European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 5, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 10the stars and stripes monday August 5,1991wiesbaden Rolls out Home vide production details Community at War a by Marynett staff writer Wiesbaden Germany. A its their first video production and its a Winner. Welcome Home to Wiesbaden a 30-minute video on the persian Gulf crisis Impact on local residents was previewed at the military Community a Victory fest on May 3 and 4. It received raves. A we projected it onto a big screen and the audience went wild a said Anna Edmondson director of the Wiesbaden Community morale welfare and recreation fund marketing and advertising office who put the video together. A there were tears cheers and people practically fell out of their chairs hugging one another a she recalled. A neighbors saw neighbors. They saw themselves. We were immediately swamped with requests for the video which opens to the accompaniment of the sentimental hit wind beneath my wings documents the role of the local military Community in a the War against Iraq. A a it Sall there a Edmondson said. A the departure of the troops their time in the saudi desert the activities of their worried waiting families and then the victorious Wiesbaden also was represented in Iraq Kuwait Turkey Israel Cyprus and Qatar. The videos production was the brainchild of Robert g. Pomeroy former head of the Wiesbaden directorate of personnel and Community activities. Pomeroy now with the directorate in Frankfurt was concerned that historic moments might be left unrecorded. A there is no Lack of footage on the . Role in saudi a Edmondson said. Jowe wanted something extra a a focus on our the video is advertised As a a personal glimpse into the life of a Community bonded together by their Hopes cares and fears from the beginning of deserts amps photo Wiesbaden a video goes on Sale saturday for $695. Shield until the victorious return of their a that tells it exactly a Edmondson said. The project Cost $65,000 in non appropriated funds. Pomeroy said he expects the videos sales at $6.95 apiece to recoup Only about half that investment but that Community officials wanted to keep the Sale Price affordable. Even that Price was established Edmondson said a Only to discourage individuals from taking stacks of the video goes on Sale saturday. It will be available in Wiesbaden at the following locations Community services video audio photo Mart eagles nest club video rental outlet Wiesbaden airbase club Camp Pieri recreation Center and the Wiesbaden sports Center. The 10-member marketing and advertising staff began working on the production in april. Determined to have a truly professional product a commercial film Crew was hired to shoot the Homecoming scenes and produce the final video. A i interviewed 17 German film companies a Edmondson said. A when i told them they might have to wait around at the Frankfurt Airport on Call from of Lemoon until Early morning All but two dropped Smyth productions a Young Frankfurt photo team that includes a cameraman director and producer was Given the contract. A they really got into it a Edmondson said. A they were wonderfully to fill out the report with footage from the Gulf Edmondson placed ads asking for Community Home videos. A we used about six minutes from a selection of 10 videos a she said. A we also received film a shots of the burning Oil Fields in Kuwait of tanks and planes in Battle a from an and Abc. We paid by the minute for the commercial Abc film a she said. A since we were on uncharted ground we had to learn about film production As we went along a said Edmondson noting that some copyright fees Are still not settled. Of the first 5,000,100 of the videos will be kept for military archives. A there a she said a no matter How popular there is no worry of sales exceeding demand. When copies run out More will be puts jail under 42nd my group by Crystal Laureano staff writer the 42nd my group known throughout Europe As the a customs authorities will become that services jailers oct. 1 when it takes charge of the confinement facility in Mannheim Germany. The shift is part of a consolidation of military police units in Europe that will bring the jails current caretakers the 97th my in under the 42nd�?Ts authority. This consolidation is a result of the troop draw Downs in Europe said a spokesman for the 42nd. The facility houses service members from units throughout Europe regardless of service Branch who Are placed in pretrial confinement or who have been found guilty of a crime and Are awaiting transportation to a Federal prison in the United states. The change at the jail also Means that the a 1st personnel come which has its Headquarters in Schwet Zingen Germany will no longer have administrative responsibility for the confinement facility located at Coleman Barracks. A it is a Headquarters change a command Structure change a said maj. Rob Ert Loomis adjutant for the 42nd my group. A there will be no major Impact on the Way the confinement facility does its Mission or on the Way 42nd my group does its Mission. And it will not have any effect on the obvious changes resulting from the Transfer will be Little More than new shoulder patches on the Battle dress uniforms of the 97th�?Ts soldiers Loomis said. Although 42nd my group soldiers deployed to Southwest Asia conducted Only customs operations the units primary Mission in wartime is escorting and guarding enemy prisoners of War. Loomis called this Mission a the common denominator of both units a referring to the 42nd and the 97th. A the persian Gulf War and other conflicts have shown How vital it is to have specialized units to effectively manage prisoners of War a Loomis said. The consolidated unit will be called the 42nd my group and the Headquarters will remain on Taylor Barracks in Mann Heim Sandhofer. Despite the change in authority the 97th my in As a subsidiary unit reporting to the 42nd, will retain its unit designation and the Headquarters will remain on Coleman Barracks. Murder suspect expected to be extradited in a month Cagliari Sardinia up1 a an american murder suspect arrested after a three year International manhunt is expected to remain jailed for a month pending extradition police said sunday. California businessman John Barrett Hawkins 28, was nabbed by police thursday aboard a 49-foot luxury catamaran As he sailed on the Northern coast of the Mediterranean Island. Hawkins is wanted in connection with a $1 million murder for insurance scheme carried out in Glendale calif., in april 1988. Police said Hawkins and his accomplice identified As or. Richard Boggs 57, Are charged with the stun gun killing of 32-year-old drifter Ellis Henry Greene whom they picked up in a North Hollywood Gay bar. Police said Hawkins identified the body As that of his business associate Melvin Hanson and was Able to collect $1 million in life insurance from a reciprocal policy. Boggs told medical authorities that the victim had died of heart trouble police said. Officials said that Hawkins plan was blown after an insurance agent asked for a photo and fingerprint of the dead Man falsely identified As Hanson. Police said that Boggs and Hanson who underwent plastic surgery in Mexico in order to change his identity were arrested in 1989 and sentenced to life in prison. Army copter crashes in s. Korea injuring 6 Seoul South Korea apr a . Army helicopter crashed into a Village North of Seoul Early sunday injuring six Crew members and setting fire to several Homes the military said. The uh-60 Black Hawk crashed when a jeep it was lifting from the ground during a training exercise became snarled in a Power line witnesses told the South korean news Agency Yon Hap. The 8th . Army said the Accident occurred about 1 50 a.m., during a night transport exercise. Several Homes caught fire and burned Down in the Village of Seo Yuri 31 Miles Northeast of Seoul the statement said. But villagers fled before the fire spread the reports said and no injuries on the ground were reported. The aircraft was destroyed military officials said. An statement said the Pilot and five other Crew members aboard the helicopter were flown to the 121st evacuation Hospital in Seoul where they were reported in stable condition
