European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 29, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse A for the stars and stripes vol. 53, no. 134 500 monday August 29,1994 d 8693 a vie for attention of frustration he said. Some of the 14,310 haitians feel Rie elected now that their population at the base has stopped increasing and they Are competing for world attention with a fast growing twin City of More than 13,500 cuban refugees. The . Government should Takecare of the haitian problem before the cubans shouted Fred Jean Juste 27, former haitian Soldier. This is not our place. We Don t want to be Here the haitian flight from military ruler who overthrew democratically elected president Jean Bertrand Aristide has Allbut stopped. Only 31 haitians All from the same boat have been picked up at sea in the past two weeks. The extent of the cuban exodus Trig gered by a standoff Between president Clinton and cuban Leader Fidel Castro could become clearer today As . Warships watch for More cuban rafts inthe Straits of Florida. The United states and Cuba agreed saturday to open a new round of mid level talks aimed at resolving the refugee crisis. The discussions slated for Newyork Are expected to open by midweek. The numbers of cubans on raft dwindled to a few Hundred Over the weekend from thousands per Day it was unclear whether the de Cline stemmed from rough seas or a change in . Policy. Clinton earlier this month reversed cold War policy of accepting All cubans and started shipping All boat people to Grant Namo with no Chance of Legal immigration. The action has created dualities and dual challenges for the . Military. On saturday a group of haitians see refugees on Page 2 Guantanamo Bay naval base Cuba a a hunger strike and scattered fighting underscore Felt by nearly 28,000 cuban and haitian refugees living Here in Sepa rate tent cities. But . Military officer running this overtaxed outpost say the situation is under control. I Don t think that we re Likely to have any kind of explosion Here said Marine corps Brig. Gen. Michael j. Williams i charge of refugee operations. But he acknowledged growing anxiety among the haitians. I think there s a great Deal of discontent and a great Deal ailing vets can join suit Over toxins sold to Iraq by Cindy Killion Washington Bureau Washington a Federal judge has decided that persian Gulf War Veter ans can band together to sue certain companies that sold chemical and biological agents to iraqi Leader Saddam Hus Sein before the War. On thursday . District judge James West of the Southern District of Texas in Houston said 15 More veterans can add their names to a few Veteran who originally filed suit in late May. West s ruling smooths the Way for Al veterans afflicted with the so called per Sian Gulf syndrome to be represented inthe lawsuit and receive compensation. Attorneys for the veterans said the have identified "20 to 25 companies for eign and Domestic who sold agents to Iraq in the years leading up to desert the veterans Are claiming that their ailments Are caused by Saddam s use of those chemical or biological agents against them during the 1991 Allied War to drive Iraq from Kuwait. And if the lawyers representing the plaintiffs Are successful All 41,000 people who Are listed so far on the persian Gulf syndrome registries of both the defense cowboys attempt to harness 1,200 pounds of fury during the the German american Rodeo kicked up some dust Western see vets on Page 2 wild horse race Competition saturday in Fried Borg Germany style at Ray Barracks. See Story and photos of Page 4. Old timer Frankfurt High Hopes to Chalk up final flourish horsepower is Ken Georg by Jimi Jones education writer Frankfurt Germany Frankfurt High school s demise this school year strikes principal de Siemaszko As the death of an but the head of the nearly 50-year-old institution Hopes we can make an Irish Wake of the school s final year be fore it Falls prey to the . Military draw Down in Europe. Well enjoy the fact that this school has made a major contribution to the lives of thousands and thousands of people who be grown up and provided something Worth while not Only to the military but to american society in general Siemaszko said. Students in Frankfurt s last freshman Sophomore Junior and senior classes will be among thousands of pupils starting school today when the depart ment of defense dependents schools Europe opens the doors at most of its facilities scattered across 10 countries. Earlier projections put the total number of pupils at 60,627, but a school system official recently said the enrolment would probably be lower. In Frankfurt Siemaszko Hopes to emulate american military schools closed there this year with the pullout of foreign forces from the once divided City. Officials and pupils in Berlin were saddened but operated As though the schools would be there forever. They went through a year of sadness and there s noquestion.,. That we Are losing something that s meant a lot to the lives of Many people said Siemaszko Frank Furt High s principal since 1989. Siemaszko said that the High school will continue to Experiment with student improvement programs and will avoid a who cares attitude. He said teachers will be asked to put in More time continued on Page 3
