European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 25, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse R the St Armand v�kft��fli�3l&a of. 52, no. 98 500 sunday july 25,1993 Rescue workers and up clunkers search near the Mouth of a Cave near St. Louis for missing members of a group that had gone exploring in a Park closed because of flooding. Boy found alive in Cave Flash flood kills at least 5 others in group St. Louis a a shivering boy missing since Flash floods swept through a Cave was found alive saturday apparently stranded on a ledge for Days. Five others in his group died and another was miss ing authorities said. The boy was suffering from hypothermia and was flown to a Hospital said assistant fire chief Bill Palmer. The group had gone exploring in a Park. That had been closed because of flooding. The bodies of the boys two aged 10 and one 9, and a 31-year-old male Counselor were recovered Friday. The body of a 21-year-old Counselor Jennifer Ethard was found inside the Cave saturday morning Palmer said. Another boy was missing. The parents of the Counselor waited anxiously near the Entrance to the Park Friday night. In tears the Mother asked a reporter our daughter is she there the victims from a Home for troubled boys were visiting Cliff Cave county Park which lies along the swollen Mississippi River just South of St. Louis. Killed were Erri Mett Terry 9, Tarrell Battle 10, and Melvin Bell 10, and their Counselor Darnell. Redmond 31, police said Park had been closed for weeks because of the flooding police said. Heavy thunderstorms that passed through the area Friday afternoon caused Flash Missouri department of social services see boy on Page 2 d 8693 a Nunn wins 1st round Over Gays in military by Cox news service Washington sen. Sam Nunn has written Tough rules against homosexuals in the military into a defense Bill that would leave Gays Little Choice but to re main in secret. The legislation basically repeating Pentagon regulations that have been in effect for the past decade was approved 17-5 Friday by the Senate armed services committee which the Georgia Democrat chairs. As a testament to its strictness All 10 republicans on the panel voted for it. If the provisions Are passed by Congress which is All but certain it would Complete a humbling defeat for president Clinton on a Campaign Promise to remove restrictions on military service by Gay men and lesbians. Nunn said that the legislation is consistent with the policy Clinton announced monday and that the president approved. But the Clinton policy was a surrender to Nunn and the joint chiefs of staff. One of the few concessions the president was Able to wring from that Deal a Gen eral distinction Between private sexual orientation and homosexual conduct was omitted by the com Mittee. The White House would be left to decide Only when military commanders could launch an investigation of suspected homosexuals within the strictures of a Law see Gays on Page 2 the Rush Limbaugh. Fan club is drawing members who want to press for his show on arts. See Page 3 Low demand court hamper abortion hiring by Steve scholar Kaiserslautern Bureau Heidelberg Germany the army s 7th medical come has so far been unable to find a civilian doctor to perform abortions in its military hospitals in Europe because of Low anticipated de Mand its commander said thursday. But the command is ready to resume its search once Germany s supreme court gives the Legal go ahead for Doc tors to perform the controversial proce Dure again said maj. Gen. Michael j. Scotti or. The German court ruled in May that life begins at Conception and that its abortion Law failed to protect fetuses. The ruling led to the abortion procedure see abortion on Page 2 As the military Marks 20 years of an All Volunteer Force the nation s Young people seem to think the military no longer offers much of a future. Army general s son faces discharge in steroid Case by the stars and stripes Darmstadt Germany the enlisted son of a Well known persian Gulf War general is being discharged from the army after being investigated for posses sing steroids. Spec. Robert c. Pagonis 24, was to de part for the United states Over the week end a source said. The action follows a military investigation that began in Jan uary when his wife reported his steroid use to military authorities As part of a marital dispute according to an army re port. Pagonis is stationed in Darmstadt where he is assigned to co a 51st inf regt 165th military intelligence in a reconnaissance unit that reports directly to v corps. His father it. Gen. William Gus Pagonis is in charge of the 21st theater army area come which has its head quarters in Kaiserslautern. The command is the army s logistics Headquarters in Europe. The elder Pagonis ran the logistics operation for the Gulf War and was regularly featured in news accounts of the War. He wrote a Book about the huge logistical Effort called moving mountains that was published last year by the har Vard business school press. Robert Pagonis withdrew from College and enlisted in the army in january 1991/, a week after the Start of. The air Campaign against Iraq. The army s criminal investigation come found sufficient probable cause to believe spec. Pagonis committed the offences of wrong my Possession of dangerous drugs testosterone and wrongful see son on Page 2
