European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 16, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes Friday. December 16, 1938 Wiesbaden Hanau Trade copters 1 for 1 by Rosemary Sawyer  Wiesbaden. West Germany in a 34-for-j4 Trade thursday choppers Tor an attack helicopter Bat Talion arrived at Wiesbaden a from Hanau army Airfield while helicopters from to Black Hawk unit moved from Wiesbaden la Hanau. In order to attain required operational readiness standards aircraft assigned to the 5th so. 6lh car Cal i2lh aviation brigade have been moved for Ward to he unit s Headquarters at Wiesbaden a said col. Samuel w. Floes it Usa eur Public affairs chief. The aircraft Swap which was completed by i , did not increase the number of aircraft at either Airfield. Usa eur directed a straight one for on Exchange after discussions with the West German defense ministry Floc Asaid. The controversy plagued stationing of aircraft Tor the 5th so at the Wiesbaden base has been delayed fur months by local residents protests and a series of court orders. The local citizens say additional aircraft would increase noise and cause added safety risks in the already congested airspace. Soldiers front the attack helicopter battalion began arriving at the base in the Wiesbaden suburb of Erben Helm in late August after the army received a go ahead from West German defense minister Rupert Scholz a subsequent court order however forced Scholz to ask the army to postpone the stationing of the Squadron s 38 aircraft which include 13 oh-58 Kiowa three uh-60 Black Hawks and 22 ah-64 apaches. The soldiers have been training 30 Miles away Athanau army Airfield where their aircraft have been Kepi since late october. Operationally speaking it s better to have that unit 5th ,6tb Cav regt United " Flora said. Our Mission was to try to reunite the Ith of the 6th at the earliest possible  the Black Hawk units helicopters will tie located in Hanau until the stationing Issue is resolved Floca said. He declined to provide unit designations for the Black Hawk companies involved. Usa eur officials could not reach Hussen min ister president Walter Wallmann wednesday to in form him of the move so a formal letter was to be delivered thursday Floca said. Rinhard Edel chairman of the Erlenheim Airfield task Force teamed of the copter Swap from a Community official thursday afternoon. I m very unhappy about this Edel said. I m afraid we have one battalion of apaches Here a development which is very bad for  original . Army plans called for a total of 181 aircraft to be at the air base by 1993. About 100 of Hose aircraft would belong to he three Apache squad Rons planned for the base. Edel found the move especially offensive because it preceded the West German parliament s decision on the stationing which is expected in the sprint. I m afraid the people Here in this Region will have bad feelings against the americans Edc said. Edel called that unfortunate saying Wiesbaden has enjoyed Good relations with the military Community and he feels the blame lies with German officials. The army has maintained that the apaches with their anti Lank capability Are an important boost to nato s conventional defense and that Wiesbaden was chosen for its infrastructure and Central location in v corps. Cafes workers gis go to Aid of flooded to land Goppinger West Germany when sewer water flooded the basement level cafes to land store at Cooke Barracks two weeks ago it nearly washed some Chil Dren s Christmas morning Down the Drain. But thanks to fast work Bya Afes employees and 18 Soldier volunteers the store has reopened in larger quarters in an adjacent building restocked its Merchan Dise and reimbursed layaway Cus Lomm. Store manager Mary Clemen said a sewer line in a construction site near the old store ruptured nov. 30, and the store had two feet of water in it the be morn ing. The flood damaged most of the merchandise including at least515,351 Worth of unsold goods and $4,180 Worth of layaway Pur chases. We had a crisis she said thursday. Three weeks before Christmas you have to have a  employees spent dec. 2 conducting an inventory of the damage and spent the following weekend moving and gathering re placement toys from stores in Stuttgart the new store opened at 8 . Dec. 5 and already has generated about $15,000 in sales Clement said. Friends of my on trial for slayings say suspect admitted killing 2 women by Joseph Owen Stuttgart Bureau Stuttgart West Germany two friends of accused murderer Carlos Roberto Rodriguez testified in a German stale court that the former military policeman had admitted killing spec. Waichka Marrero in her Patch Barracks room in february 1987. James j. Huset Nann said Rodriguez also told him he had killed another woman Verda Rakoczy in the Stuttgart suburb of by Bingen on july 1, 198 7. Rodriguez who left the army Between the two murders is on trial for both slay Ings. He has not testified in the trial which is expected la last several months. He Simonn also a former military police Man said wednesday he was on duty in a Patch Barracks guardhouse when Rodriguez approached him on july 29,1987, expressed interest in Hus Mann s Bible study group then began talking about Rakoczy s murder. According to Husemann Rodriguez said head been out walking the night of the Mur Der to shake off the effects of a drinking bout when he decided to Rob a woman he saw. Huic Monn said Rodriguez told him that when he demanded Money she cried an mentioned rape and the two ended up in nearby Bushes. Rodriguez then said she re moved her clothes and cried or screamed when she heard him open his knife. He told me he was in a Blind Rageand had decided to kill her i remember he told me he Slabbed her five times Husemann said. Rodriguez told him he lied disposed of his blood soaked clothes in a trash Container then boiled the knife later in Abb Lingen apartment As his German Fiancee watched him said Husemann now a civilian living in Dubuque Iowa. Husemann said Rodriguez told him he also had been drinking he night of the Marrero murder and did t know How he ended up in her room. For some reason she wanted him to leave. He had hit her Over the head with a bottle Husemann said adding that Rodriguez said he regained Marrero Confidence nonetheless he told me she must have still trusted him because she let him approach her to Check the  Huse Mann said. He said she turned her head so he could look and at that Lime he put her in a choke hold until she  according to Husemann Rodriguez said he then strangled Marrero on her bed took a by Sheet because it had a footprint on it escaped through win Dow left the Post to get rid of the Sheet and returned by climbing Over a Fence. Another former military policeman Troy t. Bruckner of Whealon 111., said Rodriguez had Given him in late March or Early april 1987 a detailed account of How he had murdered Marrero. Bruckner who already had left the army and was in Germany for o visit at the time said he did t believe Rodriguez then. Husemann said Rodriguez often had told him wild talks in the past then revealed them As falsehoods just when Husemann got to the Point of believing them. Both witnesses said they and other Toldie soften had played the fantasy game dungeons and dragons with Rodriguez. He was very Good Al it. He has a Good imagination Husemann said. The trial is set to continue dec. 23. U.s., Greece will continue talks on bases Oil find confirmed Brussels Belgium a the belgian Oil company pc Rofina Eon firmed tuesday that its thai unit has discovered an Oil Deposit off the coast of Thailand. By the Stan and stripes negotiations on the future of . Mil itary bases in Greece Are expected to continue even though the current agreement allowing the bases expires next week a . Embassy spokeswoman in Athens said thursday. If no agreement is reached the United states will have 17 months to vacate Mil itary installations throughout the coun try said Kiki Munch a press attache. The current round of talks were to end Friday but the negotiations Are is Pec cd to continue Munch said. A defense department official who asked not to be identified said the United states is trying to arrange another round of negotiations for january but he said that everything May Haw to be put on hold until after the greek elections expected Early next year. However we be been assured by the greeks that this will be an ongoing process and will continue in some form even though the base agreement technically runs out on dec. 21," the official said Rod officials have maintained they Are confident of reaching some kind of agreement that allows for a continued .presence in Greece. The stumbling Block in the negotiations to Date has been the future of hell Nikon a just outside Athens. Eugene Carroll a retired rear Admiral and Deputy director of the Center for defense information a Washington think tank said the United Stales could probably make do without Heller Ikon which is useful primarily for its Airstrip. But losing All . Bases in Greece which include inca Makri Souda Bay and Iraklion would Hurt since those Are important support facilities for the 6th Fleet he said. Young up and Homer named soviet staff chief Moscow a the soviet Union announce thursday the appointment of far East commander col. Gen. Mikhail a Misc icy As the new chief of Staft  military its first Leader who is Mooyoung to have had world War ii combat experience Moiseyev 49, replaces marshal Sergei Fakhro Meyer whose retirement was announced by soviet officials in new York on dec. 7. The same Day that soviet president Mikhail 5. Gorbachev told the United. Nations that to would unilaterally Cut the soviet Mili tary. Thai caused speculation the 65-year-old Fakhro my cd was resigning in protest which soviet official shave denied. A disc cd s appointment was announced with an official statement and front Page picture in the defense ministry newspaper Krasnaya Yezda. Its announce ment also was the paper s first word of Fakhro Mayev s  appointment of a younger Man has been been interpreted As determination by Gorbachev to bring new faces into the military leadership marking the passing of the generation that participated in soviet Union Victory Over nazi Germany in world War ii. That Victory still is an important source of Pride for the soviet military and for the country As a whole. Western diplomatic sources in Moscow said Little was known about Moiseyev who jumped Over Many senior officers to become a first Deputy defense min ister arid the no. 1 Leader under defense minister Dmitri t. Yazoo. One source who spoke on condition of anonymity said Moiseyev had been promoted to his present rank in november 1987. Thai s an up and Corker he said. It May suggest to some of the old timers that it s Lime to hang it up the source said. Moiseyev s areas of military expertise were not known. " it also was not known whether Moiseyev was a pro Tege of the defense minister however Yazoo also served As commander of the heavily fortified far East District before being named the soviet defense min ister in May 1987