European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 4, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes Friday March 4.1988 news updates crash still mystery Washington a the National transportation safety Board says in was unable to deter mine what caused the crash in 9�6of a helicopter scheduled to Cany the entourage of Jordan s King Hussein in which four people died. Investigators concluded that poor flying conditions including fog thai caused limited visibility were factors in the june 6, 1986, crash in Sutlon mass. Dul Theofi. Clat probable cause was listed As  four employees of Sikorsky air Craft were killed when the seven seat Sikorsky built s-76b helicopter went Down on a trip fro Hanscom Field in Bedford mass., Back to Sikorsky Headquarters in Stratford Conn. Probe fruitless Berlin a authorities have made Little new Progress i their two year Long investigation into the bombing at a West Berlin nightclub that killed iwo . Sol Dicj and led to a retaliatory american attack against Libya Akeji Berlin Justice ministry spokesman said tuesday. Ministry spokesman Volker Kaehny Taid 27-year-old Christine Gabrielle Endrin kit. Who was arrested on Jan. Ii still remains a prime suspect in the bombing. He Taid no new clues have sur faced since her arrest. The United states charged that Libya was being the april 5,1986, bomb attack against me la Bell discotheque a popular haunt of . Soldiers based in West Berlin. Lawmakers show concern Over Dod workers issues by will am j. Batman Washington bpm i Washington legislators expressed concern this week Over decreases in civilian employees throughout the de sense department at Well As relatively Low pay Rales and overuse of temporary employees. Pentagon personnel officials answered that inc reductions Are being kept to a minimum and spread across All facets of the military work Force. They said they also Are looking tit giving  employees some Type of Bene fits. In response to concerns voiced in Congress wednesday that relatively Low civil service pay will cause employees to leave government service David Der eau Deputy assistant Secretary of de sense for resource management told the House appropriations defense subcommittee that the department of defense civilian employee retention rate is at an All time High. There is no perception that people Are leaving because of pay Berteau said problems do continue firm announces recall of defective vacuums Dallas the Eureka vacuum co. Has issued a voluntary recall of its vacuum cleaner Mode 331 because of a pos Sibie electrical defect. Cafes officials said customers who purchased a Eureka canister Type vacuum after Jan. I should Check the unit which sold for 164. Jaq for serial numbers ranging from 36565748 through 36568146, some units in this series were found to have defective electrical Cord plugs. The vacuum cleaner can be returned id any cafes store for a full refund formate information customers should Call their local Exchange customer service representative. Corrections however in retaining scientists and Engi neers due to the better salaries available in the private sector. Although the civilian manpower Bud get reductions requested in the Reagan administration s fiscal 198 budget Are relatively Small Berteau said a continued 2 percent real growth limitation Indefenso will result in continued Down Ward pressure on civilian manpower lev  that 2 percent scale Back translates to a decrease of 23,000 civilians. Verleau said reductions will be handled through careful management of employment lev Els through such things As constraints on the use of temporary employees Early retirement incentives and hiring con trots. Despite this approach furloughs and reductions in Force will be necessary he said. The reductions will involve civil ians in base operations support real property maintenance  support administrative support end other areas. Der Tau said Pentagon policy continues to Call for use Ofeia julians in All positions thai do not require a military per son. The military by and targe tends Tobe More expensive he said. Reps. Martin Sabo d-minn., and Norman Vicli d-wash., expressed a continuing congressional concern Over employees being kept for Long periods of Lime sometimes years on a temporary basis without full benefits. It seems to me unconscionable that we have employees several Yean whore not receiving retirement and health benefits Sabo said. Claire Freeman it Puly assistant Secretary of defense for civilian personnel policy said her department k studying the possibility of providing temporary workers with Money to buy medical coverage and other benefits of heir Choice. Freeman said the defense department has done quite Well in switching temporary employees to full time positions. But Dicks cited examples of military installations a Lucre sometime As much As 2s percent of inc work Force to Tempo Rary. Prosecution rests in trial of sergeant accused of Fang his 2 infant boys by Deedee Arington Doke Kaiserslautern the govern ment rested its Case late thursday afternoon after an eight Man jury heard iwo Days of testimony in the trial of an army Senj Cam accused of killing iwo children in incident 1 1 years apart. Sec Kirklan c. Curry 33, faces two charges of murder in the deaths or his sons. The first child Kirklan Lee Curry died in Alexandria va., in 1976 of asphyxiation at the age of now  second son Erik Lee Curry was 3 Mort los old when he died in May 1 987 Atic land such army regional medical Center of a brain Haemorrhage. The government is seeking the deat Penally for Curry a Wisconsin native assigned to he co 21st support come. Joel s. Cohen Curry i civilian lawyer said Curry would not be called As a wit Ness during the defense s portion of the trial which was to continue Friday. We feel the evidence is so deficient that we Hope this jury wit be fair minded objective and unemotional in evaluating the evidence before it Cohen said. The first child s death was rated Acci dental following an autopsy. The second child s death was characterized us a Hom Icide by medical authorities who con ducted his autopsy. An expert witness called by inc prosecution testified he would classify the manner of the first child s death Asun determined rather than accidental. Cmdr. Glenn Wagner a pathologist at the armed forces Institute of pathology cilium i the first child s body in no vember for examination. Among his findings he said were signs that the baby had had several broken ribs. The baby Tuso had a number of bruises on his body according 10 graphic document introduced by Trie prosecution. Wagner also testified regarding his re View of Erik acc s death and autopsy re sults. The pathologist joined maj  of the lands Uhl Hospital in saying thai the 3-Monlh-old s death was caused by shaken baby syndrome in which a child suffers severe brain and Eye damage after being shaken violently. Erik Lee. Both  lest fied also showed signs of having had broken ribs in the weeks Heron his death. Sergeant Dies during childbirth an article yesterday about the Nona Propri Atco fund personnel system test in Heidelberg and Stuttgart contained two errors regarding the pay aspect. As a example of the new salary ranges pay grades five through seven Tor As and a employees will be in pay band two. The salary in pay band two can Range from $10,748 to 114,335. Concerning bonuses and raises employees with a rating above satisfactory May be considered for a Bonus or pay raise or both based on the supervisor s ability to pay the memorial Stone pictured on the cover of this week s stripes Magazine lists he names of nine 101 it airborne div soldiers who died in the dec. 12, 1983, crash of a chartered jetliner a Gander Newfoundland in route to the United Stales the nine had served at the observation poll in the Sinai where the memorial was photographed. Killed in the crash were 248 soldiers and eight Crew members. Wiesbaden a 30-year-old 3rd support come Soldier died wednesday during childbirth a command spokes Man said thursday. Sgt. Donna m. Phillips died at about �. In the Frankfurt army regional medical Center due to complications Fol lowing cardiac arrest during the birth of her second child. The baby delivered by caesarean Section was listed in critical condition thursday. Phillips was assigned to he and co a 8th in 158th aviation rest in Han att 01 a material control and account specialist. Phillips also is survived by her husband sgt Paul d. Phillips also 01 he and co a. And their 3-Ycar-Otd son Paul or. Services will be at 1 30 . Monday in Hanau i flick Cohorst Chapel. My sentenced to 25 years for thefts by Charlie Bowden Munich bump Augsburg West Germany a military policeman was sentenced to 25 years in prison after pleading guilt thursday to charges including conspiracy larceny and housebreaking. Spec. 4 Randy m. Mcdonald of the 218lh my co in Augsburg became the third military policeman from that unit to be found guilty on charges stemming from a series of related break Las and Petty thefts last year. Put. 2 Bryan j. Rice and pvt. 2 Christopher d. Lee Wen found guilt last month in special court Matuu on related charges and sentenced to three months in jail forfeiture of $447 per month for three months reduction to 1 and bad conduct disc Nargaj. Lee also was fined $1,000. Mcdonald with four years of army service also faced charges of making a false statement and soliciting another to commit an  pleaded guilty to All charges and military judge it. Col. Robert d. New Berry sentenced him to a prison term dishonourable discharge forfeiture of All pay and allowances and reduction to e i. Newberry Taid he would recommend that 13 Yean of the prison sentence be suspended by the convening authority who will review the results of the court martial. The Annua Date Back to february 1987, when Mcdonald was charged with stealing a Piggy Bank that belonged to German Worms and contained about$41 & in lottery winnings breaking into Augsburg High school and taking som property Ana breaking into the Augsburg military clothing and sates store. Prosecuting attorney Dpi. Julie Ting Wall argued Tor a Long prison term to serve As an example to the Community this was not a mistake he knew what he was doing Tingwall said. He says he s sorry but the government sub Mit he s sorry he got  defense attorney c Apt Robert Rob Ison read a statement from Mcdonald tothe court saying Mcdonald Wal ashamed sorry and  violinist Sze Ryng Dies Paris a virtuoso violinist Henryk Sze Ryng died Early thursday in West Germany where he was on a con Cert tour his Paris office said. He wa69. Gieryng died at 4 . In Kassa West Germany of a cerebral Haemorrhage to cording to Herve Corre. Of Hij parti of fice