European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 21, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes q Dodds teachers protest seven period school 2 d Alconbury team is tops in Safe loaded 3 up nicaraguan buildup causing 4 authored unofficial publication for the armed forces april 1985 0 8693 a army grounds Black Hawks Washington a the army grounded its entire Fleet of modern Black Hawk helicopters on less than 24 hours after the second fatal crash in 40 the army described the action in a prepared statement As a precautionary measure to help assure troop it gave no indication How Long the grounding would saying it was developing a Complete safety inspection plan for the Black the order applies to the army entire Fleet of Black Hawks or about 630 the army said in a statement that the peacetime safety pre caution does not affect the army ability to react in a operation nets traffickers Miami up an unprecedented As Sault roasted drug smugglers from Island sanctuaries in the Bahamas into a huge Mili tary trap that netted million in boats and officials announced the two week codenamed Blue resulted in the seizure of pounds of cocaine and pounds of marijuana and marked the closest cooperation Ever Between the United states and the As Well As among investigative agencies at the county and municipal officials officials said drugs seized in the opera Tion had a Street value of also taken were 25 two planes and other there were 58 personnel from All five branches of the As Well As bahamian defense secretly moved on the 30 islands that serve As a Gateway for South american drugs destined for when the drug smugglers were forced out of their Island they at tempted to Rush their caches to South Flor Ida but More than a dozen Law enforcement agencies were waiting and snared the smugglers in a massive dragnet that stretched hundreds of Miles along Florida coast out to the officials the raids grew out of a White House see drugs on Page 28 the army remains confident in the Sikorsky uh60 Black Hawk based on its performance during past especially in the statement there have been two fatal accidents within the past 40 and the concern for troop safety has made it prudent not to release the aircraft for flights until an inspection is first introduced to the army in april the Black Hawk was designed As the successor to the uh1 Huey and is described by the army As the most most easily maintained troop carrying helicopter in the in just the past four there have been six Black Hawk resulting in 15 by Compa 22 soldiers died in 16 Black Hawk crashes Between 1981 and the most serious Accident this year occurred March 13 at fort when eight soldiers and four Crew men died in a crash during a routine training then on another Black Hawk crashed on a training flight at fort killing three it was that crash that prompted fridays grounding according to Miguel an army we dont know what but there Are eyewitness accounts stating there was a midair Mon see copters on Page 28 holocaust survivor urges change in plans a photo president Reagan and vice president George Bush listen As holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel urges Reagan not to visit a German military after accepting a congressional Gold made an Appeal to the president to put aside politics and focus on the moral Issue of Good or Reagan has not changed his plans to visit the Pitburg How to rattle a Caterpillar a in the 20 years Michael Zinman had sold Caterpillar tractor the manufacturer showed no sign of a corporate sense of so Early last year he created Caterpillar tractor to tickle its Caterpillar decided to View it in the Peculiar Way in which i think Only Caterpillar can View Zinman said i did not expect them to react the Way they re after More than a year of 80e Cater Iuar on Page 28 Kohl to address jewish group at concentration Camp site Germany a Chan cellar Helmut Kohl Speaks sunday to survivors of the same nazi concentration Camp that president Reagan plans to visit next the conservative government Leader was to address a jewish memorial gathering marking the 40th anniversary the april 194s liberation of the Bergen Belsen concentration he is the first West German Chancellor to deliver an address at the site of a nazi death the site lies Between the Small towns of Bergen and Belsen in Northern about 36 Miles North of Han nov on saving it was a gesture of a True welcomed reagans vision to visit a former nazi death Camp without cancelling a controversial trip to a German military Kohl said reagans trip to the soldiers cemetery at Pitburg during his state visit to West Germany next month would be a Symbol of reconciliation Between the United states and Germany 40 years after the end of world War it was a difficult decision for the presi Dent to visit the Pitburg and 1 thanked him for Kohl said in an inter View with German television late Friday Kohl said he discussed plans for the visit in a Telephone conversation with the presi Dent earlier the and West German governments announced later Fri Day that Reagan and Kohl would visit the former nazi concentration Camp at Bergen Belsen together on May 5 As part of Rea Gans state visit May some 800 most of them survivors of the Camp and their were invited to the ceremony according to a spokesman for the the Central Council of jews in but the midday rite was to be open to the and up to people were expected to said Camp caretaker Fer Dinand he said there were people present at a similar ceremony on the 30th anniversary of the Camps liberation 10 years Schneeweiss added that survivors from see Kohl on Page 28