European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 28, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 news update the stars and stripes thursday. September 28,1989 Berlin s rites held new York a song writer Irving Berlin one of the nation s most prolific and popular composers was buried tuesday in his family plot in Woodlawn cemetery after a Small graveside serv  Daniel Wolk conducted the service which was attended by Berlin s three daughters and other members of the immediate family and a few longtime members of the composer s staff. His grave is next to that of his wife Ellin Mackay Berlin who died last year. Berlin died at his new York City Home Friday at 101. A Public memorial service will be held at a future Date. Post-1992 Europe won t be a Trade fortress official says Eagle scout Rhein main a West Germany a member of troop 435 recently was awarded the rank of Eagle scout the highest Honor in boy scouting. Gregory Converse 18, has been in scouting for 10 years. For his Eagle Seoul project he organized a Magazine collection in the Rhein main military Community. Converse and other scout volunteers collected used magazines that were then donated to the wailing room at the Rhein main clinic and Given to English speaking prisoners in German jails in Frankfurt. Converse a graduate of Frankfurt High school currently is Al tending col lege in California. He is the son of master sgt. Fred and Linda Converse. To earn the Eagle scout award a boy scout must fulfil requirements in the areas of leadership service and outdoor skills. This includes earning at least 21 Merit badges and completing a Community service project. Schweinfurt Soldier Dies from fall injuries Schweinfurt West Germany is a 2nd corps support come Soldier died tuesday morning in Schweinfurt Hospital from injuries he suffered in a weekend fall from his third Story Barracks window. Memorial services for pvt. 1 Anthony j. Speaker 21, of the 663rd Ord co 101st Ord in will be held at ii . Friday in the Ludward Barracks Chapel. Speaker fell from his window at 10 45 . Saturday command spokesman capt. Richard d. Scott said. Although army officials arc investigating the Inci Dent Scott said investigators believe the fall was an Accident. Speaker is survived by his parents Marsha a. Paull and James a. Speaker both of Tiffin Ohio. Memorial service set for Torrejon a no Torrejon a Spain is a 39-year-old air Force master sergeant died sunday evening of internal bleed ing a base spokesman said wednesday. Master sgt. Benjamin f. Daniel a maintenance support unit supervisor for the 401st Supply so died soon after being admitted to the Spanish air Force Hospital in Madrid master sgt. Cliff at Kinson said. Daniel who had More than 20 years in the air Force is survived by a sister Rena a Bennett of Greenville Ala. He had been stationed at Torrejon since March 1985, Atkinson said. A memorial service was to be held thursday in the base Chapel. Washington a the United slates need not fear a fortress Europe when the 12-nation european Community forms a single trading Market in 1993, a senior dec official said tuesday. The United Stales and other european trading partners will Benefit considerably when the dec countries unify into a single $4 trillion Market with 320 million con Sumers said Willy do Clarcq a member of the european parliament and chair Man of its committee for external relations. . Business interests fear that local Content regulations requiring Many goods to be produced in european Community nations and proposed technical standards for imports could result in barriers against . Products and turn Europe into a trading fortress. These fears arc unjustified do Clarcq said at a luncheon tuesday Dur ing a four Day Washington Brussels Trade forum. Far from creating a fortress Europe the creation of an internal Market will create significant benefits for our trading  he said the Community s 1992 internal markets plan which goes into effect Jan. I 1993, will offer considerable opportunities to non Community interests Selling to the european Community. These will in clude uniform standards and procedures increased investment opportunities and non discrimination against foreign Compa Nies with dec tics he said. As for concerns that a self absorbed european Community would become More protectionist do Clarcq said i would not be in our own interests to go Down this  he noted that the european Community relics much More on Trade than i ther the United states or Japan. The european Community derives 13 percent of its Industrial and commercial goods from imports while it has captured 24 percent of the world s Export Trade. By comparison the United states has 8 percent of the world Export Market the japanese 16 percent he said. He said the existing .-europcan Community partnership which has reached nearly $1 trillion in two Way Trade and investment can Only get stronger. We should use our combined strength to set the Ball  he said. Do Clarcq said the internal markets concept is already being practice twosome extent in the european Community and that the Community is fully committed to the International Trade precepts of the general agreement on Trade and tariffs known As Gatt. The dec also has a Strong interest i developing Liberal Trade rules not already covered by Gatt do Clarcq added. Tom Duester Borg the assistant .commerce Secretary for International economic policy told the luncheon the United states welcomed Declercq s commitment to free and fair Trade but that the Bush administration still had major concerns Over some provisions of european Community 1992. Duester Borg. Who was standing in for Commerce Secretary Robert Mosbacher said some of the administration s con Cerns were allayed during a visit to Brus Sels in May. However the United states was still worried about standards testing and certification procedures for . Goods and by local Content provisions on the Auto and broadcasting industries Duc Storberg said. France is lobbying for Tough mandatory quotas on foreign produced to pro Grams and the . Entertainment Industry fears it could suffer a drastic cutback in its mull billion Dollar Export business to Europe. The european Community will adopt final guidelines on to program Content next month and if France prevails that would be a very serious problem dues tar Borg said. . Trade representative Carla Hills earlier this year said a Tough european Community quota system on television would give the Bush administration no Choice but to consider sanctions under . Trade Laws. Probes Check report that Crew of crashed us air Jet visited bar new York a investigators in the crash of a us air Jet that skidded off a runway into the East River last week arc looking into a report that the cockpit Crew was at a bar hours before Takeoff the new York Post said wednesday. Detectives were trying to find the hotel bartender who was working sept. 20 before the Boeing 737-400 crashed at Laguardia Airport the newspaper re ported citing sources it did not identify. Two passengers died in the Accident. In another development a grand jury was assembled tuesday to hear testimony about the crash. Prosecutors said monday that  w. Martin and co Pilot con Stantini Klissas tested negative for Alco hol but the urine samples were taken 48 hours after he Accident. Experts said Al Cohol consumed two Days earlier would probably not show up anyway. Questions about drinking were raised by Eric Trindal the husband of a us air employee who told authorities he had been out bouncing with the Captain and the co Pilot. He said he was with them at a bar in the Marriott hotel be tween 7 30 . And 9 30 . Wednes Day. The flight crashed at 11 29 . Investigators want to find out what Trindal Means by  they said they believe it Means drinking or bar hopping the Post said. A detective close to the investigation told the Post it is believed the Crew spent As Many As five hours of their six hour Layover in bars near the Airport. Frederick Hafetz an attorney for the pilots refused to comment on the grand jury investigation begun by the Queens District attorney s office. The National transportation safety Board conducting its own probe reported tuesday that investigators found that almost All of the tread on the Jet s front tires was gone. That was consistent with the Pilot s statements that he had tried to halt the Jet before it hit the water said its spokesman Ted Lopatkiewicz. Drill sergeants get program to handle stress fort Benning a. A the soldiers known for inflicting stress on recruits often feel stress themselves and fort Benning plans to make sure they can handle it. Drill sergeants will undergo a stress management program designed to avoid trainee and spouse abuse. Officials at fort Benning denied that the program was prompted by a february incident that left 39 Basic training soldiers hospitalized. The soldiers suffered from a breakdown of muscle associated with physical exertion. The ailment can cause kidney failure. After the incident 27 officers were reassigned from the . Army infantry Center. Drill sergeant duty is a Little bit different than other duty said sgt. Maj. William Mayo of the infantry training Center come. They have Long hours and their Job is dealing with people All the time and doing the same Job All the  Mayo said the program has been implemented at fort Sill okla., and fort Leonard Wood mo., and his lowered the number of trainee abuse cases there. He said the program will try to show the sergeants and their wives the stresses of working 14 hours a Day for the two years they serve As Drill sergeants. Denoted that the wives Seldom see their husbands during that time. Unclaimed Bai Offenbach West Germany warehouse personnel arc trying to locate  and civilians i Europe who have not claimed their unaccompanied  left unclaimed after 300 Days is subject to  following persons should con tact the Offenbach warehouse Ito Box 44, Frankfurt military Community Apo 09710, or Call Frankfurt ets 320-5008 or 7309. 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