European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 27, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes sunday october 27,1991 at a glance the Senate intelligence committee makes Public a comprehensive report on the confirmation hearings of Robert m. Gates As Cia director. See Story on Page 4.twa jury justified a Federal judge rules that a jury was Quot More than justified Quot in finding Twa guilty of Quot wilful misconduct in a 1986 terrorist bombing. A Page 5iraq s vast Arsenal Iraq s chemical weapons Arsenal is so vast and dangerous that inspection teams will not be Able to finish destroying it until at least 1993, . Officials say. A Page 6parents convicted the parents of a 16-year-old girl Are convicted of first degree murder by a jury that heard secretly recorded tapes of the killing. A Page 7 i carrying a heavy Load during the persian Gulf War it. Col. Dave White and capt. Tom Himes streaked across Iraq in their f-111f carrying a 4,700-Pound super bomb developed and deployed to the Region by the air Force in 17 Days. A Page 9goodbye to Span Dahlem the 1 St in 1 St air defense arty is one of two air defense artillery units that said their official goodbyes to Span Dahlem a last week. A Page 10stock Market slides the Stock Market lost its footing last week and Slid from the record Heights it reached Only a week ago. Page 15 Iran Abby Ann Landers 14 commenmry.13 faces a places .14 letters.12 Money matters.15 Mutual .16-17 sports.18-24 weather.11 thanks for everything Turner tells Hometown Boise Idaho apr Jesse Turner the University professor who spent nearly five years As a hostage in Lebanon returned to his Hometown a hero arriving by limousine to the cheers of thousands who waited hours in the cold to Greet him. A it s cold a Turner told the crowd late Friday As he made his first Public statement since returning to the United states. A so All i want to say is thank you. Thanks for gov. Cecil Andrus proclaimed saturday As Jesse a a Jon Turner Day in Honor of the 44-year-old mathematics professor who was freed tuesday by his shiite Muslim captors in Lebanon. Turner was teaching at american University in Beirut when he was taken hostage. He stood with his lebanese born wife Badr and their 4-year-old daughter Joanne atop the Capitol Steps on a platform festooned with yellow ribbons and red White and Blue Bunting. When reporters asked How he Felt he just shrugged and smiled. He and his family members were whisked to the Celebration in a stretch limousine after they arrived at the Airport in Boise shortly after 11 . A Boise Idaho your son Jon Turner is Home a said mayor Dirk Kempthorne. A we deeply regret your kidnapping your incarceration by the terrorists a Andrus said. A but we re very proud of the dignity you earlier in the Day Turner and his fam ily landed at Chicago so Hare International Airport on a flight from Frankfurt Germany. A the smoked a pack of cigarettes drank a couple Beers and ate a Bunch of food a said Ray Hipp who sat in front of the Turners during the flight. Hipp said that during the flight he told Turner a Welcome to America a and that Turner did not respond. A the was very quiet a said Hipp of Chicago. Because Turner had requested privacy he and his family were taken from the United airlines flight to an undisclosed location to await their evening flight Home to Boise spokesman Joe Hopkins said. Hours later the Turners boarded the United flight to Boise. They were driven to the plane in a Van while reporters were kept inside the terminal. A the Community is anxious to give a Heartfelt Welcome Home a Boise spokesman Brian Whitlock said before Turner and his family arrived. Turner grew up in Boise where his Mother and Stepfather still live. He attended Boise High school and Boise state University. For his Welcome Home the Capitol was transformed into a huge reception area which rang with music and Church Bells and flashed in the Light of fireworks. After Turner was freed tuesday he was taken to the . Air Force Hospital in Wiesbaden Germany for medical tests and state department debriefings before returning to the United states. He did no to speak to reporters As he left Wiesbaden nor during his Stop in Frankfurt. He smiled and looked relaxed Early Friday when he left on the flight from Frankfurt to Chicago. His wife carried their daughter whom Turner saw for the first time wednesday at the Hospital in Wiesbaden. She was born months after Turner was kidnapped in Beirut on Jan. 24,1987. The joyous Homecoming to America was soured by a run in Between the state department and Turners parents. A i thought this would be a wonderful time but it Hasni to been a his Mother Estelle Ronneburg said Friday after she and her husband a Turners Stepfather Eugene Ronneburg a returned Home Early from Germany. The parents left Germany abruptly thursday after state department officials criticized Eugene Ronneburg for videotaping Turners reunion with Nis family a and then allowing lbs television to broadcast it. Estelle Ronneburg said her son was a upset a but did no to know if it was with the state department or his parents. She said that she does not expect her son to speak publicly about his years of Captivity for some time possibly not until All hostages in Lebanon Are freed. A the told me a i done to want to Hurt any other hostages chances of getting out a a his Mother s from Page 1 the strategic come. That commands top leadership will rotate Between the air Force and the Navy. Butler has been nominated it not yet confirmed to become the strategic Comdr a first commander. A global War with the soviet Union is no longer the scenario that was our Nightmare Tor 40 years a said Butler a 1961 air Force Academy graduate about National military strategy. A instead we have changed our focus to respond to regional conflicts like the persian it is hoped that focus will enable the military to reduce by about 35 percent Over the next five years in an orderly Way Butler said. A your concern one that we voice continuously is that Congress might see it differently Cut the budget More or faster than what we have recommended. And create great turbulence in our ranks a he although the threat of soviet invasion has a virtually dissipated a it is premature to declare the end of the nuclear Era he said. A the fact remains that there is somewhere in the order of 30,000 nuclear weapons spread throughout the territory of Russia and some of the outlying republics a he said. He predicted that a their nation is going to undergo a degree of turmoil and upset on a scale unlike anything we be Ever seen before. We need to maintain a posture much As we have in the past that says to anyone. In the world that a developing an appetite for nuclear weapons it will be ill advised to Ever consider an attack on the United states or its allies. A it is not an aggressive stance. It is just a quiet statement of nevertheless he said a recognizing the changes in the soviet Union. We can scale. Down our nuclear Arsenal. He pointed to the placing of the Navy a sea launched ballistic missiles and the air forces intercontinental ballistic missiles under one command As an example of a new ways of doing business a in the Post Gold War Era. The Navy and air forces procedures for handling nuclear weaponry Are similar Butler said. He recently took a cruise on a Navy Trident submarine. Such submarines carry Trident submarine launched three stage ballistic missiles powered by solid fuel rockets and guided by self contained inertial guidance systems. A i Felt like i was Down in a Sac missile silo. I did no to see one Iota a Worth of business difference except that this silo was kind of moving around a Butler said. Butler said he would applaud the Opportunity to retire More missiles and even the deactivation of strategic come due to Lack of Mission. A would no to that be extraordinary a he said. A i Hope in a alive to see uneasy peace surrounds Dubrovnik Zagreb Yugoslavia a fighting raged saturday around the Eastern croatian stronghold of Vukovan and in other parts of the troubled Republic. But around Dubrovnik tense quiet prevailed with Federal troops on the City limits asking croatian defenders to sur e Render. Croatian defense officials said attacks on the besieged Adriatic port ceased Only late Friday several hours after a cease fire was announced. They said the Man who was leading the defense of the ancient town was killed in the last rounds of shelling his name was not provided. About 50 people Are believed to have been killed in two weeks of shelling of the Dubrovnik area. The army is now reportedly offering free passage to croatians who surrender and reports on Friday said some defenders were abandoning their from Page 1 in the factory offices. Just before the shootings a fire alarm went off in the factory. Officials believe the suspect set the Small fire. Teague left the building As other employees scrambled out of the Way from both the shootings and the fire alarm. Wright said Teague contacted the Fri last week but he did no to know Why. Pat Farrell a company spokesman said Teague was employed at the Battery Plant nearly two years. Eve ready which employs 358 people at the Plant is a subsidiary of the Ralston Purina co., based in St. Louis. The Bennington Plant makes miniature batteries for nearing aids and watches. Bennington is a town of 16,000 people. Audrey Pietrucha Teagues neighbor in downtown Bennington said of the suspect a she just seemed like a Normal very Nice another neighbor Nancy White said Teague a kept to herself but was very
