European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 24, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 a a a the stars and stripes thursday May 24,1990 military Roundup warrant officers to meet discuss career issues Heidelberg West Germany a amps a warrant officers from throughout Europe will meet in Heidelberg next month to discuss career issues. The european Region warrant officers association convention will be held june 18 to 22 at the Heidelberg officers and civilians club in Patrick Henry Village. The Agenda includes discussion of the warrant officer management act currently pending before Congress said chief warrant officer 3 David Adams president of the associations european Region. The Bill would implement a single track promotion system for warrant officers establish a chief warrant officer 5 Grade and create a selective Early retirement Board like those for officers. On june 19, col. Michael Mosley chief of the warrant officer division of the total army personnel come will discuss personnel issues. Maj. Gen. John c. Heldstab Usa eur Deputy chief of staff for operations also is scheduled to speak. The convention is open to All Active duty retired Reserve National guard and former warrant officers. There is no fee for the convention and lunches will be on a pay As you go basis. More information or assistance with hotel reservations can be obtained by calling chief warrant officer 2 Joe Logan at ets 320-5955 or 5953, or commercial 069-151-5955 or 5953.tempelhof Airport plans event filled open House berlins amps a a Snake charmer belly dancers skydivers and bands highlight the entertainment planned for the open House at berlins Tempelhof Central Airport on saturday and sunday. An East German Folk dance group will perform along with the Berlin police trampoline team Drill teams from the Berlin brigade and Berlin american High school. Jazz Rock country and military bands Are also scheduled to perform. Skydiving demonstrations Are planned b . Air Force and army teams and the Britis Royal marines. Admission is free but the nearly 100 food vendors will accept Only German Marks. Visitors should arrange for accommodations before travelling to Berlin. According to the Berlin tourist office most hotels and pensions in the City Are booked into unit honoured by transportation group Mannheim West Germany a the 260th trans det has been named the 1989 army transportation unit of the year in the detachment cat ego 17 by the National defense transportation association. The unit stationed at co Leman Barracks is part of the 28th trans in and the 37th trans come. The soldiers of the 260th were cited for several innovations that reduced the amount of time Drivers spent processing cargo. The units primary missions Are to track and document cargo movement throughout Central Europe and provide control and accountability for the 37th trans Comdr a trailer Fleet including repair and servicing of the vehicles. 3 a drawing of the proposed coliseum shows the Bridge that would connect Tokyo with the stadium in Tokyo Bay. $1 billion stadium proposed for construction in Tokyo Bay Tokyo apr a japanese construction company has proposed a 48,000-Square-Yard stadium to be built partly underground and underwater in Tokyo Bay. Kajima Marine coliseum with a projected Cost of $ 1 billion would hold up to 50,000 people and Fields for soccer american football or baseball or 16 Tennis courts said company spokeswoman Akiko Oda. Plans also Call for a Marina and a sea terminal. The stadium would have five stories underground for parking offices stores and restaurants she said. It also would provide electrical generation and waste disposal for the stadium and onshore areas. The basement would extend 132 feet into the soft ground under the Bay to rest on solid Rock enabling the stadium to withstand earthquakes and typhoons said Oda. A a it a a very big project so we want to work with a City or prefecture state a she said. A a it a a new idea so the Laws May have to be changed to make the playing Field and part of the seating Section would be below sea level and a dome would cover the entire stadium. It would be built Between 100 and 200 Yards from the Shore with a connecting Bridge. The foundation costing $333 million could be built in 2 v2 years with caissons a massive Concrete boxes built on land towed to sea and sunk Down to the Rock in a ring pattern. The basement would be built inside the ring after the water and soft soil Are removed. The coliseum is among several futuristic ideas proposed for Tokyo Bay to alleviate crowding onshore. They include the acropolis a 500-Story, 6,669-foot skyscraper proposed by Obayashi corp., for a Small Island in the Bay. Police wipe their hands of wallabies Kaat Heuvel Netherlands apr police this week called off a two month search for two wallabies that have been running wild on the outskirts of this dutch town for two months. A it can to do any harm to let them live up in the dunes a Deputy commander j. N. Boer of the National police told the associated press tuesday after abandoning the search. A besides we have better things to the wallabies Are smaller relatives of the Kangaroo and Are also native to Australia. They were the pets of a local resident until they hopped his Back Fence and sought Refuge in 40 acres of dunes. Police were concerned that the uncommon sight of two 20-Inch wallabies hopping Down the local Highway might cause a traffic Accident and even launched a helicopter sweep to ferret out the marsupials. The wallabies eluded the Law but showed up in town anyway. A last thursday i was called to a House on the Edge of a Meadow where a Kangaroo was unassuming by eating grass in the Back Yard a veterinarian Erik Van Der Kamp said. Attempts to Tranquiline the animals with Dart guns have so far been impossible because the animals draw crowds of local children whenever they appear. Police said the owner has refused to cooperate in capture attempts. Repeated Telephone Calls to his Home were not answered. There a no Law against letting your pet kangaroos roam free but he will be responsible for whatever might happen a said Boer. They re not very Handy As House pets because they need a lot of room to Graze a said Van Der Kamp. A and they escape very easily because they can sex East German official accused of misusing funds Berlin apr East Germany on Maiziere Nnami Pri tin Hie la of Rollf an Berlin apr East Germany on tuesday accused a former top communist of squandering government Money on costly Homes the first formal criminal charges brought against a member of the old regime. Werner Krolikowski 61, who was a member of the party a ruling politburo and a Deputy prime minister was charged with abuse of Trust a spokesman said. The charge carries a penalty of up to five years in jail. Meanwhile a top official in the government of prime minister Lothar de Maiziere appeared on his Way out on tuesday after a growing chorus of lawmakers said he was failing to purge the police network of its dark past. Interior minister Peter Michael Dies Tel has come under fire for trying to bring in a former top communist spymaster As an adviser and for failing to fully dismantle the old Security system of the former communist government. On tuesday his own political party demanded his resignation. Krolikowski has been under House arrest since authorities Early this year began investigating abuses of the former regime. Peter Przbylski spokesman for the Federal prosecutors office said Krolikowski is to be tried in an East Berlin City court. No trial Date was set. The former member of the ruling elite is accused of using his powerful position to build Homes with swimming pools for his son. Przbylski said the properties in excess of the equivalent of 3>6uu,. Although he is the first former top official to be charged with a crime he also May be the last. Several members of the aging old guard Are not expected to see the inside of a courtroom. Former communist party Leader Erich Honecker and several other officials ousted in last october a pro democracy revolt were under investigation for abuse of Power corruption and other charges but Many of the charges have been dropped. Honecker 88, is in a soviet Sanitorium in East Germany and reportedly quite ill. # Diestel meanwhile has come under increased fire for what critics say is his unwillingness to remove vestiges of the by. Stalinist regime from his ministry which is m charge of the police
