European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 23, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes saturday july 23,1988 army chief wants Good ideas shared by Rosemary Sawyer staff writer bad Kreuz Nach West Germany the Secretary of the army told 8th inf div soldiers Friday he wants the army to Chain store its Good training ideas. I want to Chain st9re the Good thing that Are happening in each division army Secretary John o. Marsh or. Said while a slide of a 7-eleven convenience store flashed on a screen behind him. Want to Chain store those things around the Marsh who is in West Germany for news updates cambodian pullout Bangkok Thailand a Vietnam s Leader Nguyen Valinh says All vietnamese troops will leave Cambodia by Early 1990 at the latest instead of the end of1990 As previously announced. Linh made the statement in meeting in Moscow on thursday with soviet Leader Mikhail Gorba Chev according to an official Viet Nam news Agency report monitored Friday in Bangkok. Soviet supplied vietnamese forces invaded Cambodia in late1978, installed a pro vietnamese government and Are battling three major guerrilla groups. The Agency said Linh told Gorbachev that All vietnamese troops will be withdrawn by the end of1989 or Early 1990 at the latest and that the schedule for the troop pullout will be updated if an Early solution is Beach pollution Atlantic City . A the Likely source of pollution that has plagued four new Jersey sea Shore communities since last week is the Asbury Park sewage treat ment Plant health officials said thursday. Beaches in Asbury Park Ocean Grove Bradley Beach and Avon by the sea were closed again thursday after tests showed High Levels of col form or focal bacteria in the Ocean. The first Beach closings occurred june 13, and Monmouth county health officials initially pointed to polluted Sylvan Lake which empties into the Ocean. But health officials realized the Lake would not be the source of balls of grease that had washed ashore. Such pollution is commonly associated with sewage plants. Monsoon deaths new Delhi India a floods and disease spread by contaminated water have killed a least 370 people since the annual Monsoon Rains began late Las month officials and news reports said thursday. Cholera and gastroenteritis have reached epidemic proportions in new Delhi overwhelming Hospi tals and prompting severe criticism of How the City handles water and sewage facilities. Cases of the two diseases also have been reported in utter Pra Desh and Punjab states North of the capital. Officials throughout the Region have urged people to boil water used for drinking or cooking. Four Days to talk to soldiers about the army s year of training said sharing training ideas and successes is key to improving training effectiveness. Marsh cited the historical example of the improvements the army underwent at Valley forge under the direction of Friedrich von Steuben a former Prus Sian army officer. Somehow what he did at Valley forge would have to be translated Chain stored to the rest of the army 1 Marsh said. Subsequently von Steuben established the inspector general corps for the purpose of having a Standard for the entire on my experience and the Opportunity to observe our army and other armies of the world i would Tell you that i think the american army strained extraordinarily Well so i m not Here to criticize your training Marsh told the soldiers. Marsh encouraged the 8th inf div sol Diers to think of training related projects seminars and sessions for leaders to get together to talk about training. I really believe the secret of better training lies within the noncommissioned officers and officers who Are in this room who will see ways to improve upon training and make it More effective he said. The Best personal reason to train an Soldier is to give him a life insurance policy he said. The Best Chance of survival on the Battlefield is a Well trained the army Secretary of seven years an former congressman also was to give his training talk to soldiers of the 3rd Arrn div in Frankfurt and 1st army div in Ansbach. 5 More germans seized As suspects in . Cigarette Black Market ring Wiesbaden West Germany is five More germans have been arrested in connection with the alleged Lack marketing of stolen cigarettes with a Street value of More than $8.3 million Lindsey air station authorities said Fri Day. An investigation following the june30 arrest near Dusseldorf of seven Ger mans in the act of loading 61 cases of cigarettes from a Sealand Container onto a Rhine River Barge led to the arrest of the additional five. The ring of 12 is believed responsible for at least 25 separate thefts of cigarettes from . Military shipping containers being transported on Rhine River barges from Rotterdam in the Netherlands to Mainz Germany since 1986. According to the air Force office of special investigations at Lindsey air Sta Tion and West German customs officials in Kaiserslautern the operation is believed to be West Germany s largest theft and Black marketing operation. No . Service members or civilians Are suspected in the theft of the 10,000cases of . Cigarettes bound for Mili tary sales outlets. If convicted the ring members will reliable for a 2.4 million Mark $1.3 Mil lion loss in tax Revenue suffered by the German government. The . Government value of the cigarettes is $500,000. The arrests and rec9veries resulted from the efforts of a joint task Force made up of More than 30 agents from Theair Force office of special investigations West German customs defens logistic Agency come Security and the army criminal investigation come. Working with air Force investigator sin the United states and dutch customs officials in Rotterdam the task Force surveyed Rhine River Barge shipments of tax free cigarettes Over several also Analysed the reported losses of cigarettes from sealed shipping containers arriving at military facilities. North Dakota Highway Speed limits . M m. A m i _ it. M%4fea T T in Italy to be lowered taxing go income Heidelberg West Germany the income of service members claiming North Dakota As their Legal residence Isnow taxable by the state. North Dakota recently changed it Laws to include state taxation of income for people claiming the state As their Legal residence regardless of where the income was earned. Finance official said the rate of state taxation is 14 per cent of the Federal tax withheld. Service members claiming North Dakota As their state of Legal residence for tax purposes should submit to their finance office a w-4 form showing the number of exemptions for state with holding and marked state Only in the upper right hand Corner. Rome a after a bloody week end that saw 95 people killed on italian roads the government announce thursday that it will lower the Speed Lim its on highways All Over the nation. The ministry of Public works said be ginning sunday and until september 11, the Speed limit on Italy s superhighways will be 110 Kph 68 Mph instead of 140 Kph 87 Mph. Officials said the highest Speed limit on other highways will be 90 Kph 56 Mph instead of 110 Kph 68 Mph. I have no illusions that the new Speed limits represent a Panacea for the ills that afflict the system of superhighways and highways said Public works min ister Enrico Ferri. We do not expect but he said that the state with the new Speed limits was sounding an alarm to motorists. Authorities said 95 people were killed on italian highways last weekend 81 the weekend before and 255 since the begin Ning of july. To help warn foreigners about the change in Speed limits the ministry said the new limits also will be posted m English French and German. Cans of Beans recalled sergeant sentenced to 5 years for rape Heidelberg West Germany is the 7th medical come i recalling cans of Stokeley Brand Cut Green Beans in the 14 and 14 /2 ounce sizes from Exchange service food outlets commissaries and troop dining facilities. Customers who have purchased the Beans Are being asked to return the cans to the place of Purchase for a refund command spokesman David Stewart said Friday. The cans of Beans being recalled have the Stock numbers mcx2a ormcx2b. The m in the top line May look like the number 11, Stewart said. Cans affected by the recall also feature a second line of identification beginning with the letters Viz the Beans Are being recalled because swollen cans were discover Don commissary shelves by veterinary inspectors. Stuttgart West Germany is a sergeant assigned to the 56th Field arty come was sentence to five years in prison thursday after being found guilty on charges of rape and carnal knowledge a Vii corps spokesman said Friday. Sgt. Ronald a. Baker also was demoted to private one ordered to forfeit All pay and allowances and Dis Honora Bly discharged following his trial by general court martial. Baker 39, was assigned to Btry a 4th in 9th Fie Darty in Heilbronn. The unit is an element of the 56th Field arty which Fields the Pershing ii missile. Civilian s body found near arc resort Munich West Germany is German Border police on thursday found the decomposed body of an army civilian employee missing since late june . And German officials said Fri Day. Richard m. Andrews a civilian work ing with the 200th theater army mate Riel Maint Center in we Brucken West Germany apparently was killed in a 300 foot fall from a Cliff near St. Bartholo Mae on the to Nigbee near Berchtesgaden police said. Andrews 40, from Montgomery ala.,had been reported missing by his family july 1. He had spent two nights at the armed forces recreation Center s Berchtesgaden roof hotel and was last seen departing the hotel on the morning of june 24, according to . later distributed bulletins in the area offering a 5,000-Mark Reward about $2,750 for German tourist first reported find ing Andrews body late wednesday night about a Quarter mile North of St. Bartholomae a popular attraction on the bavarian Mountain Lake. Andrews is survived by a wife and two children. Their names were not immediately available. A memorial service willbe held wednesday at 11 . At we Brucken s Kreuzberg Chapel
