European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 23, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pages the stars and stripes tuesday june 23,1987 news update Dukakis funds Washington not the presidential Campaign of gov. I Chad s. Dukakis Massachusetts has raised 13 million and it s sex peeled that he figure will reach j3.5 million by the end of the month. The figures cited by the Duka Kis finance director Kristin s. De Mong far surpass projections of the other major democratic presidential candidates for what they with have raised by june 30, the Tineil Date for reporting to the fed eral election commission. The Fig ures indicate Early fund raising strength of Dukakis who declared his candidacy in late april. More workers May enrol in Federal retirement plan temperatures Heidelberg some family Mem Ben working for he government and overseas limited employed who were not covered by a retirement plan now have the Opportunity to join the new Federal employees retirement system this is a significant advantage for these employees As they were not previously eligible to participate in a retire ment plan Elizabeth Reid a usar eur civilian personnel management specialist said monday. Overseas limited employee positions Are designated for people who Are Avail Able for hire in the local overseas area Reid said. There Are More than 2,000 such slots in Usa eur and about 17000 family member positions. Many of those employees were mandatorily Cove red to the fees program in january Reid said. Before the fers program these employees Only had social Security cover age she said. Under special Transfer provisions employees with More than five Yean of continuous Federal service May elect to join  employees can receive credit toward retirement for Ell years served before 1982, however there will be a Small reduction in retirement pay because no payment was made to the civil service retirement system. For time served after ocl 1, 1982, employees must make Back payments to the civil service retirement system if they want the time counted Loward retirement under the fers plan. Limited employees and family Mem Ber employees who elect to join Kerswill continue to pay into social Security plus the 1.3 percent for fers coverage Reid said. Fers advisers at local civilian person Nel offices can assist employees in completing work sheets and help employees understand the financial effects of Choos ing the fers plan. Norwegian . Officials to hold folks on firm that sold equipment to soviets Oslo Norway a Norway s de sense minister will meet with official in Washington to discuss possible Trade sanctions against Norway for exporting High technology equipment to the soviet Union the foreign ministry said. Defense minister Johan per gun and Trade ministry Secretary Karin swollen Berg wife of foreign minister Thor Yard Stoltenberg will discuss investigations under by in Norway with . Law makers pushing for sanctions. The investigations focus on exports from he state owned weapons company Kongsberg Vaupen Fabrik. Norwegian authorities Are looking into reports that the company exported com Puter software that together with milling machinery from Japan enabled the Sovi ets to silence their submarine propellers. The government has decided to put the main emphasis on political contacts in the Congress because the Kongsberg affair is currently dealt with there on a political level to Torvald slow Tynberg said. He said the norwegian government has discussed the exports with officials in the Reagan administration and the Pentagon. Now it s important for us to Brief american politicians about Waal Norway has done to prevent future violations of Export rules defined by Cocom coordination committee for multinational Export control he said. The Paris based Trade organization has defined Export limits for sales of High technology to East bloc nations from Japan and nato members. Stoltenberg was to leave for the United suites on monday. Hoist is let to de part on tuesday. Jean weather syrian vows to free . Journalist lebanese official s son at All costs Onciu Lor to for a Unkn a u Hamon or of Tully party Clun pm in cwt Tim by h in a Suomi Raspy to.  1 1 0 cum cum to bib. Ftp la two by Amu m Urr in Hith non did Pandiy 44m 4pm 4am u 69 cd Lugin. P u 49 61 Flinn rut d u 70 79 Simlon i 58ei Muich. R a ifs. Cd it Cath. D in pfcwd1 by tall 3. 7th a Willow is 77,. Mortar or cd 63 h Mincow. 6ft 4d qua 9? 43 to radio 90 is fuel truck overturns at Span Dahlem a Span Dahlem a Germany is a fuel truck overturned and spilled 600 Gallons of fuel on Hesnan Dahlem flight line a 32nd army air defense come spokesman said monday. The truck belonging to he Bury 6th in 56th air defense arly overturned Friday at 2 45 p.m., maj. David Hart Man said. The Driver of the vehicle sustained injuries to his hand and Back. He was in stable condition monday at the air Force Hospital at Pitburg a. Hartman said the fuel spill was immediately contained by air Force personnel. The cause of the Accident is under investigation. Beirut Lebanon a Syria s military intelligence chief in Lebanon was quoted monday As vowing to free kidnapped american journalist Charles Glass and the son of Lebanon s defense minister at All  i am Here in Beirut to free them Brig. Gen. Ghazi Kenaan was quoted As saying by the state run Beirut radio the problem will be resolved at All costs and i believe that will be accomplished  but the Christian controlled voice of Lebanon radio said the kidnappers were de manding a guarantee that Germany would not extradite Mohammed Ali Hamadi to the United Stales. Hamadi a lebanese is accused of hijacking a Twa Jet to Beirut in my i 1985and killings of. Navy diver. The broadcast said the Hamadi Guaran tee was the kidnappers main condition. But lebanese police and sources close to the syrian command in West Beirut denied that Tuch a demand had been made. Hamadi who was arrested Al the Frankfurt Airport on Jan. 13, is wanted in the United Stales on charges of Mur Der and air piracy. Germany has not announced its Deci Sion on the extradition but the newspaper die Welt of Bonn quoted unidentified sources monday As saying the government had decided not to Grant the . Extradition request. Two germans were kidnapped in Bei rut in january by moslem who have demanded Hamadi s Freedom. Kenaan was quoted monday As saying syrian president Hafez Assad was particularly concern we about the abduction of Glass Ali Osseiran and their Driver in a South Beirut shiite moslem District wednesday. Kenaan travelled from Damascus. Syria to Beirut sunday and conferred with Sheik Mohammed Hussein Fadlal Tah  of the iranian backed Hezbollah Lebanon s most militant shiite moslem faction. Brig. Gen. Sacco Birakdar com nand or in chief of Syria s 25,000 troops in Northern and Eastern Lebanon and Agen. Irazat Zeidan commander of the 7,500-Strong syrian army contingent in moslem West Beirut attended the meet ing. The three generals then held a 10-min Ute meeting Wilh lebanese defense my Osier Adel Osseiran who said afterwards that Assad has ordered syrian troops in Beirut to do the utmost to release he son and the two other captives Osseiran who Heads a prominent shiite conservative clan by repeatedly accused Hezbollah or the party of god of staging the abduction. I am very optimistic Osseiran told the associated press. I expect the re lease of Ali Glass and he Denver soon. Fourteen kidnappers grabbed Glass 36, Ali Ossa iraqi 40, and his Driver Suleiman Salman a policeman who doubles As a bodyguard on a coastal Highway in the shiite suburb of Oumi. A Hezbollah Strong hold in a Southern sector of West Demit no group has claimed responsibility for the kidnappings. Glass of los Angeles is the first for Eigner to be kidnapped since syrian troops moved into West Beirut on be. 22 to curb three years of militia anarchy. Glass 36, left Abc television a few months ago to write a Book about the mid dle East. Osseiran 40, is an Engineer. Glass is the ninth american captured in Lebanon and the 25th foreigner taken hostage in the country. Also missing is anglican Church envoy Terry Waile who disappeared Jan. 20 after leaving a West Beirut hotel for a meeting with hos Tage holders. Property sales Wiesbaden defense Rutili Zatura and marketing offices in Meckenheim and Augsburg will hold Independence Day sales on july 3, a spokesman said Meckenheim will sell Wood furniture televisions Vars lamps typewriters pianos musical instruments hand tools and some  Meckenheim Sale will run from 9 . 10 noon at the Friedrich old pm service Center. More information on the Meckenheim Sale can be obtained by calling ets 380 7250 or 380-6768. Al the Augsburg Sale shoppers can choose from Wood furniture household goods televisions stereo equipment and Vars. The Sale will run from 9 . To noon at building 121 on Sheridan Ca sern. More information on the Augsburg Sale is available by calling a Tyvon 434 7209. All sales Are final and checks will not be accepted. All items will be sold As is and Musl be removed during the Day and hours of the Sale