European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 15, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes sunday March 15, 1992 _ a s4s Peggy Davidson an Antonov an-22 transport awaits loading of supplies at Ramstein a Germany while russian capt Yury Artymenko clutches a Rose presented by american Well . Youths ship Good will to russian City by Peggy Davidson Kaiserslautern Bureau Ramstein a Germany a neither wind nor rain stopped a russian Antonov an-22 transport from Landing at Ramstein a on Friday morning. Once on the ground the plane picked up nearly 70.000 pounds of humanitarian Aid for the russian City of Ivanovo. The private Effort to provide assistance to the City of 500.000 residents was initiated in the Ramstein and Kaiserslautern High schools after students from Ivanovo visited Ramstein last november. The cargo of food clothing and medical supplies was donated by american students the Kaiserslautern military Community and German communities around Ramstein a. Misti Carroll 12, a student at Ramstein elementary school said the supplies were collected a because the russians needed them and we have  she agreed with fellow student Ryan Wyatt 11, that the project also a sounded like  the air forces part in the Effort was coordinated by col. Jim Murphy commander of the 608th military Airlift group and the father of a participating student. Murphy said that when the russian students visited the students collected a Small amount of Aid and presented it to Boris t. Bolshakov an escort with the students and a member of russians parliament. The american students decided they could offer More to the russians. Since november the american students have placed collection trucks in the parking lots of area exchanges soliciting donations for their Jet his joint Effort to help Ivanovo a project. Adding to what was collected in Kaiserslautern americans in Baum older and Wei Brincken sent Large trucks filled with supplies said Wilma counts a teacher at Ramstein High school. People in Wiesbaden and Stuttgart donated Cash to an account at merchants Bank and that Money nearly $3,000, was used to Purchase food Murphy said. The German Community was also involved said counts. Some businesses offered discounts for items purchased for Ivanovo and individuals made donations. A the air Force was Nice enough to allow them the russians to land Here at Ramstein a Murphy said. All Landing fees were waived he added and the visitors assured the americans that there would be enough fuel for the return trip to Russia. A a Little Good will goes a Long Way a Murphy said. Col. Alexander Zaytsev commander of a russian air Force regiment was the ranking russian with the Iva novo group. He seemed amazed at the warm Welcome As he and his fellow Crew members accepted Long stemmed red roses from some of the students. A it was a wonderful moment a Zaytsev said speaking through an interpreter. A it was a very charming moment to see the children with roses children like  Zaytseva a interpreter capt. Yuriy Artymenko said that the group s arrival at Ramstein was different from Landing at other Western airports. A usually we land there is no one to meet us a he said. A we thank you All for the  several dozen individuals braved blowing rain to see the russian aircraft and show their support through an ovation and a few cheers. As the russian and american officers talked and enjoyed their newfound Friendship the russian aircraft Crew and american flight line Crew worked in the wet weather to Load the supplies. The contents were marked in English and cyrillic slavic alphabet lettering on the outside of each cardboard Box. Murphy said the visit was the first Chance for some air Force members to use their russian language skills both in marking the Supply containers and in interpreting Between the american and russian Crews. Army sergeant shot killed in troop Billet Ost Wildern Germany an army specialist allegedly shot and killed another Soldier with a 9mm pistol at Nellinger Barracks on Friday morning according to an army spokesman in Stuttgart. The shooting occurred in a troop Billet about 10 30 . In the Stuttgart suburb of Ost Wildern More than one shot May have been fired said spokesman George Huettig. The victim a male sergeant was pronounced dead at the scene by a German doctor. Both the specialist who is a woman and the sergeant were assigned to a 5th signal come unit. The victims identity is being withheld pending notification of relatives. The identity of the specialist is being withheld because she has not been charged Huettig said. 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