European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 28, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 a a a the stars and stripes saturday april 20,1990most Cf-18 activities to be resumed by Joseph Owen Stuttgart Bureau Canadian pilots on monday will resume All Cf-18 fighter activities except air to air combat training. Air Force Brig. Gen. Jean Boyle the 1st Canadian air div commander said Friday that he also expects to order a return to air to air exercises within the next few weeks after a review of How those exercises Are conducted. In Canada All types of Cf-18 training Are scheduled to resume monday. A a there a nothing that we can find inherently wrong with what we do in operational training a he said adding that he has directed Subtle changes in the pilots approach to missions. Exercises in West Germany were suspended after two Cf-18 jets collided Over Karlsruhe on april 17. Canada grounded All its Cf-18s on sunday after another Cf-18 crashed in the Pacific Ocean. Boyle said investigators have determined the probable cause of the collision but he declined to give More details saying he did not want to influence the findings of a Board investigating the Accident. In other developments stemming from the Karls Ruhe Accident a West German defense minister Gerhard Stolten Berg announced tuesday that his ministry is seeking at least a 20 percent reduction in air combat exercises Over West Germany by All Alliance countries. However . And Canadian embassy officials said Friday that nobody in Stoltenberg a office has discussed a reduction with them. A the Karlsruhe City Council passed a Resolution on tuesday calling for a ban on All military air exercises especially those involving air combat Over Urban areas and key Industrial Sites. The Council demanded an explanation of the Accident and substantial improvements in the West German air traffic control system. A the West German cities conference adopted a similar Resolution wednesday and sent it to Stolten Berg. A the Karlsruhe office for defense costs said Friday that the Accident has generated about 1.2 million Marks $715,000 Worth of damage claims. Director Gemot Hartl said his office has received More than 100 claims based on minor damage to buildings and about 200 claims for damage to vehicles and other property. Canada is expected to pay for 75 percent of the damage while West Germany will pay 25 percent. The Accident killed one Pilot and injured the other and two people on the ground were Hurt by falling wreckage. City officials expressed amazement that the collision occurring Over major highways at the Start of Rush hour traffic did not cause even More damage and injury. Boyle also said he has ordered the introduction of additional safety mechanisms in air to air combat training a change that will take several Days to implement. He said the forces require pilots to avoid flying near chemical plants and other Industrial Sites where a crash would pose unusually grave hazards. The divisions pilots May not Fly within 2 Xhu Miles of a nuclear Power Plant and Are discouraged from flying Over Large cities like Karlsruhe population 270,000. The two jets that crashed were Over the City because the Cloud cover elsewhere in the approved air corridor was too High Boyle said. Karlsruhe City spokesman Hermann Winkler acknowledged that the Canadian flights Are part of nato policy but said a failure to change nato policy could be disastrous. A a it a hard to imagine but we came within a hairs breadth of a catastrophe a Winkler said. News updates Ambo returns Stockholm Sweden a Oliver Tambo president of the african National Congress has left Sweden after a five month recuperation from a stroke officials said Friday. Tambo the longtime Anc Leader was incapacitated in a Stockholm clinic during the Swift changes which saw his organization legalized and his old Friend Nelson Mandela freed from prison. Tambo came to Stockholm Jan. 3 after treatment in London for a stroke he suffered late last year. He returned to London on  in court los Angeles apr actor Corey Feldman has pleaded innocent to two felony counts of Possession of drugs for Sale then announced he will enter a rehabilitation program. �?o1 would like to seek help for myself and i would like to help others a Feldman 18, said outside the court. In Defiance of Bush House panel votes 50% Cut in Aid to Al Salvador Washington apr the House foreign affairs committee defied president Bush on thursday voting to Cut in half . Military Aid to Al Salvador and to impose strict new conditions on the Money. On a voice vote the democratic dominated panel moved to Cut the $85 million a year that the United states provides to help Al Salvador a military. The action amended a Bill that would authorize spending of emergency Aid Bush wants this year for Nicaragua and Panama. Congressmen expressing the Bush administrations opposition to the move called it partisan and unwise giving legitimacy to leftist rebels. But supporters of the changes said the new conditions would encourage both the government and rebels to negotiate a peace agreement. It would be up to the president to decide whether the conditions have been met. If the rebels of the Faramundo Marti National liberation front continue to receive weapons shipments from outside the country thwart peace talks or mount a military offensive the governments military Aid would be restored. If the government fails to negotiate in Good Faith or adequately investigate last years murders of six jesuits it would lose the other half of its military Aid. Any military Aid that is Cut would not be lost entirely by the government but would be funnelled instead into humanitarian programs for the country. A there Are real consequences for either Side in the event they misbehave a said rep. Gerry Studds d-mass., who sponsored the amendment. It remained unclear whether the restrictions on Aid would Ever be finally enacted into Law. House democratic leaders planned to meet next week with Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii in an Effort to begin drafting a new bipartisan . Policy toward Al Salvador which could head off the restrictions. Police seeking dues to identity of suspect arrested for spying stepdaughter abuse brings go 40-year term Stuttgart West Germany a a 1st inf div fwd Soldier has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for sexually abusing his 9-year-old stepdaughter a division spokesman said Friday. The Soldier a specialist pleaded guilty wednesday to raping sodomizing Ana committing indecent acts with the girl on at least five occasions in january in the soldiers military quarters. The girls Mother reported the crimes to military police when she Learned about them in february judge it. Col Robert d. Newberry also sentenced the Soldier to a dishonourable discharge reduction to the lowest enlisted rank and forfeiture of All pay and allowances. The stars and stripes is withholding the soldiers name to protect the  the name of one of the new members of the sgt. Morales club was misspelled and two ranks were wrong in an article yesterday. Joining the honorary group were sgt. 1st class Edward r. Biggers of 598th trans co sgt. 1st class Armand j. Provencher of he co 60th Ord group and staff sgt. Robert j. Thurston of cob 70th trans in. Heidelberg West Germany a West German police Are looking for people who May have seen or been contacted by a spy suspect arrested last month. Baden Wiir Temberg police arrested a Man March 26 in Heidelberg who they say travelled around Europe trying to obtain information about . And nato arms reduction plans. They have been unable to establish his identity. The Man in his mid-30s, carried a forged passport and used the identity of or. Bjorn a a Tony Friis Baastad an austrian citizen for several years. He posed As a Salesman for a danish sportswear company and aggressively sought contacts with . Military personnel and University students German police said. The Man was especially Active in the West German cities of Heidelberg Mannheim Karlsruhe Munich co police photo Boom a a Tony Friis Baastad Logne Bonn Hamburg and Bremen. A police spokesman could not say Friday which country or countries the Man is believed to have been working for. Specifically the Baden Wii Ruem Berg attorney general a office and state criminal police Are looking for people who May be acquainted with the Man or who May have observed him during the past few years. The suspect gave out business cards with the name of a Cdr. Friis Baastad and was commonly known As a Tony. He is about 5 feet 11 inches tall with moderately prominent cheekbones. He often played Tennis at . And German clubs. Anyone with information about the suspect Are asked to Call the . Army Europe spy hot line at ets 489-6969 or civilian 0631-536-6969 or Contact the nearest military intelligence office. Authorities said All information will be kept confidential. Military vehicle collides with school bus Ansbach West Germany a amps a version of a Chevrolet Blazer crossed a military cargo vehicle collided with a the Center line of Highway 14 and col school bus carrying 30 american Chil lived with the oncoming bus. Dren wednesday in Katterbach. The bus was transporting about 30 a Vii corps Soldier broke his leg in students to Ansbach High school rain a a a a. The Accident but none of the children or Bow elementary school and the rain Rele ased to t Fri ten it. Alt three soldiers two other soldiers Riding in the military Bow kindergarten Annex in Ansbach. The Are assigned to the 45th Ord co in the vehicle was seriously Hurt. Bus Driver was not injured. Number Garea. _ the Utility cargo vehicle a military Twenty eight of the 30 children were authorities Are investigating. Taken to the Katterbach dispensary and released the same Day. Most were taken for observation. Only a few had bumps and bruises. Two soldiers Riding in the military vehicle were treated for minor injuries an