European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 4, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 a the stars and stripes wednesday december 4,1991 at a glance a harrier jump Jet lands on wasps deck. For the Story behind the wasps sting see pages 14-16. Tis the season letters to Santa both heart wrenching and hopeful have been pouring into new York City s 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 honouring dec. 7 victims the names of 2,403 people killed in the japanese bombing of Peart Harbor on dec. 7,1941, will be read for six hours in a memorial sen ice 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 Steen from Page 1 escorted to Damascus by syrian army officers. Asked if he had seen other hostages during his Captivity Steen paused and then ticked off a list of men who have already been freed. Other freed hostages said Steen was seriously ill in the Spring of 1987, but he did not mention his health Dunn his news conference. He escaped in his first year of Captivity. But was recaptured and reportedly was severely beaten by his captors. Earlier tuesday the Beirut office of Iran a official news Agency said Anderson 44, could be freed by the end of the week. The associated press chief Middle East correspondent was seized in March 198s and is the longest held . Hostage. He is held by an iranian Allied shiite group islamic jihad. Also tuesday Uri Lubrani israelis chief hostage negotiator vials said he was found to be in Good shape despite his gaunt appearance. 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 two Brothers imprisoned in Germany on terrorism convictions. 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 release. Steen a native of Boston was an editor at the Areata Calif Union before becoming a journalism teacher off and on be tween 1970 and 1981 at Humboldt state University and at Cali Fomia state University at Chico in 1981-1983. In 1983, he joined Beirut University College As a communications instructor. Was quoted As saying Progress was being made on the missing Quot u be mation a in the very near future on Ron Arad an air Force Nav Israel servicemen. He told the daily Haartz that Israel acts to receive info Gator shot Down Over Lebanon in 1986. He is the one missing Soldier Israel believes is almost certainly alive. Cicippio was freed monday and flown to Germany. . Offi Steen was abducted along with three other Beirut University College teachers. The other three were freed earlier. Steen s wife Virginia was an instructor of Fine arts and Interior design at Beirut University College and witnessed her husbands kidnapping. In 1989, she moved Back to her Hometown Clark Lake Mich. She now teaches at Albion College in Michi Gan. Steen has two grown daughters from his first marriage. His first grandchild was bom during his Captivity. Sununu reportedly warned by Bush s son Washington a president Bush a eldest son has warned John h. Sununu that he has alienated Many key Bush supporters who Are urging that the controversial aide be replaced As White House chief of staff sources said tuesday. The White House insisted monday that Bush has 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 and said a major staff shake up could be announced within Days. Administration and gop officials speaking on the condition of anonymity confirmed published reports that George w. Bush who has always been a key adviser to the president had sounded out republicans in Bush sinner Circle Over the past week. 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. Osisek 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. The econ monday agreed to restore economic Aid to four yugoslav republics general who pioneered copters in combat Dies correction because of a reporting error tuesday the wrong Price was Given for Christmas Trees being sold at Rhein main a Germany. The Trees Are on Sale for $4 per foot. Raleigh . A John Jarvis Tolson 111, 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 How helicopters Are used in combat for moving troops and firepower. In 1965, Tolson became the commanding general of the . Army aviation Center he relayed his findings a which were mostly negative a to Sununu last wednesday before the Bushes left the White House for a thanksgiving weekend at Camp David my. A the the younger Bush told him Sununu there was a problem a said one re Sib lican source. The source said that Eorge w. Bush was acting As a go Between at his fathers request Cicippio from Page 1 including Croatia for cooperating with International efforts to eat the fighting. But it is maintaining sanctions against Serbia and its ally Montenegro blaming them for continued fighting. The internal dec report criticized the Federal army for shooting a indiscriminately at purely civilian targets with random fire or. Deliberately selecting. Schools museums and a particularly the unusually harshly worded in House report sent from the missions base in Zagreb to its Headquarters in Brussels was made available to journalists by sources close to the european Community in Belgrade. Its authenticity was confirmed by dec spokesman de Koestal in Zagreb. A in the last analysis the yugoslav army is a cowardly army fighting for no recognizable principle but largely instinctively for its own status and survival a said the report. It went on to recommend the use of Force against the Federal forces saying that a there is Good reason to believe that selective show and use of Force a to intimidate and hit the army in places where it hurts a can cow its Bluff Ana the report blamed both sides in the conflict for using a brutal and premeditated aggressive caught up in terrorist hijackings in the Middle East. Cicippio spent the night in a luxury suite at the Hospital and then had a breakfast of scrambled eggs Bacon Toast pastries Orange juice Ana Coffee with his wife Elham. He was expected to have a reunion with his brother Thomas and two sons today. At a news conference monday in Syria Cicippio 61, disclosed he had recently undergone emergency surgery at a Hospital for a stomach ailment news of the operation concerned . Officials who said initially that Cicippio might be flown immediately Back to the United states for special care. However Navy cmdr. John Wood House said Early tuesday that preliminary medical checks had uncovered nothing Overly worrisome. Slafter an initial examination doctors say that he has no apparent urgent medical problems other than some needed dental work a Woodhouse said. Spying from 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 coma 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 about $1,300 for his activities
