European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 30, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes saturday september 30,1989 american red Cross plays vital role eve Taylor . West. Jand his brigade of american red Cross arc practising language Aid at Munich s onto bar this year. With thousands of English speakers visiting the annual bavarian arc blast it Only makes sense that we play a role said Dillon Buck a 26-year Veteran of the american Branch of the International Aid on nation. Some 6,000 visitors arc ii ivc their Good time turned bad by Init Raj Alness before the test ends sunday giving i americans plenty of chances to speak up frn Crinan red Cross station Man Ager in a filch estimated that 80 percent of the Jendl Toast Wilh cases treated at the Aid station arc related to Are caused by broken bottles or Beer mugs and Range from minor cuts requiring minimum first to serious lacerations that require a Jio Spital. 7orcc. Tor example or mugs used at the pc living in ajl directions. And mfr the head with the mugs called a Youthful disregard for Humar Flifle when the patient Speaks Only English Dillenz calf and his volunteers fill the verbal void for the Ger Man Aid workers most of whom speak Only High German or its Dilavarian Many cases letting the frequently hysterical friends of the injured know what s going on takes up much of the volunteers time. Jpy bashing folks they re running around with their Heads Cut off Dillenbeck Aid. We work the human Side much More than the medical this is the first time the american red Cross has been invited to assist in first Aid in the 179-year history of the fast. The bavarian red Cross supported s organization during the tast two Ger Man american fests sponsored by the Munich Mili tary Community and As a result of the closer ties that evolved the american group is reciprocating att. Haven t been there before i Don Dit Wim Zajd. We should be supporting and from the response so far i feel confident that Well Bubeck said. News updates italian Speed limits Rome a struck a blow for i Isle and lovers of Fasi after a year of Bate the Lugi Slaton 130 Kwh Speed Lii Liam pm has German tour ars. Flops and de has extended a it on superhighways for the Cir Elvick ending the 110 Kph limit that applied on week ends and holidays. The 130-Kph Imit is for cars with engines Mote powerful than1,100 cubic . The less powerful cats cannot exceed110 Kph under inc Bill adopted wednesday nig. The move few Strong pro tests from we German drive associations which claimed it was an Alt cult by the italia government la soak unknowing tourists by zipping them with fines for speeding. Teen apprehended Washington a Washington can Agar is being held without Boni after being charge with Selling undercover agents the crack coca ii that president bus used As a prop on National television. / Keith cd Boson 18, is a student at the District of Columbia s spin Gam High school which was Hon ored As drug free in a White House Jcj crony in june. He was arrested monday after being indicted earlier in the Day on five drug re Lafed counts. W. German denial Frankfurt West Germany a the government on wednesday dismissed As pure speculation a British to report alleging West German investigators committed major blunders be fore the pan am bombing Over Scotland in december. The British broadcasting corp s current affairs program Panorama earlier this week had said that one of the major blunders allegedly made by the West Ger mans was the release of the suspected bomb maker two month before the pan am plane was blown report is pure speculation chief government spokes Man Hans Klein told reporters in High ranking govern ment official said that nine months after pan am flight 103 was blown up Over Lockerbie,., British and West German investigators still have no Clear knowledge about who May have been responsible for the dec. 21 attack that killed 270 people. Air Force to toughen standards fitness for men and women in ten Burea Uthe air Force beginning sunday Wmk phase in tougher fitness standards voc next four years including the Climi Niyear of the three mile walk of anyone under 35.and some air Force members think it s about air Force should have come up with some kind of mandatory phys ical fitness program Long ago said senior master set. Eddie Lee of Ramstein a West Germany who thinks the service should conduct mandatory aerobics classes three times a if the air Force is really serious about fitness it should allow duty time for formal training Simi to the Lee said. arc required an hour of physical or orc Aren t that extensive a Fol a Over every yearthrougb/u9zrthc service will reduce the tuft Timit for each age group in themen s 1 a Milc run eventually cutting fre than two minutes off the time Decd to pass the test. The men s standards arc being revise because research showed they were too Low to ensure proper fitness Levels according to military personnel Center officials at ran Dolph fab revision brings men s physical requirements in line with women s requirements thereby creating an appropriate and equitable Baseline fitness Standard throughout the air Force be Center Force also will change the tji pups members by age for press Potacs. Fitness be based Ornbo car the current five tear of fun a. In the 30-39 age sub Troy example the passing s 1 i mile run graft Jurny will drop neg 14minutcs-Pfscconds in 1989 Frh seconds in 1992.standards for the i /2-mile run a women also will be Cut by up to 45seconds, depending on the age group. Because the changes arc slight the will not be phased in but become effective oct. 1.the standards for the three mile walk will drop by More than two min utes for men and three minutes for women Over the same period and after oct. 1, 1990 the walk option will be available Only to those who arc 35 or older. A new aspect of the program will Bethe get fit option. Anyone who can t pass the test can be enrolled Ruday individual program guidance of base fitness air Force a jobbers think the program will a Jabr to improve the Overall . I the Artwill take us a step up a John Crooks a fitness and Tion specialist at Rhein Germany. I think it will be a lot More people still can t pass the test at the end of that 90 Days they will be enrolled in their unit s tougher Manda tory fitness improvement slim Guys Don t worry much but the Guys with the bellies probably will talk different Crooks said. All bases have some kind of fitness Tram and a weight management a sometimes referred to As theft "6afcvprogram, which stresses weight Lois Fink at Rhein my people who fail to meet the new Stangb twill in that program4bmandatory 7 a.m., 90-Day aerobics Cli Takat could be extended up to a meets for an hour three Tim stand is free to those identified by Tai new fitness standards do not affect weight Omi report Mil writer Jim Joan at rom Mutti As. own Uny copter Crew rescued from Man 4a. Bahrain a . crewman were rescued unhurt from the persian is Al after their Small helicopter crashed riot feta a night Atrol exercise the Navy saute oh-58d Kiowa h operating from the guided missile frigate Rentz when the crash occurred 65 Miles Northeast of Bahrain about 10 , said Petty officer Joseph Bartlett a spokesman for the Navy Gulf based Force. A Navy helicopter from the covered the two Crew ties War withheld Mumy Kwh but copters part of a special operations unit based at fort Bragg,n.c., arc equipped to Fly in total dark Ness with Little noise. They were brought to the Gulf in 1987 to augment Navy i Section of .-Flaggcd Shipp inthe Iran Iraq War. Most Ler a Sutmire was no in August mine scene to help in whether inc could i cd from about 230 feet of he said the cause of the crash was no known adding that there was no voice communication or other indications of trouble before the Craft hit the water. Army investig0k re fort Rucker,ala.,wuy0frtigate the Accident. A United slates lost one Navy and. I Marine corps helicopters in the Gulf War with seven men killed. At least one helicopter also crashed but was re covered. The latest crash came As the Nav prepared to Mark the 300th movement of kuwaiti Oil tankers that were re flagged bythe United states in mid-1987 to provide added Protection from iranian the original 11 ships five still sail the Flag. Direct escort of theml year ago but the United states Stuffl Mem Miuji warships in the Gulf and a Carrier outside. Concorde loses Metal piece lands safely Paris a an air France super sonic concorde jetliner on a flight from new York to Paris lost a piece of its Landing gear door As it was approaching Charles de Gaulle Airport near the French capital the company said thurs France stressed however that the piece was not a part of the Landing gear itself but a part of the outer skin of the left Landing gear door and the loss did not affect the Landing. The incident occurred on wednes Day As the plane was flying at 250 Mph about 3,600 feet Over the French Countryside. The piece of Metal about 40 inches by30 inches and weighing 11-13 pounds fell into an empty lot in Vannois North West of Paris. A Man living in a trailer heard the piece of Metal fall to the ground. He turned it Over to police. Earlier this year a concorde which flies at More than twice the Speed of sound aborted its flight to new Orkand returned to Paris after cracks appeared in a porthole. The crack was inthe outermost of four panes of Glass in the porthole
