European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 29, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes tuesday november 29, 1988 news updates b-1b crash in . Omaha neb. U i Strate Gic air come officials have Dis missed As speculation published reports that blamed the nov. 17 crash of a bib bomber in South Dakota on excessive ice on the wings. Sen. J. James Exon a Nebraska Democrat said. The Chicago Tribune quoted senior Pentagon official at saying a buildup of ice on the wings of the 1280 million bomber could have made control impossible. The plane w � not equipped with Wing Deicers the Tribune reported. The Washington Post carried a similar report quoting an unnamed defense official As saying ice could have caused the crash. The Post said there was about a Inch of ice on the leading Edge of the Wing of a a Lei that landed five minutes before the crash. Elton said la. Gen. Donald at Dridge Sac s vice commander told him there was no evidence to support the claim that ice caused the crash although Aldrid a con firmed that the b-1b is not equipped with Wing Deicers an thai icy conditions did exist Al the time of the crash. Protest in Australia Sydney Australia Cap prime minister Bob Hawk monday urged immigrants to forget their prejudices and act like australians after a 16-year-old croatian boy was shot Dur ing a protest outside the Yugo slav consulate. Hawke said newcomers have aright to demonstrate but cautioned we do not want to Sec Australia become a Battleground in terms of people trying to live out and act out ancient rivalries that might still to some extent bedevil in Weir places of  on sunday 1,500 ethnic croatian demanding a Homeland in Yugoslavia demonstrated outside the yugoslav consulate. Police said a Security guard at the Consul ate shot and wounded the youth while about five protesters climbed the Wall of the compound. Prince s birthday Tokyo a Prince Hita Chi second son of emperor Hiro Hilo cancelled celebrations for his 53rd birthday monday out of de Ference to his ailing father Palace officials said. The Prince called off a traditional birthday news conference and Tea party he will Mark the event with a few family member Sand friends said an official of the Imperial household Agency Hitachi is fourth in line to the chrysanthemum throne after his older brother. Crown Prince Aki Hilo and Akihito s two sons Hirohito Lay in weakened Condi Tion in his Chambers at fun adage Palace on the 71 St Day since he fell seriously ill with intestinal Hemor raging. Frankfurt Airport spending $3 billion on improvements Rosemary Sawyer suit writer about s3 billion Worth of improvement projects planned or under Way at Frankfurt International Airport should enable the Busy Hub to accommodate air traffic through the year 2000 and Lessen and need for acquiring property from Rhem main a an Airport official said monday. Rhein main a would not enlarge our Landing and starting capacity Maidho Relmar stauber chairman of the Frankfurt Airport corp. Board of directors i do no urge in any Way or believe that the air base will relocate. Air base and Airport officials had talked casually about the possibility of using a Small strip of land that the base now uses for recreational purposes he said but the discussion had absolutely no official  theoretically the Little Corner of land could be used for an Access Road to Airport property on the other Side of the base or for a couple of buildings said stauber who assumed his Post in sep tember. The Airport designed for 21 million passengers a year now handles 25 million annually. Concerns of environmentalists paired with the Airport location wedged Between superhighways in the heavily populated Rhein main Region of West Germany make growth an increasingly Complex question. According to an Airport spokesman 5.3 billion Marks about s3.1 billion will be invested in the Many projects which include a new passenger terminal and a sophisticated microwave Landing sys tem. The Landing system which is scheduled to be tested next year should ease Takeoff and Landing congestion consider ably stauber said. With the system air planes would carry equipment that permits planes to order themselves for Takeoff and Landing according to Type. Takeoffs and landings can be scheduled closer together Shenai planes of the same Type Fly in and out in succession stauber said. For example a Small private plane Halo land no sooner than four minutes after a jumbo Jet because of air turbulence whereas another jumbo Jet could lion just a couple of minutes afterwards be cause Ris weight and equipment keep it from becoming entangled in those Turbo Lences he said. The program will involve new Pound computerization As Well u the equip ment to be installed by each airline. To belter handle passenger traffic on the ground a 1.3 billion Murk about j765 million terminal is under construction. The terminal is designed to accommodate an additional 10 million Passen Gen a year and is expected to open in Laic Lauber said he expects the Airport s present runways to handle traffic through 2000 or 2005 with microwave Landing but no longer if the Market grows the Way it is predicted  therefore Airport officials Are draw ing up a scenario paper that they will pass to City state and Federal officials Hithe Spring. A is not just an Airport question but also a political question if they politicians want our Airport to grow or have a parallel Airport whatever Lauber said. Story draws positive response on  ties in Berlin by Ron Jensen staff writer maj. Gen. Raymond e. Haddock was surprised when a Berlin newspaper invited readers to write to him about Ger Man american relations but the . Commander in Berlin is glad it did. The response was very very Posi Jve said Steve Stromvall Deputy pub Lic affairs officer with the . Come Berlin. The general thrust was that peo ple want More Contact with  the levies were prompted by an inter View with Haddock in the Berliner Zei Tung a German language daily newspaper. Haddock said in the interview that he would like la hear from berliners about German american relations. The general meant that he would like to hear through channels but a headline above the interview in the newspaper invited germans to write to him. More than 100 responded. Some suggested that americans try harder to learn the German language and some even volunteered to Tutor them. The language problem should be a minor obstacle wrote one Berlin woman. -. Others suggested sporting events be tween the two nationalities or other pro Grams to get germans and american together. We did t get a negative Tetter Stromvall said monday. Haddock said in a prepared statement that it was reassuring that most letter writers expressed their support for the continuing american presence in Berlin to guarantee peace and Freedom for Ber liners.". And the general invited several of the letter writers to meet him and Otter Ber Lin officials monday night to discuss cur rent programs to promote German am incan relations there were some unusual requests among the letters but nothing crazy Otway out Stromvall said. Some people wanted to know How to Contact soldiers who were once stationed in Berlin. One Man said he was a prisoner of War during world War ii. From his Camp in Louisiana he could Sec a tall building in nearby Alexandria but never knew whatsit was. -.  asked for a picture of the building and a travel guide to Louisiana. Letter received by Luck Leq cd to love air group s historian Dies of heart attack hellen1kon a Greece the 7206th a3 group historian died of a apparent heart attack nov. 21, a base spokesman said monday. Staff sgt Jackie l. Wooton was stricken at Home and died on the Way to the base Hospital. He was 3 j. He is survived by his wife Kathy Andrw daughters Wooton will be buried in his Home town of pleasant Hill Ohio Dayton Ohio a a relation ship bom when a Navy Seaman stationed in the persian Gulf opened a Holiday greetings letter from a Dayton woman bloomed into marriage saturday Michael Rodriguez 22, of Savannah ga., and Ruth Brame 25, exchanged vows saturday afternoon at fair new United methodist Church in Dayton nearly a year after they became pen pals. The relationship began in january after Brame read a column in the Dayton daily news in which writer Dale Huff Man had suggested that readers Send greetings to service members in the per Sian Gulf who would not be Home for the holidays. Brame. A single working Mother sent a card a letter and a picture of her 2 year old son Earl. Rodriquez who was stationed aboard Ine frigate Elrod said Brame y letter was Given to him by the ship s postal clerk on a Day Rodriquez received no regular mail. Thai was a gift from god he said Rodriquez said he wrote Back to Brame which resulted in a response from her. More letters and packages Fol Lowed. The two finally met april 6 at the Home of her parents in suburban Trot Wood. Rodriquez who is no longer in the Navy said the couple plans to move to Savannah where he will enter the restau rant business. Dutch Achi visas damage Jet fighters trucks the Hague Netherlands apr dutch protesters damaged eight Jet fight ers and 59 army trucks in two separate anti military protests officials said Mon Day. In one incident protesters Early Mon Day slashed the nose wheels of six Nf-5 fighter jets and daubed eight planes with slogans to protest their projected Sale to Turkey an air Force spokeswoman said. Shortly alter the incident at the worns Rechl air base in the Southwest Ern Netherlands five activists were seen leaving the base through a Hole they had clipped in the perimeter Fence the spokeswoman said. There were no arrests she said. She added that the slogans accused the turkish government of repressing the kurdish minority in the nation s Eastern the. Netherlands is negotiating the Sac of its aging Nijs to Turkey and Greece after replacing the planes wit the ultramodern f-i6 tighter bomber. The Owens Brecht incident caused at least 15,130 in damage the spokeswoman said. In another incident Early sunday pro testers slashed tires on 59 army truck Sand painted slogans on several of the vehicles at the constant Lebecq army bar Racks in the Southern City of Eindhoven