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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 5, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes saturday septembers 1q87 Marine copter crashes during training killing 4 san Clemente. Calif. Four marines were killed when a military helicopter crashed during night training military officials at the amp Pendl Clon Marine base said. The identities of the victims in thursday night s crash were withheld pending notification of relatives said maj. Tom Mitchell a spokes Man Al the base in Northern san Diego county the Marine corps helicopter crashed about9 15 . In a Remote Inland area of the base called Case Springs mining area he said the helicopter was participating in routine night training at the Lime of inc mishap Milch Ell said the cause of the crash was under investigation he said. He said the helicopter had been based at the Marine corps As in Muslin calif., and was attached to Marine medium helicopter so 164. Air Force identifies victim of fatal Accident b1tburg a Germany is the air Man who died after a motorcycle Accident thursday Between Pitburg and Toner was senior airman Steven m. Day 23, of the 36th equip ment Maint so. Day who joined the air Force in november 1983, died in route to the Hospital after his motorcycle struck a German truck said base spokeswoman Tina Corcoran. The Long Island ., native is survived by his father James e. Day of Farmingdale  And his Mother Leona Day of Nelville  Thank you note makes Soldier feel 10 feet tall Dordrecht Netherlands a Young wis Consin army National guard military police Man says he feels id feet tall after receiving note from an elderly dutch Man. Pfc. Lee h. Martin a Waukesha wis., native who is with the 32nd military police co said the dutch Man approached the Entrance to the a forger 87 Driver holding area tuesday on a purple bicycle. After the Man circled near the Gate several times each time edging closer mar tin motioned for the Man to Stop. The Man then passed a Handwritten note to Martin. Loosely translated the note read to the american army thank you Vicy much for being Here and for your help during the liberation years of 1940-1945. With sympathy we think about the americans who died and the families who lost their loved ones. Friendly greeting from All the people of Dordrecht and a nether Landers except a  demonstrators had protested the presence of . Soldiers the previous Day Al the  the note made me fee 10 feel Tail and extremely proud to be an american Martin said. Martin 21 said he is a world War h history Buff and is Well read on the historical settings in the Netherlands. The dutch Ait some of the Friend lies people t have met f find this duty very exhilarating. I Nave a Good feeling about the  rust gets 4 years continued from Page 1 hooliganism. Tikhomirov gave rust the stiffest sen tence four Yean for the charge of malicious hooliganism the one charge of three that rust had , most of All was governed by adventurism intentions the judge said. He was striving for popular Ity and self advertisement rust received a two year sentence for violating the soviet Border and three Yean for breaking International flight rules. The. Sentence arc to be served  Vladimir Andreyev had asked for an eight year term and rust s soviet defense attorney Vsevolod Yakovlev had sought the minimum sen tence of a Fine or one year in labor  told the packed courtroom that Testi Mony from a West Gentian tourist and rust s Lack of social activity before the flight showed he was guilty of malicious hooliganism the tourist said in written testimony submitted thursday that rust told him shortly after he landed on red Square that he had made the flight for the Sake of joke rust denied he said  judge also noted that rust never before took part in social action and was far removed from poli tics before he made his flight. Rust has been jailed at Moscow s Lefo Tovo prison since May 28, right after ending his unhindered flight from Helsinki Finland by buzzing Lenin s mausoleum and other Kremlin landmarks then setting Down on crowded red  flight in a single engine Cessna created head lines around the world and made him a Folk hero incest Germany. But it embarrassed the Kremlin and caused a military shakeup including the dismissal of the air defense forces commander and the forced Resig nation of defense minister Sergei l. Sokolov rust said he sought East West disarmament and an audience with soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev but prosecutor Andreyev said he wanted Only cheap  Andreyev accused rust of endangering hundreds of passengers on airliners rearing Moscow s Sheremetyev International Airport Ana said there could have been a dangerous International incident if soviet forces had shot him Clown arson suspected in 5 Pitburg blazes Pitburg a Germany is three fires broke out on base about 1 . Friday bringing to five the number of suspected arsons in the past six  Early morning fires Friday caused structural damage to a dormitory occupied by Bury a 6th ,56th air defense arty. All 54 people living in the building returned to the facility after the fire was extinguished said base spokeswoman Tina Corcoran one firefighter was treated at the base Hospital for dehydration and returned to duly within an hour she said the other two fires were in a trash can in the base Post office and in a dumpster in a parking lot. Neither caused any damage. Officials also Are investigating a fire in a base Dormi tory july 19 that damaged linens carpeting and furnishings. On aug. 23, a lire in base billeting forced the evacuation of residents in 19 rooms. The building suffered smoke damage in that  Force office of special investigations officials have released two composite drawings of people who were seen near the two previous fires. One was a Black male 20 to 25 years old about 6 feet tall and of slim build with a thin Mustache. The other was a White male 20 to 25 years old with Brown or Blond hair and Brown eyes. The two men seen i toeing the scene at Slot org a. Os1 asks thai anyone who was on base Between 1 1p.m. Thursday and 1 . Friday and has any information concerning the fires to Call ets 453-7880 or civilian 0656 1-61-7880. Convoys will snarl Northern highways Muenster Germany is military convoys will tie up most major roadways near Muenster this weekend As reformer troops move toward the Fiel training exercise area North of Hannover. A German army spokesman said the a-43 autobahn North of the Ruhr District will Cany heavy traffic this weekend. The communities of due men Graven Andreine All to the East of Muenster were described As focal Points for this weekend s military traffic a spokesman for the German automobile club adar in Dortmund cautioned motorists to watch out for mud Slick roadways and slow moving tracked vehicles. Nighttime driving requires particular caution with poorly lighted slow moving tracked vehicles on the roads he said. The German vacation season has ended which Willease the traffic situation this weekend the adar spokesman  frequencies of radio stations that give regular traffic updates Are posted along the Auto banns. Under standing the traffic bulletins requires Little More than a knowledge of the German numeral system and pronunciation of the cities and towns. Fair from Page i sound. Of what a picture. And speaking of pictures what about camera that need no film Canon has a still video camera rc-701 that can take Standard Canon lenses with a special adapter. The camera is Noton display to the general Public but Bernhard Ortner demonstrated the sys tem s capabilities in a room behind the Canon Booth. This whole system was developed forthe press Ortner said the color picture is stored on a video floppy disk about 2inches by 2 inches that fits into the Back of the camera and is capable of holding50 pictures. It is reusable and the Indus try has agreed to standardize the disk. The picture transmitted to the disk a finished product. No developing no chemicals. The Canon system requires a still video recorder to Art the image onto a television screen. Casio has a still vide camera on display at its Booth thai is a Complete unit All that is needed is Cable Hookup to the television. Both sys tems require a Printer to make the Pic Ture. And As far As Sharpness is concerned the electronic cameras have a Way to go. In conventional photography Sharp Ness is discussed in terms of Grain. In electronic photography Sharpness is determined by pixels. The Casio vs-101 camera expected on the european Market Early next year can put Down a picture with a density of280,000 pixels according to Hansgerd Pflugbeil product manager. About a half million Pixel density will give a Pic Ture comparable to traditional still photography he said. The Canon camera can put down380,000 pixels Ortner said. The Canon system also features a transceiver that allows news photographer to slip in the picture Wiik press a Button and Send the picture through a Telephone line where another transceiver picks up the  disk can produce 50 color pictures. Push the monochrome Button on the transceiver and the pictures become Black and White. Casio Hopes 10 Market ill 2.2-Poundcamera for about 11,100, and Pflugbeil said it would be made available to the army and air Force Exchange service. Another $1,100 should buy the Printer he said. The Canon system transceivers aside with camera a 1 1.2 ll-66nun Lens and adapter costs $4,400, the rr-s5i still recorder costs 13,000. The Casio and Canon cameras have motor drives. The anon is capable of 10 frames per Sec Ond and the Casio five frames per Sec Ond. Despite the electronic future All is no lost for nostalgia Buffi Wurlitzer decided to celebrate 40yean of existence by Reint Nhudng its classic 1015 Jukebox first produced in1946. Today s Venia costs $5,800 and features a cassette player. The cassette Cut in when the Money stops dropping in the record Section of tie  How about a Clear plastic version of the old wooden radios shaped like a inverted u with a single speaker in the Middle Nintemann electronics of Osna Brueck will sell 7011 one with Blue and red Neon tubes inside for Between $330and $380. Art Deco does t come cheap. Nor apparently does Progress  
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