European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 30, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2the stars and stripes tuesday april 30, 1991 at a glance Haig blasts Baker the criticism Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii directed at Israel last week Drew a rare rebuke from Alexander m. Haig or. A a a Page 4 Trump condos sold Donald Trump s real estate Empire crumbled a bit More sunday As 63 vacant waterfront units were auctioned. A Page 5 Oregon s aids policy the Oregon medical association adopts a policy requiring doctors infected with aids to advise the state health division. A Page 6 army a new chopper fibreglass and Wood form the army s full scale Model of the proposed scout attack helicopter. But that Model could turn to Gold for its builder if congressional proponents win the Battle to provide major funding for the Craft. A page7 Iran jail term half up Ellen Pattis whose brother is the Only american known to be in jail in Iran Hopes the time May be right for Jon Pattis release. He has served half of a 10-year sentence for espionage related charges. A page9 coping with headaches an estimated 45 million to 50 million american men and women suffer from chronic headaches that can torment them for Days or weeks at a time. A pages 14-15 Industry shake up following Lockheed a Victory in the Battle for the last great military contract of the Century the defense Industry appears headed for a dramatic shake up. A a a a a Page 17 Index Abby Ann Landers. 19 comics. 19-21 commentary. 13 letters 12 Money matters. 17 sports. 22-28 to listings 22 weather .11 collection time your stars and stripes Carrier will be collecting soon at government housing areas for the subscription period May 10junc9. Please have your payment of $11 ready space experiments proceed despite recorder is space Center Houston apr discovery astronauts conducted Star wars experiments monday As ground controllers struggled to fix two data recorders whose failure caused some other tests to be scrapped. The Crew observed atmospheric Light or Aurora with an instrument unaffected by the  Force capt. Lindley Johnson a program director said 80 percent to 85 percent of the planned experiments for the set of five scientific instruments still could be achieved even if the recorders cannot be fixed. ,. A the tape recorders Only record data from our secondary experiments a Johnson said. A a it is a Little disappointing to our secondary experimenters but As far As Overall Success. We re still quite Happy with the data that it looks like we re  four attempts to get the tape recorders working failed sunday night Nasa said. Engineers continued working on the problem monday As the astronauts proceeded with experiments involving the unaffected instruments. The trouble began hours after discovery thundered into orbit Early sunday from Kennedy space Center at Cape canaveral Fla. The eight Day Mission is do voted mostly to tests aimed at helping Pentagon scientists develop sensors for tracking and destroying missiles. Johnson said both recorders turned on and worked As planned for four hours then mysteriously failed. He said engineers have traced the problem to the recorders and not related equipment. The first exercise cancelled on sunday was an observation of the crab Nebula a huge Gas Cloud in space. Five observations set for monday also were called off said Ai Force capt. Marty Hauser. He said officials were unsure whether the sightings would be rescheduled for later in the flight which would cause other experiments to be bumped from the schedule. The recorder failure affects three research instruments. Two other related instruments including the device consid ered most important by the Pentagon were unaffected  problem. Program managers will make observations with the three affected instruments later in the Mission As planned regardless of whether the recorders Are fixed Johnson said. The data will be transmitted instantly from a computer tipi m c Monitor in the flight deck to ground con trailers when possible but some of the data will be lost he said. A a we re still trouble shooting. We Haven t Given up Hope on them yet a flight director Rob Kelso said Early monday. Engineers Are a still in the Back scratching their  flight director Ron Dittemore said the recorders were to be used to gather data from three of five scientific instruments in one of the main payloads. The two other instruments including the most important one were not affected and the most important device began taking data on atmospheric lights Early monday reported Burney Decamp of Mission control 1 Wing to Cut in Sembach a Germany a the 601st tac control Wing will trim about 1,000 personnel by the end of september As the organization streamlines its operations the Wing commander said the Sembach based Wing currently has about 1,700 people assigned to 10 units spread across Germany and in the wings Headquarters. Those squadrons and flights will be scaled Back to four col. Kenneth r. Reynolds said. I a a v a a a a a a under the new Structure the Wing will establish the 602nd tac control so at it Aschheim air station and the 603rd tac control so at Sembach. The new units will be staffed by personnel from Wing units being reduced by troop cuts in Europe and from new arrivals from the United states. A a a. A a the 611th tac control flight to be renamed the 601st tac control so and the 606th tac control so will remain at their current locations of Alscy and Wasdahl Germany. A reduced Wing Headquarters will remain at Sembach with a staff of 50 instead of the current 170. Reynolds said he did not see any change in the wings Mission of providing planning and control for . And nato air operations in Central Europe. The Only difference Reynolds said is a we wont be covering As much territory As we did in the  action Faken against officer who retrieved expired tags bad Kreuz Nach Germany a amps a the 8th inf div has taken administrative action against the division Provost marshal who allegedly prevented a military policeman from confiscating the officers expired License plates. A a the administrative action involving i. Col. Earnest Dixon could have involved a anything from no action taken to a letter of reprimand or verbal reprimand a said division spokesman maj. Doug Curtis. However Curtis declined to describe the action further saying the incident was a private matter. Dixon remains Provost marshal he said. Brig. Gen. John p. Otjen the division commander ordered an inquiry into the matter March 13. The Day before the enlisted military policeman. Spec Shawn Braley told the stars and stripes that he had spotted Dixon a expired plates while on patrol and removed them from the officers vehicle. Dixon then retrieved the plates from the patrol car although the military policeman told him not to take them the Soldier said. Dixon s vehicle is now registered Curtis said. More germans going to Iran Bonn Germany apr Germany said monday that it is sending about 350 additional soldiers to Iran to help iraqi refugees Bonne a largest military deployment outside the nato theater since the end of world War 11. About 200 German soldiers Are already in Iran to assist iraqi refugees including a special team of 53 that landed sunday to determine what is needed for the planned refugee Camp and Field Hospital. Reichert said 18 German army helicopters Are being used in Iran. Artillery soldiers come Home to Kitzinger base Kitzinger Germany a amps about 500 3rd inf div soldiers returned to their Home base in Kitzinger on saturday after More than four months in the persian Gulf a division spokesman said monday. Members of the 6th in 41st Field arty who departed dec. 14 for duty in the persian Gulf returned to Larson Barracks to a Welcome Home ceremony said master sgt. Hal leathers the a til Lery soldiers supported the 2nd army Cav regt during the ground War. The divisions 3rd brigade which is based in Aschaffenbur is to return to Germany from the Gulf by May 10, leathers said. Also scheduled to return by May 10 Are the division s 2nd in 41st Field arty and 5th in .41st Field arty. The 3rd brigade served As the 1st brigade of the 1st army div during the conflict. Medical members returning Wiesbaden a Germany a amps a about 210 members of the 12th evacuation Hospital were scheduled to return to Wiesbaden before Quot Dawn  Srimah saudi Arabia from dec. 28 to april 12, the units chief nurse said monday the 218 surgeries performed during that time ranged from Craniotomy for major head trauma to minor operations said it. Col. Donald Schaeberle. Among those treated were military personnel from the multinational Alliance prisoners of War and civilian refugees from Iraq. Bremerhaven gis Back Bremerhaven Germany a amps a sixty two soldiers assigned to the 7th signal brigades cod 63rd-signal in returned to Germany on monday after nearly four months in saudi Arabia. The soldiers flew to Frankfurt Early monday and boarded buses for the trip to their Home base at Bremerhaven. The soldiers deployed Jan. 8 to provide communications support for units above corps level such As the army Central come according to 1st it. Mark Deschenes the units rear detachment commander. The unit of about j00 soldiers was based in Northern saudi Arabia during its deployment he said. About two dozen co d soldiers Aje still working in saudi Arabia. It is not known when they will return to Germany Deschenes said. Co a 63rd signal in is scheduled to return to Bremerhaven next month