European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 4, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 a a the stars and stripes wednesday thursday july 4/5,1990 Raf Wethersfield England a amps a the Pentagon on tuesday deactivated the first of 12 overseas bases marked for closure earlier this year. Raf Wethersfield the Home of the 819th civil engr so will be turned Over to the British ministry of defense later this year said 3rd air Force spokesman capt. Raymond Martell. The ministry has no plans yet for the base which is near Braintree Essex 30 Miles North of  sales Wiesbaden West Germany a officials at the defense re utilization and marketing office have announced retail sales for Friday. The Hanau demo will have its monthly property Sale in building 636 at Gross Auh Cim Cavern. Items available include bicycles electronic equipment curtain panels dressers Kitchen cabinets sofas and chairs. Only dollars will be accepted and All sales Are final. The sate is open from 9 . To 10 . To . Identification card holders Only and from 10 . To noon to the general Public. All purchases must be removed following the Sale. Further information is available from the Hanau demo at ets 322-8281 or German civilian 06181-55614. The Sackenheim demo will hold a retail Sale from 9 . To 11 . In building 1040 at the Friedrich eld service Center. Only . Identification card holders May participate. Office and household furniture will be available and customers May pay in dollars or Marks. Items will be sold As  customers Are responsible for removing their property immediately after the Sale. Additional information is available from the demo at ets 380-6022 or German civilian 0621-473231.goldstar will replace incorrect voltage units Munich West Germany a amps a Gold Star co. Refrigerators and freezers sold at cafes Between March and May were equipped with the wrong voltage regulators according to an cafes statement. The appliances were sent with 100/220 Volt regulators instead of 110/220 Volt regulators. They will not operate efficiently on 110 volts an cafes spokeswoman said. If customers think they May have one of the refrigerators or freezers they should Contact the cafes store where it was purchased for further assistance. Gold Star co. Will Send technicians to replace the voltage units. Disbanding the unit will save the . Government about $12 million Over the next two years air Force officials said. The departure of 500 military and 18 . Civilians from the 819th Over the next two months will Mark the end of a Long american presence at the base. The Airfield was used by . Units during world War ii and later was the Home of the 20th tac fighter Wing now at Raf upper Heyford. Wethersfield is one of three american bases in Britain that will be ceasing operations under the plan announced m january by defense Secretary Dick Cheney some people at Raf Fairford in Southwest England have begun the exodus from that facility. Fairford which was used by 13 Kc-135 Strat Tanker refuelling aircraft from the european Tanker task Force will remain under . Control As a standby Airfield. The planes and some of the personnel Are being transferred to Raf Mildenhall. Raf Greenham common Home of Day fireworks helped troops and family members at the Canadian forces bases amps Dave did Tofor canadians in Lahr West Germany celebrate their National Holiday sunday. The 501st tac missile Wing is closings part of the intermediate Range nuclear Drees treaty. The treaty requires remo. Val of All ground launched cruise missiles at the base by june 1991. Tuesdays deactivation ceremony at Wethersfield wont be official until aug. 31. When most of the base population will be gone. A i wanted to hold the Cere Ninny while the majority of the members of the unit were still Here to allow them to participate a said col. John t. High the 819th commander. News updates Israel releases poet Haifa Israel Aan israeli Arab poet charged with identifying with a terrorist organization has been released from House arrest by a District court judge. Shafik Habib a 49-year-old acco Uii Tant known for his political poetry was placed under House arrest in mid june after police said his poems could incite violence. Publication of Habiby a poems was also banned. The move sparked protests by Arab legislators and the palestinian israeli writers Union. Asylum denied Helsinki Finland apr Finland announced monday that it has denied political Asylum to a 20-year-old soviet hijacking suspect who forced a Domestic flight to land a Helsinki. Sergeant gets heroism award for Rescue by Steve Taylor Munich Bureau a member of the army a special forces has received the soldiers medal for pulling a fellow service member from a smoke and flame filled apartment. Sgt. 1st class Gary Bedzyk received the medal at a ceremony monday at Flint Cavern in bad Tolz West Germany. The award is the army a highest peacetime Honor for heroism involving voluntary risk of life. The Rescue took place Early dec. 31, 1988, just 30 Days after Bedzyk arrived for duty with co a is in 10th special forces group. R he was awakened shortly before 4 . By the screams of his wife Nancy. Mrs. Bedzyk suffering from Jet tag since her recent arrival from the states was watching television when she saw the smoke from the apartment below. Dressed in Only a pair of jeans Bedzyk ran downstairs to the second floor apartment of sgt. 1st class John Mchugh and banged on the door. Bedzyk called out hoping to locate his Friend from the sound of his voice. He faintly heard a voice from the apartment. A fortunately the door was unlocked a Bedzyk said. Hugging the floor Bedzyk worked his Way through the apartment and found Mchugh a tying on the floor in front of the living room window Quot he said. The flames were growing engulfing the dining room and Kitchen. Heat and smoke were choking the men. Bedzyk said he grabbed Mchugh s arms and pulled him through the apartment and out the door. They collapsed momentarily gasping for breath. Bedzyk then helped Mchugh Down the Steps and out of the building. A witness sgt. 1st class Paul Ford later reported that despite the pleas of his wife Bedzyk returned to the stairwell which by then was filled with smoke. He tried to get to the third floor where people were trapped but the barefooted and Bare chested Bedzyk was driven Back by the thick smoke into the 28-degree night. Ford and Bedzyk then threw the residents a rope providing the Only Means of escape from the fire roaring from the second floor. The fire caused $200,000 damage gutting Mchugh s apartment and causing extensive smoke damage to the apartments above. Officials said the cause was unattended cooking. Bedzyk a 14-year Veteran from cold water mich., disdains the hero Label. A i was just reacting to a situation that in a trained to do a he said. The decision cannot be appealed the Interior ministry said in a statement. Justice ministry officials will now consider the soviet unions request for the extradition of Oleg Kozlov the statement said. Kozlov was detained by finnish authorities on june 19 after he allegedly threatened to blow up a twin Jet Tupoljev 134 jetliner with 59 other passengers and Crew members if it did not land outside the soviet  primary Lincoln neb. Api a an elections Board monday declared Ben Nelson the Winner of the democratic gubernatorial primary saying he had beaten the runner up by 42 votes in the closest such election in state history. The state Board of canvassers voted 4-0 to certify Nelsons Victory Over fellow Democrat Bill Hoppner. The vote Means Nelson an Omaha attorney will Challenge gov. Kay Orr in the november general election. Hoppner a former aide to sen. Bob Kerrey d-neb., had urged the certification of his rival saying he was still not satisfied with the Way the recount was conducted but believed Nelson had won. He said his party needed to get on with the Effort to defeat  Washington a Minnesota new York Vermont and Utah will hold primaries on sept. 11. The winners of these primaries will compete in the nov. 6 general elections. A completed Federal postcard application should be mailed Early to ensure timely receipt of a ballot officials said. Service members government employees and their family members who Are residents of these states should Contact their unit voting officers for details on How to Register and obtain Absentee  a Story in yesterdays editions incorrectly reported the rank and Home base for Paul Burnley. Burnley is a senior airman assigned to the 608th Aerial port so at Ramstein a West Germany