European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 8, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes wednesday april 8,1987 Grain elevator blast ruins thousands of bushels Bancroft Iowa a an explosion ripped through a Grain elevator tuesday kiting off a fire thai heavily damaged four buildings and rained thousands of Bushel j of Grain. No injuries were reported. I was the second major elevator fire in Iowa in live Days. The Blaze destroyed iwo milling buildings and a storage building at the Lone Rock Coop Exchange and burned the lop off an 80-foot-tall storage elevator. Coop manager Jim Marlow estimated 200,000 bushels of Grain owned by the govern ment and Farmers who Are members of the cooperative were damaged or destroyed. Firefighters managed to save a sales and office building and another building containing approximately 40,000 bushels of com. Number of aids cases deaths jump in Holland Amsterdam Netherlands a the number of aids deaths and new cases has risen about 20 percent in the Netherlands in the last three months and the health ministry this week authorized the Sale of the drug Rel Rover to treat the fatal disease. As of March 31, the number of reported cases was 240, of whom 113 have died according to Jan Van Ujj Ogaarden a spokesman for the dutch National aids coordination Center the government sponsored Agency handling All acquired immune deficiency syndrome related is sues. Three months ago those figures were 2 is and 126, respectively. 2 sailors Hurt 6 aircraft damaged in Carrier fire Washington a a Small Smoky fire March 31 aboard the aircraft Carrier Kitty Hawk resulted in minor injuries to two sailors and extensive water damage to six air planes the Navy reported. The Navy said monday the fire erupted in an empty compartment on the starboard Side of the main hangar deck while the Carrier was anchored in the Northern arabian sea off the coast of the Mani Island of at Nasirah. It said two sailors were treated for minor smoke inhalation. The fire itself caused Little damage the Navy said. But it produced enough smoke that the Captain had to abandon his open sea Anchorage and begin moving the ship to Clear the air on the hangar deck. Successful Omraam test reported by air Force Washington a the air Force Mon. Day said it had completed another successful test of its new Omraam air to air fighter missile. The latest test was conducted March 31 at the Pacific missile test Center in California and involved the launch of an Omraam missile by a Navy f-18 Jet fighter against a mane vering target drone. Capsized ferry righted search for bodies resumes Zeebrugge Belgium a barges and huge floating cranes tuesday hauled the capsized British ferry Herald of free Enterprise onto its kept in an arduous eight hour operation. Divert then prepared to enter the vessel which Cap sized off this North sea port March 6, to resume the search for an estimated 134 bodies believed trapped inside. Sixty one bodies were found earlier and officials said 348 people survived. Everything went Well raid Marcel Uljens a Sal Vage official who was aboard one of the vessels that helped right the ferry. Another Salvage official Paul Goris said the barges and floating cranes that righted the ferry left it listing slightly As a precaution against tipping Over in the apposite direction if that happened the cranes would not be Able to hold the ship,15 he said. The operation was completed without any notice Able damage to the ferry parts of which showed Nisi and other signs of Wear from occasional storms during the 4ft weeks it Lay on its port Side. Tugboats and other Small Salvage Craft were sent to the area in Case any bodies were flushed out when the 7,951-ton Townsend Thoresen co. Ferry was righted. No bodies were immediately reported recovered tues Day. With the lifting of and Early morning Haze two big barges began tugging at heavy steel cables attached to 32 Points along the Jerry s exposed starboard Side. The barges aided by floating cranes on the other Side of the ferry then winched Thor Way toward 16 steel pilings hammered into the seabed 150 Yards from the vessel at first three cranes took part but one was with drawn shortly after midday because it was not needed. Officials reported Oil was leaking from the Stern of the ferry possibly from trucks on Board. Salvage Craft stretched a rubber Boom along the surface of the Wair in an attempt to contain the on spill. In Dover England n ferry Steward who survived the Accident was quoted monday night As saying he warned the assistant Purser that water was pouring into the vessel minutes before the ship capsized. The British news Agency press association quoted the Steward John Butler As saying he thought he water came from a bunt pipe and that he was told not Low Orry. Earlier monday press association quoted a confidential report being prepared by Zeebrugge maritime police chief Jose Van Den bus Chc As saying a ferry Steward twice warned senior Crew members of water surging through the ship. The report did not give the name of the Steward and it was not Clear if it was Butler. Butler said he gave Only one warning. The ferry capsized in less than a minute about 1,000 Yards offshore. The cause is being investigated in Bel Gium and Britain. Officials have said water rushed into the ferry s car deck through Bow loading doors that were left open As the ferry left the Harbor in Calm seas. Chief salvaging officer Hans Katenkamp initially set March 31 As the lifting Date but a fierce storm a few Days earlier halted All Salvage work. Over the past month 100 Salvage workers have hammered. 16 steel pilings into the seabed welded braces and steel loops to the ship s Side and Laid 10 heavy anchors in preparation for righting the vessel. Crews will Check the ship s Interior for any Pollut ants and search those areas above the waterline for bodies a Job thai May take three Days the ship then will be made watertight and re floated to search for any bodies below the water tone Smit Tak the dutch Salvage company estimated about 15,000 tons of water will have to be pumped out of the vessel. Walenkamp said it Wilt take two weeks to bring the vessel Back to port. Go from Page 1 Neumann since March 15 when the internal car firm reported the car she rented As missing. Neumann rented a Blue Golf License plate number shg-cr5j6, on March 12 for one Day a police spokesman said. The spokesman said that when police heard the re ports of the alleged defection they did t connect it to the woman they were looking for. Neumann has no criminal record and is free to live in any country she chooses but we Are still looking for the car he said. Roberts went absent without leave March 2 from Bury a 3rd in 79th Field arty 42nd Field arty Bri Gade in Giessen about 45 Miles North of Frankfurt Roberts pass privileges had been suspended by his battalion commander in february. The Pentagon has not confirmed Roberts is the sol Dier the soviets on thursday said had defected. The soviets also said Neumann was Roberts wife. Pentagon officials tuesday speculated that the Sovi ets have not talked More about the defection because if the Soldier is Wade Roberts he May not be such a prize catch. Roberts had no Access to classified data officials say and cant be considered an intelligence coup by any Means. And reports from friends and acquaintances in Rob erts California Hometown have portrayed the 22-year old As emotionally unstable with a need to be the Center Ofa Lention. The soviets May be reluctant to take the Chance of bringing this Guy into the open and letting him talk to the Media one Pentagon official said. One Pentagon official said the . Embassy in Moscow has the responsibility to make initial Contact with the soviets and to ask to speak with defectors to ensure they re not being forced to stay and that they Are aware of the consequences of their actions. This is just my own personal opinion but i think the stale department May not be pushing too hard on this became they be got a lot of other More important things on their minds at the moment he said. George Shultz is lying in they have an embassy riddled with bugs they Nave the Marine sex and spy scandal so in the great scheme of what s going on right now they May not be too concerned about private Wade e. Roberts and his wife honeymooning on the turkmen an  Basilan described Wade As a crazy Guy who liked to have fun. She described Neumann As having a difficult character and said the woman filed for divorce from her estranged husband after dating Roberts for two months. A Soldier from Roberts unit tuesday told the stars and stripes Neumann was a frequent visitor to the Barracks and was known by the soldiers there. A v corps spokesman refused to comment on the Soldier s remark saying the Case is still under invest  Skol will Chuck Vaicik m ate wit Fungon Iii my con us u Alt Reagan from Page 1 Safe to move into a secure embassy environment Reagan said. Likewise the soviet Union will not be allowed to occupy their new facility in Washington until a simultaneous move by both countries if possible he said. Asked whether Sulu would Fly As planned to mos cow Reagan said "1 Don t think n is Good for us to be run out of town by soviet spying. I be instructed the Secretary of state to make embassy Security a major Agenda item during his upcoming talks in Moscow. And i have asked former defense Secretary Mel Laird to chair an assessment review panel he said. Reagan spoke after state department spokesman Charles Redman announced thai the . Government had formally accused the soviet Union of a breach of the norms of diplomatic conduct by infiltrating the embassy with alleged spies and bugging devices. The protest was filed in the soviet capital by ambassador Jack Matlock and announced at the stale department. I Don t think there Are any doubts what our con Cerns Are Redman said. Reagan also told reporters that he was asking his foreign intelligence advisory Board to consider whether the new building already several year behind schedule should be Lorn Down because it was riddled with soviet listening devices. Tearing the embassy Down he said was one of the possibilities that will be considered in a wide ranging review of what Reagan called the breach of Security at our Moscow embassy that review and one by the Laird panel Are due in 90 Days Reagan said. Residential buildings in the new embassy complexes have been occupied but office Lowers in each remain vacant. Reporters asked Reagan whether the disclosures of bugging and the seduction of Marine guards by soviet women would change american relations with the so Viet Union. It does t Surprise me a bit he said. No i Haven t changed my View of the soviet  Redman at the state department also said about nine americans who had replaced soviet workers at the embassy since october had been recalled some possibly for fraternizing despite warnings against it