European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 16, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes wednesday october 16, 1985 military Roundup sr-71 Crew wins 1 St annual Jerome f. O Malley award pm Mil i mini i. England is an sk-71 Pilot from Del i of the 9tli strategic Rico a in is Ani oru the first recipients of the Jerome i o award base offi civils an not cd Robert i. I killer the Linn s deput com Mander for operations picked As a member of inc reconnaissance Crew judged to be inc Bert in the air i orc. A base spokesman . The award is pc in the of tie former commander of the air ii ill. Who was killed in april in an Ai m to likes Harry. I a. O Matey was the first to Fly an operational mis Sion in the sr-71. Behler shares inc award with . Ronald Tabor from locale Ai it. Calil. For the first of what will be an annual award the spokesman said. Tabor was la Chlor s reconnaissance systems Oft Eer for the mis Sions thai won the Crew the award the award was Given to the Crew for their work from january 19x4 to april is the spokesman said. Me said they were specifically chosen to Fly the Only top secret sr-71 Mission flown in i9k4. He said that Mission was flown in a part of the world where the sr-71 had not flown for several years. Holiday messages to . Being collected by to team Bremerhaven Germany Isa video camera team is on a three week tour of Germany and the azores to collect Holiday television spots of and their families for airing on More than 1,000 stateside Stalions. Four people from the army and air Force Hometown news Center at Kelly fab Texas began work in Berlin Laic last week said army maj Jim Ammons head of the team. The team is in the Garl Studl Bremer Haven area their next Stop is to be in Wiesbaden around oct. 21. The 15-Lo-20-Sccond spots give members a Chance to say hello to family and friends in their hometowns. They will be distributed to american television stations for airing Between thanksgiving and new year s. Ammons said. The spots will be sorted by state and distributed by late november to stations that reach the Home town of the in the spot Ammons said. Included in the packages distributed will be a message urging the stations to Contact Servic Mcm Bers families to let them know when the spot will be aired he said. Stateside stations use the spots in a variety of situations. Ammons said. His team will also shoot group spots for use As introductions on programs such As Abc television s Good morning Ameri Ca Ammons said. Participating must be in uni form. Any Standard uniform is acceptable Ammons said. The team has been filming inc stand up spots at Post exchanges Headquarters buildings and other places. Local Public affairs offices arc working with the team. The Crew will be in Garl Studt oct. 17 and 18 in Wiesbaden oct. 21 and 22 in Weer Burg oct. 24 and 25 in Gorp Pingon oct. 28 and 29 and in the azores nov. 2 and 3, after which the team will return to Kelt fab Texas. 50th tac fighter Wing leads gunnery Competition Ramstein a Germany is the 50th tac fighter Wing of Hahn a Germany was in first place in the Overall lop team category at the Start of the final week of gun smoke 85 at Nellis fab. Nov. Saff. Officials said tuesday. The Only other Safe team competing the 81st tac fighter Wing of Raf Bent Walers was in eighth place Overall among the 17 teams said capt. Gail Hayes a Safe Public affairs officer. Gun smoke held every two years is inc air Force s fighter gunnery Competition. In second place was the 419th tac fighter Wing a . Air Force Reserve unit from Hill fab Utah. Third Overall was inc la tac fighter Wing from Kunsan a Korea and fourth was the 23rd tac fighter Wing from England fab la. The defending Champion from Hahn is lying f 16s Beni Waters has a 10s. Vat jul in under new of policy men can t Wear earrings on base by Dick hoi Hison Bureau r Sii is Alt. Germans a new i Sai i policy prohibits air Force men from wearing earrings on has even during off duty hours l Saft. Officials say the policy which became effective oct. 3. Reflects Gen. Charles k. Donnelly or. S desire Lor military members in his command to present a proper professional military image on and Oil duly. I lie wearing of earrings by military men is not consistent with a military image a i sait spokesman said. The policy does not prohibit men in the air Force from wearing earrings Olf base he said. Donnelly has the authority to establish such n policy under the air Force s dress and personal appearance regulation. Al r 35-10, which says installation com Manders May require or prohibit certain types of civilian clothing and personal Rooming on their installations. All prohibitions must be based on Legal moral safely or sanitary grounds and nol on personal pre Lerances according to the regulation. Gorbachev Calk for economic transform Anions Moscow up Leader Mikhail Gorbachev tues Day called for transformations in soviet society on a truly historical scale and elevated his new economic Engineer to inc politburo Clearing the Way for an All out attack on inc stagnant Economy. Nikolai was appointed As a non voting member of the ruling politburo completing an abrupt Rise thai began monday with the announcement he was taking Over As chairman of Goslan the cumbersome body thai super vises the nation s economic planning. At the same time 80-year-old former prime minister Nikolai Tikhonov was retired from his full membership in the politburo As expected removing another of inc former regime. The changes announced by the Tass new Agency came at a one Day meeting of the communist party Central committee that concerned economic plans to guide the country into the next Century. The party s economic strategy is determined with due regard for a further deepening of the scientific and technical revolution Gorbachev said la is aimed at transformations of a truly historical repeating an old refrain. Gorbachev called for an econ omy raised to inc highest level of organization and efficiency. All this in the name of Man for the Benefit of Man he said. The Kremlin Leader for seven months called for a two fold increase in National income and Industrial output Over the next 15 years an Advance he said was equal to that achieved by the soviet government since it came to Power in 1917. While saying the new program mirrors fully enough inc main trends of world Gorbachev at tacked the United slates and other imperialist nations. Leak of toxic i form regulations for the air Force. Army and n ivs per Iii to Wear rings. Identifies lion bracelets and religious necklaces in or out of uni form women in these services arc permitted to Wear s in uniform but no service permits men to Wear earrings while in uniform. Sakr k officials in Heidelberg said inc army in i i rope has no policy prohibiting soldiers from wearing earring either on or off Pusl when they Are not in uni lorm. A spokesman for the . Nail i orcs in i Ondon said the Navy has no policy in Europe concern ing men s wearing of earrings while off duly. We leave thai decision up to inc area he said. In Naples. Italy. Master chief Petty officer Jacob Sailor assistant Security officer for the naval support activity Naples area. Said. Sailors can Wear anything they want in town but once they step foot inside the base there Are no earrings permitted. Thai goes for civilian men As t Wal or rofl Leonard and dian.1 vat Dei contributed to we Well deserved drink Alfred under incr an x6-Ycur-old world War i Veteran and Hie last Sunior among 145 army buddies holds he Man s club bottle of Cognac. I think i la just hate my family get together and drink a Toast under incr said Al Fri Himic in Franklin Ohio. I never expected to be the last the to trans gathered in Effing am iii., in 1934 decreeing that the final Surv Hor would drink the club s bottle of French Cognac. Umes capped after 400 to 500 flee Homes parkers Birg. . Up Dupont Crews climbed onto a tractor trailer Rig and capped a Leaky valve on a Cylinder thai had sent out a Cloud of toxic fumes which forced the evacuation of 400 to 500 people from their Homes. Aboul 100 of the homeless went to South Parkersburg High school for the night while the others found shelter with friends or family. Jerry a Nicola an environmental officer for Dupont said the leak was discovered about 9 20 . Monday and was capped about 2 15 . Tuesday and officials begun notifying families that it was Safe to return Home. Officials said there were no reports of injuries from the leak of Antimony Pinta Chloride an Eye and skin irritant but families living within a half mile of the facility were urged to evacuate As a precaution. No one was injured. We have All kinds of help Here at the said Dinicola. There is High humidity and when it is coming out of the Cylinder it is generating a Cloud. It s a Little bit like an acid Cloud. It extends about 400 to 500 Yards and then Sterns to Dinicola said the Cylinder held about 2,000 pounds of the material. The truck was carrying Only the one Cylinder and was parked at the time. A Relief valve was leaking Dinicola said explaining that in was to prevent the Cylinder from Over pressurizing if it becomes warmed
