European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 26, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday August 26, 19b7 the stars and stripes Page 9 Mali tiry Roundup airborne Early warning Force will have new commander shape Belgium air Force maj. Gen. Jerry d. Holmes will assume command of nato airborne Early warning Force next month the supreme Allied commander Europe said tuesday. Holmes a 4th Allied tac air Forte chief of staff i Heidelberg. He will succeed German air Force maj. Gen. Klaus w. Zimmeck who Wilt move to the 3rdgerman air Force div at Kalmar Germany. A change of command ceremony will be held sept.24at theato air base Geuen Kirchen Germany International band show scheduled saturday sept. 12 " Mannheim Germany an International Mili tary band show sponsored by the Uso Council of Ger Many will be him saturday sept. Ii at the Mannheim of Nanhoo. The show will be performed at 2 . And 7 ., and win feature pop. Jazz Parade tunes with marching exhibit Noih choral singers and Highland dancer. Band scheduled to perform include the Canadian Force Europe pipes and Drums the 42nd transmission ret nent of the French National army the Ger Man  2, state army Europe band and the Safe Bambi serenade in Blue. Tickets Are is and 20 Marls $8 and 111 and can be purchased at All Uso centers or through Hoffmann Konze Rte a German ticket outlet legion of Merit awarded to German army general Frankfurt a German army general has received the highest peacetime achievement medal that can be awarded to a non member of the . Forces. La Gea. Karl e. Diedrichs commander of Iii Korps since april 1984, was presented the legion of Meril by 14. Gen. John Woodmansee v corps commander in a ceremony monday. Rhein main vehicle unit selected As Best of 1987 Rhein main aug Germany the vehicle operations Branch of the 435th trans so has been selected As the Best air Force vehicle management unit of 1987. The selection was made because of the unit s accomplishments while supporting Mission of the 435lh tac Airlift Wing tenant units and nine units in Europe an the Middle East an air Force news release said. The Branch provides ground transportation services including transportation for air Crews bus service for 1,500 schoolchildren shuttle bus and taxi service an vehicle management for a full of 900 vehicles. Driver training testing and licensing Are also provided by the unit. Spain plans to participate in nato naval Maneu vers Madrid Spain a Spain is to participate directly for the first time in a North Atlantic treaty organization exercise when the Ocean safari naval Maneu vers begin monday in the Atlantic Ocean a news Agency reported. The Independent Europa press quoted government sources As saying the Spanish Navy would operate in Waters of strategic interest to Only Spain. Crewmen would not come under nato command in keeping with a condition established when Spain became the 16lh member of nato in 19b2. Until now Spain has participated in nato exercises Only As an observer More than 190 ships and 250 aircraft from the armed forces of Spain the United Stales Canada Britain Belgium France. Germany he Netherlands Norway Ana Portugal Are expected to Lake part in the aug. 31 to sept. 16 exercises. Spanish naval and air Force aircraft three frigates and two destroyers Are to take part in the first phase of the Maneu vers to lest the Atlantic Alliance s ability to defend commercial shipping in wartime off the . Easl coast the Agency said. In the second Hue iwo Spanish corvettes and one submarine Are to protect ships off Europe s Atlantic coast. . Student finds photos of nazi occupied .s.r. New York a a photo album found in a garbage Heap contains 13 photographs of nazi occupied areas of the soviet Union that includes photos of hangings and a meeting Between Adolf Hitler and by Nilo Mussolini. The 21-year-old College student who said he found the photographs near his Paterson. N.j., Home sold them to the new York Post which published them monday. The Post said circumstantial evidence indicated that the photographs had belonged o Tscherim Soobzokov an accused is member killed in 1985 by a bomb that exploded on the porch of his Paterson Home. The newspaper said it bought the photos for an undisclosed sum from Keith Moore who lives about three blocks from the Soobzokov Home. Experts who examined the photographs said they were taken by an Amateur. One picture shows three partisans hanging front a tree with signs in russian and German saying Stu pid attacks against German soldiers will be treated like others show a leading nazi Hermann Goering and other officials a group of civilians being led away corpses of soviet soldiers or prisoner of War stacked in the Snow German soldiers inspecting bodies and civilians digging in the soil some with their Bare bands. Hitler biographer John Toland told the Post the picture of Hitler greeting the italian dictator probably is of meeting hat took place in Uman in the Ukraine in the fall of 1941. No pictures of the meeting have Ever surfaced before and it was the Only time the two of them got Lojec Thor on the russian front Toland said. Lucjan Dobroszycki professor of holocaust studies Al Yeshiva University said Many photos of nazi atrocities on the russian front exist. I have seen a lot of photographs but i be never seen these before. They Are really entirely new images he said. Holocaust historian Judd Newborn said the photo graphs Are not unusual and probably would not reveal anything new to experts. What is Peculiar he said ii that the owner would save them rather than bum them As evidence. Soobzokov was accused of being a first lieutenant in the is in the caucasus Region of the soviet Union. The Post said the Fri blamed the jewish defense league for planting the pipe bomb that killed him. Jane j. Knights an Fri spokesman in Newark said the Case it till pending under Active investigation and declined further comment. Mordechai Levy of the jewish defense Organiza Tion such oar of the now defunct jewish defens league denied monday that the league was responsible for Soobzokov i death. Moore a Sophomore at Rar Napo College in Mah Wah could not be reached for comment monday. A woman who answered the phone at his listed number said he no longer lived there. Paterson mayor Frank x. Graves said Soobzokov was a Passaic county employee. The family no longer live in the Home in which Soobzokov was killed and there is no listing for rela Tives in the Passaic county phone Book. Air Force Chee Leoding teams cheer themselves on for contest by Daryle. Green Kaiserslautern Bureau Sembach a Germany the sound of cheers claps and foots Omps bounded off the rafters of the base gym As teams from throughout Germany and the Netherlands pumped themselves up for the Competition. Of i go to. We re Gonna of i go to the group from Hahn a shouted before the meet got under Way. Refusing to be outdone or just getting caught up inthe infectious nature of the cheer learns from sem Bach Pitburg Spang Dahlum and Wiesbaden air bases in Germany As Well As from Soe Lerberg a nether lands jumped up to join the cheer. We re Gonna of i go to they shouted in unison As they tried to raise the roof off the building. But this is where the togetherness ended. These groups were not Here to join each other in cheer saturday and they weren t Here to cheer their base football teams on to Victory. They were Here o see who were the Best cheerleaders. This Competition is the first Ever in Safe said set. Pablo Soto Iii recreational and fitness special stat Sembach a. Solo who helped organize the Competition and is a member of the Sembach  Hopes the Competition will be a preliminary to a larger Safe wide Competition in the Winter. The judges watched each group perform an eight to 12-minute routine and evaluated them on Tearo appearance voice Quality showmanship formations transitions technique skit originality and Overall a peal of routine. Prizes were handed put in the additional categories of gymnastics music cheer routine build mounts spirit and mascots. Though the groups had Only a few minutes to show their stuff they spent months getting ready for the Competition. We be been practising three to five Days a week for the last four weeks getting ready for this Competition Soto said la is a lot of hard work lifting those girls Over our Heads. It lakes a lot of weight training. We re three Days a week weigh training three Days a week lifting of the girls. So thai a lot of weight thai we re putting up Over our Heads  when the Competition was Over the Sembach squad raised More than cheerleaders Over their Heads As they nearly swept the Competition winning All but one of the categories. Hahn captured the prize for Best skit. . Active duty strength Rose in july Washington a the Active duty strength of the nation s military services increased in july fro the previous month and year earlier level the Penta gon said. As of july 31, the army Navy Marine corps and air Force had 2,158,486 men and women on Active duly up 7,685 from june 30. The combined Tola also remained above the year ago tally. The armed services reported Active duty strength of 2,150,310 on july 31, 1986, or 8,176 fewer than monday s total. According to the latest military strength assessment All four services reported Small increases in july. The army gained the most reporting 768,319 men and women on Active duty or 2,809 More than the june 30 Lota. The Navy said it had 583,760 men and women on 199,570 individuals up 1,015 3 soldiers charged in simulator arson Baum older Germany is three Mem Ben of cob 2nd in 6slh army regl have been charged with conspiracy housebreaking and arson in connection with a fire that damaged a Lank weapons simulator june 19, officials said tuesday. Spec. 4 Jeffrey a. Wilkins and pvt. 2 a h. Vellon were taken into custody july 9 and later released 10 their unit. Staff sgt. Robert j. Sowes was apprehended july 28 after being absent without leave for a Day said Madeleine Dwoyakowski a Community spokeswoman. Sowes is in the Mannheim confinement facility. Criminal investigation come official confirmed arson As the cause of the fire thai caused about 1200,000 damage to the unit conduct of fire Trainer. An article 32 investigation is being conducted to deter mine Oliai i pc of Courti martial the suspects will face