European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 22, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday september 22, 1994 the stars and stripes Page 11 . May exit Africa by is Ken George . Airman 1st class Richard Hughes directs a belgian c-130 Hercules into position for Takeoff at the Airport in Kigali Rwanda. . Forces helped rebuild the Airport that was destroyed during the civil War. A Wing prayer and a ingenuity Sysu Palumbo Mediterranean Bureau Kigali Rwanda airman 1st class Richard Hughes had always appreciated the technology and horsepower of american aircraft. But he never appreciated it As much As he did after he became a Crew chief at the Kigali Airport. There Hughes quickly Learned that All planes Are not created equal and that English is not a pre requisite for International aircrews. I. Was shocked really said Hughes who is As signed to the 602nd aircraft Generator so from Travis fab Calif. Even their new planes look older than our old  about 30 people from the Squadron reported to Kigali in july to help put the once thriving International Airport Back together. After two a months of helping about 3.0 planes a Day to Park refuel Load Ana offload most of the Squadron and the other . Military personnel have left. Parking a lumbering c-130 Hercules or a huge c 5 Galaxy is not an easy proposition under any circumstances Hughes said. But trying to land and Park As Many As eight of them on one Small Airfield at the same time was a hair raising experience. In addition to dodging the huge potholes left by mortar rounds they also had to Dodge the occasion Al hand grenade dropped accidentally on the flight line by rwandan soldiers Hughes said. People As signed there often had to use their bicycles As regu Lar flight line follow me vehicles to guide planes. It was something looking Over your shoulder and seeing this huge plane following you Hughes said. Thank god everyone understood the hand signals because they sure did t speak  watching an american help a russian plane Park next to an ethiopian aircraft so they could both be offloaded was an everyday occurrence at Kigali. Air Force sgt. Jerry Turley said that everyone made a beeline for the planes As soon As they landed. Everyone wanted to know what everyone else s plane looked like Turley said.  Bureau Entebbe Uganda . Military personnel in Viding humanitarian assistance to rwandan refugees Are expected to be out of Africa by the end of septem Ber a joint task Force spokesman for operation sup port Hope said wednesday. The United states has systematically turned Over its operations to the United nations and civilian Relief agencies since pulling out of Goma Zaire at the end of August.  v. ,. " we re phasing out and turning everything Overr said air Force capt. Joe Lamarca a spokesman for the task Force. It s not 100 percent that Well be out by the end of the month but that s what the projection  at the height of . Involvement in Early August about 2,600 . Troops were spread throughout the re Gion.  personnel set up water purification equipment pumping millions of Gallons to the refugees. Other . Personnel built roads through the squalid refugee Camps and helped set up new Camps. In con Junction with military personnel from other countries the . Personnel ran flight lines in Entebbe Goma Kigali Rwanda and Mombasa Kenya. . Military planes delivered More than 14,818 metric tons of Relief supplies to dozens of nongovernmental Relief agencies. We have about 478 personnel in the theater now Lamarca said. We pulled Back to Entebbe and out of Kigali because we needed More people for support than we did workers. Now they just Fly in do what they need to do and Fly  the majority of the operations americans performed have already been turned Over including water Purifi cation and distribution cargo handling and flight line operations in Goma and Kigali. Of the . Service members still air the Region 382 Are in Entebbe 92 in Mombasa three in Kigali and one in Nairobi Kenya. Those in Mombasa Are expected to move to Nairobi next Nyreek to begin flight operations there Lamarca said. Civilian Airport officials in mom Basa Are closing their flight line for repairs Lamarca said personnel going to Nairobi will be moved out along with the rest of support Hope personnel. Although Only three . Personnel still operate in Kigali fun time about a dozen additional people Fly in daily to assist and train local people in handling cargo and marshalling planes and in general flight line safety. Sources said Many Kigali Airport employees had no previous experience. One american  said an employee told him that most of the former air port workers were murdered in the fight for the Airport during the country s civil War. Lamarca could not con firm the report. The first commercial flights to Kigali resumed about two weeks ago Lamarca said. He said the Airport has been stabilized enough so that Relief agencies can hire commercial airlines to Fly in humanitarian Aid. We re Here to ensure the safety of the people and the planes Lamarca said. The training has gone real Well but we re Here in Case there Are any glitches. In reality our Mission is  son daughter stand by Simpson he s no murderer say children from first marriage los Angeles a there is no Way in this world that . Simpson could have killed his sex wife and her Friend say Simpson s children from his first marriage. Arnelle and Jason Simpson told Date line Abc that they be never even asked their father whether he committed the murders because they re so sure he did t. There s no Way that he could have taken somebody s life Arnelle Simpson 25, said in the interview broadcast tues Day. There s no Way that he could have taken Nicole s life. This woman who he loved for years and cared for who Moth ered two of his children. There s no  Simpson 47, is accused of fatally Stab Bing and slashing his sex wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her Friend Ronald Goldman outside Nicole Simpson s con Dominium on june 12. He has pleaded innocent and remains jailed without bail. Jury selection in his trial is to begin monday. Jason Simpson 24, said his father told him he feels like a big target that every body s taking a Potshot at and he can t understand Why. There was no Way in this world that my father could have committed such a heinous crime Arnelle Simpson said. Simpson s lawyers Are renewing their attacks on evidence ranging from the famous bloody Glove to a pair of Green and White Golf shoes taken from Simpson s car. As Many As 20 witnesses were scheduled to testify before Superior court judge Lance Ito at a pretrial hearing be ginning wednesday. The group of wit Nesses subpoenaed include police officers and prosecutors who were at Simpson s Home the morning after the slayings. Defense lawyers argue that police Ille Gally obtained some items by storming Simpson s estate without a search War rant and got others by lying to obtain search warrants. The lawyers made similar allegations monday but failed to persuade Ito to dismiss the two first degree murder charges. The motion to suppress evidence does t cover blood samples that May be the Linchpin of the prosecution s Case. The Battle to Challenge Dan testing May not be fought until the trial. Another Issue in wednesday s hearing is a prosecution claim that Simpson s per Sonal Secretary Cathy Randa shredded a document that authorities wanted to seize from Simpson s office. Defense lawyer Robert Shapiro has said the document was literature on Domestic violence that Simpson was required to read As part of his sentence for a 1989 wife beating conviction. Prosecutors also planned to seek a sequestered jury although Ito said he would t take up that matter until jury selection begins. Usa today reported wednesday that an Early tally of questionnaires filled out by 500 prospective jurors shows two thirds of them say they would suffer hardship if they were sequestered for several months. Jackson won t face charges los Angeles a Michael Jackson won t be charged with child molestation though the Case against the pop superstar will remain open for five years. The refusal of the primary alleged victim to participate in the investigation was the main reason for declining to pursue charges los Angeles county District attorney Gil Garcetti said wednesday. The boy now 14, reached a settlement in a civil lawsuit against Jackson last year. That settlement reportedly involved payment of millions of dollars. Garcetti emphasized that the Case was not necessarily closed. After about 13 or 14 months of investigation this is our conclusion we have a very important witness who has told us i m sorry. I do not want to and will not testify and i m telling you that if he Steps Forward a month from now two months from no of and says now i want to testify we would re evaluate our Case he said