European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 26, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 news briefs the stars and stripes tuesday july 26,1988 Rome Jpn Naples Isola i Capo Rizzuto is 1,000 protest transferring f-16s from Spain to Italy Isola i Capo Rizzuto Italy up More than 1,000 protesters saturday staged a sym Bolic occupation of the Airport that has been Cho Senas a base for . F-16 fighter bombers due to be evicted from Spain in 1990, officials said. Authorities opened the Gates of St. Anna air port in Southern Italy and allowed the protesters to March around the deserted runway. The pro testers held banners opposing the Transfer to Italy of 72 f-16s from the Torrejon base near  and pacifist groups held a sit in out Side the Small provincial Airport in the toe of Italy before being allowed onto the grounds of the future military air  Russo Spena Secretary of the extreme left proletarian democracy party said the Deci Sion to redeploy the fighters of the . 401st tactical Wing in Italy was an act of unilateral rearmament which undermined Hopes of Denu Clear zing the  of the demonstration said the installation of military bases does not bring new jobs but brings environmental pollution and the eviction of local people to make Way for military personnel and their families. Dodds employee killed in car crash in England Wiesbaden West Germany a depart ment of defense dependents schools employee was killed and his wife injured sunday when their car collided with another car while they were travelling in . Kent Rossier science coordinator for the Dodds Northern Germany Region and his wife Martha were driving about 60 Miles South West of London at 12 55 . When the two car Accident occurred a Lindsey As spokesman said  couple was taken to Basingstoke District Hospital where the 61-year-old Rossier die about two hours later. Information on Martha Rossier s condition was not available monday. According to a police report the Driver of theother car was not injured. Air Force no killed in motorcycle Accident Hahn a West Germany is a 28 year old staff sergeant was killed saturday in motorcycle Accident near Kru Menau a base spokesman said  sgt. Hannibal Valentin of the 50th air Craft generation so was pronounced dead at the scene about 9 15 . By a West German doctor master sgt. Terry Walker said. The one vehicle Accident occurred along Highway k-74, about three Miles from the , a weapons Load Crew chief had been at Hahn since february 1984.the Queens n.y., native is survived by his wife Kathleen son Jaque and daughter  memorial service is scheduled at 3 30 . Wednesday at Hahn Chapel 2. Bush open minded on plan to bomb foreign drug Sites new York a vice president George Bush says he is open minded about a proposal that a International Force be formed to launch air raids against the Homes airfields labs and factories of for eign drug Kingpins. If you can target a factory that was putting out this Poison. A factory of death. That s poisoning kids where a country needed assistance to wipe it out i d Bevery much open minded about that. We re talking about a War on drugs Bush said in an interview with newday published sunday. See earlier Story Page 5. Bush speaking saturday in Tampa fla., was responding to a proposal his former chief of staff retired adm. Daniel Murphy made in a Senate hearing earlier this month. The next president he said would have to look hard and Long at the possibility of such air strikes. Murphy said Bush had proposed an International Summit meeting to discuss the proposal. Bush told the newspaper he did not recall any discussion of airstrikes within the administration or with Murphy. Bush said such a strategy could Only proceed if the bombing was requested by the nations involved and As Long As innocent lives were not at risk. If you see a target and you know there s a cocaine factory there and the head of a Sovereign country says i need some assistance to wipe out that cocaine Plantin my country and you have an International Force. And the head of that International Force says Well you Don t have any dive bombers. And this is a War. An All out War i d be open minded about  w. German held for aiding escapes Berlin a East Berlin police arrested a West German Man at a Border control Point the state run adn news Agency said monday. He is apparently suspected of trying to help citizens of the communist nation escape to the West. Adn identified the West German As Joer Schonfeld who it said was arrested at the East Berlin control Point Drewitz on saturday. According to the report Schonfeld s Mercedes Auto Mobile was confiscated when he was arrested. The arrest was made when a crime was being car ried out by misuse of the transit agreement Between the two German nations the adn report said. East German officials normally use the phrase mis using the transit agreement As an accusation that suspect was involved in helping East germans escape to the West. Meanwhile police in Hannover said monday a 29-year-old East German Man had escaped Over communist constructed Border barriers into the West German state of lower Saxony. Police said the Escapee scaled East German Borde fences uninjured and apparently unnoticed late sat  said the escape took place near the town of Dannenberg about 62 Miles Southeast of Hamburg. More than 150 East germans have escaped Over their Homeland s Border fortifications into West Ger Many or West Berlin this year. High tech replacing airmen in Iceland Nas Kef Lavik Iceland is automation is replacing airmen at one of the United states mos Remote and important aircraft tracking units at Hon Iceland. After some 31 years in business the air Force s667th aircraft control and warning so was officially deactivated Friday according to chief Petty officer Dave Evans a Navy spokesman. This site has without equivocation led the world in assisting f-4s and now f-15s flying out of Kef Lavik to intercept More soviet aircraft than anyone any where else in the world said rear adm. Eric a. Mcvaden the commander of the Iceland defense Force at the deactivation ceremony. The 667th was part of the Iceland based team that tracks identifies and escorts aircraft that intrude in the sensitive military air defense intercept zone Cadiz encircling the Island. Al 5s based Here along with e-3a airborne warning and control system or a acs aircraft regularly intercept and escort soviet military aircraft that stray into the 200-mile zone around Iceland. The Hon site about 250 Miles Northeast of Kef la Vik is being updated with new equipment replacing manual radar Scopes and plotting boards Evans said. Automated systems will now transmit radar information to the master direction Center in Southwest ice land at Rockville Evans said. The 35 remaining air Force people at Hon will leave and be reassigned elsewhere by september 30 when the system is fully operational. Evans said final checks Are now being done on the new equipment. The Center to be called the Iceland Region operations control Center ice Roc Cwill be maintained by icelandic contractors Evans said. Death from Page 1 the Telephone in his office overlooking the Pool is charged with dereliction of duty and is scheduled for trial aug. 22. Four Petty officers All instructors were charge with conspiracy to commit Battery and have been Given non judicial punishments including reductions in rank and loss of pay. Combe s plea was accepted and the trial Date Wasset by cmdr. Gregory r. Radlinski a military judge. Defense lawyers had asked to delay the trial until lat september because of the illness of the wife of Combe s military counsel Marine capt. James Royce. The judge said he May reconsider the request for a delay if mrs. Royce s condition does t improve within a week. Two civilian lawyers Bill Wiltshire and Robert Heath jr., joined Combe s defense team last week. After Mirecki was pushed Back into the Pool Combe allegedly grasped him in a head hold and drag ged him into deep water. Reagan from Page 1 resumption of relations broken in april 1980, said the official who spoke on condition of anonymity. He said the United states would like to talk to the iranians about ending the persian Gulf War the nine americans held hostage in Lebanon and terrorism. He said however that the United states had no imposed conditions for talks. In any event the official said Tehran had not pro posed an authorized representative to respond to the .  sunday two senior . Officials said the administration deserves much of the credit for Iran s acceptance of a cease fire in its Long War with  is a time if not for bragging at least it s been a time for All of us to be proud that our policy has Beena Success John Whitehead Deputy Secretary of state  Secretary Frank c. Carlucci agreed and said a cease fire Means the year old policy of escorting re flagged kuwaiti tankers through the persian Gulf will end As soon As we judge it Safe and prudent to do  Carlucci appearing on the Abc to program meet the press refused to set a Date for the reduction of Navy ships in the waterway. There Are 27 . Warships there compared with the five or six that patrolled the Gulf before the convoys began. Carlucci also said improved .-iranian relations could Lead to the release of the nine americans held hostage in Lebanon by iranian backed groups. Iran has accepted United nations Resolution 598,which Calls for a cease fire in the eight year War while the two sides try to negotiate a lasting peace