European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 13, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 a a the stars and stripes thursday september 13,1990surplus sates Wiesbaden West Germany a officials with the defense Reut Iliza Tion and marketing office have announced an upcoming Sale and auction. The Mainz Kastl demo will hold a Public auction on Friday in building 12. The auction starts at 9 ., and bidder registration begins at 8  Vehicles up for bid include Volkswagen vans and one double Cabin pickup truck As Well As Audi opel and Plymouth automobiles. Cargo trailers will also be up for bid. Other items include Metal desks ism electric typewriters military clothing electronic equipment and assorted Hospital supplies machinery and medical Laboratory equipment. Pre inspection runs today in building 42 from 8  To noon and i to 3  and on the Day of the auction from 8 to 9  The auction is open to everyone and runs from 9  To noon. Customers will have eight working Days to remove their purchases. The ludwigs Burg demo will hold a retail Sale on sept. 21 in building 1925 on osterholz Allee near Coffey Barracks. Only . Identification card holders May attend the Sale which runs from 8 to9  Merchandise available includes Kitchen Cabinet units sofas and Matching easy chairs room size rugs and ism electric typewriters. Payments May be in dollars or West German Marks. Customers must remove purchases by 1 . On the Day of the Sale. Further information is available from the demos at the various locations. European Region defense re utilization and marketing office employees and their family members Are not permitted to make purchases at these  scout Ramstein a West Germany a a member of troop 284 has been advanced to Eagle scout the highest Honor in scouting. W. Scott Fowler a Ramstein High school Sophomore is the son of col. William h. Fowler and Eileen Fowler. For his Eagle scout project the 15-year-old organized Crews to refurbish the lunch tables and benches in an elementary school in Southern California. Fowler who has been involved in boy scouting for five years is also a member of the order of the Arrow. 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  switching to training command Heidelberg West Germany a the Wil Flecken military Community Home of a major Usa eur training area will be placed under the 7th army training come on oct. 1. Command of the Community located about 22 Miles Southeast of Fulda is being transferred from v corps to the training command to improve efficiency by consolidating control of major . Army Europe training areas a Usa eur statement said. The switch should have Little noticeable effect on wild Flecken a peacetime Mission since the action is limited to the Transfer of command and budgetary funding. The 7th army training come has Headquarters in Grafen Tahr. 3 trains with chemical arms heading for North sea port by Peggy Davidson Kaiserslautern Bureau Miessau West Germany a three trains loaded with chemical weapons pulled out of the Miessau army depot on wednesday afternoon and headed to the port of no Denham. The two Lead trains carried part of the 100,000 artillery shells filled with deadly nerve agents and the third train carried escort forces of american soldiers and West German police. As the trains reached the first underpass dozens of reporters camera Crews and spectators waved Down to the police and soldiers who leaned out of the windows and waved Back. Traffic on roads that Cross the tracks a overpasses underpasses and vehicle Road Crossings a were being blocked off As the trains passed. Overpasses and underpasses will be blocked Only when a train is actually passing. Police will open up the roadblocks during the 10 minutes Between the trains. On roads where traffic crosses the tracks the crossing will be blocked until All three trains have passed an army spokesman said. It should take about 30 minutes for All three trains to pass any one Point. The trains were expected to arrive at the North sea port Early thursday and the military vans holding the shells will be immediately loaded onto one of two Navy ships waiting there. It will take about eight to 10 hours for no Denham workers to move the shells according to army officials. It will take seven train convoys to transport the munitions to no Denham by sept. 20. The two ships will leave the port by sept. 21, Clearing out the army a entire chemical weapons stockpile in West Germany. The weapons had been stored at the army depot at Clausen for More than two possible routes for chemical weapon transports amps Susan Harris 20 years. They were carried by truck convoys from Clausen to Miessau earlier this summer. The Navy ships will take the chemical weapons to Johnston atoll in the Pacific Ocean for destruction in a voyage that is expected to take a month. West German police and Railroad officials have Laid out two possible routes for the trains to follow. One route designated the red route goes through Worms Aschaffenbur Giessen Kassel Minden Bremen and no Denham. The Blue route is through Worms Wiesbaden Linz Bottrop Munster of Abr pick Bremen and no Denham. The first Convoy used the red route cd convoys routes will be selected daily by German like the truck convoys the train officials. During the transport More than 10,000 Federal Border patrol officers rail police and police from the German states will be guarding the route. Rail officials have taken other precautions a the trains Speed will be maintained at 55 Mph. A each train will have two diesel engines with one serving As a backup. A All train traffic will be carefully monitored during the transport allowing no train going in the opposite direction to pass if it is carrying dangerous cargo. Reagan takes swing at crumbling Wall Berlin apr former president Ronald Reagan used a Hammer and chisel on the defunct Berlin Wall wednesday like thousands before him taking symbolic swings at the old cold War Barrier. A we cannot be Happy until the whole world knows Freedom As we know it a Reagan told a crowd of Well wishers. Three years ago he called on the soviets to tear Down the Wall and few thought it was Likely to happen soon. Now the Wall has been open for 10 months and Reagan returned to West Berlin to walk through the old Border area at which he made his a tear Down the Wall speech in june 1987. The 79-year-old former president was greeted by applause and shouts of a Bravo Ronnie As he headed to the Wall area from the nearby Reich Stag building the historic former parliament. Reagan and his wife Nancy were escorted by the mayors of East Berlin and West Berlin As they strolled through the landmark Brandenburg Gate and on to the former Border that divided Berlin. The former president and his wife went another 300 feet to a stretch of the Wall that still stands though it is shrinking daily under the hammers of Young people Selling Concrete chips As souvenirs. There he took his swings at the Wall in Brilliant sunny weather. Reagan was partially blocked from reporters sight and it did not appear that he stooped to pick up any of the Wall chips. The former president told an associated press reporter he already has a 6,000-Pound piece of the Wall for his presidential Library in California. Several thousand germans and foreign tourists applauded and cheered the reagans during their visit to the Wall area. The former president was headed to a meeting with East Germany a democratically elected leaders in East Berlin and he was to give a speech later in the Day in West Berlin on the future of Germany. Three years ago he could go no farther than the West Side of the Brandenburg Gate. There on june 12, 1987, he made the striking Call on soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev to a open this Gate tear Down this  longtime East German communist Leader Erich Honecker said the Wall built in 1961, would stay for 100 years. But last october Gorbachev made Clear soviet troops would not use Force to Stop growing unrest in East German by people seeking to flee communist Rule. A popular rebellion ensued Honecker was ousted and the Wall was opened nov. 9 after a futile bid by Honecker successors to retain Power. Since then East Germany has elected non communist leaders and East Anc West Germany unify on oct. 3. The reagans arrived in Berlin Earb tuesday at the Start of a 10-Day trip through Europe including stops info land the soviet Union and Italy. Army names Soldier killed in Cycle crash Karlsruhe West Germany the army has released the name of a Soldier who was killed sept. 4 in a motorcycle Accident on autobahn 8 Between Stuttgart and Pforzheim. Sgt. James b. Cooper 24, of of fal Lon mo., was a heavy vehicle Mechanic with the 502nd engr co at Neureul Cavern near Karlsruhe a Karlsruhe Community spokeswoman said. Cooper joined the army in 1985 and was assigned to West Germany in 1987. He is survived by his wife Michelle and their children Amanda 6 Christopher 3 and Sascha 2. The other Soldier on the motorcycle was pfc. Tommy e. Richardson 28, of Fulton mo., a heavy construction equipment operator assigned to the same company. Richardson who suffered two Bro Ken arms and broken facial Bones i recovering in a Stuttgart area Hospital. The 5 15  Accident occurred when the soldiers eastbound motorcycle hit the Back of a truck. The Acci Dent is under investigation and off vials would not say which Soldier a driving the motorcycle