European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 25, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes Friday october 25 1985 girl fighting for life after dramatic Rescue Mario Curradi holds Michelle Worth above the water after pulling the 12-year-old from a storm Drain in Sydney Australia during a dash flood caused by heavy Rains. The girl who has swept 300 Yards Down he Drain is in intensive care battling for her life. Corradi heard the girl s screams from his apartment and rushed outside in time to grab her As she was swept past him by the floodwaters. Military Roundup Cam Ranh Bay now soviets biggest overseas Navy base Bangkok thuland Cam Ranh Bay inc former . Base in Vietnam i now the soviet Union s largest overseas naval base. Thai National Security Council Secretary Genera Prasong son sin said in an interview published thursday. Prasong said construction Crews recently added a sixth homing Dock and a 370,000-gallon fuel storage tank to inc base 675 Miles Southeast of Hanoi. Cam Ranh Bay has turned into the biggest soviet overseas base in the past five years after inc soviets were told to pull out of Alexandria Egypt which had been their biggest Prasong . Thailand s most senior Security official said the expansion of naval and air facilities at inc base showed inc soviets plan to remain there. He said about 30 soviet warships Call each month at the base constructed by . Forces during the Vietnam War and Highl ships Are docked there at my Civin time. Prasong said he new fuel storage no is inic Mcd to provide supplies for 16 soviet Tu-16 Badger Long Range bombers which have been based Al Cam Ranh Bay since last november. A new control Tower and a Barracks capable of hous ing up to 1,500 soviet air Force officers have also been added to the base he said. In addition to the badgers the soviet air Force has 14 Mig-23 fighters three Tu-95 Bear reconnaissance air Craft and three anti submarine planes Al the facility he said. Prasong said the base was under the con Rol of the soviets despite vietnamese claims to inc contrary. All Security guards in the Cam Ranh Bay compound Are russians. Is this soviet or vietnamese territory he asked. Prasong also warned thai the soviet Union has stepped up efforts to recruit agents of influence among thai politicians government officials journalists and professors to try to increase soviet influence in that country. He warned that soviet proposals for Trade and awarding scholarships were made to gain political influence. Prasong said thai authorities were trying to control the awarding of soviet scholarships to thai students. Such scholarships had been Given without the knowl Edge of thai authorities in violation of Normal diplomatic protocol Prasong said. Fire damages building housing Headquarters of Raf support come lir Ampton England a a major fire has do so Royce a Large part of the Royal air Force s support come Headquarters at Brampton 60 Miles North of Lon Don the British defense ministry said thursday. The fire at the base near he town of Huntingdon i Cambridgeshire started Laic wednesday and burned for several hours leaving much of the extensive three Story  building a soldering ruin. The ministry said in a statement that the fire would not affect the Raf s immediate combat capability which is the responsibility of strike come. Support come is concerned with administration technical and medical matters and some areas of training. The Long term effect on the Raf will not be known until the nature of the documents destroyed in the fire has been determined. But a ministry press officer said defense chiefs Hope that even if Many important documents have been destroyed duplicate copies Al other bases and the expertise of staff members at Brampton May be Able to quickly make Good the losses. The press officer who in accordance Wilh British prac Tice declined to be named said arrangements were being made to set up a new support come Headquarters. A total of 150 firemen fought the Lames. Nobody was reported Hurt. The ministry said the cause of the fire was not known and that there will be an investigation. Setae 5th support come Mark their 30th birthdays Vicinza. Italy the soul icon european task Force and 5fh support come turned 30 Friday with a birthday theme of protecting the  the two commands were activated in 1955 when . Forces moved out of Austria. Brig Gen. Harold m. Davis jr., setae commander credited in a birthday message the soldiers civilians and families for the Success of the command s Mission. Slitas. With Headquarters at  Cavern in Vicen a has subordinate commands Al Camp Darby near Liv Orno and in Greece and Turkey. Crafts contest under Way in All Usa eur communities . Germany a special array wide crafts contest with a theme proud and ready army is under Way Al Usa eur communities. Top pric in the contest is $2,600, according to 1st personnel come morale support officials sponsoring the event. The Usa eur judging is scheduled for Jan. 24. The first 15 winners will receive plaques to commemorate their achievements. The contest is open to . Forces personnel. Army civilian employees and family members but Only the Best 15 military winners will be forwarded to the All army level Competition. The All army judging Wil be held March 29, 1986, at fort Belvoir a. Winners a the army level will receive Cash prizes totalling $6,200 1st place $2.600 and Publica Tion in an army wide poster 2nd place $1,500 3rd place ,0004lh place $500 5th-10th places $100each. People interested in entering the contest should visit their local Craft Center for additional information. Al 1 Les set distance record with  Mission Raf upper Heyford England ten Al i in fighter bombers flew non Slop last week to Labrador and Back on what officials Here say were the longest missions in air Force history for the planes. The planes from the 20th tac fighter Wing flew the 4,500-mile trip to a bombing Range in Goose Bay Labra Dor oct. Is according to staff sgt. Rhonda Washa Baugh a spokeswoman for the base. She said the joint Canadian american exercise code named ghost rider was designed to lest Safe s ability to respond to Long duration missions. The 11.5-hour Mission.1 required four Aerial ref clings by strategic air come Kc-135 and pc to tankers from the 306th strategic Wing Over the Atlantic Ocean she said. The planes curried and dropped their 2-ton Cement filled bombs on targets Al the Range. She said inc Al i is Lew from their base in England to the Canadian Range because the distance Between the two was close to that of the distance Safe aircraft would have to Fly to reach wartime targets. Washabaugh said that because of Security reasons the air Force would not say where those Large arc. She added that inc Canadian Range was used because it provided a More realistic environment for the exercise than any european ranges used by the air Force. Washabaugh said that a 11.5-hour non Stop fully loaded flight had never been achieved before by the Al 11. World today greek mayor 10 others Hurt when bomb explodes in car Reti Hymnon Creich a a Booby trapped car driven by he mayor of this cretan Lown blew up thurs Day injuring 1 1 people including several passers by police said. A police spokesman said an american made hand Gre Nade placed in a from wheel Well of the car exploded As mayor Christos Skouloudis 46, was driving has son to school. Skouloudis was hospitalized in stable condition while his wife , 35, and 4-Ycar-old son Nikolaos were slightly injured the spokesman  Nure e spokesman a flight passers by were also injured in the blast. Four were to Spitali de with minor injuries the spokesman said. No extremist organi Alion immediately claimed respond