European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 2, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes d computer glitch slows Down tax 5 d olympics to allow some pro 21 d More troops needed Rogers tells 28 the authorized unofficial publication for the armed forces 317 March 1985 and q 8693 a 9 die As Ira shells police station Belfast up police Friday pledged to Hunt Down the Irish Republican army bombers who killed nine officers in a mortar attack in the Border town of Newry in the worst single assault against police in Ulster but some roman catholics expressed Delight Over the prime minister Margaret who survived an Ira bomb explosion last octo called the Newry attack a barbarous deed and yet another chilling reminder of the sacrifices of Ulster police in their fight against in Irish prime minister Garret Fitzgerald also condemned the attack As the mass murder of fellow he said the Ira was engaged in the most cruel and cynical exercise carried out in this Island within living the Ira thursday evening fired nine homemade mortars from a hijacked flatbed truck onto the fortified police station in a predominantly Catholic town on the Border Between Ulster and the Irish one Shell scored a direct hit on a canteen where some 30 officers had sat Down to nine including two were killed and 32 people were the Ira immediately claimed responsibility and said it demonstrated our ability to strike where and when we Northern Ireland Secretary Douglas Britain chief minister in the prov flew from London to inspect the devastation and chair an emergency meeting with police and Security Ulster chief Constable sir John Hermon Cut Short a trip to the United several roman catholics drove past the scene of the bloody Blitz honking their car horns in witnesses a group of Catholic teenagers cheered the i Hope they got 15 of you one youth shouted As a Fleet of ambulances ferried the injured to the Ira is fighting a Battle to overthrow British Rule in Northern Ireland and unite it with the predominantly Catholic Republic in a socialist the Ira brought its message Home later thursday by killing a Soldier of the part time Ulster defense regiment militia and wounding two others in a bomb blast in the Village of Pomeroy in Northwest Michael Deputy chief con stable of the Royal Ulster the provinces police vowed at a news conference Friday the Ira bombers would be militant protestant politician Ian Paisley called for a return of the death pen Alty for murder in the Northern Ireland has been torn by strife since August when a Campaign for Catholic civil rights escalated into blood bombings and some people have died in the pan am strike has go families scrambling by Mary Hladky staff writer Frankfurt the Garcia family expected to be winging its Way to a new duty assignment in the states on Friday they had no reason to expect any the Garcias had purchased their airline tickets More than a month and they reconfirmed them wednesday but instead of soaring the Garcias and scores of other american service members and other travellers were stalled in Long lines at Frankfurt air ports pan american world airways ticket its said Hector we dont know what will happen weve got people waiting for us in everything is a mess right a strike by pan am baggage flight dispatchers and food service workers left Many americans scrambling Friday to Board any available aircraft heading to the United the who have been living in a hotel for the last few didst even know about the strike until they arrived at the Nuernberg they were loaded onto a bus heading for the Frankfurt surrounded by three Large assorted carry on two briefcases and their the Garcia family including 5yearold Michelle and 12yearold Derek waited patiently for news of their i Hope we get out of said Lori army staff Ricky his wife and two children heard about the strike thursday i started to Sharpe who is moving to a new assignment in Mas immediately drove from Pir Masens to the Frankfurt but found the pan am ticket coun photo by Stephanie James Michelle and Derek Garcia passing the time Ter he then went to the military Airlift come terminal across the runway at Rhei main where Sharpe said he was told that no additional information was so the family returned to Frankfurt Airport Friday hoping to get on a As Long As i get in All Sharpe if they delay me for a Day or ill get but some would be passengers received no Advance word of the they Are on strike no said Diane Trant of we  understand Why the line int her husband and three children had been visiting relatives in Mannheim for two ticket holders unperturbed by the Airport confusion included air William Vullo and army staff Clinton who were trying to get themselves and their Large dogs to new duty assign ments in the because of his Vullo 1 cant hop out on a Mac but he assumed that a commercial airline seat eventually would become Queens Only complaint was in getting he most other passengers were equally they Are taking it pretty said a military Airlift come spokesman at the were looking out for All emergency leaves so such people could be placed on a flight As quickly As All 230 persons with tickets for a pan am flight were Able to take off on a trans world airlines flight to new York but Many were Uncertain How they would get from new York to other see pan am on Page 28 Amelco takes contract protest to Gao by Charlie Bowden staff Frankfurt american express has upped the Ante in its protest of the army travel concessionaire contract and taken its Case to the general accounting american express general counsel an Drew Somers filed protest thursday in spokes Man it Marks the second time the company has appealed the award of an exclusive travel services contract to the Barbarossa travel based in Kai this protest is using the same grounds As the first Appeal that was filed with the army contracting Agency Europe on that protest was rejected in a letter dated 14 and signed by the contracting staff James in the first american express claimed that the evaluation of the bids was seven including Amer ican express and bid on the contract but two withdrew their bids be fore the evaluation process the other bidders were Sun Flannigan travel and Konsul american express is protesting four aspects of the contracting process that the army started last september with a re quest for bids sent to about 40 commercial travel the protest focuses on the absence of the Lack of travel experience of the evaluation panel the affiliations of the panel members and the bid provisions on in rejecting the first Goodwin said the panel was officials said the panel of 10 people rep resented the army in Europe head quarters and major Dan of us Reurs Deputy chief of staff for served As the nonvoting panel members were required to sign a statement agreeing not to discuss the boards panel army officials included air passenger com Mercial travel training and experience and administrative experience in the army morale support the army would not reveal the identities of the which was charged with evaluating technical and management Goodwin evaluated the financial aspects of the the army