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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Thursday, July 4, 1991

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 4, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday Friday july 4/5, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 7 .12 injured 15 arrested in riot at Rock concert from wire reports Maryland Heights to. Rock tans smashed chairs and hurled them at the stage in a riot tuesday at a concert by the heavy Metal group guns no roses police said. More than a dozen people were Hurt and up to 15 arrested. Hundreds of police officers had to be called in to bring the crowd of 19,000 under control at the River port Amphitheater. Police said some of the injured suffered broken legs. Several people were carried out on stretchers. No members of the Rock group were believed to have been injured. Tom o Connor Deputy police chief said the disturbance began when part of the audience went onto the stage and the band refused to continue. Witnesses said Axl Rose the groups Lead Singer smashed a microphone on the floor to signal the concerts  lawns staying Green Alameda Calif. A Brown May be the Hue for most Yards during californians 5-year-old drought but the Navy insists Green is the Only shipshape color. Families at Nas Alameda were ordered to water their lawns or face eviction. A does the Navy even know there a a drought Quot said Debby Galanopoulos who received a warning last week. A do they believe they re exempt from conservation a prison fire injures 33 Pontiac 111. A a fire at a maximum Security state prison tuesday injured 33 people and forced evacuation of a Cellblock. A fight broke out among some of the 150 prisoners evacuated to an exercise Yard at Pontiac correctional Center to escape the smoke and three warning shots were fired said Nic Howell a spokesman for the Illinois corrections department. He was t aware of any injuries resulting from the  priest acquitted Chicago a a priest charged with defacing liquor and tobacco billboards was acquitted of two misdemeanours tuesday after arguing that he did so to keep children from smoking and drinking. A Cook county jury deliberated about an hour before finding the Rev. Michael Pfleger not guilty of Battery and of criminal damage to property. Pfleger had smeared red paint Over several  gunman kills 1 Atlanta a a gunman shot one Man to death and critically injured two others at Atlanta a main downtown subway station just before afternoon Rush hour tuesday authorities said. Minutes after the shooting police arrested Alvin James King 34, of Atlanta. He was charged tuesday night with murder and two counts of aggravated assault said police sgt. Frank Mcclure. King was being held without Bond pending a court appearance wednesday police spokesman Glenda lock said. A from All we re getting there was no discussion no conversation. It was unprovoked a said Gene Wilson chief of Security for the metropolitan Atlanta rapid transit authority. The dead Man was identified As Keith Jonas of suburban Marietta said John Hester a spokesman at Grady memorial Hospital. Jonas s age was t  Accident injures 14 Cleveland a one commuter train rammed another that was stopped outside a station tuesday night injuring 14 people. The Accident involved two rapid transit authority commuter trains on the City s West Side police dispatcher Richard Coyle said. The injured were taken to four hospitals but none of the injuries appeared to be life threatening. A Roh tells Bush of Hopes to reunite kor eos by 2000 Washington apr president Bush praised South Korea s economic and democratic advances tuesday As he welcomed South korean president Roh Tae woo to the White House. Bush said the United states stands ready to help the two Korea end their division. Roh told Bush he Hopes to see North and South Korea become one country before the end of the Century. Bush and Roh also discussed their common concerns Over the possibility that North Korea May be trying to develop nuclear weapons. North Korea recently agreed to sign an International nuclear safeguards Accord without demanding the withdrawal of any . Nuclear warheads from South Korea As a precondition. The North koreans contend their nuclear facility North of Pyongyang is designed solely for research into peaceful uses. Roh invited Bush to visit South Korea and Bush indicated he hoped to visit the Region a before the year s out a said assistant Secretary of state Riehard Solomon who briefed reporters after the Bush Roh talks. Roh assured Bush of his personal support for further liberalizing South Korea s Trade rules and for reaching a successful conclusion to the Uruguay round of global Trade talks Solomon said. Those talks stumbled last year when South Korea and other countries walked at dropping protective measures for their Farmers. The red carpet Welcome and a state dinner tuesday night marked the first official visit by a South korean president in"25 years although Roh has been at the White House before with far less ceremony. Police had prepared for major demonstrations outside the White House during Roll s visit but there were Only a few dozen demonstrators outside the Gates tuesday chanting anti Roh slogans and demanding the pullout of . Troops from South Korea. Marine places his Silver Star at memorial to Honor father Marine Chi. Michael Kilpatrick holds the Silver Star awarded for his actions in Kuwait. Washington apr a this is for you Diu attn Rine Chi. Michael Kilpatrick said As he carefully placed the Silver Star he won in Kuwait at the base of a Marble panel at the Vietnam War memorial. A i was t looking Forward to this Day a his Mother Bonnie Lucido said tuesday. A a it a the first time i saw my son and his father share  Michael is 22. At the same age in 1969, his father was killed in Vietnam. Capt. Donald Kilpatrick was a helicopter Pilot. His son drove a reconnaissance and fire support vehicle in operation desert storm. Michael thought his father deserved the medal More than he did. Quot somebody saw me doing my Job and thought it was special for some reason a he said. A the s the one who should be getting an award for what lie did. He paid the ultimate  Kilpatrick who is stationed at Camp Pendleton Calif., is from Allentown. A. He won his medal for bravery on feb. 24 and feb. 25. When his vehicle came under intense mortar and artillery fire on the 24th, the citation said Kilpatrick mane Vered through the fire simultaneously calling in air strikes. The next Day when the enemy counterattacked the Young Marine a with no regard for his personal safety a single hand edly disabled a tank. A this actions were critical in holding the counterattack and relieving the command Post a the citation said. The Small ceremony in front of a Vietnam memorial panel bearing Donald Kilpatrick s name look Only a few minutes. When Michael was through former Marine corps commandant . Gray gave Kilpatrick a replacement medal. His congressman. Rep. Don Ritter r-pa., handed him a Flag that had flown Over the Capitol. The original medal will be placed in a National Park service museum. 6 of 8 ship stowaways found dead West Palm Beach Fla. A six of eight stowaways from the dominican Republic who were sealed inside a wooden Container on a freighter were found dead when the ship arrived in Florida tin tuesday authorities said. The two survivors of the three Day voyage in tropical heat managed to Drill and saw their Way out. Quot the two men said it was hellish in there and they had no air and were frying alive a Border patrol spokesman Neal Richards said. A they said they knew they were going to die if they did t get  Richards said Border patrol agents would search 200 other containers aboard the 430-loot Container ship Tropic reign in Case there Are any More victims. Smugglers put the eight men into the 40-foot-Long, kid -by-8-loot Wood panelled Container filled with clothing on saturday night at the port of puerto Plata Richards said. Three Days into the journey conditions became unbearable. The two survivors began their escape some time before Dawn tuesday Richards said. Officials did no to know How Long the victims had survived before suffocating although the survivors said at least one of their companions was alive when they started trying to Drill their Way out. They used a hand Drill to make 50 to 60 holes in the Container s Side then sawed Between each Hole before punching free. Richard said. The men said they were weak and Hail to take turns making holes. The survivors appeared to be in Good condition Richards said. They were identified As Raul Mena. 24, and Daniel Fernandez. Is. The dead men All appeared to he in their 20s, the Border patrol said. Their identities weren to released. The survivors were taken to an immigration and naturalization service detention Center. Ins spokesman George Waldroup said  
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