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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 30, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday april 30. 1968 the stars and stripes Page 3 Uso plans to reopen Naples facility More secure location sought for Center   Bureau Naples Lily the Uso Fleet Cen Ter in downtown Naples closed since an april 14 terrorist car bombing will re open but Likely in a different and More secure location the uni Ltd service or sanitation president said Friday. Charles t. Hancl in Naples to meet with Uso staffers and Navy officials said in an interview that the Center prob ably won t move Back into the building it occupied for Mccadn in the narrow Cala la san Marco in the heart of the City instead said in gel the facility Likely will be relocated in a limited Access area of the port near the . Navy s Fleet Landing. We want to gel closer to the ships we serve and of course the Security of Fth facility is an  said Hancl. Well definitely reopen with the same kind of facilities and services we had at the old  the car bomb at the Fleet Center killed a . Sailor and four italians and injured at least 17 others. Police arc searching for japanese and italian terrorists with Middle East links in connection with the attack. While the damaged Fleet Center has been shuttered Ever since the attack Fleet Center services have continued virtually without interruption Hagel said. We have had five ships in port recently and the staff did t mis a beat in setting up a temporary Center in the port area. We thought it was important to gel the staff right Back to work in order to take their minds off recent events Hagel said. The president also brought staffers Welcome news about the condition of their organization Hancl said a soon to be released audit report will show that the organization severely beset by financial problems in recent years finished 1987 with a sur plus of Shi poo after paying oft1 More than $ 1.2 million in debts. He said that figure docs not include si.7 million netted during the Uso Ger Many fund raising gala Tat october since that Money will be used Only to fund Uso operations there. He said the organization s improved financial posture will allow the Uso to Epand certain programs and services and said new Fleet centers Likely will open. Hancl said expansion probably will Lake place at the Paris Uso and at Fleet centers along the French Riviera. The French ports Are becoming More and More important. Last year Ameri can ships of the 6ih Fleet spent 800 Days in French ports. That number is  the president said he also would like to open centers at some european airports especially in the United kingdom where the Uso currently does not operate. We Are talking with us and British officials about the possibility of opening a Cen Ter at London s Heathrow Airport or when Everley think the need exist Hagel also said Cut Crainer Pearl Bai Ley and her husband drummer Louis Bellson will kick off a one week Uso tour in Early june of military installation in Europe he said tour dates Are still being worked out. The president said n Lour to Mediterranean installations by the miss Usa show will take place in late june or Early july and that the popu Lar country and Western duo. The Judas will tour the med around thanksgiving. Hagit said u5areur commander Gen. Glenn Kotis who will retire from Active duly at the end of july and former shape commander Gen. Bernard Rogers will join the us s 85-Membcr world Board of governors in May commissaries lift ban on israeli Grapefruit from staff and wire reports the purchasing Agency for the military commissaries overseas announced it would lift a temporary suspension Mon Day on buying Grapefruit from Israel. Adam Cohen spokesman Tor the de sense subsistence Region Europe noted however that the Agency did not buy any Grapefruit directly from Israel the Agency buys Grapefruit from a variety of sources Cohen said adding that Grapefruit grown in the United states was the preferred source in the air Force commissary system one store in the Mediterranean Region was found to hav Chitnis frail from Israel John Hoca an air Forte merchandising specialist said All Citrus fruit of Saracli origin was taken off the shelves wednesday and examined by veterinary personnel with dare representatives on hand. No sign of tainting was found in the fruit. Meanwhile the italian government decided Friday to maintain its nationwide ban on the storage and Sale of Grapefruit. United press International reported. Health min ister Carlo Donat Cattin said after a Cabinet meeting the ban would be maintained until scattered reports of tainted Grapefruit imported from Israel have been thoroughly investigated. The associated press reported from Brussels that the european commission said Friday it also was cancelling its com Unity wide Alert on israeli Grapefruit. The food Alert began when tainted israeli Grapefruit was found in a Rome supermarket. Initial reports that the Grapefruit had  by terrorists proved incorrect the Citrus fruit had been injected with a non toxic Blue Dye. Italian authorities initially said the substance had immediately killed Laboratory animals but later retracted the statement. Nose for fashion a woman at the Cologne optical fair Max Ucli the urtext in futuristic sunglasses. The glasses a double purpose White the lenses protect Ibe eyes against the wages of ultraviolet Light the nose shield suit s against sunburned proboscis. The Eye Cal Chang Avant Garde design has in equally Eye catching Price Over $800. 5 canadians to serve on . Team monitoring Afghanistan withdrawal by Joseph Owen Sulf writer Nicosia Cyprus Canada will Send five military officers to Afghanistan As part of a 50-Man United nations observer team to Monitor the withdrawal of soviet troops. The decision does not mean the United nations will Send a peacekeeping Force to Afghanistan however or that Canada would participate in such a Force Canad an defense minister Perrin beatly said Friday. The United. Nations team under the command of a finnish general also is expected to include soldiers from Austria Denmark Finland Ghana Ireland Nepal Poland and Sweden. Canadian external affairs minister Joe dark announced on thursday his government would participate. The Canadian contribution will include a Lieuten ant colonel a major and three captains a department of National defense spokesman said in Nicosia. Beatly who arrived in Nicosia Friday afternoon to review Canada s 57s-troop . Contingent in Cyprus said the soviet withdrawal May prompt moves toward peace in Afghanistan. But he said the absence of agreements that include the afghan rebels and eliminate arms shipment to the combatant would hamper the introduction of a peacekeeping Force to end fight ing in the a year old War. The government also said last month it would be willing to consider requests to Send peacekeeping troops to Central America. Canadian army Brig. Gen. John Are Mclnnis chief of staff of the United notions Force in Cyprus said his country s role there leaves the door open for new peace ventures elsewhere. Peacekeeping is a fundamental Clement of Canad an defense policy Mclnnis said in an interview in hit office at the United nations farces Headquarters. Canada Wil listen to any request put Forward by the in Secretary general for its participation in peace keeping. If Canadian soldiers can keep people from killing each other that in my mind is a very Noble Endeavor Mclnnis said a peacekeeping Force in Afghanistan would require among other things that peacekeeper have continuous Access to the two hostile forces As in Cyprus. He said Canada withdrew years ago from a peacekeeping Force in Lebanon became the Force was unable to negotiate with All sides. Some Canadian soldiers in the Cyprus Force reacted with enthusiasm to the news of their government s Afghanistan decision. I think the minister of external affairs is quite right said army it Brent Kerr operations officer for Urban co Princess Patricia s Canadian Light inf which patrols the Buffer zone Between Creek and turkish lines in Nicosia. "1 see that As an operation similar to Kashmir where we already  other soldiers said they would be willing to Volunteer for service in Afghanistan if a peacekeeping Force is formed there. Quintuplets born to woman who took Fertility drug Pittsburgh. A. Up a woman who underwent Fertility drug treatments gave birth to quintuplets four girls and a boy All weighing less than 2 pounds and in critical condition doctors said Friday. The babies were born to Terry Simu Nich 26, Between 11 5s . Wednesday and 12 02  thursday said or. Rob Ert Guthrie chief of paediatrics at Magee women s Hospital. The infant have been stabilized and Are in critical condition in Magee neonatal intensive care unit Guthrie said. The boy was Deli died first. Three of the babies weighed i Pound 10 ounces one was 1 Pound e ounces and another i Pound 9 ounces. Guthrie said. Simunich and her husband. Max 28, tried unsuccessfully for two years to achieve a pregnancy before undergoing Fertility drug treatments with personal a magic spokeswoman said. A message left on a Telephone an swering machine at the Simunich Home in Greenville 60 Miles North of Pitts Burgh said hello this is mas.,. Everything ii going Well and we appreciate your calling the whole family is on a  said Dorothy Simpson a relative. Quintuplets Are bom in the United states Only once per 6 million to 7 Mil lion births the Hospital spokeswoman said  
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