European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 16, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Paga 8 the stars and stripes wednesday december 16,1987 world today fog diverts air traffic from 2 Paris airports Paris up heavy fog settling Over the runways at to Paris airports obliged incoming flights 1o divert tuesday to other Fields As far away As Amsterdam Netherlands and London. Authorities Al orly Airport South of the Capi Tal said heavy fog Between 8 and 10 30 . Forced sin incoming nights from Singapore new York Algiers Algeria and other Points to divert to Amsterdam London and other alternate destinations. At Croissy Charles de Gaulle Airport North of Paris a flight due in from Tokyo was redirect Edlo Disseldorf West Germany while a scheduled London Paris night had to be cancelled. Afghan army turning to Kiwi to polish image London a the afghan army has taken a Shine to British shoe polish Kiwi products Ltd said monday it has received an order for i million tins of Boot Black from the afghan ministry of defense. Steve Mccormack manager of Kiwi s Huddersfield Plant said the order Means that afghan conscripts will be joining the armed forces of the United states France and Britain in using Kiwi to give their boots and shoes the Best Shine. The British armed forces have used Kiwi since world War t and buy More than 200,000pounds s 368,000 Worth annually. Mccormack said half the order would be filled in Britain and the other half by Kiwi s French Plant. Soldiers still have a to of spit and polish discipline Kiwi executive Richard cough was quoted As telling the daily Telegraph. They still use Kiwi Boot polish because it is the Best Way to obtain a Shine acceptable to the sergeant major Bald Eagle exhausted after trans Atlantic flight Dublin Ireland a a North american Bald Eagle has flown across he Atlantic Ocean and landed starving and exhausted on the South West coast of Ireland a wildlife Ranger said tues Day. It was the first Bald Eagle to be captured in Europe said Ranger Pat o Connell who has cared for the 6-Monin-old Bird since it was found nov. 18 by rangers 13 Miles Inland near Casl Weisland in county Kerry. The Bird originally thought to be a Golden Eagle was thriving on a diet of Venison and has gained in weight. It will be sent Back soon to Breeding ground in the United slates o Connell said. The Bald Eagle has a White feathered head and neck and is i i Nii Lionnil Emblem of he United Stales. An unconfirmed sighting of a Bald Eagle Over Anglo sea in West Wales was reported in 1978, o Connell said death penalty sought for suttee involvement new Delhi India a the government introduced legislation monday providing the death penalty for those convicted of aiding or glorifying suttee or the burning of widows the United news of India reported the Bill which is expected to pass because of the governing Congress party s overwhelming majority in parliament follows an outcry against the practice after an 18-year-old widow set herself ablaze on her husband s funeral pyre in september. The Bill provides for one year s imprisonment for an attempt to commit suttee and the death Penally or life imprisonment for abetting a Sut tee the news Agency said. People glorifying the practice by building temples or holding ceremonies will face up to seven years imprisonment it said. In the past people charged in suttee death shave been prosecuted under suicide Laws. The new Law is the first to specify punishments for suttee and is glorification. Dod challenged on policy of sending families overseas by Chuck Vinck Washington Bureau Washington the Senate has ordered the de sense department to draft a report about the number of family members allowed to accompany Active duty personnel overseas. In the defense appropriations Bill passed by the sen ate last week members of the Senate appropriation committee said they had become increasingly concerned about the Large number of family members overseas a special in Europe the number dependents in Europe is growing rapidly and now equals the number of . Troops stationed there said the report on the committee s Bill which was passed by the full Senate last week. The committee said thai in 1978, 234,492 dependents were living in Europe White by the beginning of1987, the amount had risen to 323,131, a 38 percent increase. About 325,000  not including 22,000 at sea wire stationed in Europe As of june. Their safety inc Jinni Ficano resources needed to evacuate them the Overall Cost of maintaining their presence overseas and its effect on the balance of pay ments Are All major consents the committee said. The defense department must Lake action to reverse this  the committee directed the Pentagon to provide a report by june 1 that considers restricting criteria for accompanied Tours and alternative deployment Strate gics such As adopting the Marine corps unit rotation concept Tor some army and air Force units in Europe. The Marine corps program for deploying troops overseas appears to save substantial pcs costs work year costs and provides unit cohesion and also mini mizes the number of . Dependents abroad the committee said. But a Pentagon official questioned the need for the report claiming it Flics directly in the face of congressional efforts o reduce the number of reassignment moves by letting military personnel slay overseas longer. Congress has been squeezing our pcs budget every year for the past few years Ana they keep telling us to reduce the number of rotational moves which we have done to a great degree be said. But if we Cut the number of accompanied Tours All that would be wasted because no one will want to stay  the commit acc appears to want the Pentagon to focus on the Marine corps unit rotation concept More than reducing accompanied ours the official said Congress is thinking along the lines of moving entire units overseas for six to eight months Al u Lime without families he said. The notion is that even if you moved Sam remembers More often in would still Cost less than moving entire families what with House hold goods shipments and everything  but that concept raises other issues he said. Will inc spouse and kids want to slay at one specific place in the slates when the sponsor goes overseas or will they want to go Back to their own families while the sponsor is gone we d have to pay for that move too. He also noted that another committee in Congress has told us to look at ways to increase the number of accompanied hours in Korea. So do we want to in crease the number of accompanied Tours overseas or decrease them Well provide the report but i think it s going to turn out to be a paper exercise he said. Well Proba Bly find that the Way to go is the Way we re going now keeping service members overseas for As Long As we can. Ant one of the main ways to do that is to keep them together with their families no nonsense smoke signals sent to Canadian personnel in Europe by Joseph Owen Stuttgart Bureau Lahr Germany the scene the .-Canadian Border. Reason for visiting the United states the . Customs officer asks. I m dying for a smoke pants a frazzled wild eyed Canadian. Behind them the Universal no smoking Symbol has replaced the Maple Leaf in the Flag flying Over the nearby Canadian customs House where a Square Jawed mountie holds an anguished american visitor upside Down by inc calves shaking cigarettes from his pock ets. That Calgary Alberta Herald editorial cartoon has been making the rounds at Canadian forces Europe bases where smokers Are finding out this month just How far Lucia government is going to confine their habit. A new Canadian Treasury Board policy gives administrators of Federal buildings unit Jan. J to establish designated smoking areas or if no such area i available to ban smoking altogether. That includes Canadian military buildings both on base and off base. Even buildings with smoking areas Are getting Only temporary reprieve As the policy Calls for a Tola smok ing ban in 1989. You re looking Al an inveterate smoker of 39 years two packs a Day said Canadian air Force it col. Bill j. Carruthers who As senior staff officer for personnel is responsible for putting the policy into effect Al Canadian military installations in Europe. He said As of tomorrow it la be a week that i Haven l smoked. Thai s How seriously i Lake the  Carruthers said the department of National de sense is exempting recreational facilities and restau rants from the policy although Many of them already Are required to segregate smokers from non smokers. On the other hand architectural limitations of some buildings such As air traffic control towers Al both Canadian forces base Lahr and cab Baden Solingen will prom i a total smoking ban there from the Start. The directive is quite Clear. If a smoking area cannot be identified you will not smoke Carruthers said. It s a Good policy there s no question about thai. It s going to convince lot of people like myself who were teetering to  Canadian forces Europe workers include about 7,500 military members 2,000 Canadian civilians and1,300 germans and other non canadians according to Ted while Side senior staff officer for cafe civilian personnel. The German workers will participate in the identification of the smoking rooms to be set up while Side said. For Many service members who smoke indoor work places had served As a Refuge from a Canadian Force policy which prohibits forces members from smoking in Public while in uniform. Technically the new policy also applies to the government owned or government leased military housing where those same service members live although authorities Don t plan to impose it on residents in their Homes the change has produced a mixed reaction among cafe personnel. As far As i m concerned i m allergic to smoking. I suffered at through my army life because of other people smoking said master Cpl. Robert Dallaire who is about to retire. He said the new policy is the biggest smoking policy change he s Ever seen in his 33 year career. But master Cpl. Gilles Tousignant a 20-year smoker who quit three years ago said the policy Short charges smokers rights. I think it it was the Only pollution we breathe in a Day we d be Well off Tousignant said. The people who get inc most disturbed by cigarettes Are people who used to smoke like  his wife Natalie Tousignant Lias smoked for the past seven years. As she enjoyed a cigarette outside the cafe he Exchange recently she called the policy very serious one army officer cast a forlorn glance Al the Bull filled ashtray on his desk then decided not to com ment. Johanne Richer Bonsant a trials clerk working at the cafe Legal adviser s office said that despite her initial misgivings about the policy she convinced her self it was worthwhile. Al the least it gives her added impetus to win the bet she made with a co worker when they Boih quit smoking two weeks ago. The first one to resume inc habit has to pay the other one i 500 Marks . J930she said. Alter All i thought in really docs injure your health she said adding that the policy can l be All that bad. Sometimes people have to be