European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 30, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday. August 30, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 9 a surplus sates Wiesbaden West Germany a the defense re utilization and marketing office will hold an aug lion today in Meckenheim and a Sale Friday at Mainz Kastel the Meckenheim auction will begin at 9 30 . In building 1040 in the Fric Richfeld service Center. Bidders May use dollars or Marks and have eight working Days to pick up their purchases. Bidder registration begins at 7 30 . The featured item is a full shipment of unclaimed household goods which includes a China Fig due collection Grandfather clock bar television videocassette recorder and toys. Furniture includes Complete bedroom and living room sets. Other merchandise includes books car stereo speakers Home stereo equipment office furniture and an office intercom system. The Mainz Kastel retail Sale will run from 9 to 11 . Friday in building 41 merchandise includes wooden desks nightstands chairs dressers stereo items sleeping bags blankets and military clothing. Only us. Identification card holders May attend and transactions May be in dollars or Marks. All sales Are final and customers have until 2 . The Day of the Sale to remove their purchases. School Counselor in England Dies Raf Alconbury England a amps a a guidance Counselor at Upwood elementary school died recently of heart failure. Matthew a. Moore died aug. 21 at his Home in the town of St. Ives in Eastern England. He was 57. Moore began his career in 1956 As a teacher in Massachusetts he joined the military overseas school system in 1960 at Kaiserslautern High school and eventually taught at seven other schools in West Germany. In 1971, he transferred to the Alconbury elementary school in the system s Atlantic Region. Moore had been at Upwood elementary school since 1987. He is survived by his wife Sheila and three daughters Jennifer Bronwen and Michelle All of California. Donations in Moore a memory May be sent to the outreach program management team fund family advocacy program 10th tac fighter Wing clinic Apo 09238. Army identifies Accident victim ludwigs Burg West Germany a the army on wednesday released the name of a Soldier who died aug. 22 after being injured four Days earlier in a late night incident on Railroad tracks in ludwigs Burg. The victim was pvt 2 Joseph r. Finn 20, a communications specialist assigned to co of 51st inf 5llth military intelligence in. A memorial service for finn was held Friday at Coffey Barracks in ludwigs Burg a suburb of Stuttgart. Ludwigs Burg police spokesman Ewald anger said that evidence strongly suggests that a passing train struck and injured finn and that the collision was an Accident. Correction an article yesterday on possible Usa eur budget cuts incorrectly stated in a second reference that the fiscal 1991 budget would be $3,88 million. The Correct figure is $3.88 billion. Pact on Low level flying leaves activists Callina for stricter limits by Helge Thiele a Sui writer opponents of Ipp level flying said wednesday that a decision by the United states and West Germany to end military flights below 1,000 feet did not go far enough. To press their Point they said they still planned to launch More than 300 balloons saturday in protest of the loud military exercises a of course the announcement is something positive. We consider that As a step into the right direction Quot said to chem Saal a spokesman for the committee organizing the protest. A but we should not forget that just West Germany and the . Agreed on that ban. Nobody is talking about the other nato nations doing Low level flying in West Germany we have to wait and see what they do. Werner May the head of the Federal coordination office for opponents of military Low level flying also was dissatisfied with the change announced monday by the West German defense ministry. A the announced ban is definitely not enough Quot May said a the argument that military Low level flying has to be trained in the area which is supposed to be defended is not valid anymore. Quot we Are curious to see How the military will try to explain the 1,000-foot limit to us. Why done to they Fly 5,000 feet above the ground Why do they still Fly at All Quot the balloons will be lofted saturday along the Bergstrasser a Road that runs Between Darmstadt and Heidelberg said Joe Hen Frankc another spokesman for a breaking new ground artist Edwins a amp nays the grand Berlin Wall it was reassembled tues daughter of Winston Churchill shows Day at the ism gallery in new York off her newest work of Art a break the piece will be on exhibit through  created from pieces of the sept 20. A the committee. Anti War demonstrations Are traditionally held in West Germany on the first Day in september. A the balloons which have a diameter of almost 5 feet will be lofted nearly 330 feet above the ground Quot Franke said Quot they Are supposed to stay up there one whole  on sunday a rally against Low Weyel flying Sill be Neld in Zwingenberg one of the oldest towns in the area a deputies of the West German Federal parliament will make speeches As Well As town mayors and representatives of the committee Quot Franke said. Quot communities Between Darmstadt and Heidelberg have to Bear a very heavy Burden due to military Low level flying he said. The committees members include peace groups youth organizations and political parties such As the social democrats and the greens. Trade deficit hit 6-year Low in 2nd Quarter Washington apr a the . Trade deficit narrowed dramatically to $22.58 billion from april through june the lowest part erty imbalance in More than six years e government reported tuesday. However analysts were Quick to note that the deficit Nad been pushed lower primarily by falling Oil prices a situation that has been reversed by the aug. 2 in Vasio Nof Kuwait by Iraq. The Commerce department said the 14.1 percent improvement from a first Quarter deficit of $26,28 billion reflected lower Petroleum imports and a record level of . Export sales. For the second Quarter . Exports totalled an All time High of $96.74 billion up 0.5 percent from the previous record of $96.26 billion set in the first Quarter. The Bush administration is counting on continued Strong Export sales to provide the momentum needed to keep the country out of a recession a Prospect that has grown More Uncertain with the economic shocks coming from the turmoil in the Middle East. . Imports fell 2.6 percent in the second Quarter to $119.32 billion an improvement of $3.2 billion. The $22.58 billion Trade deficit the difference Between imports and exports was the smallest since a $21.3 billion deficit in the fourth Quarter of 983, demonstrators Mark Ramstein anniversary Ramstein West Germany a amps a a demonstration and a Church service marked the second anniversary of the Ramstein a air show disaster tuesday night. About 25 demonstrators gathered for a Brief service near the air bases West Gate in the late afternoon toting a Banner saying Quot wider Das ver Gessen a or Quot never  an evening service at St. Nikolaus Catholic Church in the neighbouring Village of Ramstein Drew about 200 germans one uniformed representative each from the ., West German and italian air forces and Ramstein mayor Julius Duvivier. Seventy people were killed and hundreds injured in the aug. 28, 1988, catastrophe that followed the collision of three italian air Force jets during a precision flying demonstration. One Jet crashed near the crowd. Damages paid out so far for the disaster amount to 17.7 million Marks or $ 11.6 million by current Exchange rates