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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Tuesday, September 9, 1986

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 9, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday septembers 19b6 the stars and stripes Pago 3 some military bases in . Getting Cable to . . Bureau news baby. We have the Iii  those were the words Ollie first military Cable Lela vision customer in Kneland one Rodney Smith. One Happy Rodney Smith. I m going to Tore  Smith said Friday As Cable work ers Fine tuned his television. Ill be Here All  is the husband of air Force tech. Sgt. Pepper  Kal Chicksands England. The Smiths including their 13-year-old son Are about As excited As a funnily can Eft about Lite a i month wire running into their House. The Smiths had in channels of to entertainment when they left san Aninna. To \ is. Last year. They a a up 34. So to speak flu Nilu a i Ime 10 Shiv Liny electronic Security c mud base m Central England tin United kingdom has Onk four television channels. The base is the first of 10 that will he getting pay to Between now and the end if nest year said John  of Cahl com investments ltd., the company installing the 11-Channel s us Mai the bases. The bases because of la Weir dense housing areas arc attractive to the Cable company. They Are getting Chan Nels that include mostly american programs and 24 hour a Day programming  said. About 16.01 0 potential customers arc at the bases in Lori lain. Schilc said. Customers Are paying a $25 installation fee and j2m.k-1 a month for sports music children and movie channels. One Channel will he reserved for use by the bases. Vipper and Rodney Smith will no longer be limited to the Iwu British  and two commercial stations available to 1m percent of lir Ilain. They did t cur much for them. It is Boring said Vipper Smith. There is a lot 1 miss from the  la relish television programming does t satisfy the Smiths. There Are too m my commercials and they re on too Long Rodney said i upper Smith says there in t enough variety. Television in t broadcast 24 hours a Day in Britain either. Much of the programming during the Day is educational but with the Cable Kodney says hell be spending his weekends watching the football basketball and Golf he s been missing. He said hell also he spending some lain nights in front of the Bun. Thai s a Blessing. Pepper said. For a while 1 could t keep him  she said he would often go to neighbors and friends houses to watch their videos. Neither Smith thinks $2l is Loo much for what they la get if they d Given us two extra channels think it would have been Worth  i Epper Smith said. The Cable company is installing receiving dishes Al the bases and wiring the housing areas. Semite said each major air Force occupied Royal air Force base in England should have the pay to by the end of the year. Dormitories and 24-hour-a-Day work centers and common areas will also be wired for the service. The air Force will be paying for those lines. Police copter crashes into train police and fire department inspectors sex in critical condition while another two Imine wreck air of a police helicopter and the train Driver were in serious can Lew and a single tar train near Wack Dilion in local hospitals officials said Ensdorf Germany. Three policemen were the lows Jinji helicopter was reportedly chasing a Rock throwing demonstrator when it crashed into the train car on sunday. The unidentified anti nuclear demonstrator was Nii Oins away from the scene of a lire set near a Security Fence Al the construction site if Germany s first nuclear waste recycling Plant police said. The protester was not Caurel. 7 Hurt in Berlin explosion progressing very Well  staff writer Berlin seven service Membri injured when a document destroyer exploded during training Friday were in stable condition monday according to a military Hospital official. Capt. Duane c. Munger with the . Army Hospital in Berlin said five scr inc members injured in the blast remained hospitalized Al his facility Mon Day. All Are in stable condition and Prog Ressing very Well with a variety of frag mentation injuries he said. The two most seriously injured in the Accident Are being treated at German hospitals in the divided City Mung said both Are in stable condition follow ing leg and foot surgery he said. Thirty five people suffered bums and blast injuries when the device used to quickly Burn sensitive material exploded Al a radar station in the  Section of the City. Ten had been hospitalized on Friday. Staff sgt Mary Sellinger a spokeswoman for the . Air Force in Berlin could not say what caused the explosion which happened during routine training she said. The Accident is being investigated by safety officers. The document destroyer uses a ther mite explosive charge to quickly bum classified documents and other materials in the face of a rapidly advancing enemy Force. The Cupl Sivc charge generates about 4,000 degrees f for about 30 seconds according to military equipment manuals. Surprisingly we had a minimum number of Burns Munger said Proba Bly because the explosion occurred in an outside environment. We were Lucky that the injuries were not any worse. Had the explosion been inside there would have been much More serious injuries and maybe  Munger said the majority of the in. Jared suffered lacerations or ringing in the ears. Carrier Kennedy Heads for operations in med Washington api the aircraft Carrier John f. Kennedy completed a port Call in Spain Over the weekend and set sail for routine operation sin the Western Mediterranean Pentagon officials said monday. The Kennedy which recently relieved the America As the Navy s second Carrier in the Mediterranean re Gion departed bin dorm Spain on sunday As the Carrier Forrestal returned to port in Naples Italy. The forr Celal had been ordered out of Naples Ian Friday in a precautionary move in the Wake of the hijacking of a pan am 747 in Karachi Pakistan. A Pentagon source said monday the Forristal was allowed to return to Naples on sunday and would remain in that italian port through wednesday As originally scheduled. The Kennedy meantime will be conducting routine flight operations in the Western Mediterranean through the end of this week. Then the Carrier will probably be authorized another port Call at a French port. The Forrestal upon leaving Naples will resume Rou Tine operations in the Central Mediterranean the sources said  
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