European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 30, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes wednesday. December 30,1987 Hahn maintenance unit wins Daedal an award Hahn a Germany is the 50lh tac fighter Wing s aircraft maintenance Complex has received the 1�87 Safe Daedal an award. The unit received the same award last year and was later selected for the air Force level Daedal an award As Well As the department of defense Phoenix award the military up Honor for maintenance excellence. We had already won the award last year. And we just wanted to male sure that we kept inc Quality work  said it. Col. Ken Ziegler Hahn s Deputy commander for maintenance in the past year Ziegler said inc Wing s mis Sion capable rate the gauge which shows the percentage of Lime the Wing s f-16s arc capable of performing i hair entire Mission increased from 86.9 percent to 91.4  out of 10 f-16s Al Hahn arc ready to do i hair Mission every Day Ziegler said. The unit now moves on to Competition at the air Force level. Thai Winner will be announced in Early 1988. Besides winning inc Daedal an award the 50th aircraft generation so and inc 50lh com Poncil repair so received Safe maintenance effectiveness awards. Be returns from trip probably his last los of Geles a comedian Bob Hope resumed rite a round the world Christmas tour monday say his 31 St trip to entertain american  his Best Cut perhaps his last. We be Bacn bound. He world in eight Days. What place is this Way Hope said alongside the air Force Jellby ferried inc 84-year-old comedian on his 27,0fjfcnile journey. Earlier during a renting Stop at Mcguire fab n.j., Hope sex Presb reservations about making another trip to i think this is it i really Del s going to have to be pretty important for Mlp do another one he said. The said he Hopes there is no Correct elsewhere in the world in future years to War a another trip to entertain the troops. More than 25,000 service personnel i muted the comedy and musical performance during a fast paced and nearly sleepless journey. The to hour shows featured Connie Sievens Barbara miss Usa Michele Royer country Singer Greenwood and eight super bowl cheerleaders. Persian Gulf Arab leaders end 4-Day Riyadh Summit Riyadh. Saudi Arabia a persian Gulf Arab leaders ended a four Day Summit tuesday denouncing Iran s aggressive acts against saudi Arabia and Kuwait and welcoming the idea of a . Naval Force to pro decl Gulf ship  six nation Gulf cooperation Council con Ference urged Iran to abide by the principles of Good neighbourliness and accept a . Security Council Resolution calling for a cease fire in the 7-year-old Iran Iraq War. The saudi foreign minister Prince Saud Al Faisal Lold a news afterwards Hal inc Council welcomes an International naval Force to protect shipping in the Region s International a  4 workers killed 1 Hurt in fire at my missile Plant Brig Ham cite Utah a fire fuelled by 80,000 pounds of rocket propellant tuesday engulfed a Morton Thi Okol inc. Building where part of inc my missile is made killing four workers and critically burning a fifth company officials said. Rocky Raab spokesman for the company said the fire broke out at 6 20 . At the Plant 25 Miles West of Brigham City in a building where inc first stage of the missile is Man fac  Blaze erupted during removal of casting equipment from a first stage motor loaded with solid rocket fuel he said Raab said four workers were killed and one injured and the building was destroyed 2 firecracker blasts shatter Majorca Uso club windows Palm a of Majorca Balearic islands a two firecrackers exploded outside a Uso club in this Island port shattering windows but causing no injuries 1o . Sailors inside a civil governor s spokesman said tuesday. The incident occurred monday night two Days after two grenades thrown into a Uso club in the Northeast Ern Mediterranean port of Barcelona killed one us Sailor and injured nine. A Spanish separatist group claimed responsibility for the Barcelona attack bul no one immedi Aily claimed responsibility for monday night s firecracker blasts inc civil governor s spokesman Ruben Avila. Told the associated press. Bob Mcado a spokesman Al the . Embassy in Madrid said several sailors were inside the Uso club in Palma do Majorca when the firecrackers exploded he dismissed the incident As a bad  somebody threw a firecracker at the window that s All he said. Avila said the firecrackers exploded at 10 50 . Monday at the United service organizations club next to the cafeteria Kais. Uso clubs arc Volunteer based social and recreational clubs for . Military person Nel. He said inc Small fireworks devices were of a Type normally used in celebrations of local festivals. Bartolomo by lard . Consul in Palma do major Ca met with government officials tuesday to discuss inc incident and increased Security for two ships now in port Avila said. Meade identified them As the Nas Sau an amphibious assault ship and he Shreveport an amphibious transport Dock. Spanish National radio tuesday quoted unidentified Palma do Majorca government sources As saying Bastard had received several threats against the lives of . Sailors on the two ships. Petty officer 3.c. Ronald Strong 22, of Rcd cars. Pa., died in inc Barcelona blast. The nine injured sail ors were treated at local hospitals and released. Following the attack the destroyer Thorn and the frigate Donald b. Beary which had been in the port of Barcelona since dec. 21. Left for Naples Italy ahead of schedule Early monday. Strong s body was transferred tuesday from Barce Lona to Torrejon a outside Madrid and was to be flown by . Military jul to a base in Delaware later in the Day a . Embassy official said. Snow from Page 1 Maryland and Delaware. In s blowing or cloy Good now police dispatcher Shelley Haynes said on Nantucket Island. Mass., where g inches of Snow was expected. They re putting the chains on the cruisers  High winds accompanying the Snow ripped Down several Utility lines in the Cape cod area leaving some elderly residents temporarily without phone service or electricity said a slate trooper Gerard Brill in South Yarmouth. In Ohio 45 trucks began salting and blowing streets in Cleveland before the morning Rush hour while Akron mobilized 32 Salt trucks and Crews were plow ing major streets in Toledo. The storm dumped up to 4 inches of Snow on new York City where about 300 Salt trucks patrolled the streets. Plows were added to 650 pieces of equipment in anticipation of heavier snowfall. Meanwhile a new Pacific storm blustered into inc Northwest and flooding continued unabated in the South. The foul weather monday frustrated Holiday travel ers unless they happened to be in Miami where inc 83 degree High tied a record for the Dale in Hastings mich., Halfway Between Milwaukee and Detroit nearly 10 inches of Snow had fallen by Mon Day night. Traffic s moving All right now but a lot of people Are getting stuck on Hills said Kirk Binder a Kalama 300, mich., service station employee taking dozens of Tow Calls. We get More business this Way i like this  other disruptions included temporary Power out Ages in the Chicago area Between 6 and 12 inches hit Northern Illinois and several Iowa cities Rural _ mail undelivered around Rockford Iii. And Cancella Tion of greyhound racing in Waterloo Iowa heavy Snow in Denver and Chicago created a Large backup of flights All Over the West said san Francisco International Airport spokesman Ron Wilson. Some passengers were diverted from Chicago s o Hare International Airport where Snow fell Al a rate of More than i Inch an hour to Milwaukee s Airport Only to be delayed when flights were suspended to Clear  s Stapleson International Airport which re opened monday after closing for seven hours during a blizzard sunday struggled to catch up with a passenger  Prilly Well need a shoehorn or grease your hips to get through the crowd said Airport spokesman Norm a  Airport conditions Kepi Gary Hart from flying to Iowa and caused Jet scoters to be diverted monday from Aspen and other resorts to Walker Field in grand Junction singers John Denver and Paul Simon Model Cheryl Tiegs game show Host Bert Convy and Maria Shriver and Arnold Schwarzenegger were spotted  of travellers who were diverted from Den ver and Chicago spent the night in Salt Lake City including 15 to 20 who slept in the Airport. We re just Lucky this did l happen last wednes Day just before the Christmas Rush said Louis Miller the Airport s executive Dii Ector. The latest Pacific storm brought freezing rain and Light Snow to the Northwest and up to 8 inches of Snow was forecast for upper elevations of California s Eastern Siena Nevada. The deaths of four men each in Wisconsin and Michigan two in Illinois and one in Minnesota were blamed on the is cation of Snow removal officials said. There were two storm related traffic deaths in Illinois three in Pennsylvania and Maryland and one each in Wisconsin Indiana and Ohio. Arc from Page 1 Are available in Berchick Gadon s first ski week where As there Are usually none available Al this Lime. Gar Misch has Only 12 spots open because skiers Are aware  he  unseasonable weather that has left Many of Europe s ski areas Bare is being blamed on a weal her phenomenon called the John. The Bihn is a warm do1 wind from the Sahara de Sert blowing at speeds up to 100 Mph in the mountains. It is responsible for Garmisch s 50-Degrec temperatures and Clear Blue skies. It also is responsible for the closure of several ski areas in Austria. Many glaciers in Austria Are closed because of winds also melting Snow he said. It the win sits and keeps other weather from  Hassinger. An arc employee since 1980, said arc experienced a similar Winter warm spell in 1983 Back then skiers were bused 2vi hours away to the closest Snow other countries Are reporting poor Snow below 2,000 meters. In France skiers can find Good Snow Al higher ski areas such As Les arcs tires and Les trois valleys according to the French travel office in Frankfurt. The German Auto club adar reports Good skiing in the higher elevations of Switzerland and Italy but poor Snow m the valleys. Both countries also have Good Cross country skiing Hassinger said the Fyhn usually lasts Only a few Days bul for arc officials eager to fill hotel rooms and skiers eager to hit inc slopes it can t end soon enough. And reports in South German and austrian newspaper claim Snow will not fall in the valleys until Jan. I. It s not too late for skiers to sign up for an arc ski package according to Connors. He said the resort has b 20 percent no show rate because of inc unpredictability of its military customers lifestyles. And Many people who Call for reservations Don t ask 10 be put on the wailing list he said. Hassinger has even consulted an almanac which said he weather will turn on Jan. 4, with the appear Ance of the full Moon. Bul he s not getting his Hopes up unless we gel a Miracle we won t gel Snow Nam week he said