European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 8, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a a a the stars and stripes saturday september 8,1990 . Reserve ships await chemical weapons cargoes by Helge Thiele staff writer two . Navy Reserve ships that will carry . Chemical weapons from West Germany arrived thursday at the port of no Denham. The Flickertail state and Gopher state 600-foot-Long auxiliary Crane ships left Norfolk va., on aug. 26. They will carry the 100,000 artillery shells filled with nerve agents to Johnston atoll in the Pacific for destruction. A the destruction is expected to be accomplished the destruction of the chemical weapons at Johnston atoll in the Pacific is expected to be completed by 1997. By 1997,�?� said . Army capt. Edd Hingula of the joint information Bureau in no Denham. The ships Are expected to leave West Germany on sept. 19. A each Crew has 38 civilian mariners on Board. They All received special training a Hingula said. A in addition to the mariners . Army and Navy personnel arc on  the chemical weapons had been stored at the . Depot in Clausen since the mid-1960s. Beginning in late july they were moved by truck to a Railhead at Miessau. The next leg of their journey starts wednesday when the weapons will be earned by trains during seven nightly trips to the port. The trains will travel directly to the ships and the special containers holding the weapons will be transferred onto the vessels. The . Army has used the Harbor at no Denham since the end of world War ii said Kurt Diekmann a spokesman for midgard drag the company that owns the no Denham Harbor. The Harbor was used when the weapons arrived in West Germany Between 1958 and 1967, he said. Out of 300 Harbor workers who work for midgard drag two refused to work with the chemical weapons. The company chose about 100 workers to move the weapons because of their experience. A anybody who will help loading the chemical weapons from the train into the ships will do that voluntarily a Diekmann said. However the workers will not receive extra payments. A we think it is stupid to give any extra Money to workers like a special danger supplement. We think the work is Safe. Money does not make it any safer a Diekmann said. Work will continue As Normal in other parts of the Harbor he said. However a there will be american and West German Security guards All Over the place a Diekmann said. Special vacation packages offered to military retirees by Norm Zeigler travel outdoor writer Sato arc and pan american world airways will offer special vacation packages for military retirees and their families during an eight week period beginning oct. 15. Under the plan retirees and their families can stay at an arc hotel in Garmisch Chi Emsee or Berchtesgaden for $399 per week per person armed forces recreation Center executive director James Mccrindle said Friday. The arc package includes seven nights lodging saturday to saturday breakfast and dinner daily and a tour or entertainment most Days. Retirees coming from the United states also get free bus transportation to and from the Munich Airport. During the period of the special pan am will offer reduced rate a companion fares from a number of stateside cities to Munich. Under the plan two or three adults travelling together can get one fare at a half Price companion rate. Four adults travelling together can Purchase two tickets at the companion rate. A pan am spokesman in Frankfurt said that the regular Low season midweek fare from new York to Munich for the period is $662 round trip. The companion fare would be $331. From Seattle the prices would be tour a including hotel and round trip air fare from Munich to $2,400 for the Kenya tour. Mccrindle said the program will Benefit both retirees and arc because a your Market mix is going to have to change with troop  the offer ends dec. 10. The packages Are being offered through the Garmisch West Germany Sato office. Contact Sato of Garmisch office attention Retiree package shopping Center building 501, Barnho Strasse Apo . 09053, Tel. 08821-52516 /52529. Move planned for 70 soldiers Heidelberg West Germany a amps a about 70 soldiers from the command and control support activity Europe will be moving from Heidelberg to Baum older in the next fiscal year a . Army Europe spokeswoman said thursday. Usa eur commander Gen. Crosbie e. Saint directed that a detachment of the Agency move from Heidelberg s Campbell Barracks to Baum older a Smith Barracks a for reasons of military efficiency a Millie Waters said. The command and control support activity is the army Agency that maintains and operates the worldwide military communication and support system of the joint chiefs of staff and the usar eur commander. The system is connected to All major installations of All service branches worldwide. At Usa eur Headquarters it is part of the office of the Deputy chief of staff for information management. Plans Call for the operations communications and Security elements of the Agency to Transfer to Baum older. A no Host nation workers will be affected by the move a Waters said. Soldiers families who Are command sponsored will be relocated. Commanders of the 26th support group and the Baum older military Community will coordinate the move. Military Roundup of holding logo contest for children a programs Randolph fab Texas a the air Force is holding a contest to find a logo for the services child development programs. Anyone authorized to use morale welfare and recreation activities May enter a design. Prizes of $ 500, $ 100 and $50 will be awarded based on the design and its Content not the Quality of the artwork. All entries must be done in Black Ink on 8 i by 11-Inch Plain Bond paper or illustration Board. Either horizontal or vertical format is acceptable. The design must also contain the words a child development Center and one of the following three phrases a air Force a a us aft or a United states air  a Border must enclose the design. Entrants need to print the following on the Back of their artworks name address social Security number and Telephone number. Entries must be postmarked no later than sept. 17, and should be sent to he afm pc do msgr Randolph fab Texas 78150-6001, attention Lin Brunell Herbert. Sgt. Morales club adds 60 members from v corps Frankfurt West Germany a sixty v corps soldiers were inducted into the sgt. Morales club on aug. 28. The honorary club named for a fictitious Ideal sergeant recognizes outstanding no leadership. Inductees from the 8th inf div were staff sgt. Don Carter sgt. Jon t. Clark. Staff sgt. Elton b. Fuller sgt. Kenneth r. Greenwade staff sgt. Richard r. Jones sgt. Christopher Kennedy a. Rose staff sgt. Harvey l. Sipling. Smith staff sgt. John t. Taylor staff jr., sgt. Bryan j. Smith. Sgt. Michael e. Sgt. William d. Vesser and staff sgt. Franklin a. Zepp. Inductees from the 3d army div were staff sgt. Donald l. Battle staff sat. Ellsworth d. Beam staff sat. Carlton b. Daniels sgt. 1st class Dennis l. Demasters staff sgt. Diane m. Foster staff sgt George e. Harvey sgt. Charles d. Hughes sgt. 1 St class Melvin l. Johns staff sgt. Billy a. Johnson or. Staff sgt. Leslie Jones staff sgt. Melvin a. -. V Nalie a sgt. Anthony Rooks sgt. Lefty w. Smith sgt. 1 St class Jorge e. Sousa staff sgt. James v. Wesseling and staff sgt. Walter f. Williams. Inductees from the 11th army Cav regt were staff sgt. William Degraphenree staff sgt. Robert w. Lampert sgt. 1st. A a t m m i t a. A i a i. _d________1 class Norman c. Stein and staff sgt. Billy l. Underwood. 1st class Casey d. Ley i Kos Fowsky staff sgt. Anthony Morocco staff sgt. Gary m. Nelson and staff sgt. William Otero. _ inductees from the 32nd army air defense come were sgt. 1st class Lester Bailem and staff sgt. Thomas j. Goff. The 18th my brigade inductees were staff sgt. Evan Caldwell and staff sgt. Dwayne Jackson. 1 sgt. Hilbert 0. Carter jr., staff sgt. Jane a. The 3rd corps support come inductees were staff sgt. David k. Baffle staff sgt. I Hunt and sgt. Clifford Surrett the 205th military intelligence brigade inductees were staff sgt. Thomas e. Dillingham and staff sgt. Robert b. Stoops. Other inductees were staff sgt. Norman t. Crider 22nd signal brigade sgt. Mark f. Gurosko 66th military intelligence brigade and staff sgt. Terrence w. Murphy 130th engr brigade. During the introduction ceremony v corps commander it. Gen. George Alfred Joulwan gave each Soldier an army commendation medal for outstanding achievement. Inductees also received a sgt. Morales club Coin a club jacket and a $50 gift certificate from cafes. Eagle scout Mons Belgium a Bradford a. Mumpower was advanced to Eagle scout the highest award in boy scouting during a recent court of Honor ceremony held at the shape Chapel. Mumpower who has been involved in scouting for six years is the son of Paul and Drucilla Mumpower. For his Eagle scout project the 17-year-old organized a Crew of 30 volunteers to paint the hallway Walls and doors of the shape Chapel Center. To earn the Eagle scout award a boy scout must fulfil requirements in the areas of leadership service and outdoor skills. This includes earning at least 21 Merit badges and completing a Community service project. Leader of South Africa 2 British peace activists sentenced plans visit to Washington a   Africa Man Oxford England a amps a two British peace activists who caused about $365,000 damage to a . Air Force Al 11 fighter bomber were Given 15-month jail sentences Friday in Oxford Crown court a court spokesman said. Stephen Hancock 24, and Michael Hutchinson 35, were convicted tuesday by a 12-member jury of causing criminal damage and of being equipped to commit criminal damage. The pair members of the peace group swords into ploughshares was arrested March 21 after hammering an instrument panel and denting a Pylon under the right Wing of an Al 11 parked on a runway at Raf upper Heyford. The two London residents will remain in custody at the Oxford prison where they have been held since tuesday until a decision on where the remainder of their prison time will be served a prison spokesman said. Johannesburg South Africa up a president . De Klerk will meet with president Bush sept. 24 in Washington in the first official visit by a South african president to the United states in More than four decades of apartheid Rule officials said Friday. Bush invited de Klerk to the United states following his feb. 2 racial Reform initiatives that included the release of Nelson Mandela from 27 years imprisonment