European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 29, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes saturday july 29, 1978 Geronimos variegated chopper chores take warriors of 250th aviation co. Far off the Preservati i by Merle Jacobsen staff writer Fin then. Germany is Geronimo. To most people is either an Apache Warrior or what paratroopers supposedly utter before jumping from an air plane. For the 230 members of the 205th Avia Tion co. Geronimo is the tie that binds it s their Squadron nickname. These Modem Day Geronimos Are not chased by . Soldiers either they Are . Sol Diers. And instead of jumping from air planes they Fly . Albert Winnig. The company s flight platoon commander said his unit is As Good or better than any other in the army. The 31-year-old native of warring ton a. Said his unit does very Well on inspections for  205th, which belongs to the 4th transportation brigade was the Only unit in the brigade during an annual adjutant general inspection last year to get a perfect score in All 45 areas. This had never happened before in anyone s memory he said. The 205th was also lauded Weinnig said by the fiscal year 1978 aviation operational readiness and safely evaluation horse according to Weinnig one horse in Spector said this unit s safety program could be used As a Model for All army Avia Tion  primary Mission according to Weinnig involves the air transportation of sensitive  he said the unit s secondary Mission is air transportation sup port for the air Force which is kind of unique in itself the army supporting the air Force with  the 205th. Which flies 16 ch-47 Chinook cargo helicopters and two uh-1h Huey Utility choppers is one of three similar out fits in Germany Weinnig said. The other two the 180th in Schwabish Hall and the 295th at Coleman Barracks near Mann Heim both belong to the army s Lith aviation  Ronald Mclntosh 31, the company s nuclear surety officer said the 205th also supports embassies in Europe with High priority items. The Stockton. Calif., native said we also lend logistic support to numerous nato  Fly everything from soup to  he said. As proof of the claim. Mclntosh re called a flight to Camp new Amsterdam in the Netherlands when the Chinook was loaded to capacity with styrofoam meat trays for the commissary there. On another occasion he said a chopper was loaded with toilet paper for a needy Community. In the first six months of 1978. Mclntosh said the 205th moved More than 1,180 tons of cargo. And we could move a lot More quicker added Weinnig. Because of the Long Range of the Chi nooks. Weinnig said his unit is often tasked with extended flights. All these missions involve extensive International flights he said. The 205th frequently flies to places like Norway England and Sardinia places usually thought of in connection with fixed Wing aircraft. Last year Mclntosh said the 205th pro dutch treat miss Holland Nicole Cohen Demon Strates her gymnastic skill on a Tram Poline during a visit to an amusement Park near Kyoto by participants in the miss Young International Beauty con test slated for aug. 1 in Tokyo. A video two helicopters for the joint. Control Bureau during the Arm in reformer exercise. In addition to it of the press and vips he said Al flew members of the soviet i Usa eur during the exercise. The 205th also takes advantage unities to get in the limelight " vide numerous aircraft for purposes to the British army of i and to German civil and military Lions for air shows said Mcinti result of showing off the unit s a the Public he said we Don t Ham noise complaints from places we j  based at Fin then army air 1 Mainz the 205th has 43 officers i listed soldiers commanded by my Hoerle. Paul Wellman who has � the army for 28 years around 1 summed it up. The civilian tech. Resent Tive from troop support 1 readiness come said this is in finest outfits you la find anywhere,1 f Oil spill Amoco caused largest kill of Marine life in Histon Washington up the Oil spill caused by the wreck of the Amoco Cadiz off the French coast earlier this year Trig gered the largest kill of Marine life Ever recorded from such an incident . Scientists said thursday. And they added there Are still perhaps 40,000 tons of Oil on the Ocean floor causing an Impact that May never be fully under stood or recorded. In addition workers on the Shoreline who helped clean up the Oil As it hit the beaches of Brittany May have suffered heavy doses of possibly toxic fumes and some Oil components May have blown ashore contaminating nearby agricultural crops and entering the human food Chain. The ship carrying 220,000 tons of Oil ran aground one mile off Shore on March 16 after suffering engine trouble in a storm. During the following two weeks the Oil flowed into the sea creating the largest Oil spill in history. It is the largest biological kill from any spill we be looked  or. Wilmot Hess director of environmental research laboratories for the National oceanic and atmospheric administration told a new conference. Noaa released a report on the incident done in conjunction with the environmental Protection Agency. Hess said two weeks after the wreck Mil Lions of dead molluscs sea urchins clams and other animals were Shore. Some researchers he May not have been killed c but by what the Oil becomes 1 to air and sunlight or some of the dispersing i dumped into the sea in order to the  addition he said 9,0001in one Bay Are still unusable up to 20,000 dead Birds the 1 ing the Puffin which May i wiped out in some areas and i 000 tons of Oil has sunk into i creating problems that Only i will  said persons on the Beac Bei 5 ing up the Oil by hand got a heavy b ing exposure to volatile and i als and this is something that i worried about in future  the report also says Gale fore could have contaminated nearly crops with hydrocarbons and i food Chain when consumed Byj Mals. Hess said there was no do Dence that this has happened Inogena is not Well understood. Noaa administrator Richurd said the researchers on digging j Sand saw some Beach areas but i bled layer cakes with alternating i White Sand and Black  Hazel the fugitive wakes up Back in captive Windsor. England a Hazel the elephant who smashed aside two steel fences of a safari Park and spent the Day deep in Windsor Forest thumbing he trunk at pursuers is Back in custody. Harnessed ignominiously to the Back of a tractor Hung Over from a tranquil Izer Dart the 16-year-old pachyderm trudge the four Miles Back to the tourist Park. It was just As Well there were dancer Ous people out there. Police sealed off six Square Miles of the ancient Forest which spreads out from the feet of Windsor Castle 20 Miles West of Lon Don. Tenting girl guides British equivalent of girl scouts were evacuated from their Camp and other visitors quavered in their House trailers under the impress rampaging rogue was about. ". Forty policemen and pot some armed with High Power Al stretched out in a cordon ready a Kiu first Hazel was spotted a Bridge next atop a High Hill Bijj the time her 2 z tons  underbrush. Finally after 16 hours a map with a tranquil Izer gun got close of administer a Short Nap. And it we but figuring out How Hazel maj make her escape tuesday if Ajajj big cat enclosure. Keeping the a a after the breakout tied up sew Park staffers during the night