European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 14, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and Stripe thursday february 14,1991 some station programming. By de Reavis staff writer British and German radio stations have stopped playing songs they consider in bad taste during wartime. Barry Mcguire so eve of destruction and a War song byed Vetn Starr Are among those frowned on in England As Are Novelty love songs like a Boom bang a bang by Lulu. A we Haven to really imposed a ban but we did put out an advisory a said Collette Neill a spokeswoman for the British broadcasting corp. In London. A a we re leaving the final decision up to the discretion of the local stations what they want to play a Neill said. A the advisory was issued for guidance  the bbl advisory lists 67 titles and was sent to 41 bbl regional stations throughout the country. Other examples from the advisory a a you re in the army by status quo a War song by culture club a War a amt by Brook Brothers As Well As a a imagine and a give peace a chances by John Lennon. A a dad a army a popular British television spoof of military life has also been taken off the air. A since the War started the armed forces network radio has changed its programming by playing More top-40  the network has not banned any songs said Manny Levy an Europe a chief of radio. A a we re not allowed to. There a no consideration in Banning anything a he said. German radio programmers at he Sische Rund Funk in Frankfurt Rias in Berlin and bavarian Rund Funk in Munich also have recommended that certain songs stay off the air. A. A we told the disc jockeys to Cut Down on the heavy Metal and ballistics Quot was the Way one Programmer put it. Ltd a a a Frankfurt a private station radio Effii ordered its staffers to Stop play of such songs As Piil Collins a something happened on the Way to heaven a Udo Lindenburg a so Zwarum gift is Kriege a Why Are there wars and a i shot the sheriff by Eric Clapton. A during the first 10 Days of the War we yanked out All the songs we Felt unfitting Quot said Jutta Lamy an Fth spokeswoman. A we even stopped advertisements during the first few Days. That Cost us Money but did not cause any problems with our advertisers who said they  v the station has since relaxed the play ban Lamy said. German television has also toned Down its programs. A spokeswoman for the first Channel Ard said the network cancelled the . Films a War games and a weird science a the former because of its world War i scenario the latter for being too humorous during these somber times v Germany a second television Hannel Adf also replaced several films said huns Corg Reinmann a network Jar Grammer. A we cancelled a masquerade with Cliff Robertson because the plot involves kidnapping a Sheik and a deliverance was taken out because of the Gore. I think if we and other stations Hadnot re vamped our programs at this time it would have been in extreme poor taste a Reinmann said. Adf a a popular saturday night show a Wetten Dass Wanna bet that was also cancelled recently. The guests the shows band and the programs popular Moderator Thomas Gottschalk Felt that this was no time to be joking around. Causeway in the Gulf Vav so a. A. A. A amps l. Emmett Lewis or. German policeman Willi Sommer and his dog patrol with Aschaffenbur a sgt. Joseph Deriggi. German police helping army protect . Bases housing by Luke Britt staff writer a faced with the loss of As much As half of their military police Force to the persian Gulf some . Army communities have turned to the German police for help in protecting american bases and housing. That Aid has been especially Welcome since the Start of the War american police officials said As the threat of iraqi sponsored terrorist attacks on . Facilities has increased. It was unclear How Many . Communities have asked the germans for help although a spokesman for the . Army in Europe described it As  in Frankfurt where half of. The . Community s 300 military police have deployed to the Gulf German police have organized a terrorist task Force that helps protect areas with heavy american concentrations a German police spokesman said. A it. Col. Alan grammar the Provost marshal for the . Military Community in Frankfurt said the germans have helped double the number of patrols in the area. They have a so been useful in. Keeping an Eye on the 6,800 americans who live in German housing in the Frankfurt area he and. German police Are actually better than uniformed maps for patrolling off Post housing areas Crammer said. A the German police provide the Protection without standing out the was soldiers in uniform do. In Aschaffenbur the local police offered their help months before the . Military asked for it said master sgt. David Hensley of a Schaffenburg a Provost marshals office. Bui when it became Clear that the Community w Ould lose half its police Force to the Gulf conflict the Community jumped at the offer. Hensley said. A a without the help of the Polisei we  have done it a he  to help counter the threat of terrorism military police in Aschaffenbur scaled Back car patrols and have started foot patrols at each Cavern school and housing project in the area. Aschaffenbur military police Are also visiting the Homes of the 1,000 Ameri can diving in German housing in the area Hensley said. A although officials would not say How Many German police Are involved in that Effort Hensley said a you wont go five minutes in the Aschaffenbur Community without seeing a German patrol. Few army communities have joint .-German patrols because of the language problem German police spokesman detlef Brinkmann said. Members of the German police also resisted joint patrols because they Are usually assigned partners and a Felt More comfortable working with the people they were used to a a Brinkmann said. Members of the German military Are also being used to patrol some american communities although on a much me restricted basis police officials said. That should change once both countries Hammer out an agreement allowing members of the German military the necessary Access to . Facilities. The . Air forces in Europe is not using  police help at its bases in Germany which Are enclosed and easier to protect than the army a scattered caverns and communities. However German police units Are helping patrol off base air Force housing areas a Safe spokesman said. By Scott Shepard and Andrew j. Glass Cox new s serv ice Washington a responding to skyrocketing costs of the Gulf War defense Secretary Dick Cheney on tuesday authorized the . Military services to exceed spending approved by Congress Abr routine operations such As transporting More than 510,000 . Troops to the Region. Such authorization can be made under the so called Quot feed and forage act Quot which allows the military to take such action in times of National emergency. Pentagon spokesman Pete Williams noted that the . Armed forces could begin running out of operation and maintenance funds by March. The. Defense department plans next week to seek a special spending supplement for the War but the Pentagon has not said How Large a supplement it would request. A a Bush administration officials have estimated that the War could Cost the United states and its allies about $50 billion w Ith the United state spaying about $15 billion of that total. Saudi Arabia has pledged $50 billion Kuwait $13.5 billion and Japan $9 billion. But Allied officials Are seeking More contributions. A a we re looking to anybody else who cares about this War to which the United nations has put its name to make their contribution perhaps in financial contributions if they  Able to make it in any military Way British defense minister Tom King said tuesday following talks with Cheney at the Pentagon. But Western diplomats in Riyadh saudi Arabia disclosed that the saudis despite their vaunted Oil riches have forthe first time sought to borrow Furtys in the International credit markets because the War has consumed their reserves of ready Cash. The saudi Royal family has a met every request for Aid sometimes with a Large and audible gulp a a senior Diplomat in Riyadh said. A. One consequence of the saudis Short term Cash bind is that no Money can be found to combat a Large Oil spill in the Gulf. The spill started when the iraqis opened crude Oil taps at a major kuwaiti Tanker loading facility Early in the War. Various governments and environmental action groups have offered the saudis their expertise and other services in combating the Oil Slick. But they expect to be fully reimbursed for the efforts an obligation that the saudis cannot undertake at this time diplomats reported