European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 23, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes wednesday september 23,1987 news updates tank being painted Fostoria Ohio up a Scy Hcan Oil Lank Hal Drew thou Sands of curious people Las sum Mer alter someone reported seeing the image of Jesus Christ on in is being painted. A spokesman for the Archer Daniels Midland co. Said monday the Lank is being covered with a red primer before it receives a final coat of White Pai no. The Lank attracted nationwide interest to this Community of 16,000 located 35 Miles South of Toledo and the throngs of onlookers caused massive traffic jams each night on Fostoria s West Side during most of August. The image later was marred by a Man who threw several Parl filled balloons onto the Lank. Oregon strike Salem. Ore. A More than 3,000 state employees stayed away from work monday As their strike widened to include some of the slate s biggest agencies a Brief negotiating session be tween the state and the Oregon Public employees Union on Mon Day produced no apparent Prog Ress. \ slate tally showed 3.260 Union members were off the Job on the sixth Day of the strike. That meant 78 percent of the Union covered employees still were work ing Down from the High of 87 per cent when the strike began last wednesday. Temperatures a n a to n win in european weat Fer Al Wing tag map of duper Fly. Hua Wop in Bun to m40f a Dpt i w Iii new. A to upper Toi n Cwm m Hutch a a i of ton n m term Elk no Ute i n Tow to n n Iun so it Timur my t7 14 of Kmic Tonuu Root 4 to n a him Al it us omit of off Bah we cml try h1 a i. I a u Uoka. I so 41 do. In to Wax d 7 to mar. . Textile Industry inadequate for wartime army study finds bar William j. Bartman Washington Bureau Washington the United Stales could not produce enough uni forms shoes tents and protective Chemi Cal equipment to equip a wartime Force an army study say. The report from he Industrial College of the armed forces at fort Mcnair va., has prompted alarm on Capitol Hill where legislators have been working on a Bill de signed to shield the nation s textile and apparel industries from foreign Competition it is time thai we ensure that uncontrolled imports do not undermine our textile and apparel manufacturing base Andi jeopardize the National Security of the United states House armed services investigations subcommittee chairman Bill Nichols d-ga.,-said on the House floor last week. The study by it. Col. Joseph w. Ker Nolc warned that if the . Textile Industry continues at its present rate of decline in five to 10 years it would be so damaged by imports that meeting the requirements of wartime mobilization would be impossible. Scr Nolc said Battle uniforms and critical Field equipment ought to be made in the United states because the nation cannot rely on imports in War. There it serious doubt that Vietnam production Levels could be met today Kernodle wrote. There will he no doubt if the Industry is permitted to disappear like the Domestic shoe  he cited these trends 80 percent of the footwear sold in the United slates today is imported. Most tents sold in the nation Are produced outside the country. Fewer than 12 Domestic companies produce tells for the military. Of the 500 Appart manufacturers identified for military production 80 went out of business in 1985 alone. There arc Onty four manufacturers of protective clothing. Fifty such manufacturers employing so workers each would be needed Tor mobilization. Nichols and rep. Frank Honor r n.v., used the report Loback up their support of legislation that would protect the u.5. Textile and apparel Industry thai Bill has passed the House and faces a Senate Vole soon. There Are simply no acceptable substitutes for textile products Horton said in the House. Not a truck could Roll not a plane could Fly not a Soldier could March without . Textile apparel and footwear  Horton said the Pentagon lists More than 300 key combat related items provided by the textile and apparel industries such As chemical protective suits and Gas masks As Well As simple pants and Shim. There Are also non traditional uses of textiles in such things As grenades bombs fuel cells for helicopters and air planes parachutes and processed Materi als for the stealth bomber and fighter and other aircraft including the Apache helicopter and the f-15, Horton said. . Admiral accuses North Korea of plotting to disrupt 88 olympics Panmunjom North Korea up communist North Korea has embarked on a sinister and dangerous plot to disrupt inc 1988 olympics a . Military official said tuesday add ing that such action would Brand North Korea As an outlaw  we know what you Are up to Selling the stage for serious incidents you Hope will undermine the 1938 Seoul olym pics said rear . William t. Pond Fey commander of . Naval forces Korea. The unc while working extra hard to ensure thai tension is not increased remains ready to defeat any acts of aggression that you May try Pendley told his North korean counterpart maj. Gen. I Taeho a the truce Village 35 Miles North of Seoul. North Korea called tuesday s meeting the 439lh of the military armistice command to complain of unc violations of the truce that has Kepi a fragile peace on this Peninsula since the end of the korean War on july 27,1953. Negotiations Between South Korea. North Korea and the. International olympic committee on sharing the olympics arc deadlocked. Go suspected in death of another Soldier d Amberg Germany Sis Mili tary police tuesday were holding a sol Dier in connection with the stabbing death of another Soldier sunday at a gravel pit near Breien Gressbach about Jin Miles North of Bamburg. A 2nd army Cav regt Soldier was pronounced dead at the army Hospital in Bamburg sunday a Community spokeswoman said tuesday. A Soldier assigned to the 92nd engr in in Bamburg was arrested by Ger Man police at Ine scene of the incident and turned Over to military authorities. A German police spokesman in Bam Borg said the twp men and two women were having a picnic at the Lake in the gravel pit when an argument apparently broke Oul. The women and one of the men ran away. The other Man chased them in his car jumped Oul and Slabbed the first Man in the heart. The . Army criminal investigation come is investigating the incident the spokeswoman said. She declined to identify either Man. Navy investigating deaths of 2 sailors found on ship Norfolk a. A the  is investigating the deaths of two sailors whose bodies were found in a Remote compartment of their ship shortly after the vessel left port to begin Maneu vers off the coast. Officials have been unable to determine if the deaths were Acci dental or the result of foul play. The identities of the men were being withheld until relatives Are notified said la. Cmdr. John Lloyd a spokesman for the Atlantic Fleck surface Force. The to enlistees were among 350 Crew members on the guided missile Cruiser Thomas a Gates a newly commissioned ship that arrived in Norfolk on aug. 31 Tram Philadelphia. The sailors bodies were discovered monday by a crewman sent to Check on equipment in an adjacent compartment Lloyd said. No cause of death has been determined. Autopsies were to be per formed by the Virginia state medical examiner s office in Norfolk. The gales commanding officer capt. Robert Sultan ordered the ship to return immediately to its pier at the Norfolk naval base where a Gnu of the naval investigative service began the investigation. Sale of Hawks to Spain ok1 d Washington a the Pentagon notified Congress on Mon Day that it has approved a 322 million Sale of Hawk anti aircraft missiles to Spain assuming there Are no congressional objections Spain would be allowed to procure 50 ground to air Hawk missiles along with spare pans and contractor support. The transaction will be overseen by the . Army and the prime com Ractor will be Ray icon co. Of Andover mass. Go in Good condition following Auto Accident Ansbach. Germany the private injured in an Accident Friday near Ansbach was in Good condition in the army Hospital in Nuernberg tuesday a 3rd support come spokesman said pvt 2 Tammi Hajjo of the 596th Maint co in Darmstadt was injured when the commercial Utility cargo vehicle she was driving blow a tire and veered across autobahn 6, said Cape. De Gribbins. He did not d is close the Type of injuries she suffered. A passenger in the vehicle. Spec. 4 Edward mat hits of the 5s 6h Maint co in Mannheim was treated and released Friday. Two German soldiers were killed and a third injured when the army vehicle struck their car. Memorial services changed for Auto Accident victim Ansbach. Germany the memorial services for spec. 4 Billy Ray Pinson have been changed to 11 . Monday at the Katterbach Chapel. Pinson 29, was killed in a one car Accident sept. It near Nuernberg according to German police. Pinson was driving West on Highway b-14 six Miles Southwest of Nuernberg when he apparently lost control of his car and ran into a House