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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 19, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday november 19, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 9 coast guard tests 2nd navigational beam Loran system applicable Tor ground air and wafer travel by Joe Mapother  Bureau Sylt Germany testing began monday on a second Loran a directional radar beam expected to reach the English Channel and much of Continental Europe to augment North Atlantic cover age provided by the . Coast guard station Here. Tests on the second beam will continue for 30 to 60 Days after which time officials will evaluate the reliability of the system said it. . Edwin third can commander of the Small North sea Island site. Coast guard commandant adm. James p. Gracey was on hand to inaugurate the dual rating tests. A decision to continue the second Loran Long Range Aid to navigation is expected by next summer officials said. Two French stations at Lissay. Nor Mandy and sous tons near the Spanish Border will join the Sylt station in form ing the new link. Germany Belgium the Netherlands and France arc expected to Benefit from the navigational beam As will ship traffic through the heavily trav eled English Channel. European Loran users will no longer require More than one Type of directional beam receiver if the new link is adopted third can said. The Decca system named after the company that developed it also provides directional guide beams along the european coast he said. Officials hone tests will Bear out expectations that the second beam will reach traffic along the Rhine River. Third can said officials arc Uncertain us to How far the beam will reach but most of Continental Europe will now have Loran coverage. It is applicable for ground air and water travel third can said. All you need is a Loran receiver and a  Loran a is the third a in Tion of a system that relics on a fix id beam to take navigational readings. The Sylt station is a member of the norwegian sea Chain which includes four other stations. The Central station in this Chain is located in Iceland third can said. The North Atlantic beam extends More than 2.000 Miles although Only about half that distance is usable for navigational purposes officials said. Costs for the second beam were mini Mal third can said because a lower and transmitter were already on hand. New timing equipment and pulse generators were needed to add the second beam he said. 4 killed 8 Hurt in Rural anti apartheid rioting Johannesburg South Africa a police said monday they shot and killed four Blacks and wounded eight others in anti apartheid rioting that spread to a farming Center South of Johannesburg. The deaths in Black areas outside Queenstown 340 Miles South of Johannesburg increased to eight the num Ber of Blacks killed in anti apartheid violence Over the weekend. On sunday police reported the deaths of four other Blacks. Police said monday a policeman shot and killed a Black who was throwing a gasoline bomb at a Home in a Black township and that police shot and killed three men among crowds throwing stones at police. Eight other Blacks were wounded they said. They provided no other information on the incidents. The Queenstown area is not among the 38 communities being governed under emergency Rule that allows police the Power to arrest without offering Access to courts Law yers or families. Police said sunday that officers fired shotguns at a Rock throwing crowd in Rural Blou water in Eastern Cape province killing one person. In Orange free state a Black Man whose House was being stoned in the town of Brand fort threw stones Back in defense killing one person police Headquarters said. Two Black men were killed in Cape province one in Queenstown and the other in Burgh Rysdorp when police fired shotguns at Rock throwing crowds police said. 1985 Keith l Ware awards for army journalists announced Washington the depart ment of the army has announced its 1985 Keith l. Ware awards for army print and broadcast journalists. Winners assigned to european based units arc category a army authorized news Piper. First Frankfurt chronicle Frankfurt second about town Darmstadt third Forward Edge 2nd army div fwd Karlstedt category a Raime graph Imi lilith publication Rrt arc planner Allied forces Central Europe Reserve corps fwd category a news or news feature Magazine honorable mention Donau ecu Ulm category a editorial commentary second Mike cast corps line . Army Engineer Oil Europe category a sports first Michael s. Mowrer Herald Post Heidelberg category i feature accompanied by photos first spec. 4 Vincent Crawley Forward Edge. 2nd army div fwd garbled honorable mention spec. 4 b. J. Rosenberg. Pathfinder 8th inf div category a graphic Art second Gary l. Davison Mann Hei third spec. 4 John a. Dollar 5lh signal come Worms honorable mention sgt. Shawn m. Klimek Ansbach category a cartoon Art porst maj. David l. Arnold Darmstadt third Gary l. Davison Mann Hei category a departmental and joint service writing second staff sgt. Scott Flaherty  category a radio entertainment or information non arts first spec. 5 Andrea Embry 21st support come category a to entertainment or information non arts first sgt. Charlie Gill an Europe second sgt. Paul Ramirez an Berlin category a radio local news or Fea Tures first sgt. Anthony Silva an Nurnberg. Second Roger Williams an Europe. Category of to local news or Fea Ture second sgt. Tony Mckinney 8th inf div category a radio spots first spec. 4 John Loans in. An Wurzburg second spec. 4 Mary to eager an Berlin category a to spots first sgt. Myra Smith an Europe second sgt. Kerry j. Wilson Southern european broadcasting category i special radio program arts second chaplain capt acre r. Kimmell an Europe category a special to program arts second spec. 4 Kenneth Bastian an Berlin category a single to program non arts second Cape. Bob d. Mackenzie 3rd inf div category a Tingle to newscast first spec. 4 Rebecca r. Easley. An Berlin. Category a 1985 army year of leadership special achievement award first spec. 4 Tracy Thibeau and staff sgt. Thomas c. Swanson an eur army  i Ihu Jjck " sol a i category a radio entertainment or an Berli second spec. 4 Mary to eager information first _ chaplain capt acre r. Kimmell an Europe category of single radio newscast first staff sgt. William j. Gates an Europe police seize 182 students protesting in s. Korea Seoul South Korea a using firefighting ladders police swarmed to the roof of a building of the ruling democratic Justice party monday and dragged away 182 students staging the latest anti govern ment anti-. Protest in the South korean capital. Reports from the scene and party officials said the demonstration and occupation ended a Little More than six hours after the student activists hurling gasoline bombs and brandishing clubs charged into the building in Southern Seoul. Initial reports said one building guard three firemen and three students were injured. A total of 190 students from 14 universities were reported to have been involved. Authorities said police seized the 182 after they retreated to the roof of the building. One was said to have jumped from the roof but was caught uninjured in a safety net. Two others walked out of the building on their own. Five demonstrators were reported to have been taken into custody by police when the dissident group charged into the building in the Early morning hours. All of the students taking part were said to have been taken away by police for questioning possible detention and later Legal action. As in other protests in recent weeks the theme of the demonstration was both opposition to the South korean government and to economic and Trade policies of the United states. One placard displayed on the Side of the building demanded the ., supporting prolonged seizure of Power get  others called for withdrawal of the policy of opening the Domestic Market to forc in agricultural and Marine products while still others proclaimed Down with  blast kills two activists workers Remote the wreckage of a car that exploded sunday night in an under ground parking lot in Paris killing two extreme right Wing activists who were transporting the bomb. Police identified the men As Frenchman Pierre Bunny 31, and portuguese Carlos Marquez a Silva 31, both men had criminal records and were linked to right Wing groups. The car was parked in the Avenue Georges v parking lot off the champs Elysee when the explosion occurred  
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