European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 3, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes Friday june 3,1988 flows updates phone service Hinsdale Iii. A full Telephone service should be re stored sunday to the suburban Chicago communities affected by a fire May 8 at an Illinois Bell station the Utility said. Half of the 35,000 customers Wireback on line last Friday the rest will be Able to make All local and Lon distance Calls by 12 01 . Sunday said James Eibl Illinois Bell Vic president for operations. Hired killer Brownsville Texas a a Man paid 520,000 to carry out a murder arranged through Anad in Soldier of Fortune Magazine has been sentenced to the Maxi mum 40 years in prison for the bungled grenade bombing three years ago. Richard Michael Savage 39, of Knoxville tenn., was convicted april 6 an charges of soliciting a murder contract m the bombing of Dana free s Houston area was not at Home at the Lime of the bombing. Savage who offered no defense at his trial ran a gun Tor hire advertisement in Soldier of Fortune. Hong Kong Rule Hong Kong a China Stop official for Hong Kong affairs arrived in his British Colon wednesday Tor a 10-Day visit to canvass opinion about a propose Constitution for the territory once it reverts to chinese Mengfei director of the slate Council s hone Kong and Macao affairs office is scheduled to meet lawmakers businessmen civil serv ice unions and other groups to gauge reaction to inc recently published first draft of Hong Kong s future China regains sovereignty Over Hong Kong in 1997and has promised that the territory can maintain its capitalist society under a one country two systems chinese appointed committee recently issued the first draft of Constitution or Basic Law to pro vide the Legal framework for that sys tem. German spending hikes urged to reduce Trade imbalance Washington a West Ger Many should spend More on defense and Aid to the third world As a Way to re Duce Money piled up by inc nation s Trade surplus according to a report re leased thursday by the joint economic committee of Congress. Some countries particularly the United slates Are posting unprecedented Trade and current account deficits say the report presented by commit lace chair Man sen. Paul a Sarbanis did. Others notably Japan the Federal Republic of Germany Taiwan and South Korea Are running up Trade and current account surpluses or comparable significance. Over the Long run these imbalances cannot be the report was written by Daniel , the committee s senior economist. The committee includes my Mccre of both the House and Senate. Given West Germany s Merchan Dise Trade surplus of 170 billion and for eign Exchange reserves of Over $75 bit lion it is not surprising to find a widespread conviction inside the Fedor product recall Heidelberg is bottles of Gerber baby foods Squash for juniors Are being recalled after particles of glassware found in the food a 7th medical come spokesman said 7.5 ounce bottles regardless of codes or dates were taken off commis sary shelves of All three services thurs Day said Dave who have the product at Home should return it to the stores where purchased for a refund he said. No other Gerber baby foods products Are involved he said. Gerber products arc not carried by contaminated Squash was discovered when customers in several Armand air Force communities in Central Europe this week found Glass in the product Stewart said. The presence of Glass in some of the samples was verified 7th medical come veterinary lab officials prompting the recall Stewart were no reports of any babies being Gerber representative in Europe said there have been no reports of Glass found in bottles of Squash m the United Stales according to Adam Cohen spokesman for the defense subsistence Region Europe Al Republic and in other countries thai he fro has a major role to play in reducing global Trade imbalances the re port says. It acknowledges thai Wisl German spends less on defense in part because it pays its conscripts less than the unite states pays its Volunteer Force makes facilities available free to . Troops con tributes to Western forces in Berlin and suffers damage from Allied military exercises on its soil. Taking All the above factors into account however the total Fri commit ment for defense and economic assist Ance constitutes 4,1 percent of National productions compared la 7 percent for inc United states the report says. It adds thai during the 1980$, National production has risen 21 percent in the United Stales while defense spending went up 45 percent. West German production Rose ii percent and defens spending went up Only 2.9 percent a More realistic sharing of responsibilities among the partners would facilitate the shift of some defense expenditures currently carried by the United states to other nato nations it report outlines the need for More funds in heavily indebted countries an the reductions they have made in imports from West Germany and other industrialized countries in order to keep up payments on debt the report says the Fri has been severely affected with Fri exports to the is Mast heavily indebted countries falling by More than one third in the 1981-1987 period. Redirection of some portion of the West German surpluses Means an As sumption by inc Fri of responsibility inthe world Economy consistent with us importance of the Fri in the world Economy. 11 would also constitute a major contribution to the health an growth of the world it suggests that an International organization be set up to buy third world debt at a discount from commercial Banks and pass along the discount to the debtors in the form of a restructure debt. . Treasury Secretary James a. Baker Iii and other government leade oppose such projects. Corps of engineers to repair railway Burns. Ore. Up the army corps of engineers has agreed to proceed wish rehabilitation of a Railroad line to Burns that was damaged in recent years by the flooding of Maheur Lake i Southeastern Oregon. Sen. Mark Hatfield r-ore., wednesday said a defense department official wrote him that inc army has granted an exception to its policy and will let the corps proceed with work to elevate the rail Lin above Maheur Lake s flood Plain. Without reconstruction of the rail line the bums area would continue Mohave its rail service threatened and the Forest service would lose valuable Tim Ber sales receipts Hatfield said. The defense department said the army granted an exception to its policy of not supporting projects that directly Benefit a single property owner the owner of the rail line. The exception was granted following several Yean of study due to extensive incidental benefits that should accrue Toile Federal government in this Case As much As $1.95 million a year More i Federal Timber receipts. Hayfield had inserted 13.17 million for improvements to the rail line in the fiscal 1986 appropriations Bill but the office of management and budget withheld the funds from use by the army. The senator again recommended the funds be spent in the catch All spending legislation for fiscal 988. Hatfield said the army letter signals the lifting of objections by the bomb the budget of he White mouse. Norwegian mole soldiers May Wear earrings Oslo Norway a male norwegian soldiers can Wear an ear ring if they wish a court has ruled. The civilian court in Hammerfest nor Way s northernmost town handed Down the decision on a Soldier s Appeal against a $46 Tine he received last fall for refusing to remove n Small earring the National Nib news Agency reported. Nib quoted the Fin Mark Daghla newspaper published in Troy nose As saying the unidentified Soldier challenged a military regulation stating that Only women Are allowed to Wear the magistrates voted 2-1 that the code was discriminatory. The two judges voting in the Soldier s favor were women while the male judge voted to uphold the previous dress codes Nib reported. Technical sergeant confined for drugs Pitburg a West Germany Anair Force technical sergeant was sentenced to three months confinement an Given a bad conduct discharge for posses Sion and distribution of marijuana abase spokeswoman said thursday. Tech. Sgt. Kevin Hudson 30, of the 2139lh comm so was sentenced May 26for inc offences that occurred Jan. 20 in his Home in tin Corcoran said. Hudson who was tried before a Spe Cial court martial also was reduced to airman and ordered to forfeit ,503 Over a three month was a shift supervisor with Bis Squadron and had been in the air Force since july 1976, the spokeswoman said. He was assigned to the base in april1986 and will serve his sentence at bit Burg no convicted in Jan. Crash discharged Karlstedt West Germany a24-year-old army sergeant convicted of Drunken driving in a january Accident that killed a West German was dish Ono rally discharged a 2nd Arrad div fwd spokesman said thursday. Sgt. Jesse t. Lingenfelter co a 498th support in 2nd Jarrod div fwd was sentenced May 27 after being convicted in a military court the spokesman said Jens Stubbe a resident of Bremen was killed when his car was struck by the vehicle driven by Lingenfelter on Jan. 23 near the town of hoops. Stubbe was 20.the court found Lingen Fuller Noi guilty of involuntary manslaughter and Reck less driving. The sentence is subject to review Bihe court of military review the spokesman said. Stuttgart crash victim s name released Stuttgart army official thursday released the name of an american woman killed May 27 in Amu Ticar collision on autobahn 6 in Stuttgart. Dana r. Manse of California mo., was pronounced dead on arrival Al the nearby army Hospital in bad Cannstatt a 1st int div fwd spokesman said. Marose the wife of pfc Jimmy a Rose was a passenger in a 1984 Dodge Sedan involved in the Accident which occurred at the de Gerloch interchange. The victim s husband is assigned too a 1st in 16th inf regt at Panzer Cavern in Bobingen a Stuttgart suburb. The Driver of the car an american Soldier who was helping the Manes with transportation so they could secure new apartment suffered serious injuries the spokesman . Military police arc investigating the Accident
