European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 6, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes sunday october 6, 1991 at a glance japanese prime minister Toshiki Kaifu confirms he will not seek re election. See Story on Page 9.bellyaching litigation both sides claimed Victory in the exploding stomach lawsuit against Arm amp Hammer. A Page 4singer hospitalized Singer Tennessee Ernie Ford was hospitalized in critical condition suffering from a liver ailment. A Page 5charges of bribery a demoted employee of United technologies Sikorsky aircraft division alleged in a lawsuit that company officials bribed saudi officials to get exclusive contracts to sell them Black Hawk helicopters. A Page 7stringent aids Bill Illinois gov. Jim Edgar signed the nations most far reaching aids notification Law requiring health care workers with the his virus to notify patients. A Page 8sexual harassment the dutch social affairs ministry is trying to turn what it sees As a tide of sexual harassment against women. A Page 9postwar mending a Healing process is under Way Between kurd and iraqis and kurd and turks says the american who deals the most with those belligerent factions in Southwest Asia. A Page 10savings for shoppers army and air Force Exchange service officials say their customers saved an average $24 on the retail prices of each $100 Worth of items they bought this year. A Page 15 Index Abby Ann Landers. 14 commentary. 13 faces a no places. 14 letters. 12 Money matters. 15 Mutual. 16-17 sports. 18-24 weather. 11 133 dead following crash of Indonesia military plane Jakarta Indonesia a an indonesian military transport plane carrying airmen who had just participated in an armed forces Day ceremony crashed shortly after Takeoff saturday killing Alt 132 aboard the military said. Witnesses said the plane slowed into a government building As it crashed and a Rescue official said a Security guard at the building was killed. The announcement from armed forces Headquarters said the c-130 Hercules transport crashed and exploded about two Miles South of Jakarta Shalim per Dana Kusuma Airport. The Airport was previously the International Airport and is now a military Airfield. The witnesses said wreckage was scattered for about 500 Yards from the crash site in the Eastern part of the City. One propeller was found about .200 Yards from the destroyed government building a a training Center operated by the department of labor. One rescuer said 128 bodies had been recovered Many badly mutilated. Troops and police cordoned off the area causing a huge traffic Jam. The four engine aircraft had taken off at mid afternoon bound for the West Java capital of Bandung officials said. It was carrying 120 passengers and a Crew of 12, the Rescue official said earlier. The Rescue official said one of the planets engines caught fire about three minutes after the plane took off and the fourth engine failed. Some eyewitnesses said the plane was already on fire when it crashed. Kohl Speaks out against violence Bonn Germany apr Chancellor Helmut Kohl said saturday that Germany must remain a a nation Friendly to foreigners As about two dozen xenophobic incidents erupted in parts of the country. At a meeting of his Christian democratic Union and the Christian social Union a bavarian sister party Kohl tried to counter accusations that his main concern is not foreigners Well being but the opinions of voters who see a swelling Stream of Refu gees As an economic Burden. A Germany must remain a country that is Friendly to foreigners. Therefore we sharply reject every form of xenophobia and denounce in the sharpest Way the attacks which we have unfortunately experienced in Many parts of Germany a Kohl said during the meeting at a monastery in Bavaria. Nonetheless Kohl restated his View that the Constitution must be changed to permit turning Back at Germany a Bor Ders refugees who Are not fleeing political persecution or who could Fina Asylum elsewhere. There were signs of mounting discontent among Many germans Over daily racist attacks and Over Kohls handling of the troubles. About 3,000 protesters marched through Bremen and some 2,000 through Munich in the strongest displays yet of German Solidarity with threatened foreigners. 3 jets almost collide Over Chicago Faa says Chicago apr an error by air traffic controllers nearly caused three passenger jets to collide the Federal aviation administration says. A warning from one of the planes safety systems and a Quick turn by the Pilot averted disaster thursday about 11 Miles from Midway Airport Faa spokesman Jim Dermody said. A while the investigation is not yet Complete we have determined there was an operational error a Dermody said Fri Day. A it was an Faa a Southwest airlines Boeing 737 was leading a Northwest airlines dc-9, flying Northeast on approach to a runway at Midway. A Midway airlines dc-9, also in route to the Airport was flying West and would have crossed the path of the two other planes the Faa said in a statement the Midway Pilot saw the Southwest plane after a warning from his planets traffic Alert and collision avoidance system. The Pilot turned South flying within 800 feet of the Northwest plane. The Midway plane and the Southwest plane passed within about 1,000 feet. A we lost Standard separation Between All three air planes a Dermody said. The Midway flight originated in Detroit the Southwest flight in Kansas City and the Northwest flight in Minneapolis. The number of passengers on Board the planes was not available. No injuries were from Page 1 solved in the groups visit to Germany said maj. Mack Mclaurin. A of course we Are interested in the results but we done to expect to be involved Quot Mclaurin said. When the group returns from Germany each member will provide Stone an Independent assessment of How equal Opportunity policies and programs Are carried out officials said. A a the a task Force will determine if there arc in fact problems and then if they find there Are problems they will decide what to do to Correct them a said air Force it. Col. Doug Hart a defense department spokesman. The individuals Are a h. Minton Francis of Washington a member of Syracuse University school of management a advisory Council. Francis is a former Deputy assistant Secretary of defense who oversaw the defense human goals program guaranteeing Protection of the rights of and equal Opportunity for minorities women and the disabled of All nationalities races colors and religions. A Ernest e. Garcia the vice president of source i co., Washington who is a former Deputy assistant Secretary of defense for legislative affairs. Garcia was the first hispanic to be nominated and confirmed As the Senate a sergeant at arms. A Jerry Newman vice chairman and chief operating officer for slim fast foods in North Woodmere . Newman was formerly a consultant to the Secretary of health education and welfare on matters of higher education and civil rights. A Arthur e. Thomas president of Central state University in Wilberforce Ohio. Thomas is a former vice president for academic affairs at the University and also served As the director of the Boling Black cultural resources Center in Dayton Ohio. A Julius Section a retired lieutenant general and currently president of Prairie View a amp a in Prairie View Texas. He is a former chief operating officer of american coastal industries inc. A Myma h. Williamson of Alexandria va., a retired brigadier general and currently a full time professional speaker Trainer and seminar Leader on self improvement personal assessment motivation team building and leadership development. After returning from Germany the group will also provide a report to a recently formed defense department task Force on oct. 16, a Pentagon official said Friday. The nine member Pentagon task Force will Analyse the report Ana make recommendations to Christopher Jehn the Force management and personnel chief. The Pentagon task Force will be headed by Sara b. Ratcliff the Deputy assistant to the defense Secretary for civilian personnel policy and equal Opportunity. Other members will be from the Penta ones family policy support and services of ice each of the services personnel chiefs and equal Opportunity secretaries Hart said. Air Force and Navy officials on Friday said they were not aware of any task Force groups being formed to assess the equal Opportunity environment in their services. Staff writer Luka Britt contributed to trite report cuts from Page 1 this group is preparing our proposal. You know 1 think from our Side there will he a proposal that will mean further development of this on saturday Gorbachev said in a statement the soviet Union would a liquidate All nuclear artillery and nuclear warheads from tactical rockets move nuclear tipped Zenith missiles to a Central base and destroy a some of them Quot remove All tactical nuclear weapons from ships and from a multipurpose submarines Quot a moreover we Are suggesting to the United states to fully liquidate on a bilateral basis All tactical nuclear weapons of the Navy Quot the statement said. A we could also on a bilateral basis remove from the Forward military tactical aviation units All nuclear weapons bombs and rockets and place them at centralized Gorbachev said heavy bombers similar to the . Long Range b-52 and by a will not be on Battle Alert. Their nuclear weapons will be kept at army
