European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 2, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 / the stars and stripes wednesday september 2,1997 Deltry saves . Duty train from bomb from stiff ind wire report Munden Germany a to min ule delay saved the . Berlin duly train from being damaged by a bomb that exploded on a Railroad rack in Cen trial Ecsi Germany Railroad officials said tuesday. No injuries were reported in the Mon Day night Blasl. . Military officials said the train was on a regular trip to West Berlin carrying personnel and supplies. Of one official speaking  of anonymity said he did not know How news Brief Many people  delayed train. But he said  person Nel and their families Normal Kadi the daily Frankfurt to Berlin duly train a police statement said the bomb went offal 11 . Monday on a Section of track South of Kassel. The blast dim aged a German freight  part of the irack.-"""1"" ajar Utt Pitary train that was sch cd Toto pass Over that Section of tracks was delayed 10 minutes so the freight train went ahead Federal Railroad spokesman Tho Wirges Lold the Asso Cia cd press in a Telephone interview. In is possible that the bomb was in tended for the . Train but there s no proof he added. _ German police spoke a ffb6ritics were ,. Seen fleeing the area Ofle  my the Man was about 40 years olov4 it tall and of Normal build. The Man Hanwui Solache and was wearing Light pants an leather jacket the spokesman said. The bomb did about s27s damage to the freight train and the military train was Noi damaged he said. The Blasl also drove a projectile through the rear door of an automobile on a Road near the tracks the spokesman said. The iwo pro  not injured. A spokeswoman for the . Army s Headquarters in Heidelberg said the array was aware of the explosion. It was a German train on German tracks so we re not involved staff sgt Elayne Venoma said in a Telephone inter View. The police statement said the track was closed for several hours while work in repaired. Tour Yards of track. Cult writ Jot  to it report Boycott supporting Mutiny continues in military school Manila Philippines a cadets at the Philippines fremier military Academy tuesday boycotted Metis and classes for a be conf Darin support of last week s bloody coup Ali empt. The rebellion s six ring readers remained Large. The protest Allbe Philippines military facade my which has 60� cadets Beflyn sunday night when students Istueta maa Mio of support torte failed Mutiny a Ink president Corazon Aquino. The document pro ported the government s us of artillery helicopter Guu hips and bombers to quell Friday s Coop attempt and criticized the president for to Tell authorizing the use of similar  communist rebels. Commodore Rogelio Dayan the Academy superintendent said iwo Junior officers who fed the protesting cadets had been arrested and were under investigation. He did not provide details. Row from Page 1 that there is no evidence thai living . Soldiers arc still held in Laos. Officially 549 americans Are listed As missing in that country. \ Childress Mission coincided with the trip to View Nam by presidential envoy Gen. John w. Vessey Rea Gan s Persona emissary on the pow Issue. I m going to ask president reman to turn Vessey Arouna and Send him to Laos san the elder Donahue. One of the Rcpt Rasabout his son originated with a laotian immigrant Whf wrote the defense intelligence Agency to say a Lac resistance Friend in Thailand had told him that a Morgan Jeferson Donaho and five other americans Verc held at a prison Camp at Phou Daylong in the Prince of a Chammoun the laotian also n tied Donahue s Dale of birth and two numbers Whit he thought were related to the american s aircraft w Ich crashed near the to Chimoh Trail in 1968. To birth Dale matched that of Morgan j. Donahue As tid one of the aircraft number 123. Donahue was Board a c-123 which collided with another american plane. His Pilot who was res Parachute of another Crew , reported seeing member who never was the third number curiously proved to be the zip code of his parents address. Moreover that same number turned up in a separate report from a laotian informant in Thailand who also claimed thai Dona Hue had been seen in a laotian prison. It was unclear whether the two separate reports might have stemmed from the same person. The elder Donahue who said he was shaken when the air Force sent him the censored copies of the re ports declared "1 know my son and i know that ibis is exactly the Type of information he would try to pass to anyone who would listen. I know this information ii from Morgan and he risked his life to get in Oul a Cla Ifie Amelco protests contract loss by William j. Bartman Washington Bureau Washington the american express Bank officially protested the loss of its military banking con tracts for Germany the Netherlands and Greece de laying the switch to a new Bank for perhaps months. The formal protest filed monday with the general accounting office prevents the department of de sense from proceeding with efforts to establish Mer chants National Bank of Indianapolis ind., at the 134 banking outlets involved until the american express Effort to regain its contract is resolved. American express complaint centers around deficiencies in the Dod selection process Bank spokes Man William Russo said. The problems were revealed when Bank officials met with representatives of the Pentagon comptroller s office after the american express contract was not renewed he said. We went to a debriefing on Friday with the Dod to find out Why we lost the contracts Russo said and it arose at that meeting that while our service was considered excellent we have a 40-year history in the overseas banking business the selection process focused on retail banking in the United  Russo said his company never knew that Domestic banking was going to be a criteria and thai it was never mentioned in the Pentagon s original advertise ment for the banking contract. We feel that was a bit unfair to us he said. Merchants National Bank spokeswoman Lisa Hen Erickson said tuesday it s a Mailer Between Ameri can express and the department of defense. We understand it s not unusual for a protest to be filed. We re just in a wait and see attitude right  Hendrickson said Bank officials do not anticipate a delay in merchants Plant to begin serving Germany the Netherlands and Greece in february. John Barber of the Dod comptroller s office said it was premature to say whether merchants planned takeover of the european operations would be delayed. He said attorneys in the Pentagon s contracting of fice Are reviewing american express protest Ana the history of the selection process to determine if the complaint has any Merit. If the selection of merchants is Given a Green Light by the attorneys Dod will fight the protest he said. Until that review is completed he said it is futile to speculate on delays. American express is Best known Tor its worldwide charge card service but does not operate any Banks in the United Stales Russo said. He said that if the com Pany had been aware of the Domestic criteria ii could have demonstrated its Many financial operations. We have a lot of experience he said. One of our subsidiaries is Shearson Lehman Brothers our invest ment banking service. And of course we re experts i International banking and we own ids investors diversified services financial planning  american express attorneys expect the Issue to take about 90 Days to resolve. We expect to move this protest just As fast As in ego general accounting office procedures permit said Robert Savage vice chairman and chief operating officer. We Are not interested in a protracted debate on this  we Welcome Competition but we like to have it Ona level playing Field Russo said. Ii was admitted that our service was Good. Service really did t seem lobe the  Savage said american express has established tradition of providing the Besl possible service to Mili tary personnel stationed abroad and we believe we Arete Bank Best equipped to continue to do  the protest comes just Days after american express said it planned to pull out of overseas banking services within a year. Officials had indicated that without the Germany contract it would not be worthwhile for american express to continue operating its remaining overseas military banking facilities. Merchants was awarded the contract aug. 22. Do officials said merchants won the contract primarily because of is technical capabilities. Pilot from Page examination and treatment. Although suffering from sunburn and dehydration the Pilot s medical Condi lion was Good the Pentagon said. The sources said the Pilot had been flying an of Mirage Jet fighter and had participated in raids on iranian targets before he ditched at sea.1 according to the Pentagon the Pilot i flown ear Lier tuesday from the Guadalcanal to Shahri Janter National Airport in saudi Arabia where he was Over 10 the International red Crescent islamic counterpart of the  the Pentagon said the Pilot pm Vitoi resumed to Iraq because under item Aliph Taw the United slates is a Neutral parly in the. War Between Iran and Iraq and under the Genera convention cannot return downed airmen of either country to their Home. We have an obligation under International Law to ensure thai any member of the belligerent forces who is taken aboard one of our warships does not return to the hostilities the Pentagon said in its statement we had operational requirements of our own to meet and the saudi arabian Airfield provided the most suitable Neutral location for putting the Pilot ashore. We Are not privy to any specific actions which May have been planned or perhaps already undertaken by the International red Crescent social Jgr saudi Ara Bian authorities a Chardin we  the same thing if this had Ujj Para Ritari Pilot said one Pentagon source. Pentagon said in had been notified by the government of Iraq on aug. 30 that it was making a re Auest for humanitarian assistance and asking All Navy so i to keep a Lookout for a downed airman. The Navy ships assigned to the Middle East ice did not mount a special search Crew Mem Bers onite Guadalcanal spotted the nun Drifting in the High ssh during the tale afternoon on monday As he flashed a it ror Ai the ship it sources said. And Coupon on Page 12 of the stars and stripes