European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 26, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes tuesday june 26, 1990 romanian adoption ban continues Frankfurt West Germany a amps a a suspension on the adoption of romanian children by foreigners remains in effect the office of the Bucharest Consul general said monday. Ion Mazilu the romanian adoption representative said All files that have been submitted to the president s office will be returned to local authorities. This development does not mean that civilian employee Dies in motorcycle crash Raf Mildenhall. England a amps a a civilian employee with the 513th Supply so was killed saturday afternoon near Bury St. Edmunds when he lost control of a motorcycle. Reports from other motorists indicated that Charles Miller apparently lost control of the motorcycle around a curve on a Road near Wickhambrook South of Bury St. Edmunds a base spokesman said. Miller s wife tech. Sgt. Susan Miller was a passenger on the motorcycle. She suffered a broken Arm and was taken to the West Suffolk Hospital in buy St. Edmunds. Tech. Sgt. Miller who is the non commissioned officer in charge at the base Public affairs office was listed in satisfactory condition monday a Hospital spokeswoman said. British police Are investigating the Accident. Miller also is survived by his son Robert. Civilian engineers death called apparent suicide Worms West Germany a amps a a civilian with the army information systems engineering come Europe apparently committed suicide at a private club Friday evening the Worms military Community said monday. The victim an electrical Engineer died of massive head injuries caused by a single shot from a 9mm automatic handgun military investigators said. The woman a name is being withheld pending notification of relatives. West German police and criminal investigation come officials Are investigating the incident. Election �?T90 state cases already submitted have been refused Mazilu said. A the cases have merely been put on hold until future legislation is passed a Mazilu told the . Consulate general in Frankfurt. Legislation is expected to be enacted by parliament rather than by presidential decree As in the past Mazilu said. The . Consulate general said the romanian adoption representative had indicated previously that files submitted to president Ion Itescu before the june 11 cutoff Date still were under consideration. A this apparently is no longer the Case a a . Statement said. Thousands of children Many infected with the aids virus Are languishing in understaffed orphanages in Romania. Washington a Nevada a primary election will be sept. 4. Servic members government employees and their family members who Are residents of Nevada should Contact their unit voting officers for details on How to Register. Ballots will be available 45 Days before the election officials said. Looking like Botticelli a painting of the goddess of love without the sea Shella West German woman finds Relief from sundays heat in a fountains amps Ken George in downtown Mannheim. Warm weather that arrived at last Over the weekend found City folks flocking to campgrounds and the mountains. Military roundupu.s., Allied units receive awards for joint training Heidelberg West Germany a Allied and . Military units and individuals have received project partnership awards for their outstanding performance in joint training exercises. The . Units and their respective German partner units will receive awards today at Wiesbaden a. They Are Best company Battery troop or detachment co a. 498ih support in. 2nd army div fwd and 320th nac Schub Kompanik 74th . Army Field arty Dat 512th . Army Field arty group and 1 St troop a 4th so 7th Cav 3rd army div and 361 St Flie Gende ate stung he co 3rd in 66th Armor regt 2nd army div fwd and 322nd co a 165th military intelligence in 205th military intelligence brigade and 300th front Nach . Best battalion or equivalent level unit 4th in 12th Field arty 17th Field arty brigade and 250th Rakieten Arberie Bataillon 3rd in 60th air defense arty 69th air defense arty brigade and 34th 16th engr in 1st army div and 4tn Pioneer Bataillon 3rd so 11th army Cav regt and 52nd 55th 5th and 130th pan Zeringer Kompanik 4th in. 67th Armor regt 3rd army div and 143th pan Zer Bataillon. Best regiment or brigade 2nd army div fwd and 32nd . News updates Ceausescu gets 15 Bucharest Romania not a a military court Here has convicted the brother of the country a former dictator of incitement to genocide and attempted aggravated murder. Nicolae Andrita Ceausescu 66, a for. Mer lieutenant general in the ministry of internal affairs and head of the training school for romanians former secret pm lice was sentenced to 15 years in prison for acts connected with the former gov Emmentt a attempts to crush the revolt. Tion last december. More than 1,000 people died in the attempted crackdown Ceausescu was charged with having killed seven people on dec. 21 and could have received a maximum sentence of life imprisonment. Romania abolished the death penalty earlier this year after former president Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife Elena were executed on dec. 25. A coca cola concedes Bordeaux France apr hundreds of Bordeaux restaurant owners have called off a three month Boycott of coca cola after the soft drink company agreed to withdraw Street Side vending machines. About 500 establishments in Frances fifth biggest City joined the Boycott contending that the sidewalk vending machines posed unfair Competition. Bottles from the machines Cost 5 francs 90 cents one half to one third the Price charged at cafes. Coca cola executives argued that they were trying to spread the popularity of Coke not steal customers away from cafes but at a meeting with leaders of the restaurant Industry the company agreed to Stop deploying Street Side vending machines in Bordeaux and to withdraw the existing machines within two months. The restaurant and cafe owners reiterated their acceptance of vending machines placed inside business premises. Ferry fire settlement Oslo Norway apr a norwegian insurance company has offered up to $277,000 per family compensation to survivors of 158 victims of the scandinavian Star ferry fire. The settlement to the families and to some 300 survivors exceeded the company Slegal obligation and Espen Kom Naes the families attorney said he was Happy with the agreement the assurances opening Skuld insurance company set the condition that 90 percent of those eligible must accept the offer by sept. 1, reported the norwegian news Agency Nib. Those who lost a spouse and child were offered up to 1.8 million Kroner $277,000more than double the 50,000 Kroner $131,000 liability set by norwegian maritime Law. Best division 3rd army div and 5th Panzer division. Best single training event howitzer Btry 3rd so 11th army Cav regt and 55th . Ion. Outstanding service members capt Richard Hook he co. 130th eng brigade capt. Lou Cunningham 204th military intelligence in 66th military intelligence brigade Hauptfeld we Bel sgt. Maj Rudi Kruse 32nd Oberste utlant it. Col Jens Jansen 220ih . Outstanding German Community Baum Rokjer and the Baum older military Community binding in and the Budinger military Community. Blanchard award for Mutual support and interoperability 108th military intelligence in 8th inf div and 2nd . . Units and their respective Allied units that received their awards thursday in Augsburg West Germany included Best company Battery troop or detachment 12th . Army Field arty det 559th . Army arty group and Gruppo missile Voi Tumo Comando Italy. Best battalion or equivalent level unit 1st in 27th Field arty 41st Field arty brigade and 12th regiment d Artille Rie France. Best single training event 6th in. 6th kit regt 1st army div and Al Iii Campania Del Iii Balai Ion Del regt into de inf Anteria Aero transportable Principe no. 3 Spain. Best joint training exercise 3rd in. 32nd inf regt airborne battalion combat team and Al Comando 4 corp Darmata Alipino Italy. New commissary opens for Karlstedt Community Karlstedt West Germany a a $7.9 million commissary opened last week at Clay Cavern. The new facility will serve More than 6,000 people in the Karlstedt military Community and support four tiny satellite stores at Remote Sites in Northern West Germany. The Cavern is Home to the 4,400 soldiers of the 2nd army div fwd. F the Karlstedt commissary will employ 64 people of whom 28 will be new hires said Denise Gomes a spokeswoman for the . Army troop support Agency european commissary Region. The new commissary Isa vast improvement for the Community which formerly had a tiny facility in osterholz so Armby k. The new store has 14,000 Square feet of sales area and a 23,400-Squarfr foot warehouse. The old store had a fourth of the sates area and Only 472 Square feet of warehouse space. Fifteen Job positions were transferred from the Bremerhaven commissary along with the 21 positions at the old store Gomes said. The positions were transferred because the Bremerhaven store no longer Nas the Remote site support Mission she said. I i
