European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 10, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes wednesday August 10,1988 news updates crash toll now 27 Vienna Austria a two More people have died of injuries suffered in the crash of a Bulgaria Airliner last tuesday bringing the death toll to 27, the state new Agency Bra reported monday. The Yak-40 jetliner with 33passengers and four Crew aboard failed to take off from the runway at Sofia Airport and crashed. Twenty three people died upon Impact and two others the plane s Captain and a child died a Day later in a two other people who died were Mladen Mitrovic a yugoslav citizen born in 1959, and the flight Engineer of the aircraft Bra said. It said the first of the convalescent passengers an unidentified soviet citizen was discharge from a Hospital earlier monday. The nine injured passenger who remained hospitalized Are All bulgarian citizens. Of them one was said to be in critical condition another was in serious condition and the rest were out of danger. Salute to victims Kaihar India a police marksmen fired seven shots into the air tuesday As a show of respect for More than 400 people who died in India s worst ferry i 1,000 relatives and local villagers watched spotted the 35-year-old steam powered ferry for the firs time since it overturned saturday and dumped at least 542 people mostly hindu pilgrims on their Way to a shrine into the surging 100 people most who were standing on the open air upper deck swam to Shore or were rescued by local villagers in Small boats. Train Accident Paris a the top official of the state run train company said monday that the motor of the train which crashed Over the week end at Paris Gare de fest station was set to turn at two thirds of its Power As the train entered the Sta costet director general and interim president of the society National Des Cheminis de fers speak ing at a news conference did no exclude human error As the cause of the saturday Accident that killed one person and injured 57. However he refused comment on that eventual people remained hospitalized on monday Public health officials said. Duarte s condition san Salvador Al Salvador a Al Salvador s acting presi Dent said monday that president Jose Napoleon Duarte s response to chemotherapy cancer treat ments has been extra ordinarily sat gives me great satisfaction to inform the salvadoran people that president Duarte has had an extraordinarily satisfactory evolution in his treatment in the United states said vice president Rodolfo Castillo Claramunt who is in charge of the presidency while Duarte is , 62, has been in Washington s Walter Reed army medi Cal Center since aug. 1. He is receiving a second dose of chemotherapy for liver cancer that was diagnosed in was scheduled to return to Al Salvador on wednesday. Business training for managers urged to make go clubs profitable _ �. -. Flit l4nvi by Crystal Laureano staff writer Darmstadt West Germany military club managers need More Busi Ness Onen Ted training to make operations profitable As they face increase appropriated fund cuts the president of the european chapter of the International military club executives association said tuesday. Food service is one area All of the clubs need to improve said Robert w. Brunsman noting that Usa eur clubs Are projected to lose $3 million this fiscal year in food service areas. That is jus the difference in breaking even and los ing Money. Many club managers need to understand How to break Brunsman a 17-year Veteran of Mili tary club management said managers with food operations in the red Aren conducting break even analysis or considering total expenses such As costs for employees food and other goods and operating expenses. The club executives association has scheduled its third annual training con Ference sept. 12-16 in Willinger West Are people out there with full clubs who Are losing Money he managers Are not tracking past due Bills and some never collect Brunsman said. They should have an aggressive program to collect that Money. It is Money for services already provided and it should be in the Bank soothe manager can use it to pay his managers also should explore differ ent ways to get members into the club and attract new members he have to admit a lot of people join the club just so they can Cash Check he said. Managers need to learn the professional Way to treat people right to keep them coming getting continuing education an training programs to the managers is the Crux of the problem Brunsma said. Appropriated funds Are scarce to non existent and Many commanders Are hesitant to spend non appropriated executives organization brings together managers from military Clubland recreation programs and civilian Industry to promote professional education and Monitor legislation. The conference will include manage ment training morale welfare and recreation policy updates by representative from Washington and the department of defense and a Vendor Trade show. Department of defense representatives at the conference will also discuss the portability or Transfer of Bene fits As club manager positions Are being changed from appropriated fund to non appropriated fund. The benefits Issue is not confined to club managers. Recent changes in appropriated fund support will convert Man jobs from appropriated to non appropriated positions and others from non appropriated to appropriated he said. For More information about the con Ference Contact Brunsman at Annelmo Nen Weg 6, 6837 St. Leon rot or Bob Conklin at banter Weg 14, 6906 Lei men. Hell Nikon a closure claimant not involved in talks Dod says by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington the United states is discounting statements by agree government spokesman that Hel Len Ikon a will be closed Pentagon officials said tuesday. A defense department source who re Quested anonymity said Sotiris Kostopolous was not involved in the ongoing negotiations Over hell Nikon an therefore . Officials do not consider his announcement to be the official greek position. The governments of Greece and the United states have agreed that the scheduled negotiations would be the forum for talks on hell Nikon the source said. As far As we re concerned anything that happens outside that forum is the associated press reported Las week that Kostopolous identified As an official government spokesman told a news briefing that the greek government had made a firm decision that would Lead to the abolition of hell Nikon a when the current base agreement expires dec. 31. But . State department officials in Athens and Washington As Well As Mili tary officials in the defense department never received official word from the greeks to that effect. At the moment the future of hellenic Kon along with the other bases i Greece is still undecided said it. Cmdr. Mel Sundin a Pentagon spokes Don t expect anything further to happen on hell Nikon until the next round of negotiations begins in septem Ber he eighth round of negotiations for a new defense and cooperation agreement to replace the existing Accord ended july29, and a new round is scheduled to begin sept. 9. The current greek position remains that the base will be closed or stay As itis and a Transfer or merging with another . Base on the Island of Crete is not an option Sundin said. If greek and . Officials Are unable to reach agreement the present Accord gives the United states 18 months to Dis Mantle the bases. Medical debris found on . Beach Indian Beach . A medi Cal debris like that plaguing beaches in the Northeast has been found on a North Carolina Beach and police said the were investigating reports that More material washed up tuesday. No beaches were closed. Used syringes and vials such As those used in blood tests were found in a Plas tic trash bag that washed up monday night the Indian Beach police chief John Stevens said tuesday. It has blood vials testing vials and some used syringes in it and other medi Cal debris Stevens said. I did not detect any blood. I opened the top of the sack up to see what was in it. There were no blood samples or anything. I did t see any Needles. It appeared the Needles had been Cut Stevens said he was awaiting direction from Tom Hinton emergency manage ment coordinator for Carteret county about possibly closing beaches. We Don t foresee any problems at this time Stevens said. A. Chemical Tanker spill forces evacuation Middleton a. A r three Hundred residents of this tiny Northeast Georgia Community were forced to spend the night away from Home after chemical tankers fractured in a train derailment spilled an Industrial solvent. About 20 people were treated briefly at Hospital monday after they inhaled the slightly toxic fumes from the spilled sol vent a highly flammable liquid called xylene that is used in aviation fuel and As a solvent for resins enamels and lacquers. An estimated 61 cars in a 95-car is freight train were derailed at about 1 30 . Monday near the track s intersection with Georgia 72 in Middleton a Rural Community four Miles Southeast of Elberton. Seven of the derailed cars were carry ing hazardous materials and at least three of those cars were leaking said Cox transportation inc. Spokesman Ripley Watson. The damaged tankers were spilling their contents into a cow pasture said Elbert county sheriffs it. Charles Doo Ley. Augsburg go found dead apparent suicide Augsburg West Germany a19-year-old Soldier found dead saturday apparently committed suicide a Community spokeswoman said tuesday. Spec. Lewis e. Lambert of Dayton,nev., was found about 6 55 . After he failed to report for guard duty at gab Lingen Cavern on the outskirts of aug pistol at 6 30 . But did not report Burg Heide Lammer Wise said. Lambert for duty. Was assigned to services co 711th Mili investigators said Lambert apparently tary intelligence in. Killed himself by firing a single shot from preliminary reports by military in his indicate that Lambert an investigation is continuing Lam checked out his weapon a ,45-caliber Mer Wise said
