European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 06, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stabs and stripes Friday August 6,1993 american Sailor is found slain on Rota Beach Rota Spain is a Sailor assigned to naval station Rota was stabbed to death tues Day night a Navy spokeswoman said thursday. The body of Petty officer 3rd class Kenneth Earl Dingle was discovered on a Rota Beac about 9 30 wednesday morning by a spaniard said it. Rebecca Colonna the naval station pub lie affairs officer. No arrests have been made by base or local authorities Colonna said. An autopsy performed at the base Hospital wednesday afternoon indicated that Dingle died about 10 30 . Tuesday Colonna said. Dingle 26, a Fayetteville n.c/, resident i survived by his wife and 2-year-old son. A memorial service is scheduled for 10 . Today at the naval station Chapel. Good news surrounds . Efforts in Mideast Amman Jordan a Secretary of state Warren m. Christopher met with Jordan s King Hussein on thursday after shuttling Between Israel and Syria and declaring the Mideast peace talks Back on  Christopher earlier met with prime minister Abdul Salam maj Ali for an hour Over lunch to review his four Day regional trip which was extended suddenly to five Days to allow a return visit to Syria. After meeting with maj Ali Christopher headed to the Royal Palace for the private meeting with Hussein. Christopher brokered a cease fire that ended a week of rocket and artillery attacks in Southern Lebanon be tween the israeli army and iranian backed guerrillas with Hezbollah or party of god. Syria is the main Power broker in Lebanon where it has 35,000 troops. Before leaving Jerusalem Christopher said the peace process has been salvaged and is Back on  israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin said Christo Pher had brought him Good news from Damascus Syria. Christopher was to return to Jerusalem later thurs Day to meet with palestinians. Airmen rest As Convoy reaches enclave Aviano cancels August retail Sale Aviano a Italy is the defense Reutilio nation and marketing office at Aviano a will not hold a retail Sale this month. The Sale was cancelled because of a Jack of property for disposal said Fate j. Kirby chief of Aviano s demo. Normally the Sale is held on the third Friday of each month. & Post office sees $500 million loss Washington a the . Postal service expects to end its fiscal year $500 million in the red. Postmaster general Marvin t. Runyon said declines in Revenue and continuing costs of reorganizing the Agency caused the loss to exceed the $73 million most recently projected for the year that ends sept. 24. Belgrade Yugoslavia is aircrews for operation provide Promise received four Days of rest this week because . Relief trucks were allowed sat urday into the besieged Muslim enclave of Gorade Bosnia and Herzegovina. Allied Airdrop have filled the void Between Convoy deliveries. Since feb. 28, when the Airdrop began 128 missions have been flown to various Sites in former Yugoslavia said a joint information Bureau spokesman at Rhein main a Germany. Aircrews typically rest on saturday and sunday and a Down Day already was scheduled for monday for Rou Tine maintenance and rest. But the Convoy s Success meant one additional Day on the ground. A second Convoy reached Tula Bosnia and Herze Govina on wednesday said Lindall Sachs a spokeswoman for the . High commissioner for refugees in Belgrade Yugoslavia. But three other convoys were blocked by serbian sol Diers monday and tuesday from entering Gorade Srebrenick and Zepa Sachs said. Serbian soldiers said the approximately 35 trucks composing the three convoys will not be allowed to move until fighting has stopped Between muslims and serbs in the Vornik area Sachs said. But soldiers enforcing the blockade Are reported to be tiring and los ing their will to Block the trucks Sachs said. Yugoslav police officers also Are reported to be helping . Officials negotiate a settlement with the serbian soldiers Sachs said. The 14 trucks that reached Gorade on saturday contained about 92 tons of Relief supplies Sachs said. The Convoy will help feed about 60,000 muslims squeezed into Gorade where they live without electricity or Gas and with dwindling water supplies Sachs said. Most of their food comes from almost nightly re Lief planes and sporadic convoys. One Airdrop supplies enough food to last the people of Gorade for about a i Days one Convoy supplies food for about three Days said a . Spokesman in Geneva. To meet the people s most Basic nutritional needs a Convoy would have to reach the town every three Days the spokesman said. Including saturday s delivery Only four Relief convoys have reached Gorade in the past 26days. New Hospital gives birth to medical possibilities by Gary Miller Mediterranean Bureau Nas Simonella Sicily expectant mothers at Simonella used to head to the naval Hospital in Naples Italy during the final Days of their pregnancy because the local . Medical facility had neither the room nor the staff to Deal with the mothers to be. However a new 17-bcd Hospital that replaced Sigo Nella s clinic in late january has made such northbound journeys a thing of the past. To illustrate just How far the Hospital has moved into the baby business four newborns arrived in an eight hour period one Day last month. And officials said More births at Simonella Are virtually certain Given plans that Call for expectant mothers to come to rather than Fly from Simonella. Bringing pregnant women to the facility near cat Ania Sicily is just one example of the Hospital s Impact on medical care for . Service members and their families at Simonella said capt. Buddy Spencer the Hospital s commander. We re providing really a much better level of care Here Spencer said. We re doing some fantastic things which he said Means that fewer Simonella patients will be forced to Fly to other facilities for care. Some patients with acute problems Are flown to . Navy medical facilities in Rota Spain and Naples Spencer said. Virtually All those who use the Hospital arc outpatients. In May about 4,200 people came to the Hospital for treatment but Only 64 of them were admitted As in patients. The Hospital serves about 7,200 residents of Simonel la and sometimes thousands of additional servicemen Bers when . Ships Are on patrol in the Mediterranean area. The 98,000-Square foot facility includes specialists in obstetrics gynaecology paediatrics radiology psychiatry and optometry. A family practitioner is also assigned to the facility which Cost about $24 million to build. The staff sometimes combines efforts to provide other services such As an emergency Ward. For exam ple a surgeon an internist a Anaesthesiologist and a family practitioner helped stabilize a traffic Accident victim who suffered several broken Bones. The patient Nas Simonella s new Hospital will enable expectant mothers to avoid flying o Naples Italy to give birth. Is Gary Miller was flown from Simonella for further treatment Spencer said. Another medical team combined to revive a patient from a ship whose heart had stopped Spencer said. Simonella s Hospital is the Navy s Only hardened medical facility designed to withstand attacks. The basement of the Simonella facility is designed to protect occupants from chemical and biological weapons said it. Dan Padgham the Hospital s contingency and disaster preparedness  floors which would be closed in Case of at tack Are designed to Shear away if an explosion occurred leaving the basement intact Padgham said. Patients would be moved through decontamination stations and air locks if an attack would occur Padg Ham said. Heavy Metal doors can Seal 100 patients and 200 staff members in the self contained environment Padgham said where filtered air and a 30-Day Supply of food water and Medicine is on hand