European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 25, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 temperatures the stars and stripes sunday september 25.1988 september 23 Hilo 73 4fl   allow c  so � n go 74 in 11 35 irs5 a is pm Wobst. A Tanh rii14 c Conor 1 n k i Dot Lutu Dei Neal upbh1 intr inc. Tsu Tartu Firgo 65 91 to Fil a k 4s 71 14 Navy temporarily suspends major Dod shipment Carrier Fri  fies nol Gould my cilia 1411 c Graf n by e  c i i Fang Eta i 82 i 9 ii arb to to k m "1 19� h m55 t661 so a 3?7 ii to 4ss3 is 45re 90 n 19 i Vernl it Xingwu a Nihil i rxk.1   a c . X pwn  Switaj wcmfhh.1 by the stars and stripes the major Carrier for department of defense shipments to Northern european the Western Mediterranean from inc East coast has been suspended by inc Navy s military sea life come. Sealand service inc. Which nor Mally handles 85 percent of Dod traffic on the two routes was suspended sept. 10 after a another Carrier protested the company1 bid for the six month period beginning saturday. The suspension should not disrupt shipping service a sea life command offi Cial said Friday the protest stems from a chartering agreement Sealand made this year with trans freight lines and Ned Lloyd line nov owners of foreign nagged ships. The arrangement allows All three carriers to share use of 12 huge Container ships acquired last year by Sealand from inc bankrupt . Lines inc. Sealand asked the other carriers to Lake their ships out of service temporarily offering in return Low Cost charter space on Sealand Container vessels. Additionally trans freight and cd Lloyd european weather Mitrou Gowl a la birth to attn it to c cof Huoh. Is � fun Ift. C u in Lemon. A � m�4 t h Mia tymm in c my run p h4hloin agreed not 10 bid Tor government cargo. In a protest submitted to the general accounting office to Gallant group inc., a competitor of Sealand called inc agreement an attempt to limit Competition for the trans portion of govern ment cargo inc journal of Commerce reported. Federal acquisition regulations require companies in question 10 he suspended when a protest is filed pending a ruling inc scale command official stud. The Oao has w working Days to Issue a ruling. Sealand officials said the Seal i it com Mand could decide against a suspension until the Gao makes a determination on the  army s military traffic manage ment corny has asked the Navy to lift he suspension predicting increased food spoilage additional monthly costs exceeding $450,000 and higher costs on products for  overseas. The traffic command preparing to ship perishable items for the holidays said in a message that scan and is the Only Carrier on the East coast that can service the routes in a timely Mannav. Scaling officials said the maritime administration ordered them to prevent trans freight and cd Lloyd from enter ing the bidding with Sealand ships. The move was to protect All u.5.-flgged ships including to Gallant Sealand said. Such an agreement ii allowed under the shipping a of 1984 and is exempt from antitrust Laws Sealand said. According to the firm the sea life com Mand awarded the contract even though it had expressed dissatisfaction with the maritime administration requirement and had objected to the agreement Hite it was before the Federal maritime com Mission. The commission later approved inc agreement the military sea life come official said there is technically nothing illegal about the Sealand action. To s just never come up so with the protest by to Gallant it s something thai everyone has to sit Back and take a look at the official said. The suspension docs not prohibit Sealand from carrying Dod cargo rather it puts the firm last on a priority list of four carriers. Germans seek woman linked to car used by Ferrari Sis who fired on aide Karlsruhe West Germany a Federal investigators said saturday Hal they have identified a terrorist suspect in the shooting attack on a High ranking government finance official. Alexander Prechtel a spokesman for the Federal prosecutor s office in Karls Ruhe said investigators had linked suspected red army faction terrorism Birgit hog Feld to the attack against Hans Tiet Meyer on tuesday. Tie Meyer the no. 2 official in inc finance ministry and his Driver were uninjured in the attack which Bonn officials have linked to this week s meeting of the world Bank and Intima Lional monetary fund in West Berlin. Tietmeyer a key adviser to Chancellor Helmut Kohl had been heavily involved in planning for the conference. The leftist red army faction is Wisl Germany s most notorious terrorism gang. The group has claimed responsibility for the attack. Birgall he Gufeld Prechtel said the 32-year-old hog Feld it believed to have rented a car that we used by the attackers to flee the scene. He said the Ford fiesta was rented by a woman fitting hog Feld s description a handwriting analysis of the Signa Ture on the car rental agreement also indicated that she had signed the document proc Helcl said. The car was found several Miles from the scene of inc attack in a Bonn suburb. Masked assailants opened fire on Tiet Meyer s car with a Shotgun As he went to work in Bonn. The attackers later said in a communique that their intention to kill both men in the car was thwarted when an automatic Rifle jammed. Hog Feld has been sought since 1984 on charges of belonging to a terrorist organization Prechtel said. Authorities arc offering a 50,000 Mark 127,000 Reward for information leading to the arrest of red army faction Fugi Tives. Armenian activists expect Long strike m 57. Is w  i Ivashc Ikid Piru clarification an article Friday contained unclear information concerning the possible re assignment or resignation of German military officers. A German air Force spokesman said he did not know whether other German officers would resign or be reassigned As a result of a party held at no Venich a near Cologne on aug. 28, the Day of the Ramstein a air show disaster. Quake hits Greece kyll1ni, Greece a a Strong earthquake jolted Western Greece Friday but police said there were no reports of any injuries or damage. Moscow a armenian activists saturday settled in for a Long strike Over their territorial dispute but one activist predicted the government eventually will meet their demands to Annex an enclave in neighbouring Azerbaijan. I Don t think it s going to end any time soon activist Rafael Lopoyan said in a Telephone interview from Yerevan the armenian capital. The strike will continue in the end i think they will Call a session of the supreme  Lopoyan said the situation in Armenia will remain tense As Long As soldiers re main in the streets. The troops were deployed Laic wednesday. Activists in Armenia launched a strike sept. 16 to press for a new session of he Republic s presidium of the supreme so Viet or parliament to again consider annexing Nagano Karabash a mostly armenian enclave in Azerbaijan. The 20-Membcr supreme soviet Armenia s highest executive body met Fri Day and expressed Solidarity with the activists concern Over the tense situation in Magorno Karabash. But it also backed the official policy of the Federal govern ment which rejected annexation. A statement from the Republic s supreme soviet was read Over Armenia s official television and published in the morning newspapers Lopoyan said. He said the strike in Armenia was a Little weaker saturday than it had been several Days earlier but showed no sign of collapsing. Stores were open and some Public transportation was working he said. Large scale meetings were continuing around the clock in the City s theater Square where police and soldiers of the internal affairs ministry were allowing people to gather Lopoyan said. Lenin Square in front of the supreme soviet building and other government offices remained blocked off by soldiers and armoured personnel carriers he mid. The predominantly armenian Popula Tion of Magorno Karabash a pan of Azerbaijan began agitating for annexation to neighbouring Armenia in february ind the situation has been tense there Ever since. Shooting incidents arson and other violent acts there killed one Man and injured 48 others before authorities on wednesday declared a 9 p.m.-6 , cur few and banned All meetings and marches. Similar measures were imposed on the Agram Region of Azerbaijan. The official soviet news Agency Tail said police and soldiers confiscated gum and knives from residents of Magorno Karabash and arrested people suspected of Selling fire id Homes