European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 27, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 a a a the stars and stripes saturday october 27,1990allowance affects kids bom since july the German child rearing allowance that was granted wednesday to the German spouses of nato personnel applies Only to children born after june 30,1990. As reported Friday in the stars and stripes the allowance will pay the spouses 600 Marks or about $400, a month. The payments Are retroactive to july 1 of this year. For further information Contact the local German youth office jugend amt in your area. Reformer still necessary despite thaw army say police seeking clues in slaying of 16-year-old Schweinfurt Germany a amps German police Are asking for help in their search for the killer of a teen age girl who was found stabbed to death sunday near Wil Flecken. Bettina Freisinger 16, was last seen by friends about 6 . Oct. 17 at Wurzburg a main train station Schwein Furt police said. Those with her said she planned to ride the bus to her Home in Wasser Losan near Schweinfurt. Her nude body was found four Days later near a Roadside parking lot Between the towns of Wil Flecken and Lange Leiten. The Case bears similarities to the stabbing death of a Northern Irish teen Ager whose body was found july 17 in Wurzburg. Schweinfurt police officials said they will have a better idea if the two crimes Are related after autopsy reports Are completed and investigators from the two cities meet tuesday to Exchange information. Police said Freisinger had medium length curly blonde hair. She was last seen wearing Light coloured Blue jeans Light coloured Puma Tennis shoes and a Black jeans jacket with Pink lining. She was carrying a Black Backpack with an Adidas Emblem the Backpack was found earlier this week in a trash can in the Fulda area. Authorities believe that a Wristwatch found near Freis Ingord a body May have been lost by her assailant. Police said the watch face in a Black casing is divided into 12 segments of different colors. Schweinfurt police Are looking for anyone who knows of the watch owner or who May have seen Freisinger after 6 . Oct. 17. They also Are seeking information on the whereabouts of the victims clothes and on cars that were seen in Roadside parking places Between Wil Flecken and Lange Leiten on oct. 17 or 18. Police Are offering a Reward of 5,000 Marks or about $3,380, to anyone who provides information leading to the person or persons responsible for the slaying. Tips will be kept confidential. People with information should Call the Schweinfurt police at 09721-2020 or the nearest police station. In the Wurzburg Case Sharon Harper a 19-year-old from Northern Ireland was found stabbed to death near the City a animal shelter. Investigators believe Harper accepted a ride from her assailant. Police in Schweinfurt also believe Freisinger accepted a ride from her assailant at the Wurzburg train  at pm fort Wayne ind. Up local Union leaders have said a new furlough at the general motors corp. Pickup truck Plant should not have a major Impact on the Economy. By Rosemary Sawyer staff writer political change across Eastern Europe has not eliminated the need for return of forces to Germany exercises . Army Europe officials say. As Long As . Forces stay in Europe As part of nato and the terms of a 1967 agreement Between the United states Britain and Germany remain in effect a there continues to be a need to demonstrate our ability and readiness to reinforce those units to meet our nato obligations a a Usa eur spokesman said. The Success in moving troops to saudi Arabia for operation desert shield a can be directly attributed to the training and lessons Learned from More than 20 years of reformer exercises a said sgt. . Hardesty a command spokesman. The return of forces to Germany tests the United states ability to reinforce nato by transporting units to Europe and marrying them with pre positioned equipment. The . Commitment to nato is to have 10 divisions in place in 10 Days during a crisis. Military strategists Are now predicting that nato would have As much As six months warning of a soviet attack. Although officials expect reformer to continue the number of soldiers deploying will shrink As Usa eur increases its use of computer simulation in conjunction with Field training and command Field exercises Hardesty said. In 1987, 30,500 Iii corps troops deployed from fort Hood Texas. For reformer 1991,15,500 Iii corps soldiers Are expected to come to Germany. The number of soldiers deployed from the United states depends on the training objectives Hardesty said. Naturally More soldiers Are needed to test deployment of a corps or procedures for fully drawing on pre positioned equipment than would be needed to test a division and a limited draw from equipment reserves. Traditionally Large scale Field exercises have been conducted along with not ploy ment training. The 1991 Field a Cise certain shield will be Multi Natis and controlled by the nato not a army group. The objectives of the is turn exercise require some mane vering m conjunction with the computer sim�?zia8 Tion Hardesty said. Ula however reformer �?T92 and subsequent exercises will require few Maneule troops because they will be almost full simulated he said. Usa eur will continue to conduct Man Euver training Fai battalion level units and below at training areas such As Grafe Wohr and Hohen Pic a Small unit training has Little i sofa Large exercises like reformer when the objective is to train the commanders and staffs a Hardesty said. And command officials expect reformers to be in september and october for the foreseeable future. A amps Deedee Abington Doke medical supplies Are unloaded from a c-5b Galaxy in Prague Czechoslovakia on thursday. Medical Supply delivery to Prague was no joke to air Force reservist by Deedee Arrington Doke staff writer Prague Czechoslovakia a tech. Sgt. Eric Mcglynn had expected a routine flight to saudi Arabia and Back to Europe. Instead the air Force Reserve flight Engineer and his Crew mates on thursday flew the United states first major gift of medical supplies to Czechoslovakia. A we thought they were joking when they said we were going to Prague a Mcglynn said. It Wasny to a joke. The 337th military Airlift so air Crew from Westover fab mass., ferried a Field Hospital and 22 wheelchairs to Prague. The c-5b Galaxy was greeted at re Zyne Airport by aircraft enthusiasts czech and slovak government officials the press and . Ambassador Shirley Temple Black. A i Hope the czech and slovak Federal Republic never has a natural disaster. But if you do you have a Complete Field Hospital a Black said. The equipment will go to the trauma department of a research Institute in Brno Moravia. The Blue Star an emergency services organization similar to the american red Cross will be Able to use it when needed. A they always had to ask the army for such equipment. Now they done to said Martin Bojar health minister for the czech Republic. Black said she was most excited about the wheelchairs which go to a Goodwill project headed by Olga Havel wife of president Vaclav Havel. A this is just the beginning Black said of . Humanity Nan assistance to Czechoslovakia. The first peace corps volunteers to the former soviet satellite nation arrive nov. 1, Black said. The czechs already Are receiving . Management training courses and English language courses to help the county switch to a free Market Economy. The c-5 itself also served As a Goodwill Symbol. The aircraft was the first c-5 in Czechoslovakia and its arrival did not escape the attention of Michal Snajdr and rear Frinch two student pilots whose fathers work at Duzyne Airport a one year ago this is not possible. It is very interesting to us because we Haven to seen this before a Snajdr said after he and Frinch toured the plane. A people were running across the taxiway taking pictures a Mcglynn said about the arrival of the c-5. A we waved. We were doing some of that Good old american  once the dignitaries had left the unloading began. It was supervised by four freight specialists from the 4th Mobile Aerial port so from Rhein main a Germany who flew Down earlier that Day with a forklift in a c-130. Along with Airport workers and czech soldiers the Rhein main airmen unloaded the 130,000 pounds of equipment and then reloaded the plane with 36 empty pallets and the forklift. The cargo filled 13 Small trucks. As the unloading and loading stretched into the evening staff sgt. Rick Wadzinski noted that head spent 40 Days in Middle Eastern deserts in support of operation desert shield. A with humanitarian missions you feel like you be accomplished something a the staff sergeant said. The czechs and slovaks Likely will Welcome such missions. Snajdr the czech student Pilot said a the Money situation Here is very bad. We need help from other