European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 28, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes thursday. April 28, 1938 converter rules change for pos  Bureau Washington  will he Able to ship private cars with catalytic converters in Europe under a army plan approved by the environmental Protection Agency. The plan approved by the Epa last a Cal. Initially will cover Ami Germany and the Netherlands at the army s request. As Lead free Gas is introduced in other nun wan countries. The army will ask permission to expand the policy. An army logistics official whoa ked not in be identified void the service had hoped to activate the plan May i. List because details have to he finalised. Inc target Dale has been pushed Back to about mid june the offi civil said. We Don t want to do anything haphazardly he Laid. There arc Silil i mugs to Iron out such As making sure All the testing procedures arc in place in the Field before we give. Final authority to move ahead on  the agr Cemcem ends More than a year of negotiations Between the two Amides on testing procedures to ensure thai cars would not be shipped Tram Europe Back to the Stales with pollution control devices that had been damaged by the use of traded Gas. That s been the big question said Steve sinks. An Epa official. Since leaded Gas renders converters inoperable we wanted to know How the army would ensure inc cart would use Only unleaded  the army s plan will give military personnel the option of removing the convener in countries such As Spain where unleaded fuel is not widely available.  who ship cars to the slates with converters attached will have their vehicles tested using a chemical strip applied to the tailpipe and one part plug. The strip changes color if leaded Cue has been used. The test also will include checks of fuel tank nozzle necks to Sec if the necks have been modified. Fuel Lank in cars meant to use unleaded Gas have smaller no la necks than those using regular Gas due to the different fires of unleaded and leaded fuel pumps. Nozzle necks would have to be widened if the owner wanted to use leaded fuel the test will be done during annual inspections and Ante at the port within 10 Days of shipment to the Stales. If the car passes the test at the port official will indicate on shipping documents that the vehicle is in compliance Wilh Epa requirements for or entry Inlo the states. If a test shows leaded fuel has been used the owner will have to provide proof that a new converter and oxygen sensor have been installed before the car an be registered in the United states Sinkez said Price vary from Carlo car but on average replacement of it catalytic convener and oxygen sensor could run As High Ai s 500 or More. An owner Mill will be allowed to Shin a car that fails the test but would be required to Post a Bond roughly equal to three time the value of the vehicle. Sinkez said. The owner would Osc that Money if the car is not brought up to Epa standards Wilvina certain time. News updates captured Bear kilted Placerville Calif. Cap a 200-Pound Brack Bear that was captured and then released Back to inc wild has been killed because it posed a threat to humans official said we just could t take an chances said or. David l. Hunter a veterinarian u ii the state department of fish and came. The female Bear was killed witha lethal injection of barbiturates on tuesday less than a week after it was Given its Freedom about 26 Miles North of Placerville. We tried to find a Way of skirt ing our own rules but she was just too much of a human Type Bear said Hunter the Bear was captured in clo yer Dalu april 7, after wandering into residential areas where it stole chickens and a Duck it even visited the Home of mayor John Dolc and took a Nap under a Backard deck the Bear was shot with a Iran quiz arct gun As it m a a tree where it took Refuge from a clap Ping crowd of police and citizens Hunter said the Bear was Tran Quiliz cd monday evening near 3 Public storage area and that an cat tag identified it As the Bear Cap tured in Clov Crdal. The Bear wandered Inlo Yards rummaged through garbage cans and showed no fear of humans while in the Placer Jile area he said. She never harmed anyone but at limes she showed aggression to Ward  Hunter said. If she had come across a Little kid she might have caused some  Viet relocation plan Bangkok Thailand up Vietnam s ambitious population redistribution plan is railing be cause of food shortages poor transportation rapid Price fluctuations broken government prom. Uses and governmental infighting radio Vietnam said a translation of an april 17 broadcast was made available to newsmen by a Western embassy i Bangkok.  an article yesterday neglected to state thai i. Gen. Crosbie e. Saint who will replace Gen. Glenn k. Oil As usar eur commander in late june also will command nato s Central army group. Bomb damages . Duty train passengers uninjured in blast byjoe Mapother Bremer Srcan Bureau a bomb exploded in front of the . Military s Frankfurt Berlin duty train late tuesday night damaging the Loco motive but causing no injuries a Mili tary spokesman in Berlin said wednes Day. There were reportedly 31 passengers Ribard the train but thai number could not be confirmed the explosion occurred Between Kas Sci and cutting in. It shattered the wind shield of the locomotive and slightly damaged a 6-foot Section of the rack said staff sgt Don Banks a spokesman for the . Command in Berlin. However a West German source said is to 24 feel of track was damaged by the explosion. The locomotive was replaced at Gul Jingyi and the train continued on to Berlin where it arrived a half hour late Bantu said. The locomotive was hauling two passenger cars and a mail ear. Police arc investigating the link be tween tuesday s explosion and an aug. 31 blast along he same stretch of track North of Katsel a West Gentian source close to the investigation said. In up tit a freight locomotive was damaged after it passed a Berlin bound duly train that had pulled Over to let the freight train go by. Investigators said at inc time they believed the bomb was in tended Tor lie military train. No one has claimed responsibility for either of the blast and there have Bee no arrests the West German source said. He asked not to be identified. In the Wake of the beast last summer. Insignia and . Hags that adorn each military passenger car were covered while the train traversed West German territory. Routes also were altered Tor a Lime immediately after the August Mast. The .  Berlin train was the target of several attacks last year. In february a pair of boat Incho Strung together were heaved at the train near Bremen. Power lines were brought Down and the locomotive was damage Din that attack. In december two similar attacks with grappling Hooks damaged Power masts and required the trains to be towed to stations near Bremen. Military passenger trains leave be Linfor Frankfurt and  and from those two cities to Berlin each eve ring British and French forces in Berli also operate duty trains to affirm Allied rights to travel through East Germany. Silkworms weren t fired Dod says Washington a the defens department has concluded hat Iran did not fire any of its Large silkworm missile sat Navy ships during Lut week s Gulf fighting officials said wednesday. The officials stressed that Pentagon analysts Are not disputing that Iran had fired missiles of some Type against the guided missile destroyer Josepn Strauss the destroyer o Brien and the frigate Jack Williams. There were missile fired which our ships successfully evaded said one source but there Are Strong indicator they weren t  the defense sources said the Issue of whether silkworms were fired is important because any evidence of such would demonstrate that Iran is raising the Mili tary stakes in the Gulf. Most of he silkworms believed Pur chased by Iran arc designed to be fired from Mobile ground launchers the sources continued meaning their use would suggest Iran intends logo beyond Reliance on gunboats to attack Commer Cial shipping. The United Stales has pledged to de stroy any silkworm Battery if it uncover evidence a missile is about to be fired meanwhile a Convoy of .-fiagged kuwaiti Ankers suited North in the per Sian Gulf on wednesday in a journey postponed for a Day because bad weather hampered mine Hunting operation shipping sources said. Three kuwaiti tankers and 8 fourth .-Flaggcd ship were sighted off the United Arab emirates coast at Indra of ing after passing through inc Strait of Hor Rouz during the night. They were escorted by four . Navy Wanh Ipi a 0a Central come poke join Eon firmed the movement of the Convoy the26th thu year and the 48th since the operations began in july to provide Navy escort id kuwaiti tankers flying the ,Flag. 17 die in soviet plane crash Moscow a a soviet Airliner flying in a Spring blizzard crashed into a Mountain in Siberia and broke apart killing 19 Passen Gers and two members of the Crew. The Community party daily pravda in its report wednesday did not say whether there were survivors. Official ire investigating the Accident pravda  l-410 twin Turboprop aircraft was flying from Muya a settlement in Hie taiga Forest to the regional Center of bag Darin 3,000miles Southeast of Moscow when the crash occurred tuesday pravda  approach to Landing in conditions of limited visibility and Snow blizzards the plane crashed into the Side of a Mountain and broke apart pravda  a the fourth civil air Accident involving fatalities in the soviet Union this year. The l-410, manufactured in Czechoslovakia Hii become Standard equipment on internal routes of die soviet stale run airline Aeroflot one of ill models the l410uvp, Wax the tint non soviet aircraft to comply with a set of stringent Aeroflot airworthiness regulations including the ability to operate in Siberia s frigid Winter temperatures according to the 1983-84 edition of Jane s All the world s aircraft. Sailor found fatally stabbed in off base Rota apartment Rota Spain Sas a 30-year-old is. Sailor assigned to the Navy commissary found stabbed to death in his off base apart ment Navy officials said. Petty officer 2.g Antonio a. Pinion Luite cd multiple Stab wounds to the Chett and neck including a fatal wound to the heart. He Wai pronounced dead at the naval Hospital at Rota at la . Pasion of Vauban Philippines is survived by a wife and two children who also reside in  officials could not immediately provide the names of the family members. An autopsy was due to be performed wednes Day. The naval investigative service and Span ish police Are investigating the death the offi Cial said