European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 16, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes thursday August 16.1990 news updates Souter a income Washington apr supremo court nominee David Souter reported a net Worth of $627,010 on july 30, some $5,700 More than he was Worth six months earlier according to a financial statement released tuesday by the Senate judiciary committee. On dec 31, Soutch reported lie was Worth $621,252. The nominee said $191,000 of his assets were in autos and other personal property $235,500 in Accuri tics and $ 150,000 in real estate. The statement showed $24,118 in Cash on hand and $5,586 in Cash value life insurance. Brando a Bond oked Santa Monica Calif. Apr the Price for Christian Brando a immediate Freedom is his fathers $5 million Hilltop estate. Superior court judge David Perez on tuesday approved use of actor Marlon Brando s mansion As Cal lateral to secure the release of his jailed son who is accused of murdering his Sisters tahitian Boyfriend on May 16, the younger Brando was to be released wednesday. Christian Brando 32, is accused of shooting to death Dag Drollet 26, in an argument at the Brando family Manor. Cheyenne Brando the actors 20-year-old daughter was pregnant at the time with Drollett a son. Sex bulgarian Leader Sofia Bulgaria apr parliament voted wednesday to Force an appearance by Todor Zsivkov after the former communist Leader served notice he did not wish to address the legislature. Of the lawmakers present 220 favored the measure 39 were opposed and 33 abstained. The Resolution authorizes the formation of a parliamentary committee to draw up within three Days the Legal framework for such an appearance. Parliament now has no authority to summon anyone. Zsivkov a hard liner who was ousted last nov. 10, is under House arrest and being investigated for alleged abuses of Power. In a letter read in parliament on july 30, Zsivkov 78, said a i do not want to be a toy in the hands of any political group a auction Frankfurt West Germany a the american consulate general will conduct a special auction to Clear out excess furniture. The Public auction will take place in the parking lot of 19 Joachim Becher Strasse near the Frankfurt military shopping Center on sept. 15, the auction will begin at 8 30 a variety of residential and office furniture will be up for hid and All items will be sold Quot As payments must be in dollars and no checks will be accepted. Cush mers Are responsible for removing merchandise directly after the auction. Further information is available from the consulate s general services of ice at German civilian 069-75352360.correction an illustration yesterday incorrectly listed the la Salle As an aircraft Carrier. The vessel which serves As the flagship of the joint task Force Middle fast is a former amphibious transport Dock converted to what the Navy Calls a miscellaneous command ship. Go who vanished for 15 Days wants to by Dave Walczak staff writer the Soldier who disappeared for More than two weeks after paying $10,125 for a Mercedes that quit running three Days later said wednesday he Hopes to leave West Germany soon in an attempt to put the incident behind him. Spec. Anthony Barnhart who returned to his unit in Mannheim West Germany on july 6, is serving 45 Days of extra duty As punishment for his unauthorized absence. The extra duty was a result of an article 15 hearing on july 27. He was also demoted to the lowest enlisted rank but the demotion was suspended for 45 Days. Barnhart said the suspension Means that he will retain his current rank if he remains trouble free during that period. A i Feci a lot of anxiety a said Barnhart who is assigned to the 4th in 8th inf div at Coleman Barracks. A a it a really embarrassing. I never expected my personal life to become Public knowledge. I really need to get out of Germany. A Andy Warhol said that everyone is famous for 15 minutes. This is not the be w kind of Fame i was looking Barnhart has served More than five ears in the army. He said his tour in est Germany is not due to end until december 1992, hut he Hopes to be reassigned before then. L he said he is also trying to Cope with the departure of his wife Wendy who left West Germany late last month after he returned from 15 Days of roaming around Europe. A my wife went Back to the states and lives with her parents a he said. A she was upset. In a just kind of the barn arts problems started when they bought a 1972 Mercedes 350lc from chaplain capt Ricky d. Brock on May 29. After the car quit running an Engineer certified that it was unsafe to drive and estimated its value at a 10th of the $10,125 the couple had paid for it. Barnhart said in an affidavit taken before his disappearance that he did not Check out the Mercedes before he bought it because he trusted Brock. But when the car quit running Barnhart said Brock refused to discuss the matter. A sue me a the Soldier quoted the chaplain As saying. Barnhart said the car is parked at the Coleman Barracks motor Pool. Brock who was assigned to the 377th Armor in at Sullivan Barracks in Mannheim has not been available for comment. He left Europe for reassignment to fort Monmouth n.j., where he began attending the advanced chaplains course july 20. Brock has not returned any of a dozen phone Calls the stars and stripes has made to him in new Jersey. The barn arts have filed a lawsuit in West German court that seeks the return of their Money. Barnhart said the events Over the past two months a have just been a lot of frustrations. 1 feel stupid opening myself to something like this. In be seen the worst of what a Barnhart who shared an apartment with his wife in Blumenau West Germany before her departure now lives in the Barracks. A a i used bad judgment and i know that a a he said. A a it a hard being Here trying to get everything together. I sit in my room sometimes thinking about All this and try not to go not viewing nerve Johnston atoll apr a television Monitor showed the destruction of one of the worlds most loathed weapons a a rocket armed with deadly nerve agent being Cut by a machine and dumped into an incinerator. It was the 63rd m-55 rocket destroyed tuesday at this Remote outpost 800 Miles Southwest of Honolulu and the 1,104th incinerated since the Johnston atoll chemical agent disposal system or a cads Plant began tests june 30. A i came Here with a few doubts but i leave Here reinforced in my support for this facility a sen. Daniel Inouye Dha Waii said after seeing the process. He and several other visitors wore Gas masks and nerve Gas antidote syringes strapped to their sides. The $240 million facility was built to destroy 300,000 aging chemical weapons moved Here from Okinawa in 1971. Pending government approval and the outcome of a lawsuit filed by the environmental group Greenpeace Usa the facility also will incinerate 100,000 rounds being shipped from West Germany. Some Pacific leaders and environmental groups fear the facility is unsafe and could turn Johnston atoll into the nations a and perhaps the worlds a chemical munitions disposal site. To address those fears Inouye trav Clad to the Small Flat atoll on tuesday with congressional delegates Ben Blaz a Guam and eni Faleo Mavaega Damenian Samoa . Huntington Hardisty head of the . Pacific come and several reporters. An army spokesman said it was the first time reporters had been Given Access to the atolls chemical weapons facilities. Inouye chairman of the Senate defense appropriations subcommittee said he arranged the tour because a Lack of information about activities at Johnston atoll was causing unfounded concern. Inouye said he came away convinced the facility was Safe would not harm the environment and would not be used for weapons stored on the . Mainland. Quot my reaction is very Good a Blaz said. A i am absolutely convinced this facility is As Good As it can be to do the Job for which it is col. David Moss in charge of a cads told the visitors the facility is Safe. Quot we take All the precautions we possibly can. We do extensive monitoring. We be destroyed Over 1,100 rockets already without incident a Moss said. Similar plants arc planned for the Mainland where nearly All of the . Chemical weapons stockpile is kept. The Johnston atoll and european weapons amount to 6.6 percent of the . Chemical munitions Arsenal. A the disposal facility which resembles a factory or Power Plant covers several acres on the Coral atoll that is barely Large enough to accommodate its Airport. The facility is being tested in a 16-month trial run burning obsolete rockets containing the nerve agent go. Nerve weapons convoys beef up Security Miessau West Germany a amps nearly 100 extra personnel have joined the Security Force guarding . Chemical weapons convoys because of the International showdown with Iraq. The 92 extra West German Border patrol officers were added tuesday said Rudi Geil Interior minister for the state of Rheinland Pfalz. They joined a Force of 1,200 West German police German army and Border patrol officers who were Al ready monitoring the Convoy route. Geil said there had been no actual threat to the convoys which Are moving the chemical weapons from the Clausen army depot to the Railhead at Miessau. Wednesdays Convoy was the 15th since the operation began july 26. That is half of the projected number that the army says it needs to move the approximately 100,000 artillery shells with the nere agents vex and Sarin. Geil said the convoys Are going better than expected and in his opinion a if the others run As scheduled we May finish moving All the weapons a Day or two once All the weapons Are at Miessau they w ill be loaded onto trains and moved to the North sea port at no Denham. At the port the shells will be loaded onto two Navy ships and taken to Johnston Island in the Pacific Ocean for destruction. Undetected soldering ignited 2nd Blaze bad klss1ngf.n, West Germany to amps a a lire that destroyed the Daley Barracks Bowling Center started As a Small Kitchen Blaze that firefighters thought they had extinguished a Community spokesman said wednesday. Firefighters from communities in the bad Kissinger area believed they had put out the fire that started in a deep fat Fryer in the facility a snack bar about 5 . On aug. 7, George old said. The Center and its snack bar reopened about 6 30 . But the fire soldered in the Bowling alleys roof undetected Ohl said and flames broke out again about 9 30 . More than 200 firefighters including a unit from Munich that was training in a nearby town responded to the second Blaze. A an estimated $1.5 million in damage was done before the fire was finally extinguished about 7 . The next Day of said. The Bowling Center was destroyed and a gymnasium next to the building suffered smoke and water damage. The gym has been closed until its wooden door can be replaced. Community officials Are looking into alternative recreation facilities while the by m is repaired Ohl said. Quot our goal is to get it up As soon As possible. The Bowling Huey to take us
