European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 20, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes port a Prince Haiti a president Jean Bertrand Aristide unveiled an ambitious plan wednesday for creating a new government and society in which democracy and reconciliation can thrive. /. ,.we have to Stop the violence Stop the vengeance Aristide said in his first news conference since he returned Home sat urday after three years in exile. Move toward reconciliation and Justice through Aristide speaking to hundreds of re porters inside the National Palace where be has been holed up since his arrival talked of plans to overhaul the existing government Structure from top to Bot Tom. \ the newly restored president said he had begun meeting with military leaders about reshaping the army Long criticized for brutality and human rights abuses arid with political parties about creating a political system in which different voices can be heard. He said he also is meeting with private business leaders about working closely with the state to overhaul the Economy. The interim army chief maj. Gen. Jean Claude Duperval named just last week to replace coup Leader it. Gen. Raoul Cedras now in exile in Panama is also expected to be replaced. Bernardin Poisson promoted tuesday from colonel to brigadier general is the front runner for the Job diplomatic sources said. Poisson 46, is the French trained chief of the fire department the military is in charge of firefighting in Haiti and is considered an apolitical professional. Elsewhere on the streets of port a changes in Haiti Gas prices should drop from a High of $30 a gallon to less than $4 a gallon. I haitian boat people held at the . Navy base in Guantanamo Bay Cuba Are exuberantly returning Home i a French trained apolitical fire chief the military is in charge of firefighting is expected to be named army chief. Prince haitians were looking Forward to the end of the gasoline Black Market and the return of reasonable prices. The first commercial Petroleum ship tragedy brings a Miracle friends strangers come to Aid of Murec american by Ron Jensen Nurnberg Bureau Neumarkt Germany when Jennifer Gibbs of Las vegas Learned that her son had been badly Hurt and his wife killed in a traffic Accident in Germany she started making plans to be near him. I was going to sell my furniture and everything she said. That was t necessary. A Call from Germany informed her that her son s colleagues in the Exchange service were donating Money for both her and her former husband to be near their son. Within Days of the sept. 20 Accident Gibbs was at the bedside of her son Richard who had been working As a sales assistant in the main Exchange in Vilseck at the time of the Accident. Her travel expenses were absorbed by the donations from army and air Force Exchange service employees from around Europe Many of whom did not know Richard. That was a godsend. It s Amiracle said Jennifer Gibbs. Her son said that having his parents with him has mean everything. It was Richard Gibbs was injured in an Accident near Selburg on a foggy morning. His wife spec. Cynthia Gibbs a photographer with the combat Man Euver training Center was killed. A son also named Richard was not seriously injured. It was his third birthday. The two occupants of the other car also were seriously injured and were hospitalized with broken Bones. Is Ron Jensen Richard Gibbs who was severely injured in an Auto Accident recovers in a German Hospital. His Mother Jen Nifer was Able to be by his Side through the generosity of her son s friends co workers and Many strangers. Up he d need his family with him said Jan Comstock human resources manager at the Exchange in Grafe Wohr. Comstock immediately sent a message seeking help on the computer mail system to outlets around Europe. The response was immediate. Exchange employees in Grafe Wohr Hohenfels and Vilseck donated $1,000. Other donations came from saudi Arabia and the United kingdom As Well As from Exchange offices elsewhere on the continent the response was terrific said Cor Stock. She said the request for help has brought $4,000 so far. Jennifer Gibbs arrived sept. 28. Her former husband Harold came a few Days later. He left recently to return to work. Richard Gibbs said his Mother s presence helped him in the first few Days after the tragedy. I just Felt like my whole life had been taken away i was hysterical the 22-year-old said. His Mother said that under Normal circumstances she would have been Able to afford the trip to Germany but another medical emergency in the family left her strapped financially. Richard Gibbs has several pins in his she is amazed she said at the left leg and Pelvis. His right hip also was broken. He was taken to the Hospital in a coma. Soon after the Accident his co workers who had known him Only a kindness of strangers. Richard Gibbs too is equally amazed. I just want to thank everybody he said. People have been calling me. t ,._ a. I a thursday october 20, 1994 for Haiti ment was due to arrive wednesday in the capital As a result of last weekend s lift ing of . Trade sanctions imposed to pressure the former military regime to re " few months began to offer their help. Writing me letters. People i Don t even 4 w j 1. _ a ,._ 1. a in
