European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 27, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 b the stars and stripes wednesday March 27, 1991 military we Brucken recon Wing i 11 deactivate apri i 5 we Brucken Germany a amps the Only air Force reconnaissance Wing in Europe will deactivate april 5 at we Brucken a. The 26th tac recon wings 20 operational Rf-4c phantom ii aircraft will be dispersed among operational wings in Europe and the United states said tech. Sgt. Rick Shick a base spokesman. Twelve will go to the 67th tac recon Wing at Bergstrom fab Texas. Two each will be sent to Pitburg a and Ramstein a Germany and to Aviano a Italy for Battle damage training. Another two will be sent to the aircraft a Bone Yard Quot at Davis Monthan fab Ariz. Five non flying planes from  four Rf-4cs and an f-101 a will be sent to museums in Hermes Keil and Koblenz Germany Nancy France and Brussels Belgium. We Brucken a is scheduled to close by sept. 30. Safe honors Captain Raf Alconbury England an Aleon Bury Captain was recently selected As the 1990 Junior personnel officer of the year for the . Air forces Europe. Capt. Julie k. Stanley the 10th Mission support so s military personnel Branch chief won the award following her selection As the 3rd air forces Junior personnel officer of the year. One of the reasons for Stanley a selection was her a spearheading of the transit of troops to the Middle East a according to a news release from the 1 oth tac fighter Wing at Alconbury. 1 Hahn wins Supply award Maun a Germany a the 50th Supply so has been selected As the Winner of the 1990 air Force Daedal an Supply effectiveness award marking the first time in a decade that an air Force unit in Europe has been honoured. Quot Supply units were rated on staffing weapons system support capability customer support and individual and unit accomplishments. Areas at Hahn that were cited include operations support Materiel management storage and distribution fuels management and the orderly room and administration Section the Hahn unit representing Safe competed against six other major command winners for the Honor. Mali s longtime dictator ousted in military coup Abidjan Ivory coast apr soldiers overthrew Mali a military dictator Early tuesday and the new military Leader promised to bring about multiparty democracy. Violence after the coup reportedly left dozens of people dead. / residents of Bamako the malian capital cheered and set off firecrackers after hearing of the overnight ouster of Gert. Moussa Traore who had ruled the West african nation for 23 years. However medical officials speaking on condition of anonymity reported 59 people had been killed and about 200 injured in Vio Lenic following the overthrow. Shops were being looted tuesday morning in the capital. The new government in a communique read on of Traore facial radio announced the disbanding of Traore a. Government1 and his people s democratic Union which had been the sole Legal political party., the radio said the coup Leader it. Col Amadou to Marii tour will head a new National reconciliation Council that will work with pro democracy groups. An umbrella group Mali a committee of pro democracy associations said it met with coup leaders tuday and a is satisfied with this first Contact. A give me time to make Contact with the people my people for whom we have taken this action a Toure told state radio. A we can say that this future action will involve the establishment of an unlimited multiparty system social Justice and total democracy in our  state radio did not disclose Traore a Fate but a prominent lawyer said he was arrested by the military. The lawyer Idrissa Traore no relation to the president said by Telephone that he had no other details. There were unconfirmed reports the president had been caught at the Airport As he tried to flee the country. The military closed the landlocked nations Borders and the International Airport the radio said. Angry crowds have been searching the City for Traore a supporters and killed at least two according to medical officials. V the officials said to Dore a education minister Bakary Traore and the ousted leaders brother in Law Mamadou Diarra were burned to death and their Bod is were at Gabriel Toure  overthrow followed Days of violent demonstrations., a a a a a a a a a a a a a police arrest 2 More germans in scam Nurnberg Germany a amps a German police have arrested two More people in a $2.5 million Kickback scandal involving the . Army regional contracting office in Nimberg a spokesman for the prosecutor office said tuesday. A we arrested two German citizens employed by the United states army in Ansbach on the 19th and 21st of this month Quot spokesman Ewald Behrschmidt said. A they Are suspected of demanding and receiving bribes of 100,000 Marks and More in processing construction contracts for the army. Both of them left their jobs with the americans in 1989.�?�. Behrschmidt said that More than 4 million Marks $2.5 million illegally changed hands in the Case which involves More than 30 German citizens including building contractors from the Nimberg and Furth areas. Some of the suspects Are accused of accepting bribes in return for awarding contracts to German building contractors on wife brother in Law charged with killing Gulf vet in Detroit various projects for several years. Since the arrests began nov. 6, police a vet recovered 3 million Marks $1.88 million of the bribery Money Behrschmidt said. A a we be stirred up quite a swamp Here a he said a a we be arrested More than a dozen people and we currently have three people in custody a the two men we picked up last week and a woman arrested earlier. All others have been released after making full  the investigation started about a year ago Behrschmidt said when the affluent lifestyles of some contracting office employees attracted the attention of the army a criminal investigation come in Nimberg the command then notified German authorities. A the investigation will continue until we believe we have enough evidence to convince the District attorney we can go to court a Behrschmidt said. A it could be that Well uncover a lot More before the investigation is  Detroit apr the wife and brother in Law of a Soldier who was killed on a Detroit Street just a week after he returned from the persian Gulf War were charged tuesday with murder police said. The killing of army. Spec. Anthony Riggs provoked a National outcry Over Urban violence. A Friend said Riggs wife asked him for a divorce As soon As he walked off the plane that brought him Back from the Middle East. Police chief Stanley Knox said first degree murder. Warrants were issued against Toni Cato Riggs 22, and her 19-year-old brother Michael  had been in custody since monday morning and was arraigned tuesday on the murder charge and one count of Possession of a firearm said police spoke Swo. Man Allene Ray. Mrs. Riggs was questioned and released monday. Her attorney Athina Siringas said she would surrender tuesday or wednesday. Mrs. Riggs had refused to comment monday when she left Hor lawyers office. A this crime had absolutely nothing to do with random Street violence Quot said homicide inspector Gerald Stewart. A there is an established motive a Stewart said. He declined to elaborate but an army Friend and Riggs Mother said the couple fought frequently Over Money. Riggs 22, was shot five times March 18 outside the Home of his wife a aunt while helping his wife move. Police initially thought the slaying occurred As his car was being stolen. He had returned the week before front eight months duty in the persian Gulf where he was assigned to a Patriot missile Battery. Riggs and his wife were having serious marital difficulties while he was in the Gulf said a close Friend army sgt. Garry Wei Iver. The couple met in Texas and mrs. Riggs moved Back to her family Home in Detroit after her husband was sent overseas Wei Iver said. A she was taking All the savings All the Money and everything he owned to Detroit.,&Quot he said monday night by Telephone from fort Bliss Texas a about the Only Possession of value that he had was his car and she destroyed  lie said mrs. Riggs greeted her husband on the Airfield at fort Bliss on March 8 with the news she wanted a divorce and $500 a month in Alimony. Riggs was heartbroken Wei Iver said. Quot he sort of put his hand on my shoulder and said a i need to talk bad. She just asked me for a divorce a Quot w Ellivera said a that night. He just parked the car and tried to figure out his life did a lot of crying did a lot of Yelling. He decided that he would just Start a new life. 1 be w anted to make a fresh  shortly after her husbands death mrs. Riggs said she pm Rcd to use the proceeds of his $5t ,00 military life insurance policy plus a private policy to attend nursing school. New Money order to be issued in . Washington a the . Postal service announced monday that it will begin issuing a new Money order that officials Hope will be harder to counterfeit. The new design was seven years in development according to the postal inspection service a a. A a a a. Bank tellers and others cashing the orders can More easily determine if they have been altered by holding them up to a Light which reveals a water Mark Security thread and the imprint of the original amount explained chief postal inspector Charles r. Clauson. F Clauson said the new Money orders will be phased in nationwide Over the next year beginning with the Southern Region of Mississippi Tennessee Arkansas Alabama and Louisiana. That area was chosen because it has problems with prison inmates altering Money orders. The postal inspection service said the inmates place classified advertisements seeking pen pal relationships. Once a correspondence has been started the inmate will ask the pen pal to do a favor by cashing a Money order for him and sending Buck the Money. In Many cases Money orders purchased for $1 have had their value altered by As much As $700, officials said