European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 21, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday August 21, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 9reforger begins As Gorbachev Falls Heidelberg Germany a amps ironically the 1991 return of forces to Germany began monday amid the overthrow of soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev. The first of 6,700 . Soldiers began arriving monday at Schigol Airport near Amsterdam Netherlands. They Are part of units that include Xiii corps support come from fort Hood Texas Iii corps arty from fort Sill okla. 4th inf div Mech from fort Carson Colo. And the 10th Mountain div Light infantry from fort drum . Also arriving Are smaller combat support units and combat service units. Along with the soldiers about 500 vehicles Are scheduled to arrive by ship at Vlissingen Netherlands. The remainder of equipment to be used will be obtained from storage Sites throughout Europe said staff sgt. Elayne Venema a Public affairs spokeswoman with the . Army Europe. This reinforcement phase of reformer will continue until sept. 10, when the Fol Low up exercise certain shield begins. The redeployment phase is scheduled from sept. 21 until the Middle of october. The exercise area will extend East to West from Kassel to Soest and North to Bielefeld. Reformer �?T91 will include about 28,000 soldiers with the addition of Allied forces and Usa eur soldiers. The number of soldiers participating is about half of the 57,500 service members involved in reformer �?T90, when the reformer enhancement program replaced Many of the soldiers and ground Maneu vers with computer simulations and extended use of Mobile command Post exercises Venema said. Refer Ger was not held in 19s9, when the enhancement program was being developed. Some 103,000 soldiers took part in reformer ass. This is the 22nd training exercise in the reformer series which is designed to showcase . Ability to quickly move soldiers from the United states to Europe during a  s blood Bank needs to restock Supply Lan Stuhl Germany a the United states army Europe blood Bank needs blood. The Bank uses Between 250 and 300 units of blood at any Given  All . Military medical facilities in Europe. Because blood cannot be used after 35 Days the blood Bank must replenish its Supply constantly. While blood of All types is needed of negative is needed most because it is the Universal donor Type said maj. John Hatten commander of the blood Bank. The blood donated is used for surgery and for patients with blood deficiencies. In addition to blood drives set for Ramstein a on tuesday and Baum older on aug. 29, the blood Bank will hold an in House blood drive on sept. 3 in land Stuhle a building 3703 from 9 . To 3  tied to Gandhi death kills self As police move i finance units will close for change of command Frankfurt Germany a All finance support units of the 5th finance group will be closed Friday because of a change of command ceremony. Col. C. David Poche will take command of the 5th finance group at 11 . Friday at Edwards Cavern. Poche will take Over from col. Vincent j. Felletter. Poche has been chief of the finance and accounting division for the . Army Europe Headquarters in Heidelberg Germany. Felletter will become comptroller for the european come in Stuttgart  units attend exercises at Nellis fab Span Dahlem a Germany the 23rd tac fighter so of the 52nd tac fighter Wing left tuesday to participate in Green Flag exercises at Nellis fab Nev. The Wing sent five f-4gs and four f-16s from the 23rd along with a total of about 180 maintenance and operations personnel. The exercises will concentrate on using electronic combat capability to simulate shooting anti radiation missiles similar to those used during the persian Gulf War. The 23rd, composed of about 90 personnel will Complete its exercises then leave the United states on sept. 6. On that Day another 52nd unit the 81st tac fighter so with about 90 personnel will begin the exercises. Sonia Gandhi widow of slain former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi and her daughter Priyanka attend a memorial that marked his 47th birthday in new Delhi. Bangalore India apr a tamil separatist believed to have plotted the assassination of sex prime min ister Rajiv Gandhi committed suicide with six other militants tuesday As police surrounded his hideout authorities said. With their deaths Hopes faded for resolving the mystery of who ordered the assassination and Why. More than half of the nearly 40 suspects have killed themselves before they could be arrested according to police accounts. The tamil separatist known As Sivadasan shot himself through the Temple. The others swallowed cyanide capsules before police stormed their Refuge near this Southern City said police commissioner r. Ramalingam. Press Trust of India reported that they were found pm bracing one another in death. It was earlier erroneously reported that Sivadasan took cyanide. A 22-Ycar-Oid woman suspected to be an accomplice in the assassination known Only As Subha was among the dead Ramalingam told a news conference. She and Sivadasan had eluded police for 90 Days. Police had offered a Reward of $40,000 for the one eyed Sivadasan and $20,000 for Subha. Their photographs were plastered onto Public buildings and buses across India. The end of the biggest manhunt in indians history came on Gandhi a 47th birthday which was being marked by memorials prayer meetings and special programs on the state run Media. The alleged plotters of Gandhi a May 21 assassination near the Southeastern coastal City of Madras were members of the liberation tigers of tamil eelam. The tigers arc fighting for an Independent Homeland for ethnic tamils in sri Lanka the Island nation 25 Miles off indians Southeastern coast. A Gandhi who had sent Indian troops to sri Lanka was killed at an election Campaign rally by a Young woman who detonated a bomb strapped to her Waist. The suicide bomber was among 18 people who died. The suicides tuesday occurred at a House near the Southern provincial capital of Bangalore said a senior police officer. Bangalore capital of Karn Ataka state is 180 Miles West of Madras. Hundreds of police had surrounded the House sunday evening after receiving a tip and fought a gun Battle with the occupants monday after several hours of quiet a team stormed the building shortly after Dawn blasting open the door with. Plastic explosives. They found the militants already dead the press Trust of India said. Sivadasan has been described As an intelligence Chiet of the tamil tigers. He had lost his left Eye in a bomb explosion leading the Indian press to dub him on eyed Jack. The tigers have denied responsibility for the  storm parents to get child care Relief by Amy Geiszler Joes . Bureau parents who had extra child care expenses because they participated in operations desert shield and desert storm May be eligible for some free child care said the 3rd air forces child development specialist. In a Bill passed in april Congress gave the department of defense $20 million to compensate those parents and to cover the administrative costs of running the program Leslie lips said. The parents will receive coupons Good for either a certain number of hours or a Dollar amount redeemable Only at military child development centers youth activity centers or licensed family Day care providers lips said. The coupons must be used by sept. 30, which is the end of fiscal 1991. Those eligible include people who deployed As part of the persian Gulf War operations As Well As those who stayed behind and had to work extra hours. The . Air forces in Europe has received $208,000 for the program according to Safe officials. Safe will distribute the Money based on military strength at each base lips  base commander will determine a the Best method to use in allocating the coupons to eligible parents lips said but Safe has directed that each eligible family receive no More than $100 Worth. Because of funding limitations parents should not expect to recoup the entire amount of additional child care expense incurred during the operations lips said. Also the coupons cannot be applied to a Aback pay owed for child care she said. Applications will need documentation such As a copy of deployment orders or a commanders verification of additional duty hours to get benefits. Bases in 3rd air Force will Issue coupons a within the next 10 Days a lips said. Spokesmen at 16th and 17th air forces did not know when All bases in their regions would distribute the coupons