European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 23, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes cars that time forgot stripes Magazine o of overseas getting Sou priority Page 9 d Randy Barnett s car Corner Page 13 d Hoffman leaves Csc Post sports Page 19 authorized unofficial pulic Tion fou the . Armed Forcel vol. 46, no. 96 thursday july 23. 1987 Morfa  d 8693 a 2 .-flagged tankers enter Gulf under escort fuja1rah, United Arab emirates a two kuwaiti tankers flying the stars and stripes accompanied by . Navy escorts wednesday steamed past a Battery of Irani Aji missiles into the persian Gulf. The supertanker Bridgton and the smaller Oil products Carrier Gas Prince were flanked by three and at times As Many As five . Warships. Aircraft from inc Carrier Constellation stationed outside the Gulf threw a rotating air cover overhead. Related Story Page 3. The Ankers weighed Anchor about 90 Miles 10 inc South wednesday morning off the United Arab emirates port of Khor Bakkan. By Midas Lemoon they had cleared the 50-mile-Long, a mile wide Strait of Hormuz considered on of the potentially most hazardous parts of the three Day journey to Kuwait. The two ships ran up the stars and stripes on tuesday sealing their registration As american commercial vessels entitled 1o . Warship Protection. The Navy guided missile Cruiser Fox led the Convoy while the guided missile frigate Crommelin and the guided mis site destroyer Kidd steamed nearby. Unassociated press reporter who was part of a Pentagon Media Pool on the Kidd said the Convoy maintained a condition just below the highest state of Alert. They arc moving fast in close con Voy reported one shipping source who was in touch with witnesses and radio monitors As he Cluster of vessels sailed through inc Strait at about 16 knots the continued an pegs 24 savings allow of to drop Bachelor Extension plan by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington the air Force has dropped the career Bachelor Extension program after less than a year because enough permanent change of station Dol Lars save been saved through other initiatives. Under the program Bachelor officers and enlisted personnel with at least four years of service who were to return to the states after Jan. I were told they had to serve at least the full accompanied tour length at 36-month Lour locations. Those who were serving 24-month Tours were extended to 36 months while those who came overseas on a voluntary extended tour of 36 months were extended to 48 months. Bachelors currently selected for Over seas assignment Wilt now serve the nor Mal 24-month unaccompanied tour an air Force personnel official said wednesday. Also career bachelors who had their overseas Toure involuntarily extended and those who arrived since Jan. I Are now exempt from serving the accompanied tour length. They la now have the Normal 24-month  career bachelors who declined to obtain act inability for the full accompanied tour length May now request withdrawal of their declination statement the official said. Those Are people who made plans to get out of the air Force rather than serve the longer Lour he said. What we re telling them is that they can tear that paperwork up if they want of since they no longer have to serve the longer  career bachelors affected by this change will be contacted by their local see plan on Page 24 pole takers at the Tel faint cd newday of he ill inc Conics out b tit top met my big Chin of his but u he Ufret to Fri come Crumb. To Btl world pole sitting bid it it i like in the Coutil dutch tons of  and 18 Copl in attempt in to tit t Tati they la in to it Rah Jap to Pic a Wmk Hen to blk the Cartier a iroc. N t the Kim the Neil tit Pofe it Long err to he Bacn held. French terrorist suspect seized on Munich Street Munich a German police have arrested a suspected member of the French leftist terrorist gang direct action who allegedly took part in several of the group s attacks officials said wednesday. August Schoffel spokesman for the bavarian stale criminal office said inc 29-year-old Man was seized on a Munich Street tuesday night. Chief prosecutor Helmut Mayer Slaudt said the Man was suspected by French authorities of having taken part in  direct action terrorist attacks. Both officials declined to identify the suspect saying that police still Hope to round up More leftist terror gang backers. Authorities in Bonn and Paris have Long warned about growing cooperation Between direct action and Germany s red army faction leftist terrorist gang. The two groups claimed joint responsibility for the August 1985 bombing at Rhein main a outside Frankfurt that killed two people and injured 20 others. Mayer Laudle said French authorities have notified a Varia that they intend to seek the Man s extradition. He said the French have 40 Days to provide a format request. The request will be examined by a bavarian slate court but the final decision on the extradition rests with the Federal government in Bonn he said. The prosecutor denied a Bild newspaper report that the Man was suspected of supplying explosives 10 direct  hid investigators do not have any immediate evidence that the suspect is linked to the red army fad Ion. Bild a Man circulation daily published in Ham burs id German police Are investigating whether the Man was in Munich to prepare joint terrorist Latacki by direct action and the red army faction. However both school Tel and Majer staudte played Down this theory and said there was no such evidence. The Man was arc Icid on a lip from French police sea suspect on Page 24