European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 15, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes february 1981 to sell 24 copters to Jordan Washington up the adminis in a move virtually unopposed by has decided to sell Jordan 24 Huey cobra helicopters armed with sophisticated antitank officials said state department spokesman William Dyess said the administration notified con Gress informally that it intends to sell the cobra helicopters to Jordan in a 14 Mil lion the helicopters will be equipped with Tow considered an excellent anti tank although congressional approval is not required for the he Senate has the Power to Block Jordan has had a longstanding defensive relationship with the United Dyess we consider Jordan to be a they want these helicopters and we arc prepared to sell former president Jimmy in an unsuccessful attempt to win King Hussein support for the Camp David peace pushed through Hussein request to buy 100 Pulton tanks last no israeli objection whose Arsenal already includes More than 800 of the Patton made virtually no Effort to head off the helicopter the israelis have focused their opposition on the possible Sale to saudia Arabia of bomb Racks and extra fuel tanks for the saudis american fi5 Jet they said the Sale would be a sign of weakness toward the the chief supplier of Oil to the United there was no indication Jordan gave any assurances to the that it would use the gunships strictly for defensive Pur i  relate it to any specific problem except Jordan feels it needs these for its Dyess one source said privately Jordan faced increased danger from the Jordans relations with Syria have been strained for years and last november Hus Sein faced a Large buildup of syrian forces on his Northern Border because of his sup port for Iraq in its War with principally armed by the soviet supported India Landing cuts Short balloon flight by United press International two americans trying to float around the world in a balloon landed in Northern India saturday because they feared they would crash into the magic Anderson and Donald Ida landed their helium filled balloon Jules Verne without incident 100 Miles Northwest of new according to their press offi Jim he said they had about two More hours of Daylight and would have kept going if they had thought they could have cleared the they apparently thought they  Cross those Mitchell Mitchell said the embassy in new Delhi also confirmed that the americans had for most of its their balloon had been flying at an Altitude of which would not have been enough to Clear the highest peaks of the Mitchell said the balloon was perhaps 50 Miles from the Foothills of the Hima Layas when it came in what he called an Ordinary Anderson and Ida earlier said they were in excellent their balloon passed Over a Corner of Southern Iran but there were no despite the re Gimes refusal to Grant clearance for the Exchange manager says profits too Augsburg patrons enjoy 7day service by Elijah Cosier staff writer Germany they May not be cooking sunday dinner seven Days a but they Are cooking every Day 8 until 10 at the a a fes cafeteria the service station pumps Gas All week and even the stars and stripes Bookstore has the seven Day it All started when the main Exchange extended its operation to seven Days in March said Leroy Exchange manager for the Augsburg he the scene in front of the store is like a nato parking lot on weekends with people coming from All he said part of the crowd is there because of the army Hospital aug a 90bed facility which provides service for an area stretching from Neu Ulm to the austrian Caska said the Hospital was a consideration when the Exchange adopted a seven Day the prime was the army Field station he the High Security operation is staffed 24 hours a Day and employs 30 percent of three a captives demand million each from Iran Washington up three for Mer american including two women released in november filed suit against Iran saturday seeking Mil lion each for being held captive at the american embassy in in a suit filed in District Steven Lauterbach of Lillian Johnson of and Elizabeth Mon Tagne of charged that their rights were violated when iranian militants seized the american embassy on they maintained the iranian government and Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini breached their implied and express contractual agreement with the United states to protect personnel in its embassy in an administrative officer at the was one of the 52 americans released 20 following extensive bar gaining Between the and the two women were among the first group released by the student militants on according to their John each former hostage is asking million in damages from the agreement resulting in the release of the 52 americans last month bars lawsuits by former hostages and provides for establishment of an International arbitration Board to Settle All Legal claims involving Iran and the United but Coale contended there Are grave constitutional problems with the and said the former hostages will be Able to win a court Augsburg military population in rotating a Field station official changing to a seven Day week was not As simple As decreeing Caska the number of employees went from 60 to which meant massive recruiting and train customer satisfaction with the convenience of the extended shopping hours Over shadows the problems he encountered get Ting the program off the Caska he said theres another plus that resulted from the longer hours sales have gone up 300 percent since the store hours were Caska admitted that other factors contributed to the sales including renovations to the Square feet of Selling the Augsburg store was the first Exchange to implement the deferred pay ment which made a big difference in Caska Only two other exchanges in Europe Are open seven Days a a spokesman at cafes Headquarters in Munich there at Wuerzburg and temperatures City Rock Angeles Beach Paul Orleans City Maine Louis news update leak suspected in blasts up a toxic chemical leak at a soybean processing Plant is suspected of causing a loud series of sewer explosions which ripped More than million Worth of craters in Louisville residents of the cites historic old Louisville neighbourhood were urged to boil their water saturday As a precaution stemming from fridays which ruptured underground water and phone the explosions left a 15blocksquare area with huge holes up to 30 feet deep similar to bomb Blo Klong sections of roads caved in and some building facades Only four injuries were authorities because of the sewage at the rate of 60 million Gallons daily was dumped saturday for a second Day into the Ohio missing Excog found a a re tired policeman who spent five Days alone in a Mountain wilderness after he disappeared while searching for a miss ing boy was found by searchers a sheriffs spokesman former san Diego police Eric exhausted and unable to walk without was located by Mem Bers of the Navy wilderness survival school on Palomar Mountain where he had gone to Hunt for his lost a sheriffs department spokesman said that Encl had injured his he was transported by helicopter to pal Omar memorial Hospital for Enell was discovered Only about a mile from where searchers found the body of 9yearold Jimmy Beveridge on the apparently the victim of a fall and exposure in four Days of Stormy was found draped around the trunk of a prison for Regina Baltimore a James re Gina has been ordered to spend six months in Federal prison for trying to extort from Exco Gressman Robert whom Regina de scribes As someone i Regina pleaded guilty to the charge that he tried to get Bauman to buy his silence about their Regina was sentenced to two years in prison Friday for mailing a threatening communication to but chief District judge Edward Northrop suspended All except six months of the sentence As part of an arrangement in which Regina agreed to plead Northrop also placed Regina on pro Bation for four years and ordered him to undergo psychiatric treatment for his dependency on drugs and for Homo sex Regina is to enter prison by March of fishing told the court he was sorry for having asked Bauman to buy his silence about their he said he was sorry for who was Defeated for re election in Regina a District last novem Ber after admitting to alcoholism and homosexual Sindona Friend convicted new York a a Friend of italian financier Michele Sindona has been convicted of playing travel agent in a scheme to disguise Sindona trip to Europe in 1979 As a kidnapping to help him avoid prosecution for Joseph a construction contractor and Motel operator from new York cites Staten faces up to 10 years in prison when he is sentenced april 1 by District court Pierre Macaluso was convicted Friday of a two count indictment charging conspiracy to help Sindona violate his bail Condi Macaluso was also convicted of aiding in Sindona failure to appear for trial on once one of Italy Rich est men and a financial adviser to the was tried last year and convicted of numerous fraud charges Stem Ming from the Franklin National Bank collapse in the nations worst Bank he was Given a 25year prison immoral minority1 Olympia a a group opposed to religious zealots has appeared in Washington states it Calls itself the immoral the groups brochure Are you tired of religious zealots telling you How to run your mind and soul it also asks to join the immoral minority and counter the moral a conservative religious political Organiza we find the moral majority inside said sue Ellen one of the immoral minority we want to keep the Church state separation Sepa and keep government from some of the meddling weve