European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 15, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes thursday december 15,19h8 Gen. Anderson questions flight cuts from wire reports Donn. West Gerttu Timity a three week suspension of All nato combat training  West Ger Many will cause some pilots to fail to meet tuning standards and will significantly reduce readiness maj Gen. Marcus a. Anderson said. Anderson he commander of the 3rd air Force based Al Raf m ild Cohall England said pilots must train Over West Germany nato s principal front line slate because this is where they would operate in  simulators can complement and enhance training but you still must gel Oul and Fly to maintain  nato members adopted the suspension monday under pressure from Bonn after five West German civil ians and a . Air Force Pilot were killed last week in the crash of an a-10 attack Jet in a heavily populated neigh boyhood in Remscheid near dus Eldoiv the raining suspension i inc longest and most extensive in memory Anderson said. He said the Deci Sion will ground nearly 300 . Planes or almost Hal of american tactical forces in Europe plus combat aircraft of West Germany Britain and other allies. We know based on the amount of training hat is lost that there will be a significant Impact Andera Ort said. There will be some readiness standards that will nol be met. Anderson was in West Germany heading the air Force s investigation and Relief efforts after the crash. The plane that went Down was based in Britain an therefore under h is command. Meanwhile West German Chancellor Zetau Tohl said in a speech to military comr Anden Fiat there Vetsa need to Shore up popular support for a Strong defense because of controversy Over military exercises and enthusiasm Over soviet pledges to reduce conventional Onwin Europe. Kohl said that West Germany would not yield loan erosion in consciousness of the threat from inc War saw pact. Armed forces inspector general adm. Dieter Weller Shoult West Germany s highest ranking military officer told the conference in a Reburg of 450 senior military officials that he shares Kohl s worries. He expressed con Cern about a recent poll showing thai Only one third of soldiers in Basic training believed that they should defend democracy with their lives if necessary. Officially the suspension was called Oul of respect for victims of inc Remscheid crash. In fact however it was aimed largely at appeasing Public opinion in West Germany where even Tome members of Kohl s conservative Abri Tittl democratic Union have called Tor  reductions in Low level training flights. A recent poll by the Wicker Institute found that 61percent of West germans believe that Low Altitude training lights can be reduced drastically without so  National Security. Nato maintain Tuow Altitude raining is Nec Essary because pilots Woutat Fly close to inc ground in Case of War to avoid detection by enemy radar. The West German government s original proposal was to suspend until Jan. 2 Only training nights below 10,000 feet Bui lop nato officials agreed monday to adopt the suspension for All combat Jet training Light Over West Germany at any Altitude to avoid singling out lower level flights. A suspension limited to lower level flights would Send the wrong signal Anderson said. London sardine1 trains draw round of criticism London Al the three train collision that killed 33 people in South London has been tentatively blamed on a faulty signal but the disaster has become lightning Rod for commuters grievances Over rising fares and sardine express service. We have to Stop talking about he prof it and toss account and thinking about whether we can go on Patching up a isor War old railway system the Way British Ait has to said Robert Adley a member of parliament for prime minister Margaret Thatcher s conservative parly. The system has been creaking at he seams for so Long that something had to give said John sle Wati. Policy coordinator for Cap if a Public transport pres sure group. British rail brings 467,000 commuters to London every morning an in crease of 9 percent since 1983. Death on inc sardine express blared the tabloid today. Even the conservative leaning daily Telegraph complained that Thatcher s Ove Mem has yet to reveal the commitment to Public services transport prominent Amon them that it has so admirably displayed in creating a new spirit within he Pri Vale  on the morning of the crash Al clap Ham Junction where to commuter trains and then a freight train collided Railroad Union members dressed As Sar dines to hand Oul leaflets at London Shuston station the handouts complained about crowded trains. British commuters must choose be tween traffic clogged roads or standing room Only rail services to go anywhere in this Island nation. Robin Seymour chief inspector of railways acknowledged concern about overcrowding in his annual report Issue last month. However he said there is no evidence to suggest thai overcrowding per x May be the cause of train Acci  the irony of the Clapham disaster i that it May have been caused by signal improvements part of some s$37 Mil lion now being spent on some of the lines leading to London s Waterloo station. Quake from Page 1 7.000 troops and police officers deployed in inc disaster area is no longer saving lives but keeping order. Unfortunately even in this tragic situation Here Nave been instances of property and car thefts and of marauding. So far we have managed to solve All inc crimes a Tapkin said. He said that guards on places where Relief supplies  kept should be reinforced. More details emerged tuesday of disorganization and i Slacks in the Early singes of the Rescue Effort. A politburo commission investigating the disaster Aid that the government agriculture and food processing bureaucracy had displayed perplexity and Lack of organization at  newspapers reported some survivors including at least five children died of exposure before tents blankets and warm clothing were brought o the scene. The political situation around the res Cue Effort appeared la be growing Marc Lens with rumours drawing anxious crowd into he streets of Yerevan the armenian capital where the quake did almost no damage. Soviet television said one Rumor circulated monday night said a new quake was expected tuesday but news of it was being hushed up by authorities. Earlier word had spread that children orphaned in the quake were being sent to non armenian families in other republics in an attempt to depopulate Armenia. Moscow dissident sources said there were More arrests tuesday of members of the Karabash com Milieu which has led he year Long Campaign for reunification with the territory of Magorno Kara Bakh in neighbouring Azerbaijan the arrests following the committee s attempt to organize its own separate re Lief Effort a provoked a Demon ration boat least 600 people sunday. Pravda reported telegrams Ofca Grai Lalion had been sent to Armenia after the quake apparently from Azerbaijan though the report did not make thai Clear. A criminal Case will be opened against every  it said. Reporters resuming from the Earth quake zone said the were amazed Gofind survivors talking excitedly about tin Karabash question even As they searched the rubble for corpses the earthquake registering 6,9 on in Richter scale destroyed most of the buildings in Armenia s second and third Lai Gesi cities Leni Nakan and kirov Okan it obliterated the smaller town of spi Lak where 70 percent of the population of 20,000 died. It also destroyed 28 Vil Lages in some of which Only a handful of survivors remain according to radio Moscow Sarah the Duchess of York visits a nil employee injured to monday s collision. Final 8 cruise missiles depart Belgium false by David Tarrant staff Witter the last eight ground launched cruise missiles left Flora incs a Belgium tuesday As part of the superpower treaty eliminating intermediate Range nuclear arms. The missiles and their canisters left Florenne on a c-141 starlit Cruto be ? taken to various Points far destruction Florenne a originally had 20grottn4 launched cruise missiles including Jour spares. Of a when this aircraft departs today All � items that Are to be eliminated to compliance with the inf treaty will be gone from Florenne col. Calvib Chaste in 4s5lh tac missile Wing omm Inder said. ,./.-. -.  " airmen remaining fjord ones will begin packing and flipping out the remaining equipment and supplies from inc base. No dalphas been set for closing he Wing. Chasten said. Florennce opened in 1984, has 515 airmen Down from a fully authorized strength of 1,500. Said spokeswoman Laura a Feldman. By March he base should be Down to .120  Lask will be to take care of Thoj final shipment of equipment . The last airmen at the base Are expected o leave Florenne by late luring he added. On thursday nine perching ii mis Ives arc scheduled to leave ecu Ulm West Germany according to usar eur. Eighteen perching missiles have been removed since the inf trealy went into effect june 1. Nine left Heilbronn sept. 1, and nine departed Multan gun nov. 15. 1 the nine missiles erector launchers and support equipment belonging to Bury a?4 in. 9th Field arty 56lh Field any Corn arc to depart Wiley Barracks in two dec Jevon a the Convoy will travel to an air Brce base for shipment to the uni cd Swiss where the motor Slages will bed hyped. The Cradoc Tau chm will be transferred to the equip mint maintenance Center in Hausen West Germany where they will be scheduled for destruction the remaining per Shiing ii missiles will be removed by May 31,199k