European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 21, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday june 21, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 9  Irv Roundup retirement plan Transfer open season announced Heidelberg civilian personnel offices have announced the open season for department of the Amy civilians who wish to Transfer to the Feder Al employees retire men system or fers the open season will run from july 1 through . 31 Tor those army civilians in competitive  who arc covered under the civil service retirement system cars and who wish . Employees with fewer than five years of serv toe were mandatorily covered by fers in Jan uary while those on appointments limited to oneyear or lest ire not eligible. Fers replaces the civil service retirement sys tem fat employees Hiitt after january 1984 who Wen eligible for retirement system coverage. Givihan personnel office will Contact employees to provide them with information on Transfer provisions. Decision advised will be mined to assist employees in completing trans Fer worksheets and help them understand the effect of an election or Transfer decision. All fers elections Are irrevocable. Allen will replace Lutz in Stuttgart area Post Stuttgart my. Gen. James b. Allenjr. Bos been named Deputy commander of i corp and commander of the Stuttgart military Community. Allen is scheduled to assume his duties july 30. He succeeds a. Gen. Joseph c Lutz who was named chief of staff of the . Special operations come. Allen is presently the director of training for the Deputy chief of staff for operations in Washington . He served As commander of the 1st inf div fwd from August 1984 to july 1986 and has bad two Tours of duty in Vietnam. 2 reportedly Tell plan to hit . Site in Greece Athens Greece up two suspected members of an Abu Nidal terrorist cell arrested six weeks ago in Italy confessed they were planning an impressive strike against a . Target in Greece a greek newspaper reported Friday. Two Abu Nidal terrorists revealed to italian Intelli gence agents plans for an impressive strike on greek soil against an american target,1 said the mass circulation daily eled heros typos quoting a senior police source. Abu Nidal who Heads the Al Fatah revolutionary Council one of several splinter groups spawned by the Palestine liberation organization formed his group in 1974 after an abortive attempt on the life of Plo Leader Yasser Arafat. Italian authorities said the two arrested men were part of an eight member Abu Nidal terrorist group based in Istanbul that attacked Turkey s largest Syna Gogue last sept 6 and killed 22 worshippers. Diplomats said most Likely the targets in Greece were two is. Naval bases one  inca Makri near Athens and another  Souda Bay. On the Island of Crete. Abu Nidal also has British israeli and kuwaiti targets in mind a Diplomat said. The British Are holding members of Abu Nidal organization in their  italian police said the two suspected terrorists both of Middle East origin were arrested about six week Sago on a train As they were travelling Between Turin and Milan in Northern Italy. The suspects were followed by italian agents of the secret service after one of the men had applied to Turin clinic for facial plastic surgery arousing the suspicion of the medical staff. Turkish dailies Hur Riyeff and Terceman said the suspects have not been named but they were said to have been carrying an italian and an iranian passport. Police in Athens last week said they were on Alert Progress made toward gaol of .-Europe space station Paris a . And european officials said Friday they were making slow but steady Progress to Ward the goal of a joint space station despite snags caused by questions Over military us of the station. The officials have been meeting  the Paris air show an 11-Day exhibit of military and civilian air and space Craft that ends sunday. On display is a full size lockup of the soviet Union s manned Mir space station a reminder that the West lags far behind in its bid for a permanent pretence in space. Nasa and the european space Agency Are hoping to have a space station aloft in the mid-1 s90s, and the partner have been trying to Iron out differences on How the station should be built and  Fletcher administrator Oft be National aeronautics and space administration met last week with the Esa director general Reimer lust but Fletcher Taid beforehand the two would not be negotiating specific Points. Neither Side reported any breakthroughs but Nas spokesman Dave Garret said we re  there s nothing dramatic but things Are going web be said in an interview Friday Al the be Yourgel Airfield where the show is being held. The major tumbling Block has been the Issue of military use of the space station. The europeans Are concerned about potential los. Use of thai pack Havion for work on military programs such Ashe sent pc defense initiative or Star  the us. Earlier this year agreed to an Accord calling for the exclusively peaceful use of the station. But Alec Bishop of the aerospace industries association in Canada another partner said the Issue could resurface  s general agreement ?.t defense is legitimate and offensive purposes arc out he said in an interview. But  s sometimes hard Loeb one from the   a news conference last week Fletcher said the Pentagon has yet to propose any specific military projects on the space station. But he added they would very much like to use  funding is another prickly Issue in the talks. The Basic Cost of the station is s13 billion. In no vember european ministers will meet to discuss an eight year commitment totalling si2 billion for the Hermes spacecraft Arian s rocket and Columbus manned and unmanned space labs. The White House has set the space station budget request  $767 million for fiscal 1988. . Officials Are finding  Bard to explain that american financial support for the space station could decline when a new president lakes office or Congress begins searching for ways to  d like guarantees about the Long term Finan Cial future that we re not really in a position to give said Nasa s Garr Tuesa member countries include Austria Belgium Denmark France Germany Ireland Italy the Netherlands Norway Spain Sweden Switzerland and Brit Ain. Canada is a cooperating member state and Fin land is an associate member. After receiving reports thai Abu Nidal terrorists herein Greece to buy yachts for use in suicide missions against . Military and other targets. Turkish newspapers obtained detail of the two Abu Nidal suspects after a five nun italian investigation learn led by Interior ministry undersecretary Franco Sirlear visited Turkey last week to give details of therase to the turkish authorities. The suspects Are said to have admitted having been members of an eight Man Abu Nidal terrorist cd based in Istanbul during 1986. They said they had received orders and weapons from the leadership of Abu Nidal s group to carry out an atrocity which in effect would be suicide Mission. The eight were said to have drawn straws to decide which two would attack the Neve shalom synagogue. The remaining six left Istanbul the Day before the attack took place when two terrorist fired polish made automatic weapons and threw libyan made hand grenades  jewish worshippers killing 22, before committing suicide with  sources in Ankara said the whereabouts of the other four Abu Nidal suspected terrorists remain unknown. Scout ii Roundup 3 scouts win Eagle rank for Community projects Mannheim Germany two boy scouts from no Ulm and a Kaiser Lautem scout received the Eagle rank for their Community projects. Sean k. Mugs 18, who graduated recently from Ulm american High school built clothing eks for the local Thrift shop. Mills is the son of David and Marlin a Mills. Fellow Ulm High school graduate Jonathan. Pece is ran a Book drive made styrofoam lettering for Library sections compiled an mde iof military installations for the Library and in stalled a drop Box for military affiliated radio stations messages. Free is the son of army chief warrant officer Dominick to and pal pece. J. Thomas Taylor ii 16, collected household items and repaired several highchairs and play pens for the Community loan closet the Kaiserslautern american High school Sophomore is the son of Jerry and Hannelore Taylor. Top girl scout honors Given to 3, Council says Mannheim Germany girl sailing s highest Honor was presented to three senior scouts the North Atlantic Girt scouts Council said Friday. Genannt Johansen 16, has been a scout for 10 years. She just completed her Sophomore year  shape International High school and is the daughter of Gary and Georgiana Johansen. Suzy Streetcar 17, developed a Booklet for army Community services to Welcome children to Germany. Streeter just finished her Junior year   american High school and is the daughter of David a. Stiteler. Christina Vorpahl 14, worked on a project that emphasised How girl scouting affects the Heidelberg area and what  is about. Christina just completed her Sophomore year Al Heidel Berg High school and is the daughter of Sharon and Kenneth Vorpahl. Kohl proposes French German army brigade Bonn a Chancellor Helmut Kohl on Friday proposed creating a joint French German army brigade As a Way of boosting military cooperation Between the two countries. A fully integrated joint brigade would help bring Forward the process of increasing French and German cooperation on Security issues. Kohl told re porters. Kohl said the command of such a Bri Gade could alternate Between French and German officers but he gave no further details of the proposal. The Chancellor noted that French and German military units have Long held joint Maneu vers and that treaties be tween the two countries have called for boosted Security cooperation. But Kohl emphasized thai membership in nato remains the no. I Gua Rantee of Germany s Security. The Atlantic Alliance is essential for the Security of lie Federal Republic he said. Kohl s comments came when the Chancellor was questioned by reporters atthe end of a one Day meeting of the executive Board of his ruling Christian democratic party. The meeting a regular party gathering was held in the Bonn suburb of Koening Swinler