European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 21, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes saturday september 21, 1985 oktoberfest kicks off on saturday by . I Munich Burea Munich a Hourih normally the third largest City in Germany Munich will surge to the lop starting saturday As an estimated h million visitors flood to Bavaria s capital for the annual oktoberfest. The Granddaddy of the German Beer fests. City tourism officials said they expect larger than Normal crowds for this year s Jubilee fast which commemorates 175 years of oktoberfest. On weekends number of visitors to the Cit proach i million spokeswoman Oft a Inch tourism of fice. Last 7 million attended totals and Gast Hauss in a 50-kilo meter radius of the City have been liked solid for months she said. The to to for getting a room now is to take a car la Cari Collations. Which she said arc arc for individuals or t drive Down for a Day officials mended parking on the outskirts City and using Public to get to the or pics n As it site of of rfcs. Festivities been at 11 . Saturday with the official opening ceremony Fol Lowed by the procession of the of Lobar Fisl hosts and Brewers in ornate carriages. Included in that Parade which lasts about an hour arc the famous Beer Hall waitresses and brass bands. They arc followed by the Beer wagons Dmn by sturdy bavarian horses in har Nesses studded with Silver. Saturday evening i folklore Terna a la Michich features Folk co Prtrt rom around the world starts at 8 . In the circus at marsstrassc43. On is the to hour costume and ural . With about 7.000 Palici about four Miles Long. The Parade starts at 10 ., features groups in foil costumes crossbow archers marching bands and Pedigree horses from around Germany and Europe. The Parade starts at the Maximilian ii Monument and proceeds through the old City to the pics n. At Iju Tjw unday a fireworks scheduled on the pics bunds near the statue of Bavaria. Munich military Community officials cautioned american visitors to plan ahead. Some reminders carry Small amounts of Money Low denomination Bills arc Best. Don t Wear military uniform City officials discourage it. Although both German and american military police jul patrol the grounds. Fli try to make away with a Sou Venir acc Psi Hui Man police consider that a crime. Soul ens Mesjian be Pur chased from vendors on the we Irvn Sand will be stamped to show that they have been paid for. The official Jubilee Beer Mug Sells for 45 Marks. Salvo announces Iowa s return to Europe aboard the Iowa a the battleship Iowa sailed into european Waters thursday for the first time in 20 years and announced its arrival with a Thun Derous Salvo from its 16-Inch guns the biggest on an ship afloat. Its arrival in the English Channel completed a crossing of the Atlantic Ocean that simulated the resupply of Europe in world War ii. Ten of 13 North Atlantic treaty organization members participated in the crossing that began three weeks ago off Boston. The Iowa escorted a Convoy across the Atlantic and North to the iberian Peninsula. Two . Aircraft carriers also were part of the exercise called Ocean safari. The 58.000-ton battleship will steam through the English Channel after the exercise ends Friday and make Aport Call at la Havre France. It then will go into the Baltic sea which washes on soviet shores and put on a firepower demonstration on oct. 17, said the Iowa s skipper Cape. Jerry Gneckow As his ship Cut through drizzle and fog in the English Channel. It also is to make port Calk in Denmark Norway and West Germany he said. On the Bridge meanwhile dutch rear . Jan Van Renesse and his officers watched ships from Britain West Germany the Netherlands and Canada line up off the Iowa s Stern and Bow. After a civilian Tanker steamed out of Range Gneckow gave the command release first the 20mm Multi barrel Vulcan Phalanx guns fired 100 rounds in less than t second making a Low pitched screaming sound. The guns Are designed to shoot Down sea skimming missiles and attacking aircraft. Then six of the Iowa s five Inch guns began firing while the Long tubes of the 16-Inch guns swung so that All nine were pointing off the right Side. They fired singly then together. Officers on ships 600 Yards away later said they fell the heat of the muzzle flashes from the blast. The Salvo left the Iowa 20 tons lighter from the expenditure of Gunpowder and practice warheads and it brought cheers from the roughly 1,400 men aboard. The Iowa and its sister ships the new Jersey and mis Souri have been brought out of Mothballs and reconditioned in a program that began in 1980 to add firepower to the Navy without spending the billions of dollars it would Cost to build new battleships. Gneckow said the Iowa was recommissioned for leu than $400 million roughly the amount it costs to build a much smaller frigate. We were Able to commission a ship with Many time More firepower and much More survivable be said citing the Iowa s Speed of More than 30 knots and its Armor which at its thickest is 17.5 inches. The ship can be armed with nuclear tipped Tomahawk cruise missiles. Gneckow following us. Policy of not Lay ing if any vessel is carrying nuclear weapons Aid con that the Iowa was capable of carrying 32 tomahawks. Recounting the Iowa s colourful past Gneckow told re porters it was the Only american ship in world War ii that had a Bathtub aboard. The tub was built for pendent Roosevelt who sailed to Casablanca aboard the Jowa inthe waning Days of the War. Greece jails 3 for spying for soviet Union Athens a Greece made a formal protest of the soviet Union following the arrest of two greek electronics experts and agree Navy officer for Selling defense secrets in Lilium Zifcu Here a government spokesman sail the spokesman Colas Laliotis told greek reporters that soviet charge d affaires Vladimir Pushkin was summoned to the foreign ministry wednesday night. His attention was drawn Phr Stmary material collected on Hui Fri Pliotis said. Laliot sment pm aay whether the govern to expel any of the 30 diplomats attached to the soviet embassy but indicated that greek soviet relations were unlikely to be affected by the arrests. The arrests made last sunday came after Jim ii it a dlr with a us a iwo capita from a Senio Lomat whom -.,at, Sergei Okhane 50, posted. Athens in 1982, reportedly served As Deputy chief of soviet military intelligence Gru. Last july . Officials disclosed he was inthe United states. Okhane s revelations about soviet espionage activity in Greece arc said to have delayed signing of a billion Dollar contract for 40 u3.-made f-16 Jet fighters for the greek air Force. Imi a noun col is now special bilateral it venting High technology Leall. American officials will arrive sept. 23 for talks on such an Accord. The two electronics experts Michael Megal Ikonomou 37, who worked for two american electronics companies and Niko Laos Pip Tsoulis also 37, director of a greek electronics firm were arraigned before a District attorney wednesday night on espionage charges. Lios ser Pissios 35, was being held at a naval prison near Athens the defense ministry said. State for defense Antony. that Serapis bios. 35, was not inat5bto�i� Classi fied information on nato to the soviets. He denied greek newspaper reports thai other officers had been arrested on espionage charges. Product recall Dallas is the and air be Exchange service is removing from Salex loll car scat manufactured by the Goldberger doll company of Brooklyn an in is Europe spokesman said. The spoke sort Aid a plastic leg strap on the seat May acc ideally be swallowed by a child if it is broken. Cafes distributed wi2 Goldbr Berdoll car scats. The item Mode wimber 900, sold for $4.50 in cafes stores a Exchange customers May ret seats to their nearest Exchange Oul full refund the spokesman said Washington apr Jefe maker of the wrinkles away Steamer is recalling 188,000 its jeers that May pose a danger of burning pers the consumer product safety cuff Tatnen reported wednesday. The ets rus co. Of new York initiate the rms Lof steamers Model wa-111 and trz2, made Between july and Decem f 1984, after learning that boiling water May spill from the base of the steamers the commission said. An cafes spokesman said a jags re Tail stores in Europe do not camb items but both were available Frolow Mes Catalon sales. It he cafes sent a letter teach who purchased one of the two neufled steamers listing . _ stain a free replacement customers _ purchased a wrinkles away Model a 111 or wa-222 unit should repackage the unit including the customer s name and re turn address on a separate piece of paper in the package. The Steamer should be by parcel Post to Franzus co., inc., 352 Park Avenue South new Franzus Otic return a new unit along with reimbursed Felsk for mailing of Purchase is a a necessary the recalled items Calette identified bythe Model number on the prs Mic base Cap along with the company name ther unit with the Model numbers Waitse and wa-222se Are not involved in the recall. Italian writer Italo Calvino Dies at 62 after stroke Siena Italy a Italo spun reality and illusion together to become one of Italy s greatest contemporary writers died thursday Hospital officials announced. He was 62. Or. Antonio Blanca chief of intensive care at the Santa Maria Della Scala Hospi Tal said Calvino suffered a stroke on sept 6 at his summer Villa. He underwent brain surgery the following Day appeared to improve but then slipped into a coma and did not regain consciousness. Calvino began his writing career during what he called the literary explosion i Italy immediately after world War ii when former partisan fighters like himself told the tales of those who risked their lives Lor Freedom and survived by ingenuity an stubbornness. Calvino was born to italian parents on oct. 15, 1923, in Santiago de us vegas Cuba near Havana but spent his childhood in san Mcmo Italy. After the War he tried journalism writ ing for the italian communist parly paper l uni la before turning to fiction. Among Calvino s works translated into English Are the Baron in the Trees about an i8lh Century Nobleman who decides to live his life in the treetops the nonexistent Knight and the Cloven vis count about a Knight in the crusades who is split in two and invisible cities in which a Young Marco Polo entertains us aged Kubla Khan with fantastic descriptions of cities. Also translated into English was italian folktales the fruit of Calvino s laborious research into Italy s Rich heritage of fairy talks and fables
