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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 21, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page �8 the stars and stripes saturday May 21,19b6 news briefs woman on rampage fatally shoots 1, wounds 6 Winnetka Iii a a woman carrying m least two handgun opened tire in an Elemen tary school classroom Friday killing one child and critically wounding live others. She then fled to a nearby Home and shot a seventh person police said. No motive Wai immediately known for the attack by the woman who apparently remained barricaded inside the Home More than tour hours after the initial shooting. Heavily armed police encircled the Home along a tree lined neighbourhood in Winnetka one of the affluent North Shore suburb a North of Chicago. A hostage negotiating team was on the scene hut had cot established Contact with the woman. Authorities said the woman believed to be in her 20s, used various names including Laurie Dann and the Fri and police in Madison wis both were in Contact with local police about her. Sergeant found dead at Tempelhof Airport Berlin an electronic systems specialist assigned to the 0912th electronic Security croup was found dead at Tempelhof Central Airport thursday an air Force spokeswoman said Friday. Tech. Sol. Gregory Moore was found tying at the base of one of the Airport s tall buildings around noon Chris Goodwin said Moore was 30. He was a native of Baltimore. He is survived by his Mother Myrle l. Moore of Baltimore and his father Elmer a Moore. The cause of death is unknown Goodwin said and the incident is under investigation by air Force Security police 4 . Soldiers injured 2 critically in Accident Schwab stall West Germany four american soldiers were injured Friday morning two critically in an Accident near the Entrance or a West German military Cavern an Augsburg Community spokeswoman said. The soldiers were passengers in a West Ger Man military Van being driven by a German Soldier about 20 Miles from Augsburg. The Van apparently collided with another vehicle about 8 . Ail of the soldiers were assigned to the 74th Field arty det at the Cavern said Heide Lam Mer wisc. Two of the soldiers were taken to civilian hospitals in Munich for specialized treatment she said. Another Midler was admitted for Obser vation of the . Army Hospital in Augsburg. The fourth Soldier was treated and released. The Driver had Only minor injuries she said. Identities of the soldiers Are being withheld pending notification of families. Ecsi German and . Military police Are investigating the Accident she said. 118-car Highway pileup near Stuttgart injures 19 Stuttgart a Nineteen people were injured Friday when 118 cars crashed in a Chain reaction pileup on a major West German Auto Bahn police said. The i a mile Long crunch was caused by scattered patches of fog that reduced Drivers visibility in the Hilly Region near this Southern West German City according to police. Police said Drivers were travelling Loo fast for the conditions. It s the usual Here people do not know enough to slow Down and keep a proper distance Between cars said one police official who declined to be named citing department policy. Police said five of the injured were in critical condition but there was no immediate word on conditions for the other injured. The autobahn was closed in Boih directions for several hours. Police said 35 other accidents were reported Friday in the Stuttgart area. There was no imme Diate casualty loll available they added. Pentagon orders strict limits to avoid busting 88 budget from Page 1 Taft said. That is not out of 1177 billion. A Large aberration it s less than 1  but the freeze will work some of it out the action however will probably not save More than half a billion dollars Taft said. So More action appears necessary. Taa said it will Lake approximately one month for the effects of the current actions to be fell in he Bud get we think this is a prudent Iep. It May Lum Oul when we get the May figures that we have to continue these types of actions perhaps we will be Able to lift them perhaps we Wilt have to supplement them he said. The extreme actions Are the result of a White House Congress budget Compromise from late 1987, which was drought about after an october Hock Market train stunned the nation s Economy. In addition to deferring All general services administration Supply purchases the action will limit civilian hiring to one new employee for every two who leave. Temporary summer hire programs for which commit ments have already been made Are not affected by  policy. But overtime authorization and payment is Dis continued. Other actions involved include deferring civilian training tuition and education Al assistance unless personal or government losses would be incurred for commitments already made. Professional development programs and related temporary duty expenses already scheduled during the freeze period win not be affected. Allowing no maintenance work except for Emer gency repairs. Deferring All Industrial fund Purchase of capital duets. Limiting Gross disbursements to Gross collections in All Industrial fund and Stock fund account. Deferring All new research development testing and evaluation contracts. Deferring All contract advisory assistance services. Deferring All contract actions on equipment sup plies and contract support. Taft said civilian hiring Speaks for itself. We Are not affecting any of the employees that we have on except for the overtime business. We Are not laying anybody off or furlough ing anybody we arc say ing if you want to hire a new person show us two people who have left and then you can hire. So there is some flexibility left still to alter your work Force but not to increase  for temporary summer hiring As Well Taa said the new employee will be be Able to come on the Rolls when two people retire. Frankly we re not doing a lot of hiring tall said. In fad our civilian totals Are coming Down. Almost All of the commands have had hiring freezes on for this entire fiscal year. This will pick up a few places that Are not already in that posture but not Many. Top military leaders say thanks to is on armed forces Day Washington is in keeping with the 200th anniversary of he . Constitution armed forces Day this year ii based on the preamble to that key document with the theme securing the blessings  in recognition of the 39th armed forces Day Fri Day the military s top civilian and military leaders issued their thanks to service member around the world. This year s constitutional theme president Reagan said challenges every generation of America s tons and daughters to take her destiny in their own Strong and capable hands. You have taken up the Challenge in our Lime so that All of us can continue id share the blessings of the Liberty you protect so ably and at such great risk and sacrifice. Secretary of defense Frank Cari cd said this year s theme can Only begin to express the True meaning of d forces  t servicemen tubers know that it Means there Are uni formed sentinels of Freedom stationed throughout the world ready to preserve protect and defend a that is sacred to the american people Carlucci said. He said today s service members know they Are the Best trained Best educated Best equipped and most dedicated men and women in the history of our nation Manning those outposts of  the Secretary said he and All americans can salade service members on armed services Day for enduring the Many hardships and dangers of military life keep ing the flame brightly lil in the Torch of Freedom for Yel another year and above All being prepared to Sacri fice All to secure the blessings of Liberty for your Fel Low  . William Crowe jr., chairman of the joint chiefs of staff said the very heart of our forces is the dedicated men and women who serve Day in and Day out securing the blessings of  treaty from Page 1 10,86-11,82-15 and b9-8. The decision came after Senate Republican Leader Bob Dole of Kansas called on his fellow republicans to Speed up the action. We need to Start making real Progress on the treaty itself Dole said. Time is of the essence the presi Dent leaves next wednesday for his Moscow Summit with soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Dole said Republican senators have a special Bur Den to assure that Reagan does not go to Moscow without ratification of the inf treaty. Sen. Ted Stevens a Alaska a member of the Senate observer term that monitored the inf talks told the sen ate As one of them 1 can stand before the Senate and say i have Confidence in this treaty it need not be changed at  Symms said his amendments simply mean thai the treaty docs not go into effect until the president can report the soviets Are in compliance with existing turns treaties. Sen. Jamesj. Exon a neb complaining of Republican stalling referred to Symms proposal As nonsense and extraneous 1 i think this is a terrible situation la would cripple the president As he represents the United Stales and the free  Exon said Reagan will be partly to blame if the treaty in t approved before the Summit. The president could put his foot Down. He is the president he b the Leader of the Republican party without question. I think he b contributing to his own problems Boeselager from Page 1 team did not do As Well As hoped for in its last even a half hour test of their ability to identify various types of enemy equipment. By late Friday afternoon it was apparent that the 11 in army Cav regt would not repeat As Champion of the foreign contingent division. The Competition began in 1970 for German army reconnaissance elements. In 1976, a foreign nation Competition was added. Third place in the foreign nation category went to the 1st Queens dragoons United kingdom with 3,975 Points. Second and third place finishers in the German army were the Panzer recon in 7 with 4,540 Points and Panzer recon in 12 at 4,350. Events at this year s Competition were scored differently from those in 1987, when the lop score Wai 3fl,900  
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