European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 5, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday october 5, 1986 the stars and stripes Schweinfurt gives teens bigger say by Mike Heronemus stiff writer Schweinfurt Germany when Leen Ager disagreed with the military Community s plan to As sign school Bui scats they asked Tor a change an got it their Way. That s just one example of How this military Community is being responsive to the desires of hundreds of teen agers in Schweinfurt. We have about 500 teen agers in the Community but. Over a period of time we probably were not having More than 150 to 200  said . Bobby g. Thompson director of personnel and Community activities who is leaving for a new assignment soon. Thompson spent about j 8,000 of Community funds to Send 33. Teen agers to a Rhoun Mountain resort for three Day his return on the investment he hoped would be some ideas on How to make life better for teen agers in Schweinfurt. As a result of that meeting a teen Council was organized in May. Senior Stefan Macdonald is president of the group which meets every thursday night. Deciding Juit what the Council should ask the Community to do for them in t always easy. Right now we re not getting the support we want from the teens said Amy loll Wuerzburg High school Grad uate and Council vice president. It la take More than this Small group to get thing done Michael Partridge said. One project that interests the teen Council is re modelling the teen Center which opened about i months ago but is closed until someone can be hired to run  Council was Given practically a free hand in deciding How the Center would be remodeler. Mem Bers asked for Wall to Wall carpeting Wall panelling a television a videoed Siegle player and a Small stereo and they got them. Now they just have to wait for  Council wants to keep the Center a quiet place teen agers can use for studying watching Tor movies listening to Low volume music or just getting together Macdonald Laid. If your parents Are watching a movie at Homeland a How like the Cosby show comes on you could run on by the Center and watch to said Junior Michael Reed. Some desires of the teens can t be met Thompson  wanted a gym for us Macdonald said teens usually get ticked off the basketball court because the Gas have lint say. You can t play Basket Ball out in the  now thai Ludward Barracks has new fitness Center Thompson said teen agers who want to play basketball can sign out the key to the old gym. Thar putting a lot of Trust in them because the would be unsupervised and there Are office spaces in the gym  he Laid. They be already shown they act As responsibly As  the teen Council realizes its gain ire not along a one Way Street. White asking the Community to nothings for them the teen Council is offering the Reserve manpower in Schweinfurt to serve the Community s needs Council members did that when they served patrons the Burger King that opened on Conn bar Racks last month. They also coordinated teen help during a youth Ball tournament this summer and arranged a German american basketball game. Tentative contract averts strike at Boeing Seattle up the Boeing. Co. And Union negotiators reached tentative agreement Friday on a new three year contract for 40,000 machinists in three slates averting a threatened Midnight strike. While the contract Calls for substantial improvements Over the 1983 agreement there Are some disappointments in there and therefore i cannot recommend the contract to the membership said Tom Baker president of the Seattle local of the International association of machinists and aerospace workers District 751. Baker declined to say whether the Union would recommend that members reject the proposal which was scheduled to be voted on saturday by 28,000 workers in the Pugel sound area 1,500 in Portland ore., and10,000 in Wichita Kan. We will have to go through it in detail item by item with the membership arid allow them to make that judgment Baker said we will Tell them the Good of it and the bad of  Baker also denied idling reporters that the propose contract hammered out in Marathon sessions assisted by a Federal mediator Calls for up to 10 percent in raises Over three years 5 percent the first 3 percent the second and 1 percent the third. I would love to Tell you How much the wages Are but it s Only fair 1 wait until i Tell he membership he  spokesmen also refused to comment on the proposed settlement Federal mediator Doug Hammond was called i wednesday when talks hit a Snag. Sofrom similar outlooks san Knurr Tod his Licau also Snoe after winning a dog and Nuster Looft by ban their Teeth for a photographer alike contest in Denver. More sharply from the $292 million earned in 1981the company has received $26 billion Worth of air plane orders in the past 12 months. The machinist sought wage increases to capitalize on huge Boeing profits last year and expected again this year and to eliminate a two tiered wage scale implemented in 1983. Also sought by the Union were Cost of living allow ances pension payments and health insurance. Negotiations were also going on with the Seattle professional engineering employees association that represents about 14,000 engineers and 10.000 technicians in several Boeing plants in the puget sound. Starling pay for Boeing machinists has ranged from$7.57 an hour for Grade  i for Grade 11, but within each Grade the company instituted a second lower tier As part of the contract approved in 1983. Indian papers report Man sought revenge Boeing earned $366 million during 1985, up sharply m the 1190 million earned in 1984 and up even new Delhi India a the Man held for the unsuccessful attempt on the life of prime minister Rajiv Gandhi apparently wanted to avenge the death of a Friend killed in anti sikh not two years ago Indi an newspapers reported saturday. The suspect Karamjit Singh was remanded to police custody for 21 Days on Friday by a metropolitan magistrate. Heis being held for investigation pending the tiling of charges. Gandhi escaped injury on thursday when a Lone gunman tired at him with a homemade pistol As the prime minister was leaving a religious ceremony in the capital the Indian express the nation s larg est English language daily quoted police sources As saying the suspect s Friend was killed in new Delhi in riot that followed the assassination of Gandhi s Mother prime minister Indira Gandhi nearly two years ago. The riots took the lives of More than 2,000 people most of them sikhs in new Delhi. Mrs. Gandhi was slain by two of he sikh bodyguards to avenge the bloody army raid on the Golden Temple in Amritsar to drive sikh militants from St Bis s holiest shrine. The Hindustan times identified the riot victim and alleged Friend of the assassination attempt suspect As a sikh named Baldiv Singh. The paper Abo quoted Inver Nguon saying the suspect bad planned to try to kill the prune minister Durutta India s Independence Day celebrations Ang. 13 but could not find i cure cover at new Delhi s Redford where the rally was held. New details also emerged saturday about Kura Jil Singh s background. The 26-year-old is said to be a native of Sun am Village in Sang rur District in South Central Punjab state the sikh heartland. The Village is 78 Miles South West of the Punjab capital at Chandigarh. The express identified him As a sikh and said he had Cut his hair after his Friend was killed in the new Delhi riots. Karamjit Singh was not wearing the customary 3ikh turban Long hair and Beard at the time of Bis arrest police officials initially said he was not a sikh but investigators later said they were looking into his possible links to sikh militant groups. Militant sikhs have been waging four year guerrilla Campaign in Punjab stale for Fie creation clan Independent sikh Homeland. More than 530 people have been killed this year in political Vio Lence in Punjab. Extremist sikhs have issued numerous threats against Gandhi whom they accuse of repressive anti sikh policies. The papers said that the suspect s father Amar Singh who runs a watch re pair shop in Sun am was being questioned in the by several papers suggested that Karam Jit Singh who was unemployed Wmk pan of conspiracy to kill the prime minister. The Hindustan times said there we reports that he had been trained in terrorist tactic by Anli Over new a army deserters after the new Delhi Riou. Police sauces have said that a Ranjitsingh spent at least 12 hours hidden in the Raj Bat Park prior to the Fetn Tiern Tion attempt