European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 29, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 a a the stars and stripes thursday March 29,1990 surplus sales Wiesbaden West Germany a the Public is invited to attend two defense re utilization and marketing office retail events next week. In Firth a property auction will be held in building 946 on Johnson Barracks at 9 . April 5. Bidder registration begins at 8 . Items up for auction include stereo equipment hand tools military clothing and household furniture. Also available will be one car a video projection system and a Generator set. Property inspection begins monday at 8 . Customers May pay in dollars or Marks and All sales Are final. Property must be removed within eight working Days of the auction. Additional information is available from at ets 460-7106 or civilian 0911-713935. Hanau will hold a retail Sale from 10 . To 1 . April 6 in building 636 on Gross nauheim Cavern. Both dollars and Marks will be accepted and property will be sold a was  purchases must be removed the Day of the Sale. Merchandise available includes chairs sofas tables military clothing dishes bicycles electronic equipment and books. Word processing units computer monitors and calculators will also be on Sale officials said. Additional information is available from at ets 322-8281 or civilian 0618155614.sergeant collapses Dies at his residence Wurzburg West Germany a amps a a 33-Ycar-old staff sergeant collapsed and died at his government quarters tuesday. Staff sgt. Raymond c. Bishop collapsed at about 9 . And was pronounced dead at the scene by a German medical team Community spokesman Jim Mcfarlane said wednesday. An autopsy will be performed at the army Hospital in Wurzburg to determine the cause of death. Bishop was assigned to Btry a 6th in 52nd air defense arty at Gie Belstadt army air Field. He is survived in Wurzburg by his wife and two sons Ages 9 and 11. He also is survived by a 14-Ycar-old daughter in the United states. A memorial service will be held in the Gie Belstadt theater at 10 . Thursday.8-year-old daughter of army sergeant Dies Mainz West Germany a amps a the 8-Ycar-old daughter of an army staff sergeant died wednesday a military Community spokesman said. The child was taken to the air Force Hospital in Wiesbaden about 8 30 . And was pronounced dead about 30 minutes later Larry Rosenberg said. Officials would not release other additional information wednesday saying details about the death had not been confirmed. An autopsy will be conducted As part of an army investigation into the death. 5 arrested in Effort to smuggle nuclear trigger devices to Iraq London apr customs officials said they foiled an attempt wednesday to smuggle 40  nuclear trigger components to Iraq via London. Five people were arrested including an iraqi who was picked up at Heathrow Airport and is being expelled from Britain. Earlier reports had said two iraqis and up to five other people had been taken into custody. The officials who spoke on condition of anonymity said the devices arrived from the United states two Days earlier and were kept under surveillance until the alleged smugglers attempted to put them on a scheduled iraqi airways flight to Baghdad. In Washington a . Customs service spokesman de Kittredge said the arrests resulted from an 18-month investigation by . And British customs officials. The incident could further Strain relations Between Britain and Iraq. Earlier this month Britain recalled its ambassador from Baghdad after the iraqis hanged an iranian born journalist working for a British newspaper. Iraq accused the journalist Farzad Bazot of spying. Bbl to said customs officials tipped off by their american counterparts removed the nuclear devices and substituted harmless replacements then waited for the packages to be collected from their freight shed. The officials said the items were capacitors electrical devices that form part of the detonation Chain of a nuclear bomb. They said the other detainees were three britons and a lebanese. Professor Paul Wilkinson a Bradford University terrorism expert said a if they re trying to smuggle in these highly sophisticated trigger devices that mean they re very serious about Makine nuclear weapons and  Tony Banks a Middle East expert at the respected Jane a defense weekly said nuclear triggers Are devices for initiating an explosion in a nuclear weapon a this is a very very High technology there Are Only a very few countries in the world capable of manufacturing this Type of technology and there is no other use for a nuclear triggering device than to trigger a nuclear weapon a he said. A foreign office spokesman said Irani ambassador Azmi Shafiq Al Salihi was informed of the deportation by senior foreign office official Roger Tomys who is responsible for Middle East affairs. It was not known whether Iraq has nuclear weapons capability but it has been developing a Long Range missile judged by some military analysts to be capable of delivering a nuclear warhead Bonn proposal seeks to limit influx of ethnic germans from e. Europe Bonn West Germany apr the West German government wednesday moved to reduce the influx of ethnic germans from Eastern Europe saying there Are fewer reasons for them to leave now that democracy has taken Root. Interior minister Wolfgang Schauble said the government has decided newcomers will be eligible for generous social assistance in West Germany Only if they have been screened for exile status by West German authorities before leaving their Homeland. The move comes a Little More than a week after West Germany decided to end a special assistance program for East German re settlers. East europeans of German heritage have swarmed into West Germany in the past two years. About 380,000 ethnic germans arrived last year and the figure has already reached 99,200 this year. East european exiles who can prove they have German roots Are Given automatic citizenship by West Germany. When they arrive ethnic germans Are also eligible for generous social assistance and Are guaranteed shelter while they seek to establish new lives. The influx has created bitter resentment among Many West germans toward the newcomers because of increased Competition for limited housing and jobs. Many West germans also ask Why their nation should be shelling out massive sums of Money for East europeans when political conditions in the East bloc have dramatically improved. Under the new plan political conditions in a would be exiles Homeland play a major role in qualifying for status As an ethnic German said Schauble. A the countries of origin in Eastern Europe Are on the Road to democracy. In addition to improved travel possibilities people living there have More personal freedoms a he said. Schauble said he expects his Bill to take effect june 22 if it clears parliament. Frankfurt mayor says another site should be found for army facilities by de Reavis staff writer Frankfurt a mayor thinks the germans who want the americans to abandon their shopping Center in the City need to find an alternative site for stores his spokesman said wednesday. A your impression is that the . Army is willing to talk about the matter. We have to find an alternative site with All the advantages of the present one a said Jan von Trott a spokesman for mayor Volker Hafif. A plan to turn the shopping Center into a much needed City housing development was unanimously approved by the Frankfurt social democrats at a party meeting saturday. Michael Peters a social democratic spokesman said the vote then obligated Hauff to take the plan to the americans. Peters said the location would make it Ideal for housing. A it is near both subway and Good Street transportation. Loss of this shopping area would not affect the . Military position a he said. Von Trott also said the shopping Center is forcing the City to lose a major source of tax revenues. The shopping Center is in the area Between Escher Heimer Landstrass and Icke Salle and Bertra Strasse. It includes a Post Exchange commissary. Burger King a stars and stripes Bookstore audio video store travel Agency optical shop cafes filling station and an nc0 club. The land occupied by the . Military in West Germany is made available through the status of forces agreement. The . Forces can accept reject or negotiate requests by the Federal Republic of Germany to return property said sgt. . Hardesty a Usa eur spokesman. N. Korea tourism booms teen attacks boy in Mainz family quarters Tokyo apr North Korea said monday it expects 40 percent More foreign tourists this year but did not say How Many visited last year. The official korean Central news Agency monitored in Tokyo also said the number of foreign tourists visiting North Korea had increased by 50 percent Over the last four years. French unemployment up Paris up a French unemployment Rose by 0.1 percent in february compared with january the first increase in the number of jobless workers in six months the labor ministry announced monday. By Crystal Laureano staff writer a 10-year-old boy was sodomized and beaten tuesday afternoon by a 14-year-old boy in the basement of a family quarters building in Mainz West Germany a military Community spokesman said wednesday. The attack occurred in the victims building at Martin Luther King Village Between 4 . And 5 ., Larry Rosenberg said. The boy was examined at the air Force Hospital in Wiesbaden and released to his family several hours later. The attacker who was identified by the victim is in the custody of his Mother Rosenberg said. Both boys whose names will not be released because they Are minors Are military family members. The attacker did not live in Martin Luther King Village. Military police and criminal investigation agents denied building residents Access into the basement laundry and storage area for most of the night while they took photographs and collected evidence. A a it a really scary that it can happen right where you live a said Bonnie Cantu who lives nearby. A it has made me really nervous now. A this needs to be brought to a lot of parents attention a said the Mother of 5-and 7-year-old daughters. A the was in years old a old enough to be outside alone. You just can to keep your eyes on your children every minute 24hours a Day so what Are we going to do a West German police were called to the scene tuesday to interview Derma a speaking workers who had been instal ing new doors on the building but in y arrived after the workers had left Tor Day Rosenberg said. Officials Are try g to identify the West German workers they can be interviewed he said. West German and american Militto thormities Are continuing the investigation