European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 21, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes sunday january 21,1990 Saint says computers cutting damage by David Tarran staff writer Schwabish Hall. West Germany Midway through nato s annual Field training exercise Man Euver damage is run Ning less than half the level for similar past exercises the commander of the . Army i i eur pc said  reduction stems mostly from the substitution of computer simulation for Many troops and Chiclos. Pen. Crostic e. Saint Isai however even those soldiers train ing without com Puter simulation understand the importance of mini Mizing Man Euver  added command sol. Mai. George l. Horvath Iii the command s top enlisted Soldier. Saint speaking at a news conference provided no specific figures on Man Euver a image for the first half of the two week Centurion shield 90. In 1988. A similar exercise called certain Challenge Cost the United Stales $8.7 million. Saint also said he was pleased with the exercise s results in the first week. There Are some things that we still need to  he said but some things have gone sex Tiem Cly  army maj. Gen. Gerhard Brug Mann said he Felt that the West German population would respond More positively to the Man Euver because of the increased use of computer simulation. There arc less vehicles less soldiers and less damage to the  said Brugmann. Who commands the Ger Man territorial Southern come. The German army is participating in the exercise. Centurion shield which involves More than 57.000 soldiers began Jan. 15 and is scheduled to last until Jan 26. The exercise is traditionally part of the re turn of forces to Germany or re forger. Command set. Maj. George l. Len Ralh Iii answers a question saturday. With him Are Gen. Crosbie e. Saint Center and German maj. Gen. Gerhard Brugmann. Which practices the deployment of troops from bases in the United Stales to West Ern Europe. Noting that some West German politicians had recently called for an end to such exercises in West Germany Brug Mann said. This is a question that con Cerns  As Long As there is a need for armed forces in Western Europe there is a need for training he said. The threat that might arise is still  he said. We still need armed forces and sufficient armed  Saint said the next refer Ger was scheduled for the fall of 1991. With a Nevers Likely to be held in Northern West Germany. He said the computers this year had generally performed will in simulating the complexities of Battle for commanders being tested during the exercise. Almost everybody i be talked to is finding it Amore beneficial exercise than  lie acknowledged however that the machines weren t perfect. There arc certain aspects of a com plex Battle that Aren t faithfully replicated by the  he said. Some times a unit goes too fast Down the Road or crosses the River too  computer simulation might enable some troops in future exercises to participate from the United slates he said adding. We re trying to figure out How to use a guard unit or a Reserve Compo nent to play the game from their base in the  shuttle from Page 1 id cols on the coast in Malibu As the orbiter streaked toward its desert Landing site. About two dozen people called the Malibu police. Shuttle commander Daniel Brand Sicin Pilot James wet Hrbec and Mission specialists Bonnie Dun bar. Marsha Ivins and g. David Low left the shuttle 2 hours. 5 minutes after Landing. Nasa astronauts usually disembark from shuttles about an hour after Landing. It took them longer this time because they underwent extended on Board Midi news briefs Barry gives aide duties in Wake of drug arrest Washington a mayor Marion Barry turned Over the routine duties and functions of his office to an aide City administrator Carol Thompson. Friday after being formally charged with drug Possession in an Fri sting that officials said included a videotape of Barry smoking crack  did not give up his office which he has held for 11 years and retained authority to sign or veto legislation and to approve contracts. The three term mayor had planned to announce his candidacy for re election sunday but postponed that indefinitely after his arrest. Prosecutors said Barry tested positive for co Caine in blood and urine tests after he was taken into custody thursday night at a Washington hotel. His lawyer said Friday he would plead innocent to the charge. 7 killed when business Jet explodes crashes in Ark. Little Rock. Arkansas up .transportation investigators saturday continued their probe into Why a corporate Jet exploded in midair and crashed while trying to land at a local Airport in foggy drizzle killing All seven people  air plane rented by Eastman Kodak officials lit up the sky and plunged to the ground just Short of a runway at the Little Rock Region Al Airport at about 5 15 . Friday authorities said. Cal exams and took longer to readjust to Gravity after the record Long flight. Lenoir said. There Are plans to eventually undertake missions of up to 16 Days. Its return already delayed a Day by poor weather. Columbia was to have landed at 12 01 . Saturday until a problem occurred in a computer that served As a backup to four primary computers aboard the orbit or. Mission control cancelled an 11 pm. Friday Corbit Burn and ordered the rockets fired 90 minutes later. The new touchdown time extended the Mission to 10 Days and 21 hours More than a half Day longer than the previous shuttle duration Mark. The shuttle carried the 11-ton Long duration expo sure facility an Experiment Laden satellite placed in orbit in april 1984 and originally scheduled to be retrieved by a shuttle 10 months later. Subsequent delays and the loss of the shuttle Chal Lenger in 1986 stranded the def for nearly six years. The satellite was facing a fiery end when it s decaying orbit threatened to pull it Clown through the Atmo sphere in March. But Columbia s robot  snared it and stowed it aboard the shuttle. The 12-sided. 30-foot-Long def will remain in the cargo Bay until the shuttle arrives Back at Kenned space Center in Florida. The two Day ferry flight atop i jumbo Jet is scheduled to begin in about six Days. Columbia was launched Jan. 9. The Crew Success fully launched a Navy communications satellite and performed a variety of scientific and medical experiments in addition to capturing the def. Soviet from Page 1 to be paralysed and heavily patrolled by troops with tanks. Authorities say armenian and azerbaijani warriors Are armed with stolen helicopters tanks and even ground to ground missiles. Reports of the number of deaths conflicted. Korsh said the office of Baku s mayor reported the death loll was 60. Alexander a. Bessmer Nyoh first Deputy soviet foreign minister said eight soldiers and More than 40 people who attacked the troops were killed. He told a briefing in mos Azerbaijan  disputed Ragomo it Bukh territory Sas skin Ham cow his information came from Azerbaijan s Interior ministry which oversees the Republic s police. Activists spoke of much higher death dolls. Soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev discussed the crisis in a nationally televised address saturday night in which he said the crackdown was necessary because two years of trying to solve the ethnic conflict peacefully had  were forming their own bands of warriors arming them and killing people Gorbachev said. This had to Stop he said. Gorbachev has repeatedly warned thai the violence Between azerbaijanis and armenians which has deep historical roots could cause a National tragedy by igniting other territorial disputes and pro Independence movements that could jeopardize his program of eco nomic and political reforms. Saturday s violence and confusion were further complicated by More daring and unexpected political moves by azerbaijanis. The legislature of the Nash Chevan autonomous Republic voted to secede from Azerbaijan As Well As from the .s.r. The Interior ministry in Moscow and Iran s official news Agency reported. Nash Chevan is a Small azerbaijani enclave of a Quarter million people surrounded by armenian. Ira Nian and turkish territory la has been under Azerbaijan s jurisdiction since i924. Iran s official news Agency said the Nash Chevan supreme soviet demanded Llinat soviet troops leave the enclave and called on Turkey. Iran and the United nations to help safeguard its territorial integrity. Azerbaijanis Are predominantly moslem and armenians Are mostly  signed a decree saturday extending to Baku a slate of emergency imposed earlier in the week in other strife Ion parts of the caucasus. Soviet army and internal Security troops have been building up in Armenia and Azerbaijan for several Days but they had not entered Baku until saturday