European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 5, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday january 1989 the stars and stripes Page 3 military facilities Lack Elbow room for weapons training report says by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington military weaponry has become so sophisticated that Many systems have too much Range and firepower for the nation s training facilities to support them according to the report on base clo sures issued last week. After seven months of scrutinizing the nation s Domestic military bases a Pentagon commission recommended the partial or total closure of 91 installations most of them Small housing or storage facilities. In the course of its work the commission developed an acute concern about the requirement of the armed forces for adequate training areas the panel s report said. The report noted that while an army battalion in world War ii needed fewer than 4,000 acres to train properly today s mechanized battalion needs More than 80,000 acres to accommodate such systems As Bradley fighting vehicles and them a tank. The five nautical Miles required by a world War ii fighter aircraft for Aerial Man Euver have grown to 40 Miles today the report said. With the Advent of the advanced tactical fighter that will expand to be tween 80 and 100 nautical Miles. Ranges that might have been perfectly adequate 10 or More years ago Are now too  adding to the problem is encroaching local devel pregame prayers ruled illegal by . Appeals court Atlanta a a Federal appeals court rejected As unconstitutional a school system s practice of offering non sectarian invocations before foot Ball games. A panel of the 11th . Circuit court of appeals ruled 2-1 tuesday that the offering of prayers by laymen is still objectionable because the practice has a religious purpose and a primary effect of advancing  i m ecstatic said Douglas Jager 20, the former Douglas county High school student who sued the 13,800-student Douglas county school system in suburban Atlanta in 1985. This is exactly where i wanted it to  at the time invocations were delivered by ministers. Jager who described himself As an agnostic said the prayers violated separation of Church and state. In the meantime the school District opened up the invocations to non ministers. Jager and his father challenged the equal Access plan As Well. A Federal judge threw out the original plan but said the alternative was acceptable. However the appeals court on tuesday said there is no indication that the school District will refrain from its 40-year-old practice of having clergy deliver religious invocations before High school football  Jeffrey Bramlett the jagers attorney said the decision should provide guidance for other school systems that allow pregame prayers. Hopefully they will see the handwriting on the Wall and will recognize what they need to do to comply with the Law he said. School superintendent Jim Steele said he had not seen the ruling and could not comment. Ozment which is threatening Many military bases. Pilots at Many . Air bases restrict their Aerial Maneu vering Over populated areas and the army is cautious of firing Armor artillery and other ordnance for fear of endangering suburban communities. For example rapid local population growth in Fairfax county va., a booming Washington suburb was the main Factor in the army s october decision to move its engineering school from fort Belvoir va., to fort Leonard Wood mo., officials said. Air training figured heavily in the commission s decision to recommend shutting Down George fab and Norton fab calif., two of the largest targets among the bases recommended for closing. The report said All flight operations put of those two bases Are constrained by increasing air traffic congestion in the greater los Angeles area even though both bases actually Are Miles from the City. The military has attempted to compensate for its shrinking Elbow room by turning to computerized simulators that recreate the effect of firing armoured vehicles or flying aircraft. The report said that simulation techniques Are use Ful for military training particularly for individual skill development but unit proficiency can Only be attained through real life  there also is an emerging need for a new kind of training Range to handle full use of electronic warfare systems without hurting commercial radio and television and other electronic transmissions sharing the same airwaves the report said. It said modern weaponry demonstrates a Clear need for the Pentagon to vigorously pursue the acquisition of Large tracts of land in sparsely populated re Gions for ground and air training. The Pace of technological change is increasing and the trend toward higher mobility forces with More lethal weapons can be expected to accelerate the report said. One Way to maximize space the report said would be for the services to establish Large Multi service train ing facilities in which one Large training Range could be formed from a number of smaller bases the report said. The Twenty nine Palms Marine corps base fort Irwin s National training Center and Camp Roberts All in Southeastern California could be linked with Nellis fab just across the Nevada Border and Remote Range areas in Western Utah along with several Hun dred thousand acres of leased land in the Mojave de Sert. Such a plan would provide a greatly expanded training area to better satisfy the needs of the Mili tary the report said. Ghost of nazi past a new computer game displayed on a screen in Bonn West Germany shows a figure of Adolf Hitler issuing a warning i m coming Back and then i put All turks into the Gas room this reminder of nazi Gas Chambers is representative of propaganda games being spread in West Germany by Neo nazi groups. Of of 1 St woman episcopal Bishop expected Boston a episcopal Bishops Are expected to act quickly to confirm the election of the anglican Church s first woman Bishop now that standing committees around the country have provided the necessary supporting votes. The Rev. Barbara Harris a priest in Philadelphia passed the Milestone late tuesday when an envelope arrived at the episcopal diocese of Boston con Taining the 60th vote of support from the 118 standing committees. Harris needed the approval of a majority of the committees or More than 59 votes. The Boston diocese named Harris As Suffragan or assistant Bishop on sept. 24. Months of debate followed with several factions opposing the election because of her sex. James solheim spokesman for the diocese said Harris had won support from roughly two out of three standing committees As of tuesday. The vote was the Only serious Obsta Cle to her consecration he said. The expectation is that the Bishops will vote quickly and  the Bishops balloting will be con ducted by mail and the process is expected to begin shortly solheim said. One reason Harris is expected to win support of a majority of episcopal Bish Ops is that they themselves voted in 1976 to allow women priests and Bish Ops