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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 4, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May 1978 the stars and stripes Page 27 million Mark contract German firm to modify army cobra copters by John Savard Nurnberg Bureau chief Germany the first of 62 refitted ah1q cobra antitank helicopters will Start rolling off production lines Here in Early june As part of a million Mark con tract signed tuesday by the army and German owned dornier officials said officials said the agreement is the first of its kind Between the army and German aircraft the firm will fit ah1q cobras Al ready in army combat units in Ger Many with More powerful this will save the Cost of sending the aircraft to stateside plants for the Modi according to Robert who signed the contract for the army troop support and aviation material readiness Camdin Louis said when the chopper enters the Plant for refitting its an a 1q cobra and when it leaves its designation is ah1s he said changes were needed be cause of the new Tow antitank missile systems already on the the new engines will increase the performance of the especially when the helicopter hovers for Long periods As it would do in Louis he said the army has considered refitting cobras in Germany since he said this contract would be Fol Lowed by including one for modifying the army oh58 observation final plans on that Are still in the development he besides antitank the new ah1s cobra will have a rocket system that could fire High illumination and smoke rounds As Well As other ammunition being he in the new ah1s will have a my galling but that is to be replaced by a 20mm galling House units vote could bar probe of commercials aimed at children Washington Ipi a House approx i privations subcommittee has voted to Stop i the Federal Trade commission from Pur i suing an investigation of ways to ban or i limit to commercials aimed at the appropriations on a 54 1 added a proviso to the Agency budget Money saying none of the funds May be fused to Issue regulations limiting Advertis Ling of any food product containing Ingre Idiens the food and drug administration determined to be Safe for human con f in effect this now pulls the Rug out iss suming it passes the full committee and Congress from under the ftps efforts i to look into food nutritional advertising and the whole childrens advertising said Robert head of the Council on Media and Mer who gained attention several years ago with a widely publicized attack on sugar in breakfast said backers of the limit claim it is the responsibility of not the to police what children watch or not Only is this an example of a mini veto by Congress of what a regulatory Agency is doing but its using an appropriations measure to do a legislative Choate its also an example of a very controversial Issue being Given about 20 min utes of confused consideration by a sub committee whose members still tonight dont understand what they have done and what the ramifications other than its Impact on the sugar Industry to which i guess they were he the Etc said in could not comment until it studied the but a spokes Man we find it hard to believe that the subcommittee intends the inquiry into childrens designed to explore publicly the full issues of fact and should not last the commission formally issued proposals for an inquiry into Chil Drens advertising which could Lead to a ban on some types of among other the Agency is considering whether All commercials aimed at very Young children should be banned and whether commercials for highly sugared foods should be restricted from programs watched by older copter saves mattress Man Ipi the Navy reported tuesday that one of us helicopter Crews rescued a Man who went to sea on an air the Bui was taken to the dispensary at the Mayport naval station where be was treated for sunburn and then re a jumper just int suitable on a flight with a president Washington Ipi Patricia Schroeder said the while House suggested she Wear a 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for not Schroeder want going by air Force one she was going later by com Mercial guerrillas paralyse Ireland railroads Belfast a Irish Republican army guerrillas blew up three Railroad Bridges in Northern paralysing the Strite Tom provinces rail Mili tary Headquarters guerrilla squads Cut All rail links be tween Belfast and the prov inces second largest by blowing Bridges Over the Bur foot and Roe a spokesman another team blasted the Kiln Saggart Bridge in South a stronghold of the iras provisional that severed the important rail link Between Belfast and capital of the neighbouring Irish re no casualties were reported in the at  80th birthday former israeli prime minister Golda who has been ailing and out of the Public celebrated her 80th birthday in Tel Aviv visitors said she looked fit and was in Good allies will Mark forces Day in Berlin Berlin twelve Allied military bands will play for the Allied forces Day Parade saturday beginning Here at the gendarmerie Mobile is com ing from near and other Allied bands will be travelling from and Hohne and in West Germany and the Al lied bands stationed in Berlin will also Par after a 13gun Salute and the raising of National the Parade will begin with the tripartite dismounted color it will be followed by More than March ing British and French soldiers and More than 220 vehicles and conversion rates London i Ipi wednesdays closing rates of the Dollar to european cur figures arc expressed in dollars to the British other local currencies to dollars i British Pound German Marh belgian franc greek drachma turkish Spanish peseta May 1345 to 1 716s Tot u 25 Tan May 1 Iki Ion Mali 33m these Are commercial banking rates and in most cases Are not available to the Public at the exact rate the Sale of Marks to personnel for personal use will be at the rate of on which is based on a Price fixing at midday and allows for a Standard handling  
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