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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 4, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes d Wallace won t seek fifth term As Alabama governor Page 5 d celtics Down pistons to set record Page 21 d of plane crash kills 11 in . Page 28 the stars and stripes authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol. 44, no. 350 Friday april 4, 1986 1sc Holly Ond Sundog q 8693 a woman sought in Twa bombing Greece explosion on Twa 727 a map by the associated press greek police sources said thursday they Are Hunting for a suspected woman terrorist they say was on a Twa Jet hours before a bomb exploded on the aircraft tearing open the Cabin and killing four americans. Earlier italian officials said a known Arab terrorist occupied the seat of the Twa Jet where the bomb exploded. Italian Interior minister Oscar Luigi Scalfaro told reporters in Rome it is cer Tain that a suspect person who is on file As a terrorist got on in Cairo and got off in Athens occupying in the air plane the exact seat where the explosion  the Boeing 727 flew wednesday from Cairo Egypt to Athens Greece and then to Rome. There it picked up 112 passengers and headed Back to Athens As Twa flight 840, ultimately bound for Cairo. The bomb exploded As the jetliner approached Athens Airport from Rome and the four victims were sucked out of the plane flying at about 15,000 feet. Greek police sources identified the suspect As a woman May Elias Mansur who May have passed through Greece previous  have launched a search around Athens and other cities and also put out a signal to Trace this person through inter pol one source said. In Rome the italian news Agency Ansa tonight quoted unidentified italian investigators As saying the women sought was believed to have boarded with a lebanese passport. Ansa said the woman May have boarded a Beirut bound Middle East air lines flight from Athens Airport shortly after arriving there. An egyptian Security official at Cairo International Airport said that after the explosion egyptian authorities checked the names of passengers who boarded in Cairo and we had no suspicion about anyone on the  in Athens Twa experts . Federal aviation administration and Fri officials and investigators from Greece and Italy began examining the jetliner to determine exactly where the bomb exploded. The Pilot capt. Richard Peterson told reporters thursday at Athens Airport the explosion was above the floor. It looked like it must have been beneath a  Athens Airport officials said the plane s Black Box which records conversations Between the Pilot and the control Tower see bombing on Page 28 lawmaker says this is no time to Cut military family programs by Dan Wollam Stuttgart Bureau Nellinger Germany rep. Patricia Schroeder said thursday this is not the time for Congress to consider cutting military personnel programs. But the seven term congresswoman said it s impossible to Tell what Impact her message to Congress will have. You know the Way Congress is the Colorado Democrat said. Every single year with the exception of the last couple they be voted to leave the equipment and Cut the personnel  Schroeder made her comments on the last Day of a seven Day tour of . Military installations in Italy and Germany. She said the purpose of her trip was to talk to soldiers and find out what their concerns Are and what personnel programs they would like to have. She said her greatest Surprise was the Impact Schroeder the dropping Dollar has had on the lives of service members in Europe. I think we be made some Progress in some personnel areas she said. But i m not sure some people especially some of the lower ranking people Are really any better off because the Dollar has been clobbered she said. I want to be Able to go Back to Congress and say this is not the time to Cut family  Schroeder said she could see improvements in some areas such As child care facilities. But we still have a Long Way to go she said. Some of these buildings Are just so old they be been used for 40  Schroeder a member of the House armed services committee has Long been a military family advocate. She and sen. Edward Kennedy d-mass., co sponsored the military family act of 1985, a Bill signed into Law by president Reagan in november. The act gave military families increases in the family separation allowance in creased the mileage amounts Given to service members making a permanent change of station move gave extra see lawmaker on Page 28 Pentagon will keep fighting for 100 mrs by Norman Black a military writer Washington a despite the certainty of a new confrontation with Congress the Pentagon will continue fighting for 100 my missiles a top defense department official said thursday. Donald a. Hicks the undersecretary of de sense for research and engineering also said the Pentagon will delay development of a new to bile missile until it s certain the right design has been selected. Hicks who is responsible for overseeing the development of new weapons said he was not concerned about resurrecting the supposedly dead Issue of deploying a second group of 50 my missiles or disturbing any political consensus on the Mobile see my on Page 28 Pir Masens club banking on concessionaire by Dick Hodgso Kaiserslautern Bureau Pir Masens Germany a chinese restaurant will take Over the former officers club s food operation april 10 to bring the club into the Black after More than 10 years of financial losses. Our contract Calls for the concessionaire to pay us 21 percent of his Gross sales said maj. Deidre Mahony director of personnel and Community activities. While we May not make a profit immediately we won t lose any More Money on the  Mahony said restaurant service in the club has been the major source of losses. She explained that the Racquet club for Merly the officers club and now an Annex of the Community s consolidated club system is $90,000 in debt to the Usa eur club system As a result of a series of Loans made since 1975 to keep the club in operation. Community officials have asked usar eur to forgive the debt which is being repaid from profits generated by the former no club. Pir Masens Community commander Brig. Gen. Marvin d. Brailsford closed the offi cers club in july 1985 to Stem further debts. The club reopened oct. 1 As part of a consolidated All ranks club system. Morale welfare and recreation finance chief Linda Howard said the officers club s losses have never been less than $1,000 per month during the past 10 years. Losses on the food operation in the Racquet club have been Between $2,500 and $3,000 per month the first three months of this year she said. Other club systems in Usa eur Are in similar financial Straits Howard said the two clubs in Stuttgart which closed last week Are Good examples she said. The club at Vincenza Italy is another. We closed our Rod and gun club Here for the same reason. It was totally bankrupt. There was a $25,000 loan to the usar eur Rod and gun club association and we would have had to take out another loan to keep it open. Gen. Brailsford has a Busi Nessman s mind and said no Way " alcohol sales have been Able to absorb some of the losses but never enough to make the whole club break even said assist ant area club manager Mick Szymanski who is responsible for overseeing the food service contract. There is a higher Sale Price to Cost ratio on alcohol than there is on food he said. And one cocktail waitress can serve More customers who Are spending More Money in about 20 minutes than a dinner waitress can in an  army policy requires that commanders see club on Page 28  
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