European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 19, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a a a the stars and stripes thursday july 19,1990 Jim swire arguing for tighter Security displays a mock pipe bomb used at London airports to test detection equipment. To since London up a relatives of victims of the 1988 Lockerbie air disaster charged tuesday that a Ray devices on the Market for nearly two decades could have detected the bomb that blew apart pan am flight 103, causing the deaths of 270 people. Jim swire whose 23-year-old daughter was aboard the flight also criticized the government s refusal to allow an Independent inquiry into the disaster which is believed to have been caused by palestinian extremists. Swire is the spokesman for the . Families flight 103 activist group and on May 18, he smuggled a Dummy bomb onto a plane at London a Heathrow Airport to demonstrate Security flaws. Derek Dempster a scientist who said he was an impartial figure who was requested to make an Independent test of a 540,000 bomb Detector machine showed reporters two wrapped items he had scanned and correctly opened the one which contained a Dummy bomb. He explained that the machine manufactured by British based electro magnetic systems used a rays to Analyse objects which were then compared to known objects stored in the devices computer memory. The two packages contained identical cassette recorders one of which had been stuff cd with Marzipan to simulate semtex the Czeceli slovakian made plastic explosive believed used in the bombing above the skies of the Small scottish town of Lockerbie. Beijing apr Beijing University a freshman class completed a year of training at an army base and was welcomed Back to Campus on tuesday by Happy parents and curious upperclassmen. The 728 students were the first freshmen at the University since last years mass pro democracy movement. Beijing University students helped Lead those protests which were crushed by the army. Hundreds perhaps thousands of people died when the army moved in on the Beijing demonstrators june 3-4, 1989. The freshmen were ordered to undergo a year of military training and political education at Shijiazhuang military Academy before starting their regular four year classes. They lived the lives of soldiers rising at 6 . For marches and drills on saluting shooting and throwing grenades. They attended political study classes where they read the works of Marx Lenin and Mao tse Tung and swire said British Airport authorities had failed to detect exactly the same package in his exercise to prove that Security lapses Are still Rife despite the dec. 21, 1988, disaster that killed All 259 occupants of the Boeing 747 and 11 other people on the ground. A technology capable of detecting this kind of device was already available in 1971,�?� said swire who said first generation medical cat scan devices worked on the same principle. He admitted a your chances of getting run Over crossing the Road Are much greater than the Chance of dying in a airline bombing but maintained that the government should devote More Money and attention to Security. A British transport department official said the government was aware of the Ems machine and its use of cat scan techniques for bomb detection but declared that a these things have to be assessed by a government  swire praised authorities for last week installing another machine a Thermal Neutron analysis Detector at London a second Airport Gatwick. A . Presidential commission studying the Lockerbie disaster criticized the new machine because it can Only detect quantities of plastic explosives larger than that used in the Lockerbie disaster. The . Government plans to proceed with a fatal Accident inquiry in Scotland on oct. I. Heard lectures about the error of last years protests. The class graduated from the Academy last saturday and will spend three Days on Campus for welcoming activities and orientation before going Home. Upperclassmen watched the new students with interest some with bemused expressions. A Law school senior keep shaking his head and repeating a a they re so Young. They look so  one Mother who waited More than an hour for the freshmen to arrive tuesday said she and other parents took turns making weekly visits to the army base about 170 Miles South of Beijing the capital. A we went to give them emotional support. They were really lonely out there a she said. As she spoke a caravan of buses carrying the students dressed in army uniforms rolled through the school Gate under a red Banner Reading a warmly Welcome the class of 1989 from the military  military Roundup aft a thunderbird plan performances in Europe Ramstein a West Germany a amps the . Air forces precision flying team the thunderbird will return to Europe this fall after a six year absence. Performances Are scheduled for the following dates sept. 2, Nas Kef Lavik Iceland sept. 7, Raf Alconbury England sept. 8, Dublin Ireland sept. 14, Raf upper Heyford England sept. 15, Raf Abingdon England sept. 18, Tunis Tunisia sept. 22-23, chevres a Belgium sept. 25, Rabat Morocco sept. 27, Lisbon Portugal and sept. 29, Raf Lakenheath England. Two of units in Europe win Security awards Ramstein a West Germany a two air Force squadrons in Europe Are among the to Security police units for 1989. The 513th Security police so at Raf Milden Hall England won in the medium size unit category. The 7501st munitions support so Secu qty police at Buchel a West Germany took honors in the Small size unit category. Vets others in Berlin in�?T61 invited to reunion Washington a military veterans who were stationed in Berlin on aug. 13, 1961, when the Berlin Wall went up Are organizing a reunion to celebrate its fall. The oct. 16 Celebration in Washington is open to service members who were assigned to Berlin at the time As Well As defense department civilians and family members. More information is available from Robert f. Sweeney at 9312 Kilby Glenn drive Vienna a. 22182. Navy construction unit repairs moroccan school Sidi Slimane Morocco a the . Naval Mobile construction in 3 is renovating an elementary school in Northern Morocco As part of a humanitarian assistance project. Repairs for the Sidi Shane elementary school about 60 Miles East of Rabat include construction of Lavatos facilities and a septic tank. Lighting and ceiling fans Are being installed in classrooms and window replacement structural repairs and painting Are also planned. The 46 a sea bees Are living in a tent City during the six week project which is expected to be completed by Early August. The school is attended by 400 children. Navy offers recruits 2-year-hitch program Washington Navy recruits can now sign up for two year hitches under a Short term recruiting program that began in june. The program allows new seamen firemen and airmen to serve two years on Active duty followed by six years in the inactive Reserve. Those completing the two year hitch will have the option of re enlisting for four More years of Active duty. Any Seaman opting to stay in the Navy will then receive formal skill training with a promotion upon the programs completion. Officials feel the Navy and new recruits will both Benefit from the new program. Under current budget restraints the Shorter terms of enlistment will allow the Navy to protect trained career personnel who want to stay in the Navy officials said. A everyone wins in a program like this a said vice . Mike Boorda the Navy a personnel chief. A the Navy gets Good sailors and the sailors get Shorter enlistments but still qualify for the . Bill so they can go to College if that is their plan. Quot and it they find they really Tike the Navy they have the Opportunity to ship Over and stay on Active duty.�?�. The two year program also gives the Navy increased flexibility to adjust manpower to future Force Levels Boorda said. A As of july 16, 769 recruits had signed up for the new program for 1990, while 50 have been recruited for 1991, officials said. Freshmen Back at Beijing University after a year of military training