European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 14, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2. C the stars and stripes wednesday August 14, 1991 at a glance German workers labor to remove a deadly legacy left behind by communist East Germany a thou Sands of mines burned along its former Border to West Germany. See Story on pages 14 and 15. . Ranks As worst the nations capital has the nation s worst infant and neonatal mortality rates a report says. A Page 4 Vii ruling to be appealed the department of Justice will Appeal a ruling that allowed the Virginia military Institute to continue to bar female students while receiving state scholarship Money. A Page 6 thai group consoled the thai ambassador to the United states meets with about 50 people in Phoenix in the aftermath of nine slayings at a Buddhist Temple. A Page 7 Pope Heads to Homeland Pope John Paul ii starts a visit to his native Poland and to Hungary to promote roman Catholic values in the former soviet bloc countries. A Page 9 no pan am problems seen travellers with pan am tickets have nothing to fear now that Delta has been allowed to take Over the troubled airlines european routes officials say. A Page 17 Index Abby Ann Landers 19 action line �?.16 comics.19-21 commentary.13 crossword .19 letters .12 Money matters.17 sports.22-28 to listings.27 weather .11 briefing from Page 1 pfc. Aaron Howard was killed in the personnel Carrier when it met with what Potter believes was also . Fire. According to an army Chart provided to reporters at a Pentagon briefing tuesday three soldiers were killed and three were wounded in a feb. 26 incident involving a machine gun fire from m1a1 Abrams tank a mostly dismounted  the Chart described the action As a an my 13 armoured personnel Carrier lost Forward of Friendly lines misidentified As enemy while following an iraqi  Potter said the incident happened shortly after units had moved into a defensive posture for the night. The engineers along with three 2nd army Cav regt soldiers were guarding iraqi prisoners. The soldiers had accidentally ended up ahead of the enemy line Potter said. The 2nd army Cav regt soldiers from k troop 3rd so were also hit in their my 13 armoured personnel Carrier when enemy fire started flying. The vehicles Driver Chi. James Mccoy was killed. The army Chart said Only one my 13 was destroyed by . Fire. This would support claims of sgt. 1st class Terry Crighton one of the two surviving k troop soldiers from Amberg Germany who said he believed his vehicle was hit by an iraqi rocket. Potter said tuesday that he still had not received word from military officials As to the cause of his injuries. The army had reported that enemy land mines caused his injuries and the deaths of fellow soldiers sgt. William Strehlow and sgt. Dodge Powell. Potter said however that he was not on a personal quest for the official ruling on what caused his wounds and the deaths of fellow soldiers. A a in a not really concerned As far As myself because i have spoken the truth about what happened a said Potter who is from Louisville by. A was far As anything official coming in the mail it Isnit going to change my feelings about what happened. A the Only thing i want to do is go on with my life and put something positive in the Middle of it while pm doing it a said Potter who faces at least two More months of rehabilitation before he is discharged from the army. A most of my concern is for the families of the others a said Potter noting the relatives of Howard Strehlow and Powell who were in his platoon. Although Potter has been in Contact with the deceased soldiers families he did not know tuesday if they had yet a received the  Carolyn Strehlow was not available for comment tuesday. However As of monday she said she still had not received word from the army regarding the cause of her 28-year-old husbands death. Strehlow said she has ended her search for the answer. A it does no to do any Good a said the Mother of three now living in Wisconsin a i have to go on with my life. Its not going to change anything. Even if the Pentagon Calls its not going to bring him  Potter who Hopes to study physical therapy after completing his rehabilitation said he still thinks about the Friendly fire problem. A i Hope that they do come up with some kind of system that can identify Friendly and enemy a even if its just some kind of Beeper. I see technology today which is Good but there a always room for  toll from Page 1 wounded by Friendly fire citing deference to family members. Military officials also would not link specific units to the incidents because a Pentagon policy forbids it they said. Most of the Friendly fire casualties involved Crews of armoured vehicles struck by High Speed non explosive tank rounds that rely on the Force of Impact to destroy the target officials said. Only 10 Abrams tanks and 25 Bradley fighting vehicles sustained any significant combat damage during the War officials said. But 77 percent of that damage was caused by Friendly fire. Officials concluded that the number of deaths and injuries would have been higher without the built in features of the army vehicles such As fire suppression systems Blowout panels hardened Armor and protective liners. Military researchers at the training and doctrine come on fort Monroe va., will work to develop new technology to improve identification of Friendly forces officials said. In a statement the Pentagon said it had identified 28 incidents in which . Forces mistakenly engaged other american forces. Of the 28 cases a 16 were ground to ground engagements in which 24 service members died and 57 were wounded. A nine were air to ground engagements in which 11 were killed and 15 were wounded the statement said. No casualties resulted from one ship to ship one Shore to ship and one ground to air engagement the statement said. Of the 21 army soldiers killed a one1 was an m1a1 tank crewman. A fifteen were Bradley fighting vehicle crewmen. A one was a crewman from a fire support team vehicle which is a modified my 13 armoured personnel Carrier. A four were on the ground. Of the 65 wounded army soldiers a forty nine were Bradley fighting vehicle crewmen. A seven were tank crewmen. A nine were on the ground. Of the 14 marines killed a eleven were Light armoured vehicle  three were on the ground. Of the six marines wounded a two were Light armoured vehicle crewmen. A four were on the ground. One Sailor was wounded while serving with a Marine Liaison unit the Pentagon said. Last month the Central come issued a preliminary count of 11 . Soldiers killed and 15 wounded from Friendly fire during the 43-Day conflict. The associated press contributed to this report. Releases from Page 1 in westerners remain missing in Lebanon. The captors said further releases depend on Israel. Israel seeks the return of its missing soldiers. The kidnappers said in a letter released monday that Freedom for the Western hostages in Lebanon hinges on the release of detainees worldwide. The senior israeli official in Jerusalem would not say whether the jewish state would Trade Arab prisoners for information on its missing soldiers but israeli army radio said Israel was offering either prisoners or a a commitment in principles to Trade detainees for information. A there is no doubt that Israel is ready to make gestures for the whole Issue of freeing hostages and prisoners exchanges but first and Foremost we have to take care of our own people a the israeli official said. On tuesday Iran a official islamic Republic news Agency quoted Muslim sources As saying Sheik Abdul Karim Obeid a shiite cleric linked to Hezbollah could be freed by Israel by saturday. Obeidi a Freedom is one of the kidnappers key demands. A it Isnit True a Dan Naveh an israeli defense ministry spokesman said of the Irna report. Wall from Page 1 Ter had places of Honor on the platform As Dick gun and Interior minister Wolfgang Schauble gave speeches trying to tie together the bitter strands of German history with the difficult realities of today a United Germany. The a Wall in the head that they decried comes from four decades of living in two countries reinforced by 28 years of the Wall. Many westerners Are already weary of having to pay higher taxes to finance economic integration with the East while Many former East germans Are impatient with what they see As the Rich West a inability to solve their problems. Both officials said Many people in West Germany had ignored the East flt decades and had accepted the division i the country. Schauble said Many westerners a Pai Only lip services to ideals of Freedom an Unity that were finally realized in a Popi Lar revolution against the East germs communist regime. A a the absurd had become normality Schauble said. A Many people had Troub to think away the  . Spy plane surveying Iraq for . Baghdad Iraq a the United nations has borrowed an american spy plane to Survey iraqi weapons programs to assure that the Baghdad government complies with the terms for ending the persian Gulf War. The disclosure came monday when a . Ballistic weapons inspector reported examining a super gun built by Iraq that could have been used to fire chemical or nuclear weapons hundreds of Miles. The gun 14 inches in diameter apparently was built As part of project Babylon a super gun project that intelligence officials say was begun in 1988. Iraq had sait it was also building a 39-Inch gun tha would be the worlds largest Artilles piece if completed