European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 19, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 a a the stars and stripes thursday april 19,1990bonn demands details on 2-Jet collision by the stars and stripes West German defense minister Gerhard Stoltenberg demanded on wednesday that Canada quickly clarify the cause of tuesdays collision of two Cf-18 fighters Over Karlsruhe. In a statement Stoltenberg said he wants to meet soon with Canadian officials and hear about All aspects of the crash. Stoltenberg said he also wants to discuss flight safety with the canadians. Elsewhere in Bonn the crash triggered a torrent of criticism from West German politicians. Hans Jochen Vogel head of the opposition social democrats demanded an immediate end to the nato practice flights Over densely populated areas. Dieter Heistermann a defense expert for the social democrats joined the Call. A this kind of Accident could not have happened if the West German parliament had passed our Bills a Heistermann said. A we have been demanding a total Stop to All Low level flying exercises and to All combat exercises Over residential areas. A we want to have Low level flying exercises moved to uninhabited areas and combat exercises Over the open sea. We see no reason Why our suggestions  be  Heistermann said the spa would re introduce its Bill next week. In Karlsruhe which was showered with wreckage from the planes the Green party scheduled a demonstration for saturday to protest military flights a the citizens of the Federal Republic should no longer be the Guinea pigs 0f mad military strategies and occupying Powers a the City a party said in t statement. 3 gis helped Canadian Pilot by Randy Pruitt staff writer spec. Peter Adams and two colleagues were driving through Rush hour traffic toward Karlsruhe on tuesday when they saw one Canadian Cf-18 a transformed into a giant Orange fireball a spiral to the ground. A it made a Flat Circle like a Corkscrew a said Adams assigned to the 285th my co., 42nd my group gop Pingon Field office. Adams and specs. Steven Kalinowski and Dennis Castoldi quickly turned onto autobahn 5, toward the crash site. Suddenly a Parachute came into View. A it looked like he was going to land on the autobahn a Adams said. A a that a pretty Well suicide during traffic  Adams said he pulled the  off the Road and the three watched helplessly As capt. Reginald Decoste 35, landed feet first in one Lane of the Busy four Lane thoroughfare then topple Over on his Back. Kalinowski and Castoldi ran to his assistance while Adams turned on the vans warning flashers and began diverting traffic that whizzed by. A nobody stopped a Adams said. In five minute intervals Adams said an adar truck police and an ambulance arrived. Kalinowski and Castoldi used a first Aid kit to treat the Pilot who broke both heels. A the kept asking about the other Pilot involved in the midair collision. A did you see another Chute did you see another Chute a a Kalinowski said. A we did no to answer that question. A the said he ejected at 16,000 feet a Kalinowski said. A the was telling me that All the while Down he was thinking a of god done to let me land on the  the worst place to land would be on the autobahn and Here i am right in the Middle of  training from Page 1 blocks from where the dead Pilot landed police spokesman Werner Prokopp said. Also a 20-year-old Marx cell woman waiting to pick up an employee at the Siemens office building went into Shock when the burning rear Section of the pilots Jet struck the car in which she was sitting. Police said fallen aircraft parts have been discovered in about 240 places throughout the Southern and Eastern sections of the City and Canadian and West German troops have secured 60 of those Sites. At a wednesday afternoon news conference Karlsruhe lord mayor Gerhard Seiler advocated a ban on military air Maneu vers Over metropolitan areas such As Karlsruhe. A a it a not just a question of Low level flyers any More. Its about flight safety of military devices in general a he said. Criminal police director Franz Burkart said officials have statements from six witnesses who saw a fireball emerge from the Clouds when the crash occurred and from 20 others who saw parts of the aftermath As plane parts fell to the ground. The statements suggested that the fuselages dropped straight to the ground and that the planes were already severely damaged before they crashed he said. The collision was the first Cf-18 Accident in Europe since 1987, but the third Overall in the past three months said maj. John Paul Macdonald spokesman for Canadian forces in Lahr. A Pilot was killed in a single seat Cf-18 crash at cold Lake Alberta on april 4, and another Cf-18 crashed on Takeoff in january at Inuvik Northwest territories. Destroying a shelters amps Scott a. Miller a worker helps guide scrap wednesday from a mis Many. The Pershing ii shelters Are being destroyed Sile pad protective shelter at Heilbronn West Ger As part of the inf treaty with the soviet Union. News briefs Oil Gas continue to flow into Lithuania despite threats Moscow apr Oil and natural Gas flowed normally into Lithuania wednesday officials of the breakaway government said despite threats by the Kremlin to halt the supplies to curb the republics Independence drive. Lithuanian officials said they had expected the Kremlin to begin cutting Oil and natural Gas supplies Early wednesday to enforce soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev a threatened economic embargo. Soviet troops were seen near a pumping station at an Oil refinery in Northwestern Lithuania wednesday morning but there was no change in the Supply of fuel at the facility according to lithuanian television. Friday is deadline for getting billeting for retirees Day Ramstein a West Germany a amps a Friday is the deadline for making billeting arrangements for the 1990 retirees Day to be held at Ramstein a on april 28. The event for air Force retirees will include talks by representatives of the . Air forces in Europe the army the . Consulate general and the . Air Force retirees Council. The 316th air div clinic at Ramstein also will provide some medical services. To make billeting arrangements or to get information about on and off base accommodations Call ets 480-6626, 480-6424 or 480-2326 Days or 06371-57458 Between 7 and 10 . Those who would like to attend retirees Day but have not registered May do so Between 8 and 8 55 . On april 28 at the Ramstein officers open mess. Gis from Page 1 read and respond to a said the committee official who requested anonymity. A we Hope to get More accurate data with  the defense manpower data Center in Rosslyn va., also is preparing new methods to scientifically select samples in military populations to better represent the average. The process will rely on computer analysis and require fewer people to fill out surveys in any Given area. Plan from Page 1 calculated by multiplying 10 percent times a service members annual pay and then multiplying that figure by his years of service. So an army sergeant with nine years service could expect to receive $ 13,695 in separation pay if he were involuntarily forced out. The plan Calls for separation pay to be granted to any be with seven to 19 years of service. Only service Inemo a who have performed Well would be eligible for it. The separation pay Issue must be acted on Quick a because the Pentagon has to reduce the military torn per at least 54,000 by october Carr said adding that to a Gress is looking for even greater cuts this fiscal year. Nonetheless Carr anticipates that most of the military losses at least 90 percent will be vol Wintory in year. About 300,000 first Wermers and others end the service voluntarily each year. But troop reductions in fiscal 1991 could be my greater than this year he said and there will not enough voluntary losses to reach the required let the result will be thousands of service members Tor out of the military. Actual strength figures for fiscal 1991 will be m Public in the fall. 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