European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 30, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 a a the stars and stripes Friday March 30,1990news update arriving in one piece Pittsburgh apr pizza is great in 30 minutes but belter late than never says a Highway patrolman who has been lecturing delivery Drivers on How to arrive with pizza and Driver in one piece. Managers of the 35 dominoes pizza Parlours in the Pittsburgh area suspended their delivery service for four hours tuesday night so Drivers could listen to it. Pete Collins a Mississippi state trooper. Critics say the Ann Arbor.  company s guaranteed half hour delivery has caused accidents by encouraging employees to drive recklessly. Company officials admit haste has contributed to some fatal accidents. Attorney Kenneth r. Behrnd who is representing a couple injured when a dominoes car collided with their car said the company should drop its guarantee. Dominoes defends the guarantee which helped Spur its explosive growth in the 1980s. The policy established in 1973, says if a pizza is delivered late Domino s will refund a minimum of s3.Eagle scouts Giessen West Germany a a Junior at Giessen High school has been named to the ranks of the Eagle scouts the highest award in scouting. Richard r. Price 16, earned the award by planning and managing a renovation project to convert a vacated doughnut shop into a toys for tots store at the Giessen general depot Cavern. The project involved stripping the Interior Walls and remodelling the entire shop. Volunteers made shelves and workbenches and painted murals on the Walls. Price planned the project for 15 hours and worked for 30.5 hours on the renovation. He was assisted by 20 volunteers who donated 184 hours to the project. His parents Are sgt. Ricky l. Price and Patricia Price. To Cam the Eagle scout award a boy scout must fulfil requirements in the areas of leadership service and outdoor skills. This includes earning at least 21 Merit badges and completing a Community service  activists freed on bail k1dlington, England a amps a the two peace activists charged with criminal damage of a . Air Force f-111 fighter bomber at Raf upper hey Ford were released on bail thursday a British police spokeswoman said. However Stephen Hancock 27, and Michael Hutchinson 35, said in court that they would breach the terms of their release a spokesman for the Banbury constabulary said. The men made their second court appearance at Banbury magistrates court on thursday. The two members of the peace group swords into ploughshares were released on bail until their third court Date on april 26, the spokeswoman said. The London residents were ordered to report to local police weekly and not to go within a mile of upper Scyford she said. In addition the terms of their release require them to sleep in their Homes in London. The two Are charged with causing criminal damages of 347,413 pounds about $562,000 to the plane. They Cut through perimeter fencing at the base on March 21 to reach the parked aircraft. Post storm cleanup in forests has claimed at least 23 lives by Mary Neth staff writer the killer winds that ravaged Europe this Winter Are still having a deadly effect. At least 23 people have been killed while Clearing away the millions of Trees blown Over by the storms according to the professional organization of agriculture workers in Kassel West Germany. In addition about 1,700 people were injured in serious accidents during the cleanup. The Hurricane Force storms killed 16 people in West Germany when they struck in january and february. They also uprooted felled or broke from 40 million to 70 million Trees. In Many parts of the country Large swaths of Forest still lie in ruin. Foresters want to clean up these areas As quickly As possible. Left on the ground the dead Trees will encourage the spread of bark beetles which will endanger healthy Trees nearby. But a shortage of experienced workers is complicating the Job. It also is the main Factor in the recent deaths. Quot there just Aren t enough professional Forest workers in Germany itself to do the Job Quot said Manfred Keller of the Darmstadt Accident insurance Branch of the agricultural workers organization. A yugoslavian firms have been hired. These firms promised trained Forest workers. We Are discovering that often that is not what they Are  most of the 23 deaths were caused by falling Trees he said. A the inexperienced workers misjudge the direction and Speed at which the Cut Trees will fall a he said. Quot Many of these Trees Are huge. The roots alone can weigh around 2  he said another problem ,nv0m workers who venture out into the Wood to earn Money that they will not Ruji As income to tax officials. Such w0h required Beetle infestation a tree Beino a nearby fell on him. Without a hard i he had no Chance Keller said there have been 11 deaths in Bavaria and about 800 serious injuries. In Baden Wurttemberge six have died in the clean up work and 400 have been badly injured. In Hessen there also have been six deaths and about 200 serious injuries. Figures from the other states in West Germany were unavailable thursday. People Are being advised to stay out of badly damaged Forest areas and away from areas where Forest work is Beine done. Shipping delays have yet to create Exchange commissary shortages by Steve Taylor Munich Bureau Munich West Germany a shipping delays from the United states have not yet caused significant shortages in exchanges or commissaries. But widespread problems could develop Over the next several weeks warned capt. Wes Davis an cafes Europe spokesman. The initial shortages would Likely include outdoor living items and housewares he said. The delays have been caused by a shortage of shipping containers on the East coast coupled with an increase of exports to Europe due to the weaker Dol Lar. A sagging Dollar Means that . Goods Are cheaper overseas. That leads to goods stockpiling in shipyards awaiting containers used to Send shipments by sea to european ports. Davis said that the shortage at the Exchange shipping Center in Newport news va., has reached almost 100 containers with no immediate Relief in sight. Potential problems for the Exchange service have been avoided by using space available shipments on military Airlift come flights. Davis said he  predict How Long those shipments would stave off empty shelves. He warned however of the possibility of sporadic shortages that could become widespread in the Exchange system. Quot this week it might be one thing and another thing next week a a he said. Edward Mouk of the army s troop support Agency said that commissary shipments tend to gel higher priority than products such As appliances. The air Force commissary sen ice reported Little or no Impact from shipping delays. The air Force is concerned mostly with soft drinks because cafes is its main supplier. Davis noted that soft drinks could become a problem Quot but right now we re not seeing  sergeant s 8-year-old daughter apparently fatally beaten pair held by Crystal Laureano staff writer an army staff sergeant and his wife Are being held in connection with the wednesday morning death of his 8-year-old daughter. Doctors on duty when Michele Lee Valdez was brought to the air Force Hospital in Wiesbaden West Germany said the child appeared to have been battered to death a Mainz military Community spokesman said thursday. Doctors also said there were indications that the girl had suffered from chronic physical abuse and malnutrition. Larry Rosenberg said. Neither suspicion can be confirmed until an autopsy is concluded. Military police in Mainz Are holding staff sgt. Ricardo Valdez of he co 4th in 24th Armor 8th inf div. His wife Christina is being held by German police. Rosenberg said that Christina Valdez called her husband about 8 . Wednesday at Lee Barracks saying that something was wrong with Michele. Valdez returned with his platoon sergeant to his Clark housing area quarters at Fin then army Airfield in Wackenheim where they found the girl with a Bruise on her head Rosenberg said. They attempted cardiopulmonary resuscitation before taking the girl to the Hospital. Michele was dead on arrival he said. After the death the couples other three daughters were placed in Foster care. They Are 6, 8 and 10 years old. Two of the girls Are Christina Valdez s daughters and one is the sergeants daughter. An autopsy which was still in Progress thursday afternoon was being observed by West German police officials into Are conducting an investigation with army criminal investigation agents. Rosenberg said. Iran envoy seeks hostages release Beirut Lebanon apr a newspaper thursday reported that iranian president Hashemi a Sfanjani had dispatched his brother to Lebanon in a new Effort to win the release of Western hostages. Related Story and photo Page 6. The conservative Beirut newspaper and Dinar said Mahmoud Hashemi held meetings with leaders of Hezbollah or party of god during a we Klong unannounced visit that ended tuesday. The newspaper said the envoy also met with Hussein Mousavi who leads the islamic amal movement based in East Lebanon a Bekaan Valley. The movement forms the pro syrian Wing of Hezbollah Iran a main ally in Lebanon. And Dinar gave no further details and a spokesman at the iranian embassy said Quot we usually do not comment on such  Hezbollah is believed to be the umbrella for underground shiite fanatics holding most of the 18 Western hostages in Lebanon. Eight americans Are among those held. The longest held is Terry Anderson chief Middle East correspondent of the associated press who was abducted March 16, 1985. Mahmoud Hashemi has made seven secret trips to Lebanon to try to Reso the hostage situation since his Broi look office aug. 3, following be Ca revolutionary patriarch Ayatollah Kuno Lah Khomeini two months earner. A Sfanjani considered a who favors increasing West curl h. Ment in Iran to rebuild it after its g War with Iraq is believed to be Power struggle with islamic Hardin his government who oppose re nation with the West and the re