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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 05, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page the stars and stripes thursday october 5,1989 Tunnel Cost estimate London. Mated Cost of but Channel tunnel6.96 billion lion from $7.80 billion t clop cars euro i monday. The builders 31-mile Undi Wicen Britain Ai Price tag will be eur Tunnel 1consortium, Sai turn to Harchol Tor Bankers t funds in i990oi in documents eur Tunnel esl Cost 4 billion lion to  ing the total c pounds $ 11.201 the Asti Jing the English As jumped to is j11.20 Bil billion pounds years ago de Al pc said Banks for the r rail link be France say the n higher. Anglo French will probably is and its cred j raise the extra 1991. Ilea cd monday., it would funds $6.44 Bil he project Rais to 6.96 billion illion. Afghan combat film new Yor Lance Cam Crar to meet with a broadcasting answer Char combat Foolas evening a published ref the new unidentified Hoover new zealand would be a Tomey at the the pos foot was staged scenes and had mad or on a train ii soviet plane Lagos. As a free the him to cd a a free i was summoned  work tuesday to he faked afghan lived on the lbs according to a he Post quoted an acc As saying Mike new York fro the interview and Ipa Nied by an at jetting. Rcd last week that by lbs in 1984 at Hoover had guerrilla sabotage  i run appear to be a Bing afghan Vil a car Hoover sold Braniff its fares Miami aging bargain on its Rcd unit tries to i court. The Orland Sumcad about flight network the bargain through we$99 through Braniff wl$1.6 million for chapter lion thursday since 1982. I Braniff is offer Way fares of $49 umber of flights As from bankruptcy i based Carrier re i percent of its 256 monday and said will continue a and Rise to31. H has lost nearly Eek this year filed bankruptcy protector the second time in Force Kc-135 crashes i i Canada killing at least 3 per Vandover. New Brunswick an air Force Tanker Jet wit four Copl aboard crashed and burned in the woo Carly wednesday killing a least three St tween authorities said. Witnesses said he plane exploded in the air. It was umbel Wable said Paul Mcnally a resident Vid Small plane Pilot who said he saw Anvil onion Light up the predawn sky. I be Viver seen anything like it it was like  the k.c-135 was retiring to Loring fab in Limestone Mainik from a training Mission when it went Down around 6 . And set Woods on fire near rth Andover a Community of about 1,980 across the Maine Border authorities said. Three crewmen died in the crash. Air Force sgt. Darlene Bailey said. The fourth bailed out of the Jet but had not been found. Witnesses reported seeing a Parachute but Bailey said his chances of survival were Low. Sgt. Wayne Shunamon who is in charge of the Royal Canadian mounted police detachment in Perth Andover said the Canadian police were working with . And Canadian military authorities to determine whether the plane exploded in midair. Ray Tamblin who owns the Woods where the debris landed said he was on the scene in less than five minutes and saw no sign of Surv War parachutes. He said  Metal and other debris Wera tattered Over a half mile radius Aro Penis farm. The flight Hern goes right Over our House All Thoj Pic he said. If it had been a few blonds later it would have been rights Fisuer Yard  boat Lafof officers was investigating  said he was told by a Loring  the Jet was in a holding Pat of waiting to land at the air base. J. Charlton Ritchie a Loring spokes a said the four crewmen were a Peri it cd and were training to keep their kills Sharp. 28,500 enrol in month finery go Bill during exp pension of sign up period by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington More than 28,500serviccmcmbcrs took advantage of a Sec Ond Chance offered by the defense department to enrol in the Montgomery of Bill program during a recent seven month window of  Congress directed the defense depart ment to open that window from dec. 1 to june 30 because of concerns that Many eligible service members had t been adequately briefed on the program during the initial sign up period. The second Chance was available  who entered Active duty Between july i 1985, the Date the new i Bill took effect and july 1,1988. Figures released by the Pentagon s de cation policy office  Nav land air Force had the Highg number of embers who  15,6657,828, respectively me army had 2, members sign us the marines2,0% and the coast Gopi 674. The Pentagon estimates that about220,00�servicemen in is were eligible for the strand Chandr some military officials had argued against making the offer claim embers be 5 percent1budget off would be cd these fit Otal was staffer witty the Hicom Miuji Chai Sonn Ujj Montgom number of eligible it be interested would s. The congressional litigated that the figure " 10 percent. In a that the actuallik%j3 percent said a veterans affair by rep. . � d-miss., for whom the program is named. That plenty High enough to justify doing  the staffer said Montgomery is especially pleased that significant numbers of Navy and air Force personnel change their minds and decided to enrol. Those two services had the lowest enrolment rates by far when the Mont Gomery i Bill first began and it was apparent that they had the most prob lems in terms of making recruits aware of the program and its benefits the staffer said. Participants in the Montgomery pro Gram contribute $100 per month for 12 months in return for a government pay Back of $9,600, at a rate of up to $300 per month to use toward education costs. No blame for marines slogan Eagle scout Brussels Belgium a former member of troop 457 recently was awarded the rank of Eagle scout the highest Honor in boy scouting. Greg Degrafft 15, has been in scout ing for five years. For his Eagle scout project Degrafft reconditioned the out door basketball facility at Brussels elementary High school. Degrafft an nine other volunteers spent nearly 100 hours repainting the court and installing new nets at the facility. Degrafft completed his Sophomore year at Brussels elementary High school in june and now is attending High schooling the United states. He is the son of Hart and Betty de Grafft. To Cam the Eagle scout award a Boyscout 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. Washington a the Marine corps says a Drill instructor is responsible for the slogan kill rape pillage bum used by a group of recruits during i Basic training at Parris Island  is not a Normal occurrence i i would consider this an isolated indent capt. . Mill Public affairs j car at Parris Island said tuesday. The investigation began aft re John Mccain r-ariz., received graph of a recently graduated that showed recruits holding a athe slogan and a Skull and Crossjr another sign in the  naked woman. Mill said the signs were pne in bad taste which represents Sci user the policy nor the philosophy of Ihil command Orthe United states Marine corps and we Are taking corrective action concerning this  Jef he said the signs a were made under the supervision and approval of a Drill  photograph identifies their Rector in charge As staff sgt. Ill in the Public affairs office said there a staff sgt. Brian Kirkpatrick on base. There was no answer at Kirk trick s office phone tuesday. It s outrageous. The marines ought to be ashamed said Mccain a highly decorated retired Navy Captain who spent 5 i years As a prisoner of War in North  8x10 color formal photograph showed the men standing at attention on risers with the officers who trained them in the foreground. The parents of one of the recruits sent Mccain the photo monday. As part of training recruits often make signs or pennants with designs and slogans but Mill said the kill rape pillage bum slogan should not have been condoned. Recruits he said Are schooled in a code of conduct that has strict Rule about humane treatment of civilians the enemy and  was in the service 22 years and never saw anything like this said Mccain blaming the officers in charge. It shows a Lack of supervision. We Are paying those officers with taxpayers dollars. We want them to be honorable fighting  receiving the photograph my in wrote to Marine  Gray or. Is my feeling that. The signs that nits Are holding arc inappropriate violate the values which amen-.1 their marines to carry with of Csc of the nation Mccain the and cans them in  mottos Are important to motive Tim and morale in the Boot amp environment the High standards of the Marine corns demand a philosophy a set of values medication and a resolve with which the he closed photograph i simply income Patio " Ecna on agree to push own to programs Luxembourg a in action that May precipitate a new Trade spat with the United stats european foreign ministers agreed of push their television stations to air Asna Jority of Home grown not foreign entertainment programs. The Inird states had argued that the measure we Hurt the american film and television Industry s earnings abroad  might violate International file Strong . Lobbying in recentmentis., the foreign ministers of the eur Community on tuesday approved a plan to remove barriers to to broadcasting in the 12-Nalion trading bloc and to push european produced entertainment programs. Belgium and Denmark opposed the measure according to Community  bang Mann the Community s top official on Industrial matters said Uia criticism of the measure was unjustified. From .  United Stales had urls the Community to scrap the plan.  Industry said its a Kropman earnings would be seriously Hurt bks Cna restriction. The plan television without fritters is part of the Community s move to create a single Market of 320 million Consumers in late 1992. It cannot constitute an infringement of by the end of 1992, the dozen nations National Trade rules he told report will drop Many Trade barriers that re International  was no immediate reaction strict Trie free movement of Money goods services and people in Europe  
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