European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 30, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes wednesday. November 30,1988 . Center to handle Inland car shipments by William j. Bartman Washington Bureau Washington the defense department sock ing id save Money while making personal vehicle ship ments easier for  and civilian employees will open its first Inland vehicle processing Center thursday. Privately owned vehicles will be shipped to the new Illinois Center via one of the existing nine coastal Cen ters ending the need for service members living tar Inland id take often Long and time consuming trips 10 port cities at government expense. If you live in the Midwest it s really inconvenient often logo to one coast or to go South said Carol Miller Harkins spokeswoman for the military traffic management come. So this Way you can go right 10 a More Central  Miller Harkins said the new Center new St. Louis also works Tor service members leaving the slates. When they Are going Oversea they can have the vehicle go out of St. Louis. And when they arc coming Back icy can ship it through St. Louis she said. The Center is located at the Charles Melvin Price support Center in Granite City 111., about 20 Miles across the Mississippi River from Lamb Crl St. Louis International Airport. The command expects the Center to be popular Withan estimated 16,000 vehicles moving through yearly. Thai is roughly the same amount of business done by each of the nine port centers located at los Angeles Charleston. . New Orleans Bayonne . Balti More Oakland calif., Norfolk a. Cape canaveral a. And Seattle. Vehicles being sent to Granite City i l be shipped from one of the ports via commercial car Carrier Ai automobile manufacturers routinely do. We re looking for a savings on per diem and trav. Al costs Miller Harkins said. A lot of people have Togo to places. Like Baltimore and come Back. It gels  Cost analysis studies were undertaken to determine the feasibility of an Inland Center according to Capron Ellis a. Transportation management officer for the command s International traffic directorate. Ellis said there arc a few wrinkles in the new operation which is staffed by the Normal contingent of two Scricc members and two civilians. For example there Are no overnight accommodations at the support Center and travellers must use Tennis. At an average cos of Sis for conned ions to the Airport however we will have lower Cost limousine or bus service available in the near future Ellis said. Hamadi court told of threats to kill americans Bye Dreaves staff writer Frankfurt. West Germany the hijackers of Twa flight 847 in 1985 threatened to kill an Ameri can passenger every five minutes unless their demands for refuelling were met a former hostage testified tues Day Debra Ruth Toga 30, a nurse who was seven months pregnant at he time of the Jet takeover also Laid one of the hijackers forced her to leave the plane by holding a gun to her head. I told the Purser Uli Derickson that 1 wanted to slay with my husband but one of the hijackers pressed the gun to my head and told me to go. Uli Ecrickson also told me the hijackers said they would kill an american male every five minutes if the plane was not  Bui Hamadi reassured her through Derickson that none of the women and children would be hurl she testified. The Hijacker even served her fruit she said. Toga testified at the 37th session of the trial of con fessed Hijacker Mohammed Ali Hamadi a lebanese shiite moslem Hamadi faces a possible life sentence if convicted of the hijacking and the murder of a . Navy diver Petty officer 2nd class Robert Dean St them. After the jetliner was seized on uie Athens to Rome flight it was forced to Fly to Beirut Lebanon and then Back and Forth Between Algiers Algeria and Beirut  Toga said she was seated Between St them and an other Sailor Clinton Suggs when the flight began she said Hamadi started screaming like a madman when Stela pm and Suggs told Hamadi they did t have passports but were carrying military id cards. He started shouting marines marines he said they killed his family in 1982. I was very frightened and thought he was going to kill someone at that  before Stethem was murdered during the second Landing in Beirut Toga saw the bloodied figure of a Man who looked like my huddled in a Corner in the first class Section near the door she said. Toga s husband Arthur 38, a University lecturer hear the shot that killed Lethem. I heard a pop and most of us realized someone had been shot Arthur Toga said. He also told the court How he was terrorized by member of the amal militia after additional terrorists boarded inc plane following set Cirr murder this Man removed All but one Bullet from hire Volver stuck it in my stomach and pulled the trigger. He was laughing All the  Arthur Toga spent 17 Days in Captivity with the rest of the american male hostages. The Day s session began with Hamadi i lawyer asking the court to dismiss a state prosecutor for illegal behaviour Gabrille Steck Bromine and her husband Han Burghardt Steck accused state prosecutor Peter kor neck of illegally removing documents Friday from Hamadi Scheu. Korneck told the court there was nothing illegal about his actions. He said authorities were acting on a lip that there were drugs in Hamadi s Ceil and they suspected there were messages brought illegally to him. Korneck said they found neither. Chief judge Heiner it Eckenberger said the court would examine the motion and Rule at a later tile. Eagle scout Munich. West Germany a senior at Munich High school was awarded the rank of Eagle scout the highest Honor in boy scouting in a recent ceremony. Eric a. Grundon 17, has been in scouting for seven years and has earned 25 Mem badges. For his Eagle scout award he organized and directed a project to renovate the religious education enter offices and classrooms in the per Lacher Forse Chapel Annex in Munich. Grunden also is a member of the National Honor society at Munich High school and is the editor of the school yearbook. He is the son of la col. John and Kathy Grunden. To earn the Eagle scout award a Boyscout must fulfil requirements in the areas of leadership service and outdoor skills. This includes at least 21 Merit badges and an average of 100 hours on a Community project. Product recall Washington a Vapo Simac steam Irons arc being recalled because of danger of starting fires the . Con Sumer product safety commission announced tuesday., about 10,000 Vapo Simac Irons have been sold nationwide by major depart ment stores and sewing specially centers the Agency said. The Irons which Cost about si00 each were sold Between a stand 1987. The recall was initiated after seven re ports of fire including one that caused a bum injury the commission reported. The Irons Cornu with a separate trans Parent pm sic water Reservoir and Are de signed to operate both vertically and horizontally the Agency said. Owner should immediately Slop using the Irons and a cum them to elec tra Craft 250 Halscy St. Newark  07102, for refunds including postage. Costs. Gnu grew Only 2.6% in 3rd Quarter Washington a the . Economy held Back by the summer drought expanded Al a moderate 2.6 per cent annual rate in the july september Quarter the government said tuesday. The Commerce department said the performance of the Gross National product the broadest measure of economic health slowed in the third Quarter after growing at an annual rate of 3.2 percent during the first six months of the year. It was the slowest Pace since the fourth Quarter of 1986, when the econ omy grew Al a sluggish 1.4 percent Rale. The report however represents an up Ward revision from a preliminary estimate last month which pegged growth at 2.2 per cent. The department attributed the revision to a higher than expected Rise in personal consumption expenditures which account Tor. Nearly two thirds of economic activity. They Rose Al an annual rate of 4 percent in the third Quarter compared with an earlier Esti mate of 3,5 percent. Also non farm business inventories grew faster than originally thought. How Ever this could be a source of weakness if consumer demand slackers and manufacturers have to Cut production As inventories Are sold off. A Price Index lied to the Gnu also proved More brisk than was first estimated. The Index which reflects changing consumption pattern As Well As prices Rose at an annual rate of 4.7 percent up from the first estimate of 4.4 percent. The second Quarter soared at an even faster 5.j percent the highest in nearly six year. The revisions to the Gnu were about in line Wilh economists expectation Sand fit in with anticipation in the Market that the Federal Reserve Board will soon move to curb inflation by dampening growth with higher interest rates. Major Banks on monday raised their prime lending Rale to 10.5 percent the highest level since mid. 985, economist expect a new round of increase As Hie fed tries to restrain growth to a non inflationary Pace of 2 percent to 2.5 percent the fed pushed up interest Ralet steadily from late March through Early August. For a Lime in appeared that the Medicine was taking hold. A number of statistical reports showed slower growth in August and september. Government numbers released Over the last three weeks however portray robust growth in october the Erst month of the fourth Quarter. The Commerce department said that without the drought third Quarter growth would have been a Strong 3.2 percent and second Quarter growth would have been brisk 3.9 percent rather than 3 percent the effect of the drought in the fourth. Quarter is estimated to to about double the drag in the third  help sought in search for army sergeant Aschaffenbur West Germany military police Are seeking help i locating an army Large and who has been missing for nearly a month a Community spokesman said tuesday sgt Mitchell Chavis a 26-year-oldhispanic male was last seen nov. 5 in downtown a Schaffenburg. The 5-foot-10-Inch Soldier weighs 190 pounds and has Black hair and Brown can. He was last seen wearing White pants a dark Blue shirt and ten. Nis shoes. Chavis was reported missing nov. 7 by his wife. He is assigned to the 3rd in 15th Field arty. The spokesman said Cha Vii com Mand considers his disappearance in  police so far have no leads in the Case. Anyone Wius information As to Cha vis whereabouts should Contact the As Schaffenburg military police at ets 323-8972 or 7288, or civilian 06021-93815. Rites planned for 37-year army employee Stuttgart Wesl Germany memorial service will be held monday for a longtime army civilian employee who died thanksgiving Day Robert .e.--.Exner, 67, was chief of the engineering Branch in the Engi Neering plans and services division of Vii corps directorate of engineering and housing he died in his Stuttgart area borne Early in tic morning a corps official said tuesday. A department of the army employee for the past 37 years Erncr began work ing for Vij corps in aug bulb in 1975 and later was transferred to corps head quarters in Stuttgart. The St Paul minn., native also had served two Yean in the military. _.Exner s survivors include hit wife and one child.  " the memorial service will be at u . Monday in the Robinson Barracoa Chapel in Stuttgart. M