European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 3, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 2 the stars and stripes saturday february 3. 1990conversion will hike Pitburg Cable fee by Deedee Arrington Doke Kaiserslautern Bureau residents of Pitburg a soon will pay More for table television but they wont need Multi system video equipment to get Tull use of the service. . Air forces Europe officials said they planned to convert the Cable signal from european to . Standard by the end of february to make Cable service available to More base households. Cable first was hooked up to Pitburg base housing in november. Conversion will drive up the monthly charge by about s3 from the current 3u Mark or Sib. Fee. A a we re going to do it. Its just a question of which channels we re going to convert Quot said Tom Halbert Deputy chief of Safe internal information. In another development the . European come has approved expansion of table service to other Safe bases in Wesl Germany. Pitburg a. The first . Base in West Germany to receive Cable was the air Force lest site. Hahn a. The next air Force installation in line is expected to get the service by the end of the year. Halbert said. Other air Force installations on the list for 1990 Are Sembach a. Spang Ahtam a the Wiesbaden air Force regional medical Center Lindsey air station Rhein main a he Swisch Oldendorf air station Ahl Horn a. Kanikar a no Venich a. Mcm Mingen a and Wesl Berlin a Tempelhof Central Airport. Cable installation will take a year to Complete at rams Cin a the largest . Air base in Europe. Halbert said. Mannheim is the army s Cable lest site. A Community spokeswoman said the first Hookup would occur later this year. Most households own . Standard or a tsp video equipment. With european Standard or pal equipment customers can receive All nine of the channels offered at Pitburg. But Only seven can be picked up by the . Standard to sets. And the . Sets receive the european channels in Black and White. Of those seven channels the . Televisions without a sound converter can receive audio for an Only. When videotaping a color pal program a . Standard video Cassella recorder will record it in Black and White with no sound and the picture May not be Clear. An informal Survey of Pitburg residents showed that More than 70 percent of 1.203 possible subscribers would request Cable if they did not need Multi system equipment to receive and tape it. About 52 percent currently subscribe. Quot a smattering own pal to sets Quot Halbert said. I we be found that there Are about three to five tvs or household and the vast majority Rentsc sets it the thing we did t figure on originally was the Var  buying a Multi system to and Var Ofinn costs Between ,500 and s2.000, which a is probably Loo much of an economic Burden for Young airmen and their families Halbert said. Safe originally rejected conversion proposals because or Cost estimates or 38,000 Marks or nearly s2 3.000. Per Channel. The command has since found a Vendor who will charge Only 20,000 Marks or about $12,000, per Channel. Tilburg housing residents Are being polled on their viewing preferences in a Survey that will be completed this week. Preliminary findings indicate that Many viewers would opt to drop the sky news and screen sport channels. Others want the Cologne angina Tang Rel plus Channel added. If offered it would be on the pal system. A a lot of subscribers weren t Happy with two news and two sports channels. They prefer Cable news neb work to sky news and eur sport to screen sport Halbert said. Quot the Btl plus Channel is As close to a Playboy Channel As you get in Europe and it also Hasa lot of sports stuff. It has been asked for quite strongly. News update saudi murder probe Bangkok Thailand apr police Are investigating u possible connection Between the murder of Ihrcke saudi arabian diplomats in Central Bangkok and the killing of anole or saudi Diplomat a year ago. The Interior minister said Friday. Police began a widespread search for two gunmen suspected in the thursday shooting deaths. Kennedy proposes defense budget aimed to trim $139 billion in 5 year sep signs out pistol kills self in Barracks w j Ryburg West Germany a amps a a 3rd inf div military policeman killed himself thursday with a pistol he signed out for duly. A division spokesman said. The 29-Ycar-old Soldier assigned to the 3rd my co in Wurzburg was found dead in his room at Leighton Barracks about 12 30 . Thursday. Cape. Steven Shively said. The military policeman a name is being withheld until relatives can be notified. Shively said. The Soldier signed out a .45-Calibcr pistol from his unit arms room about 11 30 . Shively said. He was scheduled to Start duty at noon. When the military policeman failed to show up Shively said my officials called his  fire causes $80,000 in damage Augsburg. Wesl Germany a amps a a fire caused $80,000 in damage to the Cramerton housing area Friday morning a Community spokeswoman said. A Mother and her 4-year-old twins were in their second floor apartment when one of the children apparently started the fire accidentally said he id Lammer wisc. She could Rol provide the identities or those involved or details about How the fire started. The City fire department was alerted at 9 50 . And the fire was extinguished 15 minutes Lacr she said. The woman and children were taken o the army Hospital in Augsburg where they were examined and released correction the memorial service for Antonio Collado from Rhein main a will be held tuesday at the base Chapel not thursday As stated in fridays editions. By William a Bartman Washington Bureau Washington a sen. Edward m. Kennedy has proposed an alternative defense budget for fiscal 1991 that would trim $139 billion in spending Over the next five years. Kennedy said the Brant of his cuts would come from such programs As the b-2 stealth bomber the my missile and the strategic defense initiative. A what America needs now is bold leadership on defense not cold leftovers from the right Wing s Carld War Kitchen a Kennedy said at a news conference thursday. A and if president Bush wont Supply Hal leadership. Congress  under Bush a plan the current $296 billion budget would Rise to $319 billion in fiscal 1995. Under Kennedy a proposal it would drop 10 $274 Huion. Producing a total savings of s139 billion. Quot True the president s budget makes what economists Call cuts in real terms in military spending Quot Kennedy said. Quot in other words the presidents budget for the Pentagon is going up a but in is not going up fast enough to keep Pace Wilh inflation pity the poor  Kennedy said the Bush budget a pretends 1989 never  citing reductions in tensions with the soviet Union and political Reform in Eastern Europe the senator said a there really is a peace dividend unless we throw it away. Peace is at hand a and the peace dividend should be dose  and he secs further cuts through the year 2000 As the earlier savings produce a Ripple  Kennedy said the savings could go toward alleviating several National crises including education reduction of the Federal a Cicil and Chiron mental concerns Quot there arc existing programs that have been unduly restricted during the period of this military buildup a he said. Services set for Dodds Counselor Hanau West Germany a a memorial service will be held tuesday for Pearl a. Townsel a Counselor at Hanau s Portfield elementary who died thursday of cancer at West end Hospital in Birmingham Ala. She was 60. Townsel left Wesl Germany Jan 26 and flew to Birmingham for treatment on advice from German doctors in Hanau who had been treating her for More than a month a school spokesman said. Townsel spent 20 years Wilh the department of defense dependents schools As a teacher and Counselor spending the Las surplus sales Wiesbaden Wesl Germany a defense Oculi Bizalion and marketing office officials have announced an auction for next week. The Public is invited to the Kaiserslautern demo auction in area 100, near the former Aulo strip Yard on tuesday at 9 . Bidder registration begins seven years at Portfield. She taught Black history for the school drawing on her firsthand experience in the 1960s civil rights movement in Alabama. One of her fondest memories of that Era was a visit to her Home by the Rev. Martin Luther King or. Townsel began her career with the overseas schools As a Counselor at Kuba Saki High school in Okinawa. She then moved to Parma sons Junior High school in 1978, where she taught Home economics and social studies. She also Laughl Home economics us Oster Tolz High school from 1980 to at 8 . Excess government equipment and household goods will be up for auction. Property inspection will be held monday from 8 . To noon and from 1 . To 3 . Customers May pay in dollars German Marks or Bank certified checks. All sales arc final. 1982. She then moved to Spang Dahlum Elc mediary where she served As a Counselor and Lacr transferred to Portfield in 1983. Townsel earned her Bachelor of science degree in 1951 from Mills College in Birmingham and a masters degree in counselling in 1957 from the Tuskegee Institute in Tuskegee. Ala. She is survived by a Stepson Lamarr Townsel of Jonesboro ga., and a sister Micacla Hutchins who resides in Toronto. The service will be at 4 . At Pioneer Cavern Chapel in Hanau. Merchandise must be removed within two weeks following the auction. Further information is available from the demo at Al s 483-8691 or German civilian 0631-40307, european Region demo employees and i hair family members Are not permitted to make purchases at the auction of couple involved in fatal collision Rhein main a Wesl Germany a amps a a 36-year-old Wesl German woman was killed last week when her car collided Wilh a vehicle driven by an air Force wife. Debbie Brown was driving cast on autobahn 486 toward Moricle Dan West Germany about 11 30 . Jan. 26. When the Accident occurred. Her husband. Senior master sgt. Leroy Brown of the 435th Security police so was also in the vehicle said maj. Sieve Knechtl a base spokesman. Brown s car crossed into the oncoming Lane colliding Wilh a vehicle driven by Susanne Kink scr of mor Felden. Kunk tar ii Lufthansa airlines employee died Al the scene of the Accident Knechtel said. The Browns were taken to Frankfurt army regional medical Center mrs. Brown was released and her husband remained in the Hospital until sunday. No charges have been filed bul the Accident is still being investigated by West German police Knechtl said