European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 21, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes wednesday. February 21.1990 property sales seckenhe1m, West Germany the defense re utilization and Market ing office will hold an auction thursday at inc Fried Rehfeld quartermaster Cen Ter. Inspection and bidder registration be gins at 7 30 . And the auction starts at 9 30 . Customers also May View merchandise from 8 . To noon and 1 . To 3 . Wednesday. The Public is invited to attend. Dol Lars Marks Money orders and certified Bank checks will be accepted. Property will be sold As is and All sales arc final. Customers have eight working Days to remove purchases. Merchandise includes trucks ambulances cargo trailers ski equipment Pool tables televisions electronic and shop equipment typewriters household furniture sleeping bags and civilian clothing. Further information is available at ets 380-6022 or civilian 0621 -473231. Free income tax help is available from irs Munich West Germany is the internal Revenue sen ice is provid ing free income lax advice at inc . Consulate beginning today. Individual consultations arc on a first come first sen cd basis weekdays through feb. 28 from 8 . Until noon at the consulate at Kinigin Strassl 5. Seminars on taxes for americans Liv ing overseas arc scheduled from 2 . To 3 . With general question and answer sessions from 3 . To 5 . Weekdays at the amerika Klaus. Karoli Nen Platz 3, except for feb. 27. Rites held for victim of tank Accident Vilseck West Germany is sen ices were held tuesday for a 1st army div Soldier who died in a tank Accident at the Hohrn fils training area on sunday. Pfc. Roy l. Tallmon. 20, was struck in the head by the Turret of an m1ai tank while he was on the Lank. He was taken by helicopter to the Nurnberg army hos Pital where he was pronounced dead at 1 . Sunday a division spokesman said. Tallmon was assigned to the 2nd in 37th army regt headquartered in Vil suck. The native of Elpaso. Texas had been in inc army for 25 months. He is Sun i cd by his father Jerry Tallmon of Santa Teresa. N.m., and his Mother Sherley Ashton. Sen ices were held at Hohenfels. Iran hangs 30 guilty of smuggling drugs Nicosia Cyprus a thirty convicted drug traffickers were hanged in Iran on monday the official islamic re Public news Agency reported. Iran s official Media monitored in Nicosia reported that More than 1,200 american cancer society plans programs for overseas troops by Janet d Agostino medical writer the american cancer society believing it has overlooked the needs of be Mcmeem bars living overseas is establishing health programs and sen ices in Europe. This has really been an under served  said Tim Clampitt. National vice president for the american cancer society. He noted that the society has been sup ported for years by military personnel i Europe through the combined Federal Campaign. We came to realize we had t been put Ting Back the programs and services which were already being contributed and a for Clampitt said. We Felt an obligation to extend the program beyond what it  a Core of volunteers trained by the Amer ican cancer society will develop programs during the next year for military communities at Frankfurt and Ramstein attest Germany and Rota Spain. Those locations were chosen to represent the army air Forchan Navy. Respectively. Programs will focus on Public education patient services and continuing education for health professionals depending on the needs of the communities. Clampitt and other american cancer society specialists from the United states were in West Germany and Spain earlier this month training volunteers for the Demon stration projects. The society will provide informational and educational resources for the volunteers such As films videos and teaching materials. In the future the society May pro vide funding to the overseas programs Clampitt said. The demonstration projects will be evaluated at the end of the year to he whether they should be expanded to other military  Are More than 100 Volunteer involved in the three projects but More volunteers Are being sought. Volunteers include health professionals civilians and family members. Volunteers do not need to have any particular skills or educational Back  s a place for everybody to do something Clampitt  american Omer society is a nation wide voluntary health Agency dedicated to eliminating cancer through research Educa Tion and  started working with the defense department in 1986, developing Heath promo Tion programs particularly no smoking campaigns such As the great american smoke out held each november and the fresh Start smoking cessation program. Genera says word Pride sums up reason for having Block history month by Peggy Davidson kaisers Lauvern Bureau Lan Stuhl. West Germany the commander of the 3rd support come said tuesday that he can sum up the reason for having a Black history month in one word  i Don t mean Pride in the arrogant  Brig. Gen. John s. Cowings said at a Black history month luncheon at Lan Stuhl army regional medical Cen Ter. But in what the line in the song from Oklahoma says i Ain t saying i m better than anyone else but Damn if i Ain t just As Good " Cowings who also is the Wiesbaden military Community commander used examples from history to epitomize the Pride Black americans and All Ameri cans should feel about being military members. He reminded the audience of about 150 medical Center staff and friends that the first Soldier killed in i America s first War was Black. Cowings related the Story of Crispus Attucks who said when he was faced with neatly lined up redcoats hell i be run far  there s going to be a War let it begin now let it Cowings begin  taking the audience on Quick tour through history Cowings concluded his 30-Mmute talk with a person Al reminiscence on or. Martin Luther King or s famous March on Washington speech in 1963. Cowings described himself As a very bitter Roth student at the time of the March which he attended. Then he said i noticed something i had t seen be fore. It can Only be described As a sea of humanity 200,000 people. People of All Ages i had expected that. Men and women i had expected that. I also saw people of All races not just one or two but whole groups. I realized then that just maybe or. King s message was t just for those who happened to be Black but for everyone Cowings said. The general said that at that moment he understood what King meant when he said that people should be judged not by the color of their skin but by the Content of their heart. Mold halts commissary sales of Altwasser Munich West Germany is commissaries and Exchange service stores have slopped Selling 1.5 and 0.33 liter bottles of Altwasser after Mold was discovered under bottle Caps. The Mold was found during routine inspections by the 7th medical come. This is not a product recall but a medical hold until further tests Are Complete said Barbara Slifer a spokeswoman for the command. The hold went into effect feb. 14. Slifer said the contamination is not life threatening. It is unrelated to a worldwide recall of Perrier bottled water after traces of benzene were found in the product. As of tuesday the Altwasser problem was limited to bottles with Asale Date of 12-91. Final tests must be completed before any further advisory is issued Slifer said. Those results Are expected this week. A spokesman for Stolzenbac her alphas ser in Ober Taufen West Germany said the problem occurred in bottle production. The company is working to change the bottles composition to prevent Mold from forming again Markus Glaser said. The Mold was discovered in a shipment of water bottled in april and delivered in december. That was an unusually Long period for the water to be stored Glaser said. Slifer said no figures were available on the . Customers who have bottles of Altwasser with the 12-91 Sale Date May return them to the Point of Purchase for refunds said spokesmen for the commissaries and  the 7th medical come conducts regular inspections of food products sold m commissaries cafes outlets and dubs through out Europe. The command s inspectors also visit contractor facilities and storage Ware houses to ensure compliance. Hospital notes policy on circumcisions Frankfurt. West Germany is elective circumcisions now being done at the Frankfurt army regional medical Center Are Only for Newborn infants who have not been discharged from the Hospital. Parents who want circumcisions for their infants who have already been discharged from the Hospital can have the procedure done at a German Hospital. The procedure will be partially paid for by the civilian health and medical program of the uni formed services for eligible  Frankfurt Hospital recently resumed doing circumcisions on Newbom Safter having stopped the procedure in the summer ofl98s because of a shortage of paediatricians and urologists. As Many As 80 have been executed in a single Day. Valentine s Day ii it s never too late for love. Valentine messages that did t make the deadline for the feb. 14 editions will appear sat urday. Appalachian miners end strike ratify poet. A 4m Fin in Hal Fina tit annual Winter me Dante a. A appalachian coat miners voted nearly 2 to i to ratify their contract with the Pilston Coal group Union officials announced tues Day. The vote ends a bitter 10-month strike that Send As a rallying Point for the american labor movement. Pittston employees in Virginia West Virginia and Kentucky voted 1,247 to 734 in favor of the pact. Sixty three per cent of the striking miners and Laid off workers endorsed the contract and 37 percent opposed it according to figures provided by the United mine workers. The results were announced jointly in v Irginia and in bal Harbour fla., where the Al Cio is holding its annual Winter meet ing. Ump president Richard Trumka Al Cio president Lane Kirkla Dand . Secretary of labor Elizabeth Dole joined in the Florida announcement. Trumka called miners in Castlewood,va., at about 9 15 . To Tell them the strike was officially Over