European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 15, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday May 15, 1987 the stars and stripes a support Crew from 1st so 1st Cav left prepares an m1im2 armoured personnel Carrier far the armoured reconnaissance portion of the 1987 Boeselager cup Competition in Hess Isch Lech Lenus Germany thursday. Pfc. Jose hut to Righta rear observer and . Teams Lead Pursuit of Boeselager cup s65 photos by tul Boivin m-60 machine gunner from he troop 1st so isl car seems to be enjoying the Competition which pits nine nato allies against each other in tests of cavalry reconnaissance skills. Going into thursday s events the . Learn from he 1st so. Alfh army car ref t was leading with 26,750 Points the 1st so 1st Cut team was in Sec Ond place with 20,150 Points nor Way s  dragon regi ment was third with 19,550 Points und the Ruul Canadian dragoons were fourth with 19,050 Points. The a Mored reconnaissance portion of the Competition is the most heavily weighted Erent in the scoring. Other tests include land end water obstacle courses vehicle driving and helicopter reconnaissance. Thursday s results were not available at press time. U.s., Germany working on pact Inland pickup of pos May be possible soon byjoe Mapother Bremerhaven Bureau Bremerhaven an agreement is being Ham mered out that would eliminate the necessity for americans stationed in Southern Germany to pick up their personal vehicles in Bremerhaven . And Ger Man officials said thursday. Under the plan vehicles belonging to service Mem ers and defense department no julians would be ship Ped to locations in Southern Germany by rail or truck officials said. Secretary of defense Caspar Weinberger made a decision on May 6 to allow 1jsareur to mow pos privately owned vehicles Inland at government i Pense said John Mcqueen chief of the transportation management Branch Ai Usa eur s transportation Enki Yand troop support div. The planning ? no yet Complete Mcqueen said. He said he could no comment further. Bremen major a Janis wed tier announced tues Day that he had received official word thai military Pov shipments 10 Europe would continue la Bremer Haven. He also unveiled the general plan to ship the vehicles to land destinations. The announcement put to rest speculation that Rotterdam Netherlands would become the vehicle pick up Point for defense department personnel in Central Europe. The vehicle processing Center in Rotterdam is mainly used by . Personnel stationed in Belgium and Holland. Bremen officials feared the lure of cheaper shipping by Barge from Rotterdam along the Rhine River would cause . Officials to close the  vehicle processing Center. Loss of the military shipping would Bra severe blow to  which in january had an in complo mint rate of 17.4 percent. The . Military is a major employer in Bremerhaven. A half million tons of defense department cargo and 40,000 vehicles destined for service members or Pentagon civilians see loaded and unloaded each year in by Merhi to in. Time spent away from work would be drastically reduced if new arrivals and departing personnel could pick up and drop not their vehicles near their Dii a unions in Southern Germany. Most . Troops in Europe Are stationed be vein l ran fun and the aus Trian Border. Shipping the vehicles South would save round trips of 630 Miles from Frankfurt and Veo Miles from Munich. A spokesman for the Bremen parliament said four pickup Points Are planned in Southern Germany. However a spokesman for the port authority of Bre men said All the details Are not Complete. The port authority in which the City state of Bremen owns More than hair the Slock is a party to the talks which in clude representatives of the German Federal railway system German government Bremen government and the . Department of defense he said. Major troop concentrations in Southern Germany arc being targeted for pickup Points the port authority spokesman said. The package includes special rail shipping rates he said. A spokesman on car so Lurz Cavern where the Bremerhaven vehicle processing Center is located said it is too Early to speculate whether jobs a