European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 26, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Military used car Sale planned 3 in Neu Ulm Friday april 26, 1991 the stars and stripes b Pago 9 service members with a used car to sell can participate in a one Stop used car Sale May 3 at Wiley Barracks in Neu Ulm Germany. Germans and americans will be authorized to Purchase cars owned by american id card holders at the event which runs from 10 . To 6 . Owners of cars must Register in Advance for the Sale by calling 427-6350 or 427-6353. Be prepared to give your name unit the make of year of the car being sold mileage asking Price and a Brief description. Car owners must remain with their vehicles throughout the Sale Day. Nato sets med exercise Casteau Belgium a nato will hold its semiannual naval exercise in the Mediterranean during most of May. V nato will activate its naval on Call Force Mediterranean a multinational flotilla for the exercise code named deterrent Force. The exercise will also be linked with another nato annual Man Euver called dragon Hammer 91, designed to train conventional forces in natos Southern Region. In main unit honoured Rhein main a Germany a an air Force unit from Rhein main a recently received top honors in the military Airlift coma. The 435th services so was awarded the title of Best services Squadron for 1990. In addition the squadrons flight Kitchen was selected As the Best in the military Airlift come and capt. Paul r. Nelson was chosen As the commands services military manager of the year. Draw Down going slowly Washington a amps the defense department made Only modest Progress in March in attempting to return to the personnel draw Down schedule set before operation desert storm. Official statistics released wednesday showed that the army lost 942 personnel bringing it to 744,039. The Navy decreased by 924 personal leaving the sea service with 575,200. Air Force strength declined by 408 personnel leaving a total of 528,879. The Marine corps increased by 1,420 personnel which a spokesman attributed to continued use of Stop loss policies. The 98th general Hospital in Nimberg Germany will no longer be a primary treatment facility for operation desert storm patients. However col or Albert Kopp chief of clinical services at 7th medical come Headquarters in Heidelberg Germany said the Lan Stuhl and Frankfurt regional medical centers will continue to receive patients from the kuwaiti theater. Kopp said the decision was based on the continued drop in the number of patients from Southwest Asia and the closing of the aeromedical staging facility operated by the air Force at Numberg a Airport. Last week 300 patients from the Region were treated at the three 7th medical come locations. This week the number fell to 240, Kopp said. A total of 6,450 service members from the War zone have been treated at the facilities in Germany since aug. 11, when the first patients were received. Giessen vol Smarch planned the Giessen hiking club will hold a vol Smarch this weekend. The March which will have 10 and 20-Kilometer trails will begin at the Miller Hall gymnasium near the Post Exchange in Giessen. Walkers can Start Between 7 . And 1 . On saturday and sunday. A a Patch depicting the City a Symbol will be awarded for completing the March. For More information Contact Gerald Wood director of the Giessen recreation Center at ets 343-7129 or 343-7434. Meer put on in fatal train by Mary Neth. Staft writer Darmstadt Germany a the Engineer who caused the worst train wreck in postwar Germany was sentenced to 10 months probation and a Fine of 2,500 Marks $1,479 thursday. Helmut Hosch 24, was negligent homicide in the feb. 2, 1990, Accident. More than 100 people were injured 37 or them seriously. The Accident occurred when the commuter train that Hosch was driving on the Wiesbaden Frankfurt line ran a Stop signal in the Riis Felsheim station and collided with another train. Hosch testified that he did not see the signal. According to expert testimony monday the Accident was clearly the convicted of 17 counts of Hosch result of Hoschl a error but could have been prevented had the train station in Riis Felsheim been equipped with a magnetic safety system. In explaining the sentence judge Rheinholt Jahn said Hosch alone on the train was under great pressure because of the Many duties he had to perform in a Short time. Jahn also noted that trains were rarely halted at the Stop and that the placement of the signal made it difficult to see. German rail officials estimated that the collision of the two fully occupied passenger trains caused 6 million Marks $3o million  before the crash both engineers attempted to Brake the trains. Hosch was injured in the Accident and the Engineer of the other train was killed. The Accident occurred at 4 45 . About 50 Yards from the Entrance to Azbill Barracks. Soldiers rushed to the scene and helped victims in the mangled wreckage using first Aid kits from their cars they removed Many of the injured from the wreckage with blankets yanked from Beds at the Barracks. On april 23,1990, the Hessen state government honoured the 106th trans in with a non Battle Streamer for the emergency Aid rendered by unit members. In addition seven soldiers were awarded the soldiers medal and 33 received the meritorious service medal. The soldiers medal is the highest non combat award for heroism for voluntary action involving risk of life. Three army civilian employees were Given certificates of commendation. German goes on trial in death of banker attempt to kill Haig Stuttgart Germany apr an alleged red army faction terrorist accused of killing a German banker and helping to plan an attack on former Secretary of state Alexander Haig or. Went on trial thursday in a prison courtroom. A a a Susanne Albrecht told the court that her sympathy for the poor and fight against economic inequality set her on a Trail toward violence. Albrecht who eluded authorities for More than a decade was the first of eight alleged red army faction terrorists arrested in a 10-Day sweep in june 1990. She had been wanted for 13 years for attacks on German business leaders . And nato military figures and German Legal authorities. The group formed in 1968, seeks to topple the capitalism sys Albrecht tem and foment worldwide revolution. After her arrest outside her apartment in what was then East Berlin German authorities said that East Germany a feared secret police known As the Stasi had helped give her a new identity and that she became a housewife. Albrecht 40, looking Pale and Haggard sat Between her two defense attorneys and quietly listened As the charges against her were read in Stuttgart a Stamm Heim prison after hearing the charges Albrecht told the court about herself including How she first became interested in the red army faction group. V she said the a key experience that aroused her interest was the death of convicted leftist terrorist Holger Meins in november 1974. He died during a hunger strike in prison. Albrecht was working for a committee helping squatters at the time and said she had the feeling Meins a had been killed by the  she also said she a could not imagine that a person would be so committed that he would die of hunger to support his beliefs and she became More interested in Radical leftist groups. \ she is charged with the july 30, 1977, murder of Jurgen Ponto head of the Dresdner Bank who was a Friend of her family. Albrecht signed her name to a red army faction letter taking responsibility for the attack authorities say. A. Other charges against her include aiding an attempt on Haig a life in june 1979. Haig was commander of nato forces when he escaped a bomb attack on his car in Belgium. A spokesman for the higher regional court in Stuttgart who spoke on condition of anonymity said Albrecht has Given investigators information about the red army faction and May receive a reduced prison sentence under Germany a rules for state witnesses. She is married to an Eastern German physicist and has a 6-year-old son. The latest attack claimed by the red army faction was the shooting death on april 1 of Detlev rowed Der the head of the Agency in charge of privatizing former East German state owned enterprises. Several states have announced upcoming City and statewide elections. Two special elections have been set for Pennsylvania. Voters in Lehigh county will choose a new state representative for the 133rd legislative District. Statewide voters will go to the polls nov. 5 to elect a new . Senator to fill the seat of sen. John Heinz who died in a plane crash. All cities and towns in the state of Washington will hold primary elections on sept. 17 and general elections on nov. 5. A. Iowa has set City elections for nov. 5 and school Board elections for sept. 10. Various City elections will be held in Montana. Primaries have been set for sept. 10 and general elections for nov. 5. Several major cities have set dates for mayoral races. Primary elections will be held in Baltimore on sept. 12 and Boston and Charlotte s.c., on sept. 24. The three will hold general elections on nov. 5, along with Dallas hous ton Miami and san Francisco. Denver will hold a general election on may2l and Memphis tenn.,on oct. 3. A statewide primary election to fill All the seats in the new Jersey legislature is scheduled for june 4, with a general election to follow on nov. 5. In Virginia primary elections for the general Assembly sheriffs county boards of supervisors and several other county governing bodies and City constitutional offices have been set for sept. 10. General elections Are scheduled for nov. 5. Mississippi has a full Range of county and state offices from sheriffs to governor on the sept.17 primary election ballot. The Genera election will be held nov. 5. Service members government employees and their family members who Are residents of these states or cities should Contact their unit voting officers for details on How to Register and obtain Absentee ballots. A completed Federal postcard application should be mailed Early to ensure timely receipt of a ballot officials said