European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 18, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes Friday october 18, 1991 at a glance crts Gani Zed while Heather Johnson 6, digs into hers. Lunches Are an important part of childhood development. See stories on pages 1415.death penalty extended the House voted to extend the Federal death penalty to drug Kingpins and a variety of other criminals even if no death resulted from their crimes. A Page 4pondering democratic race rep. Dave Mccurdy of Oklahoma said he will announce today whether he will seek the democratic presidential nomination. A Page 6wildfires sweep Northwest wildfires whipped by a Gritty dust storm destroyed As Many As 79 Homes in Eastern Washington and Idaho and at least four people were feared dead. A Page 7indians Honor Pope Brazil s indians honoured Pope John Paul ii but also served notice they will not be party to celebrations marking the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus  Page 8 a Hospital expands forty nine . Military medical personnel got More experience than they had reckoned on when they set up their Quot Hospital in a Box Quot near Turkey s Border with  Page 9 Odic issues warning Odic chairman l. William Seid Man warned Congress that the proposed $70 billion Cushion for the Odic May not be enough unless the Economy improves significantly. A Page 17 Index a % Abby Ann Landers. 19 comics. 19-21 commentary. 13 faces n1 places. 18 letters. 12 Money matters. 17 sports. 22-28 to listings. 27 weather. 11 Navy plans apology in linking Iowa blast to despondent Sailor Washington apr the Navy is finally prepared to apologize for suggesting that a despondent Sailor set off the explosion aboard the battleship Iowa that claimed 47 lives in 1989, Pentagon sources say. Adm. Frank b. Kelso ii the chief of naval operations was scheduled to take the step at a thursday Pentagon news briefing. A a it san apology. Hell do it publicly a a one senior Pentagon source said. Kelso is taking the step because he believes the latest studies into the explosion Are a a inconclusive a about the exact cause of the blast said a second source knowledgeable about the report. A the Navy has been going in this direction for some  both sources spoke on condition of anonymity. Kelso inherited the Issue from his predecessor retired adm. Carlisle . Trost. The sources said that after More than a year of tests and analysis by the Navy and Independent scientists it appears that the blast could after All have been an Accident and not sabotage. In its initial investigation of the explosion the Navy concluded it a most probably was an intentional act by gunners mate Clayton Hartwig who was described by the service As depressed Over a failed relationship with another Sailor. The Navy accused Hartwig who was killed in the blast of placing a some Type of detonation device Between Gunpowder bags As he supervised the loading of one of the ships 16-Inch guns. At the time the Navy admitted that it had Only circumstantial evidence to Back up its finding. Several members of con Gress were highly critical of the Navy a conclusions and demanded new studies. Kreig j. Brusnahan an attorney representing the Hartwig family said a Navy Admiral was to visit the Hartwig Home in Cleveland thursday to outline the Navy a announcement. A the Hartwig family feels the Navy a apology is certainly a step in the right direction a he said. In june 1990, Navy Secretary h. Lawrence Garrett Iii ordered the service to reopen its investigation after the unexpected ignition of Gunpowder occurred during the new series of tests that had been ordered. The new report stems from that action. The Pentagon sources said wednesday that studies conducted by the Navy and Independent scientists at the Sandia National laboratories in Albuquerque n.m., have been unable to agree on a specific cause for the blast. It also follows a general accounting office report that said sabotage  be proven. The Gao did not pinpoint a probable cause of the april 19, 1989, explosion. Even though the Navy said it had found evidence that an ignition device was used to set off the Gunpowder the Gao cast doubt on that theory. A there is no explicit physical evidence that the hypothetical chemical ignition device was present in the Center gun of Turret 2�?� at the time of the explosion the Gao said. A a variety of scenarios for this incident have been explored but they remain unproven for Lack of evidence partially due to the violence of the explosion and fire a said the Agency the investigative Arm of  from Page 1 wounded nearly two dozen More As they tried to flee. A he paused once to reload his gun a Glock 9mm semiautomatic that is popular with police departments because of its firepower witnesses said. A it was Boom. Boom. Boom. The shots weren to real fast. He seemed very Calm a said Angela Wilson a Lubye a employee. A the looked right at me and pointed the pistol a Sam Wink said. A i thought i bought the farm but a lady close to me got up to run. He turned and fired at  sgt. Bill Cooper of the state department of Public safety said he saw Hennard approach an elderly woman As she shielded her wounded husband. The woman looked him in the Eye then bowed her head and Hennard shot her Cooper said. Neighbors described Hennard As frightening. Jane Bugg said he had harassed her and her two adult daughters for months running in front of her car phoning and sending her daughters a bizarre letter. A we just lived in fear of the Man a the 46-Ycar-Oid medical Secretary said. Bugg said Hennard a letter sent to her daughters in june read in part a please give me the satisfaction of someday laughing in the face of All those mostly White treacherous female vipers from two towns who tried to destroy me and my  she said she turned the letter Over to the police. Fourteen of the victims were women. As the first sounds of gunfire rang out at Lubye a patrons hid behind counters. Several screamed for help. A everybody was laying Down nobody was running a said Thomas Vaughn. A nobody was running because nobody had a place to  Vaughn said he finally escaped by throwing himself through a plate Glass window in the rear of the restaurant and several other people followed him. He was treated for minor injuries. Department of Public safety officers were attending a Law enforcement seminar at a hotel just two doors Down when the assault began. They heard the gunshots and saw a woman run from the restaurant screaming a a he a crazy he a got a gun he Skilling everybody a said Mike Cox a department spokesman. A the Only thing that kept it from being much worse was the proximity of undercover officers to the scene when the Call came Down a police chief . Giaco Mozzi said. The officers shot Hennard several times before he raised his gun to his head and squeezed the trigger Cox said. Giacomozzi said the gunman was not out of bullets. Twenty three people were taken to hospitals most with gunshot wounds. All were expected to recover authorities said. Killeen mayor pro tem Fred Latham said a memorial Trust has been set up to Aid victims families. A there Are not enough words to express the sorrow that we have of this tragedy a he said. Lubye a cafeterias inc., which operates 151 restaurants in nine states contributed $10,000 to the fund and Robert m. Luby the 81-year-old founder of the Chain said the company should close the cafeteria. Ron Dusek a spokesman for the Texas attorney general a office said any adult can Purchase a handgun in Texas. Children May Purchase the weapons with adult supervision he said. People convicted of felonies involving violence May not carry a gun outside their Home. The previous worst mass shooting in . History occurred at a Mcdonald s in san Ysidro calif., in 1984, when a gunman killed 21 people before police shot him to  from Page 1 on since the 42-year-old Alliance began deploying the arms in the Early 1950s. Nato officials said it could take two to three years to withdraw the arms from Europe. In ridding Europe of most nuclear arms the Alliance will be acknowledging the virtual elimination of the military threat from the soviet Union and its former allies in the Warsaw pact the once mighty Eastern Alliance. Nato sources say there Are a total of about 3,500 weapons in the alliances nuclear Arsenal including about 1,200 to 1,600 artillery shells and 1,400 Gravity bombs. There also Are 88 Lance launchers with 700 warheads. The missile with a maximum Range of 75 Miles was expected to be obsolete in 1995. Nato does not release precise numbers of its weapons. In his announcement. Bush said the United states would eliminate tactical nuclear weapons including artillery shells and Short Range missiles based in Europe. Moving beyond Bush a initiative the allies were to agree on a 50 percent Cut in the stockpile of about 1,400 Gravity bombs dropped from dual capable warplanes which can carry nuclear or conventional arms. Such a Cut would leave about 700 bombs in the allies european Arsenal. Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev responding to Bush a initiative urged both sides to put their nuclear bombs in storage. . Officials said the idea was Worth considering but emphasized they have no intention of storing the weapons outside Europe a a it a Only a question of whether they should be located at some facility other than the main operating bases a a senior american defense official demanding anonymity said wednesday. . And other officials have insisted that the Alliance maintain an air launched nuclear capability As a deterrence against future attacks. Bush also scrapped plans for a new nuclear Short Range attack missile or task a version of which was to be used on nato planes. . Officials left open the possibility of later development of the task. Even so nato officials have said they would steer Clear of any discussion of possible deployment of the weapons in the future. The Prospect has aroused Sharp opposition in Germany where the arms Wourl Likely be based