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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Sunday, January 19, 1992

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 19, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Vol. 50, no. 278 500 sunday january 19,1992 d 8693 a Friendly fire list in error army won t disclose names of Gulf War victims re Rar trin Sci Man Tun i a. A. By Barton Gellman the Washington Post Washington a five months after the army acknowledged that Friendly fire killed 21 of its soldiers in the persian Gulf War it continues to refuse to disclose their names despite repeated errors in published accounts of the War. The result according to authors and journalists is a false first draft of the history of the War. The army has not attempted to Correct the errors in which soldiers killed accidentally by their . Comrades Are described As dying at the hands of iraqi forces. Spokesmen said the army a policy which they described As an Effort to protect the privacy of those involved is to Tell no one but the dead soldiers nearest relative of the circumstances of his or her death. The Marine corps has released the names of its 14 Friendly fire deaths. As recently As last week a vivid reconstruction of a Battle by . News a world report reported that sgt. Edwin Kutz and sgt. Kenneth Gentry perished when iraqi t-72 tanks destroyed their Bradley fighting vehicles. A similar account broadcast Jan. 10 on abcs night line prepared with the assistance of . News reporters also left the impression see victim on Page 2 Gas surge Sparks 10 fire police patrolling capital s streets after food riot Moscow apr police on saturday reportedly removed roadblocks around the student Quarter in Tashkent a Day after riots protesting painful economic reforms in the former soviet Union. The situation appeared Calm in the uzbek capital but beefed up police units continued to patrol the streets a local journalist said. Students in Tashkent enraged by soaring prices and empty bread shops smashed store windows and battled police Friday. Two students were reportedly killed and several wounded. A i done to think that the conflict will escalate Here in the capital a said journalist Raya Andreyeva. But she predicted violence in Rural areas a where the food situation is much  Belarus another former soviet Republic plans to raise some state regulated food prices monday the British broadcasting corp. Said citing Moscow radio. It said bread milk and cheese prices would triple while vegetable and fruit prices would increase five fold. In Russia president Boris Yeltsin a Promise of economic improvement has grown As empty As a Barren store Shell to Many workers and students. Yeltsin lifted russian Price controls Jan. 2 to Spur reduction and Plant the seeds of a Market Economy Uzbekistan and other states went along to keep their store shelves from being stripped by desperate russians. But reports indicated some food production plants had raised prices so High that stores  pay for Stock leaving shelves Bare. The Tass news Agency said meat and Candy factories in Moscow and Krasnodar see riot on Page 2 by Luke Britt staff writer a former teacher at Aviano a Italy who said he left the country in october to avoid prosecution on minor drug charges is teaching again in the United states. William p. Harrison 39, was the subject of an air Force probe into allegations that he sold drugs to two Aviano students including the son of the Aviano base commander said sources close to the investigation. But Harrison said he believes he was the Scapegoat for students in trouble. Harrison was arrested by italian police oct. 12 when a Small amount of marijuana a Gram of cocaine and 300 marijuana seeds were found in his Home the italian newspaper Gazz Atino reported. In a Telephone interview Friday Harrison admitted to possessing marijuana but denied Selling drugs to students and said police concocted the cocaine charge. Firefighters Man Euver a ladder at one of 10 fires that broke out Friday at various Sites in a 16-Block area in Chicago. Explosions caused by a natural Gas surge in Harrison now teaches special education students at Fuquay Varina Middle school near Raleigh n.c., he said. He was hired dec. 4. Harrison said he was arrested by italian police but held Only a few hours. He returned to the United states three Days later because the italian police told him that if he did they would drop the drug charges and the investigation he said. The italian newspaper reported that the drugs were found during a a Normal police control search a but Harrison said italian police accompanied by agents of the air forces office of special investigations stormed his Home on a saturday evening just after a group of friends had left. A men came running out of my garage and they handcuffed me and they searched my House a Harrison said. Base officials would not answer questions about the see teacher on Page 2 United fires that destroyed or damaged 18 buildings. One person was killed and five others were injured. See Story on Page 3. Blood shortage creating crisis in some cities Dallas apr health officials blame the weather flu Economy and the persian Gulf War for a National blood shortage that has some hospitals rationing supplies by postponing nonemergency operations. During the past two weeks hospitals in Dallas Atlanta new Orleans and Chicago have postponed such procedures some up to five Days said the american association of blood Banks in Arlington a. The american red Cross said at least 16 cities were in a blood shortage crisis. See shortage on Page 2 Dodds teacher who fled Aviano after drug probe takes Job in   
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