European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 4, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 c the stars and stripes wednesday december 4, 1991 a harrier jump Jet lands on the amphibious assault ship Wasp s deck. For the Story behind the Wasp s sting see pages 1416. A tis the season letters to Santa both heart wrenching and hopeful have been pouring into new York City a general Post office by the thousands this troubled Holiday season. A Page 4 health Protection ordered private employers were told to provide nurses paramedics and other health care workers with protective clothing vaccinations and other Protection against blood borne diseases such As aids and hepatitis b. A Page 5 court upholds award the supreme court on monday left intact a jury a award to a Man who was physically forced into a blood test after his arrest on a Drunken driving charge. A Page 7 honouring dec. 7 victims the names of 2,403 people killed in the japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor on dec. 7,1941, will be read for six hours in a memorial service highlighting a two Day Observance of the event. A Page 9 Index Abby Ann Landers 19 action line.16 comics.19-21 commentary.13 crossword .19 faces no places .22 letters .12 Money matters 17-18 sports.23-28 to listings.27 weather.11 correction because of a reporting error tuesday the wrong Price was Given for Christmas Trees bang sold at Rhein main a Germany. The Trees Are on Sale for $4 per foot. Steen from Page 1 finally Over a she said. A the sounds great. His sense of Humora a still  the associated press reported that Steen a native of Boston looked thin and Pale at a Brief news conference at the syrian foreign ministry in Damascus. He wept As he was turned Over to . Ambassador Christopher Ross. Steen told reporters he exercised for two hours every Day while in Captivity but had had lots of colds. His face and neck bore scars which he kept scratching and he said he caused them himself when he was first allowed to shave by his captors three years ago. In Washington Marlin Fitzwater spokesman for president Bush said the United states welcomed Steen a release. He added a the task is not completed however. We remember Terry Anderson and the other hostages. Once again we Call for their immediate and unconditional release for a full accounting of those who have died in Captivity and for a return of their  the pro iranian organization of islamic jihad for liberation of Palestine said Steen was freed in Beirut under a  agreement. Syrian army officers drove Steen across the rain swept Border to Damascus traditional first Stop for freed hostages. Steen is the eighth Western hostage freed since August when the United nations began intensive negotiations to arrange a Swap of Western hostages for about 300 Arab prisoners held by Israel and its proxy militia in Lebanon. Israel seeks an accounting of four missing servicemen in Lebanon. Iran Long the chief Backer of lebanese kidnappers and Syria the main Power broker in Lebanon now Are both striving to free Western hostages. Iranian president Hashemi a Sfanjani is seeking to end Iran a isolation and shed its image As an outlaw state that supports terrorism. The syrians once the Vanguard of Arab radicalism and a longtime soviet ally Are realigning with the West after the collapse of communism. Cicippio and Steen were freed after Washington paid Iran $278 million for weaponry impounded during the 1979-80 Tehran hostage crisis. The weapons and other iranian assets Worth billions of dollars were Frozen by the United states in 1979. Tehran has in the past linked hostage releases to the return of those assets. On sunday Israel released 25 Arab prisoners bringing to 91 the total number set free since August and giving new impetus to hostage releases. The Beirut office of Iran s official news Agency said tuesday that Anderson 44, who was kidnapped in March 1985 and is the longest held . Hostage could be freed by week s end. He is held by an iranian Allied shiite group islamic jihad. Uri Lubrani israelis chief hostage negotiator was quoted As saying Progress was being made on accounting for the missing servicemen. But he also told British broadcasting corp. No More lebanese detainees would be released a unless there is a move with our  besides Anderson two germans Thomas Kemptner and Heinrich Striebig Are still held. An italian is missing but reports say he is dead. The germans were captured by shiite militants seeking the release of Mohammed and Abbas Hamadi Brothers imprisoned in Germany for terrorism. The Tehran times reported tuesday that an american would be freed shortly followed by the German hostages and then by the last american. The report was written before Steen a  Page 1 the White House insisted that Bush had a full confidences in his aide. But other officials speaking on the condition of anonymity said they doubted that Sununu would survive the latest controversy. Administration and gop officials speaking on the condition on anonymity said the younger Bush who has always been a key adviser to the president had sounded out republicans in Bush sinner Circle Over the past week. He relayed his findings a which were mostly negative a to Sununu last wednesday before the Bushes left the White House for a thanksgiving week end at the presidential Retreat at Camp Davids md., the sources said. A the the Young Bush told him Sununu there was a problem a said one Republican source. The source said that George w. Bush was acting As a go Between at the specific request of his father. Critics have blamed Sununu for some of the missteps and mixed signals the White House Nas sent out Over the past weeks on dealing with the faltering Economy. His often caustic style in dealing with other republicans even Cabinet members has contributed to the Calls for Sununu a resignation. Earlier Sununu was the subject of a White House ethics probe for his extensive use of government jets and limousines for personal and political travel. Leaked dec report charges yugoslav army with brutality Belgrade Yugoslavia a an internal european Community report leaked to the Media condemns Yugoslavia a Federal army for terrorizing civilians and recommends foreign military intervention to halt its indiscriminate attacks. New fighting broke out tuesday meanwhile Between croatian paramilitary troops and army backed serb irregulars Between the towns of no ska and Lipik about 70 Miles East of Zagreb Belgrade television reported. Croatian radio reported artillery fire around no ska. Osieck the focus of fighting since the Eastern croatian stronghold of Vukovan fell last month was reported Calm. . Envoy Cyrus Vance after meeting with serbian president Slobodan Milosevic and Federal defense minister Gen. Veljko Kadijevic on monday said tuesday the cease fire and other elements of the . Peace plan for Yugoslavia were not being implemented. Vance left Belgrade in a Convoy of military vehicles headed for Osisek after dense fog prevented the . Delegation from being flown there by an air Force helicopter. General who pioneered copters in combat Dies Raleigh . A John Jarvis Tolson Iii a retired lieutenant general who helped Pioneer the army a use of helicopters in combat died monday of a heart attack. He was 76. Tolson commanded the 1st air Cav div in Vietnam and helped develop the army a air assault doctrine which dictates How helicopters Are used in combat for moving troops and firepower. In 1965, Tolson became the commanding general of the . Army aviation Center Cicippio from Page 1 foot-6-Inch height. He ate mostly Rice and cheese during his Captivity. Two months ago Cicippio experienced abdominal pain nausea and vomiting and his captors had him taken for treatment. Fohlmeister said medical tests did not reveal the nature of the illness or what had been done during the operation. But Cicippio a recovered completely from both the illness and the surgery. Tests in Wiesbaden on tuesday Fohlmeister showed that All of Cilip Pion a organs were functioning normally. A the scar sealed very Well. It looks like a very professional surgeon did the work a Fohlmeister said. During the Winters of 1986 and 1990, Cicippio was chained outdoors to a partly enclosed top floor Balcony and suffered frostbite on his fingers Ana toes the doctor said. Cicippio 61, was released by his lebanese kidnappers  Page 1 and commandant of the . Army aviation school at fort Rucker Ala. In 1967, he went to Vietnam and led the 1st air Cav during the tet offensive and the Relief of Khe Sanh. From 1968 to 1971, Tolson commanded the xviii airborne corps and fort Bragg . He finished his service As Deputy commanding general of the Continental army come at fort Monroe a. He retired from Active service in 1973. Cover agent that he had initiated Contact with the jordanian and iraqi embassies in Belgium and Germany in december 1990, the news release said. At the time the United states and its allies were sending troops and equipment to saudi Arabia in preparation for operation desert storm. Gombolay who is a naturalized . Citizen from Zaire later admitted providing deployment information identification documents and samples of army chemical Protection equipment to a jordanian agent the army said. The 40-year-old artillery crewman also offered to photograph his units activities while serving in saudi Arabia. Gombolay told investigators that he received Aboul $1,300 for his activities