European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 18, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes monday april 18,1994 at a glance j. Robert Oppenheimer is among . Scientists who gave the soviets information on efforts to build the first atomic bomb a retired rus Sian spy says in his memoirs. See Story on Page 4. Deadbeat parents a program Aims to teach Deadbeat parents How to be More responsible and find jobs so they can help sup port their children. " a pages offer to Ulster spurned the Irish Republic s Leader has been rebuffed after offering pro Brit ish protestants in Northern Ireland a guaranteed share of Power if they agreed to reunite Ireland " air bag concerns concern for child safety is prompt ing afresh look at passenger Side air bags. a a. -. Pages Cher bowing out fearing she has become too closely identified with infomercials Cher told a Magazine i be sold my soul in a Page 10 getting a fast fix whether your Dollar is Worth More today than yesterday in Germany rarely takes longer than 15 minutes to determine. Pago 14 Index j Abby Ann Landers. 15 automotive. 9 classifieds. 23-26 comics. 15,18-19 commentary. 13 crossword. 15 faces n places. 10 focus. 20-22 Horoscope. 25 Jumble. 25 letters. 12 Money matters. 14 sports. 27-32 to listings. 31 weather. 11 correction n a m is of vict i is in d own ing ,.-,-.--continue to surface unofficial 11 by the associated press. Although the Pentagon has not re leased the identities of most of the Vic Tims of thursday s fatal encounter in the skies Over Northern Iraq the names of several have become known. As of late saturday Only two victims of the air disaster had officially been identified Barbara l. Schell a state depart ment employee once cited for heroism and 2nd it. Laura Ashley Piper of the air Force. However other names have trickled but in reports by local newspapers and family members. In los Angeles the family of another american killed Erik Mounsey remembered the army warrant officer As a. Man who loved flying and lived to help Chil Dren. Mounsey 28, dreamed of being an air Force fighter Pilot. When he realized he did t want to pull the trigger he switched to the army and took a demo Tion to Fly helicopters on Aid missions relatives said. We re All in Shock just that this could happen to him said brother John Mounsey. There s so Many questions that we feel Are never going to be asked or answered. Why did they do it the family said Erik Mounsey was piloting one of the two Black Hawk Heli copters. Throughout Godfrey 111., . Flags were flying at half staff for 23-year-old Mike Robinson an army Mechanic who also was on one of the helicopters. Previously family members and other sources had reported that other Ameri cans among the dead included Jerry Thompson and Richard a. Mulhern both army colonels Michael Allen Hall an army warrant officer Jeffrey Colbert an army specialist and John w. Garrettt jr., an army chief warrant officer. Fro Page 1 names of All those killed. All military congregations including Gie Belstadt a frequently struggle with death loss of loved ones divorce and deployments Tyler said. We in the army experience grief Over and Over again he said. We want to rid ourselves of the feelings As quickly a possible because they Are grief is a part of the human condition he said /. About 125 worshippers attended the somber sunday morning service and read aloud the 23rd psalm and from the Book of revelation. The psalm says in part Yea though walk through the Valley of the Shadow of death i will fear no evil for thou Art with me thy Rod and thy staff they comfortme.". A. Revelation 21 4 says and god shall wipe away All tears from their eyes and there shall be no More death neither Sor Row nor crying neither shall there be any More pain for the former things Are passed i sure you feel As saddened by the events he said. I do sense your heavy Tyler said that he changed his Sermon Friday after hearing about the tragedy. In an interview he explained that hebrew strength from the widow of one of the pilots As they took an afternoon Wal Friday. She ministered More to me than i did to her because she had such a swe Tchristian attitude he said. It was like god had his arms around us and was saying it is going to be All right " he told the congregation. Loosing loved ones and friends is pain Ful. People feel they Are overwhelmed by grief he said. They often blame themselves for the incident or feel they could have prevented the problem. But Healing begins when people under stand their feelings of loss Tyler said. The grief stricken also begin to ques Tion their Faith. They May feel that prayer is useless and condemn god for letting the loss occur he said. Tyler recommended that those feeling grief should picture god on their Side rather than accusing him of being responsible for their suffering. As we Grieve our loss he said twill help to deliberately Pray out our pain crying out to god to express our anger is what god wants from us people need to draw upon their Faith and remember Good memories of their lost loved ones he said adding that the memories restore Faith and serve As a foundation for the future. When we Are depressed and All we can think about is our sadness it helps to Call upon our Good memories Tyler said. We recall people and events that brought happiness to us these memories do assure us that god does love us serb from Page 1 were moving into Gorade. An official in the High command said the u.nserbian talks had been a trick to win time for the serbian Advance. The fall of Gorade would permit the serbs who already hold More than 70 percent of bosnian territory to link East Ern and southwestern holdings. Arid it would be More Salt in the wounds for the United states and other Western coun tries whose efforts to end the War have been criticized As weak and unfocused. Gorade which has been under siege for most of the two year War has been a especially potent Symbol for critics. The United nations declared it a protected Safe area for muslims last year but the siege continued without foreign retaliation until last week when the serbs advanced to the Edge of the City. In Virginia president Clinton said the United states will respond militarily if asked by the . Commander in Bosnia and Herzegovina. However he added we have a Diplo Matic role and we Are doing our Best to fulfil earlier sunday Holloway had said that the talks held at bosnian serbian head quarters in Pale had yielded agreement on suspension of the Gorade siege per mitting hundreds of . Peacekeepers Access to the area. Because of an editing error a Story sunday incorrectly identified two 15cfighters that shot Down two . Army helicopters Over Northern Iraq. The f 15cs flew out of in Ciurlik a Turkey. From Page 1 71 soldiers who Are flying to fort Lewis wash., on tuesday As an Advance party of the 3rd brigade combat team the rest of whom will move there this sum Mer. Unlike other soldiers who finish Tours of duty in Europe Gadsby did t have to spend Days running to the Library theban the schools and other Community facilities to obtain clearance to leave. In Stead Mannheim s 293rd base support in notified All those agencies of Gadsby s impending departure three weeks before his scheduled flight giving each of them five working Days to make a claim against him. The information Exchange occurred through the . Army Europe s Community automation system a 5th signal omd product that creates a local net work or computers connecting almost Al Community services. We Are testing the system. We have never done this before said the 293rd s commander it. Col. Rick Kuenning. The real Beauty of this is that it mini mizes a Soldier s More than a dozen agencies set up computer terminals at the sports Arena to Iron out last minute problems but the Only one that seemed indispensable for everyone was the finance table. The Bri Gade had shipped the soldiers personnel records to fort Lewis already. It s getting closer to what Gen. David a Maddox wants where you can sit in one chair and do All these functions said it. Col. Robert n. Sweeney 3rd brigade executive officer referring tothe . Army Europe commander. At fort Lewis the soldiers in process ing will occur similarly although spread Over a three Day period Sweeney said. The mass out processing resemble army cohort movements of the 1980s. The cohesion operational Readi Ness and training system transferred whole units by attending to their needs in a single room but without the on line computers. The real test of such a sys tem however will be its effectiveness when applied to soldiers who leave independently rather than in Masse. During Friday s session at least sol Dier approval appeared unanimous. It s just so much easier having every thing right Here said 1st it. Damion Cordova especially when you Don t have a Cordova the executive officer for the 4th in s cob said his total out process ing time at his last duty station fort Ben Ning ga., was about a full working Mannheim it amounted to about an hour maybe. Not even close to an hour he said. I came this morning just to see How it works said his wife Shannon Cordova an administrative assistant for a financial planning company. She was the Only sol Dier s spouse who attended. Staff sgt. Christopher j. Cichon a master gunner assigned to the 4th in s co a said the system works smoothly for single soldiers like folks Are very Well organized. They re handling the Luggage movement real Well said Cichon who has changed duty stations seven times in 14 years in the military part of which he spent in the marines. Gadsby who is married also has experienced several changes of duty station. This is by far the easiest he said
