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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 6, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday March 6, 19ss the stars and stripes Page 9 military Roi Imkin Goodall named Leader of a South air forces Macoll fab. Fla. Air Force u Gen. Harry a. Goodall will take command of Allied air forces Southern Europe and become Deputy commander of inc Southern area United Stales air forces Europe in Naples. Italy in May. Goodall is inc Deputy commander or inc United slates special operation Contd at Mac Dill fab. A. Goodall will direct the activities of a multinational Headquarters and Allied air farce unit of personnel from Greece Only Turkey. The United kingdom and the United slates. The command contributes to the defense of nato s Southern Region 2,000 Miles of Border stretching Frum the italian Alps to Eastern tur key the islands of Sicily Crete and Sardinia and airspace Over Italy Greece and Turkey champs claims delayed by computer problems Heidelberg the european office of he civilian health and medical program of the uniformed services champs 11 experienc ing severe delays in processing claims officials said. The delays Are caused by an increase in the number of claims and by computer problems experienced at the end of 1987, Active duty Bills arc still processed within 21 Days of receipt however some family member claims have been delayed from Between 4 s10 90 Days due in inc work overload. Champs officials re queued that customers limit telephones Calls about slow payment prob lems saying More Calls will Crealo More delays. Swedes Hail clean air plan Stockholm up the government Friday introduced hat i claimed to be he world s strictest anti poll iian Law aimed Ai stopping the release from Sweden of gases that erode the Ozone layer around the plane. Our Law will effectively Stop freon emissions from Sweden and we Hope thai it will serve As a Model for International negotiations to reduce the use of freon said minister of environment Virgilla Dahl told a news conference. We have introduced the most comprehensive pro Gram proposed by any country on How to adjust society to environmental needs Pahi said in presenting the Bill which was expected to be passed by the swed ish parliament this Spring. Freon is a Lerm for several nonflammable non tonic  used by inc refrigerating Industry and As aerosol Proi Llanis. They Are believed to be contributing la inc hollowing out of the Earth s Ozone layer which prevents harmful Sun rays from reaching Earth. The Bill was presented by he social democratic government of prime minister Ingvar Carlsson six months before the next general election in which environmental issues Art expected to dominate the Bill which stipulated fines or prison terms for offenders proposed a 50 percent reduction of freon releases in Sweden by 1991 and a total Stop by 1994. The same proposal suggested that buses built after 1992 must have nun polluting engines and Hal trucks must be filled with catalytic converters As of 1994. The Bill included an order to the pulp and paper Industry which accounts for about 15 percent of swed ish sports. To Cul ils chlorine discharges by 60 percent by 192. La called for a to Perchm reduction in cadmium and Mercury discharges from Industrial sources and a 50 percent decrease in inc use of artificial fertilizers bythe agricultural sector tourists health risks Geneva a the world health organization urged Mediterranean countries Friday to provide tourists with More Complete information an health risks in the a Cion such As diarrhoea and venereal disease. Major warrant officer serving together again by Joseph Owen Stu Turl Curtin schwab1sch Amund. West Germany when army 2nd la. Hubert b. Woolen first promoted fat. 2 Richard l. Storic in 1977, neither knew they would leap Frog each other to successive duty stations for a decade. Woolen now a major hns just promoted Stone again for the sixth time. In Between hey served at the same place tour times. "1 guess the Bottom line on our careers has been if one of us arrives at the Airport inc other one. Will be along in a Day or two said Storie 37, a chief warrant officer to since thursday. Storic is inc missile inspection learn chief assigned to he Bury 56lh Field arty come at Bismarck Cavern. The army drafted Sploric in 1971. He left in 1973 As a specialist our Hen re enlisted in 1976 As n private. After training at fort Leonard Wood. Mo., and fort Sill. Ofcla., he was assigned to Woolen s platoon in ecu Ulm in August 1977. Woolen promoted him to private first class in october to specialist four in no vember and to sergeant in january. Lorie s previous service accounted for the Speed of promotions. Woolen left Germany in 1979 As a first lieutenant and became a senior instructor at the Field artillery school guided missile Branch penning division at fort Sill. Storie was aligned there As a Programmer test station instructor in August Llin became a staff sergeant in june 1980. A skid for him to promote me. To keep up the tradition thai had started Sploric said of Woolen then a Captain. It s not that unusual to have the same person promote you on one duly station. Bui. When you move and you gel the same person then you re starting a precedent. Woolen also re enlisted Sploric that year Bui their tradition created a Flap when Storic became a warrant officer in 1981. Woolen agreed to promote him again unaware that his commander a colonel claimed the right to pin new warrant officers. The colonel did t Alcind Ine ceremony. After i pinned or. Sploric my Boss who was a major at the time said you can t pin anybody any More " Woolen recalled. Storie was Back in Germany five weeks later with Bury a 1st in Sll Field arty " he same unit i used to work for even the same platoon. I replaced the warrant officer i used to work  he became a chief warrant officer w-2 in 19s.1, and for the first and a Lorie Only Lime since he rejoined inc army Woolen was t there. But when he resumed a fort Sill As the school s penning division maintenance officer from 1984 to 1987, Woolen showed up As a perching ii missile Stu Dent. Women had laugh Roth classes for three years. Then sought pc Hing duly because in s one of the few places you can gel a command As a  he became n major in March 1987, and now commands Bury a 2nd in. 9th Field arty in sch Ibisch Amund Storie also in Germany Aguin since 1987, could have received his latest promotion last monday but he waited until Woolen returned from a test firms mis Sion in Florida. When he called me and asked if i d promote him. I said sure but Clear it with your Boss Woolen said remembering i hair protocol disaster at fort Sill. Pershing soldiers generally serve Only at two . And three German locations so crossing paths in t unusual Storie acknowledged. Thai s probably More prevalent in Pershing than in any other area of the army he said. In Many ways promotion panics lend to be  of Congress approves the .-soviet medium Range missile treaty however the command May disband. So Storic and Woolen Don l expert to be serving to Gether if and when Sploric makes w-4. In any event Wooten is More concerned about Storic s current Job than his future one now he s an inspector Woolen said and he inspects  contras raid nicaraguan Village take american 12 others captive Managua. Nicaragua a Contra rebels at tacked a Village in Northern Nicaragua and seized 13 people including an american volum cer for the wit Ness for peace organization group officials said Fri Day. The contras said the group was detained nol kidnapped. Edward Griffin local director of the u,5.-based witness for peace said Richard Boren of Elkin n.c., was taken captive during the attack tuesday in the Village of Man Cotal deep in the mountains o Jino Toga province. The Village is about 75 Miles North of Managua and is in an area where rebels operate regularly in their War against inc sandinista government. Four people defending the Village and two con iras were killed in the at tack a defense ministry coi unique said. Bonn Gail Farris . Southeast regional coordinator for Wilness for peace said 11 people were wounded in inc attack. In Washington Contra spokesman Bosco Malamo Ros said the group was detained by rebel forces who suspected them of being foreign military collaborators working with inc Sand Nisu government. Matar Noras said the 13 would be released As Toon As a trustworthy nicaraguan was found to return them to a Safe location. Max Vel a spokesman for rep. Cass Ballenger r n.c., said the . Embassy in Managua was also Irv ing to ensure his born s  Ballenger office also has contacts with the United nicaraguan opposition in Miami Veak said. He quoted a member of a nicaraguan opposition group who has been in touch with Contra forces in Nicara Gua As saying he would see what efforts could be made to Slit in Hii Safe  apparently there s no reason to suspect he is in any imminent danger Veale said. Wilness for peace sources said Borer 30, had been in Nicaragua since november documenting Contra human rights abuses and leading delegations to areas  in october Paul Fisher of Mill Valley. Calif., a wit Ness for peace Volunteer was kidnapped by the rebels and held for 14 Days lie was released unharmed. Benjamin Ernest under 27, an american Volunteer with another organization was tilled in a Contra at tack on another it Solega town last april generally kidnapped civilians Are Beld for a num Ber of Days by the contras and then released. Others escape some saying that inc rebels tried to encourage them to join their fight Dennis Marker witness for peace s Washington director said the organization had contacted the slate department and the . Embassy in Managua about the abduction. Wilness Tor peace describe itself As a politically Independent organisation that opposes . Support for Ine War against Nicaragua while not taking sides on internal political issues  
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