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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 11, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday december 11, 1993 the stars and stripes Page 3 go by Mark k1nkade staff writer Fulda Germany a the 11th army Cav regt held a ceremonial final Roll Call Friday for spec. Gregory w. Glover. Quot spec Glover a 1st sgt. Daniel Creed called. Quot spec. Glover. Spec.  on an overcast and Rainy Day the final name on the Roll for p troop 4th so Hung in the quiet air of the Downs bar Racks Chapel in Fulda. About 60 people crowded the Small Chapel to remember Glover 21, the vie Tim of a bizarre slaying tuesday outside a phone Booth near his Barracks at Sickels army Airfield. Soldiers watched in horror from a nearby dining Hall As. Glover was slain and beheaded about 5 45 . Sgt. Stephen Schap 26, who also is As sighed to Sickels army Airfield was arrested later at Herz Jesu Krank Enhaus a German Hospital in Fulda after he set the severed head on the night stand in his wife s room doctors at the Hospital said. Diane Schap 26, has been hospitalized for what doctors called a Quot difficult preg  she remained at the Hospital Friday. The Hospital director said wednesday that Schap claimed Glover had been having an affair with his wife. But the circumstances of the staying were not mentioned at the somber Curc Mony Friday. The crowd sat silently As several speakers and Squadron officials recalled the specialist. A memorial display consisting of a pair of combat boots and an inverted Rifle topped by a combat helmet dominated the Chapel. A . Flag and the p troop Guidon flanked the traditional military display. Glover of Phoenix joined the regiment in october 1992. He was assigned to p troop As a helicopter Crew chief in Jan Saiy. The speakers lauded Glover for the work he did for the Squadron. Quot his positive attitude and cheerful disposition were contagious a said Cape. Douglas Lilly p troop commander. Quot he made a Tough Job easier or fun and All of us Are better for having known  Creed said the regiment had approved an army commendation medal for Glover prior to his death. Glover also had been selected for promotion to sergeant Glover s death came As p troop is about to disband. Only seven people arc in the troop regiment officials said. The last two regiment helicopters left the air Field Friday and most of the fewer than 200 soldiers assigned to the Airfield Are scheduled to leave before the end of the year. A amps Joseph Owen chief warrant officer 2 Tommy v. Starkey left and chief warrant officer 3 Jeffrey j. Lucarelli flew somalian warlord Mohamed Farrah aided from Mogadishu to talks in Ethiopia on dec. 2.two army pilots taken Aback by somali passenger on by Joseph Owen Heidelberg Bureau Heidelberg Germany a when chief warrant officer 2 Tommy v. Starkey flies important people around in Germany there s Little Advance secrecy about who the passengers Are. But things were different during the army pilots recent six week deployment to Somalia. Starkey 36, and a fellow Pilot Chie warrant officer 3 Jeffrey j. Lucarelli 40, both of that 207th aviation co in Heidelberg had been airborne for an hour dec. 2 before they Learned the identity of a distressingly familiar looking passenger on Board their c-12 twin engine Turboprop. The six passengers on that flight included a . Army colonel an ethiopian ambassador and four somalis one of whom was carrying a Cane with a fancy Gold coloured head. A i kept looking Back there and 1 thought 1 recognized him from can and everything. It took us awhile before we turned around and asked the colonel because we could t believe that he was on our aircraft a Starkey said. Quot i kept saying to Jeff t think that a general aided. A and it was. Somalian warlord Mohamed Farrah aided the Man whom the United nations had tried to capture for months and whose forces Are blamed for the deaths of at least 18 . Troops was on their plane. All four somalis boarded the plane at Mogadishu wearing business suits. Aided also wore a sweater perhaps anticipating the Cool nights at their destination Addis Ababa Ethiopia the site of peace talks. The flight later provoked outrage among army leaders who had been unaware of the taxi service they were providing. Lucarelli who hails from Windsor vt., assumes that . Officials kept Ai did s identity secret at first for Security reasons. Quot i had mixed feelings when i found out it was him because the first thing 1 thought of is my fellow soldiers a he said referring to those whom aided s forces had killed or captured in Mogadishu. A but ultimately. We compacted the Mission like any other  Starkey a native of Mesa ariz., said he Felt the same Way. Quot basically you do have mixed emotions about it but we Are soldiers. We re not to aided ask Why. We just exe cute the Mission a he said. The pilots returned to Heidelberg. With their plane this week after a replacement Crew relieved them. During their recent tour of the East african nation the two said they heard gunfire in Mogadishu every Day and night. However they never heard gunfire in the port of Kismay or at the Many Inland airstrips where they landed. Even at the Mogadishu Airport Starkey said the situation was far less threatening for them than it had been for other pilots from the 207th who were there in August september and october Quot we were kind of Lucky. We heard sporadic gunfire and there were some mortars that came in at the North end of the Airfield but it was far from us Quot Starkey said. Quot there were some other pilots Here that had some close Calls with mortars. I mean they came right into their compound. They were scrambling at night for the  Lucarelli and Starkey said the Only time they came close to somalis outside military compounds was when they Rode in an armed Convoy from the port of Kismay to the Airfield there. The crowds reacted in a Friendly manner they said. Lucarelli also said he got the impression that there is less unrest in the Countryside. And he Felt humanitarian Relief efforts have become More effective since he was in Somalia last Spring. Boston up a Massachusetts on Friday became the first state in the nation to ban discrimination against homosexual students in Public schools. Gov. William f. Weld signed the measure despite complaints by opponents that it will Force teachers to teach that the homosexual lifestyle is Normal. The signing was hailed by homosexual students who had lobbied lawmakers for the last two months to pass the landmark Bill. The Law adds Quot sexual orientation to the list of categories protected under state Law against discrimination such As race color sex religion and National origin. Gay students had insisted their goal was to ensure that they would not be treated differently by students and teachers or denied admission to school activities a such As proms a because of their sexual orientation. A number of states Are expected to follow Massachusetts Lead As they did when the state banned discrimination against Gays in housing and employment in 1989. One opponent called the Republican Weld a Quot fool for signing the Bill. Quot teau ices will be forced to teach about the homosexual lifestyle As Normal and natural which it is not a said opponent Nancy Sutton of Needham who Heads the conservative group family first. Weld under pressure from some members of his own party not to sign the Bill did so quietly. The Weld administration credited the Success of he Bill largely to the Young people who rallied marched and held vigils at the statehouse to press the lawmakers to act. After a three year Effort the measure was finally approved monday. Gay activists said the Effort by homosexual students to get the measure approved also gave them a sense of empowerment whereas before they had a cowered in fear and hidden their identities in response to  proponents said the new Law will help Cut Back the numbers of homosexual students who feel it necessary to drop out because of harassment in school. An estimated 28 percent of homosexual youths drop out of High school. _ backers also say that the Law will permit students to sue schools if they believe they arc being discriminated  is facing sodomy charge Vicenza Italy a amps a an army noncommissioned officer is scheduled to face a general court martial in Vicenza Italy next week on charges that include forcible anal sodomy. Sgt. 1st class Kenneth c. Williams is scheduled be tried beginning tuesday said maj. Bob Mcelroy a spokesman for the army s Southern european task Force Headquarters at Vicenza. Williams assigned As an operations no with the 167th signal co at Vicenza will be tried for indecent assault indecent language communicating a threat two counts of obstruction of Justice and for forcible anal sodomy with a 16-year-old boy Mcelroy said. The boy s family lives in the Vicenza military Community Mceroy said  
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