European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 30, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars and stripes saturday september 30,1989 plan set to Cut flight noise Over w. German by de reav1s staff writer Bonn West gym Juny West German defense minister Gerhard out an eight Point program thursday do sign 4qjnufnc the noise of Low level military flights Over his the program worked out in months of Sci Between West Germany and its nato allies will Ducc noise by up to 25 percent by slowing Down Low flying planes. It also will reduce interception exercises by a third and Cut the duration of flights flown at an Altitude of 247 feel by about 45 percent. The main purpose of the program is a dramatic reduction of noise experienced by West German Citi Zens Stollon Borg said at a news conference Hajj discuss a report on the plan. The report was to be debated West German parliament. The commander of u.s.&f6rces Europe called s plan yet Ufier Alliance step to mini Mize inc Impact of Chi Fevel flying on the citizens of West Germany new More restrictive rules Challenge Usa Feto maintain our current level of training we will meet the new standards Safe commander Gen. Michael j. Dugan said in a slate mint. The command could not immediately respond to questions on How Safe would maintain training standards in the Wake of the agreement. At inc news conference plan would take effect sunday. So of the plan arc Speed reduction. The Ujco of warplanes flying in Taal Ion Low level Mission would be rcduccafcipr5 Kilometres an hour to 778 an hour 17 Mph to about 482. The would can is Jjck reduction of up to 25 no. The report said. Interception exercises. With Tow Fiew train ing methods and radar Low flying in discs held at Heights ranging Between Iso Octen 450 meters 495 to 1,485 feet can be reduced by about one third. The noise pollution created by these exercises is particularly intensive the report said. In the future these exercises will take place under certain conditions at Heights above 450 meters or 1,485 feet. Reduction of the duration of Low flying exercises at about 75 meters or 247 feet. The length of such flights which the will be Cut to 15 current 28 minutes. Inelli in average time for such flights minutes. This Means a dramatic reduction of Low level Fly ing at the 247-foot level he said. Low level missions in West Germany arc limited to seven areas that have been used for the last 30 years. The report said the reduction to 15 minutes of Low level flying was the result of discussions with Allied air forces which have re evaluated and changed their training requirements. In addition the number of Cit ies Over which flights cannot be flown below the 247 foot level has been increased from 25 to 61. Stoltenburg also said he would work on the possibility of spreading the remaining flight noise throughout country. Any has 1,150 warplanes stationed on its territory hmm Idsaid. The West German air Force has about 600 plan Yah country the United states about 310, Britain 200arhnada40. The planes Fly about 6800irlttpl Low level flights yearly it said. The program to 3,000 hours from the yearly figure Stolteben Senate increases Star War funds mortar to bolster stand in talks with House Washington not in a Tacti Cal move aimed at strengthening its bar gaining position with the House the sen ate on thursday reversed a decision it made tuesday and voted to restore Parton the Money it Cut from the anti missile program. The Senate had voted to hold Penta gon spending for Star wars in fiscal 1990 to $3.7 billion roughly the same As in the 1989 budget and about $900 million less than president Bush had proposed for 1990. The measure approved thursday by vote of 53 to 47, would raise that figure to $4.3 billion. A Small part of the program is financed separately through the depart ment of Energy and was not at Issue in thursday s Vole. Some Senate supporters of the anti missile program sought to portray the Vole As a shift in sentiment toward the troubled program. But members of the Senate armed services committee who pushed for the increase said their primary intent was to gain leverage Over the House which is insisting on a much lower figure in the 1990 fiscal year which begins sunday. House and Senate negotiators have been struggling for two weeks to reach Compromise on legislation that sets Broad guidelines and limits for military programs. Be related Story. Page 7. Sen. William s. Cohen a Mainc. A member of the armed services commit tee said negotiators made some Progress thursday and would resume deliberations on said thursday s action would help break a logjam in the negotiations. Sen. Sam Nunn d-ga., head of the armed services committee said he expected the conferees to scale on a first Small reduction in the budget for the pro Gram since former president Reagan initiated it five years ago. But he told senators that mouse negotiators were ignoring the $4.5 billion budget figure suggested by his committee and were instead bargaining on the basis of the lower figure approved by the sen ate on tuesday. What we have Here is a novel Situa Tion Nunn said As he explained his predicament to colleagues. Only in Ameri Ca and Only in the Senate could we reach this kind of we want to come out at $3.6 billion to $3.8 billion. But i m convinced that the Only Way we Are going to do that is to Send a signal to the House Nunn argued that if the Senate did not increase its spending figure a Compro Mise could Well reduce the program s budget to As Low As $3.2 billion roughly the amount at which House democrats arc looking to Compromise. Sen. Malcolm Wallop r-wyo., a sup Porter of the program said the latest vote was a response to senator Nunn s plea that he has had no bargaining Posi Tion with the House nobody expects $4.3 billion to be the final figure Wallop said. Nunn also used the debate to Tell the administration it was difficult to sell Star wars on Capitol Hill when its own Atti tude seemed Uncertain. Support in this body and support in the House is clearly eroding he warned. I think the administration is going to have to take a hard look at the program. I think the administration is going to have to get its own act together and state its goals clearly because time is running from Page 1 feet col. William Gonzales commander at Reynolds army Hospital at fort Sill said some of the soldiers told him. It s amazing what the Power of a Shell can Jon Long another Post spokesman said the Accident site was about four Miles from the populated area of the Post which has 21,000 soldiers. Master sgt. Michael Brown identified two of the dead As pvt. 1 Jimmy n. Mccain 21, of Troy ala., and spec. Thom As p. Boyle 25, of Ventura Calif. The name of the third Soldier killed was with held pending notification of relatives. Six injured soldiers underwent surgery wednesday night Gonzales said. Two were in critical condition and four were in serious condition. One Soldier s leg was amputated. In All 22 soldiers remained hospitalized. Fourteen of them were in stable condition and two were in Good Condi Tion. . Navy officer Dies in fall on turkish Beach train from Page 1 from Washington to pick them up thurs Day night. Don Ellison a reporter for a tag to in Washington who was about a half mile from the derailment said he saw about 25 buses lined up to carry uninjured Pas sengers. Three huge cranes went by him he said apparently bound to unscramble the wreck. The last reported derailment of an Amtrak train was april 6, when both engines and the first eight cars of an 18-Cartrain jumped the tracks near Emporia va., 50 Miles South of Richmond. Thirty four passengers aboard the northbound Silver Star suffered minor injuries in that Accident which took place when the train hit a switch at it Normal cruising Speed of 59 Mph instead of the 15 Mph normally maintained when switching tracks. That Accident did $1.8 million damage. The worst wreck in Amtrak history occurred on Jan. 4, 1987, when three linked Conrail locomotives Slid through a Stop sign and into the path of a 12-car Speight 25, a aboard the Sal monday of injun foot fall from onto a Concrete Man said. The fall tool Mentec turkic during a party joint Damsel fair. The spoke Irlotte of Cha can a Ensign John c. Pair division officer Ige ship grasp died Les sustained in a 20 Seaside retaining Wall fat form a Navy spokes acc at a Beach on the army base near Izmir i crating the end of the h mine warfare exercise n said Speight a native Amtrak passenger train at Chase md., killing 16 and injuring 174. The Conrail Engineer and brakeman were later found to have been using mar Ijuana. Engineer Rick l Gates pleaded guilty to one state charge of manslaughter by Loco motive and was sentenced to five cars in prison in match 1988. He was sentenced to Sis mop three years in prison in july 1988 on a Federal charge of conspiring to obstruct a Federal investigation of the Accident for initially lying to National transportation safety Board investigators. The brakeman Edward Cromwell was granted immunity from Federal and slate prosecution for his cooperation in the Case. Was reported missing when he fail cd to show up at ii . Monday for Thi ast boat run to his ship. A search Pat discovered the officer s body soon aft i Ard Speight was pronounced dead at the scene by a Turloch doctor. The spokes Rlyn said Speight is sur Vived by his wife Kathy and a daughter Jayna both of Virginia Beach a. The incident is being investigated. Greek elections set Athens Greece a leaders of Greece s ruling coalition said thursday that the conservative led government will resign within ten Days to Clear the Way for new elections nov. 5
