European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 18, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes Friday december 18,1987 i its briefs Torrejon Pilot ejects before his Al 6 crashes Madrid. Spain a so the pile of an f 16 assigned to inc -401st tac fighter Wing at Torrejon a ejected As his aircraft crashed cast of the Spanish capital thursday Safe officials Siirid. Col. Edward v. Mangis 44, was returned to the base in excellent condition thursday said la. Col. James Dilda a u5afe spokesman. The crashed Al it was a single scat Jet. The crash occurred near the Lown of Pastrana,37 Miles cast of Madrid about 2 ., according to a statement released by the . Embassy in Madrid. The aircraft had just left Torrejon on a training Mission when the crash occurred. The Sci was one " 11 fight cars at Torr Jon 12 Mill s ram the capital thai Spain has asked the United states to withdraw from Spanish territory. Air Canada strike ends Frankfurt service resumes Frankfurt is air Canada will re sume full night service today ending a four week strike Hal started when 2.300 ground workers in Montreal Vancouver Olla a and Toronto walked Oft he Job. An agreement was reached monday Between air Canada and the International association of machinists which represents 8,500 members details on the agreement which is to be signed next week were not available thursday said Gunther trip Ger Central Europe s air Canada spokesman. The workers were seeking belter pension pro Grams he said. Negotiations had been under Way for about month when inc mechanics ramp attendants air Craft cleaners cargo agents and baggage handlers in Canada Walke Joff i Ejob. When air Canada refused to let the workers return to their jobs the machinists Union decided to escalate the strike. Canada s transportation minister acted As mediator Between parties trs Germaid. Hahn airman 22, gets three years for larceny Hahn a. Germany an airman Fini class was sentenced thursday to three years confine ment on six charges of larceny. In a general court martial by judge alone a i a. Patrick d. Mcbride 22, of the 50th Secu Rity police so was found guilty of six counts of larceny one count of fraudulent claim and one count of making a false official statement said sol. Paul d. Richard a Hahn spokesman. Mcbride also was reduced in rank to �.1, directed to forfeit All pay and allowances and Given a dishonourable discharge. . Congratulates Roh Washington a the state department thursday congratulated South korean president elect Roh tac woo and said it hoped the government and people peacefully resolve any disputes Over election procedures. Department spokesman Charles Redman said .officials had noted opposition charges of widespread fraud in vote counting and election procedures. These arc matters which must be dealt with by the korean people by peaceful Means and As fairly and quietly As possible so that the process of reconciliation can proceed Redman said. He said the . Government was unable to make any Independent judgment on the Validity of . The korean people arc the ones who Are going to make these kinds of judgments Redman said. He was asked whether . Officials were concerned that Roh had been elected with Only a plurality and that most koreans had voted Tor an alternative to the ruling democratic Justice party i really Don t have any comment Redman said. The election was Sci up. It was arranged As provided founder the Constitution. It was carried out in that Way. And the Winner is Delco mind in accordance with those  Bradley from Page 1 through water. The Bradley has been plagued by prob lems with its capability in water. According to testimony by Fred Ricksen and other Pentagon witnesses As Well As documents obtained by the a beforehand the army plans to thicken the Armor on Thefton and sides of the Bradley to fend off 30mm shells and provide explosive Armor for 6dq Bradl cys next year. In future years they said More Bradl cys will be equipped with explosive Armor. The explosive Armor also called reactive Armor consists of plates fixed to the exterior of the vehicle that explode when hit deflecting the Force of enemy anti Lank charges tests have shown that when the Bradley is hit by an anti tank charge fiery hot fragments known As Spall can Spray the Interior injuring the soldiers and often detonating inc fuel and ammunition inside accordingly congressional reports. Among the munitions carried inside the Bradley arc Tow and dragon anti tank missiles. One of the changes planned by the army is a Spall liner to protect troops and munitions from the lethal fragments Burton pruned the installation of the liners but said thai reactive Armor and Flam applique Are bad Deci  a similar argument was made by a separate House panel he oversight and investigations subcommittee of the Energy and Commerce committee headed by rep. John d. Dingell a Mich. The panel had a hear ing on the Bradley last april at the hearing Dingell produced internal documents from fmccorp., showing that As Early As july 1985, the company had concluded Hal missiles arc hazardous in the vehicle Interior and that in was essential to move missiles exterior to the  Burton testified last april that the recommendation was never acted on. Aides id the Dingell committee said that inc army and fac feared that such a change would interrupt production raise costs and possibly prompt Congress to curtail or cancel the program. Much of thursday s testimony was expected to be Given in a session closed to the Public because details of the Armor arc secret said aides to the House sub committee headed by rep. Samuel s. A Ralton . Storm from Page 1 North interstates is and 5, remained partly closed Early thursday and thousands of motorists were stranded in the High desert near Victorville. About 45 actors and Crew on the television series Sledge Hammer were stranded overnight in Valen Cia North of los Angeles while film ing an episode. If we had marshmallows in d be like a real Camp Outing said director Bill Bixby. High winds along the coast lore up boats and piers and kicked Sand dunes onto roadways. Power outages affected 177,000 Southern California Edison custom ers and at least 45,000 Pacific Gas &. Electric co. Customers Utility spokesmen said. Snow even reached As Low As the Scenic coastal Community of Malibu. I can t believe it. I lived Here 25 years and i Don t recall Ever slaving Snow before said Sharon Daley who witnessed the two minute snowfall. On the East coast up Lott foot of Snow in parts of Maine closed schools in Bangor Augusta and several other towns and made driving treacherous wednesday Central Maine Power co. Said downed lines left 3,600 customers in Sanford and 2,000 in Portland in the dark. Arctic air drove temperatures Well below freezing wednesday in the nation s midsection from the Canadian Border to the mexican Border a bitter cold snap in Texas that a medical examine said contributed to the deaths of two transient men in Dallas was expected to end thursday. Northern Florida had freezing temperatures thursday morning and readings were in the mid to upper 30s As far South As Gainesville. Travel conditions were reported resuming to Normal inmost of hard hit Illinois except for Northern sections such As de Kalb county where roads were plastered Wilh a foot of Snow and wind whipped drifts 7 feel High in West Memphis ark., where a Tornado linked to uie first storm killed six people and injured 241 on monday mayor Keith Ingram took representatives of the Federal emergency management Agency on a Lour wednesday of inc three mile strip where hundreds were left homeless. Italy teachers take pay complaints to commander by Rosemary Sawyer sul writer teachers in Italy thursday carried a petition protesting chronic late pay prob lems to the Vincnza Community com Mander. We have been paid on Lime once since a just said Al it web Vicenz local president of inc overseas federation of teachers Union. Paychecks have been As Date As a week and always one two or three Days late. That s Here in Vincnza i can t speak for  Al cab led a group of 23 read hrs who presented a petition with about 50 Signa Tures to cot. Clil Tord c. Schaaf. The group represented teachers from across Raly. Oft spokesman Ernie Lehmann said the problem of late checks affects about 250 teachers and administrators in Brin Disi Comiso. Aviano. Livorno. Rimini Verona and Vicen a. By department of defense dependents schools spokesman Otto Thomas said the problems arc not As frequent or widespread As the Union believes. Pay problems have entered on erroneous Dollar amounts rather than Noth ing at All Thomas said. When pay checks Are late we hear pretty  furthermore according to Dodds Only teachers in Verona and Vicin had not received the paycheck due last week. The Dodds superintendent s office in Vicenza told the Region s fiscal Divi Sion monday that paychecks due Friday had not been received Thomas said. It was the Lale checks just before the teachers Holiday break that prompted the protest to Community officials. Following the 45-Rrtinulc meeting be tween Schaaf and teachers a member of Schaafs staff called postal officials. Kreb said. The postal officials said the late checks mailed from the air Force finance office in Athens were expect cd to arrive in Vicenza today. Dodds has no direct control Over the finance office but the fiscal division throughout this week monitored the of fice s actions to Sec that the employee were paid Thomas said. An attempt was made thursday to Fly the checks on a Twa flight from Athens to Vincnza but the connection was not made and Athens authorized the Aviano finance office to Cut the checks Thomas said. Teachers were expected to receive heir checks thursday afternoon or today Thomas said. They could also end up Wilh double checks. Bui As of 6  Thursday Kloeb had not received his Check. Because of the steady decline of the Dollar against the italian lire Al cab Esti mated the delayed checks have Cost him$100. But greater than the financial loss Are the morale problems a Jacb said. The morale problems thai Are Cre ated by the late paychecks in inc end affect everybody when you re talking about teachers in the classroom Wilh Slu dents he said. Dodds is not Only informed of the problem but very concerned about in Thomas said. He said thai paycheck problems have existed because Many teachers records Are no totally up to Date. The problem stemmed from the closing of the army Vicenza finance office m 1986. Pay checks then were issued in Heidi Borg and Only this year after Dodds sought More efficient arrangement did checks come out of Athens. At the Lime the payment program in Athens was set up. Dodos fiscal department representatives went Over teachers records to catch inaccuracies thai they had inherited from Heidelberg such As the wrong pay scale step incorrect number of years service or level of education Thomas said. The payment procedures arc much improved Over last year Thomas  finance officials could not be reached for common