European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 2, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes wednesday december 2,1987 news updates mrs. Ford Bock Home Rancho Mirage Calif. A former first lady belly Ford returned 10 her Home in Good condition after Hoopii actuation for quadruple coronary bypass sur Gery a spokeswoman said Mon Day. She s at  Penny Circle chief of staff for former president Gerald Ford said. She s doing very Well. The president is wish  on nov. 20, mrs. Ford 69, underwent quadruple coronary by pass surgery and an operation 10 Clear her Righi carotid artery. Death threat probe Greenville . A the Fri has completed its investigation of alleged death i reals Boru jux klan members against Jesse Jackson and will turn the re sults Over 10 the Justice depart ment an agent said monday. A genl Charlie Sheppard said he could not discuss details of his to week investigation and said he did not know if any arrests would result. 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It might have been Ona memo somewhere As an idea that maybe should be floated same time inthe future but when you have tight Bud gets a lot of far fetched ideas for saving Money Are floated. That does t mean we follow through on  the army has no plans at this time to withdraw a division from Europe said it. Col. Bill Mulvey an army spokesman at the Pentagon. Gen. Car Vuono army chief of staff told reporters recently that he has no plans to alter or reduce the divisional Structure of the army because such a move would critically undercut combat readiness. 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N.y., up to full strength by 1990. Both divisions Are a about one third of their full strength. U. Col. Robert Mcdowell a spokes Man for the army in Europe said his command knew nothing about the re port. A member of Mcdowell staff termed it highly  the command s combat divisions in clude the 1st and 3rd army division Sand the 3rd inf div and St inf div Mech. Officials with All four divisions had no comment on the report. The Ber Lin brigade two armoured cavalry regi ments and brigade elements of the i is inf div Mech and 2nd army div also Are under Usa eur control. A source on the International staff at shape Belgium questioned the re port s accuracy and doubted whether such a move if contemplated could take place any time in the near future. It would Lake a tremendous amount of Lime he said. Something like that gets started in the shape political committee. First there would be rumours then More rumours then perhaps a politician would say something lending it l Little credence. That s the Way things Are done Here. And there certainty Haven t been any  even if the army wanted to bring Home a division approval from Congress would be needed. Staffers with theh Ohst end Skinlo Armel services committees said ifs unlikely such a move would be approved despite the Cost Sav Ings that might result. Every so often a congressman will cell for a reduction in . Strength i Europe and in never goes anywhere said one staffer. He Admill cd however thai an official request from the army forwarded to Congress through the administration would have a different Ca Chet to it such a proposal coming from the administration would be carefully scrutinized the staffer said. I would t want to predict How it would go he said. But i can say Sihau the last time a Vole on culling our strength in Europe was taken on the House floor about iwo years ago it a shot Down by a margin of More than two to  talk of cutting . Troop strength in Europe also would provoke a Hail of criticism from government officials in nato nations the staffer said. 2 Berlin military duty trains stopped by grappling Hooks on Power lines byjoe Mapother by Nerbonn Bora Bremen grappling Boob Strung Cross Power lines stopped . Military trains in route to Berlin on saturday and sunday at Points five Miles apart rail Way and military spokesmen Laid tues Day. The grappling Hooks damaged Power masts on both locomotive and both trains had to be towed to railway stations near Bremen a German Federal rail ways spokesman said. There were no in juries to passengers he  military duty trains were delayed one hour saturday and More than i v hours sunday a military1 spokesman said. The passenger train makes nightly trips to Berlin. Several civilian passenger trains also were delayed according to the railway spokesman. Initial damage estimates to each of the locomotive were in the $6,0001019,000 Range the railway spokesman said. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack he said. In late August a military duty train in route from Frankfurt to Berlin was the apparent target of a bomb blast thai exploded beneath a German freight train North of Kassel. The duty train had pulled Over to allow the freight train to Pui ahead of it increased Security thai included re routing the duty trains and covering their official markings until the Minini crossed into East Germany went into effect Fol lowing the bombing. The train cont Noe to Travene West Germany wit the markings covered. In february the Bremer Viaven Bertin train was stopped by a pair of Marine anchors Strung Over Power lines near Achim near the location of the sunday incident. Air Force begins decontamination of dioxin tainted soil in Mississippi Gulfport miss. A the air Force has started burning 13,000 ions of dioxin contaminated soil at he naval construction battalion Center Here and it s a purification process that won t be finished until May. The highly toxic chemical leaked into the soil from More than 17,000 barrets of the defoliant agent Orange. The barrels were stored at the base in the late 1960s and Early 1970s. Maj. Terry Stoddart the air Force s project manager said air Quality will be tested continuously while the soil is de contaminated. Is have an ambient air monitoring Proe Arn that will measure anything that May be released by what we do Stod Dart said monday from Tyndall fab Fla. Well be monitoring 24 hours a Day seven Days a  Stoddart said work began wednesday with contaminated soil being heated to 2,200 degrees fahrenheit to break Down the dioxin. Dioxin is a byproduct of agent Orange which lome medical expert shave linked to skin disease birth defects cancer and other health problems. More than 18 million Gallons of agent Orange were sprayed in and around com Bat areas in South Vietnam until the defoliant was banned in 1971. The Drums were headed to Southeast Asia but we could t use them so they were stored at the base Stoddart said. Injured airman Dies in Hospital at Trier f in stick i p p Span Dahlem a Germany is an airman injured in an octo Ber Accident on the base flight line has died in a Trier Hospital a base spokeswoman said tuesday. . Donna Mclaughlin 21. 52nd equipment maim so. Was injured in the oct. 15 Accident when she was pinned Between a Low vehicle and trailer that she was trying to connect tech. Sgt. Judy Ditlefsen said tuesday. Mclaughlin died saturday. The Accident investigation conducted by the 52nd tac fighter Wing safety office revealed that the brakes failed on the towing vehicle. Mclaughlin bad been hospitalized in Trier wifi multiple fractures and inter Nal injuries and subsequently died of infection related to her injuries due Fin said. Medical officials were wailing of her condition to improve before Transfer ring her into a military Hospital Mclaughlin of Independence ky., has been in the air Force since May 198i. She is survived by her husband. Senior airman Kenneth to Mclaughlin 52nd component repair so at Span Dahlem