European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 11, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Page 2 the stars and stripes saturday january 11, 1986 rain forces another shuttle liftoff delay Cape canaveral Fla. A the launch at remodeler Columbia on its first fight in More than two years was postponed Cor n record seventh time Friday As wind and heavy rain belted the shuttle on its launch pad. The launching was rescheduled for Sun Day at 12 55 . Central european Tim giving technicians a Day to Cheek Lite shuttle s propellant lines for possible damage As a result of three feelings this week. I m sorry launch director Gene Thom As told he seven astronauts. We tried to Wail out a Chance for some Good weather. Bui it s just not going to come today  Okay Gene thank you replied Astro naut Robert Gibson the Mission commander. We figure it was Worth the try but looking out the window we could pretty Well gee we weren t going anywhere today it was the fourth postponement for the flight in five Days. Once again the seven astronauts including a Florida congressman  trapped themselves from the spaceship to make the disappointing trip Back 10 Crew quarters to Awaul another Day for a flight in which they ate to launch a communications satellite and observe Hallcy s Comet. They had boarded Columbia four limes for countdowns that went nowhere. Thai sets a record for the most times a Crew has boarded a shuttle without getting off the  five Days in orbit the astronauts Are to release an Ria communications satellite perform More than t dozen experiments and make the first extensive Obser reformer soldiers equipment arrive at Stuttgart Airport from fort Riley by Joseph Owen slut Girt Bureau Stuttgart three plan loads of reformer Sot diera and equipment arrived Friday at the Stuttgart Airport marking its first use As a it forger Landing site since 1982. It was very successful. The longest delay we had was the hand unloading of the jumbo Jet said army it. Col. Waller t. Brown Stuttgart director of Industrial operations. He was referring to a Boeing 747 which landed late in the morning with 381 passengers. The planes carried soldiers who started their journey at fort Riley kan., thurs Day. The first group 90 soldiers from the 121st signal in 1st inf div arrived in a c-i4i Star lifter at 6 36 ., 16 minutes later than scheduled after & refuelling Stop in the azores. It s gone extremely fast. We have not had any delays Al All the Bulion com Mander. Col. Francis a Long jr., said of processing at the Airport. The soldiers cleared customs in the United states. The third flight a dc-10 carrying about 300 passengers arrived Early fonday afternoon. In All 36 reformer flights Are expected to land Al Stuttgart with about 7,000 sol Diers said army maj. Donna l. Reed a Reserve officer working As Stuttgart Aerial port of debarkation visitors Bureau chief. The soldiers will disperse to several locations to prepare for the certain senti Nel nato military exercise which be gins Jan. 20. Reed said Stuttgart became a reformer entry Point because its location is convenient for certain Sentinel purposes it s being done to disperse the air flow from other airports and because Stuttgart is close to Many of the pro positioning of material configured to unit sets Sites the units Are going to she said. Gelling the soldiers off the c-141 and out of the Airport remained a complicated process however because they brought with them about half the equipment they will need to participate in certain senti Nel. Civilian workers had to Transfer it from the plane to Rucks. The soldiers left the Airfield about 1m hours after Landing Riding a bus to Sermersheim about an hour to the North West where the other half of their equip ment is stored. Reed said other infantry units should be processed More quickly because they Are expected to arrive with very Little baggage or equipment. Some air Force army commissaries in Europe Selling carbonated soft drinks by Dick  Bureau Ramstein a Germany air Force and army commissaries in some communities in Germany have begun sell ing carbonated soft drinks while others in Europe will begin within the next few weeks. Air Force commissary service  said Friday this convenience to our customers has been a Long Lime coming said Harry Nichols a coms Europe director of operations. Commissaries in the slates have stocked soft drinks for a Long time. But we just came up with a workable Way to get them for our customers in response to numerous  Nichols said that although the new soft drink line offers shoppers additional convenience they will be paying the same Price at the Register whether they buy soft drinks in the commissaries or in a fes stores. Previously military members and civil ians in Europe could Only buy carbonated drinks Al a a fes stores. What we Are providing them through this initiative is one Stop grocery shop Ping Nichols said. We have a memorandum of under standing with cafes which allows us to use their distribution system to ship the Eod drinks from the . To our Ware houses in Europe he said. Essentially we Are buying the drinks from cafes and Selling them at our Cost plus the s percent surcharge which we must charge on Alt grocery  White the shelf Price in commissaries is lower when the surcharge is added the customer pays the same Price in the commissary As at cafes he said. Both services1 commissaries also Are planning to sell polled plants in the near future officials said. Air farce commissaries Ore planning to carry an initial line of 16 drinks while army commissaries will Slock 15, officials said. Both services stores will carry Coke Orange and Welch s grape. Air Force stores also will carry diet Pepsi free and new Coke while army commissaries will Stock caffeine free Coke officials said. In addition the air Force commissaries at Ramstein and to Gelwich will Stock four can Ada dry brands Ginger ale club soda tonic water and Collins Miner Nichols said. Nichols said the commissaries at Ramstein Pitburg and Span Dahlem Abi and in the to Gelwich shopping Center in Kalser Slauter Are being stocked now. Other commissaries in Germany and Holland should receive their initial stocks in february Nichols said. Stores in England wih begin Selling car Bonaird drinks in March Spain and Italy will follow in april and commissaries in Turkey and Greece should be stocked in May he said. Officials at troop support Agency head quarters in Zweig Tecken said 21 of their commissaries soon Wilt begin receiving the drinks. The army commissaries in Frankfurt and Heidelberg will be the tint to receive carbonated beverages. Stores in Wiesbaden Giessen Stuttgart Augsburg. Bam Berg Baum older bad Kreuz Znaco bad nauheim Berlin Bremerhaven Fulda Geln Hauson Heilbronn ludwigs Bure Munich. Schwa Ebisch Hall Schweinfurt and Wil Flecken also will be included in the initial six month phase of the pro Gram officials said. All army commissaries eventually Wilt carry the drinks although implementation dates have not been set they said.  Frank Furt a jul begin Selling 49 varieties of plants monday and stores in Heidelberg and Wei brie Ken will follow Jan. 17,officials said. Killing in a Schaffenburg Kelley bar Racks m Stuttgart and Munich stores should Nave plants available for sate feb. 3 maps return runaway teen to his family Fuerth Germany is Thomas Currier a 15-year-old runaway who was last seen Jan. 3, has been returned to his family. A teacher at Nuernberg american High school had read in Friday s edition of the stars and stripes about Currier s disappearance and had asked her students some of whom knew Currier if they had seen him. Military police investigator Rich crave said. One student s information panned out and military police investigators picked up Currier on John of Kennedy Street Adja cent to the school at 1 . Friday. He was later released to his family. Craven said. He said that investigators bad received a flood of Calls from As far away As Billburg Frankfurt and Wuerzburg Bui most came from the local area from students who had reported seeing him. We were All ready to Send his fib to the Wiesbaden maps Craven said. We had reason to believe he was in that area. But nations from space of Hallcy s Comet. Twice the countdown to the Columbia launch was hailed in the final minute by technical problems and once it was slopped by bad  other postponements resulted be cause extra time was needed to prepare co Lumbia and provide in Ira simulator training for the Crew after one delay. The sixth delay was caused by a valve thai was stuck open in a fuel line in one of Columbia s three main engines. Thai erased thursday s launch Effort. News update 9 states report flu Atlanta a Nino Stales now have confirmed influenza cases but Alaska remains the Only one with widespread outbreaks. California Montana Nevada Pennsylvania and Wisconsin Are the latest to report confirmed cases of influenza the National centers for disease control said in its report. The flu Strain known As Type a was reported last month in Phila Delphia Milwaukee Berkeley Calif. And Helena mont., the cd said. Type a-h3n2, or the philippine flu was confirmed last month in Las vegas Nev. Sporadic cases previously were re ported in Washington state Colora do and Texas. Alaska has had wide spread outbreaks of both types. Crowe to visit Europe Mideast Washington a . Wil Liam j. Crowe the chairman of he joint chiefs of staff will leave this weekend for a trip to Europe and the Middle East the defense department said Friday. Crowe sworn in last fall As the United states top military Leader will leave Washington on sunday and travel to Germany Italy Jordan Israel and Egypt the Penta gon mid. While in Germany he will observe the annual reformer exercises. He will then meet with senior us. Got eminent officials and civilian and military Leaden of the Host Middle East country edit said. The Pentagon said Crowe would travel Only with a Small official party and would return to Washington on Jon. 23. Search finds no Trace of missing Pilot plane Naples Italy is search and Rescue operations for the Pilot of a. Marine f/a-18 aircraft from the aircraft Carrier Coral sea ended thursday with no Tuccel. Official sold Friday do wreckage we found and the Pilot and aircraft Are presumed lost at a South of Nice. France. The aircraft from Marine of a so 314 was reported missing wednesday morning during a routine training Mission. The of Loi s name is being withheld pending noun cation of relatives. An investigation into the incident is continuing. Corrections Craven said no foul play was involved. The Sale of Oriental rugs at Sembab a Germany advertised in Friday s Slars and stripes will be held at the no club Only on sunday Jan. 12, from 10  To 9 pan. Not As listed in tit advertisement. Stars and stripes regrets he error