European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 20, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes tuesday december 20.1988Neighbors Don t object to noisy army tests however noise elimination Rel eks. Just one of the system s Selling Points Mahler said. The Buitt tag and Simula Tor Cost 54.7 million but that still beats the Cost of building a track. And it maintenance costs represent a Mere fraction of the $500,000 a year Nec Essary to maintain a track. The system also frees up the Gonson him track that is restricted by local quiet hours and has been heavily used since 1983, when the depot added production at Mombach. Vehicle exhaust is funnelled out a smokestack and meets Germany s clean air standards. Quality control officials Praise the system s technology that take the human error out of testing Retif vehicle that have been re build of revamped at the depot. And of course a stationary vehicle  safety risks. The simulator can test 23 Light track vehicles from the m113 and Bradley fam Ifica said Matthias Dillmann Branch chief of Mombach s vehicle division. About four vehicles can be run to though the test sequence in two shifts Dilerna Hamaid but he expects that capability Ottric Tunc As the operators be come More familiar with tie new sys tem. A third shift also May be ad4cd. For testing the vehicles Are Lowed to. The building without their tracks and attached to two dynamometers devices that simulate various running conditions. Then test cables Are attached to Monitor the vehicle s performance. The Driver receives commands via a computer screen from an operator in a room overhead. For example the Driver of a1 cargo Carrier might be told to accelerate while the operator watches his com Puter to Sec if the vehicle can accelerate to 20 Mph in 18 seconds As required. The simulator computer spits out More accurate data than the Best Drivers and testers could provide at the test track. At the test track for example a Brak ing test would Call for a Driver to watch a speedometer a timekeeper to Monitor a Stopwatch and a measurement of the stopping distance to be made All elements prone to some degree of human error. The computer provides such measures accurate to the Millise cond much scr said. Once test data arc compiled in can but Analy cd to detect common  information would then be passed on to vehicle manufacturers. The simulator Earnest 11 of is performance requirements with such tests As Hull leakage and Shock absorbers being handled through conventional methods. News update Chappell concedes Talla Kussee a. A after 20 years in Congress anymore than a month spent challenging his 791-vote loss to a Republican new courier democratic . William Chappell has con ceded. 1 Craig James whose Campaign emphasized reports linking Chap Pell to investigations of the Penta gon procurement scandal Defeated the 10-tcrm incumbent by less than 1 percent of about 250,000 votes cast in the Northeast Florida District on nov. 8. Chapell said i must acknowledge the re publican party has won the seat in the 4th congressional District of Florida and i have decide against pursuing a Challenge any  \ Chappell 66, sought to have the Florida supreme court throw out nearly 11,000 votes from Flagle county. J they arrived at the state elections office one Day after a seven Day state deadline. That would have Given him a 229-vote Victory. But the court denied his request nov. 30. " Chappell has not been charged in any investigation of defense contractors. Newly discovered Oil Fields in Iran will boost nation s reserves by 10% Nicosia Cyprus a Iran has Dis Cov Rcd new Oil Fields with an estimated 10billion barrels substantially increasing the country s Oil reserves Oil minister Gholam Reza a Azarch announced sunday. He said on Iran s state run television monitored in Nicosia that a major discovery was made at Kooher Mand Southeast of the Northern Gulf port of Bushehry. We have hit Light and heavy crude and have discovered substantial deposits of Oil Otaling 10 billion barrels a Azarch said. This is a new kind of discovery for our country because we have found very heavy crude of a kind which we did not  the Oil discoveries will bolster Iran s efforts to finance its reconstruction following the aug. 20 cease fire in its War with Iraq. Washington a an Ohio company is voluntarily recalling about 14,000 umbrella strollers to Correct mechanical problems according to the con Sumer product safety commission. The recall is being undertaken by Cen Tury products co. Of Macedonia Ohio in cooperation Wajih the commission. It involves Thrpo strollers sold nation ally Model numbers 11-066di and ii 077sa sold under the a a go Brand name and Model number 11-074sr sold by scars As an infant umbrella style  Model numbers Are found on the instruction Sheet and a Label on the stroller s rear legs. Consumers having the stroller should Stop using the product and return it to the retail store where purchased for a full refund the commission said. For More information Consumers May Call 1-800 222-9825. The Kooch Mand discovery will increase Iran s estimated Oil reserves of 93 billion barrels by More than 10 percent. A Azadeh said that in addition to Oil a recent discovery of vast deposits of natural Gas in ass Alyeh. Will boost our natural Gas reserves  the iranian Oil ministry disclosed in a gust that the Gas discovery about 44 Miles Southeast of the big Kazan Nar Gas Fields in the Central persian Gulf has a production capacity of 33 million cubic Yards. A Azadeh noted there might be further reserves deeper  Iran s natural Gas reserves Are estimated at More than 16.9 trillion cubic Yards. A Azarch said that further Oil exploration projects were under Way in the Caspian sea in Northern Iran As Well As in the  iranians arc Likely to develop Caspian Fields in cooperation with the soviet Union. Very vast projects have been under Wain the persian Gulf and we Hope to have some Good news from there in about month j time be said without elaboration. He said work on the Bottom of the Cas Pian sea has also been completed and we nope to have a Rig in place by next year in cooperation with the soviets. Soon after that we Hope to Start  a Azadeh also referred to another recent find in Abc Arabad in Central fas province Southeast of shins. Preliminary exploration has put the capacity of the Kiev Rabid find at 200 minion barrels of Oil a Day he said. Ortega to submit reasonable plan. / to Bush for ending Nicaragua War new yor1uap nicaraguan president Daniel Onega said his govern ment is preparing a peace proposal that it will present to the United states according to a published report. On sunday the new Vork times quoted Onega As saying in an interview we re working on a reasonable proposal for an agreement with the United  the times reported that the sandinista Leader is hopeful that presi Dent elect George Bush will be less enthusiastic about supporting the Nicara Guan rebels called contras than was president Reagan. Reagan began supporting the contras soon after taking office in january 1981.but the Congress has not provided consistent Aid for the rebels. Bush has said he supports the contras but has not spelled out avy plan for rebel support. Ortega yen the times interview said the cd Paras had become no More than delinquent bands and were unable to seriously threaten the overthrow of the nicaraguan government. F since a March 21 cease fire the con tras have become mostly inactive Al though a permanent peace plan has not been resolved. The times reported that Ortega said his government would make its peace proposal to Bush when the moment is right but did not specify when that might be. The newspaper said Ortega s proposal did not differ substantially from other offers Nicaragua has made to the . Government. Ortega told the times he would not negotiate Over internal policy. 2 gis killed in 4-Vehfcle pileup bad Kreuz Nach West Germany is two 8th inf div soldiers were killed and six West German civilians were injured when the soldiers 5-ton tractor truck skidded across a Center Guardrail on autobahn 6 and struck three cars about 5 15 . Saturday. Both soldiers were pronounced dead at the scene said 8th inf div spokesman maj. Michael f. Maher. Their names Are being withheld until their families Are notified. The soldiers from the 708th support ten in bad Kreuz Nach were returning from a training exercise that began dec. 5 at the combat Man Euver training enter at Hohenfels Maher said. The. Accident occurred betwee Schwa Bisch Hall and Heilbronn when the truck the soldiers were travelling i encountered heavy traffic Slid Over the Guardrail and struck three oncoming car driven by German civilians Maher said. Only the two soldiers were in the truck which was Rampart of a Convoy he said. The six injured people were taken to three different hospitals where their conditions were not known sunday he said. The cause of the Accident is under investigation by German and . Military police