European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 08, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday september 8, 1977 Many need heavy repairs reformer vehicles put into shape  Bureau chief grafenw0hr, Germany is two thirds of the wheeled vehicles reformer controllers Are slated to use during the Carbon Edge exercise arrived at the 1st army div s maintenance inspection area Here this week in the red division maintenance authorities said. Fortunately we be been Able to repair almost All of them and put them out said capt. John c. Anderson motor officer for the 1st in 52nd inf the unit overseeing inspecting the 700 vehicles reformer control lers will use during the 10-Day Carbon Edge exercise that is to begin next monday. During the first Day and half of the con troller school which is being hosted Here by the 1st army div mechanics had inspected More than 250 vehicles and found 54 of them unfit for use. The majority of the vehicles we Are inspecting need a lot of work said . Louis a. Martinelli of he and he co 1st in 52nd inf. Working Long hours the battalion was joined by members of the 123rd Maint in at the Mammoth motor Park. Mechanics of both units have been working from 7 . To Midnight to get the vehicles ready for Carbon Edge a part of reformer 77. The exercise is slated to Windup sept. 22. Two James j. Bramblett chief of the 1st army div s maintenance evaluation team said vehicles in no divisional units Are in the worst shape. If something is wrong with a vehicle it goes to one of four maintenance stations for repairs. Those that cannot be repaired Are returned to their units to be exchanged for other vehicles. Some of the vehicles should t have gotten this far Bramblett said. Anderson said his mechanics Are going through spare parts like crazy to get the commander found negligent in israeli copter crash Tel Aviv a a military court has reprimanded a helicopter Squadron Leader who commanded an exercise last May in which a helicopter crashed and killed All 54 servicemen aboard. The commander whose name has been kept secret was charged in closed door proceedings with negligence and flying his own helicopter below the Altitude specified in standing  parents of soldiers killed in the May 9 Accident said they believed the com Mander got off too lightly and said they would protest the court s rulings. Vehicles ready for reformer. If we rejected All the vehicles that we should have there would t be Many umpires out on reformer. Fortunately we be been Able to repair most of them Ander son said. Mechanics said the major problems Are unserviceable seals Universal joints brakes and tires. We Don t want to ruin a vehicle or injure anybody by sending out a vehicle that does t meet our division s maintenance standards. These Are Umpire vehicles. When they leave Here the umpires should t have any problems with them in the Field Anderson said. One observer claimed some units Are sending their worst vehicles Here because they know they will get fixed. If we can fix it Well take a couple of hours to work on a vehicle Anderson said. But the biggest problem we be had Here is that some of the vehicles have been in need of More work than we expected. We Are doing everything we can to make them Safe for  bakery workers added to list of British strikers London up lines formed outside London bread stores wednesday As a bakery workers strike began to take effect and two newspapers were missing from the streets but a strike by electricity workers failed to bring expected Power cuts. Even the Royal opera House at Lon Don s covent Garden was hit in the wave of strikes which has already brought hard ship to air travellers. The Royal opera House regrets it said in a statement that it has not yet been possible to reach a satisfactory agreement with the actors Union equity Over the chorus contract for the 1977-78 season which has resulted in lost rehearsal time. The Royal opera will now per form Only the second part of the trojans in september and october it said. Bakery stores in Central London said lines started forming As Early As 5 . As supplies ran Down following an unofficial strike by Bakers in a dispute Over payment for working August Bank Holiday monday. It was Uncertain How Long the strike by the 33,000 members of the Bakers food and Allied workers Union would last. The Long standing strike by air traffic control assistants that has Cut flights in British airspace by 40 per cent was still plaguing airlines. British airways said it had cancelled two flights to the United states wednesday. The rest of its cuts had been Domestic or other Short haul flights. But the cuts in flights by British airways and other air lines had reduced delays at airports. Britain got through a second morning Peak period of the electricity generating workers unofficial strike without the Power cuts or voltage reductions that had been feared. 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No injuries were reported. An Anonymous caller told United press International the bombs were planted to protest russian support of Cuba and human rights violations in Cuba. Police said one of the bombs went off in a Cluster of eight Large Cement Flower pots at an intersection along the eclipse a Grassy area connecting the White House grounds with the Washington Monument. The other bomb was set off next to a russian airline office building adjacent to the soviet embassy. The flowerpots where the one bomb went off Are located about 90 feet from the Iron Fence surrounding the White House grounds. The Fence itself is about 150 Yards from the White House. It just blew one of them a Flower pot apart police it. Albert Johnson said. The blast at the soviet Aeroflot airline office took place at 2 39 . Police said the second blast occurred near the White House at about 3 . The first bomb in a driveway behind the soviet airline office building leading to the embassy shattered windows in the office building and in nearby structures including the capital Hilton hotel located across the Street from the office building. Caller warns up shortly before the second explosion was heard a caller told up that bombs had been placed at locations in the City including near the Aeroflot office. The caller said the bombs were placed by a commando group that was opposed to russian support of Cuba and to human rights violations in Cuba. William Edwards manager of the Hilton said the blast knocked out about 60 windows in the hotel but there were no in juries. Glass from the office building littered the Street. Edwards who was asleep at the time of the explosion said the blast sounded just like a huge clap of  police units were sent to the National press building As a precaution because the official russian news Agency Tass is located in the building but no threats or explosions were reported there. Police inspector Raymond Remick in charge of the investigation at the first blast site said Only that an explosive device had been used but the Type was not known. We re going to sift the area to determine what explosive was used he said. Fragments of a device were found at the White House location. Conversion rates Brussels up wednesday s Clos ing rates of the . Dollar to european currencies. Figures Are expressed in Dol Lars to the British Pound other local currencies to dollars sept. 6 British Pound 1.7414 German Mark 2.3225 franch franc 4.9142 dutch Guilder 2.4555 belgian franc 35.70 italian lira 882.55 Swiss franc 2.3944 greek drachma. 36.65 turkish lira 17.50 Spanish peseta 84.50 these Are commercial banking rates and in most cases Are not available to the Public at the exact rate indicated. The Sale of Marks to . Personnel for personal use will be at the rate of 2.30 on thursday which is based on a Price fixing at midday and allows for a Standard handling charge. Last chg. 32 a 40 a 68% 28% 16h 61 v4 14 /4 16 a 15 a 49% 25 a 42 f f veve Veva sept. 7 1.7432 2.3170 4.9055 2.4510 35.685 882.10 2 3817 36.25 17.50 84.46