European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 4, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes wednesday november 4. 1987 news updates a italia cancellations Rome a officials Ai Rome s Leonardo a Vinci Airport raid ground workers ended their strike monday against a italia air lines but the company announced additional Feighl cancellation. Slate run a italia said that be cause of missed maintenance caused by weeks or Wildcat strikes at airports across the nation til flights wiil be cancelled daily through Friday it said 41 of the nights arc Domestic and 20 arc on International routes. The airline cancelled 69 flights monday. Kal wins damages London a korean air lines on monday won substantial but undisclosed damages from a British newspaper the guardian for reporting that a civilian Airliner shot Down in soviet airspace in 1983, killing 169 peo ple was on a . Spying Mission. 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If we get a favourable response from the Field then we will put together a legislative package to try to get inc Law  major commands have until dec. I to comment on the proposal but the initial reaction has been positive according to set. Maj. Shelby marcs the army s senior retention no. The proposal would save time and paper work for individuals already committed o a career in the army he said it also adds prestige to being selected 4m 4pm 4bfl� 4pflk r 44amiltrdxn. 1 3d & Fil Muil Rrt re 50 arn4n� r �2 is la Xvi. 01 44 Iuno. P 4fi 6 a of Rel r h u bin m 44 41 conch in Mai i 4 41 far m it u 19 � rom. I m 94 Colw w t l w51 a Paul 0 Soho. P 4t 3s ova a 44 Toronto. A w m for promotion to the senior ranks he said during an interview at inc annual Usa eur retention conference this week in Marmisch. A similar concept was staffed Lam year but senior cos were sceptical of inc idea cares said. One of the concerns from the senior nip population was that they liked the feeling of having a definite ets expiration of term of service and being under 11 firm contract with the army he said. Under this proposal when a Soldier is selected for promotion to a senior Grade by the army s centralized promotion Board the Soldier also is selected for re Len lion up to that particular Grade s High year Point. By Law service members in the three senior no grades Are capped on years of Active service at 24 years 27 years and 30 years respectively. Within 30 Days after pinning on the rank the Soldier would re enlist for the period left and his ets would automatically be established at that 24, 27 or 30 Yean Point marcs said. It will Uve time on the Soldier s part and paperwork on the army s part one concern raised concerning the proposal was the question of Quality screening if a Soldier has a Long term contract cares said. Soldiers Are Mak ing e-7 at about the i Lycar Point which would mean a re Calis Lenl for roughly 13 years. Of it is adopted however then still would be provision for separating non performers he said. The Soldier can t hide behind the program he said. If approved by the army the proposal still would have to be staffed through defense department channels became the Law capping re enlistment lengths affects All services Vail said. The tossed it could be taken to Congress would be with the fiscal 1989 author ipalion act. That would make it effective with the e 7 promotion Board that convenes next october. Crash kills go soon after arrival in Europe Ansbach Germany is a 1starmd div Soldier in Germany Only a matter of hours died when a tractor Trai Ler struck the vehicle he was Riding in about if. Miles cast of Bamberg a Divi Sion spokesman said tuesday. Pvt. William j. Kerstein jr., in of co a 3rd in 35th Armor in Bamberg was killed and three other soldiers were injured one seriously in the thursday Accident said maj. John l.  vehicle was struck by a trac Tor trailer passing a truck near runs Ladt. Kerstein was pronounced dead at the scene by a German doctor. Shea . 4 Joseph e. Vrendenburg 22, from the same unit and also a Passen Ger in the vehicle was seriously injured. He was taken to a German hos Pital in Bamberg for emergency surgery. Vrendenburg was moved to Wuerzburg University Hospital tues Day morning where he remained in stable condition Shea said. Two others from the same unit. Including the Driver of he car Luaa Jned minor injuries and were taken to the army Hospital in Bamberg where the were treated and released. Kerstein a native of Nowell Iowa is survived by his parents William j. And Diane e. Kerstein Shea said. He had signed in with his unit thursday. The Driver of the German truck we not injured. Elite British guards confined to Barracks in assault probe London up about j50 of Britain s elite guards were con fined to their Barracks near Buckingham Palace tuesday in an Effort to Clear up an alleged ease of assault on a Young recruit a defense ministry spokesman said. The action against the 2nd in of the cold Stream guards the oldest regiment of the British army revealed what is Only the latest of a 9eries of reports of bullying and brutality in the British armed  a base in Germany four members of the King s own Borderers Are on trial for brutalizing another Soldier in an initiation ceremony. Similar cases have aroused Public concern. A labor party member of parliament Jack Ashley praised the com Mander of the 2nd Coldstream in i. Col. Miles Frisby for acting against the men who allegedly dragged a recruit from his bed three times and beat him up. The army has been condoning bullying and brutality for far too Long Ashley charged. This is the first decisive step taken and i Welcome it. I believe we should have a full and immediate inquiry an the appointing of an Independent ombudsman to Deal with Tuch  the member of parliament said he had received so letters sad Many phone Calls complaining of cases of bullying within the army. He Aid the cases involved kicking beating burning stripping forcing Heads under water and facing recruits into pots of excrement. It s appalling. Last week in parliament  of the armed forces Roger Freeman said that bullying would not be tolerated and that All com Manders had been ordered to investigate any allegations of bullying. The battalion of the Coldstream guards formed in 16s9 was confined to Wellington Barracks which is located near Buckingham Palace. Despite the order a detachment of the men was sent to perform tuesday s changing of the guard at the Palace. Pilot in near collision arraigned los Angeles a an Amy private who allegedly piloted a Small plane too close to president Reagan s helicopter last summer was arraigned monday on charges of submitting false statements to govern ment agents. However Ralph William Myers j3, entered no plea because the judge to whom the Case was assigned was out of town. An attorney for Myers said he expects his client will plead innocent when he appears before . District judge Manuel real Nel monday. . Attorney Robert Bonner announced detail of the two count Federal indictment last month saying that Myers was accused of lying them he accidentally penetrated resigned Raf identifies 2 pilots killed in crash of harriers London a two fighter Pilot an american and a briton killed in a midair Colli Sion Over Northeast England were identified tuesday As . Navy it. John Robert Carver and Royal air Force flight it. David Robin Sunderland. The Raf said both pilots killed monday Dur ing a nato exercise were based at Cule Loh Germany a British base. Carver a married Man from Milwaukee wi., was rearing the end of a two year to change port ing with the Royal air Force and had been due to return Home soon an Raf statement said. The pilots were killed when their so minion Raf harrier jump jets collided on the Oner Burn Range in Northumberland. They were taking part in exercise Mallet blow. It involves warplanes from Britain Ger Many Canada and the United Stales and n de signed to allow Low flying aircraft to attack ground targets. Of m  Brill a log. A i Ion Leo Jim a Molly to loudly i _. To investigators when he told the airspace Over the president s ranch in the mountains near Santa a Jerba new commander named to head 1st inf div fwd Goeppinger Germany Brig. Gen David a Armstrong has been named to replace Brit ceo. To. A. Renner As commander of the i St inf div fwd the division announced tuesday. A 1962 graduate of the . Military Academy i West Point Armstrong ii assistant division commander of the 5tn inf div Mech at fort Polk la. Renner commander Tince August 1986, will become director of military personnel management in the of fice of the Deputy chief of staff for personnel at in Pentagon. No Date has been set for the change Oscor Roand. India computer pact Chelmsford mass. Up Apollo computer inc. A leading worldwide supplier of Cora Puter work stations has reached agreement with Hal Ltd. Of India to manufacture the unit in India