European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 20, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes wednesday april 20,1988 news updates remains of Mia Washington a an army Laboratory in Hawaii has Idem Iii a the remains of a us Serviceman missing in action fro the Vietnam War the Pentagon said monday. The remain were repatriated to inc United states by the Vietnam Ese government on dec. 4. 1985,and have now bran identified As air Force capt. William e. Powell the Pentagon said Powell was lost Over North Viet Nam on aug. 17, 1968. He was 25 it the time and listed his Home of record us game ill. To a. His remains were identified by inc army s Central identification Laboratory in Honolulu. They willbe transported from Hickam fab in Hawaii to Travis fab in Cali fornia on tuesday after a full Mili tary honors ceremony the Penta gon said. Presser s health Cleveland a a phys than selected by government Law yers to examine teamsters presi Dent Jackie Presser concluded height be healthy enough to stand trial july 12 on racketeering an embezzlement charges. The govern men filed a doctor s report monday prepared by Johnj Canary a professor of Medicine at Georgetown University i Washington. Presser and two others arc accused or participating in a j700.000 payroll padding sch meat teams Lars local s0"7. . District judge George w. White had set the july 12 trial Date for the three saying that if Presser s health prevented him from going to Tria he would be tried separately. Presser s Tria has been delayed twice because of pretrial disputes Between defense lawyers and fed eral prosecutors. My in Italy killed in Cycle Accident v1cenza, Italy a military police Man assigned to the 13th my co at amp Darby died after a motorcycle Accident monday evening near the military installation. The 25-year-old Soldier was trying to pass an automobile when the Auto Sud Denly turned led army spokesman Sec Jaime Cavazos said tuesday. The motor Cycle struck the car Irful he Road and crashed into the Side of a building about8p.m. The Soldier was pronounced dead at a local Hospital. The Accident is being investigated by military police and authorities. The Soldier s name is being with held until the family is notified. Terrorism expert warns bases in Europe to beef up Security by Deedee arr1ngton Doke suit writer while calling the possibility or Irani an backed attacks against . Facilities in Germany unlikely an expert on inter National terrorism said tuesday that base commanders in Europe would be prudent to beef up Security in Light of recent events in lie fenian Gulf. It would be imprudent nol to do it step up Security said Richard Gold Berg who leaches seminar on International terrorism for the University of Maryland in Germany. The base com Mander must assume the worst Lake the dimmest  . Sailors and marines destroyed two iranian Oil platforms in the Gulf monday Oiler a mine damaged a . Guided missile frigate in the Region last week injuring 10 sail. The us. Action sparked further fighting Between . And iranian forces. Moit Likely further iranian reaction to the . Moves would be limited to Lite Gulf Goldberg said. The response will be nol in Ger Many but in the immediate persian Gulf area by iranian naval personnel with a do or die attitude toward their missions he said. Scattered . Installations in Ger Many stepped up Security measures tuesday. At Rhein main a additional personnel were placed at Trie base s Mainente and an form Ord personnel Carrier Sal inside the Entrance. A portable Metal stairway of the kind used As gangways served As an elevated Post for one armed Security policewoman. Parking spot were mocked by Concrete and steel barriers along the Side and Dirac Fly in Fronto the base Exchange. At Bucom Headquarters in is Uttoan extra military police were stationed atthe Gate during the morning Rush. At Kapaun As in  Secu Rity police extended usual id card Check sat the Gate to include driven licenses and car registrations. A Pentagon spokesman said tuesday hat although a specific Security level had not been ordered regional Corn Nunder around the world had been briefed on the existing terrorist threat. Command Cri were to Lake decesary heps to safeguard personnel and Bali Lisa inc spokesman Laid. Goldberg characterized a danger Ous the current level of tension Between the United slates and Iran. The danger is that the United suite get drawn into a War he Laid compar ing in to previous instance . Intervention in International conf leu. In their Han t eyes the United Stales is favouring   medical team aids pakistani victims by Joe owe suit writer six medical specialists from the . Army s 7th medical come in West Ger Many arc in Pakistan treating victim burned in an april 10 explosion and fire at a munitions depot army officials say department of defense spokesman it. Col. Keith Schneider said the team consists of two surgeons one of whom steam chief an anaesthetist a clinical nurse a practical nurse and an operations officer. The team arrived in Pakistan Friday european come spokesman master so. Ralph mor h n said. Monson said the team chief is or. Col Thomas p. Chis Holm but he declined la identify the rest of the team. The United states also has dispatched an eight person explosives ordnance disposal team to help pakistani authorities clean up after the catastrophe which killed at least 100 people and injured1,100in of near fal Arabad. The ordnance earn from fort Dix,n.j., replaced five Navy explosives specialists from the aircraft Carrier enter prise who were sent to Pakistan shortly after the blast Schneider said. We offered this assistance and the gov eminent of Pakistan accepted our Oiler Schneider said. He said he did not know when the teams would leave Pakistan. A 7th medical come source however said inc learn is due to return to West Germany on saturday. The source said Trie learn May bring Ted pakistani Chil Dren who suffered bum in the blast. The Lan Ditull army regional medical Center staff includes several bum specialists. The blast sent rocket flying into Islamabad and the neighbouring City of Rawalpindi tin Miles from the depot forbore than half 49 hour. A bomb thin exploded at the depot sunday killed an explosives expert and wounded several other people working on a cleanup Effort there according to news reports. The Pentagon said no . Military opens were killed or injured i sunday s explosion. Conui Buinn to Ini Lxvi Stilt Molnr churl Vinch b1 3 found murdered in burning apartment Schweinfurt West Germany Sas firefighters responding to an apartment fire monday morning found the Bodia of an american civilian his German wife and a . Soldier All of whom had apparently Bun murdered a German slate prosecutor said tuesday an immediate postmortem ordered by the prosecutor s office revealed that the two men had been stabbed and the woman strangled before the couple Swetlic apartment was set ablaze prosecutor Walter Mutzer  identified the civilian couple As 22-year-old Joey Mcneal and his wife Petra Schmidt Mcneal 21, Joey Mcneil was a car Salesman German police identified the Soldier by name but a spokesman for the 3rd inf div said a positive identification had nol yet been made nor had the Soldier s rela Tives been notified. German investigators suspect the Mur Derer set the apartment ablaze to hide the evidence Mulzer said. Firefighters arrived at the attic apart ment at about 3 35 . 2 e. Germans Cross Border escape to West Berlin up two Esil German refugees made in safely Over Border barriers to the West tuesday although one was tired on by Eastern Border guards police reported. Both Berlin s Western Allied commandants and the West Berlin City govern ment denounced the shooting u a Viola Tion of human rights a West Berlin police spokesman said Eastern guards fired three sub machine gun salvos at a 31-year-old Man As he fled from East Berlin to inc american sector of Berlin. On the fail Weil German Border a 22-year old lieutenant in the East Ger Man Border guards fled to the West Ger Man stale of lower Saxony. Express Moil has new Money saving category by Crystal Laureano staff writer Rise Imam West Germany express mail customers can Send Small items just As idlers at a lower Rale than before despite re com postal rate increases an army postal group spokesman said items up to 2 pounds had Coil $10.75, said spokes Man cup. Gary Way. A new category allows custom ers to mail interns up to s ounces for 13.7$. The cum of mailing a letter first class went from 22 cent to 35 cents april 3. Items Between s ounces and 2 pounds Cost $ 12, and items Between 2 pounds and 5 pounds Cost s 15.21, postage for items weighing Between 5 pounds and 70 pounds varies. A 70-Pound item the maximum Al Lowed for express mail costs 189.os, prices include insurance which is limited to silo on express mail. Express mail is available at most military Posl offices in Europe. Way said. Packages mailed before the Posl office daily dead line Are guaranteed to be delivered the second Day after the package is mailed or the Cost of postage can be refunded he said. The Only exception is packages held for inspection by customs officials. If the package it mailed before the daily cutoff that Day is Day Zero " Way said. On Day two the package should arrive at its  military postal service Agency officials estimate that less thin i percent of Ait customer entitled to a refund apply for one. Way Laid ii could be thai my people Are just Happy to get the package there in three or four Days that s faster than regular mail he said. But they Are entitled to a refund and should apply for  Between sept. 1 and dec. 18, 1987. More than 25,000 pieces of express mail bound for inc United stated left military Posl office in Europe during he same period almost 5.500 express mail items from the United slates arrived at military Posl offices Way said. During the Christmas mailing season december through january military Post Oikion in Europe processed More than 12,000 outbound and almost 5,500 inbound pieces of express mail he did. If express mail in Rivas late the sender can file for a refund Between seven and 90 Days after the mailing Date by completing forms available Al military Posl offices. The customer s Cony of the mailing Label must accompany the refund application. People receiving express mail should let the tender know when the item arrived so the sender will know if Illey May be eligible for a refund. Way did