European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 11, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2, b the stars and stripes tuesday june 11, 1991 at a glance payload specialist Andrew a a Drew Gaffney is cuffed on the left thigh and Arm in a cardiovascular Experiment aboard the space shuttle Columbia. The picture was taken from a television screen. Sec Story on Page 10. Stealth in spotlight after three years of gradually and grudgingly loosening the lid of secrecy on its revolutionary stealth aircraft the air Force is Rushing these most prize of its weapons into the Public spotlight. A Page 5women and aids while new aids cases among men Are decreasing in the United states female cases Are skyrocketing. A Page 6judges fearful the nations Federal judges want taxpayers to spend More than $11 million to buy them Home Security systems cellular telephones and Remote car starters. A a a a page7stalinist victims German Chancellor Helmut Kohl lays wreaths to Honor victims of stalinist oppression lying in unmarked Graves beside the Buchenwald nazi concentration Camp. Quot. Page 8 summertime the outdoors can be fun a but hazards Are lurking everywhere. A a a pages 14-16 the numbers game americans balance Sheet looks $382.3 billion better today than it did last  Page 17indexabby, Ann Landers. 19 action line. 16 comics. 19-21 commentary .13 letters. 12 Money matters .17 sports. 22-28 to listings. 22 weather. 11 eliminated from House Bill by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington a abortion rights and to eats suffered a slight setback Friday when a Complex rules Man Euver stripped the House defense appropriations Bill of a provision to allow patient funded Abor Lions at overseas military medical facilities. The provision offered As an amendment by rep. Les Aucoin d-orc., survived the Fust stage of the two tier defense funding process two weeks ago when the House voted 220-208 to include it in the fiscal 1992 defense authorization Bill. But. During floor debate on the appropriations Bill Henise appropriations committee leaders who oppose abortion purposely failed to follow Standard procedures that would have allowed a vote to include the amendment in that Bill As Well. The action slightly weakens but does not kill efforts to reverse a 3-Ycar-old Pentagon policy barring abortions in overseas military medical facilities. A a it a still part of the House defense a Theriza Tiomi Bill a said an Aucoin aide. A but we wanted to get it into the appropriations Bill As Well to make it tougher on the president since he d have to veto two major Bills instead of  president Bush has said he would veto the defense authorization Bill because of the abortion language  weapons related provisions not to his liking. The Aucoin aide said the amendment. Was struck from the defense up Propri Lions Bill on a Point of order by rep. Vin Weber a Minn. That became possible when the appropriations committee chairman rep. Jamie Whitten d-miss., and the defense subcommittee chairman rep. John Mur tha d-pa., failed to ask the House rules committee for a waiver that would have barred the Point of order. Such waivers must be requested on issues that could be challenged As legislating policy a task that the appropriations committees Are supposed to leave to the armed services committees. Technically the appropriations committees Are required to limit themselves to deciding funding Levels for policies and programs authorized by the armed services committees a Weber raised the Point that including the amendment m the appropriations Bill amounted to legislating policy and strictly speaking he s fight a the Aucoin aide said. But a waiver would have allowed a vote on it anyway she said adding that such waivers Are routinely granted during floor debate on appropriations Bills. Whitten and Murtha knew exactly which amendments they were seeking waivers for and which ones they weren to the aide said. The debate now shifts to the Senate a where Seri. Tim Wirth  led an Effort last year that narrowly failed to overturn the Pentagon policy on abortion. An aide said Wirth plans to renew his fight when the Senate begins work on its version of the fiscal 1992 defense authorization Bill next month. Rhein main terminal remodelling increases waiting times frustration by Mary Neth staff writer Rhein main a Germany a the remodelling of the Rhein main a terminal is resulting in longer Waits and More frustration for military Airlift come passengers. A because of the crowded conditions caused by the construction work we be had to change our method of opera Lions a said capt Michael r. Wilson the officer in charge of passenger service. A passengers Are being faced with frustrations. We Hope they will take into account that Airport personnel is sharing them on a daily  to minimize overcrowding Wilson advises passengers with reservations to arrive three hours before departure. A those with Early morning flights s h i i d c h dec k i n t h e i r b a is t h e n i g h t h a fore a maybe stay with friends or in a local hotel a he said. Parking also is in Short Supply Wilson noted. Construction has eliminated Park. Ing space a a a a a a a a a the Long term parking lot has filled up and people have been leaving cars in the Short term lot Quot Wilson said. A cars left there now will be ticketed and towed away. We advise people to get rides to the terminal if at All  service members reservists and retirees eligible for space available flights Are warned that they no longer can take their bags into the terminal while awaiting a flight Calla Only passengers with tickets will be Able to carry in Luggage a Wilson said. About 650 storage lockers will be set up in the parking lot. A we urge families thinking of taking advantage of space a flights a. To Call in and ask about possible flights before coming to the Airport a Wilson said a they will be Wise to take a few extra Days leave to Cushion the wailing time. Instead of camping out Here As has been done in the past they should plan a Little vacation sightseeing in the area. The present Airport facilities just can to accommodate families waiting around for flights. A once they Check in  be on the top of the next flight list in any  the remodelling project requires passengers to wend their Way around construction Sites. The cafes Exchange the Bookstore and restrooms Are in portable buildings on the Edge of the parking lot. The baggage Check line winds through a Long wooden Shack. A the $10 million building project presently going on dates Back 10 years a Wilson said. When completed the terminal will have 33 percent More floor space. Wilson said that construction could fake three years to Complete. The project was begun in 1989, but delayed six months when tests detected soil contamination from fuel storage tanks he said. By much huh Winder . Bureau Raf i.aken1 ihat1 i England an air Force sergeant was sentenced to one year of confinement saturday and Given a bad conduct discharge Lor stealing mail and forgery  l. Holley of the 48th Mission support so also was reduced in rank to airman Basic fined $550 and ordered to forfeit ail pay and allowances following her conviction in a general court martial. Moll by Vav As. C h a red w i l h s in co u n t s o f -the11 of mail six counts of. Forgery and one count of larceny. The All officer eight member panel found her guilty of four counts of theft of mail and All counts of forgery she was acquitted on the larceny charge. A a. / the 24-year-old sergeant worked at the base Post office and was in charge of incoming mail. She was accused of forgery and stealing mail after some people reported checks being written against their British Pound checking accounts. Merchants Bank uses the mail  Send checks and the Check guarantee cards that Are needed when cashing the checks. The victims had hot received the checks or the guarantee cards. In the trial one of Holley a co workers reported seeing what appeared to be checks discarded in a trash can at work. Holley testified that she was coerced into signing the checks after being abducted and sexually assaulted White in London. The Pensacola Fla native has been in the air Force since May 21, 1986, and at Lakenheath since november 1988. The verdicts carried a maximum Pei Alty of 40 years Conti Nemett and dishonourable discharge. Patriot to be tested next month Bedford mass. Up a a new generation of Patriot missiles designed to Knock out stealth aircraft As Well As smaller and faster targets will be test fired in new Mexico next month reports said monday. Prototypes of the upgraded version of Patriot missile that gained Fame As the scud busters of the persian Gulf War Are being manufactured at Raythelon corp s Bedford Plant for Field testing Early in july. The Lexington based Raythelon is working with a German firm a the tale sunken system Technik a subsidiary of Deutsche aerospace a to develop the. New generation of Patriot missiles. The new version is dubbed the Patriot growth missile. Equipped with improved internal radar and an ability to Fly twice As High and fur As did the persian Gulf Model the upgraded Patriot system is designed to shoot Down radar evading stealth aircraft cruise missiles and other fast moving tactical missiles . Forces May face in the future. The first yield tests of the new system will be Early in july at the army base in White Sands . The Boston Herald said that the first prototype will be shipped to new Mexico in two weeks and that so far six of them have been built for testing