European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 11, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday March 11,1988 the stars and stripes chemicals feared in excavation at tort \ Spandau Citadel to be closed this summer byjoe Mapother St if writer West Bercuk nagging fears of undiscovered world War ii chemical weapons will result in the Par Lial closing this Sumin inf Spandau Citadel a popular tourist Stop Liose Forir " " ?.a ii of Walls once held a chemical research facility. Berlin police said. Ill begin digging june a the largest systematic Aitch of the for Tress group nuance mate rial stored a the was hastily disposed Stefi the closing Days of the v police offic iils Are 1 sit ant to say what sorts and quantities of Chemi j cals May be uncovered at the site. Judging by sub stance traces identified to Dale police say they arc preparing to unearth a variety of toxics including phosgene lewisite Hydrogen in acid and nerve . Pos Jenc is a severe Respirator irritant lewisite is a Ikin irritant and Hydro Etc acid works on the Wood. Detection devices on hand during two fortress excavations in 1984 uncovered traces of nerve  police said. Substances discovered this summer will he trans ported from the Citadel in the British sector to a facility used for exploding uncovered world War ii explosives in Grunewald a forested area in the , sector the material will remain there until arrangements be Mode to transport it lowest Germany Fos-11 Lien police said. A a specially trained contingent of Lon Bice will work at the site and officials say the or gift could last several years at an annual Cost of the site is visited by an Esia Laurd 100.000 to 200.000 people each year Ani  by the lican of the Spandau  More than 100.000 inhabitants Sigurd Hauffe Spandau District official who oversees the i lady of fixed. About so percent of pfc Citadel will he closed during the search. Haul Sjef police officials said the number of visitors duri Narne work week will be lined to to people during Jamal working hours. Outside of those times 250  will be allowed into the Public areas. The Asir oratory was set up by the German army in the Muf wms to develop defences against a variety of cd Crkal weapons. Jos experimental Hauff said. Nobody Cuccui military personnel and chemical experts came in Here and they tried Oul things for example with horses. Grumman Job cutbacks to affect 2,600 people Beth Page. . A Grumman corp. Announced wednesday it will Lay off about 700 people and eliminate 1.900 additional jobs due to declining business in aircraft engineering and manufacturing. In an open letter to employees Grumman president John o Drin said the reductions were prompted by the loss of a recent Competition for a new aircraft program production delays caused by defense budget reductions and uncertainty about the funding of the a-6 aircraft but o Brien said the air plane business is the Backbone four company and we re in it to  he said the company was investing Mil Lions of Dollar in research for future aircraft six Hundred employees will lose i hair jobs at inc aircraft systems Aero structures data by Toms and electronics systems divisions on Long Island. One Hundred layoffs arc planned for air Craft systems in Milledgeville ga., and Stuart Fla. And the systems division in Melbourne Fla an additional 1,900 jobs will be eliminated nationally through attrition coupled with a reduction in part Limi and temporary workers inc company said. The largest part of the Layoff will occur by the Middle of april with the remainder spread Over the year Grum Man said. The Kron print a lion spin Gnu s worrisome urea to see what a targe Anim in can stand chemically. Smaller scale experiments on rats and mice also were conducted at the  shortly before the end of the War. About 90 percent of the material stored in the facility was moved to a location in present Day West Germany. However the facility existed until the soviet army marched into Berlin in april 1945. At the end of the second world War there was. Of course chaos  said. The workers fled be cause they were afraid of being tolled and they threw these materials away without precisely knowing what is where and that is the main problem for us today another problem was a final hour order by the Ger Man High command West to remove labels from the remaining chemicals to confuse the All is. The British removed chemicals from the fortress in the years following the War Hauff said. But the site slipped into disuse and a methodical search was not deemed necessary until after the site was revamped  digging is scheduled to gel under Way in june. Pc cd for tourism beginning in the l�70s, Hauff thet Karcis houses the Juli Sturm. The oldest Secu Lar struck nun Berlin which was built around 1250. The present we no Renaissance fortifications Ore located where the Cree River joins with the Havel. Be cause of its sisal Cut a nation Spandau was one of the first sections settled in Crlin. It was first mentioned in 1197. Hauft said most of spa Lucu s inhabitant live near the fortress which he said  in concern. Four Alert stages have been mtg cd Oul in Case of an Accident. Hauff said. The last self Atwould involve mass evacuations. Police have prom Low provide the Spandau government with More inform Newi in april Hauf said. We Spandauer arc not in All aspects of int inc opinion As the police Hauff said to underscore focal Hopes that the project be completed quicker than police projections of several years. Ortega regime labels Manduj military naked  Panama City off Lima not the govern ment of Gen. Manuel Punio Noriega charged tuesday that american unwary Maneu vers now being conducted Here viol Alkinc Panama canal treaties and arc a prelude to in Illary invasion of  foreign minister Jorge Abadia has charged Ilia the United Stales unilaterally unformed Panama this month that it would be using installations and airspace in the Panama said lha.1 the United states in the Noii fiction subsequent Man Euver ignored joint consultant of processes required by the Panama canal Treatie 1977. This is the most naked aggression of a said. We want he world to know we Hajnol agreed to these  a panamanian military  also spoke maj. Daniel us Tugado said Only Miary exercises specifically required for the do Dpi of the canal were permitted under the Camj flies. He described the current Maneu vers As or measure of i humiliation against the Panama proof hat an inva Anent in the next Wrays us. Southern come which has 10,000 re minder its supervision in the former canal is a we Klong series of military exercises Friday. The Maneu vers which involve 680 men include anal assault and amphibious Landing exer Nual dry season training a scr tic dutch since last year said a a people and said they were i american forces was Immi cases this is a routing else that has bin ,. Military spoke Jolt col. Richard Rinaolo. Panama Nian troops Jav not involved but the panamanian authorities Ygat notified us required by the United slates o said a second set of military exercises in no the Florida and Bueno Rico National guards scheduled to begin March 12 and continue until pril 12, but tie said these activities too were Sulho razed and legitimate. Unday afternoon panamanian riot policemen tune streets of the capital to prevent a scheduled Demoru Kuon by opponents of Noriega As a crowd of about Zub Tuple gathered at a Church in the financial Dis Ricl the Tjce turned water cannons on them beating some to rubber truncheons and firing slim guns with Bird As the  and others find Down Side streets they were pinned b in fired canisters of tear . At the foreign minister s a Lect conference. De Muirid Fabrega an adviser to of Mac said a Pana Manian government investigation Luk also deter mined thai millions of dollars in Are being used for unauthorized put posts a the United Stales. But he produced no proof to support his accusations