European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 14, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes monday december 14.1987 3 injured in blast at Rhein main rhe1n-main a. Germany Sas three Ger Man employees were injured sunday morning when an improperly abandoned explosive training device a Cal off in the break room of the military Airlift come passenger terminal a base spokesman said. No americans were injured said i. Col. Patrick Paloncy Rhein main Public affairs officer. The injured were treated Tor minor injuries at the medical clinic at Frankfurt International Airport. The explosion or the Small training device which occurred at approximately 11 . Delayed one Mac flight departure for a Short Lime while the passenger terminal was evacuated but otherwise night operations were not disturbed Maloney said. The device blew a Hole about 4 inches in diameter through the lop of a wooden table scattering Wood frag ments sandwiches and paper around the Small room. The device was improperly abandoned Maloney said. Paloncy said air Force investigators did not yet know the exact Type of device that exploded or the Nerit had been left intentionally in the first floor break room. It originally was put m the break room s trashcan then moved to the table he said. It was t processed for shipment he said. Security police allowed motorists to enter the base which is Busy this time of year with Christmas shoppers and Holiday travellers immediately after the explosion but they temporarily slopped exit from the base. Air Force officials will continue to investigate the incident Maloney said. He declined to release any other information. News briefs heating Oil from Tanker pollutes 40 Miles of Danube Passau West Germany a about 10,400 Gallons of heating Oil leaked from a yugoslav Tanker into the Danube polluting a 40-mile stretch of the River in Northern Austria police reported saturday. They said the yugoslav Captain told investigators he had not been aware that his ship s tanks had developed a leak. The Tanker was sailing upstream to pasta and the leak was discovered Only when the ship docked in the Danube port late Friday police said. Authorities immediately informed austrian officials and deployed ships and other floating barriers on the River to prevent the Slick making landfall. Rites at Arlington Honor Gander crash victims Arlington a. A families and friends of the . Soldiers whose plane crashed two years ago in a snowy Canadian Forest Gath ered saturday at Arlington National cemetery to remember the dead. About so people assembled before a Row of Graves in the Cool sunny morning to Honor the 256 victims of the dec. 12. 1985, crash at Gander. Newfoundland a plane carrying a contingent of the loll re turning Home for Christmas after six months of peace keeping duty in Egypt s Sinai desert plunged into the Woods and exploded in flame after Refu Lingat Gander. Sunday s pro football Green Bay 16. Mkt Sou 10buruta 2/ inapt Nipom 3 of Rulana 38. Cd Boninti a Elj Lemon dim it Haw on Tiiu 24, Houston 10hn Enmund a h mis 10 hum 2b.  10 t classified advertising Coupon on Page ii of advertising insert visiting an Accident victim in Cairo Suzanne Mobarie wife of egyptian president Honsl Mubarik Chals with 8-year-old Moham med Nusair id a Cairo Hospital. Mohammad ii one of 67 san Tow of a collision Friday Between a train and a bus loaded with schoolchildren. The a the Oil in the crash climbed to 64 sunday. The government has launched an investigation into the Accident. Pilot from Page 1 military education and career broadening positions not requiring rated  As a result of such conflicting goals the air Force can rarely produce the exact number of pilots it needs each year nor can it maintain a stable combat ready Force the congressional Agency said. For example the air Force does t consider a fighter Pilot experienced until he has 500 hours in his aircraft. Accumulating 500 hours of flying experience usually takes about 2 a years in an operational unit shortly after hat time the Pilot is often transferred o a new assignment. As a result Many fighter aircraft positioned in strategic locations throughout the world Are being flown by pilots he air Force considers inexperienced. For example of 607 f-15 and f-16 pilots assigned tothe alaskan european and Pacific Heaters in february 1987, j 0, or about is percent were inexperienced while limiting its recommendations to the Call fora new study the Gap did suggest the most Coil effective approach to increasing experience Levels and reducing flight school enrolments would be to encourage More re enlistments. And when it comes to re enlistments a Large majority of airline pilots did not remain air Force pilots because of perceived limited opportunities of spending a successful career of flying in the air Force the Gad said citing a 1981 study by the service. Belgium from Page 1 voting talks to form a new government Belgium s 35th since world War ii will be difficult. The next parliament is to make sweeping changes in the Constitution to give More autonomy 10 Flanders Belgium s dutch speaking Northern half and Wallo Nia the French speaking Southern Region. The changes Are considered necessary to end the ancient bickering Between dutch and French speak ers. Since 1980, the two regions have had limited Powers of autonomy in regional economic social and cultural matters. The next parliament May Transfer education from the National government to the regional administrations and create a special court to resolve linguistic disputes. It was a language dispute the refusal of the Mili Tant francophone mayor of a flemish farming Village to speak dutch As required by Law that brought Down the government oct. 19. The same argument paralysed Martens government in october 1986, but the Issue was temporarily resolved that time. The main political parties favor making Belgium a More Federated state put the country s two linguistic Camps hold differing views on How to achieve i. Ski from Page 1 defensive weapons and Congress docs not i Don t know How free you can be of nuclear weapons Shultz lectured a danish journalist at a news Confer ence earlier sunday in Copenhagen after a series of top level meetings with danish leaders. The problem is the soviet Union has nuclear weapons and they can  them at you. What counts is where they hit and we ure involved in an Alliance and we hang together or land together As we stand up for Freedom and our values  was asked about a proposed nordic nuclear free zone that would include the scandinavian countries and is supported by the danish opposition social democratic  the Jast 40 years there has t been any War in Europe. Why Shultz asked at the news conference held Al the . Embassy it s because nato got organized and had a deterrent capability and that deterrent capability included most importantly a nuclear deterrent. Thai i what kept the peace remember  Shultz and danish foreign minister Zufle Elleman Jensen saturday discussed the conservative government proposal 10 increase defense spending. On sunday he toured Kronberg Castle where William Shakespeare set the play