European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 22, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday september 22, 1991 the stars and stripes Page 9 East chaplains get lessons from West by Peggy Davidson Kaiserslautern Bureau Lan Stuhl Germany a the end f the cold War not Only eased tensions Between East and West but it also wrought changes within what were once staunchly anti religious regimes in the East. Military officials from Hungary and Czechoslovakia Are guests of chaplains of the . European come to learn How he Neucom chaplains program works. Their first Stop was a visit at Lan Stuhl army regional medical Center where they Learned How the . Military offered a variety of religious programs to patients and staff. A with Friendship building Between the East and the ., there is a need for dialogue a said chaplain col Charles r. Frissell Neucom command chaplain. The military becomes a  or. Zoltan Aranyos a Clergyman from Hungary a Reform Church is All for allowing Freedom of religion for his country a soldiers. A it is important that Young men a sol Diers a have the right to exercise Faith while in the army a Aranyos said. A now it is allowed to practice religion but Only  Aranyos was accompanied by members of the hungarian army As Well As Neucom officials. He is optimistic about getting a chaplaincy program started in his country a army. A we have applied for change a he said. A the defense minister replied  Frantisek Novotny a czechoslovakian Clergyman and an employee with the czechoslovakian ministry of defense said the move toward military chaplains is a a tremendous  speaking through a . Air Force interpreter Novotny said a in the last 40 years anyone who believed in Christ was persecuted in the czech army. Even if drafted it was forbidden to have prayer books or the Bible. These soldiers were Given the lowest  the two clergymen and their escorts toured some of the hospitals wards and talked to patients. Novotny a first encounter was with Bart Timko a retired air Force master sergeant who was born in Riany Czechoslovakia. The two talked in czech about the military and the chaplain programs. Timko visited his family in Riany just Over a year ago. Not to be outdone Aranyos stopped to talk to air Force sgt. Randy Takacs a patient with a hungarian name. Takacs said that his great grandparents immigrated to the states and settled in Ohio. He Speaks no hungarian. While with the medical Center chaplains the two clergymen asked questions about the Type of training the Hospital chaplains need the number of denominations represented in the Center and the amount of Freedom the american chaplains have. A was these countries develop their own governments they arc very interested in the development of military chaplains a said Frissell. A How our chaplaincy functions is valuable when they develop their own  a amps Peggy Davidson Frantisek Novotn warrant officer team plans Darmstadt visit Darmstadt Germany a the . Army recruiting come warrant officer recruiting team will visit Darmstadt on wednesday. The team will talk to soldiers who have an interest in or questions about warrant officer careers. Briefings will be held at 9 . And 1 . At the theater on Cambrai Fritsch Cavern. Soldiers do not need to bring any forms or personnel records to the briefing. For More information Call ets 348-6224 or 7410. Soldiers rescued after crash Manama Bahrain apr a helicopter from the guided missile frigate Stark crashed in the Northern persian Gulf and the two army Crew members aboard were rescued by another military chopper the Navy reported. The helicopter crash Friday night was the second in the Region m a week. The two Crew members were slightly injured and taken to a . Army Hospital in Dhahran saudi Arabia according to the statement from . Naval forces Central come. They were flying a . Army oh-53d Kiowa and were picked up by a second Kiowa also attached to the Stark according to the statement. Turnout is High As armenians go to polls for Independence vote Moscow up a armenians voted saturday in a referendum expected to overwhelmingly approve Independence for the Southern Republic but local leaders said the break from the soviet Union will be gradual. The armenian representative Mission in Moscow said turnout was High with 80 percent of the voters casting ballots by 6 . Polls closed at 11 ., and the first Concrete results were not expected until today. Armenian president Levon Ter Petrossian said he was sure Independence for the Republic would be approved but he added that Armenia wanted to maintain ties with the soviet Union and the secession would be gradual. A we Are marching toward Independence in compliance with All International Laws particularly with the .s.r. Constitution a Ter Petrossian said after he voted saturday morning. A refusing to recognize armenians Independence is the same As not recognizing the  As armenians voted russian Republic president Boris n. Yeltsin and Kazakhstan a president Nur Sultan Naza Bayev were in neighbouring Azerbaijan attempting to me Diate a conflict Over the Magorno Karabash Region. Magorno Karabash is populated mostly by armenians but lies inside the Borders of Azerbaijan and both republics claim the territory. A virtual civil War has been raging Over the Issue in recent months with hundreds killed in clashes involving heavily armed armenian and azerbaijani militias and Interior ministry troops. Yeltsin and Naza Bayev hoped to set up negotiations Between the two feuding republics. But each Side repeated its claim to the territory saturday and there seemed to be Little Chance of a Quick Compromise. Yeltsin and Naza Bayev had been planning to travel from the azerbaijani capital Baku to Stepan Akert in Magorno Karabash on saturday afternoon but reports from Baku said that portion of the trip was cancelled for Security reasons. Yeltsin and Naza Bayev the two most powerful Republican leaders in the soviet Union planned to Fly to the armenian capital of Yerevan for talks today and inter fax said they hoped to set up a meeting of both sides in the russian resort town of Mineral Nye Vody. Reward offered for tip in slaying Karlsruhe Germany a the Baden Wurtem Berg state prosecutor is offering a Reward of 3,000 Marks $1,775 for tips leading to the killer of a woman whose mutilated body was found burning sept. 9 in a Forest Between Karlsruhe and Heidelberg. A Forest Ranger discovered the woman a body about 8 20 . In the obese Russhardt state Forest on the town line Between bad Schonborn and Langen Brincken and close to the autobahn 5 Kirr Lach Kronau exit according to a statement from the Karlsruhe military Community. The Corpse was missing its head and hands. Police described the victim As a White woman about 50 year it old 5 feet tall and weighing at least 165 pounds. She wore either jeans or a Denim skirt and either a Denim jacket or a Denim shirt with Metal snaps Black Hanes her Way panties and a White front fastening Bra. Witnesses saw a dark coloured vehicle driving at High Speed about 7 10 that morning from the Kronau Tennis facilities on Kronauer Allee across the intersection of highways 1-555 and k-3575, and toward the autobahn. Anyone with information about the vehicle or other details that May help identify the victim or the killer is asked to Call the German homicide division at 07251726205, the German criminal police in Karlsruhe at 0721-136475, or the army a criminal investigation come in Karlsruhe at ets 376-6259 or 376-7336. The Stark is the frigate that was hit by two exocet missiles on May 17, 1987, during the Iraq Iran War killing 37 . Sailors. The missiles were fired by the iraqis who later apologized saying the attack was unintentional. A week ago a Navy Mh-53e sea dragon helicopter crashed in the Northern Gulf Region shortly after Takeoff from the amphibious assault ship Pelc Liu. All six men aboard were killed. That Accident was one of the deadliest involving . Forces in the Gulf since the end of the Gulf War. Seventy one service members have been killed in the Region since hostilities ended in february. Military troop support Agency being deactivated sept. 27 Washington a amps the army troop support Agency will be deactivated sept. 27 to make Way for the defense commissary Agency which will consolidate All the services military commissaries on oct. 1. The Agency headquartered at fort Lee  has managed and operated 173 army commissaries around the world since october 1973. As of oct. 1, the Agency a clothing and services directorate which provides technical guidance to laundry facilities clothing sales stores and clothing Issue Points will come under the army troop support come at St. Louis  officer honoured Raf Ben Waters England the air forces air weather service has honoured maj. Charles m. Davenport commander of det 4, 28th weather so at Raf Ben Waters with the weather services 1990 Best award. The award recognizes Davenport a achievements while stationed at 5th weather Wing he at Langley fab a. Davenport transferred to Ben Waters in May after More than two years at Langley. At Langley the 12-year Veteran was operations plans officer connected with the development of detailed weather annexes supporting four army and air Force commands. The Seguin Texas native was also instrumental in building sizing updating and maintaining the Force deployment data base for weather personnel during operation desert shield. As a result More than 400 weather people and their equipment were deployed in a timely manner to the contingency locations providing weather forces to Allied combat forces. The award is named for Brig. Gen. William h. Best jr., the commander of the air weather service from 1970 to 1973