European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 27, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes thursday february 27,1986 Canada suspends . Cruise missile tests Vancouver British Columbia i i the government has halted the testing of unarmed . Cruise missiles Over Canada until military officials can explain Why the last two missiles tested crashed off target. A Canadian and . Military team was scheduled to Fly onto the pack ice of the Frozen Beaufort sea wednesday in a bid to recover wreckage from the latest failed test tuesday. The 22-fool-Long missile crashed onto the Frozen sea North of Alaska and the Canadian Mainland moments after it was launched from the Wing of a . Air Force b-52 bomber at an estimated Alti tude of 35,000 feet. Canadian forces capt. Richard Moore said missile wreckage was found scattered Over a 100-foot-Wjde area on the Frozen sea. The de Bris was discovered by two Royal Canadian mounted police officers flying Over the Beau fort in a chartered aircraft. Moore refused to disclose the crash Loca Tion for Security reasons. He Sid a . And Canadian military team to 1 land on the pack ice Early wednesday j attempt to recover the wreckage in Mmus-40-Degrectemperatures. Canadian defense minister Harvie Andre said the missile s engines failed to Start. There will be no further tests until we learn the cause of this crash Andre announced in Ottawa. But Andre said Canada has every intention of honouring its treaty obligations and allowing the United states to resume test ing once the cause is determined. Under a 1983 five year bilateral defense pact the United states is allowed to test six cruise missiles each year Between Jan. 1 and March 21. The . Air Force had hoped to conduct two additional tests this year. If tuesday s test had gone according to plan the missile would have sped off on a 1,500-mile journey across Canada to a test ing Range in northeastern Alberta and parachuted to a soft Landing. An earlier cruise missile lest failed when the Missic ran out of fuel and crashed 35 Miles from its target on Jan 22. Opposition members of parliament and peace activists demanded a halt to the tests. The . Should take the damned cruises and test them Over Alaska or Over the Continental vs.," said Jim Fulina of the new dam Cractic party i Canada and canadians have had several Small Northern communities lie within five Miles of the test corridor. Re ports from the Jan. 22 test said the missile hew directly Over the town of wandering River Alberta 150 Miles Northeast of Edmonton. . Military planners prefer to test the missiles in Northern Canada because its Ter rain closely resembles that of Siberia in the soviet Union. Some 1,500 of the 3,000-Pound missiles have been deployed in . Strategic air come bombers. Solo tests of the weapon began last year with two successful flights. But the third crashed Jan. 22. Sis Pluto by Charlie Bowde bears Star in Munich six year old Daphne Damn cells left and Rachel swe Girt 9, hug Henry one of Daphne s entries in a Teddy Bear contest at the Munich Community Library Daphne also holds a tiny Panda named Beauty. Librarian Rosemary Marlowe said the con test Drew 80 entries. Each Winner melted a to shirt and runners tip got ribbons while Ert Ryone earned certificate. Product recall a brie cheese that May be contaminated with a potentially fatal bacteria is not sold in air Force and army commissaries in Europe officials said. None of the brie cheeses in question Are purchased by the defense subsistence Region Europe maj. Steven l. Auerbach told the stars and stripes. Furthermore we do not do business with the manufacturer in question Besnier Export co., sorry an cafes Europe environmental medical technician has determined that the suspect brands of brie Are not stocked in any cafes for lands according to capt. Mark Busich cafes spokesman. The food and drag administration in the United states has recalled brie cheeses that May be contaminated by a bacteria called listens Monocyte genes. The bacteria normally is killed through pasteurization but it can cause an illness called Lister Osis. The illness can be life threatening to pregnant women and their fetuses the Agency said. It also can be dangerous to Small children and frail elderly people or others with a weakened immune system. In healthy adults it May cause a Short flu like illness the Agency said. Property sales the defense re utilization and marketing service office in Nuernberg will hold an auction at 9 . Friday in building 946 at Johnson Barrack. Items offered for Sale include camping trailers electronic equipment typewriters vehicles and camera equipment Sale items can be inspected thursday from 8 . To noon and from 1 to 3 . More information can be obtained from the disposal office at Nuernberg military 2621-7039/6634 or civilian 0911-713935. Former Leader of 42nd my group honoured by German government by l. Emmett Lewis writer the highest medal the German government can pre sent to an american has been Given to a former com Mander of the 42nd military police group in Mann Heim. Col. Evelyn p. Foot a native of Durham n.c., was presented the service Cross firs class of the order of Merit tuesday in Bonn. Foot who has been selected for brigadier general currently is special assistant to the commander of the 32nd army air defense come in Darmstadt. The award was presented for Foote s work As com Mander of the 42nd my group from 1983 to 1985. The commander serves As the executive for the department of defense military customs inspection program. In that capacity the individuals Are constantly inter facing with the German government especially the finance ministers in Bonn and the various German states Foote said wednesday you meet Many very Fine and distinguished people that Way. It s great to have been a commander of a unit that was fragmented from one end of Germany to the other. I got to travel a lot and see the depth and breadth of what the germans Are contributing to the defense of Foote made it a Point to talk with German police or customs officials when she visited the 35 Field offices in Germany she said. At the grass roots level with our investigators of Lack marketing and smuggling it s really important to work hand in band with the germans. The germans Are very proud of their Long history of keeping their Borders Many of firefighters must improve physical fitness physiologist says by Jean Albright Pitburg Bureau b1tburg a Germany a physiologist with the air Force school of aerospace Medicine says studies show firefighters Are less physically Able to perform a Rescue than the average american. Because the firefighter s Job is not physically de manding every Day firefighters have higher than Normal incidence of heart disease or. Loren Myhre of Brooks feb Texas said. According to studies Many of them die in their Early 50s. On the other hand studies also show that fire Rescue is the most demanding task there is. Rapid runway re pair is second but it s not even a close Myhre is visiting Safe bases this month with a team from the air Force engineering and services Cen Ter Tyndall fab Fla. The team has observed wartime concept methods used by Safe firefighters from Sev eral bases and has introduced innovations to the units they visited. Their trip concludes with a meeting of Safe tire chiefs at Ramstein a thursday and Fri Day. Myhre told air Force firefighters what they can and soon will do to improve their fitness. His recommendations Are based on test programs recently completed at four stateside bases. The tests showed the average firefighter needs seven minutes to move a victim out of a burning Structure. A firefighter whose fitness level is equal to the average american can do it in Only three minutes and 36 seconds. Either of those firefighters would be exhausted after having done the Job once he said. A highly fit firefighter can do the Job in one minute and 22 seconds then return and do it again in one min Ute and 24 seconds he said. A program which will raise the average firefighter s fitness to a reasonable level is done a minimum of three times a week for a minimum of 20 minutes at 60 to 85 percent of physical capacity he said. The activity must use All the Large muscle groups and be continuous and rhythmic like swimming skiing or running. A Cycle Ergo meter meets All the criteria he said. An Ergo meter is essentially a stationary bicycle. The important difference is that it can be set for a precise resistance which is essential to Myhre will recommend that each firefighter follow a mandatory 16-week program using the machine. Test recently completed at the four bases showed an endur Ance improvement of 15 percent within 16 weeks be said. Military police looking Tor runaway boy puerto Germany military police Are searching for an eighth Grade runaway boy who May be sleeping in Fuerth railway Yard in bitter cold temperatures. Fourteen year old Jeffrey Nauschuetz son of 1st sgt Rod Ney m. Nauschuetz of troop of 2nd combat aviation so 2nd army Cav regt was last seen leaving his Home tuesday. He was wearing a Blue and White jacket trimmed withered plaid and also wore Black pants Grey Puma athletic shoes and a Green and yellow Cap with a yellow Ball onto. He was carrying a Blue Backpack. Jeffrey has Green eyes and Brown hair that touches his cars. He is 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighs 130 pounds. We re concerned that hell freeze out there in this weather said a military police investigator staff sgt. Rich Craven of the civilian misconduct investigation office. Craven said investigators believe Nauschuetz ran away because of family problems and is not a victim of foul the youth is reported to be carrying More than $100 and is believed to be heading for Austria or Switzerland through Augsburg or Munich. He does not have a pass port but he does have Bis military dependent s idea Tosca Uon card. Anyone who knows the whereabouts of Nauschuetz or who can provide additional information should can Craven is Baitary 2621-6755, ets 460-6755, or civil -700-6755
