European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 9, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes saturday october 8, 1977 c130s to service All of Neucom 37th tas joins pm Wing by Mike Spear staff writer Rhein main a Germany is the Blue Tail flies officially joined the 435th tac Airlift Wing Here Friday in com Mand Transfer ceremonies. Blue Tail flies is the nickname of the 37th tac Airlift so which moved Here from Langley fab a. And with the unit will come 18 c130 Hercules during the next Sev eral months. The move which has just begun and will be completed in january brings a permanently based Squadron Here that will have As its primary Mission the support of Neucom s Airlift requirements according to its new commander it. Col. Lowell w. Jones. It also represents a sizable influx of people to this base. The new Squadron has about 90 officers and 70 enlisted men. Sev eral Hundred wives and children will accompany them he said. The ceremony transferring the 37th to this base took place Here at mid afternoon with officers of the Squadron and the 435th Taw present including Brig. Gen. Theo Dore p. Crichton commander of the 435th. The c130s will be coming from Pope fab. N.c., and Crews to Man them will be conning from Pope Little Rock Dyess and Mcchord Abs Jones said. Jones said that the new Squadron Here represents a move to save Money and raise morale. Previously c130s came Here on a 60-Day rotational basis from the states meaning crewmen were away from their families for Long periods of time he said. Now that problem is eliminated. Also by stationing the planes Here about 700 hours of flying time will be saved annually he said. The arrival of the Squadron also represents an advancement in the capability of dependent 15, beaten in laundry room ludwigs Burg Germany is a 15-year-old dependent girl was beaten by an unknown assailant in the basement laundry room of her quarters Here tues Day night an army spokesman said Friday. The spokesman said the teen Ager went to the laundry room in her quarters in the Pattonville housing area taking her two dogs with her. About 11 . When one of the dogs started Barking she looked around and saw a Man Locking the laundry room door from the inside. The Man approached her and started to beat her with a club the spokesman said but her screams apparently frightened him and he unlocked the door and fled. Other occupants of the building heard the screams and came to her Aid. She was taken to the 5th general Hospital where she was treated for cuts and bruises and released the spokesman said. The attacker was described As a slender Black Man about five feet 11 inches tall. According to a Cid spokesman the search for the attacker is continuing. German Road deaths drop Wiesbaden Germany up the number of West German Highway Fatali ties in the first seven months dropped slightly from the same period last year the government reported. It said 8,153 per sons lost their lives in Road accidents Down 58 from the first seven months of j976. The c130s, because each is equipped with awards Adverse weather Aerial delivery system which enables them to Fly in All kinds of a unit under the operational com Mand of Neucom it will move troops and equipment where needed on this Side of the Atlantic Jones said. He said the c130 is particularly suited for this role because of its ability to take off and land on Short run a typical Mission the cl30s might go to Italy pick up airborne troops then drop them in Southern Germany he said. During reformer the c130s that were Here on a rotational basis from the states picked up reformer troops in Luxembourg who had arrived by plane and troops at at lactic ports in Europe who had arrived by Squadron is one of four awards units in the air Force and the Only one stationed in Europe. Before taking Over com Mand of the Squadron Jones was director of current operations at the military Airlift Center Europe Ramstein a Germany. Discussion of Mideast Secretary of state Cyrus r. Vance stresses a Point with a gesture As he talks with egyptian foreign minister Ismail Fahmy in new York. They talked for 40 minutes and Fahmy said of their discussion of Mideast peace prospects things Are moving. This i what i can Tell a photo ., Bonn sign packs of sep up Coal research Bonn a Energy Secretary James r. Schlesinger and West German research minister Hans Katthoefer signed two agreements Friday to step up cooperation on Coal technology research. A German spokesman said one agree ment entitled National planning coordination in the Field of Coal hydrogenation technology will enable the United states and West Germany to Exchange technical know How on producing liquid Oil substitutes from Aims to coordinate research from the planning stage Onward so that unnecessary duplication can be avoided he said. West German scientists Are among world leaders in the Field. After a fivefold Oil Price increase since late 1973, they have been reexamining and perfecting Pioneer research that enabled wartime nazi Ger Many to substitute synthetic Coal products for blockaded Oil supplies. Under a second agreement on cooperation in Coal technology the two govern ments will provide subsidies totalling about $62 million to help finance two plants now under construction in the United states and West Germany. The first is a demonstration scale refinery to produce liquid Oil fuel substitutes from Coal situated in Tacoma wash., and the other is a German Coal Gasi fiction and Katthoefer met for half an hour after the signing to discuss Genera Energy policy issues the German spokes Man , who visited Frankfurt late thursday after arriving from Paris was to leave for Belgium Friday evening. Concorde Juk ban is prolonged Washington a any immediate Landing of the concorde Jet at new York s John p. Kennedy Airport was temporarily blocked by the supreme court on Friday. The full court after having a request from officials of the port authority of new York and new Jersey referred to it by jus Tice Thurgood Marshall ordered that no concorde land at Juk until the controversy is Given More review. The justices asked attorneys for British airways and air France the two airlines flying the British French plane to submit answers to Legal arguments filed by port authority lawyers and said the matter would be discussed at the court s oct. 14 closed conference. Earlier Friday Marshall had been asked to postpone the effect of a lower court s ruling which would have allowed the concorde to land As soon As the two air lines were ready to offer service in and out of Kennedy Airport. Requests rejected the 2nd Circuit court of appeals rejected two requests thursday by the port authority to overturn a Federal trial court s sept. 29 order allowing the con Corde to begin Landing at Juk oct. 20. The appeals court said that the landings could begin. Spokesmen for both airlines had said they intended to touch the first concorde flights Down within two or three weeks. The supreme court s action however could upset that timetable. The court s action taken in a one Para graph order postponing any enforcement of the appeals court s order until further word from the justices or Marshall alone is a key Victory for the port authority in its Long fight to keep the concorde out of Newyork. Decision pending presumably the full court will decide at its Friday conference whether All con Corde landings at Juk should be blocked until port authority attorneys have a Chance to formally Appeal the 2nd circuit court s ruling. If the justices were to agree to such a temporary ban the concorde Landing probably would be postponed for at least several months. In seeking Marshall s Aid. Port authority attorney Patrick Falvey said the appeals court ruling would almost certainly irreparably harm the two state govern mental Agency. 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