion of records from the secret Poison  has made it nearly impossible for veterans to obtain compensation. A officials said they have no idea How Many world War ii veterans May claim compensation As a result of the proposed policy change. Few medical records concerning the 2,000 have survived and a list the Navy gave the a identifies volunteers Only by their last names. A i was told that if i Ever said a word i would be charged with espionage and sent to Leavenworth Penitentiary for 40 years a said Glenn Jenkins 63, of Noko mis Fla. He was a 17-year-old Navy sea Man when  subjected to the testing at the naval research Laboratory in Washington. Jenkins who came Forward with his Story Only after the tests were declassified in the mid-1980s, was one of the four named in the House Bill initiated by rep. Porter Goss a Fla. He told a congressional hearing in March that he spent an hour in the Gas chamber and was kept in the same suit for another 24 hours. When the suit was finally removed Jenkins said a i had Large blisters covering my entire Back Penis and arms. After they examined me they then dressed me Back in the same worn leaking suit and mask and put him Back in the chamber for another hour. Jenkins said he suffered Burns Over 60 percent of his body. Today he is plagued by depression chronic dizziness heart problems and respiratory difficulties. Another of the four Nathan Schnur Man 64, of Charles City va., testified that he was offered a three Day pass to participate in a Quot summer clothing testing  a it was explained to men who hesitated to enter the Gas Chambers the consequences of disobeying a direct order in time of War a Schnurman said. Heston will Lead museum fund Raiser Duxford England a amps organizers of a fund raising Campaign to build a museum for . Military aircraft in Britain have named actor Charlton Heston As their new american chairman. Officials at Duxford Airfield had been seeking an american chairman since the death of John Tower a former . Senator who died in an april 5 plane crash in Brunswick a. Tower had been co chairman of the. American air museum in Britain Campaign since 19s9. Heston will be co chairman of the Campaign with a briton sir John Grandy former marshal of the Royal air Force. There Are 11 other Board members also a mix of britons and americans. In Heston a june 3 acceptance letter he wrote that he was glad to take on the chairmanship adding a i confess As Well to a frisson of Awe at sharing a chairmanship with a former air marshal. I never did better than a staff  the actor served with the 11th army air forces in the Aleutian islands during world War ii. No completion Date has been set for the american air museum in Britain. Fund raisers Hope to raise 10 million pounds about $17.1 million to build the museum. The museum is to be built at Duxford Airfield a former Airfield used by americans in world War ii. It is about 50 Miles North of London near Cambridge. The Airfield already houses a sizable collection of aircraft and aviation Memorabilia As part of Britain a Imperial War museum. Gulf veterans advised to Transfer deposits Heidelberg Germany a service members Are advised to Stop putting Money in the service members savings Deposit program when they return from the persian Gulf because deposits made after redeployment will not earn interest according to finance officials. The wartime program gives service members an Opportunity to earn 10 percent interest on their savings while deployed. Returned service members who elected to make deposits through the allotment / a program should terminate those immediately the officials said. Deposits made while service members were deployed will continue to earn the programs 10 percent interest for up to two months after the month the military member stops receiving imminent danger pay. Service members who return to Europe in june for example will receive danger pay through the end of the month and interest on their savings through August. A to withdraw funds from the program service personnel must submit a written request to their local finance office. The request must contain the servicemen berms name social Security number Branch of service amount requested Date of desired payment How final payment should be made and reason for withdrawal  As account closure because the service member is no longer deployed. If payment is to be made to the serv ice member a checking or savings account the account number and routing transaction number must be included