European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 2, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page the stars and stripes Friday december 2,1988 gun accidentally plane causing tire on ung Petty officer 2ndsberg, 21, of Redfield Nimitz Accident victim flown to Lana stud Center Lan Stuhl Wesl Germany is a19-year-old Sailor injured in a fire on the aircraft Carrier Nimitz was in a furious condition thurs Day at Lan Stuhl  medical Cen Ter. J Seaman apprentice Chadwick r. Henderson or Rockford iii., was covered in blankets and medical dressings when Etc was carried off a c-9medical evacuation aircraft at Ramstein a at about 6 45 . Thursday As a cold Light drizzle fell. \ accompanied on the Wane by Flowers fro the government of Bahrij in he was immediately moved by ambulance 11 Lan Stuhl s intensive care unit. Henderson suffered s cond and third degree bums in the Accident \ wednesday and medical authorities were considering transferring him Toa West German Burn clip Jalc. The Nimitz was of coating in the Northern arabian sea when an at fired and hit another a the flight deck and kill class Douglas Scotts a. The Accident occurred when the Nimitz was not at flight quarters meaning All aircraft were parked and none were bang launched Augsburg Ngujo killed during night exercise Augsburg Germany a 39-year-old artillerymen was killed of Jar he was pinned be tween two vehicles during a night exercise Al  training area an Augsburg Community spokeswoman said . 1st class Joel Thomas was killed Al about 10 . Nov. 25 Tatien a motorized howitzer apparently slipped from Neutral into gear during a diagnostic Check and lunged Forward hide Lammer wisc said. The vehicle hit an ammo Carrier pinning to Tomas Between the two vehicles. Of. Thomas from la Porte Texas was assigned to the 17th Field arty brigade an element of Vii corps arty in Augsburg. He is survived by his wife Laverne and an in year old daughter. Sta tic. " e. German flees to West guards catch companion Kassel West Germany a a 19-year-old East German Man escaped Over his Home land s Border fortifications into West Germany but a second Man was caught by communist guards Wesl German Border police said thurs Day. The escape took place wednesday night near the town of Rotenburg of Der tauter about 75 Miles North of Frankfurt police  said another Man was arrested and taken away by East German Border troops As he clambered up a 1 moot High steel mesh Fence. Border police Ideal fed the Escapee As n labor or who said he was dissatisfied with economic and political conditions in his Homeland. Police did not identify him. So far this year 365 East germans have escaped into West Germany or West Berlin Over East Germany s Border barriers nato approves fund no Jesef for4qlst tac fighter Wing move. \  a ". F  is nato defense ministers  funding Levels for moving the . Ai r fort 401 St tac fighter Wing from Torre Jon a Spain Tot Volonci Italy a senior . Official Sard. \ of the i boo milion estimated for the move the allies designated curbing sources for about $520 Mil lion o be spent by i �2, the official said. See relate Story pub 3. \ he first Day of a two Day neet in Brussels and was to be in the official said. $280 million needed for the six year infrastructure the source of the Fiove is yet to be dec the 401st is Movitt its 72 f-16 lighten and support personnel after inc Spanish government insisted the Wing leave the com try As a precondition 10 further Ion agreements with the United the action came on ing of defense minister formally announced Fri the ministers App current infrastructure through 1990. They also _.,lion for 1991 and 1992, the 1200 million from nato spot Gram budget thai runs  two years of the next military Coope Stales. While the base in Italy Bijj estimates listed states agreed to the move to decided that nato would fund it May from . Defense Secretary Frank Carluci set a $500 million Price tag on relocating the wife. The new figures Are based on revise estimates of construction and other costs associated with the love the official said. Nato from Page 1 up repeatedly in the . Congress spending by european nato Mem the report rated Canada Denim if Calls for More my Italy Al the Luxembourg Portugal and Turkey it noted that nato s nuclear deterrent la the strategic and theater nuclear Force of states Ana the United kingdom. France Ich does not participate in nato s military Struc also maintains nuclear Fortes that contribute to nato s Overall deterrence the report said of the report also cited seven countries that bore i Turkey and Greece were All Given High no anlage of Gross National product devoted to but the report  noted that Many a failed to meet nato guidance calling for increases of 3 percent in defense spending. On average during the past 10 years Luxembourg Norway spam Turkey the u Dom and the United states have generally Ach percent goal Belgium Denmark Germany an have on average the smallest growth  j personnel contributions both Catiyo Dut Reserve to the Alliance also differed widely i port found member nations with the highest percentage of labor Force serving on Active duty and pm the rese include Greece Norway and Portugal ranked lower Canada and Luxembourg. The United states r in the Middle. However the report noted that . Canadian forces arc volunteers while most of the Eurt Pean countries have mandatory military service. But Hie review Well beyond expenditures and net in judging the military performance and Conui Butil of Alliance members. The Quality Jed Quantity of Conven Tiona forces support for the strategy of nuclear deter rence Host nation support and several other non fiscal defense contributions and Burdi Salso were measured. In judging the qua Lily of conventional forces the report notch thai the United state continue to make the greatest contribution to the Overall integrated de sense and deterrence posture of the Alliance.1 West Germany the United kingdom Turkey and Italy also make major contribution the report said. On a regional basis be report noted that european forces provide the vast majority of in place forces available to the Alliance providing 90 percent of the manpower 70 percent of the tanks 80 percent of the artillery so percenter the combat aircraft and More than half of the major warships. In terms of the Quality of the forces As measured breach member s a Tyrity to meet its annual nato Force goals West Germany the United kingdom and the United slates All Sucre ranked High. At the othe end of the scale were Belgium Den delivery system forces. -. The Success of the recent inf negotiations was due in Large part to the Solidarity exhibited by All member of the Alliance collectively and by the particular determination demonstrated by the five countries , Italy the Netherlands and the United King Dom who provided commonly funded Basing facilities for United states inf forces in the face of considerable pressure the report said. But the report also noted the declared policy of three nations Denmark Iceland and Norway not a accept nuclear weapons on their territory in peacetime. Finally the report made mention of other contributions to the Alliance that cannot be measured including the Cost of land donated for use by foreign military forces and military and Low level flying exercises in densely populated  is particularly the Case for Germany since in addition to some 500,000 National forces the country hosts 400,000 foreign troops in peacetime in an area no larger that the stale of Oregon the report  More than 5,000 military exercises on its Terri tory and the resultant Man Euver damage. And Al most 600,000 military flights in its airspace each year. I the German Public bears an unusually High socialsecst.". -.-. A -. -.-, the problem extends also to Belgium Italy Luxom our and the Netherlands the report noted.,the United kingdom also experiences some 80,000 Tow-1 an Chareun the reaction to the report generally was favourable Pijor . Official described Ilas extremely Well bal. Vural Han the turkish defense minister andean of the 12-nation eur group representing the an allies sought to play Down any differences finince on the Burden sharing Issue Lurden sharing report produced for the defense a he said wednesday was a balanced a Ato allies on both aides of the  ate communique issued   support for a working document of Bur produced for the defense ministers. Mints count a also i Den Sharil converter from Paga 1 dilation for cars overseas with conveners. The Epa strongly objected to the Lac of inc one year test limit in the army program Agency officials said. Following a nov. 22 meeting in Washington Between Epa and army transportation officials the one year limit be came pan of the army program said Virtona Logan  Usa eur transportation office. The Bottom line is that car owners who were driving overseas with catalytic converters on their vehicles before on i 1987, will have to Post a Bond and buy anew converter when they Velum to inc slates. F that could Cost As Tribuch As 1800 Tosi,000, but is necessarv1 according to the Epa because there is to other Way to de Termine if the old equipment had been disabled overseas through the use of leaded fuel. J the testing program allows car owner sin West German and the Netherlands to keep catalytic converters on their vehicles and take advantage of unleaded fuel As Long As they have the care tested annually and again 10 Days before ship ment to the slates. The program is voluntary and do shot affect a vehicle  registration status Logan  owners who pass the test and keep current with All relents will be give paperwork thai Musl accompany a car to the port of  without the documentation will be redlined to Alert customs officials stateside and car owners Wilt have to gel a new  owners who keep their converters off while the vehicle is overseas still can have the original equipment reinstalled and certified upon their return u the states. However Many vehicle owners overseas in the past Tew Yean have chosen to keep the conveners on even dough that technically violated previous army policy. Paige eversome an army spokeswoman Kin Washington said the policy prior to the Start of the new program called for people ing overseas to have their overt Era re for the duration of their tour. Who ignored thai policy an been overseas for More than a year Low caught by Epa regulations is Asl summer that tightened res Trio in importing cars into the Stales. Of insisted the old army policy a removal of converters while oversell should have kept to a minimum the number of converter equipped vehicles in euro prior to the new program. If a person chose not to follow that guidance and in turns out now thai the can t get their cars approved for ship ment became of that there s not much we can do she said