European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 14, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday january 14, 19bb the stars and stripes pages class i liquor sales on downward trend by Betty  staff writer profits from tax free liquor sales in Usa eur class i stores hit their lowest Point in 10 years fiscal year 1985 report show. Safe officials also note a downward trend Tor liquor sales within the command Over inc last four years. Net profits of nearly s7.6 million at army liquor stores m Europe were Boul 20 percent lower than f y 84. Air Force officials reported net profits totalling just Over 13.1 million a 13 percent decrease from by 84. Usa eur officials said there has been a Market swing in customer buying habits from High proof spirits to wines and lower proof products. Customers ire drinking less but arc concentrating on Quality products not Quantity said u. Thomas Grant chief of morale welfare and recreation division Tor usar eur. Strong command policies to do glamorize alcohol May be a Factor in the decline of liquor consumption us Well As judicial and legislative changes tailing place on drinking everywhere Cir ant said monday. Profits from alcoholic beverage sales provide reve nue Tor  and Safe morale support pro Grams. Lower class i sales makes less Money Avail Able for welfare and recreation programs Usa eur contributions totalled More than s7.0 million from sales totalling More than 525 million in i y x5, a drop in both contributions and sales of about s4 million since t y 84. To. Safe command welfare fund received s2.s million from class i net profits. In addition Safe base welfare funds received More than 1956,000, and he Mac command welfare fund received More than si53.000 in profits from the Rhym main a class i sales Bacardi rum and Jim beam Bourbon whiskey topped sales while Andre while sparkling wine by Gallo and Alsoc Lucr Rhein Blick White wine were the top iwo wines at army class i stores 2nd . Cruise missile base to be ready by 88 by Dave Rikhi. . Bureau Raf Alconbury England american and British government officials monday told local government leaders and the press that the development of nato s second ground launched cruise missile base in England is going ahead As planned and will be fully operational in 198h. About 166 million is being spent at Raf Molesworth which will House 64 cruise missiles according to . Co. Doug pc Knelt in air Force spokesman. When the base is completed Britain will have its full complement of 1 60 missiles. Raf orce hum common where tie so 1st tac missile Wing is based houses 96 missiles. Spokesmen from the ministry of de sense and the air Force gave briefings to the two groups to keep them aware of Progress at the base. They said they were fulfilling a Promise to keep the co informed of activities at the base. Ken Nett explained that the installation of the missiles is in answer to the soviet disabled soviet sub crewmen sit on the conning Tower of � solid cruise missile submarine being of Ned toward he naval base til Vladivostok in the soviet Union by a soviet Salvage ship off Fukuoka on japans Southern Island of Kyushu. Officials of Japan s maritime self defense Force said some trouble apparently developed within the submarine Santt nothing unusual was visible on the outside. Union s nuclear capable backfire bomber and ss-20 nuclear missiles. Nato s intermediate nuclear Force Mode uni Alion program includes the addition of 464 cruise and ids peril Ling missiles in Europe. About a third of those missiles tire now in place a Large portion of the meetings were devoted to explaining the Impact the construction is having and will have on the Community. Some 750 new . Air Force people will be stationed at the 550th tac missile Wing along with about 375 Royal air Force and ministry of defense personnel. In separate sessions the press and local official Learned How the missile systems work and inc safely measures used in handling and operating in Chi. Pc Knelt said that during peacetime live nuclear mis Siles wout never leave the base except for return to the United Stales for routine maintenance. The concept of inc cruise missile system is to have them deployed at secret locations throughout the Countryside during a crisis. Reputed German terrorist on most wanted list arrested Karlsruhe Germany a Ger Man police on monday arrested a 31-year old reputed member of the leftist terrorist red army faction who had been on the list of most wanted political extremist the Federal prosecutor s office said. The red army faction has taken responsibility or been blamed for scores of bomb ing and arson attacks in the past 15 years against nato and . Military targets As Well As German interests with lies to the armed forces. Prosecutor s spokesman Alexander Prechter said Annelic Becker was taken into custody monday in the Northern City of Hannover on an arrest warrant issued in december 1984. Becker was to appear Al a hearing tues Day before an invest ruling judge of the Federal supreme court Prechtel said. He said she was suspected of membership in the terrorist organization. The spokesman denied a report published monday by the mass circulation newspaper Bild thai Becker almost certainly look part in the attempted bombing of a nato officers school in Oberammergau in december 1984, the assassination of a German industrialist in february 1985 and the bombing of Rhein main a in August 1985. The red army faction claimed responsibility for All three incidents. Prechtel said Becker had gone under ground for inc red army faction in the summer of 1984 and most recently was believed to have lived in the Central financial City of Frankfurt. He declined to give further details about her arrest or her alleged activities. The red army faction also has slain several leading German industrialists and Bankers. In 1981, it tried to kill the com Mander of the . Army Europe Gen. Frederick j. Kroc in with rocket propelled grenades. Kroc in escaped with Light injuries. The red army faction s original leaders who started the Urban guerrilla group in the talc 1960s, Are dead and most of their major disciples Are in prison. But a second generation of red army faction members estimated by Security officials to number Between 20 and 30, has continued violent attacks through the 1980s, Italy asks Interpol to search for terrorist suspect Abbas Genoa Italy up Italy asked in to carpal monday to track Down Abul Abbas the alleged palestinian terrorist allowed to flee the country four months ago for Lack of proof that he masterminded the Achille Lauro hijacking. Italian authorities investigating the octo Ber hijacking of the cruise liner and murder of a crippled american passenger sought a worldwide Alert for Abbas. Once the International police Agency tracks Abbas Down the italian Justice ministry will ask the country in which he hits taken Refuge to arrest him and extradite him to Italy authorities said. The decision by italian prime minister be Lino Praxi to free Abbas despite the Reagan administration s claims thai he was behind the terrorist attack caused severe strains in Halo american relations and Al most brought Down Praxi s government. Monday s request by the Genoa slate prosecutor s office acknowledged that Abbas was inc Leader of the palestinian terrorists who seized the Achille Lauro out. 7 As it cruised off the coast of Egypt and held 511 passengers and Crew members hos Tage for 44 hours. The hijackers shot and killed Leon Kling Hoffer 69, of new York and threw Hii body overboard before surrendering to egyptian authorities oct. 9. Two . Navy warplanes forced an egyptian Airliner carrying Abbas and the four hijackers to land at the is Gonella a on Sicily oct. Ii