European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 10, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes Friday june 10,1988 Vij. Appolo drugs found in straws a French customs officer thursday displays three of pounds of the drag were discovered Judd Man 13 the 6,000 straws found to contain cocaine at an air port near Paris. The stars we containing about 37 boxes containing ponchos and hats. The shipment Ortic imitated in Bogota Colombia military Roundup Japan asks . Navy to move aircraft practice to iwo Jima Tokyo a Japan has called on the . Mili tary to move ils night practice landings from a densely populated area near Tokyo to the Remote Island or iwo Jima site of one of the fiercest .-japanese Battles m world War ii. Foreign ministry spokesman Koichi Haraguchi said thursday that . Officials have not responded to a suggestion that they move . Navy nighttime prac Tice flights from Katsugi a in the Tokyo area to iwo Jima about 750 Miles to the South. Haraguchi said the japanese government proposed the temporary move to counter mounting complaints of noise. In addition Strong opposition from citizens of Miyauc Island selected by the government As the site of a new permanent night Landing strip has slowed the defense facilities administration Agency s plans to construct a Landing strip there the Agency handles All construction projects de signed to support . Military needs in accordance with the Security treaty implemented in 1952 and revised in 1960. The japanese government position is still the same regarding Miyake Haraguchi told reporters at a regu Lar news briefing. Defense administration officials selected Miyake is land 115 Miles from Tokyo As inc most suitable site for a new night Landing Airstrip for . Planes from the Carrier Midway based in Japan. But 85 percent of the Island s 4,300 residents have signed petitions against the planned Airstrip. Miyake Village head Haruo Terasawa elected in 1984 on an anti Airstrip platform welcomed the iwo Jima proposal As one fruitful outcome of the Island ers opposition movement. But we will not give up on our fight against a per manent Airstrip Here until tie government completely Abandons its plan he told the associated press. Setsuko Sakurada spokeswoman for the defense facilities administration Agency said a temporary site is necessary because construction of the Landing strip on Miyake will take a Long Lime due to the opposition Haruguchi said iwo Jima was Only one proposed Landing site but he did not name other possible locations complaints from Katsugi residents have become Strong so we asked the . Forces to reduce night Landing practice and to do it in other places he said. Tiny iwo Jima measuring Only eight Miles Square was the site of a february 1945 Battle that claimed the lives of 6,800 americans and 20,000 japanese the United state maintained jurisdiction Over the Island from 1945 until 1968, when control passed Over to Japan. Off limits to Ordinary tourists it is presently used Only by the japanese self defense forces As a practice ground. Nato panel appoints Kelso commander in Atlantic Brussels nato s defense planning commit tee has appointed . Adm. Frank b. Kelso ii As supreme Allied commander Atlantic according to Alli Ance officials. The appointment was made june i after president Reagan nominated Kelso to the Post replacing adm. Lee Baggettjr. Who is retiring after 38 Yean in the military. Baggett was assigned to the Posl in november 1985. Kelso who will assume command in the fall currently u commander of the . Atlantic Fleet and Deputy commander of the . Atlantic come. In addition to the nato Post Kelso also will serve As commander of the . Atlantic come. Adm. Powell Carter has been named As Kelso s Suc Cessor. Allied forces Day Parade to be held in West Berlin Berlin More than 75,000 people arc expected to View the annual Allied forces Day Parade in West Berlin saturday. Participants include More than 270 military person Nel from French British and . Forces. The Parade begins at 2 30 . On the 17 Juni Strasse in the area by the Victory column. Opening with a joint color guard presentation and Flag raising ceremony the Parade will continue toward the a Bahn concluding with a Parachute jump by the 1st in 10th special forces team from bad Tolz As Well As British and French teams. The tripartite forces will perform a flyover with fixed Wing aircraft and helicopters. The Parade expected to last More than an hour also will include 12 marching bands More than 65 tanks and 130 other vehicles pc Parade entertainment will be provided by the West Berlin police motorcycle team at 1 30 . Crowds Start to form before noon so Parade officials recommend coming Early for a Good View. Nav eur gets 3 awards for recreation club services Washington the Navy in Europe garnered three awards at a recent presentation for naval recreation club and Media programs. The club system at naval station at Rota Spain won the ongoing program award for ils healthy cuisine program. Rota also won the editor s Choice awards recognizing Media and marketing efforts for the fitness Center s Midnight madness program. Michael a. Greenwood Deputy director of recreation services for Nav eur was Given a significant contribution award for his support to recreation and club programs. World today Carlucci concerned about fire of of n. Korea s Sam deployment Seoul South Korea up us. Defense Secretary Frank Carlucci expressed serious concern thursday Over North Korea s recent deployment of sur acc to air missiles close enough to Seoul to hit civilian jetliners land ing at the capital s International Airport they arc a matter of serious concern to car Lucci told a news conference at the end of a three Day meeting with South korean officials to discuss military cooperation and Security preparations for the Seoul summer olympics which open sept. 17, . State department official Harry Dunlop said the operational capability of the soviet made Sa-5 was fairly recent and that the missiles could reach pretty far including airspace Over Kimpo inter National Airport in Western Seoul. Carlucci Dunlop and other . And korean officials have expressed mounting concern Over the possibility of North korean attempts to disrupt the Seoul olympics through military incursion or terrorist attack. Dunlop head of the stale department s Korea desk said before the news conference. We Don t know what the North koreans Are doing but we know they Don t i Ike inc olympics one Dunlop said there were ways to defend against in coming Sa-5 missiles but civilian airliners Don i carry these in a joint statement Carlucci and South korean defense minister of Jabok said North Korea s offensively oriented military Force deployments and strengthened Surprise attack capability pose a serious threat to the Republic of the comments raised the Specter of North korean attack on a civilian Airliner coming to Seoul before or during the 24th olympic games. Soviet bloc to help Cuba build parts for planes Mexico City a soviet bloc nation will help Cuba begin the production of parts for civilian air planes the cuban government news Agency reported late wednesday. Prensa Latina said in a dispatch monitored in Mexico City that Czechoslovakia has agreed to Tram cuban technicians and engineers in the making of some plane parts. The soviet Union and Poland it said also have agreed to help. Poland it said has Given Cuba plans for building parts for planes that would be used in farming. Tatars denied permission to return to the Crimea Moscow Cap the soviet government said thursday that inc tatars j Osco Stalin forcibly deported in Masse from their crimean Homeland during world War ii Are not entitled loan autonomous Homeland. The announcement was a major setback for the eth Nic group whose members have been agitating for a return from what they consider exile in Central Asia to their ancestral lands on the Black sea. The tatars were deported from their crimean Homes after Stalin accused them or collaborating with the nazis tatar activists say about 110.000 people or 46 per cent of their population died during or soon after the deportation
