European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 20, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a a the stars and stripes sunday january 20,1991airmail message for Saddam fax a a it it a itus amp it / a ,.vv % a amps Wayne j. Begasse Gina Maskunas an air Force Crew member writes a per Handwritten words Are on the Side of a bomb mounted on Killeen Texas is with the 37th tac Fisher wins from Sonal message to iraqi president Saddam Hussein. The a Jet at an air base in saudi Arabia. Maskunas from Tonopah test Range  in Nevada Dod restricts mail to letters audio tapes from staf tand wire reports _ the Load of care packages to . Troops in the persian Gulf has become so massive that the Pentagon is requesting mail from Home be limited to letters and audio cassettes for the next  three weeks. About 5 million pounds of mail Yre pouring in daily to the persian Gulf Region for . Military personnel. But it is becoming More difficult to get packages to troops As their movements increase the Pentagon said saturday a the . Central command requests that families and friends of desert storm deployed service members. Voluntarily limit personal mail to first class letter mail and audio cassettes until further notice a the Pentagon said. The Central come said the Start of the War against Iraq has meant increased movement of combat troops and their support units and a every Effort must be made to limit transportation support to what is necessary for  air Force maj. Doug Hart said an average of 12 pounds of mail per person per Day is winging its Way to the  restrictions the military has requested that mail going to troops in operation desert storm be limited to first class letters and audio cassettes. A email service was just being absolutely swamped a Hart said. A a the problem is that if these Guys on the front lines have got to move out what Are we going to do with their mail a the request to limit mail is being taken a to minimize the difficulty for our troops on the move to secure and transport personal articles and reduce the possibility of items being lost damaged or delayed a the Pentagon said. A due to the current desert storm Tempo of operations we anticipate this mail restriction request to be necessary for the next two or three weeks however this will be reviewed As the situation changes a officials said. In addition to the request on incoming mail military mail out of the persian Gulf is now limited to letters and Small parcels officials said Friday. All mail from operation desert storm addresses must be Only letter class mail and weigh 11 ounces or less a military postal official said. The new restrictions Are temporary and due to transportation constraints and Security concerns he said. Meanwhile in Europe confusion in military mail rooms began Friday Over new Federal aviation administration package screening requirements. Some mail rooms refused to accept packages. A statement issued saturday by the . European come said mail was flowing in Belgium Germany Luxembourg the Netherlands and the United kingdom despite the new requirements. The european come said it would provide additional information a was the solution to this situation is  by John Millar Wurzburg Bureau Wurzburg Germany a the Wurzburg military Community has made 26 bars and discos off limits to . Service members in an Effort to prevent terrorist attacks. Wurzburg apparently became the first military Community in Europe to take such action. None of nearly 20 other communities contacted by the stars and stripes had instituted similar precautions. Brig. Gen. Robert a. Goodbary on thursday released a list of civilian establishments a that Are potential soft targets. That May be subject to terrorist attack a said Community spokeswoman Babs Angel. The list includes nine businesses in Wurzburg 11 in. Kitzinger and six in the Wertheim area Angel said. A Are either bars or discos she said. The list applies to All . Military personnel in the Community a until further notice a Angel said. Ily members or civilians although they  13tu not to go lest a they subject themselves to possible danger.�?�. Maj. Donna Springer Community Provost marshal said businesses placed off limits Are those frequented by a heavy concentrations of americans and where its Well known that americans frequent those  Harry l la manager of the Green Goose disco Thek in Wurzburg Wasny to pleased by the order. A one we re Lomg a lot of business. Two its hurting me. And three it s a messed up situation because everybody a  americans make up about 70 percent of the Green Goose a patrons. He said their absence would Hurt his business a real  a i Hope the Guys Are done soon a he said. Rudi Schmidt manager of the Airport and Rock pal ast discos in Wurzburg said the order a hurts a Little bit but maybe its better.�?�. He said if americans were in his discos a maybe some terrorists would come and throw some  americans make up about 10 percent of the Rock Palast s business and less than 5 percent of the Airport patronage he said. Still he Hopes to see americans in his discos again soon. _ i Hope its finished fast and everything s quiet peaceful a he said