European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 22, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 a a the stars and Stripe wednesday August 22, 1990 Oil Rig workers rescued after jumping into sea Copenhagen Denmark apr forty Jiing men. Jumped from a Drifting waterlogged Oil Rig into the Stormy North sea at Dawn tuesday and were rescued by danish ships Navy and Oil company spokesmen said. The men wore survival suits when they plunged in 46 Mph winds into heavy Waves. Lifeboats transferred them to two vessels bound for the Western danish port of Esbjerg. The danish Navy said no one was injured among the 46 norwegians one briton and two dutch citizens. Rescuers said the Rig had begun to Lake on water and was in danger of capsizing. The norwegian Rig named West Gamma and chartered by Phillips served As a floating hotel for Oil workers at North sea stations. It was being towed Between stations monday when the lowlife broke in a storm. Longtime Dodds employee Dies of cancer in California Rota Spain a a longtime educator with the department of defense dependents schools has died of cancer. Ellen e. Johns died july 30 in Paradise Calif. She was 49. Johns spent 13 years in the overseas school system starting in 1968 As a High school history teacher in Okinawa. She next taught at Kaiserslautern High school in West Germany. During a break in service from 1970 to 1977, Johns held a variety of positions including Camp fire National Field adviser in Kansas City mo., and As an educational administrator and drug and alcohol abuse Counselor in Italy. Her most recent position with Dodds was As a guidance Counselor at David Glasgow Farragut elementary school in Rota. She was a member of the american association of University women Phi Della Kappa the overseas federation of teachers and the Boston University alumnae association. Johns is survived by her husband. Carter and a daughter Alexis both of Rota Spain and by her parents Dorothy and Forrest Albertson of Paradise. Mannheim Soldier sentenced for attempted murder of girl Mannheim West Germany a a West German state court has sentenced a Mannheim Soldier to eight years in prison for the attempted murder of a 15-year-old girl sgt Francis l. Delongchamps assigned to the 97th signal in. Was sentenced Friday following a three Day trial. Delongchamps had pleaded innocent. According to court testimony Delongchamps tried to strangle the girl on the morning of nov. 4 by using a Cord wrapped in Black adhesive tape. He was wearing a mask at the time. A West German police apprehended him a month later when he was driving slowly through the Sandl Ioven Section of Mannheim the same area where the attack occurred. Police found a Cord adhesive tape and a mask in his car. According to a Mannheim Community spokeswoman. Delongchamps is being held at the . Military confinement facility in Mannheim pending an Appeal. Delongchamps 28, joined the army in 1980 and has been in Mannheim since 1985. Army names sergeant killed in motorcycle crash in Italy Vuk Enz Italy a the army on tuesday released the name of a Caserma Enderlc Soldier who was killed in a motorcycle Accident sunday. Sgt. Stephen Salem 2lj, a medical corpsman assigned to the 4s111 Field Hospital died after his motorcycle was struck by a car driven by an italian woman. His passenger. 1 Lena Lunea. 20, was also killed in the collision. Salem is survived by his Mother Elisabeth Dolmen of much. West Germany. Correction a headline m monday s paper referring to a memorial serv ice Lor a Serviceman killed in die persian Gulf inadvertently called him a Soldier. He was an airman. 2nd round of rims in Europe by Gary Pomeroy staff writer Frankfurt West Germany a the european division of the corps of engineers has asked the army for a second reduction in Force following projections that business will drop by More than $230 million in the coming fiscal year. Declining workload led the division to implement a Force reduction in May hoping to pare its payroll from 925 to 689. To Date 162 people have been notified that they will either have to Transfer accept a downgrade or lose their jobs. A corps spokesman said he did not know How Many people could be affected by a second Cut. The division completed $537 million of construction in fiscal 1989 but expects to Complete Only $478 million this year. And the likelihood of troop cuts in Europe has Cut work planned for fiscal 1991 to just $247 million. Even without a second reduction in Force wholesale goodbye parties Are in order for departing employees such As Abe Napenas. Napenas a 66-year-old civil Engineer received his notification in july and found a Job at Aberdeen proving ground in Maryland within two weeks. Napenas joined the corps in 1981 but left in 1984 fora three year stint at v corps Headquarters. There he noticed that military construction projections had been going Down. When he returned to the corps of engineers in 1987, he Felt that construction in Europe was about to reach its Peak. Thai Peak occurred in fiscal 1988, when the division employed 1,125 army civilians and local workers and completed $558 million in construction. A i envisioned a if would happen a Napenas said. Tomi Singer has been an Interior design technician with the corps for two years. She said that although she Singer Napenas has Felt a a real sense of loss a she cant imagine what its like for people who have been with the corps for Many years. Singer got a taste of it shortly after receiving her notification when she saw a Man in a nearby office with his head in his hands crying. A a there a a grieving process associated with this a she said. A i Hurt for two years. I can t imagine what its like for others a Singer whose husband is an army lieutenant colonel realizes she a one of the Lucky ones. A we Don t have to worry about bread and butter a she said although a it squashed my career for Napenas the Force reduction is simple proof that military construction cannot continue Quot and a there has got to be a Point in the future that All projects have been completed a he said. A you can to go on forever building. After a Job is completed you move engine explosion apparent cause off a 11 f crash near North sea by Dave Diehl . Bureau an Raf Lakenheath fighter bomber that crashed near the North sea in May apparently suffered an explosion and fire in one of. Its two engines according to an Accident report released tuesday. Capt. David e. Ratcliff the Pilot and 1st it. Brian w. Kirkwood weapons systems officer ejected safely from the Al 1 if about 30 seconds after hearing an explosion on the air plane the report said. Both crewmen from the 492nd tac fighter so were slightly injured in the May 2 Accident which destroyed the $39 million plane no one on the ground was Hurt although an empty House was damaged by debris from the crash. The plane was part of what the report called a "10-ship attack package Quot from the 48th tac fighter Wing that was competing in a bombing Competition. The two officers were acting As win men in a two plane formation that left Lakenheath about 11 22 . Before the 11 53 . Crash Ratcliff and Kirkwood had made five passes at a nearby bombing Range and a simulated bombing attack on Raf Sculthorpe about seven Miles Southwest of w Here the plane crashed. I Quot As the plane was rolling out the Crew heard and Felt a loud bang from the right aft Side of the aircraft Quot the report said. Engine indicators then showed that the planets no. 2 engine was no longer turning and several caution lights came on in the cockpit. The Crew of the other Al 11 saw fire coming from the engine and radioed to Ratcliff and Kirkwood to a turn left and gel out of the Jet a the report said. The plane was at about 3,000 feet and travelling about 435 Mph when Kirkwood pulled the ejection handle the report said. The enclosed Crew capsule came Down in a Field near the Village of Wiginton about four Miles South of the North sea coast. The report said that Ratcliff and Kirkwood were fully qualified to Fly the Mission and that they were in Quot Good spirits and eager to Fly Quot before they took Oil Ratcliff suffered spinal injuries and Kirkwood had cuts on his face from the ejection. Both Are still assigned to the 492nd and Are on flying status a base spokesman said tuesday. A the eight Page report which was put together by air Force officers is compiled in Case any Legal administrative or disciplinary actions result from the Accident. It did not state the specific cause of the crash. E. German party rejects unification pact East her i in him _ a and Berlin apr a rare Compromise on the Date of German Unity fell apart tuesday when East Germany s second largest party defied it s Leader rejected the pact. The left leaning social democrats refused to accent an agreement by the leaders of All political factions that the nation unite with West Germany on oct. 14. Richard Schroeder the head of the social demo Guitie Tael Ion m parliament had agreed to be proposal. He resigned from his Post after his Pam bulker accepting it. A i he social democrats instead said they Tor Unity to take place on sept. 15 because of the no Ion s co lapsing Economy. Parliament was scheduled to meet wednesday and possible would consider proposal. De s Christian democrats hold the it would push been 1 tin votes in parliament and Are in the Best position to the Date Lor the historic merger. They want Unity to coincide with the oct. 14 cations to create the five states that East Germany w become when the two nations merge. But East germans have increasingly demand Quick Umily so West Germany can directly take of political and economic chaos that worsens almost a in tie nation. De government a the first s chosen leadership in the country a history. In lot by a series of dismissals resignations Ai barges of incompetence in the past week. Social democrats who withdrew from de m i arc s Broad governing coalition on sunday in a most Pule Over unification met tuesday to reject tie oct. 14 Dale. Evening a and
