European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 15, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes tuesday. August 15.1989 scaled Back autumn forge scheduled shape Belgium a scaled Down version of nato s land sea and air exercises called autumn forge 89 is scheduled to Start next month. The 16 scr discs will begin sept. I with Armada Exchange in Northern Italy according to an autumn forge 89 press guide issued by the supreme head quarters Allied Powers Europe. The guide said Maneu vers will conclude nov. 14, when deterrent Force an activation exercise involving frigates and destroyers ends. Fewer forces Are expected to participate in autumn forge 89 than in previous years according to a shape statement. Officials estimate 205,000 soldiers sailors airmen and marines from Northern Norway to Turkey will train in autumn forge s exercises. During autumn forge 88, a Quarter of a million nato serv  look part in 20 exercises conducted from september through october. The reduced Force reflects an Allied push to achieve by the 1990s the Best balance of live and command Post exercises and computer simulations while improving operational readiness at the least Cost in fund ing and environmental damage the statement said. I think there is a possibility we can get the same Levels of training we have now. Or perhaps even better without the same size or the same frequency of exercises or both said Gen. John r. Calvin supreme Allied commander Europe. We Are trying to put com Manders and higher Headquarters in the Field and train them without taking All the units to the Field. We Are Able to do this because we now also have computer supported  unlike previous years. . Forces will not have re forger troops participating in autumn forge this fall. Under new concept called training smart the next return of forces to Germany exercise which tests . Strategic reinforce ment is scheduled for Jan. 15-25 next year. The number of soldiers participating in re forger 90 will be scaled Back to about 75,000, compared with the 124,000 soldiers who look part in a forger 88. Only 17.500 soldiers were deployed from the United Stales last year. The training smart policy will employ fewer a never forces by using simulations Field training exercises command Post exercises and command Field exercises. The concept will be tested As part of the autumn forge exercise caravan guard which is scheduled for sept. 13-20 in Central West Germany. The Aims of autumn forge arc to improve combat effectiveness through better interoperability among Al lied forces to improve Allied command capabilities in crisis management and to demonstrate Allied Solidarity and preparedness the statement said. Total eclipse of Moon on schedule for thursday from Shaft and wire reports Scricc members in West Germany and Western Europe can join More than a billion people on five continents who will be Able to see a total lunar eclipse this week. The eclipse begins in West Germany at 2 20 . Thursday Central european time. The total eclipse will take place at 3 19 . And will last until 4 56 . By the time the eclipse ends at 5 56 . The Moon will have already dipped below the horizon which will happen at 5 20 . The times Given Are for Frankfurt. They will vary slightly along an cast West line. Sky watchers in other time zones arc advised to take the time change into account. During the eclipse the full Moon will appear to be slowly nibbled away turn ing from a Bright Silver to a burnished Copper or faint Orange or perhaps even snuffed out altogether. The show starts at 8 23 . Edt Over the United states. The Eastern United states will get the Best viewing. Alaska will miss the eclipse altogether. With Clear skies some phase of the celestial spectacle should be visible to observers in North and South America Western Europe and Africa and the ant Arctic. Sailors at sea in the Atlantic Andin the Eastern Pacific also will be Able to Sec some phase of the eclipse weather permitting. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes through the Shadow created by the Earth blocking the Sun s Light. The Moon in its orbit of the Earth usually passe above or below this Shadow line but every few years it follows a path that puts it completely in Shade for a time when the whole Moon passes through the Shadow it is called a Iota eclipse and the Moon takes on the appearance of a ghostly disk hanging in the Black of space. The last total lunar eclipse visible Over most of North America occurred in de Cember 1982, and the next one is no until december 1992. While a lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth blocks sunlight from the Moon a solar eclipse is caused when the Moon blocks sunlight from the Earth. Because the Moon is so much smaller Only a Small Swatch of Earth is darkened during a solar eclipse. A lunar eclipse however can be seen by the entire half of the Earth in darkness at the time it occurs. To experts a solar eclipse is by far the More interesting because it permits unique measurements of the Sun a lunar eclipse is just a Good show said John Bangert a . Naval Observatory astronomer in Washington. Weather blocking Channel swim by paraplegic Folkestone England a an american said monday hell go Home later this week unless the weather improves and allows him to attempt to become the first paraplegic to swim the English Channel. Robert Patterson of Maryland n.v., has been wait ing at a Folkestone hotel for one week to make the 20 Milc crossing from England to Cap gris Nez France. I just can t believe that this is happening he said of the weather. I trained for this for two years. 1 put my heart and soul into  winds in the Channel monday were 20 Mph an Waves were 3 to 5 feet High. The conditions were much too rough for swimmers said Ray Scott chairman of the Channel swimming association that authenticates the swims. It s a conspiracy of the fates Scott said. But it s no use swimming in High winds. You get buffeted about in High  weather forecasters were predicting Early improvement Scott said. Patterson said if he could t attempt the swim tues Day or wednesday he would return Home and he doubted if he would come Back for another attempt. I can t get any More demoralized than i am now he said. It was excellent weather most of the summer so this is kind of a  Patterson 33, became a paraplegic three years ago when he fell 25 feet from a scaffold on a construction site. The Accident broke his spine and paralysed him from the Waist Down. He swam eight Miles across Otsego Lake in upstate new York last year in six hours 48 minutes. This june he swam the Lake again going nine Miles while shaving one hour two minutes off his time. Patterson s training includes weight lifting in the Falland Winter and swimming in the St. Lawrence River on weekends in the summer. He also takes daily swims in an indoor Pool or a local Lake two other paraplegics have attempted to swim the English Channel but  27-year-old woman trying to become the first handicapped woman to swim the Channel is also waiting for the weather to improve Scott said. Lucyna Krajewska who has had both tags amputated attempted the crossing in 1987 but gave up after covering Only six Miles in seven hours. Kraiewska who was bom in Poland defected to West Germany six Yean ago. She won the Gold medal in the 100-meter freestyle swim at the paralympics in Seoul. South Korea last year. News update rewards offered Des Moines Iowa a general electric co. Is offering re wards for pieces of the Jet engine from United airlines flight 232that broke up Over Western Iowa. General electric spokesman David Lane said that handbills have been distributed in an area of Western Iowa where parts of the engine May have landed to keep up interest in the search. The engine parts Are the key in discovering Why the dc-10 experienced engine trouble and lost Al most All of its steering control when Hydraulic lines were Cut. The plane s Crew managed to guide the jumbo Jet to Sioux Gateway air port at Sioux City and attempted an emergency Landing. Summer school program expansion favored by Dodds superintendent by the Washington Bureau Washington the military s overseas schools should expand summer school programs and give administrators greater opportunities to expand their educations superintendents in the system recommended last week. Currently the department of defense dependents schools offers summer school in Only some locations around the world and course offerings arc usually limited. But the 19 superintendents meeting at the Dodds Headquarters agreed that the availability of summer school locations and number of courses offered should be expanded. Or. John Stremple Dodds director agreed to seek ways to accomplish a sum Mer school expansion. No target dates or details on the possible expansion were announced. Stremple also agreed that More Educa Tion opportunities should be made Avail Able to overseas administrative person Nel. The meeting is part of Stromple t goal to increase communications within the school system. _ pc Dodds indicated after the meeting the first of its kind in several Yean teat it would attempt to hold a conference for administrators on leave in the United states during the summer of 1990,"the meeting offered us a great Opportunity to interface with the  other superintendents on vital issues that confront us said or. Thomas Al linger Korea superintendent. Rites said for boy who fell from window correction. In an article on enlisted wives clubs that appeared in sunday s paper Janet Dugan was incorrectly identified As Secretary of the upper Heyford enlisted wives quo in England. She is Secretary of the Mildenhall enlisted wives club in England. Mainz West Germany a memo rial service was held monday for 4-year old Wayne Douglas Knuutila ii who died last week after falling from a third floor window in the wild Park leased housing area of Mainz Gonsenheim. Wayne was playing in the living room of his Home about 9 30 . Wednesday when he climbed on a Windowsill said Larry Rosenberg a Mainz Community spokesman. His sister Pauline who was also in the living room noticed her brother was missing moments later. The children s Mother Kelly a. Knuutila was cooking breakfast in the Kitchen when the Accident occurred Rosenberg said. The child suffered severe head trauma and was pronounced dead at 7 . At the University clinic in Mainz where he was brought by a West German red Cross ambulance Rosenberg said. In addition to his Mother and sister Wayne is survived by his father. Sgt Wayne Douglas Knuutila who is As signed to the he co 4th aviation Bri Gade at the Rathen army Airfield. -