European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 30, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes wednesday april 30, 1986 of by Charlie Bowden Munich Bureau Munich Gas prices in Germany and the nether lands will decline for the third month in May with an across the Board dip of 10 cents a gallon an cafes Europe spokesman said tuesday. The decrease brings the three month Price drop in cafes Europe gasoline prices to 25 cents. Since the slide in stateside Gas prices began in december stateside prices have dropped an average 31.5 cents per gallon according to Oil Industry reports. The average pump Price per gallon in mid april at self service stations in the United states was 72 cents for leaded regular 82 cents for unleaded regular and 97 cents for Premium unleaded. Prices include taxes. Capt. Mark Besich said the cafes Europe prices for May will put three types of gasoline in Germany below a Normal unleaded Normal and super. In Germany unleaded Normal gasoline will drop to 97 cents per gallon unleaded super to si.08, Normal to 89 cents super to 99 cents and diesel to $1.05. Hundred liter Coupon books will sell at exchanges for $25.60 for unleaded Normal $28.50, unleaded super $23.50, Normal $26.20, super and $27.70, diesel. Normal and super also Are available in 25-liter, 50-liter and 200-liter books. In the Netherlands unleaded Normal will sell for 95 cents a gallon starting thursday while super will sell for $1.03 and diesel $1.02. Hundred liter books will sell of $26.20, unleaded Normal $27.20, super and $26.90, die Sel. The drop in prices May be Short lived. Oil Industry analysts earlier this week said prices have bottomed out will most Likely begin to climb during the summer. Cafes Europe prices Are directly linked to product. Costs Besich said. When costs go Down the saving i passed on to the customer he said. Grounding order lifted for Blackhawk copters by Norman Black a military writer Washington a the army has decided to lift the March 12 grounding order for its Fleet of new uh-60a Black Hawk helicopters the Pentagon said tues Day. The order which was prompted by the March 11 crash of a Blackhawk that killed three soldiers is being lifted despite the fact the army was unable to determine the pre Cise cause of that crash said Robert Sims the Pentagon s chief spokesman. The army will be lifting the grounding order for the Blackhawk helicopters later today Sims said tuesday. Nuclear from Page 1 As i understand it the army has come to no conclusive finding As to the definitive cause of the Accident. Some improvements Are being made to operating procedures and instrument panel  Elaine Henrion an army spokeswoman said the investigation of the March 11 crash near fort Rucker ala., had identified Sev eral areas in which the operation of the Blackhawk could be improved. But they never found a definitive cause of the crash and the changes that Are being made were not tied to this particular Acci Dent she said. The spokeswoman said the army had decided to relocate certain gauges on the copter s instrument panel to avoid any possibility of electromagnetic interference. The army s probe also provided More information on the operating characteristics of the Stabi Lator and certain changes will be made to the opera Tor s manual As a result she said. The Stabi Lator is a Small movable horizontal plane affixed to the rear of the copter to help maintain stable flight. The spokeswoman said Blackhawk pilots would be told to perform a More extensive pre flight checkout of the Stabi Lator system. She also said army mechanics were being directed to perform a maintenance Check on the copter every 14 Days or after every 10 hours of flight whichever occurs first. A said tuesday that the soviet embassy in Bonn asked for advice on How to fight fire in a nuclear Power Plant. That must be the worst Accident that has Ever happened in the peaceful use of nuclear Energy Manfred Petroll of the German atomic forum said. In Stockholm Frigyes Reisch a reactor inspector at Sweden s state nuclear Power inspection Board said soviet officials sought swedish advice on How to combat a fire in a nuclear  Reisch said in a radio interview that he was certain the reactor s fuel melted which can occur when heal in a Core builds up faster than it can be released and radioactive material May be boiled off into the atmosphere radiation Levels in Sweden Denmark and Finland appeared to fall tuesday but spokesman Torkel Tennerstedt of Sweden s National Institute of radiation Protection said the Levels might Rise again. Barry Smith a research scientist at the British meteorological office in London said Light winds were pushing radioactive dust Back toward the soviet Union from Scandinavia. In Sweden the National Institute of radiation Protection issued a traveler s advis Ory warning tourists planning visits to the Eastern bloc to avoid areas Between the Accident site and Northern Poland. . Experts said fallout from the soviet Accident might be detectable in the United states by the weekend but that the amounts would be too Small to be danger Ous. Other officials said the Accident at Cher Nobyl appeared to be far worse than the Accident at three mile Island in Pennsylva Nia in March 1979, the United states worst nuclear mishap. In Montgomery ala., it was announced tuesday that authorities will increase the monitoring of radiation in the air above the United states following the soviet nuclear Accident. Charlie Porter director of the Eastern environmental radiation facility in Mont Gomery said his Agency is the gathering Point for data from fallout detection stations in All 50 states. It is an Arm of the environmental Protection Agency. If the radioactive Cloud ascends to 15,000 feet or higher it will probably pass Over the Polar Icecap move across Canada and into the Northwestern United states Porte said. Western analysts and exiled soviet scientists have said there was a nuclear disaster in the Chelyabinsk area of the ural mountains in 1958 that killed hundreds of people and contaminated a wide area. The regions still off limits. The spokeswoman was unable to say immediately How that maintenance schedule differs from current procedures. The intensive investigation and support ing analyses have resulted in knowledge o Why and How the total system functions i response to established Normal and erne of gency procedures the army added i prepared statement. As a result of this  prove ments Are being made to operating procedures and to the instrument panel  1, the March 11 grounding was the secon 4 in less than a year for the Blackhawk an affected 708 choppers. 1the Reagan administration said tuesday # it would be willing to respond to Sovira. Requests for Aid in dealing with the pro Lem. President Reagan s chief of staff Donald Regan who is with the president Travelis in Asia said the United states could i helpful and would be if asked by the Sovi ets for help. Temperatures it april 28 women from Page 1 might conceivably have to be evacuated in the event of War. We Don t want to let that be used As an excuse for not doing All that we can Weinberger said. Although the Navy has Long allowed women to hold certain seagoing jobs the jobs remain in Short Supply. Female offi cers in particular have complained that Security from Page 1 explosive ordnance disposal personnel were called. The ordnance disposal personnel look the bag to the end of a runway and exploded it. The wire was identified later As the Cord to a set of headphones from a personal stereo Mcmahon said. The bag also contained clothing. The Soldier was charged with failure to obey a posted order he said. Mcmahon said that Security is at a heightened state because of the increased their Lack of Access to such assignments jeopardizes their chances for promotion. According to the Navy there Are currently 212 female officers and another 4,486 enlisted women serving on 40 Navy ships mostly destroyer tenders and Auxilia Ries. Threat of terrorism and bags left alone in the Mac terminal can be considered potential terrorist devices. The policy is taken very seriously Here he said. Lockers for storage of baggage and other personal belongings Are no longer available in the terminal for passenger use. 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Providence Raleigh Reno St. Louis St. Petersburg Salt Lake City san Diego san Francisco Seattle Syracuse Tucson Washington Wichita wounded embassy official flown to Germany european weat Fier forecast for wednesday partly to mostly Cloi skies with widespread patches of morning fog Loc dense in coastal areas and Southern areas of g Many. Rain showers and thunderstorms will Rede across the Southern half of Germany in the after High temperatures Low 60s to Low 70s,e upper 40i Low 50s. Sunset wednesday 8 43, Sunrise thursc6 01. Outlook for thursday no significant change weather or temperatures. Temperatures recorded tuesday Washington up the . Embassy communications officer shot and wounded last week in North Yemen has been flown to Germany for medical treatment state department officials said monday. Arthur rollick 41, of Bakersfield calif., left Sana North Yemen sunday for a . Military Hospital in Germany officials said. He arrived at the . Army Hospital at Lan Stuhl monday where he is being treated a Hospital spokesman told the stars and stripes tuesday. The spokesman said Pollick did not want any other information released. Pollick a communications officer in the . Embassy in Sana was shot three times from a passing car while driving Home from Church. Although one Bullet went through his Skull without striking his brain he was Able to Call for help. A state department official said Pollick was Able to walk to his commercial flight sunday unaided. His wife and children were on the flight. Although officials have said there is a suspicion of libyan involvement in the shooting no direct link has been established. Pollick was the second . Embassy employee attacked since the april 14 . Bombing raid on Libya. William Calkins a communications officer in the . Embassy in Khartoum Sudan was shot and wounded in the Days after the raid. Adana m Amsterdam Mathens f Aviano Oberlin p Bremerhaven a Brussels m provided by t l