European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 28, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse The Sims and stripes Good morning vol. 48, no. 286 sunday january 28, 1990 i Or d 8693 a inside tribes d West Virginia miners rally against non Union workers Page 2 d politics charged in proposed base cuts Page 5 d Graf beats Fernandez to win australian open Page 21 d Bush will seek increase in head Start funds Back Page greeks say . To shut 2 facilities Athens. Greece a the United slates will close iwo of its four major military installations in Greece leaders of greek political panic said Friday. The announcement came after the Athens newspaper reported that . Ambassador Michael sotirhos advised the greek government Attiat Hill Cykon a. Adja cent in hens International Airport. And the naval communications station at Nea my i. 22 Miles Northeast of the capital would close. The associated press Quot i officials in Washington speaking on condition of anon1 mity. As saying the Deci Sion to close Hill Cykon and Nta make is unrelated to talks on renewing leases for .Tases in Greece constant my a Tsolakis. Who leads the conservative new democracy Alliance confirmed the report by the Athens newspaper Flinos which said sotirhos delivered a letter from defense Secretary Dick Cheney advising the government of the . Decision. The Pentagon plans to shut dozens of military installations in the United slates and abroad. Set related Story pages the iwo other major . Military installations in Greece both on inc Island of Crete Are Iraklion air Sla lion and naval support Bay. Hell Nikon. Used by aircraft to Shadow Sovil Heel movements in the Mediterranean also is a support station for . Bases in Turkey. Nea Makri monitors Telephone and telex traffic in the addition to the four major bases the i med slates has 20 Small radar and communications stations in Greece. All were established under the defense and cooperation agreement of inc mid-1950s. Which also inn Ted $.150 million a year in . Military Aid to Greece. A five year agreement which expired in december 1988. Gave the United states 17 months to dismantle the bases if no new Accord was reached. Parliament is to debate a proposal next month to Grant a six month Extension beyond the May 21 deadline in order to give negotiators More Lime. After 17 rounds with no result talks were suspended before inc greek elections in june. A Short lived conservative communist coalition put the Issue on hold. The announcement came after leaders of the three Par ties that support inc coalition government met with pre Mier pc Niphon Zolotas. Socialist party chief Andreas Papandreou told report ers Zolotas brought up the . Advisory Al i hair meeting. Harilaos Florakis. Head of the communist party said closing inc bases would be a significant b Davi Tarrant Andvino Ccrawley suit writers Schwabish Hall West Ger Many women command military police platoons. They also drive Truc Sty Load ammo take blood Sampler and shoot m-l6s. Or plot the logistics of transporting troops and equipment hundreds sometimes thou Sands. Obj Kkt. Sweat cuss and grumble about i pieces of Ai Ianca flight 52 came to rest in this l. The Vishi Nelmi Post he Cove. . The pilots of a colombian jetliner that crashed on Long Island thursday night told air traffic controllers we re running out of fuel minutes before the plane slammed Inlo a Hill in this residential neighbor Hood killing 72 of inc 161 aboard. Investigators said Friday they have determined that at least three of the plane s four engines were shut Down shortly before inc plane a Boeing 707, crashed. National transportation safety Board member Lee Dickinson told reporters that the Crew of Avi Anca flight 52 from Bogota and my Dullin to new York first discussed their perilous fuel situation 22 to 25 minutes before the crash according to an initial Reading of the cockpit voice recorder. Hut the Crew members did not Tell controllers of their concern a my the fuel level until after they had missed an initial approach to Kennedy International Airport and had turned North to begin a Cir Cle toward another approach. The Crew s last communication before the cock pit voice recorder went dead was that two of the plane s engines had shut Down. However. Dickinson said investigators had do scr mined that about 10.000 pounds of fuel slightly More than 1,300 Gallons remained on Board the plane at the Lime of Impact. He said investigators would attempt to determine whether that amount was sufficient to have kept the plane s turbines see crash on Back Page on combat no for women of Dicks have sweated emf so the two cussed and Gru teen hour Days. Politicians ,.v Auto in one Point they lend to agree. When they joined the military they knew that one Day they might be shot at and might have to shoot Back. I will not hesitate to fight for my country. Period. And if any male or female believes they cannot handle that possibility they should run not walk to room and sign their Dis charge papers said spec. Cheryl Mckei Ray 32, stationed in West Germany. It the front line of a de Bate about should be Al Lowed to join combatutrfcsftj5.y,s. Invasion of Panama the largest at twi can combat operation since Vietnam carried news reports of women involved in key missions who led troops into fire who had medals pinned on their combat fatigues by generals. Those news reports May have sur prised Many americans but not Many american soldiers. In the past decade women increasingly have taken on essential roles in the military. One of every 10 enlisted per Sonal in the armed forces is female. Tent of defense has Al ways pro Hiott id in from serving in combat units or combat troops. A sampling of continued on Page
