European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 16, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday August 16,1994 floridians bracing for storm Beryl Coral Gables Fla. A trop ical storm Beryl formed monday off the Florida Panhandle and residents in two counties were advised to evacuate. Vic Tims of last month s Georgia flooding worried about More rain. The storm was expected to hit the Gulf. Coast today. A tropical storm watch Wasin effect from Pensacola to Yankeetown just South of Cedar key. Flood watches were posted for parts of the Florida pan handle and southwestern Georgia. Florida gov. Lawton Chiles opened the state s emergency operations Center in Tallahassee on monday morning to Monitor the storm s Progress. Voluntary evacuations were ordered in sections of Dixie and Taylor counties. The system which remained motion less for several hours overnight was Cen tired near 29.7 degrees North latitude and 85.4 degrees West Longitude near Cape san Bias 40 Miles Southwest of Panama City the National Hurricane enter said at 10 . Cd on monday. Beryl was Drifting toward the Northeast a about 3 Mph and was expected to continue in that direction for the next 24 hours. The weather system was upgrade from a tropical depression to a named storm after maximum sustained wind Speed was estimated at near 50 Mph wit higher gusts in squalls. A tropical storm has winds measuring 39 Mph to 73 Mph. Last month tropical storm Alberto stalled As it moved Over Georgia causing severe flooding that was blamed for at least 31 deaths in the  s no break for the poor people up there said National weather service specialist Bill Locke. It s moving in the same general direction As  the storm was expected to dump be tween 3 and 5 inches of rain on Louisi Ana Alabama Georgia and Northern Florida meteorologist David Roth said. A few locations could get 10  Geer of Albany ga., one of thou Sands of georgians whose Homes were flooded by Alberto said the new storm could cause problems because Many Home shave windows and doors ripped out to let the interiors dry before rebuilding. A lot of houses Are open to the elements she said. We re still waiting for the Wood to dry. You Hope you can get Back in and Start to rebuild so you can get your life Back to Normal and then it starts to rain  nato partners join military teams for minuteman meet Mitterwald Germany is forty military teams from 22 nations planto take part in the International minute Man Competition on sept. 10 in Mitten Wald an Alpine resort town. The participating countries include 13 former East bloc members involved innate s partnership for peace program. The 7th army Reserve come is play ing Host to the annual meet which consists of a four event schedule. Military weaponry used in the events includes m16a2 rifles 9 my pistols hand Gre Nades and a multiple integrated laser engagement system. The Competition will occur at the Ger Man forces shooting Range in Mitten Wald except for the use of the laser sys tem which will take place at nearby Lut Tensee Cavern the command said. Individual and team trophies Are to be awarded at a formal banquet saturday  Competition is closed to the pub Lic. The stars and stripes pages Russ Sullivan of Midland Ontario sits in the littered North stage Field at Woodstock 94 in Saug Artles ., on monday morning. The three Day concert concluded sunday night i festival awfully awesome despite filth and foul ups euphoria takes hold Saugerties  A its Energy spent the Woodstock nation of 1994 lumbered Home monday from the Sloppy festival grounds like a column of walking dead. They died smiling. For All the rain and mud the filth toilets and Lack of showers the delays and organizational snafus there were few regrets. Tired wet and hungry people left in a sort of grumbling Bliss. It s been awesome. This is going to go Down in history said Joe Walsh of Ridgefield Conn. Ill remember it How Long will i remember it forever  but it was t All peace and love in this instant City of 350,000. Some who bought the $135 tickets never got in stranded in parking lot smiles from the site when shuttle bus serv ice unravelled. As Many As 150,000 people got in free As Security slackened Joe Cocker who was at the first Wood Stock performs at the festival saturday. Others fled bad vibes. Gail Tosh 26, of Baltimore arrived sat urday morning and left just a few hours later without seeing any of the bands. It s violent. It s scary she said by Telephone from her Mother s House in Syracuse. There were no signs telling you where to go and what to do. People Are falling Down on the ground and peo ple Are closing in on top of them. There was no form of crowd control. And it was a Nasty crowd not a Nice  ,. Organizers had hoped to get All ticket holders into the concert. Promoter Johnscher conceded that promoters might have to give refunds to those who did t make it. Finally Woodstock 94 was about the music. Counting the All night dance raves and Small bands that played till Dawn it was essentially nonstop Rock n Roll for almost 72 hours. Most of the 40-Odd acts put on memorable shows from Joe Cocker s reprise � of his classic performance at the 1969woodstock to Salt a Pepa s Slinky stage .-histrionics.-. / a -. ". Peter Gabriel closed the show Early monday with Alto his tribute to the martyred South african activist Steve Biko who died in 1977 in police custody. I Woodstock Gabriel said. This is your festival. This is your  As the rain ended late sunday afternoon the Sunset gleamed behind a rolling layer of grizzled Gray Clouds Kasbob Dylan prepared to take the stage. During Rainy Day women no 12 and 35, spectators chanted Back at Dylan everybody must get stoned and the scent of marijuana Rose through the air. With people ankle deep in mud an awash in a Kaleidoscope of tie Dye this Woodstock resembled the original on Max Yasgur s farm in Bethel 55 Miles Southwest. But there were obvious differences. It s Yuppie Woodstock. It s High tech said Rob meager of Baltimore who won four tickets to the festival froma radio station i used a cellular phone Dob Dylan who missed Woodstock in 1969, was the highlight of sunday eve Ning s lineup. This morning to Call my mom and Tell her i was  the festival site was still Abuzz wit people monday morning talking about the show As they continued to Stream out. Smoke from campfires curled up on hillsides As people took Down tents. Police said it could be late monday or Early today before the traffic cleared out. Four deaths were reported including Man who died of complications from diabetes and another from a rupture spleen. Vickie Kucinski 25, and Rose Murphy 21, both of Chicago died in a car crash on their Way Home Sunda when the Driver of their car fell asleep and drove into a Bridge state police  made 14 arrests including Aman who assaulted a woman in a tent and then turned on police. More than 3,000 people were treated for mostly minor injuries