European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 4, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page the stars and stripes saturday june 4,1988 Reagan nominates Travis to be Usa eur Chi surgeon Heidelberg Brig. Gun Richard t. Travis has been nominated by the pics idol to be Usa eur chief surgeon and command of the 7lh medical come. Travis the Deputy Compon Der of the . Army medical research and a Elop Mcnol come at Ford Crick md., will replace a. Gen. Frank f. Ledfordjr. Juthe nomination Carrop a promotion to major Gener Al. 4 Safe a 57 Coal miners mourned in w. German Community recognize ramste1nforce judge and . St Phi outstanding j personnel for their work West Germany four of sin  awards for 1987 went to. Officials . Donnelly received the award for advocate. He was cited for establish ing the  Ai a new base and his contribution no the act lion of the 4b6lh tac fighter Wing at  a . Adf Marsha a Ptomy received inc outstand ing Legal or vices airman award. As the noncommissioned of Tor in charge of military Justice for the 401 is tac Fig for wine Al Torr Jon a Spain she Cut  times far articles 15.  who works at the 3rd air Force head quart Al Raf Mildenhall England won the award lot of is Landing civilian attorney. He received his War for completing so viral International Law actions on behalf of  personnel stationed in . Sgt. Pamela s. Corrigan assigned to the Lola Taf fighter Wing Al Raf Alconbury England flip cd the award for outstanding Reserve Legal serv to technician. Officials cited her for unravelling Fourby plex medical claims cases and for her assistance to three critically understaffed Legal offices in Europe. , West Germany a flags flew at Hal staff and the mayor talked of an enormous loss to the Community while grief stricken relatives began identifying some of the 57 miners killed in a blast deep inside a Coal  of the deceased miners burst into tears thursday As they watched bodies being retrieved from underground and taken in Metal coffins to a temporary morgue. This catastrophe is an enormous loss for All of us Borkyn mayor Bernd Messier said. Thirty sin bodies had been found inside the mine by late thursday and11 of them were removed from the Gas filled shafts officials  miners were in the shafts at the time of the Gas explosion on wednesday. Rescue workers say there is Little Hope any will be found alive. By thursday night the bodies of at least three min ers had been identified said Hesse state prosecuting attorney Stephan Walcher All three were found Mohave died from Carbon monoxide poisoning although officials say others still in the mine were killed by the world today explosion  is assisting in the investigation or the expo sion.a1 lose state official Aid the cause of the blast bad not been determined but he rejected any Contention that safety measures at the mine were inadequate. This is one of he most modern and Best equipped ignite Coal mines around said Erwin Braun head of the slate mining Board. And it has been inspected Man limes including  Adf television network said investigators were speculating thai a Short i Ichii from a tool May have started a Chain reaction of explosions inside the Gas and dust filled mine. Braun said that possibility could not be discounted. Coal dust can become dangerous if it gets mixed with methane Gas and there is suddenly a Sparta he said. Among those killed in West Germany i worst nun Ine Accident in More than 26 year was an is year of on his first Day at work. At least 14 of the men trapped were turkish immigrant workers. Firm to sell Cessna plane rust flew to Moscow s red death toll from heat wave in Northern India hits 344 new Delhi India a seventy six More deaths were reported wednesday from a blistering heal wave in Northern India raising the toll for the past five Days to at least 344, the United news of India report  news Agency said 45 people died of sunstroke and other heat related ailments in Rajasthan a desert stale that has been hardest hit by the unyielding Sun. The five Day loll in Rajasthan Rose to More than 280. I said. Rain was reported in Kashmir and him Achal Pra Desh states in inc fur North raising Hopes that the heat wave would soon break. Wear her forecasters said that dust and Hac which have prevailed Over the Northern slates for nearly a week could dissipate starting thurs  latest deaths included 15 in Adhya Pravesh slate eight in Orissa six in Tiar Pravesh slate an two in Maharashtra uni said. The temperature in new Delhi and parts of Punjab state wednesday exceed 113 degrees it said. Indonesian islands rocked by Strong earthquake Jakarta. Indonesia a a Strong earthquake jolted the moluccas islands and timor Island in indo Nesia but caused no injuries or damage officials said wednesday. The earthquake on tuesday was entered Dee below the Ocean away from populated areas said Binu pure Ono of the geophysical Agency in Jakarta. The ice blog disrupted electricity in the suburbs of Darwin in Northern Australia but caused no serious damage or injuries there either. Pure Ono said the earthquake was entered in the Banda sea 320 Miles South of Ambon and 1,750 Miles cast of Jakarta. He said inc earthquake measured 6.2 on the Richter scale. The scale is a gauge of the Energy released by a earthquake As measured by the ground motion recorded on a Seismograph. A quake measuring 6 on the scale can cause severe damage. Frankfurt a a West German company i seeking to resell the Cessna air plane that Pilot Mathias Rusl landed in Moscow s red Square a year ago Hamburg sports flying club official said thursday. Kars Friedrich Obiesie Deputy manager of the Ham Burg air club said Azuma Royal cosmetics of munic1" had placed advertisements for inc plane i newspapers. The company had bought the the club for $88,000. The soviets allowed the Hamburg club to Fly the plane Back lowest  and the club sold it to Azuma Royal now they the com Dow arc seeking a huge profit on it and have advert or it for Sale in various places Nicsie said. He mrm aled Auma Royal was Askin Between is so Wand $175,000 for the plane. The ass waited press tried repeatedly to Conta Tazuma Fluffy Al officials by Telephone thursday for com Oul no one answered the phone thursday was final Holiday in Bavaria. Rusl now 20, Over soviet territory from a Clink Fland and landed in red Square on may2bjjpr Urcyl 4, Rusl was found guilty of illegal entry do the soviet Union violating International flight regulations and malicious Rowdy ism. He was Sente Cedlo four years in a labor Camp. Rust remains in a Moscow prison where the soviets have permitted his parents and brother to visit him on several occasions. One advertisement which appeared in the May i editions of the Welt am sonntag newspaper reach most famous air plane to sell. Do you want the Only Airlane to land on red place Moscow on 28th May 1987? Malhias rust s Cessna 172 will be sold in  according to Giesick the Cessna is now parked in hangar at a Small Airport near the City of Luersen 15 Miles Northwest of Hamburg. Group urges centralized control to help Cut Europe flight Brussels a the association of european airlines thursday said flight delays will Worsen unless air traffic control is centralized in the european eco nomic Community. The association said 1987 was a Banner year for its21 members which carried 130 million passengers up 12 million from 1986, and posted a combined Nel Profil of $775 million up 93 percent. The association last month said it expects incl prof Ilof its member airlines to total $650 million in 1988. The 21 airlines punctuality improved on i nights last year the association said in its i967jfl Book. But it added on Short and Media Tau routes Ili arc was a three Point drop in the up Malily rate compared to 1986. Of the situation was worst during jun0nd july when the number of flights delayed  and air Way congestion increased consid Jip " association general secret Karl Hein a Cummis tar in a separate Stalc Mei paid he expected congas lion problems to worser Lothree months in 1988 and10 four in 1989  is done to plan for the Fui Urc Europe s airt0fic has grown beyond expectations he said. Jar last a frs traffic reached the level predicted for 1991�snd 1988 traffic is expected to equal that pc Dispir for 1995." Hru Reed the dec to centralize air traffic control i Europe As Toon As possible. In 1963, Belgium the Netherlands France Luxem Bourg West Germany Ireland and Britain agreed to Transfer their air traffic conf operations to euro can tool a Brussels based our Kation. Bui in reality they have never done this today from a Prier in the Netherlands euro con Trot Only hand pair traffic Al varying altitudes Over the  and Northern West Germany. A flee main reasons for the failure to improve the a City of the skies is that because states keep reign rights to air traffic control Europe has Morejon 40air traffic control centers said Neumeister. There is no joint planning and a bottleneck in one air Ira Fie sector can affect routes All Over Europe. In 1987, Theassa Callon said its 21 member airlines boosted their occupancy rate by four Points to 68percent, for All scheduled services compared with 1986. Raised passenger Revenue by 24 percent in dollars and 10.8 percent in european currencies. Carried More than 10 million passengers on Nort Atlantic routes up 19 percent Over 1986, and the High est growth rate since 1978. Raised their european passenger traffic by in per cent and to the far East and Australia by 10 percent. Neumeister said the agreement of the 12 dec nations last year to make a modest beginning with de regulation of Europe s airways Marks the beginning of change Tor our Industry where so far full National sovereignty has prevailed the association s members Are Are Ling air France air Malta a italia austrian airlines,.british airways finn air Iberia icelander Jat Kim Luft Hansa Lux air Maley olympic airways Sabina Sas Swissair tap turkish airlines and Uta