European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 1, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars and stripes wednesday october 1,1985 Hawk missiles damaged when truck overturns Wuerzburg Germany a an unattended . Army truck carrying three non nuclear Hawk missiles overturned on a military practice Range seriously damaging two of the rockets but injuring nobody officials said was no explosion in the i . Incident an spokesman sgt. Maj. Melvin Sherman said the Accident occurred on an exercise Range used by inc 32nd air defense come outside this bavarian 2v ton Ruck carrying the missiles Sud Denly rolled Down a Hill after being parted and left unattended is troops were setting up equip ment for vehicle flipped Over on its Side at the Bottom of the Hill heavily damaging two of the three missiles said Hawk missile is solely n conventional surface to air weapon Sherman said. We de it mind there was never any danger of an sex officials were investigating the cause of inc Accident. Head of rebel in Philippines arrested Manila. Philippines a the com Mander of la communist rebel was arrested along with 1m wife and Driver the de sense ministry1 said tuesday. Rebel spokesmen demanded their release before peace talks with the government spokesman Silvestry afable said Rodolfo Salas also known As commander Bilog was arrested with the others monday night in front of a Manila Hospital where he had gone for a medical were held tuesday at a military Camp in the Manila area ministry officials said. Afable identified the 39-year-old Salas a commander in chief of the new people s military Wing of the outlawed communist party of the Philippines which has been wag ing a guerrilla War since 1969. He had Bee chairman of the party until he lost his party Post in a shakeup last summer military and rebel sources said. 5th test of asat missile described As Success Washington a the United slate conducted its fifth Teal of a satellite killing rocket Early tuesday morning Over the Pacific Ocean near California and the Pentagon described the test As a Success the anti satellite missile or asat was launched around 6 45 . Over the Western test Range at Vandenberg fab calif., from an f-15 Jet fighter based at Edwards fab in Cali fornia the Pentagon missile was fired Over the Pacific and successfully used the Energy source of a Distant Star As the target " a Pentagon statement test involved an Experiment with the mis Sile s guidance system and the rocket was not fired against an actual object in space the Penta gon said it was the second test of the asat missile in As Many months and the fifth since the first live fire Experiment on Jan. 21,1984.the missile has been fired against an actual object in space Only Onoe on sept 13, 1985,when an aging research satellite was successfully tracked and destroyed Senate refuses to of Aid for Aquino government Washington up the Senate refuse monday to earmark $200 million in Aid for the Philippines refusing to go along with thehouse1 Quick decision two weeks ago to Grant the Money to Corazon Aquino s government. Despite the 51-43 vote against the Aid several senator said it was not meant As a Dap against the Philippines but at the procedure under which the Aid was attempted. . Envoy to Liberia chosen As ambassador to s. Africa i Washington a president Reagan tuesday announced he has picked the . Ambassador to Libe Ria Edward Perkins to be the first Black american ambassador to South White House made the formal announcement in a statement but offered no comment from Reagan. The nomination was seen As part of Reagan s Effort to slave off an embarrassing foreign policy defeat i Congress As he tried to Block the Senate from approving a new package of sanctions against the White led confirmed by the Senate Perkins 58, would succeed Herman w. Nickel in South Africa. Reagan had first chosen another Black for the Post businessman Robert j. Brawn. But Brown withdrew re raised about Nis dus Inesa dealings. Erkins a Long time Diplomat began his govern no career As chief of personnel in the an Wirra Exchange service in Taiwan in 19s8. His name from consideration in july after questions wer i business Perkins men Force Exchange i after serving in numerous posts in the far East end Washington Perkins was named the Counselor for political affairs at the embassy in Accra Ghana. He was Deputy chief of Mission in Monrovia Uberta from 1981 to 1981. He was director of the office of West african affairs in the state department from 1983 u 1985, when he was appointed ambassador to the re Public of , who Speaks thai French and japanese a married and has two daughters. Flooding ravages several states damage in millions of dollars by the associated press floods kept hundreds of people away from their Homes tuesday in Illinois and Oklahoma where dam age estimates from a spate of heavy storms Rose above s60 million. In Montana the milk River remained Well out of its Banks for a fifth Day along a stretch of nearly 100 Miles and was rising downstream and water from Creek engorged to a mile wide surrounded the Small Low Nolsaco. High water wind tornadoes and lightning also were contributing to damage in areas from Kansas to Michi Gan and forecasters said More rain was on the Way. We be got a lot of floodwater. We be got a Little looting and we be got some traffic problems. But otherwise we re doing pretty Good said Howard Watson director of the Kingfisher City county civil defense in Oklahoma which oversaw the evacuation of 300 residents. One person was feared drowned in Illinois and the Montana flooding had killed one person and hundreds of head of livestock. The Mississippi River was above flood stage along the Wisconsin Border and was High enough near Dubuque Iowa that the riverboat Delta Queen had to lower its smokestacks to get under a Highway Bridge. We re stuck in a weather pattern that just does t seem to want to go away. It s drawing a Tot of Gulf moisture right Over us said National weather service meteorologist John Hughes in Michigan where at least nine Rivers were out of their Banks tuesday. A number of Michigan cities and counties reported their wettest september on record to. Damage was estimated at 130 million in Northern Illinois where 9 to 11 inches of rain has fallen on Lakeland Mchenry counties since sept 22, More than three times Normal for the entire month. In hardest hit cur Nee a suburb North of Chicago water was reported 3 to 4 feet deep and the Des Plaines River was about 4w feet Hove flood stage said weather service forecaster Jim Lebda. The Illinois flooding forced authorities to close some schools and evacuate 170 people from a private psychiatric Hospital in Des Plaines and snarled traffic at o Hare International Airport and throughout the Chicago area. Gov. James r. Thompson toured flood areas by helicopter tuesday and declared Mchenry county and parts of Cook county stale disaster areas. Lake county was declared a disaster area sunday. At least 165 families had been displaced by the flooding said Lake county sheriffs Deputy Steve Townsend. In Oklahoma in addition to the evacuations a Kingfisher up to 100 people were evacuated during the night at Guthrie North of Oklahoma City director Jim Dixon. Officials said High water from Cottonwood Creek split the town in two and getting from one Side to the other meant a 40-mile Detour. The town s schools were closed tuesday. We stayed its our House until we woke up and waterway rolling Down the Street. We put everything up on stilts As High As we could lout Palenske said at a shelter for evacuees. They say we should expect More rain but they re not saying How hard How much or exactly when said Tommy Tucker a dispatcher for the okla homa county sheriff t office. Blasts damage offices of German firm Cologne Germany a two bomb blast Early tuesday damaged the marketing offices of the West German chemical and photography company Gfa Gevaert police said. No one was injured. Investigators in the Vicinity of the building found claim note marked by a five pointed Star and accusing Aga of involvement in the manufacture of Persona Iden Tity cards that can be read by computers police said. The letter was not signed but the Star Symbol indicated leftist involvement police said. An Aga spokesman who declined to be identified confirmed tuesday that the company is seeking to provide photographic material for machine readable identity cards. The two bombs exploded within second of one an other at roughly 1 40 ., shattering windows and heavily damaging part of the steel and Gula building facade. Damage was estimated in the Range of $25,000. An Anonymous Telephone Call warning of the bomb we made to the firefighting division of an adjacent chemical firm about two minutes before the charges went off police said. Extensions from Pago 1 teas and the length of the Extension. For example person serving a six month Extension on a 24-month tour with a return Date after Jan. 1, 1987, would Boex tended an additional six months for a total of 36 months. Those individual facing an Extension who already have received new Attig menu will in most ewes be extended in Europe Smith said. Because the program is just getting started officials Are unsure about exceptions to the Extension Rule. Persona who already have assignments should receive written notice within is Day concerning their status in the career Bachelor program. And Olla or should be contacted by letter within 30 Day. Smith advised people Uncertain of their Mattot to,1seek Hapat their consolidated base . There Are going to be exceptions to this thin Antic the Only Way to know is to Noe Forward to tails the life thing i to cd Educ you have question some exceptions an built into the program Mcfie m Early departure for human urian reason. Awl Iskrak Idius with four Yean in service who Are not try initial six year enlistment Are exempted Tarn Al e4tentfon. The career Bachelor program Wpm Pouh owin1 982. It has been Ruuti Tutein the Wake of cutt fan a nunnary g. Budget for permanent change of Smith said
