European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 17, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Vol. 50, no. 126 saturday August 17,1991 authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces 35<i d 8693 a  iraqi Oil Sale Council would strictly limit use of revenues by the los Angeles times Washington a responding to reports of starvation and medical emergencies in postwar Iraq the . Security Council has voted to authorize Iraq to sell $1.6 billion Worth of Oil under conditions that will require every Penny to be spent on food Medicine Ana the costly aftermath of the persian Gulf War. The Bush administration said that iraqis response to the Security Council action on thursday will demonstrate whether or not president Saddam Hussein a government really cares about its people. Iraq protested the . Restrictions which will prevent the government from receiving any of the Money. A this is a Way of feeding and caring for needy people inside Iraq and if the iraqi government has any interest in doing that this is a Way of doing it a state department spokesman Richard Boucher told reporters in Washington a few hours before the vote was taken at . Headquarters in new York. All of the revenues from the Sale a the first for Iraq since it invaded Kuwait a Little More than a year ago a would go into a . Trust fund. About $1 billion would be spent on food and Medicine to be distributed by the United nations bypassing the iraqi government. Iraqis ambassador to the United nations Abdul Amir Anbari denounced the . Formula As a violation of iraqi sovereignty and implied that his government would refuse to go along with it. A the authors of the Resolution actually want to hold the iraqi people As hostages and place before it two options either allow those old and new colonialist states to plunder its Oil wealth and to control it indefinitely or to keep the state see . On Page 2 Vii corps tanks rolled toward the kuwaiti Border during the persian Gulf War. A Vii corps fading into history As part of Europe draw Downs Washington a from a Day at Normandy to a Day in the persian Gulf the army a Vii corps compiled a celebrated War record. On thursday it lost the Battle of time. The corps is pulling up stakes in the sector of Germany it defended for More than 40 years folding its Flag and disappearing into the history books. The army announced that As part of a plan to reduce by half the size of the . Force in Europe by 1995, Vii corps will disband next year leaving its sister unit v corps As the Central righting outfit on the continent. Vii corps commanded in the persian Gulf War by it. Gen. Frederick Franks delivered the knockout blow to the iraqi Republican guard forces in a 100-hour ground offensive that included the largest tank Battles in history. To be withdrawn with Vii corps by the end of september 1992 Are two of the four . Combat divisions in Europe 3rd army div headquartered at Frankfurt and 8th inf div headquartered at bad Kreuz Nach Germany. The two combat divisions that survived the Cut see Vii corps on Page 2 All 69 aboard killed in crash of India jetliner new Delhi India apr an Indian airlines Jet crashed in Hilly Eastern India several Miles Short of its destination Friday killing All 69 people on Board airline and government officials said. News agencies said 63 passengers including an infant who was not on the airlines Manifest and six Crew members were aboard the Boeing 737 when it went Down outside the City of Imphal. . Ranbir Singh the chief minister of Manipur state said All 69 people aboard were killed reported press Trust of India and United news of India. Two air Force helicopters located the wreckage of the plane near Lotak Lake the agencies said. Imphal is the capital of Manipur a state bordering Burma. Initial reports blamed the mishap on bad weather airline sources in new Delhi said. It is Monsoon season in the area and heavy Rains and High winds arc common. But a meteorologist at the National weather Bureau said he had no report of Adverse weather. The wind Speed was a Normal 12-18 Mph he said. A the Clouds Are not too dense but As you know this is a Hilly area a and there could be Mountain gusts he said on condition of anonymity. The plane on a flight from Calcutta crashed five Miles from the Imphal Airport according to sources in the Indian airlines Headquarters in new Delhi. The City of Imphal with 150,000 residents is in a Valley ringed by Lush Green Hills 1,050 Miles Southeast of new Delhi and 370 Miles Northeast of Calcutta. Indian airlines one of the largest Domestic airlines in the world flies to 62 destinations including eight in neighbouring countries. It makes at least 240 flights a Day. The airline has a poor safety record. In february 1990, a new Airbus a320 crashed before Landing at Bangalore in South India killing 91 people of the 146 people aboard. India grounded its new Fleet for nearly a year. Five months previously another Jet Liq Tib amp i amp Ngung to the airlines crashed at Ahmadabad Airport in Western India killing All but two of the 135 passengers and  of hostages Send upbeat messages Beirut Lebanon a hostage families Are heartened by new diplomatic initiatives broadcast messages to their captive loved ones. But conflicting signals were emerging from Israel Iran and Syria a key players in any hostages for prisoners Swap. With a proposed Exchange hinging on word about israelis seven missing servicemen Lebanon a leading shiite Muslim cleric called on lebanese groups to re lease the mias or their remains. The plea by Sleik Mohammed Mehdi Shamseddine came thursday As diplomatic efforts slowed for a Deal to free five americans and six other Western hostages in Exchange for hundreds of arabs detained by Israel. Friday Israel restated its willingness to make a gesture in Exchange for information on the servicemen missing in  of three hostages broadcast radio messages thursday after a week that saw new talks three other hostage releases and encouragement that the remaining captives May be listening. Briton John Mccarthy said after his release aug. 8 that the westerners were allowed to listen to the radio. Hostage Terry Andersons daughter 6-year-old Salome sounded confident in her message to the father she had never seen. She was bom a few months after he was taken hostage. A i know he is going to come Home very very soon because i talked to John Mccarthy on the Telephone and he said that my daddy a very Well and that he will come Home very very very very soon a said Salome in an interview for the Brit ish broadcasting corp. Program Outlook. Anderson 43, chief Middle East Corre see hostages on Page 2