European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 18, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 a a a the stars and stripes wednesday july 18,1890 surplus sales Wiesbaden West Germany a defense re utilization and marketing office officials will hold an auction in filth and a retail Sale in Hanau this week the Hanau auction will be held at 9 . Thursday in building 636 on Gross nauheim Cavern. Bidder registration starts at 8 . The Public is invited but All trans Egisto. Uhlric actions must be made in dollars items available include ski equipment watches electronic office equipment televisions tires tents folding cots boxes of clothing. Photographic equipment radio equipment and tool boxes. Also up for bid will be pickup trucks air compressors arid Fork lifts. The it Orth office will hold a retail Sale from 9 . To noon Friday in building 946 on Johnson Barracks. Only . Identification card holders May attend. Items will be sold a was is and All sales Are final. Items available includes books wooden furniture and general merchandise. Prices will be marked in dollars and no checks will be accepted. By Peggy Davidson Kaiserslautern Bureau Miessau West Germany a the army has Given the Green Light to the use of an autobahn that is still under construction As a possible route for the transport of chemical weapons this 62 is the shortest route available to the army when its trucks begin moving 100,000 artillery shells filled with deadly nerve agents from the Clausen army depot to a Railhead at Miessau. During the 25-mile trip the weapons would use autobahn 62 and then autobahn 6. Another Likely autobahn route is a 37-mile stretch using autobahn 8 toward Wei Bricken then autobahn 6 to Miessau. Citing Security considerations officials will not announce the exact routes and times of the transport. A each Day the West German police will determine the route to be taken a said Brig. Gen Dennis l. Bench Oft commander of the 59th Ord brigade which control s the weapons. Autobahn 62 also has the advantage of being located entirely within the state of Rheinland Pfalz eliminating the need to traverse another state an army spokesman said tuesday. Citizens in neighbouring Saarland have expressed concern Over the weapons travelling in their state. Army officials initially doubted whether autobahn 62 could be used for the first leg of the journey because an eight mile stretch of the Road remains incomplete. Although there is a solid roadbed in place on one Side of the unfinished Highway the top layer of Asphalt has not been Laid and there Are no guardrails or solid shoulders along the Road. In a test run tuesday morning an Rainy Convoy was delayed by an Auto Accident Between the towns of Ruppert Weiler and Mai Schweiler. Once the route was cleared of the mishap and the Convoy prepared to depart one of the trucks Start and had to be replaced causing a second delay. Otherwise the Convoy proceeded without a hitch officials said including travel Over the unfinished part of autobahn 62. A from the american Point of View the route was excellent Quot Benchoff said. A while the time it took was longer than planned it was done spokesmen said autobahn 62, in addition to being a Shorter route was Good because it bypasses both Kaiserslautern and Lan Stuhl and does not require traffic to be stopped. Currently the chemical shells containing Sann and vex Are being packed in steel containers and loaded into army army vans. From Miessau the weapons Are to travel by train to the North sea port of no Denham and then head by ship to Johnston Island 700 Miles Southwest of Hawaii. I charged in he. Fra orders makers of fish Oil pills at Neu Ulm Exchange to Stop health claims on cholesterol Neu Ulm West Germany a the army has charged a 194th my co Soldier in connection with a May 25 break in at the Wiley Barracks Post Exchange. The Soldier arrested Friday is assigned in Neu Ulm. A Community spokeswoman said. She refused to release the soldiers name. The Soldier allegedly entered the building through an air Shaft and stole Ceramic figurines jewelry clothing and stereo equipment valued at $10,000. Most of the goods were later recovered in the Soldier s quarters. Some of the items Are believed to be in the mail to the United states but investigators have made arrangements to recover them there the spokeswoman said. News update manhole Man los Angeles apr in the West coast s curious crime response to new York City a Blowgun toting Dartman los Angeles has the manhole Man. Less violent but no less offbeat than the Manhattan Dart Blower an unknown culprit has lifted 150 manhole covers in the last week officials have said. Manhole Man has created gaping traffic hazards around town and it wifi Cost $14,598 to replace the hoisted Hole covers said do win Biagi City Bureau of sanitation director. The motive for stealing the 100-Pound hunks of Metal is known Only to manhole Man he said. Washington apr the food and drug administration has told about 60 manufacturers of fish Oil capsules to Stop claiming their products help lower cholesterol and the Chance of heart attacks. After consulting experts at the National institutes of health the Agency sent letters to the companies telling them a that although there have been some studies that fish Oil at some level might be useful for cholesterol lowering for these amounts in typical capsule use there Wasny to sufficient evidence for them to make these claims a Fra spokesman Bill Grigg said monday the action arose out of an earlier Fra warning to Stop claiming that the capsules were Good for arthritis and other disorders. The companies agreed but argued that the cardiovascular benefits were established enough to justify the claim. It was that argument that the Agency a s now rejected Grigg said. Several studies in recent years have suggested that fish oils containing a component called Omega-3, such As those from Mackerel and herring can lower blood pressure and cholesterol reduce damage from inflammatory processes such As arthritis and lower the chances of other problems such As diabetes and heart attacks. Already the Fra and others agree that a there Are studies that show fish diets May be helpful a Grigg said. A we said its quite conceivable that further research May justify an assertion of the capsules health benefits Grigg said. But such results Are several months Down the Road a if not More a he added. The assertion of a health Benefit makes the fish Oil capsules qualify As drugs. The manufacturers can continue Selling their capsules As foods without health claims if they can convince the Agency that the products have been used As foods in the past and Are a Gen. Really recognized As Safe a the spokesman said. This might be easily done for some because Quot for cod liver Oil and some of the others there is a Good record a Grigg said. Cod liver Oil forced Down the throats of millions of protesting Young children for decades because of its Vitamin d Content is not one of the oils High in Omega-3. 600 tons of . Beef arrives this week we Brocken West Germany a amps a More than 600 tons of american beef will be delivered to army and air Force commissaries in West Germany Belgium the Netherlands and the United kingdom this week. The meat will be in All the stores by the close of business wednesday the . Army troop support Agency in Europe announced monday. The shipments Are the first full delivery of . Beef after a test shipment to 11 stores earlier this with this delivery . Beef is being shipped to 72 commissaries in Europe every week said Denise Gomes a commissary spokeswoman. Because commissaries must sell remaining european beef in Stock before putting the . Beef on Sale customers May not see the american variety on the shelf the same Day that its delivered to a particular store Gomes said. The Only commissary that will not i its . Beef this week is the army Stoi in Hanau West Germany. That a b cause a refrigeration unit on the Bee Laden Van destined for Hanau Mal Funi honed in the United states and its coi tents were undeliverable Gomes said. Hanau a 33,000-Pound weekly n qui rement for beef will be filled wit local purchases until the next Shiumei of american beef purr act ending cauliflower comes Home by Ron Jensen. Staff writer cauliflower the cat and Kathleen Slater the sergeant Are together again after nearly a month apart. And their reunion was possible because of a German computer science student who loves cats. Michael Sanders found cauliflower a White cat with one Blue Eye and one Green one wandering near his Home near Stuttgart 2 a weeks ago. On the cats Collar was the Telephone number of an animal clinic in Leesville la. Sanders called and was told the owners name was Kathleen Slater an army sergeant assigned in West Germany who had recently had the cat sent to her. A they give me any address a Sanders said tuesday. So the resident of Nii Tingen called several military numbers in the area including a military police station but received no help. He next called the . Embassy in Bonn which also could not help. Sanders finally called the stars and stripes where an editor was Able to track Down Slater at her assignment with the 159th aviation regt in Neilinger. Sanders delivered cauliflower to his owner on monday. A i was shocked a said Slater who had been looking for the cat every Day since it disappeared. A i searched All Over. The cat had walked 20 Kilometres. I done to know How he got so far cauliflower had been in West Germany for Only a month when he disappeared. Fortunately for him and Slater he was found by a cat fancier. A i love cats a Sanders said. A we had a cat that just died a year ago. It was very so he understood How Slater must have Felt about losing cauliflower. A i can to believe All the trouble they went to to return my cat to me a Slater said of Sanders and his family. Cauliflower is in for a wardrobe change now that he is Back Home. A i Haven to had time to make a new tag with my German address on it a Slater said. A a in a going to do
