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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Friday, June 21, 1991

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 21, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page the stars and Stripe Friday june 21, 1991 jaws duster exhibit designer Linda Buechler gives a great White shark display a Good dusting wednesday before the opening of a Sharks fact and fantasy at the Oregon museum of science and Industry in Portland. The exhibit built by los Angeles county a natural history museum is one of the most comprehensive on Sharks. Fresh from its Deserf Conquest humvee ready for main Street Mishawaka ind. Apr in the Market for a rugged car that can climb Hills and conquer Sand dunes ? How about a humvee a the military four wheel drive vehicle that won raves in the persian Gulf War. A. A a a. ,. A a / a. Quot a a a Vas of wednesday the humvee a sometimes called Hummer a is available to the Public. A we believe there is a Strong Market for the Hummer for both business and pleasure a said James Armour president of am general corp. The company is now accepting orders and plans to begin deliveries next june Armour said. The announcement reversed a statement made recently by a company spokeswoman. She said it would remain exclusively a military vehicle for the time being. A humvee has been sold to actor Arnold Schwarzenegger who signed a lease agreement for a customized Model before it was available to the Public. The company plans to offer three models priced Between $40,50 1 and $44,000. The government pays $26,000 for the Basic vehicle. The commercial version will substitute Standard we wont try to beautify the Hummer with styling changes at the risk of sacrificing Superior off Road performance a a James a. Armour president of am general corp. Headlights for blackout lights add Interior safety padding and stronger steel doors include door locks and replace the Bullet resistant roof with a conventional Hardtop. The changes wont affect the humvee a homely appearance or its performance. A we wont try to beautify the Hummer with styling changes at the risk of sacrificing Superior off Road performance a a Armour said. 19, joins Elpaso Texas apr wearing the dog tags her husband had when he was killed in the persian Gulf Dannell Dailey joined the army on wednesday. A the military was always in the Hack of my mind. I put it off because my husband was in it a said Dailey 19. A i had to do something4 can to just stay at a standstill a pfc. Michael Dailey died in an explosion March 3 in Southern Iraq while he was disarming iraqi bunkers. The couple were married Only four Days when Michael Dailey 19, was sent to saudi Arabia. She said she Hopes enlisting will reduce her grief. A i done to think t really have come to Quot grips with it a she said. A the was away for so Long and i feel like he a just still  now unemployed Dannell Dailey said she a been too torn by grief to look for work. She decided it was time to do something after attending the june 8 National memorial service in Washington for All the fallen . Servic members in the War. . 2-train collision kills Engineer hurts crewman from wire reports bile Wyo. A a work train slammed into thereat of a freight train hauling Coal and caught fire wednesday killing an Engineer and critically injuring another Crew member the crash occurred around 4 30 . About 20 Miles North of this East Central Wyoming town said Burlington Northern spokesman Bill Joplin in Denver no one in the Chicago amp North Western train that was hit wits injured. The a amp new train either was stopped on the track or rolling slowly Joplin said. He did not know How fast the in train was going. A a a the dead Engineer was identified As Dennis Paul Henning 46, of Gillette the brakeman was Rodney g. Davidson 35, also of Gillette. A spokesman for the Wyoming medical Center in Casper said Davidson was in critical condition with a head injury. The crash is under investigation. 2/. Newborns found in trash new York a two Newborn babies were found discarded in separate trash bins in Manhattan and the Bronx on wednesday police said. One later died. A baby girl was found in a Bronx trash bin at 4 10 . By a Man searching for returnable Bot ties police said. The second infant also a girl was found at 6 35 . By a Man looking for a newspaper in a trash bin on a subway platform at 14th Street and Union Square in Manhattan. The infant was pronounced dead less than half an hour later at Bellevue Hospital Center. Iraqi tank nabbed Fayetteville . An iraqi tank captured during the persian Gulf War was snared again a this time by state inspectors. The 50-ton, soviet made t-72 tank was on a flatbed truck monday headed toward fort Bragg when weigh station inspectors discovered it was too heavy and needed a special permit state . A. A a. A a a a. A the tank was impounded overnight because of the Holdup the tank arrived at fort Bragg too late for a ceremony tuesday morning. The truck and tank were allowed to leave tuesday morning after a $1,810 Fine was paid and a new permit was issued. Defense firm moving St. Louis a general dynamics corp., citing defense Industry changes announced it would relocate its corporate Headquarters to the Washington d.c., area from St Louis. The company which has about 300 employees in the St. Louis suburb of Clayton mo., also said wednesday that it would establish a St. Louis corporate service Center to perform some functions that would not be moved to Washington. The move is expected to occur by Early fall general dynamics said. General dynamics chairman William a. Arid a hers said the company could operate More effectively and efficiently if its Headquarters were near its principal customers. The company said it is considering locations in Virginia and  patriotism sweeps ., poll finds new York a a poll taken just after the big Welcome Home parades for persian Gulf War veterans found citizens intensely patriotic with 87 percent saying they were a extremely proud to be american. The poll was taken june 12-16, after parades in Washington and new York gave the returning troops a Flag waving tribute. The parades struck 29 percent of those surveyed As too much of a Celebration. A majority 62 percent said the parades were the right amount of Celebration and 8 percent said they were not enough. The Telephone poll of 1,004 adults was taken by ice Survey research group of Media a. It has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage Points. Ninety percent said they were proud of what the United states accomplished in operation desert storm. An even greater number 97 percent said they were either extremely proud or somewhat proud to be american. The 97 percent figure was unchanged from a poll the Roper organization took 10 years ago. But this years poll showed. 87 percent a extremely proud Quot compared with 81 percent a decade ago. A the fact is that patriotism is not dead a said Joseph h. Flom co chairman of new Yorkus Parade. A i think maybe it is telling us it is time to feel Good about some things rather than just beating ourselves about the head a the poll found 57 percent rated the War successful 39 percent called it partly successful and 3 percent said it was not at All successful. A americans Are strongly motivated to see the War As successful and to Feci proud of their patriotism because to do to puts to rest once and for All the Burden of guilt they feel Over Vietnam a said Richard Ned Lebow director of the peace studies program at Cornell uni verily. Protesters during the big parades argued that this a Vietnam syndrome led to an unseemly Jub Ilance at the . Victory Given the iraqi death toll of More than 100,000. Critics of the postwar celebrations also said they diverted Money and attention from Domestic problems  
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