European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 29, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes fray. April 29.1988 army copter forced to Jettison fuel bladder by Rosemary Sawyer staff writer sch Mitten. West Germany Sis a 500-gallon fuel bladder jettisoned from an army helicopter thursday i nil cd and scorched an area of Meadow. No one was injured when the Pilot of the us to Black Hawk released the fuel bladder at 10 2 . In a Meadow be tween Hunold Sll and Brombach 12 Miles Northwest of Frankfurt v corps spokeswoman Marianne Zupp said. She said the Pilot was forced to drop the con Tainer to stabilize his aircraft. Mayor Gcorge Hahl of he neighbouring Community of Schmillen said the fuel bladder Hil with a great end torsion it ivs briefs leaving a 6-foot-Dccp Crater 1 fed i diameter a woman who lives near the Field said she thought in was an Anomie bomb Hani said. The fuel ignited on Impact reducing the amount of soil contamination said Cape. Robert Jones v corps spokesman. Hahl said Here was no immediate danger to the communities drinking water but a private construction firm was to remove an 8-Inch layer of Earth cram the 5,000-Squarc-Yafd spill site today 10 prevent rain from washing in deeper into the soil. The soil will retaken to contaminated waste depot in Bicic Shim Hahl said. V corps officials said the Pilot apparently experienced difficulties con trolling his aircraft while flying through bad weather. The Pilot was forced to switch from visual might rules to instrument flight when he encountered Clouds 500 tet about the Taurus mountains. The helicopter s Iwa Crew members from the is8th aviation reel at wies Baden a were in route from the air base to a 130th Enir brigade training site near bad hers old when the Acci Dent occurred Jones said. Firefighters arrived Ai the scene within minutes of the explosion Hahl said. German Waler and environmental officials and . Army personnel also responded to clean up the spill. Clean up workers dug a foot and a half a cup Trench on the lower Side of the slope to prevent Oil drainage Hahl  were fortunate because 75 feet away from the crash site is a pressurized Gas line that could have been Hil Hahl  must say neither the american nor the German author Ilia left us alone with the problem and the cooperation worked perfectly he said. Our ques lion is must helicopters transport fuel in this manner. It s the question the people Here Are  authorities arc investigating the  menu Tong to to ii part 6d Nadvit in Otma Tut it in own tue y i stricken sub Bonefish being towed to Charleston Norfolk. A. A a Navy ship was towing the stricken Bonefish to port thursday after Salvage Crews found the bodies of three crewmen aboard the submarine apparently killed when explosions and fire tilled the vessel with toxic smoke and gases the bodies were found wednesday aboard the 30-year-old diesel electric sub. The Navy s Allan lie reel Conid said. The Navy refused to say when he bodies would be resumed to grieving relatives ashore. Salvos from the submarine Rescue ship petrel and auxiliary ship Hois cautiously vented Loxi fumes from the Lite before the Salvage Crew could enter and arrange for the hoist 10 take the submarine in Tow chief Felly officer Joseph c. Mowery said thursday that the submarine was expected to arrive in Charleston s.c., in iwo to four Days. 1,000 Homes destroyed Blaze in Manila by Manila Philippines a a fire de scribed As the City s biggest since world War i swept through a crowded Shantytown near an Oil storage area thursday and destroyed More than 1,000 Homes the fire chief said. At least four people were reported injured in the Blaze which spread thick Black smoke Over Uaje sections of the capital. No deaths were reported. The government ran philippine news Agency said an estimated 3,000 families were left homeless. Firefighters concentrated on preventing in flames from reaching the Oit tanks rather than on saving House and angry residents responded by pulling the trucks with stories. They tiled their belonging in the Street and began fighting the Blaze with buckets of water. 20,000 polish workers still striking at foundry Krakow. Poland up authorities me thursday with communist party controlled unions in the Lenin foundry where 20,000 steel workers were on strike for a third Day in Defi Ance of threats of Legal action. A committee of strike leaders which includes activists of the banned Solidarity Union said the talks Between the communist unions and foundry director Eugeniusz Pustow Lut will not have any effect on the outcome of the  observers said authorities meeting with the communist party controlled Union were seeking to it move the strive committee from negotiations after four rounds of talks had failed to end the walkout Over demands fora 70 percent pay raise. Polish authorities have faced a growing num Ber of wage disputes throughout the country in the Wake of economic reforms that caused huge increases in the Price of food and other Goody prices in Poland have risen an average of 42 percent during the first Quarter of this year. Earlier this week about 2.000 transport work Nin inc cities of Bydgoszcz and Ino Wroda won a 63 percent pay raise after they walked off their jobs. At the Stalowa Wola steel Mill in Southern Poland a Plant that produces armaments. 21,000 workers threatened to strike Friday if they Are not awarded a pay hike of 152 a month. Danger from Pacjon 1 East temporarily to retired air Force maj. Gen. Rich Ard a Secord another defendant charged in the Case according to court papers. Lawyers for Hakim and Secord however could see the material. Walsh said the government hat so objection to North and his former Boss one time National Security adviser John m. Poindexter examining All the documents being placed in a secure facility for defense lawyers to work with the material Colond North does t pose the problem because Mostof these documents he s seen anyhow Walsh said. North and his three co defendants Are charged with conspiring to illegally divert profits from the .-Iran arms sales to the nicaraguan rebel. Gesull said resolving the Issue might involve month of secret hearings. On wednesday be sell accused the Reagan administration of intentionally withholding secret documents and threatened to dismiss the charges if the material is net made available to the defense. Walsh so far As i know is making every Effort to product the documents Gesull said. The responsibility lid with the attorney general and the White House. I want to find out promptly what is toting place and what is going to take place Gesull said. Justice department spokesman Patrick Kartell de Nied there is deliberate foot dragging in preparing in documents for defense review. Notice from Page 1 nil of retaliatory action if Reagan does t kill in. Japan s chief government spokesman Keizo Obj Chi said the Bill which imposes sanctions against Toshiba corp., May hinder world economic development. The government of Japan strongly Hines that  a Bill will not finally be enacted said Obuchi. South korean foreign ministry spokesman Kim Hwang Kyung said that the Bill would hinder International Trade and thai the government Hopes the Rea Gan administration will take appropriate actions in line with its much publicized stand on the  Willy de Clarcq dec commissioner for external Trade said the dec will react to measure in the Bill it considers protectionist and harmful to euro Pean interests if Reagan does not veto it the Senate approved the Bill 63-36 wednesday that left democrats at least three votes Short of the two thirds majority needed to enact their version Over Reagan s objections. The Centrepiece of he Bill would overhaul the system under which the United Stales retaliates against Trade Law violations. It would Transfer authority to act from the presi Dent to the . Trade representative. It Alto would streamline the system under which he United slates imposes import curbs to protect . Industries threatened by foreign made goods. Other provisions Range from billions of dollars in agricultural subsidies to repeal of the Oil profits Lull also included Are sanctions against Toshiba of Japan and Kongsberg  of Norway for Selling submarine silencing equipment to the soviet  Aid for those left jobless by imparts would be expanded under the Bill which Calls for a 0.15 percent import fee to pay for the program. Curbs on overseas shipment of High tech equip ment would be eased. The government would be barred from buying goods from countries that freeze out . Exports and the president empowered Loholt any corporate merger or takeover on National Security grounds. Ban from Paga 1 Germany As the Battlefield in any potential superpower conflict. Published report on the meeting said the ministers also discussed . Intelligence reports show ing that Moscow continues to upgrade its nuclear arms. These showed that Moscow has deployed More than 4,000 Short Range aircraft a Quarter of which carry nuclear arms. The soviets also Are re targeting Long Range mis Siles not covered by the inf treaty  As the Long Range ss-24s and ss-2ii. The reports said. In their closing statement the ministers called last december signing of the inf treaty a Milestone in our efforts to achieve a More secure peace at lower Levels of arms and said they hoped for an Earl implementation of the treaty awaiting ratification by the Senate. The allies also reiterated their support for a super Power treaty culling Long Range nuclear arms by 50 percent. Carlucci told the ministers in Brussels that verification problems and a decision on what weapons to in clude in the treaty remain the major stumbling blocks. While the danish Issue was not a scheduled topic of discussion for the minister it Wai Pul on the Agenda when the meeting originally scheduled for Kolding Denmark a moved to Brussels in the Wake of the ship declaration crisis. Denmark s current problems with nato item from a Law requiring visiting ship to declare whether nuclear weapons Are aboard. Docking in denied to ships carrying the arms. Carlucci Taid the ban poses a threat to a . Policy of neither confirming nor denying whether nuclear weapons Are at any Given location. That ii a very firm policy on the part of the United slates and we cannot have that policy whittled away at in any Way shape or form Carlucci said. England also enforces the same policy for Security reasons and As a result of the danish move the Royal Navy has suspended Visilio Denmark British defense minister George younger Taid thai while a decision on port declarations is an inter Nal matter for Denmark and the danish people he expressed alarm thai the danish decision will weal in the whole purpose of the forces  danish prime minister Poul Schly tar who also opposes the ban has called for an Early parliamentary election May 10, in effect asking for a National referendum on the Issue