European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 26, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes Friday August 26,1988 news briefs faulty emission unit spurs recall of 600,000 pm cars Washington a general motors corp. On thursday began recalling More than 600,000 1983 Oldsmobile and bricks to replace an emissions control component that May have quit working. The environmental Protection Agency said defective Thermal vacuum switch causes the cars to exceed Federal standards on emission of Gaso line Vapours and Carbon monoxide. Pm said the switch which allows fuel Paporto be burned by the engine fails because rubber compounds used in its construction deteriorate after years of Contact with gasoline. The defective switch has no effect on the operation of the car pm said. The automaker said installation of the new switch would take less than one hour. The Epa estimated the time of repair at 20 minutes. The Agency said 613,582 vehicles All with 5-liter engines Are involved in the recall. They Are the 1983 Oldsmobile Cutlass supreme Cutlass Cruiser Delta 88, ninety eight Tornado and custom Cruiser and the 1983 Buick be Sabre estate Wagon Electra and Riviera. Tank Rolls off trailer takes spin Down City Street Rancho Cucamonga Calif. A National guard tank broke free from a trailer and rolled Down a residential Street but caused no damage or injuries in its 25-Yard dash. It was the craziest thing i be Ever seen said resident Debbie Trudeau. I was in the Kitchen about 3 45 p.m., when i heard the tank s trans port trailer hit the ground. I looked out the window and it the trailer hitch just broke to pieces and the tank rolled off its bed. Then the hitch drilled into the ground Trudeau said. The truck carrying the tank had left the free Way and was travelling on a residential Street when the tank rolled off the bed of the truck wednesday afternoon. The tank came to a Stop without causing an damage or injuries said Deputy Chris Allen of the san Bernardino county sheriffs substation in Rancho Cucamonga located about 45 Miles Northeast of downtown los Angeles. The tank was in route to its Home base Lincolton when the Accident happened. Suspicious bag forces evacuation of Hospital a Turnberg West Germany parts of the army Hospital were evacuated thursday after authorities suspected an abandoned tool bag Wasa bomb a 1st army div spokesman said. A Soldier assigned to the Hospital spotted theban about noon near fuel storage tanks located in the rear of the Hospital Complex. It was removed by an army explosive ordnance disposal team and destroyed with a Small explosive charge. As a precaution the rear portion of the Hospi Tal and the medical company Barracks were evacuated. Some patients were temporarily moved. The tool bag was destroyed at a Safe location on the Hospital grounds maj. John l. Shea said. Military police Are investigating the incident. Army identifies Soldier who drowned in Kussee Augsburg West Germany army officials thursday released the name of the Soldier who drowned last week while swimming in an approved swimming area. Pfc. Tyrone merchant 20, was assigned to the36th Field arty in 17th Field arty brigade Vii corps  was swimming aug. 19 in the Kussee a Small Lake when he apparently developed mus Cle cramps in his legs and went under Community spokeswoman Heide Lammer Wise said. Lifeguard pulled merchant from the water and administered cardiopulmonary resuscitation but to no Avail. Merchant is survived by his parents Henry and Rosa merchant of Columbia . Reagan drug War attacked Dukakis compared to Carter by the associated press Democrat Michael Dukakis said thursday that co Caine imports have tripled in seven years and charged the Reagan administration with permitting a drug cancer to take Root. George Bush said he represents proven tested leadership As he likened his presiden tial rival to Jimmy Carter. Dukakis and Bush sparred Long distance As their running mates encountered turbulence on their own Campaign rounds. Democrat Lloyd Bentsen was booed repeatedly when he praised Dukakis before the veterans of for eign wars meeting in Chicago. Gop vice presidential running mate Dan Quayle trying to shift the focus away from his Vietnam Era stint in the National guard said he was qualified to assume the presidency if that situation  he said that at 41, he is nearly As old As John Kennedy was when he won the White House. But the Indiana senator was greeted in Columbia,mo., by competing groups of supporters and demonstrators As Well As a few signs that read War wimp and Quayle s a Chicken a reference to his National guard service at the height of the Vietnam War. The candidates spoke As the controversy Over Campaign debates continued in Washington. Nancy m. Neuman president of the league of women voters said she was encouraged that aides to Bush and Duka Kis would meet next week to begin negotiations on debates for the fall. Democratic chairman Paul Kirk criticized Bush for indicating on wednesday that he wanted to wait until at least sept. 20 before meeting Dukakis in debate. Dukakis levelled a Sharp attack on the drug policies pursued by president Reagan and said Bush had failed in his task As a Leader in the administration s War on drugs. He said the administration was actively in business with Panama s " general Manuel Onega while Noriega was involved in drug activity. My friends that s criminal. That s criminal he said. Why after seven years of task forces and policy boards and grandiose claims have cocaine imports tripled drug related deaths doubled and heroin imports risen by 50 percent Dukakis added in a speech in Cleveland. He said the drug cancer was under mining governments overseas and was the single greatest cause of violence in America  Bush opened a four Day Campaign swing through his adopted Home state of Texas and said the country needs proven tested leadership in the White House. The vice president compared Massachusetts  to former president Carter adding he did not want to return to the malaise that occurred the Las time a governor came out of nowhere and became president of the United  standing in the late summer heat in san Antonio Bush told a rally that he would revive the faltering Oil Industry create a better climate for Small business fight against Federal gun control and provide jobs for the state s Large minority population. Bentsen was wearing his vow Cap As he defended Dukakis before a hostile audience. The simple truth is this governor Dukakis is a Veteran a Patriot and a advocate of american strength and steadiness he said. He can be trusted As a defender of american Security and As a Champion of american  but the Texas senator and world War ii bomber Pilot was interrupted four times by booing. The booing appeared to be led by vow member from Massachusetts. At one Point the organization s National commander Earl l. Stock jr., appealed for quiet. Quayle campaigned through the Midwest telling his audiences it was time to talk about the  referring to questions about his Vietnam Era Stintin the National guard Quayle said the Public is get Ting a Little bit sick of that Issue. I be answered questions for seven Days now he said when he arrived in Columbia to. We re going to talk about the future. We re going total about jobs. We re going to talk about other issues that the american people Are interested  Quayle said he was qualified to be elected to a Job placing him first in line for the presidency. I m very close to the same age As Jack Kennedy was when he was elected he said. Spy from Page 1 lengthy investigation is expected to follow the  told the a that Conrad was the Leader 9f the spy ring. It was not known whether Conrad retired fro the army or was discharged. But after leaving the serv ice he allegedly recruited another . Soldier getting him to turn Over sensitive military information in Exchange for a five figure payment according to the a. However no other arrests of americans Are expected in West Germany in connection with the Case Prechtel told the stars and stripes. Conrad allegedly delivered military documents this soviet Contact last month in Vienna Austria in Exchange for Money officials said. His arrest resulted from a joint investigation by West German and . Officials including the Fri and the army the times reported. In Sweden Federal Security police announced that two hungarian Brothers both doctors confessed to being agents for the hungarian secret service. The pair who became swedish citizens in the 1960s,were arrested with code books and radios in their pos session police  German and swedish officials had been investigating the Brothers for some time swedish police said. West German and swedish police conducted the arrests simultaneously to prevent any of the suspects from  police said the Brothers apparently were couriers who received radio Calls informing them of pick up locations in West Germany. They then drove to the location in cars registered in Sweden and mad deliveries in Hungary. The men will face charges of illegally gathering in  an unrelated Case West German prosecutors said they had arrested a 41-year-old Essen businessman identified As Ernst Peter  he is suspected of delivering material since autumn 1986 to a soviet agent masquerading As an employee of the soviet Trade mis Sion in East  Man allegedly received several Hundred thou Sand Marks As payment. Contributing to this report staff writers Chuck Vlinch in Washington and Crystal Laureano and Rosemary Sawyer in Darmstadt West Germany copters from Page 1 ing off the smaller question of 39 helicopters and ignoring the Long Range army plan to eventually have 181 aircraft stationed in Wiesbaden. The City claimed that the Federal government washable to avoid the need for formal approval because 39 aircraft do not considerably affect flight congestion. The army said the additional helicopters would no affect Normal operations at nearby Frankfurt International Airport because the aircraft operate at Low altitudes under visual flight rules. Wiesbaden mayor Achim Exner criticized the Feder Al government thursday for its attempt to put the blame on the americans for the stationing. Among partners this is dishonourable behaviour Exner said. The army chose Wiesbaden As the site for the attack helicopter battalions because of its available infrastructure and Central location in the v corps  facilities that include runways parking aprons hangars refuelling facilities a control Tower maintenance facilities and storage areas Are among those necessary for the  base s Central location within v corps allows for the Forward defense of nato. The air base now Home to 57 aircraft also is a nato contingency air Field the army  night flying Apache considered highly important to boosting nato s conventional defense efforts provides an overwhelming anti tank fire Power needed to counter the Basic Warsaw pact tactic of massing Armor to Force a breakthrough Day or night the Usa eur statement said