European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 18, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 10 a the stars and stripes Friday october 18, 1991suspect arrested after airman injured by Auto Torrejon a Spain a amps a Spanish police have arrested a suspect after a Torrejon airman was severely injured in an apparent hit and run Accident an air Force spokesman said wednesday. Airman 1st class John m. Brunetti 20, was listed in critical condition at a Madrid Hospital wednesday suffering from abdominal injuries. He apparently was injured while he was walking on the overpass of a Highway leading from the City of Torrejon to the base said tech. Sgt. Louis Arana Barradas of the base Public affairs office. Police found Brunetti on the overpass about 3 30 . Brunetti a resident of Clarksburg w.va., is an avionics technician with the 401st component repair so at Torrejon where he has been stationed since August 1990, Arana Barradas said. Spanish authorities have not released the name of the suspect who is a Spanish citizen Arana Barradas s infant son Dies at Raf Lakenheath Hospital Raf Lakenheath England a the 6-month-old son of a sergeant stationed at Raf Lakenheath died late wednesday afternoon at the 48th fighter Wing Hospital a base spokesman said thursday. Dwan a. Hanshaw jr., was pronounced dead by air Force medical officials after attempts to revive him at the Hospital failed said spokesman staff sgt. Phil Guerrero. The infants father sgt. Dwan a. Hanshaw is a maintenance specialist with the 48th fighter Wing. Guerrero said he did not have the first name of Hanshaw a wife the child smother. The cause of death will be determined by an autopsy but there was no evidence of foul play Guerrero said. The family is not planning a memorial service Guerrero said. No further information was available about the sergeant Dies at 38 Torrejon a Spain a amps a a Torrejon master sergeant died from an apparent heart attack sunday evening an air Force spokesman said wednesday. Master sgt. Marshall b. Hickman 38, was brought to the base Hospital in a private vehicle about 7 30 . And was pronounced dead on arrival said base spokesman tech. Sgt. Louis Arana Barradas. Hickman a resident of Elkins w.va., transferred to Torrejon on sept. 13, serving As the non commissioned officer in charge of property management at the bases defense re utilization and management office. He is survived by his daughter Stephanie p. Hickman of Wilmington del., and his Stepbrother Rick d. Poe or. Of Tampa president visiting . Los Angeles up a president of Ireland Mary Robinson was Given the red carpet treatment wednesday at City Hall where she was presented the key to the City by mayor Tom holds Naples talks on Security in a South from Sta t and wire reports Naples Italy a Secretary of defense Dick Cheney met tuesday with . Military and nato officials to discuss Southern Region Security matters at the alliances Allied forces Southern Europe Headquarters in Naples. During his Brief visit Cheney met with a South commander . Jonathan t. Howe 6th Fleet commander vice . William a. Owens and . And Allied visitors air Force it. Col. Mike Callen of the a South Public information division said wednesday. After the meetings at a South Cheney headed to Gaeta about 60 Miles North of Naples visiting Owens who previously served As the defense Secretary a executive assistant a Navy spokesman said. Gaeta is the Home port of Owens flagship the guided missile Cruiser Belknap. Cheney was travelling in Italy in route to Taormina Sicily for the two Day nato nuclear planning group mpg meetings which were to end Friday. The meetings presided Over by nato Secretary general Manfred Worner Are preparatory for a Summit conference of Heads of state and government Mak lots of Lego some 250,000 Lego building bricks went into this 65-foot-High Tower built for visitors at Cascais Portugal. Organizers claim it As a world record. Ing up the Alliance. It is scheduled for nov. 7-8 in Rome. The Summit will discuss the reduction of nato forces and nuclear arsenals in line with the revised role of the Alliance resulting from the end of the cold War sources said. The sources said Cheney spoke about aspects of . Nuclear policy with reporters who accompanied him on the plane flight from Washington . To Naples. In the course of the conversation Cheney rejected soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev a recent Call for a ban on All nuclear tests and for a formal agreement by the . And soviet Union not to be the first to use nuclear weapons. A the deterrence is stronger if you leave the element of uncertainty in the mind of an adversary a sources quoted Cheney As saying. A because of this we will avoid signing up for a no first use Cheney said the mpg representatives planned to consider Gorbachev a suggestion that nuclear bombs in Europe should be moved away from air bases where aircraft capable of launching the bombs Are dwindling for shoppers at Holiday bazaars Raf Lakenheath England a amps there Are Only five More shopping Days until Christmas for Holiday shoppers in England. That is if you prefer to do your Holiday gift buying at base bazaars. Three More bazaars offering five Days of shopping Are yet to be held at . Air Force bases in England with perhaps the biggest shopping extravaganza taking place saturday and sunday at Raf Lakenheath. The officers wives club Charity Bazaar at Lakenheath is reportedly the biggest this year in terms of vendors plying their wares according to Bazaar organizer Linda Coates. Packed into an aircraft maintenance hangar that can accommodate six f-1uf fighter bombers will be 181 vendors this year who will sell everything from antique furniture Nottingham lace pottery and handmade flutes to brass Ana glassware. A vendors at last years Bazaar at Lakenheath rang up More than $225,000 in sales and Coates expects this year s sales will be the same even though four other Charity bazaars have been held at air Force bases in England since sept. 14. The Lakenheath own Bazaar held in hangar 7, is open to the Public. Shopping hours Are saturday 10 . To 6 ., and sunday noon to 5 . The remaining two bazaars at american bases in England Are a nov. 2 Raf upper Heyford enlisted wives club Charity Bazaar no club ballroom 10 . To 4 . A . 7 and 8 Raf Chicksands Parent teachers organization Bazaar Chicksands elementary school . 7,10 . To 6 . Dec. 8, noon to 6 .bus group gets free tour of Paris after Accident by Peggy Davidson Kaiserslautern Bureau Kaiserslautern Germany a bus full of americans got a free tour of Paris after the first bus they were on rear ended a slow moving truck earlier this month. Only four members of a tour group were injured enough to miss the tour of Paris said a top Tours spokeswoman while the rest of the group transferred to another bus and spent two Days sightseeing in the City of Light. The tour visited Paris on oct. 4 through 6. The bus from top Tours is the fourth tour bus involved in a traffic Accident since july the top Tours spokeswoman said. On july 6, an enjoy Tours bus on its Way to Paris went off the Road near Metz France. Several of the passengers on that bus were hospitalized due to injuries they suffered in that Accident. She would not give information on the other mishaps. A fall the people were taken care of a the spokeswoman said of this months Accident a they were compensated. They All got a free tour of the Accident occurred on a foggy night on a downhill stretch As the bus rounded a curve the spokeswoman said. The bus hit a slow moving Crane truck. The tour guide was knocked unconscious and two american couples suffered minor cuts she added. The itt offices at Ramstein a and Vogel Weh schedule an average of 500 buses a month on various Tours said Giscla Haugen manager of the joint itt offices. Each bus averages 40 people she added. The Only other incident involving a bus tour occurred when a bus heading to the oktoberfest in Munich experienced mechanical problems Haugen said. She was unaware of any other incidents. In Case of accidents caused by mechanical malfunctions Haugen said the tour companies generally offer the passengers some sort of compensation and pay for All medical costs incurred. She added that individuals or units who make their own tour arrangements without the Benefit of a tour company Are liable under German Law in the event of an Accident. The individual or unit is in effect operating an illegal tour business she said
