European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 05, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page2 the stars and stripes saturday october 5, 1985 army studying european separations Tiu lie  Ricau Garmisch  officials have gone Back to drawing Board in an attempt to Salvage the idea of allowing soldiers to leave the service in Europe rather than sending them Back to the suites for their separa Tion  concept initially planned 10 begin last summer was shelved after senior army leaders visited the two separation Points in the United states and gave them Good Marks. In the years past the  Points fort Jackson  Dix . Have come Anft sme fire because the army did Pac jew openly look into re-sourcinrjbseorgani7ation nor caring for was supposed to be going on there said it. Gen. Robert Elton Deputy chief of staff for personnel for the army. That has changed considerably in the i jew cars and recent visits by senior Armethi i dec Ald that the unit were doing a with soldiers and their families cat that their every need scare  a senior  however be Lieve the cd Fly Merit and Are regroup for the change to includes savings and increased efficiency As a result of separating soldiers in Europe. Under the proposal about 11 separation Transfer Points would be established in Europe to handle most soldiers separating or retiring from the army at the end of a european assignment. We have to show that what we arc planning is a lot better but it s an Uphill climb said Elton adding that the tary of the army apparel Jmc Titan the present setup Isuji pc Wirf Ste have said Elton. In Job to show him that what we Lave can be improved  discussed the proposal in an inter View  and administration syrnpos1vmaigfcfa�ld this week in Carmi scabby the 1st Perl _ one Selling Point according i. Incl officials in Europe is that separation can be accomplished in the unit Environ ment As opposed to the alien transient environment that a Soldier experiences undo the present system. Problems could be resolved at the Soldier s unit and one separated the Soldier can leave Europe with just one trip ahead the trip Home. Drwilliam Gourly conman a Otist personnel come is an outspoken advocate of the change. We stand firm ii our opinion that we can save Money we can save frustration we can add dignity Speed and control to the separation proc a for soldiers in Europe Gourly said. The idea is not that the organization a the Stales arc doing a poor Job Gowrley said the idea is that the separating Soldi Orcan be handled More smoothly in Europa Vith less travel required and head hoax Stive note As a potential Goodwill Hisor her Hometown. Pflock for the program including Wolfch rings data being collected now would pro by tale place within 45 Days. The program coup be started within 90 Days of approval Gourly said. Laser beam tracks rocket in successful Star wars7 test by Richard c. Gross Washington up a ground based laser has tracked a rocket in space with a Low Power laser beam in the first successful Experiment of its kind linked to the Star wars anti missile defense the Pentagon said. The Experiment was conducted last week and the details were disclosed thurs Day by the Pentagon Only after defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger broke secrecy about the lest during a speech in Phila Delphia. The terrier Malm Etc sounding rocket was launched sept. 27 from the Navy Pacific missile Range facility in Hawaii. It was tracked by a 4-Watt argon laser beam fired from the air Force Maui optical Silc in Maui a Pentagon statement said. The beam was visible it said. Argon bluish red in the spectrum appears in the atmosphere and is used i electric Light bulbs. A sounding rocket generally is used to return data from the atmosphere or beyond. It was not destroyed by the beam a Pentagon spokeswoman said. A similar laser beam was bounced off a Mirror aboard an orbiting space shuttle june 17, but that was described As a Point ing and tracking Experiment. Unlike the latest lest the beam was not adjusted for atmospheric distortion. A sounding rocket Experiment con ducted july 14 on was partially Success Ful the Pentagon said. The test it said marked the first time a laser beam adjusted for atmospheric distortion has been propagated from the ground to  a Brails about How the Light beam 10 line lunch to avoid dispersion As it tra eled through the atmosphere Are classified secret. Atmospheric distortion of the beam would eliminate its destructive abilities. There was no indication of the height of the rocket at the Lime of the test but the strategic defense initiative organization said july 10 that the rockets would hurtle More than 400 Miles into space twice the distance of the orbiting shuttle. The purpose of these experiments will be to test various techniques of High Preci Sion racking and atmospheric compensation for ground based lasers the Bousaid at the time. Ground and space based lasers beams May be reflected from minors or biting in space Are part of the Complex Star wars defences envisioned by plan in cars to Knock out nuclear missiles and a their warheads launched against the unit led states and its allies. Ilc and a unit a Star wars no loyalty test Burt says j . Ambassador in a newspaper interview published Friday  decision on whether to take part in i research will be no test of senna1ally to  however in the interview with the mass circulation daily Bild Burt left no doubt that president Reagan would Welcome Ger Man participation in the research. With their great scientists the germans could help us considerably our. Cia lists already have one or another German research work on Ilij Irish i i " Burt told the Bild. 1 the Reagan a flu ration s invitations to the  to participate in the program formally named the go defense initiative have gained no commitments so far. Germany has said twill make a decision by year s end. Many West european officials Are concerned that Star wars could heat up the arms race and upset the system of nuclear that has provided an East " " a a some Leacoc Ragah Perihan Chan cellar helmutkgpnpbuu2ressed support for Theap fun phase offt Niju in run soviet bargaining auction talks. Bild also quoted Burt As rejecting any american troop withdrawal from Europe As Long As the continent remains divided int Western and communist blocs. I Hope that Well soon have a United Europe with free people and nations who can live in peace with one another Bild quoted Burt As saying. Then naturally we would need no . Troops in Europe. Until then  to carry through  from eur the nato Alliance in  in previous interviews Burt has de scribed Germany As the most important . Ally in Europe. Bild was to publish Burt s comments units Friday editions but sent the text of the View to news organizations thursday. L25s.ooo . Troops Are station Dairy Burt 38vlafeyahis duties in Bonn last month. Becoming i Jou Gesl person to serve As . Ambas Sarto Germany. He succeeded Arthur Burns in May. Navy must have 600 ships Lehman says3ton a the United slates Catt not i i Tord the Cost of building and because without it the West Cour. Prevail in a War with the soviet Union Navy Secretary John f. Lehman or. Said thursday. Maritime superiority alone May not As sure Victory but the loss of it will certainly assure defeat Tooner or later leh told the Northern Virginia  league. And like Hon twi America s treaty  the world and the Sovi ets off vision of their naval forces dictate a Vavy of sufficient size to maintain constant Forward deployment to protect vital sea lanes he said. America s increasing Trade with Asia for example has forced an end to the so called strategy that held the . At " be reinforcaji7hips today inc on Uhas an asian to Trast equal Tommy Eric in ent in Europe he said. While it u True the Cost of maintain Fleet of 600 warships will require budgets that increase by at least 3 percent a year above inflation compared with this year s Zero growth budget that is less than half the budget increases approved during the Early years of the Reagan administration he said. Of there must be Nothe  Merica and her Ditosti capable of settling accounts on oth land and sea if challenged Lehman Aid. The 600-ship Navy is an essential element in this credibility. We can an must afford the naval Power that will sus Tain the defense of America s allies an interests around the  Lehman s speech was described by aides �0niprehensive response to a recentcongre9i budget office study that for the country could afford such a Lar Ctm the Navy s budget fun rom $69.9 Bil lion a 1980 to $100.3 bilhow%�sc9l year news update Noah s Ark search Nashville term. A the turkish site where a biblical archaeology Buff believes the re Mains of Noah s Ark Are resting War rants serious research a government scientist say. John Baumgardner a geophysical at the los Alamos National Laboratory in new Mexico said he was analysing samples taken this summer from the site in the Foothills of mount Ararat about six Miles from the Turkey Iran Border. I believe it s somewhat premature to make the claim Baumgardner said. But the data we have so far indicate it s a Man made Structure. And if it s a Man made Structure i appears to be a boat. And if it s a boat then it seems with where it was found that it could be Noah s Ark he said. Baumgardner who went to Tor key in june and August said he hoped to return on the next expedition of Ron Wyatt a Nashville nurse anaesthetist. That trip is tentatively planned for october or november. 29 absolved in Italy Trento Italy a a prosecuting judge has absolved 29 people mostly Public officials of responsibility in the collapse of a dam in jury that sent torrents of mud and water through a Mountain Village and left More than 230 people dead judicial sources said. Judge Carlo Ancona s Decario leaves 27 people still under investigation including the Brothers Aldo and Giulio Rota the owners of the min ing company that used the collapsed dam to bold two reservoirs for its Mineral washing operation. The Alpine Hamlet of Suva in the Dolomite mountains including Throe notch packed with vacationers was completely wiped out in about 20 seconds july 19, when the dam hold ing the two rain swollen basins burst Senate oks superfund Washington a tic Senate has passed a $7.5 billion superfund Bill that Calls for financing an expanded toxic waste cleanup Effort through 1990 with a new tax on Large manufacturers. The measure approved by a 86-13 Roll Call went to the House where a $10 billion superfund renewal bid i awaiting action by several commit tees. Major features of the 5-year-old cleanup program including its taxes on Petroleum and Basic petrochemicals expire at Midnight monday. The environmental Protection Agency foreseeing that Congress would miss the deadline has already halted cleanup work at 57 toxic Sites