European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 12, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes tuesday september 12,1989 property sales Wiesbaden West Germany the defense re utilization and marketing of fice will hold several retail sales and auctions in military communities in West Germany during the next three weeks. Retail sales arc scheduled for Friday near the commissary in ludwigs Burg at Sheridan Cavern in Augsburg and at Johnson Barracks in Firth. A retail Sale also will be held sept. 29 at the Mainz Kastl storage station. The Sale in ludwigs Burg begins at 8 . And ends at noon. The Sale in Augsburg begins at 9 . And ends at noon. The sales in Forth and at the Mainz Kas Tel storage station begin at 9 . And finish at 11 . Auctions will be held sept. 21 at the Gross Auh Cim Cavern in Hanau and sept. 28 at the Friedrichs fold service Center near Secic Nchim. Bidder registration begins at 8 ., and the auctions begin at 9 .  also will continue hold ing its weekly retail Sale each Friday near the Auto strip Yard. The Sale begins Al 8 30 . And ends at 10 . A variety or items including House hold goods military clothing electronic equipment and sporting goods will be sold at each location. A events Are open to the Public except the retail Sale in Augsburg and the weekly Sale in Kaiserslautern which Are restricted to . Identification card holders. For additional information Contact the demo at the various locations. Corrections an article sunday included incorrect figures concerning the Sale of liquor by the  and air Force Exchange serv ice at military bases in Europe. For the period of March 25 through july 31, total sales at  installations were $ 16.8 million. The Exchange service paid the  More than $3.2 million or $91,244 More than the minimum guaranteed for the period. For the same period total sales at air Force bases were $8.9 million. Cafes paid the full guarantee of approximately $1.8 million to the air Force but was forced to fund $ 151.487 of the total from Revenue other than class six sales. An article monday incorrectly identified Bingo floor Walker Don Benson. Product recall 3 killed 3 missing in crashes of military helicopters in . By the associated press a Navy helicopter crashed off the California coast sunday leaving three peo ple missing and the wreckage of a National guard chopper that went Down in Idaho killing three was found in a re Mote Mountain area. Three of six people aboard the Navy uh-1n Huey were pulled from the Pacific Ocean and one Man survived the crash of the Idaho  National Guardu in Hucy which had been missing since saturday evening officials said. It was not known what caused either crash. The Navy helicopter that plunged into the sea around 11 30 . Was involved in a military exercise. It had taken off from the amphibious assault ship Pel Cliuard was circling the ship in Case other aircraft experienced problems Marine capt. Chris Gillette said. A Lookout aboard the Pelc Liu saw the Huey go Down about three Miles from the ship and sounded the alarm Gillette said from Camp Pendleton Calif., a Marine corps base 18 Miles Northeast of the crash site. The ship dispatched a Motorboat which picked up three crewmen and helicopters to search for the missing Crew members. The three who were rescued we retaken to Balboa Navy Hospital in san Diego Gillette said. One victim was in serious but stable condition with a head injury the other two were treated for minor injuries. Gillette said the search for the missing would continue throughout the night. None of the people aboard the helicopter was identified but All were Navy person Nel according to the Marine corps. The Pelc Liu based in Long Beach Calif., was one of six Navy ships taking part in Kernel usher 89-3, a nine Day exercise involving More than 15,000 Navy and Marine personnel said Marine islet. Patrick Givens. In Idaho National guard search Heli copters found the downed helicopter s wreckage 25 Miles Southeast of Boise near Danskin Peak at 9 02 ., nation Al guard maj. Jim Ball said. A Rescue unit was dispatched. National guard set. Gary l. Sch car 29, of Boise who suffered broken Bones and internal injuries was in serious condition at St. Alphonsus regional medical Center Ball said. Killed were the pilots chief warrant officer 4 James r. Hollar 39, of Mccall and chief warrant officer 4 Dickie c Hill,46, of Boise. The Crew chief set Charles l. Hansen 28, of Boise was also killed. The Hucy was a Vietnam Era aircraft about 20 years old. It left Gowen Field in Boise around 5 . Saturday on a training Mission and had been due to return by 6 30 . When the aircraft did not turn up guard helicopters were dispatched to search a 200-Square-mile area West of the South Fork of the Boise River. Search efforts were called off at Midnight saturday and resumed at Sunrise sunday. The Accident is being investigated by the . Army aviation safety Center at fort Rucker ala., Ball said. Yeltsin gives Gorbachev 1/2 to 1 year to show Progress or face revolution Munich West Germany a baby rattle sold in cafes stores is being re called because Small children May choke on it an cafes spokesman said Mon Day. The rattle is the spin and play rattle models number a3255, a3266, 2852 or 2772, manufactured by Mattel inc. Of Hawthorne Calif. Rattles purchased from cafes May be returned for a full refund said Thea Afes spokesman capt. Was Davis. Polish Bank devalues National currency Warsaw Poland a the National Bank of Poland devalued the zloty by 23 percent against the Dollar and other Western currencies monday Testate news Agency Pap announced. The devaluation involved the so called official rate which is set by the state Bank and charged to tourists Mak ing exchanges mandated by their visas As Well As to Western businesses for some transactions in Poland and for certain other exchanges Between the soft cur Rency of the East bloc and the hard currency of the West. The devaluation reduced the official rate of Exchange from 1,100 zlotys to the Dollar last week to 1,350 zlotys to the Dollar according to Exchange rates published by the National Bank new York a soviet Maverick Boris n. Yeltsin said monday that Mik Hail Gorbachev has about six months to a year to achieve Domestic Progress or face revolution. Unless the soviet president can show Progress during that time Yeltsin said we re going to have some very difficult times. And this is something i want to Dis cuss with the american  Yeltsin said on abcs Good morning America that by difficult times demeans movement from below. It Means revolution from  he added that it already has begun in the form of strikes which arc isolated but could spread and affect the entire country. In Moscow soviet foreign ministry spokesman Gennady i. Gerasimov said that Yeltsin was expressing his own views and not those of the soviet government. Yeltsin and other deputies of the soviet parliament on visits to the United states Are All unofficial delegations Gerasimov said at a news conference. A Deputy has a right to his opinion Gera Simov said but it does t necessarily Coin cide with the government s Point of  if you want the official Point of View listen to the foreign ministry he said. If you want pluralism listen to the  on sunday Yeltsin said newly elected soviet officials will take Power from the communist party into their own hands As Gorbachev s fortunes decline. We re haying an economic crisis a financial crisis a political crisis the Liv ing Standard is falling Yeltsin said at a news conference sunday during his first trip to the United states. We need a person who is More Deci Sive than Gorbachev he said adding that a revolution by the masses would be needed because we re not really getting a revolution from  but Yeltsin chairman of a newly formed Independent caucus in the s9viel Union s Congress ruled out the possibility of a  coup d eat is pretty unrealistic said Yeltsin who arrived in new York on sat urday to begin a private trip of about two weeks that is sponsored by the Esalon Institute s soviet american Exchange program. Yeltsin 58, lost his position As mos cow s communist party chief in 1987 after criticizing the slow Pace of change under Gorbachev. But this year he was elected with 90 percent of the vote to the soviet Congress where he is an outspoken member of a Radical bloc. He said his country should learn from american democracy while changing its own political  have to take what is positive. From America s More than 200 years of democratic experience and on the basis of that create a new Model of socialism he said on lbs news face the  i think you have a very healthy society Here he said. It seems As if capital ism is not rotting away and will not soon rot itself into extinction As we were told rather it seems to be  Yeltsin said he Hopes to meet with president Bush to discuss How the United states could participate in measures to Rescue  but he said he has received no Indica Tion from the White House about the possibility of such a meeting. Roman Popadiuk a White House spokesman said he was not aware of Yeltsin s desire to meet with Bush and that there Are no plans for such As a meeting. Yeltsin said the soviet Union needs a new Model of socialism possibly including a multiparty system. We have to Stop being As dogmatic As we have been up to now he said. He said the countries of Eastern Europe that were once pulled along by the soviet Union have now overtaken it. They re now pulling us along be cause they can at least feed and clothe their own  the $25,000 fees sponsors say Yeltsin will receive for speeches during his tour will help fund aids research in the soviet  have been announced in new York Philadelphia Chicago Indi Anapolis Minneapolis Baltimore dal Las Miami and Washington. Sitting with reporters in the Central Park apartment of his american Host Yeltsin said he Felt twice As free after circling the statue of Liberty in a helicopter. His 24 hours in new York changed his ideas about America from the impression which has been pounded into my head in the .s.r.," he  Are in no Way aggressive or badly behaved in fact they Are very polite and optimistic Lively and Well intentioned and they know How to live and How to  bomb found in bag of w. Berlin Institute by the stars and stripes a bomb hidden in a garbage bag was found last weekend outside West Berlin s Aspen Institute a non profit organization that sponsors conferences Between the United states and european countries. No one has claimed responsibility for planting the device a West Berlin police spokesman said. An Institute bookkeeper noticed the Blue plastic garbage bag with a clock next to it beneath a window of the building saturday afternoon said Dan Hamilton Deputy director of the Institute. Police found the bomb in a Metal Money Box inside the bag. The detonation mechanism had been activated but was apparently faulty said capt. Bert Muller a police spokesman. The bomb could have caused a lot of damage Miller said but he would not elaborate on the size of the bomb or the damage it could have caused. He also would not comment on possible suspects. The investigation has been referred to the police department s special Branch lie said. He said the facility is being renovated and had no seminars scheduled for several weeks. He would not speculate on Why the Institute would be targeted. The Institute is an affiliate of the Aspe Institute in Colorado and Maryland Ham Ilton said. It has no connection to any Federal governments Hamilton said. It it funded by the City of West Berlin an private foundations in Europe and the United states he said. The Aspen Institute was founded in the United states in 1949 by Walter Pupke then of the Continental can co., As a Means of bringing Germany Back into the International Community. Hamilton said. The West Berlin Institute was formed in 1974