European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 9, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 b the stars and stripes Friday August 9, 1991 Steps Are being taken to see that an army that marches on its stomach will be a Happy army. Using lessons Learned in the Gulf War army technologists Are working to make sure that service members will sit Down to a meal  enjoy. See Story on pages 14is.homosexuals still banned the defense department says it will not lift its prohibition against homosexuals in the military. A Page 4iowa blast probe findings of a 15-month investigation of the explosion on the battleship Iowa will reportedly suggest that the blast May have been an Accident. A Page 5trial postponed a judge in the William Kennedy Smith rape Case has delayed the opening of the trial until Jan. 13. A Page 7iranian offers help in probe former iranian president Abolhassan Bani Sadr says he is willing to present evidence alleging that officials in former president Reagan selection Campaign bargained to delay the release of american hostages in 1960.�? Page 8 German refugee problem Germany a leaders said they May alter one of the world s most Liberal Asylum policies to keep out Eastern european refugees. A Page 9recovery still weak the Federal Reserve says that the nation s recovery from recession is proceeding at a a slow uneven  a Page 17index Abby Ann Landers .19 comics. 19-21 commentary. .13 crossword. .19 letters. .12 Money matters. .17 sports. 22-28 to listings. .27 weather. .11 hostage from Page 1 senior adviser on Lebanon said a if we Are speaking of a Deal which will include our soldiers and prisoners we have always said we will be Happy to help free All the  first word of Mccarthy a release came from islamic jihad the group that had held him. It said he was carrying a message for Perez de Cuellar and Mccarthy confirmed that. Mccarthy said he had recently seen americans Terry Anderson and Thomas Sutherland and that they were in a Good health and Good  Andersons sister Pegy say expressed a tremendous Relief that her brother was still coping after More than six years in Captivity. A i know now that Terry a going to stay Strong a she told reporters outside her Home in Cadiz by. Mccarthy also reported seeing anglican Church envoy Terry Waite who had not previously been sighted. He said Waite a had been very sick Nad a very bad problem with his lungs asthma a and was at one Point taken to a doctor. The freeing of Mccarthy the first Western hostage released in nearly a year comes amid Strong Arab Calls on Israel to free its palestinian and shiite Muslim prisoners. It also comes at a time when the i cited states and the soviet Union Are trying to arrange Middle East peace negotiations. After being turned Over to the British ambassador in Damascus Mccarthy was taken to the ambassador s residence for a reunion with his father and brother who were to Tell him that his Mother had died during his Captivity. Thursday would have been her 69th birthday. J in London Mccarthy a friends celebrated his Freedom. A i think i screamed a 1 think 1 think a said an excited Jill Morrell his former Girlfriend who has campaigned for his release. With the freeing of Mccarthy speculation about the prospects for another release intensified. In new York Perez de Cuellar said a i am still hopeful that another hostage will be release today. 1 Hope it will be an american but i done to know which  a Bush administration official in Kennebunkport Maine with the president said a a we re hearing too that there May be another  but the official who spoke on condition of anonymity provided no other details. The White House said president Bush was pleased by the release of Mccarthy but still has a no direct information that the kidnappers in Lebanon May release an american. Of his captors Mccarthy said a they have made my life very bad for five  he added a for years they said nothing to me. I asked them a Why Why Are you holding me a they would say nothing.�?�. R sources in Beirut said Mccarthy had met with Perez de Cuellari a envoy Giandominico Picco at syrian military Headquarters in Lebanon and that Picco had travelled  him to Damascus. I the Secretary general said he is going to be in Geneva on sunday for . Discussions on Aid to Iraq. He has emphasized that he would meet with any envoy from the hostage takers. Waite the archbishop of Canterbury a envoy was abducted Jan. 20, 1987, while on a Mission to try to free the Western hostages. Until triste hostage Brian Keenan was released last year and spoke of hearing waiters voice there had been no word of his Fate. Mccarthy a television journalist was clean shaven and did not have the gaunt sickly took of hostages who had been released previously. Mccarthy appeared very emotional and smiled occasionally while talking to reporters. Islamic jihad is known to hold Anderson 43, chief Middle East correspondent of the associated press and Sutherland a 60-Ycar-old american educator. Both were kidnapped in 1985, and Anderson is the longest held hostage. White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said thursday that the state department has sent a hostage reception team to the . Air Force Hospital in Wiesbaden Germany to prepare for a possible release of another hostage. But there was no word in islamic jihad a Brief statement released a few minutes before noon about Freedom for any other captive. Mccarthy was kidnapped on april t 7, 1986, on his Way to Beirut International Airport after a six week temporary assignment in the lebanese capital As a producer for worldwide television news. No group had claimed to hold Mccarthy or made any demands for his  from Page 1 has a european office in Stuttgart coordinates moves for All defense department personnel in the United states and army personnel worldwide. Another 20 new firms have signed on to handle moves within Europe said Housley. However cimral said the new additions Are far from  needed. A a we re still beating the Bushes a he said. Housley said 268 moving companies have been contacted in recent weeks wit roughly 10 percent agreeing to contracts. Other firms Are still considering whether to sign on. Officials said there Are roughly too German moving companies currently at work in Germany either As subcontractors to . Shippers or under direct contract with the american government. Military authorities have taken some emergency measures and Are considering others to help Speed up other shipments. These measures include a German moving companies in parts of the country far removed from areas where . Troops Are stationed Are being approached about signing government contracts. The military is offering to help pay transportation costs to bring their trucks packing material and personnel to communities where service members arc shipping out. A employees of moving companies in other european countries might be brought in to work for German firms if the companies continue to have problems hiring enough workers locally. Cimral said British movers helped during a summertime crunch in Frankfurt a year or so ago and similar Steps could be taken this time. A mass counselling sessions of entire units Are being held in several communities so that service members can finish paperwork which will hasten moves. During Normal times local transportation offices schedule one on one counselling sessions with soldiers and airmen but these Davs As Many As 200 servicemen a time Are being handled. A the requirement to have an English speaking member on moving Crews has been waived for moves within Europe and May be dropped on some International shipments a in some cases the . Army is making storage facilities available to moving companies. In addition to getting More moving companies military authorities Are hopeful that German carriers will he Able to hire More workers. A we have encouraged everybody who a participating in the program now to hire More people and increase the capacity that Way a Housley said. A but i can to say How Many folks have hired additional people As a result of the increased  cimral said the army May also ask German movers to hire the spouses and older children of service members As temporary workers if labor shortages persist. He said military lawyers have looked at this possibility and Given their approval. Another a last resort would be to train hundreds of soldiers in Europe to pack up other service members household goods for International shipment cimral said. A training package has been put together at the Usa eur level that could be used to teach soldiers and their supervisors How to pack. A it will be used Only if German movers and the military traffic management command Tell us they have no More capacity available a he said. Cimral said the a Soldier pack out options might not be a bad idea though. Soldiers would tend to wrap an extra layer of packing material around sensitive items to be on the Safe Side and that could Lead to less damage in transit he said. Soldiers Are also being used in some communities to help besieged transportation offices with Quality control checks on packing Days. A we Are doing everything we can to make sure that people can move close to when they want to move but still have a Quality move a Housley said. A it does t do us any Good to move 10,000 people out if everybody has a real bad move. So we re trying to ensure Quality at the same  Shah s last prime minister found slain Paris apr Shu Spuur Bakhtiar the Shah of Iran a last prime minister was found stabbed to death thursday at his Home outside Paris police said. Bakh tiaras top aide was also slain. The bodies of Bakhtiar 76, and his chief of staff were found by Bakhtiari a son on the first floor of the Well guarded Home in sur Esnes West of Paris. The aide s name was not immediately available. There were no signs of a struggle or forced entry into the Home and no imme Diate claims of responsibility police said. An attempt had been made 11 years ago on the life of Bakhtiar a Strong critic of the Radical regime in Iran that came to Power after the 1979 revolution under the leadership of the Ayatollah Ruh Alluh Khomeini. A group of armed men posing As journalists entered Bakhtiari a House in july 198 and tried to shoot their Way to the sex prime minister. The attempt was foiled by police guards although one policeman and neighbor were killed and three police men wounded. Anis Naccache a lebanese nation and convicted Leader of a pro iranian Tei ror squad was convicted of leading the five member hit squad. He was release irom prison in 1989 in Exchange for thre French hostages released from Lebanon Bakhtiar served in office Only 38 a before escaping to France when Sha Reza Pahlavi was toppled by shiite my him fundamentalists february 1979