European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 24, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 b the stars and stripes tuesday March 24, 1992train derails after hitting go s car at a glance Kon Ishiki a sumo wrestler from Hawaii took Japan a coveted emperors cup for the third time sunday. See Story on Page 16. Sent to wards by Dod the Pentagon denied a newspaper s allegations that some military whistle blowers have been forced to undergo psychiatric evaluations and been sent to mental wards. A Page 4 Bleak Outlook for Young americans youth Are More Likely to live in poverty and die because of violence than Ever before. A Page 7 albanians seek democracy voters in Albania overwhelmingly embraced the anti communist democrats sweeping from Power the socialist successors to a legacy of isolation and stalinism. A Page 8 economic recovery slow Federal Reserve officials say recent data indicate that the Economy is picking up steam but they remain worried that the incipient recovery could Peter out. A Page 17 Index i Abby Ann Landers 20 action line.16 comics.18-20 commentary.13 faces no places .10 letters .12 Money matters.17 sports.21-28 to listings.27 weather.11 correction because of a source and reporting error it was incorrectly reported sunday that the military Community in Garmisch Germany is closing. The Community a installations include the . Russian Institute a nato school at Oberammergau and armed forces recreation Center facilities. The military Community of 800 includes about 150 soldiers said master sgt. Alan Carver senior enlisted adviser in Garmisch. A we done to plan to leave or go anywhere a he said but Many people have a just assumed Garmisch was closing because of troop Pul cuts in nearby Munich. Lan Stuhl Germany a amps the locomotive and one car of a German passenger train derailed near Lan Stuhl on saturday evening after striking a car abandoned by an american Soldier police said. A German police official who requested anonymity said the 30-year-old Soldier tried to drive the car across the tracks in the Village of Haup Stuhl at a Point where there was no regular crossing. The car got stuck on the tracks but the Soldier fled the vehicle and was not in Grafe Wohr Germany a amps two 11th aviation brigade soldiers escaped serious injury late saturday when their oh-58d helicopter crashed shortly after Takeoff from a Sod Airstrip at the Grafe Wohr training area. The $2.2 million aircraft was destroyed by fire after the crash. The two pilots both from cod 4th in 159th aviation regt from Hillesheim Germany were brought to Niernberg army Hospital. Further details about the crash will not be released until an investigation has been completed said it. Col. Dick Bridges a v corps Public affairs officer. One Pilot was released from the Hospital Winterthur Switzerland a police used tear Gas rubber bullets and water cannons monday to combat about 300 demonstrators who were protesting the visit of retired . Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf. Schwarzkopf the commander of operation desert storm forces in last years persian Gulf War against Iraq was speaking to a private gathering attended by about 200 guests of the Winterthur insurance company. The clash Between police and demonstrators occurred about 100 Yards from Winterthur Strain station where a Large police Force halted a protest March an Airliner from Page 1 at work at the scene collecting the wreckage for analysis. A Crane hoisted some of the wreckage out of the water. Debris stretched several Hundred feet and Long skid Marks could be seen on the runway leading to the water. Police divers pulled bodies from the water. More than 30 emergency workers were reported injured in the treacherous Rescue. The water was a numbing 38 to 40 degrees and the air was about 31 degrees when the plane went Down at 9 30 . A we did a primary search and saw the Pilot strapped in his seat a fire department diver Bill Lake said. A we tried to Cut him out but . We were working against the tide. The real problem was that the plane was upside Down and people were still strapped into their seats because it was  the National transportation safety Board began an investigation. It was the second time in three years a plane has skidded off a runway at la Guardia. In 1989, a us air flight bound for Charlotte n.c., Slid into the East River and broke into pieces in an aborted Takeoff. Two people were killed. In sunday nights crash Law enforcement officials and witnesses said the Jet had just begun to lift off when it slammed Back to the ground veered sharply to the Jared in the crash with the Saa Brucken bound train the spokesman said. The locomotive operator suffered minor injuries according to a report in the German newspaper die Rhei Pfalz. The paper said German Railroad officials estimated damage to the train at approximately 600,000 Marks $368,000. The Soldier is assigned to a unit in the Kaiserslautern military Community said sgt. 1st class Donald Banks a spokesman for the 29th area support group in Kaiserslautern. The soldiers name and unit Are being withheld because the Inci monday and the other Pilot was scheduled to leave the Hospital today. The names of the pilots were not released. According to army regulations the name of an Accident victim cannot be released unless permission is Given by the victim. The pilots were supporting night gunnery operations at the time of the incident about 11 40 . Both were wearing Anvis-6 night vision goggles. A team from the . Army safety Center at fort Rucker ala., was scheduled to arrive monday to investigate the crash. The . Army safety Center routinely investigates aircraft accidents when damage exceeds $1 million. Demanded the protesters disperse because they lacked authorization for their March witnesses said. A police version was not available. When the demonstrators remained the police first used tear Gas then rubber bullets to break up the crowd. Demonstrators responded by throwing rocks at the police the witnesses said. Police then turned water cannons on the demonstrators the witnesses said. There had been several previous protests to Schwarzkopf visit in Switzerland which has a Long history of neutrality. The retired general also spoke in Lucerne on saturday. Left and crashed. The nose a Wing and an engine snapped off and the rest of the plane skidded in a fireball into the water with its top sheared off. A it catapulted three or four times before it went into the water a said Patrick Silver a Sis Peter Jaeger nearby resident who said he watched the crash from his Home. A it lit up the living room. It was a huge  the plane a Fokker 28 Model 4000 with a capacity of 68, was carrying 47 passengers and four Crew members us air said. Fokker a dutch aircraft manufacturer said it dispatched five or six specialists to Dent is still under investigation by . Military and German civilian authorities Banks said. A the German police have turned the Case Over to the regional prosecutors office in Wei Brincken the police official said. A blood Sample was taken from the Soldier the German police official said but authorities cannot release the results. The police official said the derailment of the inter Regio 366 train caused a Small Oil spill but no significant environmental  from Page 1 situation in his Region is still unstable enough to justify keeping 150,000 troops there. Witnesses at previous hearings in Aspinw a current series have included such commanders As Gen. Joseph p. Hoar of the Central come adm. Leon a. Edney of the Atlantic come Gen. George a. Joulwan of the Southern come Gen. Carl w. Stiner of the special operations come and Gen. Hansford t. Johnson of the transportation come. Future hearings will focus on . Forces Korea commanded by Gen. Robert w. Riscassi the Pacific come headed by adm. Charles r. Larson and the strategic air come led by Gen. George l. Butler. Aspin said the defense policy panel will ask Galvin to discuss the increased scope for Galvin ethnic conflict civil wars and possibly International conflict among newly Independent states in Europe now that the Warsaw pact and soviet Union Are gone. A what Are the plausible military dimensions of such conflicts a Aspin asked. A what capabilities will our european allies have for dealing with them and what should be the . Contribution to european Security during the coming decade a provide a a routine technical assistance during the investigation said company spokesman Bart Van Veen. The injured Many of whom suffered Burns cuts and internal injuries were taken to at least five hospitals. Twenty one survivors waded to land and walked to the nearest terminal port authority police said. Four survivors crawled onto the nearby grand Central Parkway where they flagged Down a Van for help said emergency medical service worker Adelaide Connaughton. The crash occurred near the beginning of a storm that dumped 5 inches of Snow in the metropolitan area. Agnes Huff a us air regional manager said the aircraft was in Good working order and had been de iced More than once before it took off. Port authority police officer Albert Gachett said a wet and disoriented survivor approached his car. A the said a help  i said id help him it a be All right that Guy is a soap opera Star on All my children Quot Gachett said. Richard Lawson who plays Lucas Barnes on the Abc soap opera was among the survivors a network spokesman said. Barnes suffered bruises and lacerations said Dan Didio manager of daytime broadcast publicity. Lawson was going to Cleveland for a meeting with members of the Cavaliers National basketball association team. He is a spokesman for the a bad a drug prevention program Didio said. 2 escape As oh-58d crashes after Takeoff at Grafe Wohr Swiss protest Schwarzkopf visit