European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 9, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday april 9, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 9 military Roundup trimming License plates to fit car prohibited Heidelberg Usa eur Provost marshal officials say cutting or trimming License plates to fit privately owned vehicles is prohibited. For Security reasons License plates must be Secu rely attached to vehicles and be uniform in size officials said. Vehicle owners who have altered plates must re move them and apply for a new registration. Mili tary police also May remove the plates. In applying for new registration vehicle owners must obtain temporary License plates have their vehicle inspected and pay the registration fee. Usa eur License plates must be firmly attached to vehicles with bolts screws or special manufacturer devices a spokesman said. The use of string or wire is prohibited. 8th combat aviation in becoming new brigade Mainz Germany the 8th combat aviation in 8th inf div will reorganize to form the 4th brigade 8th inf div mechanized effective Fri Day. The 4th brigade will consist of the 8th and 18th attack helicopter battalions which formerly were attack helicopter companies and the 55th trans aviation Maint co formerly co d. The units will remain at Fin then army Airfield. The division s general support aviation co Sac at bad Kreuz Nach will have its designation changed from co a to the 240th Sac while the former co e at Wiesbaden a will be come the 4th assault helicopter co. The changes Are intended improve the 8th inf div s control of its aviation assets with a minimal increase in manpower and aircraft a statement from the division said. The brigade will have 112 helicopters and 1,200 soldiers. 1984 billiards Champion takes 86 Usa eur title Schwet Zingen Germany runs of 28, 20 and 25 balls earned staff sgt. Chance Chin of the army Hospital in Heidelberg the Usa eur 14.1 billiards championship title. Chin who was the 1984 Champion Defeated four players on his Way through the winners bracket sunday in Neu Ulm. Finishing second was pvt. 2 Luckie Lorenz 182nd maintenance co Nuernberg. In the women s championship Donna Griffin of Neu Ulm came out of the losers bracket to vanquish defending Champion staff sgt. Ellen Cyree he co div support come bad Kreuz Nach 75-60. Third place went to Kathy Trost also of Neu Ulm. Sec. Jack Rippel of he . Army information systems engr come Europe in Worms placed third among the men. Fourteen of the command s Best male 14.1 Bil Liard players and 13 of the command s top women competitors participated in the tournament. Leadership course improves artillery command s training by Joseph Owen Stuttgart Bureau Neu Ulm Germany the 56th Field arty come is trying to plug training gaps by sending sergeants first class to a four week primary leadership development course designed for promotable corporals. The command s no Academy at Nelson Barracks has trained three classes of sergeants first class since Jan. 2, graduating the most recent group saturday said sgt. Maj. Douglas Harris the Academy commandant. Starting july 1, the army will require All enlisted personnel to Complete the course to qualify for promotion to staff sergeant the e-6 pay Grade Harris said. However command officials became concerned that Many higher ranking cos Lack the same training. One e-7 sergeant first class influences so Many Junior enlisted that it s important that every one of them be trained Harris said. Master sgt. Don Wilkins the assistant Academy com mandant said the cos receive the same instruction in leadership management training the Trainer and Basic skills that the corporals get. Their course concludes with a 72-hour tactical Field exercise in Ludwig eld. It also re quires them to take temporary duty assignments in the Neu Ulm Community unless they live there already. The Academy segregates sergeants first class from the corporals who Are being trained and limits their classes to about a dozen people. By contrast corporals train in groups of More than 50. The sergeants instructors Are their Peers other sergeants first class who teach at the Academy. Harris said the command counted 68 sergeants first class among its ranks last year who had not taken the leadership course. Half that number have since graduated. We have had some requests from some e-8s to take the class Harris said. Sergeants in the Field expressed mixed feelings about the course As they awaited an entire night s Worth of Simu lated armed combat Friday. What it basically amounts to is refresher training More than anything else said Sec. Timothy Ayers of cob 55th Maint in. Asked if he would have decided on his own to take the course Ayers said probably not. Most of the academic training we be received we be done at a higher  s8.s photo by Joseph Owen Sec. Norbert Kotowski left and Sec. Edward Kekoa demonstrate How to assemble an m60 machine gun. Sec. John w. Baizer said the course does not have the same Impact on his Peers that it does on corporals. The stress atmosphere in t the same said Baizer who works in the 56th Field arty come operations Sec Tion. For them the corporals it s probably their first exposure to any kind of stress at  Harris said the program s most important result is that the cos will know exactly what kind of training their subordinates have received. The command also plans to enrol staff sergeants and sergeants who did not receive the training As corporals. By july hopefully Well have All e-5s, e-6s and e-7s through the Ploc and then we can concentrate on the people we re supposed to be working on the e-4ps promotable corporals Harris said. German boy abducted in january taken from captor near Wiesbaden Wiesbaden a 9-year-old boy who disappeared three months ago was found in an old circus Wagon where he had been held by a 34-year-old Man a police spokes Man said tuesday. Sascha Uzmann of Delke Nheim was found by police sunday in the Wagon four Miles from his Home. Police found the boy when they went to investigate the Man for not paying a 39-Mark Fine for Riding illegally on Public transport the spokesman said. They wanted to arrest the Man and found the boy in the Wagon the spokesman said. The boy seems to be in fairly Good health physically. But who knows what mental scars he might have received from this  the boy said he was sexually abused repeatedly during his Captivity the spokesman said. The Man has been charged with child abuse and Kidnap Ping. The boy disappeared Jan. 10 after stepping off a bus 90 feet from his Home. His parents had offered a 20,000 Mark $8,500 Reward in addition to the 3,000-Mark $1,260 state Reward for information about their son s disappearance. The american Community contributed to the Reward. Pupils of the Haine Berg elementary school collected 2,500 Marks about $1,000 and members of the 497th reconnaissance technical group at Schierstein donated 800 Marks $340. In a show of compassion 1,482 students of the Elemen tary school signed their names to a card that was presented to the Uzmann family shortly after their son Dis appeared. American units in the area repeatedly helped German authorities comb the area in search of the boy. New Usa eur policy for first time applicants German driving course now required for Mofor Cyc Isis by Betty Bell staff writer under a new policy unlicensed motorcycle riders must attend a German driving school before obtaining a usar eur Driver s License and it could Cost them up to $336. The requirement is part of a. New program aimed at reducing the number of motorcycle fatalities throughout Usa eur. The Usa eur motorcycle Accident prevention plan establishes new procedures for anyone applying for a motorcycle License after april 1. People seeking a motorcycle License for the first time not Only must pass the Standard Usa eur driving test which includes a 50-question International Road sign test and the 100-question written test but now also must at tend a German Fah Schule driving school to obtain motorcycle driving instruction. Riders who already hold a valid stateside motorcycle License must Complete the requirements for the Standard Usa eur Driver s  a four hour motorcycle orientation course pass a 30-question written test and demonstrate driving competence on a proficiency course. If the experienced candidate fails to pass our test the first time he is also required to attend the German Fahr Schule said it. Col. Lawrence e. Murphy chief of vehicle registration Usa eur. When the candidate successfully completes the course he or she will be Given a certificate which will entitle them to be issued a Usa eur motorcycle Driver s License Murphy said. Traffic density in Germany is five times that of the United states Murphy said. The motorcycle fatality rate for army personnel in Germany was 16 times higher than the privately owned vehicle rate in fiscal 1985. Novice riders Are the primary people having the Acci dents Murphy said. Most accidents by the inexperienced rider occur within the first two months of Riding. The program is not designed to discourage people from Riding motorcycles but to ensure that the individual is adequately prepared to handle a  Steve Sirbaugh Usa eur s privately owned vehicle specialist said the Cost of attending the German driving school is the responsibility of the person seeking the License. The Cost runs Between 450 to 800 Marks $189 to $336 depending upon the amount of individual instruction the person  a list of driving schools is available from Community Driver testing offices