European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 22, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday March 22,1991 the stars and stripes a Page 9army to leave Neu Ulm by oct. 1 by Joseph Owen Stuttgart Bureau a the army will close the Neu Ulm military Community by oct. 1, 40 years after it was established a . Army in Europe spokeswoman has confirmed. The army announced last year that it planned to dose the Community although the timing was Uncertain and the persian Gulf deployments left withdrawals from Europe on the Back Burner temporarily. Now the War is Over and by coincidence so is the primary Mission of the 56th Field arty come units in Neu Ulm. The last of the commands Pershing ii missiles left Neu Ulm earlier this month in accordance with the 1987 .-soviet intermediate Range nuclear forces treaty. Neu Ulm is the second army Community whose shutdown plans have been released within the past week. On March 17, a spokeswoman said the final two units at bad Tolz would be moving soon to Bob Lingen. She said the deadline for the move is sept. 30, but added that she  be More precise about the Date of the move from Flint Cavern. The Neu Ulm Community was Home to about 8.000 americans until the Pershing ii draw Down reduced the command s units in 1988. The army made tentative plans last year to replace the departing units with other troops but abandoned the idea a few months later. Military facilities in Neu Ulm include Wiley Barracks Nelson Barracks Offenhausen support Center Vorfeld and Ford housing areas  and Senden leased housing. The Community also supports seven Remote Sites and 12 training areas. A Community spokeswoman referred questions about the closure schedule to Vii corps he on thursday. Vii corps and Usa eur spokeswoman said detailed information was not available immediately. But some tenant agencies said they Are making plans hastily to pack up and leave. Frederick j. Killian the department of defense dependents schools superintendent in whose District the Community lies said he is seeking permission to close the schools there at the end of the school year. He said he anticipates no staff layoffs. A we feel confident we can place All the teachers. A we Hope we can match to Cir choices with an assignment Quot Killian said. The biggest remaining problem is what to do with eight to 10 children who travel an hour or More from a Remote military site in  to attend school Iri Neur Ulm. A tentative plan Calls Lor busing them to a different school in the Stuttgart area he said. Merchants National Bank expects to close its Neu Ulm Branch about aug. 1, Bank spokeswoman Yvonne Wise said. The Neu Ulm Branch employs 13 people. Wise said the accounts of customers who remain in Europe will remain valid and the Bank can arrange 90-Day extensions of account service for customers who return to the United states. The Community a commissary has no scheduled closing Date yet said Denise Gomes spokeswoman for the . Army troop support agency., a the commissary is generally one of the last things to close Down. It generally stays open until just about everyone has left Quot Gomes said she said she has no reason to expect the Neu Ulm closure to be any different. A a. Quot a. British airways to hold drawing for free flights Lon Don apr some 50,000 passengers will Fly free on april 23 on British airways International flights the airline announced thursday As part of a splashy Campaign aimed at getting people flying again. Randomly selected winners will win two one Way tickets on any of one of the airlines 400 International flights on a Fly free  however they cannot choose their destination and must pay for their return trip. British airways said it would hold a worldwide drawing giving 25,000 tickets for travel from Britain and another 25,000 for overseas travellers flying to Britain. The promotion is the flashiest yet from the worlds airlines and hotels which have been cutting fares and offering discounts to try to revive the travel Industry. British airways chairman lord King said a Aba intends to get the world Back on the move again. We Are making a major investment in both Money and marketing skills to achieve that  asked about the Cost a company spokesman would Only say it was a Multi million Dollar promotion. He was t identified in accordance with airline practice. Fears of iraqi sponsored terrorism coupled with economic recession have led to one of the sharpest Down turns in business and Leisure travel Ever experienced King said British airways business has dropped 30 percent he said and although there Are recent indications of some improvement a the Road to full business recovery will not be easy nor  britons and foreigners will be invited to Register for free trips Between Friday March 22 and Friday March 30. The draw will be made March 31, and winners will be notified and tickets issued during the following week. Any passengers already booked on flights departing on april 23 will have their fare refunded by a credit voucher that can be used for future travel with British airways. British airways also said it was launching a key to Britain Campaign to attract visitors to Britain. Customers who Book British airways Holiday trips to Britain this summer will be Given keys some of which will open one of a variety of boxes containing a Range of prizes including a free one Day trip on the airlines concorde supersonic Jet. On wednesday British airways announced it was offering cheap tickets by tween the United states and Europe which much be purchased by april 8, and Are Good for travel through oct. 30.mark anniversary a member of the militant pan africanist con Gress and a child Salute thursday at a demonstration in Sharleville South Africa. The rally was held to Mark the 31st anniversary of the Sharleville massacre when police killed 69 Black people who protested apartheid. Tens of thousands of Blacks stayed away from their jobs thursday and townships and schools were virtually  will drop . Poll tax London up a repudiating the a a flagship of Thatcher conservatism the government of prime minister John major announced thursday it was dropping the deeply unpopular poll tax and replacing it with a new local tax. The announcement represented a major reversal of policy for the conservative party which under the leadership of former prime minister Margaret Thatcher had supported the poll tax despite widespread protests and warnings that it would be expensive to collect and impossible to administer. A the Public have not been persuaded the charge is fair a environment minister Michael Heseltine told the House of commons. A we have therefore decided that from the earliest possible moment the Community charge will be replaced by a new system of  Heseltine whose ministry oversees the poll tax said the new property tax will take into consideration the number of adults living in a House and the value of the property but said details of the plan had not been drawn up. Labor party member of parliament Bryan Gould called the announcement Quot the most startling a turn. In modern political  he criticized the conservatives for being vague about the new tax. Under the poll tax which began replacing property taxes two years ago local governments set a Flat Community charge for every adult resident regardless of income or property holdings Heseltine said a comprehensive review would be held to formulate the new local tax which would not replace the poll tax until fiscal year 1993-1994. Thatcher had said the poll tax would be the a Flag ship of her third term As prime minister. Thatcher who was not present for Heseltine a speech was forced from office in a party leadership Battle in november that focused on the poll tax and her resistance to Britain a full partnership in the european Community. Rumor of hostage release denied Beirut Lebanon apr Interior minister Sami Al Khatib on thursday denied a newspaper report that american hostages would soon be freed. A a it a baseless a he told the associated press. But he would not comment further. And Dinar the newspaper in which the report had appeared on wednesday said that syrian army officers and met. With shiite Muslim clerics and urged them to free the captives. The newspaper which is based in Christian East Beirut does not have a record of accurate reporting on the 13 westerners missing in Lebanon and a iyar a front Page report of wednesday said the six american hostages would be released Friday at an unidentified hotel in Beirut in the presence of Al Khatib and the commander of syrians military intelligence in Lebanon Brig. Gen. Ghazi Kenaan. A they will be transported to Damascus where foreign minister Farouk Al Sharaa will turn them Over to the american ambassador a it said. The paper predicted that the remaining Western hostages a would probably be released the coming sat urday in the presence of the ambassadors of their respective nations in  in its latest report and Dinar did not identify the syrians who reportedly met with the shiite clerics. It said Only that they were a ranking army  it said they met separately on sunday and monday with Sheik Subhi Tofili and Sheik Plassan Nasrallah leaders of Hezbollah party of Godard told them that the hostages a must be freed As soon As possible.�?�. It said the talks took place at a hotel serving As the Headquarters for syrian army units policing Beirut. However iranian news Media had reported that the same two shiite officials arrived in Tehran on Satin Day Quot and met with president Hashemi a Sfanjani in the iranian capital on monday. Shiite sources close to Hezbollah told the associated press thursday that the two officials had not yet returned to Beirut. The sources requested anonymity. Hezbollah a official spokesman known As Abu Haw a refused to comment on the reported meeting. The Story in and Dinar came amid a flurry of reports and other activity involving the hostages