European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 15, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 world today the stars and stripes thursday november 15,1990gas stations in Italy begin strike Over High taxes Rome apr Drivers in Italy faced Long lines for Gas tuesday often to Rind pumps already empty As Gas station operators announced a three Day National strike. Reacting to the announcement that 34,000 Gas stations would be closed from 7 . Tuesday until Friday at 7 ., motorists rushed to Fiu their tanks leaving Many Gas pumps empty. Station operators Are protesting the heavy Burden of Federal taxes which they say take away More than 60 percent of their profit and Are imposed on what they see As their already slim margin of earnings. Gas stations along Italy a National Highway network self service stations and nighttime distributors were to reopen thursday at 7 .51 indicted in Spain in drug trafficking Case Madrid Spain apr attorneys for 51 colombian and Spanish alleged cocaine dealers received notice tuesday of indictment of their clients on drug trafficking charges in the Wake of Spain a largest drug crackdown. A spokesman for the special narcotics prosecutor said his office had also been notified of the indictments handed Down late monday by judge Baltazar Garzon. Garzon has been heading up a yearlong investigation of links Between smugglers in Spain a Northwestern Galicia Region and Colombia s cocaine cartels which culminated in an oct 16 raid in Madrid. Those indicted Are colombians Fabio Ochoa of the Medellin cocaine Cartel honduran Juan Ramon Matta Ballesteros and three other colombians alleged to be chiefs in the Medellin and Bogota cartels still at Large and 46 other colombians and spaniards arrested in three different police raids since june he  in Africa kills Bird that flew from Europe Libreville Gabon api a a Hunter near Libreville shot dead a Large Bud of prey that appeared to have migrated several thousand Miles from Northern Europe the daily la Union newspaper reported wednesday. The paper carried a photograph of the felled predator which it said was an Eagle that weighed 3.3 pounds and had a Wing Span of about a Yard. It said a ring on the Birds right foot was inscribed �?omus-Zoolm-16260 Helsinki  the Helsinki University zoological museum identified the Bird As an Osprey and said it was marked As a youngster 10 years ago in Finland. A few months ago another Bird carrying a ring from the same zoo was killed not far from Libreville the capital of Gabon. Frankfurt Germany a the . Consulate general will hold an auction dec. 8 to Clear out excess residential and office furniture. The special auction will take place at 9  In the parking lot of 19 Joachim Becher Strasse which is near the Frankfurt military Community Headquarters and adjacent to the German Bundesbank. The Cash Only auction will be conducted in dollars and items will be sold a was  All sales Are final and customers must remove their purchases directly following the auction. Further information is available from the consulates general services office at civilian 069-75352360.surplus sales Bamberg Germany a a defense re utilization and marketing office Sale of excess household furniture will be held from 9  To noon Friday. Featured items include dressers buffets servers hutches dining tables sofas easy chairs bookcases desks and Coffee tables. The Sale will be held in the family furniture warehouse located at 22 hafe Strasse. The Cash Only Sale is open Only to . Identification card holders. All sales Are final and customers should be ready to claim their purchases immediately. Go suicide rate overseas Only half of that in states by Janet Howells Tierney Washington Bureau Washington a soldiers stationed in the states Are twice As Likely to commit suicide As their counterparts overseas according to statistics. About seven soldiers per 100,000 kill themselves in and around overseas installations each year compared with 14 per 100,000 in the United states said col. Joe a Fagan a psychiatric consultant with the army surgeon general a office. A actually suicide in the army is a very Low frequency occurrence a Fagan said. A the average is Between 90 and 100 suicides each year and for a population of More than 760,000, that is  Fagan attributed the difference in suicide rates to the closer ties that soldiers overseas have to military communities. A i believe there is a protective element in army communities overseas a Fagan said. A Over there the foreign language pushes americans closer together and units have a Clear  overseas commanders Are closer to their soldiers and More aware of family problems he said. A we wonder if we could lower the number of army suicides in the states by duplicating that unit and Community closeness a said Fagan who has examined army suicides for the past six years and is the co author of a biannual report that reviews areas of concern. Research also refutes the perception that Young soldiers wrestling with the Broad changes that military service brings to their lives Are most Likely to commit suicide. A Young soldiers make suicide gestures More often than other age groups but they Are less successful at committing the act because they use less lethal Means a Fagan said. Gestures include overdoses and wrist cutting which result in few deaths. Soldiers make an estimated 600 to 700 suicide attempts each year or about seven gestures for every actual death he said. A usually the suicide attempt is a persons plea for help. Young soldiers Lack mechanisms to Cope with the stress of military life so they see the gestures As a Way to be heard a he said. On the other hand soldiers who Are sergeants and above rarely attempt to kill themselves. If an no or army suicides 113 estimated based on an approximate army strength of 760,000 14 13.8 11 11.8 12 rates per 100,000 people source army a amps Susan Harris officer threatens to commit suicide he or she is usually deadly serious Fagan said. And those who Are serious about ending their lives use a reliable method privately owned pistols Fagan said. It is hard to draw up a profile of the Soldier most Ai risk of committing suicide he said. But there is one common thread running through most of the suicides involving soldiers a seemingly unsolvable problem with a spouse Girlfriend or Boyfriend. Another common Factor is alcohol. During 1985 and 1986, about two thirds of All soldiers who committed suicide had been drinking and More than 20 percent were legally intoxicated when they took their own lives Fagan said. A alcohol reduces the Chance that the person will consider the alternatives to the suicide act a he said adding that few service members were under the influence of illicit drugs when they took their own lives. Fagans research also shows that while stress and depression Are Normal during armed conflicts suicide rates remain the same during wartime As in peacetime. Munich Community to close by october 1992, paper says by Steve Taylor Munich Bureau Munich Germany a the Munich military Community will close no later than oct. 1, 1992, a German newspaper has reported. The newspaper the daily to Miinch Ner Merkur also printed a list of closing dates for Community facilities the list indicated that a a an Munich would close Jan. 1,1992. A the athletic Field located in the suburb of Harlach ring would close june 1,1992. A Mcgraw Cavern and the american housing area would close oct. 1,1992. ?Pei said the German works Council Oto had received the list a under the table from u 1 army Headquarters in Heidelberg. A in another san of Munich spending shutdown a local German labor office confirmed that she had been ? official that Munich would be closed by october 1992 but Sigrid Hirt assistant chairwoman of the local works Council at Mcgraw Cavern in Munich said no official notification has been received military officials said any lists of closing dates were either proposed or unofficial. A spokesman for Usa eur said he could a neither confirm nor deny the accuracy of the list. But he said it was Normal policy for the army to Brief works councils on proposed actions that affect German workers. Munich a Deputy Community commander said he had no official word on a closing Date. A nothing has changed since the last announcement a said col. Richard a. Manupella. The last announcement dated sept. 26, Only said that Munich would close sometime before 1998. The Community employs about 400 germans and other foreign nationals. The paper said Georg Prinz ctr Secretary wants to form a committee of . Government and Union officials to study ways to reduce the Impact on workers. Prinz who was out of town could not be reached for comment. But local Union officials Are seeking an Early notification of closing Hirt said. Nothing hurts More than not knowing a she said. A a a a a a a typhoon kills scores in Philippines than 110 people leaving hundreds of thousands homeless and devastating the country a second most in or Tant Industrial Center. P the typhoon which roared into the Central Philippes tuesday with Peak winds of 150 Mph had weak wednesday ant was continuing West at 14 Mph officials reported severe devastation in Cebu a City of More than half a million people and the country Roost important commercial Center after Manila. Radio station Dyph reported from Cebu that 28 people were confirmed dead in the City and surrounding districts