European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 13, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 news briefs the stars and stripes saturday May 13,1989 1 St army div postal clerk gets 5-year prison term Ansbach West Germany a 1st army div postal clerk was sentenced to five years in prison for conspiracy forgery and false swearing. Spec. Leitha Hall of the 127th postal Del was found guilty april 24 in a general court martial. She had been charged with falsifying reports of postal Money order sales and fraudulently Vali dating and negotiating Money orders in March. The postal clerk worked at the . Army Post office on Warner Barracks in Bamberg. Hall also was Given a dishonourable discharge ordered to forfeit All pay and allowances and reduced to the lowest enlisted Grade. Court upholds order to extradite Arab to Athens Greece a the supreme Courton Friday upheld an extradition order sought by the United states for a palestinian accused of the 1982 bombing of a pan am jetliner. Mohammed Rashid had appealed the ruling by a lower court granting his extradition to the United states. Before Friday s ruling the High court had put off making a decision three times. Rashid 39, is wanted in the United states for the pan am bombing Over Hawaii in which a Japa Nese teen Ager was killed and 15 people were injured. He was arrested in Athens in May 1988. The minister of Justice has the final say in any extradition Case. 2 killed 11 injured in fire that closed Brenner Tunnel Bolzano Italy a two italian work ers were killed and 11 were injured by a sudden fire in a Tunnel on the Brenner Highway along the italian austrian Border police said Friday. Hundreds of trucks lined up at both entrances of the Tunnel after All lanes of the Busy Road linking Italy Austria and West Germany were closed because of the incident. Police said the fire possibly triggered by an explosion spread quickly through the poly Urc than cover of the Tunnel and spewed toxic smoke. Thirteen workers were on duty when the fire began in the northbound Lane of the Tunnel. Police said traffic flow resumed after eight hours. Bush plan would open skies for nato East bloc planes from wire reports College station Texas president Bush on Friday proposed a plan for nato and Warsaw pact aircraft to have free Access to Fly Over Eastern and Western Europe to Monitor military movement. Bush announced the plan a variation of the 1950s open skies proposal by president Eisenhower in a commencement speech at Texas am University. On Friday Secretary of state James Baker described the proposal to nato foreign ministers in Brussels Belgium who arc deeply divided Over How to respond to recent soviet diplomatic and arms control Over Tures. . Officials travelling with Baker differed on the purpose of proposing that East bloc and Western planes Monitor the movement of weapons and military personnel in Europe when satellites already perform that function. As Baker ended his first official visit to Moscow thursday the soviet Union unveiled a plan to unilaterally remove 500 nuclear warheads from its Short Range Arsenal in Eastern Europe and announced a sweeping Cut in conventional forces to be put on the table at the Vienna talks on conventional forces in Europe. One official said the Bush proposal May be seen As a gimmick in response to the recent peace offensive by the soviet Union. That would be a mistake because air planes can Sec things that satellites cannot the official said. Another official said the new generation of Ameri can satellites is Able to Sec through Cloud cover with such precision that the air planes would have Little to add in intelligence. But the official said the proposal would have the effect of taking some of the Public relations initiative away from the soviets. The proposal by Eisenhower was rejected categorically by soviet Leader Nikita Khrushchev who accused the West of trying to eavesdrop on other countries. The Eisenhower plan died finally in the face of Adamant soviet opposition. Panama from Page 1 station near Havelock n.c., about 150 marines massed at Dawn Friday for a five hour flight to Panama. We arc going Down there to protect americans and protect innocent people from trouble they re having with their Leader Lance Cpl. Rocco Pelitti said. I m not going Down there to get into a firelight or a combat action but whatever happens happens outside the Travis Gale a Mother and daughter waited for the Convoy holding cardboard signs that read Good Luck and hurry Linda Sexson. 43, whose son is a submarine Crew Man based on the East coast said she came because i m a Mother with a son in the service and 1 just came out to say goodbye and Good the division that flew from Travis is part of a highly Mobile outfit that carries most of its equipment on its Back and is designed for Quick deployment anywhere. Fort Ord officials got the deployment orders about three quarters of the Way through the president s news conference thursday army spokesman Jim Davis said. Fort Ord was placed on Alert wednesday evening and is capable of dispatching of such an Alert officials said. Soldiers within 18 hours Many soldiers had time to notify their families Davis said. The wives become pros and they know to get ready for that he , emotions ran High. Elizabeth Shepherd asked How she Felt about her Hus band s departure replied scared because i m stuck Here with the kids and i Don t know what s going red army faction prisoners sympathizers end protest Bonn West Germay up jailed members and sympathizers of the terrorist red army faction on Friday ended a hunger strike officials said. The hunger strike started on fcb 1, with groups of two to three dozen taking turns in the prison action. Justice officials from several West German states said lawyers for the prisoners and detainees had in formed them Friday of the decision to end the protest that was held to support demands members of the terrorist organization be held together in one or two cells. The Green party on Friday welcomed the announce ment and said that the prisoners have demonstrated their willingness to Compromise. Families from Page 1 the source said. . Government figures put the number of embassy dependents in Panama at 152. There Are about 10,600 military dependents 972 of whom live off base according to . Southern come figures. In addition there arc an additional 20,000 Ameri can civilians living in Panama most of them retirees or in private business. Representatives of american businesses based in Panama were urged to evacuate their families. The soviet Union denounced on Friday the troop deployment. Vadim per Filiey a soviet foreign ministry spokesman said the situation in Panama was marked by overt . Interference. It is a matter for the panamanian people them selves to Clear up the situation and break the dead lock he said in Moscow. Rigoberto Perez former Secretary general of the revolutionary democratic party the main pro government party said the government has no plans to remove Noriega. The government said it nullified the results because american meddling among other factors made it impossible to declare a Winner. It said there were no plans for new elections. Noriega is under Federal indictments in Miami and Tampa fla., on drug trafficking charges. The United states imposed sanctions on Panama after Noriega engineered the ouster of president Eric Arturo Del Vallec in february 1988. The . Govern ment continues to recognize Dvalle instead of acting president Manuel Solis Palma. Shipping from Page 1 Manint change of station accounts. Since 1987, the army has limited soldiers moving to or from West Germany on accompanied Tours to 25 percent of their full household goods allowance be cause government furniture was available at Many to numerous complaints from have prompted the army to lift the limitation Rey nolds said thursday. The change covers accompanied soldiers assigned to All locations except for West Berlin in West Germany. The new policy also includes soldiers at Remote Sites. West Berlin personnel will remain under the limitation and continue to get full government furniture support Reynolds said. Like West Berlin service members unaccompanied personnel who arc authorized to live off Post will not be covered by the new policy and will be subject to current restrictions. The new policy covers All household goods except major appliances washers dryers ranges refrigerators and Kitchen cabinets and wardrobe closets Reynolds said. Soldiers will not be allowed to ship those items because communities generally arc Able to provide them he said. Service members will not be forced to ship their full allowance. Soldiers can ship or store household goods in any combination up to their full entitlement Rey nolds said. That Means that the weight of the House hold goods stored plus the weight of the goods shipped can t exceed the total soldiers must have an effective Date of june 1 or later on orders to take advantage of the new policy. Reynolds said the effective Date is the Date the Soldier signs into a new duty station minus authorized travel time and plus one Day. For example a Soldier who signs in at the new duty station on june 10, with seven Days authorized travel time has an a Dale of june 4," Reynolds said. The effective Date of orders or a Date for soldiers who arc separating or retiring is the last Day of Active duty he said. Time spent on any Type of leave or temporary duty in route to the assignment has nothing to do with figuring a Soldier s a Date Reynolds said. He advised soldiers who decide not to ship their full allowance that storage at government expense is authorized in the United states Only. There will be no storage at government expense in Europe he said. Soldiers and their families should be careful not to ship More goods than they can use or store in their in addition to improving the Quality of life for army families the change will enable the service to Shin More government furniture to locations in West Ger Many where shortages exist Reynolds said. The lifting of the weight restriction will occur on month before an increase in household goods allow ances for All ranks and services goes into effect july i. The higher weight allowances approved by con Gress last year will include separate limits for person Nel with and without family members for the first time
