European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 02, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 Roundup the stars and stripes wednesday october 2, 1985 reconnaissance Wing to compete in . Raf Alconbury England a team or 56 people and their four Rf-4c phantom ii aircraft will be competing next week in photo Fin ish at Mcclellan fab. Calif. The team from the loth tac reconnaissance Wing will be competing in the five Day event against Sim Ilar . Aii Force Navy marines air National guard Reserve and australian and Canadian units according to an air Force spokesman. The Cam will represent Safe in the meet. He said the air Crews from the 1st tac reconnaissance so will be tested on skills that include recon Naissance and tactical flying mis Sions along with military equipment recognition and aircraft maintenance. Dodds awards contract for computers Washington is a five year $10 million con race for word processing computer systems for department of defense dependent schools around the world has been awarded to nor corp., Dodds spokeswoman Kay Garvey said. The fixed Price contract will buy 986 pc4 systems which will be used to teach word processing in class rooms and to Speed up administrative work in offices. The systems will be Able to trans Mit information Over phone lines eventually linking the schools to regional offices Ana Headquarters. The contract including software training and maintenance is to be completed in the fall of 1990. Naval Institute taking photo contest entries Annapolis my. The . Naval Institute is accepting entries for its 24th naval and maritime photo contest an Institute spokes Man said. Fifteen prize winning contestants will each receive $100. Winning photographs will be published in the Institute s monthly Magazine proceed Ings. Anyone is eligible to enter the con test. Entries must pertain to naval or maritime subjects but need not have been taken in 1985. They must be submitted by dec. 31. Black and White and color prints Are acceptable As Are color transparencies. For More information and full contest rules write to membership department . Naval Institute Annapolis. My. 21402, or Call 301 268-6110. Correction the Star trek convention announce men in the sept. 19 Issue of stars and stripes erroneously reported that Entrance to the convention is free. The entry charge for the convention actually is 60 Marks per person. The convention will be held at Wissen Brun near Nuernberg Friday through Sun Day. Reminder the stats and stripes 14-month plan Ning Calendar for 1985 incorrectly lists Columbus Day As being oct. 7. The Date of the Federal Holiday is oct. 14. The stars and stripes regrets inc error. Listing of Mac flights ended As precautionary measure by i. Emmett Lewis or. Staff writer Ramstein a. Germany listings of scheduled military Airlift come flights will no longer be released for publication As a precautionary measure a 322nd Airlift univ official said tuesday. As we perceive it. The listing is a Secu Rity problem said col. David Powell director of military air transportation in Europe Southwest Asia and Africa. The listings show a week in Advance when there Are going to be 1,000 people in our passenger terminal. Of course the same information is available by phone but there s no need to make it so easily available to any nut on the  tie curtailment of listings is in response to recent terrorist activity he said. Anyone who has Access to the stars and stripes could look at the Mac flight list Ings and determine the passenger flow an air Force official said. The recent bombing at Rhein main a Lew blocks away from the Mac terminal occurred at a time when about 1,800 Pec pie were in the terminal building the offi Cial said. The front of the terminal is Glass and a bomb going off in front of it would have claimed Many victims he said. We had two bomb threats last week Powell said. Both of the threats were to Rhein main s air passenger terminal. One was a comment made by a Passen Ger an army specialist four who was get Ting ready for departure. The individual made the comment that he had a bomb in his baggage apparently As a joke. He made the comment to one of my people in the upstairs processing area just before boarding the  the processing person asked him to repeat what he said. He repeated it. And the next thing he was outside in a car wearing Handcuffs. He found out we take those kind of remarks very seriously. It s not a joking matter to people getting on that  the Soldier was taken to jail he said. No bomb was found. The other bomb threat was made by Telephone Powell said. We were working a 747 and 1 think a c-5 at the  the terminal was evacuated and searched but no bomb was found then either. But we can t take any chances Powell said. Mac terminals in Europe receive an average of one bomb threat per week but i have seen up to two or three a Day Powell said. Powell was formerly the Aeri Al port commander at Rhein main an air Force spokesman said. The bomb threats seem to occur at the terminals busiest times he said when As Many As 2,000 people May be in the Termi Nal. A secondary consideration is that the listing May not be accurate by inc time it s published. The information May not be published for several Days after it is com piled and schedule changes arc Likely to occur in the meantime he said. The termination of listings should have Little effect on the people who travel space available he said. The category b con tract flights thai arc listed in the newspaper Seldom carry Many space a travellers he said. As a Normal practice these flights Are overbooked about 10 to 12 percent to ensure maximum seat utilization Power said. Any seats remaining must first be filled by people in higher space a categories such As emergency leave. Powell estimated that More than 90 pet cent of space a travellers Fly on military aircraft usually c-5a or c-141 cargo air Craft. This summer 93,000 people were moved space a during a three month period from bases in the european theater. Information will still be provided to the armed forces network for the morning broadcast Powell said. That information docs not identify specific flights but does give the space a backlog the number of flights and inc anticipated waiting time for space a travellers. Anyway by the Lime this information is broadcast the big aircraft Are already on the ground he said. Flights from the states usually arrive Early in the morning he said. Booze buying binges reported on eve of Federal fax increase by the associated press new York City brokers did their holi Day liquor shopping Early new England tippers braved Hurricane Gloria s aftermath to Jam package stores and a Phoe Nix shopper curled away enough booze 10 cases to float a Canoe on the eve of tuesday s boost in Federal liquor taxes. We be broken any record that we have Ever had including our busiest time the Day before Christmas said Bill Surdyk the owner of one i the largest liquor stores in Minneapolis. The store is Wall to Wall  Surdyk s Early Christmas came hours before a change in Federal regulations pushed the tax on a gallon of 100-proof liquor to $12.50, up $2. Similar sales sprees were reported from Providence , to Spokane Wash. Brokerage houses in new York City s financial District thought they could save thousands of dollars by putting in Early Holiday orders but Wall Street discount liquors owner Michael Porrazzo said there was a hitch. They wanted us to store the liquor Here he said. If we hold it they have to pay the extra  Larry Weiner the owner of Kappy s liquors in Cambridge mass., said sales were up 50 percent Over last weekend marked the boost with a tax revolution to r t Sale in which the prices of 32 popular when Hurricane Gloria hit new England brands that account for 60 percent of the it was busier than Christmas he said. Commission s Revenue will not be hiked for the tax increase expected to raise an additional $1.3 billion Over the next three years applies Only to distilled spirits not Beer and wine. And because not All liquor is 100 proof 50 percent alcohol the lax vanes. A liter bottle of 86-proof Bourbon costs 45 cents More now a 1.75-liter bottle of 90-Propf Vodka went up 83 cents and a 500-Milliiilcr bottle of 80-proof schnapps is 21 cents More. The increase bothers retailers like Ted Gable owner of an Ontario calif., liquor store. It s going to slow sales Down he said. Hard liquor sales have diminished Over the years and it s going to Hurt them even  liquor Sellers hoping to sell inventory and avoid a special one time tax on their Slock ran ads urging customers to Lay in extra supplies. Many buyers responded. Our regular people Are buying More and stocking up 1 said David Stout at the Granada liquor store in Hamilton town ship . New Hampshire s liquor commission another month. But the slate began collecting the tax on other brands a Day Early monday to Coin cide with inc Start of its fiscal month and some customers left their bottles at the Cash Register when they Learned the in crease was in effect. In suburban Detroit liquor store Man Ager Sieve Shunia said you won t be Lieve it. It s going Lite hoi  Shunia said his Supply of half Gallons of liquor was running Low even though he boosted his customary $3,000 weekly of Ike lo$20,000. George Kurtz owner of Bowne wine & liquor store in new York City had hoped for sales rivalling the Christmas sea son. Instead he got a modest 10 percent increase. It was t even my regular customer who stocked up he complained. It was the Little old lady who wanted to do her Holiday shopping Early. The regular drink ers said the More they had in inc House the More they would drink so they would 1 end up saving  dashboard device won t let drunks drive Denver a Drivers who Don l always know when they be had one drink Loo Many can now attach a device to their ignition that prevents them from starting their car if their breath contains Loo much alcohol. The guardian interlock sits on the dash Board and the Driver must blow into its mouthpiece for four seconds before turning the key. A Green Light Means Clear sailing and connects the ignition. A yellow Light allows the car to Start but warns the Driver Hal the limit is being approached. A red Light leaves the ear stalled and Means the Drivers legally impaired. The machine which Sells for $295 Mea sures the level of alcohol in the blood the same Way Hal breath testers used by police but while failing the police test May mean a revoked Drivers License a stiff Fine and possibly jail flunking the guardian s lest Only Means a temporarily conked out we re not saying Don l drink,"1 said Nancy Nogg a spokeswoman for guardian interlock which has sold the guardian for six weeks. Drinking in moderation does t hurl anyone. It s just thai our soc icly does t know where that moderate level is. This teaches you moderation. The More you use it the More you learn where Yourl mils Are. The company said us customers include motorists who voluntarily installed the de vice in their own cars and parents who Pur chased it for their children s cars