European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 5, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday june 5, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 9 array spec. Roland t f filiault array spec spec. Jason Stanley watches 1st it. Andrew Mahoney throw a grenade and pfc. Daniel Armendariz climbing and pfc. Douglas Vose tackle an obstacle course . Team wins Boeselager Competition by Steve Davis Ebern West Germany a an american team from the 1st so 11th army Cav regt in Fulda West Germany won the 11-nation 1990 Boeselager cup Competition edging out Turkey and Denmark. The five Day Competition hosted this year by the German army a 12th  in tested the reconnaissance skill physical performance and Esprit de corps of nato armoured reconnaissance units. It concluded Friday. Allied units competed against each other while 10 German units squared off in a separate Competition. American teams have won in the Allied category for the past three competitions two of which were won by units from the 11th army Cav regt. During Boeselager nato teams competed in skilled driving combat swimming marksmanship an obstacle course mounted reconnaissance threat identification Aerial reconnaissance and night orienteering. The 11th car team got off to a solid Start by taking second in skilled driving. The Crew mane Vered a Bradley fighting vehicle around or through 12 obstacles. The team did slower than expected during the combat swim placing fourth. It rebounded a bit during the marksmanship Competition placing second. After five of the eight events the Blackhorse regiments squad was in a tossup contest. But their serious mood turned to jubilation As the team placed first in threat identification. Encouraged by about 120 fellow soldiers waving Blackhorse and . Flags the 11th army Cav regt team entered into mounted reconnaissance and night orienteering the most heavily weighted events. They placed fourth in mounted reconnaissance but won in night orientation and that enabled them to ease into first with 3,140 Overall Points. Members of the 1990 Boeselager cup Champion team were team Captain maj. Robert Soeldner platoon Leader 1st it. Andrew Mahoney staff sgt. Michael Tucker spec. Jason Stanley spec. Robert Buck spec. Jesse Obrigewitch pfc. Daniel Armendariz pfc. Peter Secondo pfc. Daniel Massaviol pfc. Douglas Vose and pfc. Michael Peavyhouse. Sgt. 1st class Davis is chief of command information for v corps 2 sex Exchange managers Appeal convictions Kaiserslautern West Germany a amps a two former Exchange service managers have appealed their convictions on sex related charges involving another cafes employee according to their lawyers. Larry b. Elbom 50, the Kaiserslautern area Exchange manager until his retirement in april was ordered May 17 in a West German court to donate $3,725 to Charity. He also received a suspended one year prison term and two years probation for his conviction on rape and sexual abuse charges. A Elbom a lawyer Winfried Rohden said his american client appealed to Federal court the same Day. A we consider the judgment intolerable a Rohden said. Peter Cappleman also 50, received a lesser sentence for his conviction on a sexual abuse charge stemming from the same Case. His lawyer said Cappleman a British citizen also has appealed. Cappleman the Vogel Weh Branch sales and merchandising manager was ordered to donate $1,860 to Charity. He also received an eight month suspended prison term and two years probation. The offences occurred april 12, 1989, at a Farewell party for another cafes manager. The victim who was raped once and forced to have Oral sex twice was an cafes Saleswoman married to a . Soldier. The two defendants acknowledged having had sex with the woman but denied having forced her to take part. The victim now 24 and living in the United states said she did not sign out from work at the Vogel Weh Exchange before attending the party where the of lenses took place. She said her supervisor who invited her to the party and took her there told her to a stay on the  an cafes spokesman air Force master sgt. Dayton Strickland confirmed that the victim was still on the clock when the incident happened. After learning of the sentences and pending Appeal the victim said she was disappointed with the lenient punishments and not surprised that an Appeal had been filed. A but in a not worried a she said. A i feel confident its not going to go  in . Commissaries Safe officials say by Dave Diehl . Bureau although British beef has been banned in France and West Germany because of the so called a mad cow disease a beef sold in base commissaries in the United kingdom is Safe to eat according to a military medical official. A a we re monitoring it we re watching what a going on a said army veterinarian maj. Raymond Hines the head of the . And Ireland division of the 7th medical Comdr a european veterinary detachment. About half of the beef sold in commissaries in the United kingdom As Well As at Oslo Norway and Lajes Field in the azores is British Hines said. The other half comes from Ireland where the disease is not a problem. British beef has come under scrutiny recently be cause of attention drawn to Bovine sponge foot encephalopathy or mad cow disease which hits the animals nervous system. The affliction is thought to be transferred to cattle from diseased sheep remains used in their feed. Some 14,000 animals in Britain have been found to have the disease since 1985, a British ministry of agriculture spokesman said. Fears about the disease have entered on the possibility that it could be transmitted to humans through eating the meat. So far no such link has been made. A the risk to human health is Remote a the ministry spokesman said. As a precaution some parts of the animals should not be eaten including anything in the Heads or the spinal cords of the animals according to Hines and the ministry of agriculture spokesman. The disease tends to affect older animals. Hines said the beef sold in commissaries comes from cattle that arc slaughtered at a relatively Young age. Military veterinary inspectors Check All beef sold in the commissaries before and after Slaughter Hines said. A if there is any is any suspicion about it being healthy or not we done to buy it a Hines said. Last week France and West Germany joined Austria and the soviet Union in Banning imports of the beef. The British government is seeking european Community help on the French and West German ban saying that they Are violating rules of the dec of which All three Are members. The British government claims that those two countries Are not worried about the disease but about protecting their own troubled beef markets