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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 29, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes thursday december 29,1988 of tit commissaries to standardize of sgd items by Deedee Arrington 6ske staff writer we Brucken West Germany sorting in january the army commis sary system will begin standardizing products offered at its european food stores. Store managers previously could order commissary of equal size. It also forced Helmstedt West Germany which yep vendors that sell to the system to offer age si00,000 per month or its will their wares at each acre. Slock a prescribed lift of items represent under the change the Ilams and ing Aboul 29 percent of the total Avail brands carried by individual comr Liwaj me products. The nine largest commis pics will depend on monthly Sala vol swim Wrich average More than $1 umps. Representative from the Sieu millions monthly sales will carry the Complete list Onur Alucs. The store in Ropchan comm remt districts will oversee  and deletion of items Tony of the 4,600 items available on the commissary stocks according to Denise list of Sci perishables the army buys Gomes a spokeswoman for he army from the United  system. Thai left some commissary customers the arty will need about six month questioning Why products purchased at to Complete the change she said. One store weren t available at another Small stores such As the outlet in health and Beauty aids household products and other non food items. All stores will be required to carry cer Tain items individual commissary officers still will determine blockage of cigarettes cocktail mines certain Kosher and his panic products and generic items plus.,  a Heidelberg West Germany Elbr car Nile products acquired in Europe including ill Stock All items Gomes said Etc Ujj fruits and vegetables Dairy prod other stores will carry Between 40 per cent and 85 percent of the listed set Nipe Gomes said to  officers Ris Hable products which require no re May request exceptions when demand Frig ration and have an extended shelf for a particular product is High or Low in life. In addition to food they include their communities storm from Page 1 Snow again tuesday but was running near 100 percent of is Normal schedule by mid afternoon according to United spokesman Cha rfcs Novak. However the air line had to cancel 165 morning lights because of prob lems created by the previous Day s storm. The Airport was never officially closed monday but hundreds of nights were cancelled including about 400 nights from United alone. O Harc is United s Hub air port a Tew More flights could be cancelled tuesday Novak said As the result of an equipment imbalance in the system nationwide. Some United planes and Crews scheduled to by out of Chicago remained another cities As a result of monday s storm he said. The benches arc Nice but they ought to take out the  Sis so you can sleep said a rumpled look Groland Stemmer of my Killcup Wash who was among the stranded passengers waiting to get Oft the ground Slimmer said he arrived at o Hare from Seattle on monday night missed his connection to new Orkand Kotonly 2 a hours of Steep. This is my worst experience in 25 years of flying declared passenger Bill Mckay of suburban Chicago. He was among .100 people wailing to Fly standby to Denver before United added an extra flight. Ryder Houston of san Francisco who said his tues Day morning flight to Baltimore was cancelled walked from flight to flight putting his name on standby lists Wasno. 125 on one wailing list but noon from the list got on he said Al Chicago s Midway Airport a spokesman for Midway airlines said lights were delayed a half hour to one hour. Threat forces Airliner to land Albuquerque . A an american air lines jul bound for Dallas with 190 people aboard made an unscheduled Landing tuesday after a Passen Ger gave a threatening note to a flight attendant an airline spokesman said. Flight 240 from san Francisco was evacuated on a re Mold stretch of runway at the Albuquerque International Airport and the Fri arrested the passenger said Jim Brown the airline s spokesman in Dallas. Authorities using bomb sniffing dogs searched the plane for a weapon or bomb but none was immediately found he said. -. The note said the passenger had a gun or weapon of some sort drown said. The note also included some Type of reference to the possibility of a bomb on board.". An jagged piece of Metal near a dark Oval shaped spot. Indicates where he 727 fuselage Tore open. 727 had problem before mishap Charleston , a a Boeing 727 forced to land after a 14-Inch Hole opened in its fuse Lage had problems maintaining Cabin pressure during the flight even before the roof ripped open Federal officials said tuesday. The Crew of Eastern airlines flight 251 told investigators they began having trouble shortly after Takeoff monday from Rochester . In route to Atlanta said National transportation safety Board spokesman Ted a Opalkiewicz. By the Lime they reached 31,000 feel they were Able to stabilize the pressure Opalkiewicz said. They sent the second officer Back to Check the doors to listen for problems. Sometime when there s a prob Lem with the door seals you can usually hear it but he did t hear anything shortly after he returned there was the rapid do prcssurization.". The plane carrying 104 passengers and is Crew members landed at Charleston s Yeager Airport after the roof Tore open while cruising at 31,000 feel. Two passengers were treated at a Hospital for nosebleeds and headaches caused by the sudden loss of pressure. In another incident tuesday an Eastern airlines Jet bound for fort Lauderdale fla., returned to new Yor City s Laguardia Airport to repair a Loose door panel that prevented the Cabin from being pressurized. Flight 715, an a-300 Airbus carrying 210 passengers look off at 8 45 . And returned 10 the Airport at 10 05 . To have the Access door panel repaired said Virginia Sanchez As Federal investigators began the months Long Job of pinpointing the cause of monday s incident they also said tuesday thai ,. Records for the past five years show the plane had made seven unscheduled landings before this week but none could be called an emergency Landing. The Section of the fuselage hat developed the Hole was a replacement part not the original skin of the plane which is about 20 years old. The piece that peeled away would be taken to a Laboratory for metallurgical tests. Crash from Page 1 truck carrying the five Plain Pine cof fins slowly through town. The bodies were the first among the crash victims identified and re leased for burial. An Honor guard of pan am night attendants police soldiers . Embassy officials and Rescue workers stood quietly As the five coffins were moved from a warehouse,.scrying As a Chapel and Pia cd in the Ruck the Bod is were to be put on flights from London to the United Stales expected to arrive in new York wednesday afternoon. Some women bowed their Heads one Man raised a hand in a gesture of Farewell and the lord lieutenant of Dumfriesshire John Milne Hulme who represents Queen Elizabeth ii in the Region stood at attention with local Council officials. Police spokesman Angus Kennedy identified the five americans As Ken Neth Raymond Garcynski 37, of North Brunswick . Of Dixie 55, of Fairborn Ohio his wife Shan to Dixie s3 and their two grandchildren Suruchi Rattan 3, and her 2 year old brother Anmol of Warren Mich. The children s Mother Kari a 29, was also aboard the plane but her body apparently has not been identified. So far 241 bodies have been found including one that Kennedy said was spotted tuesday night. Eighteen Pas sengers or Crew members remain missing. Pan am said tuesday the plane carried 259 people revising its earlier figure of 258 after discovering another infant was aboard. Between 600 and 700 people including 15 divers and 100 soldiers of the 1st Gordon highlanders searched dense Woods and icy rain swollen Waters tuesday in a 100-Square mile area of southwestern Scotland for missing victims and wreckage including parts of the air Craft s wings. Paul Newell Deputy chief consta ble of the regional police Force said the searchers were supported by three helicopters and 38 dogs. Russell Smith said results of the tests at the research Center probably would not be announced until after investigators reach a conclusion on the cause. She would not comment on Why one particular suitcase was being so closely examined except to say it exhibited characteristics which Merit further consideration Newell said the suitcase was found in the Hills cast of Lockerbie. Experts have said structural failure or a bomb Are the most Likely explanation As to Why the jetliner disappeared from radar screens just As it reached its cruising Altitude of 31,000 feet Over Southwest Scotland  
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