European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 24, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 news updates the stars and stripes saturday september 24,1988 chilean exiles Santi ago in Ile a Doz ens of prominent leftists arc re turning from exile to join the Campaign against military president Augusto Pinochet but some arc bringing embarrassment As Well As enthusiasm to the opposition. Police said Hal 53 of he s04 leftists affected by Pinochet s sept.1 decision 10 end All official exile have returned Home. The Lisl includes prominent members of the leftist government of president Salvador Allende ousted by Pinochet in a bloody 1973 coup and leaders of marxist parties thai supported it. Most of the returning exiles have declared support for an opposition Campaign to defeat Pinochet in an oct. 5 presidential referendum. But some arc also making Radical statements that conflict with the opposition s Campaign strategy. Afghani refugees Geneva up1 the vast majority of afghanis who fled their Homeland to escape inc nation s devastating civil War remain in Pakistan and Iran a United nations Relief official said. A is Coli Miled Hal More than20 percent of the nation s is Mil lion citizens fled to bordering nations following the soviet Union s 1979 invasion to support the Kabul government. . Afghan Relief coordinator Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan noted thursday there has been Little movement among these refugees. French Jet fighter Paris not defense minister Jean Pierre Cheven cont insisted thursday that France would go Forward with a troubled fighter plane project despite huge Cost overruns and a reported prefer ence by the French Navy for a cheaper american fighter.  made the commitment to the French fighter the rafale at a news conference a which he presented a $23.7 billion military budget that includes personnel reductions and the virtual shelving of the development of anew ground launched medium Range nuclear missile. Correction travel to communist countries easier under new army policy by Norm ze1gler travel writer Schwet Zingen West Germany . Army personnel in Europe will find it somewhat less complicated to travel on leave to most East bloc coun tries under a policy that took effect sept. 15. According to Howard Hammond chief of the personnel services Branch at1st personnel come army members no longer Are required to submit three co pies of a form 1066 request for approval of non duty travel to communist countries to Usa eur 40 Days before going on leave. The regulation change puts the Deci Sion for granting leave to most communist countries at the local level. However the old policy remains in effect for travel to East Germany and any trips requiring the traveler to go by land through the one Kilometre zone bordering East Germany and Czechoslovakia. Anyone travelling by land route to of country where they must transit the one Kilometre 7.one, is still required to get Usa eur travel approval Hammond said. The reason for that is academic. The Usa eur travel clearance approval is a document that the Border patrols expect travellers to have when they transit the 1-k zone. If they Don t have that document they Are in  parts of the one Kilometre regulation will change because the Berlin travel regulation is being rewritten Hammond said. Within the Berlin travel regulation there will be a Section on travel � d Arti Etall of to cd an article Friday incorrectly reported that the youths apprehended monday As suspects in the arson of a Wiesbaden Gar Den House were 12 and 14. The boys arc 12 and 13, meaning neither is old enough to face prosecution in juvenile court % a headline Friday incorrectly indicated that free Home travel for consecutive overseas Tours has been eliminated. Free Home travel has been eliminated Only for the in place consecutive overseas tour program. Soldiers who serve a consecutive overseas Lour As the result of an Intra Heater Transfer will continue to receive the Benefit. Several dates listed in the Vladimir arts advertising insert Hal appeared in this week s stars and stripes Magazine were wrong. The Correct dates Are the iwo Day Ore Sale at the Bundlach officers and no club will be oct. 6and 7 the auction and preview at the Munich Community club supported by the Munich Community women s cub will be oct. 14 the auction at the sch Sobisch pm land Community club will be oct. 15, with the three Day pre Sale taking place oct. 13, 14 and is by Deedee Arrington Doke Kaiserslautern Bureau the opposition social democrats launched an initiative Friday in the West German parliament that would ban All military planes and helicopters from participation in Public air shows in West Germany. The initiative was introduced in the parliament or bundestag during a de Bate concerning the aug. 28 rams Cin a air show disaster in which three ital Ian jets collided. One Jet crashed into a crowd of spectators killing Many in saintly and injuring hundreds. So far 67 people have died As a result of the crash 34 remain hospitalized. In addition to the proposed ban the spa motion called for holding West German defense minister Rupert Scholz responsible for approving the Ramstein air show and another show the same Day at Norvac Nice a near Cologne. A spokesman for the sad office in Bonn said the initiatives have been turned Over for review to three parliamentary committees defense International affairs and travel. United press International reported that a Bill introduced Friday in the Bun Desrat or upper House of the West Ger Man parliament called for a ban on Mili tary flights at air shows and rever curtailment of flights under 984 feet. The Bill was introduced by Rheinland Pfalz minister president Bernhard Vogel a Christian Democrat in the bundestag Rose code spoke on behalf of the spa. She is the bundestag representative from the Kaiserslautern Kusel District which includes Ramstein. Colic a frequent critic of air shows said the party approved of allowing the defense committee to head an inquiry into whether Scholz acted responsibly in approving the Ramstein and a Sevenich events. Scholz has been heavily criticized for permitting the Ramstein air show. Additionally two German air Force officer lost their jobs in mid september for Al lowing a gala to be held at nor Vunich the evening of the Ramstein catastrophe. Maj. Kathleen while Ramstein a spokeswoman said Friday that the conditions of five americans still hospitalized remained unchanged from earlier this week. At Lan Stuht army regional medical Center Roberta Niev 26, wife of Mili tary enlisted Man was listed in Good con  Force master sgt Stephen Hull 32, was on the very seriously injured list at Brooke army medical Center in Texas. Listed in Good condition were Jef Frey Mccanch jr., 2, and army sgt. Myron Riggs 24. Sonya Fuller 25, hospitalized in Wyoming for skin Gratis also was listed in Good condition. Andrea Delarosa of the italian air Force also remained hospitalized on the very seriously injured list at Brooke. Deadlines for Absentee ballots vary Washington is dead lines for overseas voters to cast Absen tee ballots Are approaching fast. Al though the general deadline _ for mailing the ballots is oct. I5, various states have different requirements. Military officials advise voters not to wait until the last minute to mail Absentee ballots As postal service de lays May cause the ballots to arrive Loo late to be counted. Following is a list of state and Terri tory deadlines for receipt of Absentee ballots. Oct. 22 Alaska american Samoa oct. 28 Arizona Illinois. Nov. 3 Pennsylvania. Nov. 7 Delaware Louisiana Mississippi North Carolina North Dakota. Nov. 8 Alabama California Colo Rado Connecticut Georgia Guam Hawaii Idaho Indiana Kansas Ken Tucky Maine Michigan Minnesota Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada new Hampshire new Jersey new Mexico Oklahoma Oregon puerto Rico Rhode Island South car Olina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Vermont Virginia West Vir Ginia Wisconsin Wyoming. Nov. 17 Arkansas District of co Lumbia Maryland Massachusetts. The following states and territories require that Absentee Bacols be Post marked rather than received on cer Tain dates. Nov. 4 Utah. Nov. 7 new York Ohio Virgin is lands. Nov. 8 Honda Iowa Washington. The following Stales and territories require Absentee ballots to be verified by a commissioned officer before mail ing Alabama Alaska. American Samoa Colorado Connecticut Dela Ware Florida Guam Hawaii Maine Mississippi puerto Rico Rhode is land Vermont Virgin islands Wisl Virginia Wisconsin. These state require Absentee ballots to be verified by a witness of the voter s Choice Arizona Massachusetts new Mexico Virginia. Minnesota voters must provide an id card or passport number As verification on Absentee ballots. Other states and territories do nol have special verification requirements