European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 16, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes saturday. April 16. 1988 controversy Over copters continues Wiesbaden residents oppose stationing b Rosemary Sawyer suit writer the l a. Army will deploy 100 Heli copters 10 Wiesbaden a this year de spite the West German government s agreement to hold hearings on the stationing through november a Ecsi Ger Man defense ministry official said. The ministry source also said the army is considering stationing is More helicopters after he initial 100. According to Mcdonnell Douglas corp., maker of ill Apache Ahma at tack helicopter an Apache he Hadron and one Apache battalion from fort Houd Texas Are to be deployed somewhere in West Germany by the end of the year or Early next year. Army spokesman maj. Phil Soucy i Washington refused to comment on the stationing saying to comment on deployment schedules or any other what ifs prior to those hearings Wou a be highly inappropriate. We re not going to inflame an already Del Icagic situation. A u5areur spokesman citing Host nation sensitivities Friday nigh declined to comment other than to say the . Army Europe obey the Laws of the Host  personnel at fort Hood also decline comment citing sensitivities surround ing the court directed hearings. Wiesbaden residents have been proc so infant found dead at parents Home Kaiserslautern is a 5 Manly old girl was found dead Friday morning at her parents Kaise Lautem Home. The cause of death of Catherine c. Culbreth had not been determined Fri Day a spokeswoman for the kaisers Lau Lern military Community said. The baby is survived by her parents Cecil c. And Linda e. Culbreth air Force captains who Are assigned respectively to Safe at a Ilcin a and the 17th air Force at Simbach a. Gillette plans to close several of its plants Boston up the Gillette co., target of a takeover bid says in plans to substantially reduce its payroll by Clos ing several plants in the United slates and overseas. The announcement came thursday the tame Day Gillette tiled a lawsuit in Federal court charging that a new Yor investor group seeking control of the personal care giant used hidden part ners in its prosy fight. The suit charges the Coniston croup failed to disclose required information tothe securities and Exchange commission and used false and misleading information throughout its two month Proisy fight Gillette officials said. Ing the army s Long Range deployment plan Tine 19s5. Thar opposition resulted in of Cral court cases that have slowed this phase of the army s plan whih according 10 Mcdonnell Douglas is to station 14 Apache battalions in West Germany by 1992. To the Case of the state of Hesson  Germany Germany s highest administrative court in november directed the Federal government to hold hearings for one year in which residents of the pics Badin or Bonheim area could voice their objection to the stationing. How Ever the judge who heard the Case in Berlin told the stars and stripes the direction was not legally binding and could not prevent the . Army from deploy ing the helicopters. Stationing the helicopter i at Wiesbaden a before the hearing Are completed will Blacken the reputation of americans in the area Taid Manfred Asgel senior judge Ollie Wiesbaden administrative court. Many germans would think that the americans were behaving themselves like they just finished the second world War he said. A decl presided Over the Case of a Del Venheim citizen who was seeking to bet Ter define the Airfield s use Asgel said the Case which is now pending Appeal in Kossel also cannot halt the stationing action. Only the Federal government is obliged to say. Stop the court is not allowed to Tell the government How to behave he said. The . Military s politeness and de sire not to Tjuk a disturbance Are the Only things thai have slowed the deploy ment so far Kogel said. Wiesbaden mayor Achim Exner raid he and members of a task Force he organized would continue to oppose the stationing the German defense ministry is Tak ing pains to fulfil its commitment Lonato and the United  Exner said. I Don t know the Type and extent of these commitments Bui i m of the opinion that the interests of the affected citizens in Thil Region Are being neglect  Asgel said Many citizens also fear thai the newly elected Hussen slate officials will not be sympathetic to their concern during the hearing because they rep resent the lame political parties As the Federal government. The tint of the helicopter units to arrive in West Germany the 2nd so 6th Cav regt 11th aviation brigade As signed Lovell corps at Ille Slicis was activated Jan. 29. And according to the aircraft manufacturer s statement army plans Call for three Apache battalions. To be attached to each army corps in West Ger Many while each division will receive two ah-64 battalion of its own. The sch so. 6th Cav regard the 4thbn, 229th aviation regt both from fort Hood arc next in line to deploy to weal Germany according to Mcdonnell  Community officials visited fort Hood in March o Brief army personnel about Wiesbaden and indications Are that the aircraft will begin arriving at the air base As Early As summer or Early  Normal battalion configuration includes 18 apaches three uh-60 Black Hawk helicopters and 13 oh-s8c Kiowa scout helicopters according to the Apache manufacturer Etner said he objects to the stationing because the additional dying would endanger area residents and increase noise. The Wiesbaden Mainz metropolitan area Hal More inhabitants per Square mile than the metropolitan area of new York. Rejiner  a few Mies from Wiesbaden air base you la find the Frankfurt Airport the second largest Airport in Europe Wilh 260.000 flights a year. Because of thu the additional estimated 96,000 Fuciu having Wiesbaden Eric Nchim in 1991 will no longer be tolerable for the 260,000 rot dents of the hate capital of Wiesbaden Bird which Fly Over a nearby dump also could interfere with flight traffic from be base Exner said. He cited the 1984 crash of an army observation aircraft that bit flock of Birds and went Down just a few Meten away from a housing area. Since the Accident he air Hue hoi installed a device to scare Bird away from the flight path a Community spokeswoman said. Tre Toimi pot  is Tat us Poiry n a i frigate had spotted several mines before being hit Dod officials say a Norman Black a military writer Washington the guided mis Sile frigate Samuel a Roberts encountered a mine Field with numerous mines thursday morning before ill Hull was ripped open by one of the underwater explosives Pentagon officials said Fri Day. The frigate had come to an almost Complete Stop in Hie water at the time of the explosion after successfully Maneu vering away from several mines spotted by lookouts the official said. The Effort to Man Euver out of the mine Field was hampered by rough seas however and the mine the Samuel b. Roberts eventually hit was probably moored to the Bottom the officials said. The defense officials who agreed to Dis cuss the matter Only if not identified said at least two mines had been patted Friday by a reconnaissance helicopter dispatched by other Navy ships in the area. The sources said the Navy now had four mine sweeping ships closing in on the Patch of water in the Central Gulf where the Samuel a Roberts was hit to begin a search ideally we d like to recover one of these mines said one source. But we also want la a it safely. The seas out there Are still heavy. It May Lake a while. We might end up just blowing them the mines up. But we re pretty much convinced this is a new Field that was just Laid. And we certainly suspect the iranians Are behind it the toured also said Friday the Frig ate had suffered extensive damage. At one Point there was 12 feel of water inside the engine room said one official the Crew just did a hell of a Job she the ibid tool a really bad  ten sailors were injured two of them critically with second degree bums when the Samuel b. Roberts was ripped by the underwater explosion at 10 10 . There were no  Pentagon said it had been decided to Tow the Samuel b. Roberts to Dubai instead of Bahrain As earlier announced and a commercial tugboat the Hunter was now in route with it the Pentagon declined to estimate when the ship might  source said that by towing the Samuel b. Roberts to Dubai the Navy could move the ship immediately into a dry Dock there for repairs. While the Navy uses Bahrain As a base for its per Sian Gulf forces there an no Large dry Dock facilities on that  sources said the Navy would not be Able to Tell the full extent of the dam age or make any decisions about repairs until the ship was out of the  know the damage is bad.  said one they re lowing her Only at about five knots Secaira they Don l think she ran take any More. Bomb explodes at of site in Spain correction an article March in incorrectly stated thai the internal Revenue service could disregard to court rulings an irs spokeswoman said the reve nue service is bound by court rulings but Only for the person who filed suit against the Agency. The irs May decide not to Emend the provisions of the ruling to other people in the same situation. The Story focused on a lawsuit filed by a non appropriated fund employee in West Germany thai claims Naf workers arc not government employees for lax purposes and should be eligible for the foreign earned income exclusion credit. By David Tarrant a bomb exploded Al an air Force communications site near Torrejon a in Spain Early Friday slightly damaging a building but causing no injuries an air Force spokeswoman said. The explosion which occurred about 6 30 . Al the Umosa radio relay Suei s Miles Easi of Torrejon caused superficial damage to the outside of a maintenance building but did not interrupt air Force communications she said. The spokeswoman said a Chain link Fence around the perimeter of the Lite was pm the Humour Sile provides Long Dis Lance voice and data communications to Torrejon a and other . Facilities in Spain. Three of the 19 air Force person incl assigned at the Lite were on duty at the time of the blast. No group immediately claimed responsibility. However Spanish news re ports quoted an unnamed defense ministry source As saying the attack could be related to the second anniversary of the april is i9b6, us. Air raid on Libya. An ail Force spokesman said the libyan link could not be ruled out the nearby base at Torrejon has been the target of numerous protest in recent months. In january be United stain accepted Spanish demand to withdraw the 401rt Fie fighter Wing of 72 f-16fighter bomb Nirom Torrejon Wilhm three years. The United Stales currently maintains three air bases a naval station and about 10,000 troops in Spain. The Umosa blast comes a Day Afler a car bomb a imploded outside a Uso club in downtown Naples. Italy killing five people including one . Sailor n de Cember an assailant hurled two grenades into a Uso club in Barcelona Spain killing one . Sailor and injuring nine  red army of Catak Wian liberation a Little known terror if group that reportedly seeks Independence fro Spain for the four province northeastern Region of Catalonia claimed responsibility for the Latuek but no arrest were mule