European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 11, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 b the stars and stripes wednesday november 11, 1992memorial service planned for ammunition worker Schwabish Hall Germany a amps a memorial service will be held at 2 . Friday in Schwabish Hall for Katherine Quot Butch Richardson 66, who died saturday in san Antonio. The service will be held in the Dolan Barracks Chapel in Schwabish Hall. Richardson who died of kidney failure after a Brief illness was a civilian Quality Assurance specialist in ammunition surveillance. She had worked in the Field for More than 45 years. At the time of her death she was on leave while in route to an assignment at the . Army defense ammunition Center and school in Savanna Iii. She had been with the 101st Ord in As chief of the surveillance division in Schwabish Hall for three years. The Colorado native had been stationed in Korea Vietnam Grenada and the persian Gulf Region during the conflicts in each place. Richardson is survived by two daughters Sandy Richardson of Australia and Yong Hec and can of san Antonio and two grandchildren Charles and Madeline Andrean of san  no fatally Hurt in fall from Bahrain hotel Ramstein a Germany a amps an air Force no from Ramstein on temporary duty in saudi Arabia died Friday night after falling from a ninth floor hotel window in Manama Bahrain. Staff sgt. Patrick b. Bremer 28, a shift supervisor with the 608th Aerial port so special cargo handling Section died of injuries sustained in the fall a base spokesman said. No details were available on the cause of the fall which is under investigation the spokesman said. A memorial service is scheduled for 2 . Monday at ram Stcin a Chapel 2 on the South Side of the base. The non commissioned officer had been assigned in Dhahran saudi Arabia since Early october and was working with a morale welfare and recreation tour in Bahrain when he died. The name of his Hometown was not available. Bremer is survived by his wife Jill and a daughter Amanda. He had been stationed at Ramstein since sept. 10, 1991. He joined the air Force in november 19s4.1 St army div officer Dies after unit physical training bad Kreuz Nach. Germany a amps a 35-year-old 1st army div officer collapsed and died near Hanau a Fliege Horst Cavern on monday morning while returning Home after unit physical training. Military authorities Are investigating the death of capt. Ronald e. Thornton a communications officer assigned to the 4th brigade according to capt. Devin s. Brunges 1st army div spokesman. A memorial service is scheduled for 10 . Friday at the Fliege Horst Cavern Chapel. Thronton is survived by his wife Tina. Coalition split was seen in prolonged Gulf War British general backs decision on Baghdad Manama Bahrain a Gen. Sir Peter de la Bil Liere commander of British forces during operation desert storm says the Allied coalition would have collapsed if the persian Gulf War had not ended when it did. Sir Peter said the Arab coalition partners would have split off if Western forces had continued on to Baghdad instead of stopping after Kuwait was liberated. Quot none of the islamic forces went into Iraq. The islamic forces assaulted against the main iraqi defences in kuwaiti a he said monday at a news conference promoting Nis Book storm command. Quot Only the americans the British and French went into Iraq in a tactical left flanking movement to Cut off Forward iraqi forces from their Supply lines and command a sir Peter said. Quot it would have been quite wrong of the Western forces to have turned onto  he said the three Western forces Quot could have done so very  a but had we done so wed have been alone and would have split the coalition Down the  some critics have said the allies could have eliminated iraqi Leader Saddam Hussein if the capital of Baghdad had been taken. Quot wars done to necessarily resolve political problems a sir Peter said. Sir Peter was asked about statements made by retired it. Gen. Khalid bin Sultan the saudi Prince who led arabian forces in the Gulf War. Khalid said . Army Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf the retired desert storm commander hogged credit for the Gulf Victory in his Book it does t take a hero sir Peter said Quot Prince Khalid was the commander in chief of All the forces whilst they were in saudi Arabia and the moment they crossed into Kuwait and Iraq then Norman Schwarzkopf took Over responsibility and control for the military operations Quot Prince Khalid was responsible for representing saudi arabians in terms of military command. His role was not unlike mine. It was very More of a Diplomat because if Prince Khalid did not pull together the coalition forces in saudi soil and made sure they were acceptable to the people of saudi Arabia that the visiting forces were carrying the tasks that were Given to them by the saudi arabians and by in the attack the american commanders then we would have seen the coalition break  sir Peter said he had the a greatest admiration for the saudi Princess role and described Khalid As a very close Friend. Khalid retired from military service after the War. Wars  i necessarily resolve political Proui Ems close Irineu. Cuianu i Cucu cum Nuudi air a civic sir Peter said. The War. A. American says 4 iraqis Trie it to grab him in kuwaiti Are 1 Kuwait a in an App Rentin nation of a Hurh or Rii cent u William Smith a bomb disposal specialist in Kuwait says he escaped from iraqi soldiers. Iraq does not recognize a , Border change. Kuwait apr in an apparent continuation of a Border dispute a . Bomb disposal specialist said monday he escaped from four iraqis who tried to capture him at gunpoint on the kuwaiti Side of the nations demilitarized zone. Contractors hired by the . Border commission have been putting up Concrete pillars to Mark the disputed desert Border. William Smith 36, said he was picked up saturday by a . Border guard As he ran from a pistol wielding iraqi. A . Duty officer said he was not authorized to confirm or deny the Story. Chad Hall a co worker of Smiths was picked up by iraqis on oct. 9 from the same area. He was returned after two Days with an apology. Hall accompanied Smith of Yorktown Texas to the associated press Bureau in the City of Kuwait. Iraq has not recognized the new line ordered by the world body. The line shifted slightly North from the previous 130-mile-Long Border created in 1932 by British colonial mapmakers. One briton three swedes a filipino and a pakistani Are serving prison terms in iraqi jails for illegal entry to the country. They strayed into Iraq or were picked up in Kuwait during recent  stowaways find Only a bit of America by Bob Klose staff writer three romanian men refugees seeking a new life in the new world apparently paid 8,000 German Marks for stowaway passage aboard a boat they thought was headed for America. It took them instead up the Rhine River to a . Military warehouse in Germany. The men All believed to be in their 20s, were discovered monday night when they pounded on the Side of the shipping Container that was taken off the River and towed to the army Sermersheim Central distribution Center near Karlsruhe. A i can Only imagine that when they heard american voices outside the door they believed they were in America a said Adam Cohen spokesman for the defense subsistence Region Europe. Quot but they were not. They were in  Cohen said the romanians told authorities they had been in Antwerp Belgium on nov. 1 seeking passage across the Ocean to America. Quot whether that was South or North America we done to know a he said. The refugees apparently paid 8,000 Marks or about $6,300, to someone who locked them inside a Container loaded with toilet paper which they were assured was headed West across the Ocean Cohen said. A but this was merchandise that was headed East and had already arrived from America a he said. The Container was put aboard a Barge that steamed for nine Days up the Rhine. The Container was then unloaded and towed to Sermersheim late monday afternoon. The Sermersheim facility is a distribution Hub for . Military commissaries in Central Europe. Workers on the warehouse Dock there heard pounding from inside the locked Container shortly before 8 . Monday and military and German police were called Cohen said. All three men appeared to be Suff from dehydration he said. It was known How much food they had them w Hen they were locked inside. A they had about 10 bottles of it that were exhausted and one Man very ill a Cohen said. The refugees were taken into cd by German police and placed in a it Rune Hospital for observation c said. Additional information on the Reft was not available from German aut ties tuesday