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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 2, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday. July 2, 19b7 the stars and stripes Page 7 Kitty Hawk 12 other ships return to . Norfolk vap the aircraft Carrier Kitty Hawk and 12 other Navy ships returned to East coast ports tuesday after six month ours in the Mediterranean sea. While the other ships returned to Home ports to greetings from friends and relatives the Kilty Hawk made a Brief Slop Ai the Norfolk naval station on its Way to Phila Delphia fora three year overhaul the Carrier stopped in Norfolk for 48 hours to unload air Wing support Crew and pick up about 400 male relatives of its 5,500-Man Crew who will ride with the ship to Philadelphia for the real Homecoming on Friday cmdr. Jolene ice for a Navy spokeswoman in nor Folk said. Keefer said female relatives arc some times invited for Daylong cruises aboard Navy warships but not for overnight cruises because the ships Lack berthing space and of her facilities for women. The Kitty Hawk began its Lour dec id from its former Home port of san Diego. Al the same time the Carrier Nimitz left the Norfolk naval station for the last Lime and is resuming to its new Home port in Washington stale. After the overhaul the Kilty Hawk is scheduled to be Home ported at Pensacola a. The of her ships thai returned to nor Folk tuesday were the guided missile cruisers Josephus Daniels and South Carolina the guided Missic destroyer Richard e. Byrd inc frigates Trupti and Moinester and the Oiler Kalamazoo. The guided missile destroyer Charles f. Adams the guided missile frigate Doyle and the frigate . Sims went Back to Mayport Fla. The frigate Trippe returned to Charleston s.c., and the am munition ship Nitro docked at Eark. , 157 workers fake Early retirement youth on trestle Denver paper reducing staff killed by train or 1j, escape Denver a the Denver Post has announce that 117 employees have accepted Carly retirement bonuses offered in a Cost cutting program to reduce the work Force. Publisher Dick Schlosberg said the program which tinted june 8 and ended monday provided the Relief necessary in the newspaper s plan to reduce ils staff. There will be no further need for massive staff reductions or general layoffs in the immediate future As a result of the voluntary program he said. If an further Kation is needed Over the next few months in will Afleck very few people. Carol Green the Post s vice president for human resources said the response gives he newspaper a very Strong Stan toward in goal of eliminating 200 it ions by the end of the summer. The Post employs Early retirement bonuses ranging from a few thou Sand Dollar to More than 1100,000 were offered to about Soo employees including managers members of the International association of machinists and Aero space workers and 630 members of the newspaper Guild. The Post hit hard by Denver slumping Economy a Laid it wants to Cut labor costs by 16 million and Green Aid additional reductions will be made through staff cuu and negotiations with six other unions. The Post will shift employed from one department to another to till vacancies and May do a limited amount of hiring. Green Laid. The Post also has asked in unionized employees to accept a three year freeze on wages and benefits and Bat not ruled out the possibility of future layoffs . Newspaper employment in thousands Chatt to Feun a rpm a Thi Vara so Umidow Jonm a it pop of fun he. Green said. The employees who look advantage of the Early retirement incentives included machinists electricians reporter photographers messengers Telephone opera Ion circulation delivery staff advertising sales representatives janitors credit and accounting representatives and managers Anri supervisors the Post said. Albany Minn. A a 16-year-old boy trying to outrun a train on a trestle  struck and killed tuesday just five feet from safety authorities said. The boy had been fishing from the trestle with his 11-year-old sister who safely jumped 10 feel from the trestle to the ground with the locomotive on her heels said steam county Deputy sheriff Peter Robischon. He did Humble a couple of times. She jumped and he did t. He Only had about five feet to go Robis Chon Laid. The identities of the two youngsters were withheld pending notification of relatives � the youth who saw the train round a far Corner were about 36 feet front one end of the a Etulle and about 150 feet from the other end Rob Chon did. They chose to run be longer distance because run Ning the Shorter Way would have meant running to Ward the train he said " think if they d have just run toward the train they would t have been Hurt but that s just speculation on my part Robischon said explaining that the children might have been Able to nuke in off the trestle before the train reached it. The two were is to 20 feet above the Creek and jumping might have killed them Robin Cotton said. The Accident occurred about 2 45 . On tracks owned by the Oiler Tail Valley Railroad about three Miles East of Albany the Deputy said. The train Engineer told authorities he applied the brakes As soon As he saw the youths. Town opposes military communications Tower Acushnet mass. A about 200 Acushnet residents in an informal meeting adopted two resolutions against air Force plans for a military communication lower thai would be part of a nationwide communication network which would be used in a nuclear War. The resolutions against the ground wave emergency network lower on land chosen by the air Force or anywhere else in town came after More than three hours of debate. The resolutions carry no official weigh but Are merely opinion indicators most residents who spoke on the Issue said they objected to the 11 acre lot chosen As the lower site because in is located near an untapped water Supply and Falls within an area own officials have targeted As part of a 200-acre Golf course. Town officials said they Hope the course will bring extra income and National attention to the Small town that manufactures the Golf Halls. The meeting  attended by air Force officials As Well As opponents of the lower from across Massachusetts. La. Col. Paul e. Hanson director of the Tower project said the air Force has a 15-year lease on the land but declined to describe the terms of the least. Selectmen complained that the air Force did not consult them when Choos ing a location but Hanson did he told them of lie proposed location in March. Hanson said an atmospheric nuclear Accident or a nuclear attack could cause the nation s communications network to fail preventing the military from provid ing important information to the presi Dent. The ground wave emergency net work system would provide an alternative communications network he said. Pollard s wife Bolshoi opening delayed by hoax seeks Freedom Washington a the wife of convicted spy Jonathan Jay Pollard Cit ing her poor health asked a judge tues Day to release her from imprisonment imposed for her role in the Case. Anne Henderson Pollard serving a five year term for being a accessory Alicr the fact to Possession of govern ment secrets has been  Sev eral times for a rare gastrointestinal Dis order her defense attorney said. Mrs. Pollard spends her Days and nights literally writhing in pain inside the extended care unit at the prison in Lexington ky., Norney James f. Sibcy did in his Molion to reduce the sentence to Lime already served. On March 4, Henderson Pollard 27, we in fenced to five years in prison by chief u-5. District judge Aubrey e. Robin son or. He a  Pollard. 32. A former civilian . Navy intelligence analyst. 10 life in prison for Selling thousands of pages of classified Docu Mous to Israel. New York up1 a grenade with wires attached to it  found outside Lin Coln Center tuesday and delayed the Start of a performance by inc soviet Bolshoi Ballet bul police said the device contained no explosives and labelled in a hoax. Police spokesman sgt. John Venetucci said the device  a Mark 1 military grenade Shell with four batteries and a clock  the curtain went up at 8 22 . Al most an hour late As police and opera House Security officers used Metal detectors to search u nes of ticket holders and guards then Fri cd them As they entered the metropolitan opera House for the performance the Bolshoi i Fust appearance in new York in eight Yean. We were checking briefcase pocket books handbags and All parts of Irir bodies said a Security guard. The device  discovered by a pass Erby at 3 45 . In a garbage can on the Southwest Corner of Lincoln Center Plaza near the new York stale theater assistant police chief David Scott said. Police evacuated the outdoor Plaza in front of the opera House which  checked by police dogs trained to sniff out explosives. It  nol until after 8 3i . Thai police determined that it  a hoax. Minutes a fore the device  found an unidentified male caller telephoned United press International Ano said bomb. Lincoln Square Plaza. Death to soviet  the caller also referred to rabbi mar Kahane founder of the jewish defense a cajun and the Kach International a jewish activist organization. Across from the opera House a group of about 60 member from Kach International protested the performance but denied responsibility for planting the hoax grenade. We did t a c anything to do Wiltil and don1 understand in a spokesman said adding that soviet perfumers should no be allowed to dance on new York streets while the jews cannot dance on Ihei Roun Styli is in  most ticket holders said i Haj were nol frightened by the discovery of the device bul were annoyed thai in delayed the performance. A really Don t understand How Slop Ping the Bolshoi would pressure the so Viet Union into releasing More jews said William Abdallah. 43. Of new York. I think they should be allowed to demonstrate bul nol interrupt the performance. Platting a bomb is simply unconscionable he said. Concern about Security during the Bolshoi s visit prom pied opera House officials to ask tickets buyers to give their names addresses and Telephone numbers and show identification opera House spokeswoman Johanna Fiedler said. She said added Security  being used Al the opera Houtch for the Bolshoi s 21  Over inc next three a Lis bul she would not give details in Sci be. About 20 people Werc injured when a teargas cannister  rolled into the metropolitan opera House during inc opening performance of the soviet Moy Siev Folk dance company  
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