European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 14, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes Friday March 14, 1986 requiring military to use . Coal blasted congressional rues would Cost taxpayers billions reports say Washington a congressional requirements that the defense department use . Coal at military bases in the United slates and Europe would Cost taxpayers More than $5 billion through 1993, Accord ing to a pair of reports. The added costs would come from two congressional requirements one orders the Pentagon to convert heating plants at 37 bases in the United states to Burn Coal. The other is that american bases overseas Al ready required to use . Coal will have to stockpile a year s Worth of the fuel. The Pentagon estimates the Cost of converting heating facilities at the 37 . Bases at $1.4 billion. But a report by Milton r. Copulos of the National defense Council foundation a conservative lobbying group projects the Price at $5 billion based on overruns for two conver Sions that already have taken place. In addition assistant defense Secretary James p. Wade in a letter to the House appropriations committee said it would Cost $62.6 million to meet the requirement for stockpiling at bases in Europe. We Are wasting billions of taxpayers dollars rep. William e. Danemayer r calif., said tuesday. This is an example of How Congress and some of us who have a tendency to Point our fingers at the executive Branch and the military for being responsible for excess costs in the defense budget should be looking at ourselves he said. Danemayer a member of the House Energy and Commerce committee said he is asking Congress to lift the requirements to help comply with the Gramm Rudman balanced budget Law. This is nothing More than a require ment imposed by members of the House and the Senate who come from Coal producing states. To expand the Economy of their local jurisdictions and in so doing shifting the unreasonable Cost to the rest of us Danemayer said. Copulos report was distributed last week. Of the $62.6 million Cost of stockpiling Coal at european bases $17.5 million would be for Ocean transport and the projected total does not include local handling costs and maintenance costs such As sealing with Asphalt to prevent deterioration Wade said in his letter which was obtained by the associated press. Congress ordered the Pentagon to con Vert to Coal heating plants at the . Bases in the fiscal 1986 appropriations Bill passed last december. The requirement that . Bases in Europe use american Coal shipped in Ameri can ships was tacked onto an appropriations Bill in 1963 by then rep. Daniel flood d-pa., whose District encompassed Coal mines. Flood chairman of the House appropriations subcommittee on labor health education and welfare resigned from of fice in 1980 after pleading guilty to conspiracy in a bribery Case. Usa eur spokesman Sec. De Rolph told the stars and stripes that All army posts in Europe using Coal use american Coal. They do not have a year s stockpile he said. The number of posts using Coal was not immediately available. Twenty six army communities contract for heat from German communities Rolph said. Those German District heating sys tems depend on Gas trash incinerators waste heat and other types of fuel he said. A spokeswoman for the . Air forces in Europe said Safe could not comment until monday. German officials oppose the burning of Coal at . Bases because of the pollution it causes. They want the bases to tie into local heating systems which primarily use Oil and natural Gas but also have Back up Coal furnaces. The department of defense is becom ing increasingly unable to comply with both congressional direction on . Coal use and German Law Wade said in his letter dated aug. 30,1985. He contested the congressional argument that stockpiling american Coal in Europe would bolster Security saying in a military contingency the critical Energy items Are mobility fuels not fuel for utilities for which Many substitute strategies Are  the Issue has been hotly disputed in the German press and in meetings Between . And German officials Wade said. Such confrontations can affect Public opinion on More important and strategically significant issues involving the presence of . Forces in the Federal Republic of Germany he said. Wade s letter proposed that Congress lift that requirement in Europe in return for a Pentagon commitment to switch to Coal from other Energy sources at the . Bases. The 1986 appropriations Bill requires the Pentagon to buy an additional 1.6 million tons of . Coal by 1993, regardless of its comparative Cost to other fuels and that it buy 302,000 tons of Anthracite. American miners will dig 890 million tons of Coal this year 4 million of it Anthracite from northeastern Pennsylvania according to Esti mates by the National Coal association a Coal Industry lobby in Washington. The amount of Coal they the . Bases Are going to be burning is a fairly insignificant amount association spokes Man John crasser said. But it sure could be a boost for out of work Anthracite  Coal is less expensive As a heating fuel than Oil or natural Gas he said citing no vember 1985 figures that showed it Cost $1.60 to produce 1 million British Thermal units of heat with Coal compared with $3.97 for Oil and $3.28 for Gas. Schools update business students in Germany attending leadership conference Frankfurt about 250 business education Stu dents from High schools Junior highs and Middle schools in Germany Are attending the annual three Day future Busi Ness leaders of America Spring leadership conference. Students Are competing in business skills including accounting word processing Job interview techniques and Public speaking. High school music students to perform at festival concert bad Kissinger Germany music students from throughout Germany will participate in a High school music festival monday through wednesday. Students will rehearse for two Days before presenting a concert at 5 30 . Wednesday. The concert which will be held in the Regen Tenbeau Grosse Saal in the Kuxhaus is free and open to the Public. 130 Dodds students vying for $1,700 in academic awards Fuerth Germany one Hundred thirty Dodds students in Germany Are competing for $1,700 in academic achievement awards donated by a local businessman. Students in grades six through 12 could apply for the awards if they had a a Pius average and score Din the top 20 percent on a National standardized examination. One student in each Grade level will win a savings Bond award said Noel Tillman a Dodds spokesman and member of the executive Board of the european Congress of american parents teachers and students. The awards Range from $100 to $500, depending on Grade level. European Congress officials will announce winners Dur ing the organization s annual convention May 5-9. Lester Mueller owner of Price Wise shopper s service near William o. Darby Cavern donated the awards. Science symposium to recognize talented students teachers monchengladbach Germany about 125 students and teachers will participate in the 12th annual european Junior science and humanities symposium March 20-23. The event is designed to recognize talented students and teachers spark interest in science careers and develop critical thinking skills. The students wrote papers explaining research projects they conducted. A committee that includes officials in the army research office in London will select 15 students to give verbal presentations at the symposium. Eucola is probing medical care by Judy Sarasohn medical writer the . European come has initiated an investigation into medical care in the theater a Neucom spokesman confirmed. Sources in the military medical Community said the inquiry is related to last month s removal of air Force maj. Gen. William h. Greendyke As Neucom surgeon. He was relieved of the Post at the request of defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger. In response to a stars and stripes query Neucom spokesman tech. Sgt. Ralph Monson said the investigation concerns the Broad aspects of medical care in the theater. The investigation was initiated because of conflicting information being circulated in the Public Arena concern ing health care and readiness he said. Air Force it. Gen. James r. Brown Deputy commander of the . Air forces in Europe Southern area is conducting the investigation. Monson said it would be inappropriate to comment fur ther while the investigation is ongoing. Greendyke was reassigned As special assistant to the . Air Force surgeon general and left Germany feb. 28 to report to boiling fab near Washington. He became the full time Neucom surgeon feb. 1, Al though he previously served As Neucom surgeon part time while he was Safe command surgeon. Greendyke was outspoken in his criticism of proposals under discussion in the defense department that he said would reduce the medical benefits of military families and retirees. Or. William Mayer assistant Secretary of defense for health affairs toured military communities in Europe last month trying to reassure families and retirees that their medical benefits would not be reduced by new proposals under consideration. While discussing the Greendyke Case last month Penta gon spokesman Robert Sims said the real Issue was whether there was a Good understanding on Greendyke s part about How serious the department is about providing Good health care for All its people and  Greendyke also publicly criticized statements Mayer made last year that Only Small gains had been made to improve medical readiness. But Mayer said last month the military had made substantial improvements in its ability to handle casualties generated in a Short War scenario. Heart transplant patient Dies in Berlin Berlin a a 39-year-old West German Man who never knew he was the country s first recipient of an artificial heart died two Days after the Man made device was replaced by a human donor s heart doctors said thursday. Hans Holwig received the artificial heart on Friday and the mechanical device was replaced by a human heart on tuesday. Or. Emil Buecherl chief surgeon at Charlottenburg Hospital said Holwig died Early thursday morning. The doctor did not specify the cause of death. Holwig s heart had stopped functioning during a by pass operation last Friday and doctors decided to Hook him up temporarily to an artificial heart. The artificial heart was designed by Buecherl and his staff. It had never been used on a human being although it was tested extensively on animals. Holwig was never aware that he had been hooked up to the artificial heart although his wife gave doctors Permis Sion for the operation according to Buecherl. He remained under heavy sedation Between operations. On tuesday Holwig underwent his second heart operation and received the donor s heart. The donor s heart came from a 21-year-old traffic Acci Dent victim. Woman in car incident still under care Rhein main a Germany a woman whose car was exploded by base explosives experts March 4 remained under observation at the army Hospital in Frank Furt thursday a Hospital spokesman said. The woman who is married to an army sergeant was in satisfactory condition spokesman Bill Swisher said. She is being held for psychiatric evaluation. Capt. Lorrie j. Bourland base spokeswoman said that since the woman is a civilian German police authorities have jurisdiction on whether to bring charges against her. Frankfurt police said no charges will be considered until the woman is released from the Hospital. The 1970 Mercedes was blown up after the woman refused to show her identification card at the main Gate drove to the military Airlift come terminal locked her keys in the car and made threatening remarks to police when they questioned her at the