European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 12, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes thursday August 12,1993 workers install a statue of the Assumption of Mary in a Catholic churchyard tuesday As Den ver prepares to Welcome Pope John Paul ii. Mexicans Hail visit by John Paul a Rida Mexico a Pope John Paulu s trip to Mexico on wednesday was expected to be Short but significant it marked another step in this country s reconciliation with the roman Catholic  than 1.5 million of the faithful were sex peeled to Greet John Paul when he arrived from Jamaica for a 24-hour visit to the Yucatan Penin Sula his third trip to Mexico since 1979.at the Airport in Kingston Jamaica the Pope said before leaving for Mexico on wednesday that he wanted god to help jamaicans build a National life marked by Justice and  turnout in Jamaica for the Pope s three Day visit was fairly Small. In Kingston the Pope urge Young people to reject violence drugs and promiscuity. He got mixed reactions from jamaicans a Odds with his ban on artificial birth control. Birth control  in Mexico and sup ported by the government and the Church turns a Blind Eye to  Church state relations have improved since the Pope last was in the country in1990. Mexico and the Vatican re established formalities last year after a break of 130 years president Carlos Salinas de Gortari was to be the first mexican head of state to Welcome a Pope to the nation s  were in place tuesday at the Airport for the 21-gun Salute due a head of state. Pic Tures of the Pope and Salinas graced virtually every Lamppost along the pase de Montejo on of the main boulevards of Merida capital of you cat a state. The City is 620 Miles Southeast of Mexico City. The visit was to make up for one the pop missed in october because he was recovering from surgery. Me was scheduled to leave Mexico today for Denver to Mark world youth Day. The Pope was to meet with 3,000 representatives of More than 500 ethnic groups from latin America at Zamal 50 Miles East of Merida where he was to go by helicopter and make a Brief tour in his bulletproof  he was to give a Brief speech in the mayan language and meet in private with Salinas. Some reports said the two men would talk about the april murder of Cardinal Juan Jesus posadas Ocampo who the government says was killed accidentally in a Cross fire Between drug traffickers at the Guadalajara Airport in May. . Pilot pulled unhurt from sea after ejecting Aviano a Italy is a . Air Force Pilot flying in support of operation deny flight out of Avi Ano a was plucked unharmed from the Adriatic on wednesday about 30 minutes after ejecting from his stricken f-16. Col. Donald h. Merten radioed shortly before noon that he was ejecting Over the sea about 85 Miles North West of split Croatia. Two British sea King helicopters assigned to the . Forces in Croatia left their base in split at 12 27 . To search for Merten said . Air Force it. Col. Janis Witt a spokeswoman at the deny flight information Center in Naples. One of the helicopters pulled Merten from the water at 1 15 . And flew him to split Witt said. From there Merten was flown to Aviano on a . Air Force ec-130, Landing at Aviano a base in North Ern Italy about 3 50 . Merten director of operations for 16th a a Force at Aviano was taken to the air base s clinic where he was reported to be uninjured and in Good condition said capt. Shawn Mecham a spokesman for Aviano s 401st fighter Wing. Pilots such As Merten a qualified f-16 Pilot sometimes Fly deny flight missions to maintain flight proficiency and to ease the flying Burden of pilots deployed to Aviano for the operation Mecham said. The Effort supports the .flying ban Over Bosnia and Herzegovina. Merten s aircraft crashed into the Adriatic in an area of Rocky islands about 40 Miles North Northwest of Zadar Witt said. The Pilot experienced an aircraft malfunction which led to his decision to eject Witt said. The aircraft was returning to Aviano after frying Over Bosnia Witt said. The f-16 is one of a dozen single seat fighters deployed to Aviano for deny flight fro the 23rd fighter so at Span Dahlem a Germany. Roosevelt s rough ride As America sets sail for med Naples Italy is Relief is on the Way for the aircraft Carrier Theodore Roosevelt and about a dozen other ships of the 6th Fleet. The aircraft Carrier America and 13 other ships carrying More than 12,000 sailors and marines left Atlan tic bases wednesday a Navy spokeswoman said wednesday. Since joining the 6th Fleet in March the Roosevelt has spent most of its tour cruising the Adriatic sea. It has launched an average of 12 aircraft a Day in support of operation deny flight the . Air Embar go Over Bosnia and Herzegovina. It also was deployed to the red sea after . Cruise missile attacks on Iraq. All of this activity limited the number of port Calls by the Roosevelt and its accompanying ships and also made the Pentagon decide to bring them Home a Little earlier. Adm. Frank b. Kelso ii chief of naval operations told sailors aboard the Roosevelt last month that the ship will return to the United states about aug. 26, two weeks earlier than scheduled. The Roosevelt s replacement the America carries 75 aircraft including f-14 tomcats f/a-18 hornets and a-6 intruders said it. Susan Haeg of the Atlantic Fleet Public affairs office in Norfolk a. The roughly 5,500 sailors assigned to America s Crew and air Wing Are joined by 250 marines trained to res Cue downed pilots. In addition marines aboard the amphibious assault ship Guadalcanal and other amphibious vessels Are Ca Pable of landings or deployment via helicopters Haeg said. Hie America task group has trained to tackle a variety of situations said cmdr. George Farrar 2nd Fleet Public affairs officer in Norfolk. Training was not related to any particular coun tries Farrar said. Rather it included the types of things a Battle group could encounter in Many parts of the  other ships in the America task group include the guided missile cruisers Normandy and Monterey destroyers Scott and Thorn frigates Simpson and Boone amphibious transport Dock Shreveport Dock Landing ship Ashland replenishment Oiler Savannah ammunition ship Butte and attack submarines Alexandria and Groton. Trial Date set for Canadian accused in somali s death Ottawa is one of four Canadian soldiers charged in the March 16 beating death of a somalian prisoner in Belet Huen Somalia is scheduled for trial dec. 13, according to the Canadian forces. The Soldier master Cpl. Clayton Darrell matches assigned to the Canadian airborne regt Battle group is charged with second degree murder and torture. He is to be tried by general court martial at Canadian forces base Petawawa in Ontario. The victim Scidane Abukar Arone died in Canad an custody after he was arrested in the 2 commando compound about 9 . Meanwhile a Battle group Board of inquiry has Given the chief of the defense staff adm. John Anderson a preliminary report about Canadian military conduct i Somalia the forces said. Anderson plans to make the report Public late this month. Retired of colonel killed in test flight Alma Ata Kazakhstan a an american stunt flier and his kyrgyz co Pilot were killed when their Jet crashed and exploded in the former soviet re Public of Kyrgyzstan officials said wednesday. The . State department identified the american As retired air Force col. Timothy Joseph Brown from Florida. His background and Hometown were not immediately known. The kyrgyz Pilot was identified As col. Seit Kul Kosa Kov. The fliers were making a test flight of the l-39, a two seat czechoslovak made Jet on monday when it dived steeply downward crashed on a runway and exploded said officials contacted from neighbouring Kazakhstan. The pilots had been flying the plane upside Dow when it crashed. They were killed in front of 100 onlookers at a Mili tary Airfield near Bishkek the capital of Kyrgyzstan. Nobody on the ground was Hurt. Brown was part of a . Consortium that was considering buying one or More of the planes to use in stunt shows in the United states . And kyrgyz officials said