European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 6, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes tuesday August 6, 1991 s. A a a copter Falls apart a firefighters and Airport officials inspect the wreckage of a Canadian air Force helicopter that crashed and broke into two parts sunday during an air show held at the Schenectady n.y., Airport. Four of the five Crew members aboard the helicopter were reported to have been injured. Gorbachev cuts duties to Spur imports of basics by Francis x. Clines. The new York times Moscow a concerned about the dearth of consumer goods As another worrisome Harvest approaches president Mikhail s. Gorbachev issued an executive order on sunday night restricting luxury imports and easing customs duties to Spur imports of food Medicine and other badly needed basics. In effect the soviet Leader was testing his improving relations with the republics by attempting a device a the executive order a that was widely ignored a year ago when the Economy plummeted and he was deep in a Power snaring fight with the republics. In this new order Gorbachev who has been negotiating a new Union treaty of closer relations with the republics called military on the republics and the Central government in the Kremlin to a haul the country a Economy out of crisis with a series of measures ranging from factory incentives to Republic bartering. All Are directed at improving the lot of the battered soviet consumer. As the order was announced the now familiar annual warning about a a real threat of famine was being issued by Gorbachev a chief economic officer first Deputy prime minister Vladimir Shcherbakov who implored the nation to pitch in and see that this years Grain Harvest was a Success. The governments similar invocations of famine fears a year ago proved unfounded. A bumper crop partly compensated for breakdowns in the delivery and storage system that allowed thousands of tons of pro Duce to Jot before it could be delivered to packing houses Mills and stores. Soviet Consumers scrambled through another demoralizing season of Hunting and foraging for needed goods whose shortages were severe but somewhere Short of a threat to life. A there is no time for Idle talk a Shcherbakov declared on television in what the soviet Public takes As a Midsummer Pep talk As the Grain wafts for harvesting. A everything has to be done to bring the Harvest in.�?�. The Bush administration has had a team of technical specialists visiting the hinterlands in an attempt to recommend improvements for the badly outdated and Over centralized soviet farm distribution and storage systems. Gorbachev made no mention of this or of the Broad technical advice pledged to the soviet Union last month at the London Summit of the seven major free mar Ket democracies. But instead of dealing with the longer Range plans for transition to a Market Economy the soviet Leader focused on testing once More whether there was enough cooperation Between the Central government and the republics to Patch together special Short Range help this year for the consumer. On one level Gorbachev a order is intended to offer a bit of consumer Hope to the Public As it awaits the deeper economic changes that Gorbachev promised during the Summit talks last month. The precise nature and timing of those plans after six years of floundering reconstruction have not been announced. Giessen offers Job help Giessen Germany a the Giessen army Community services employment assistance office is offering a seminar to help people in the Giessen military Community find a Job. The seminar includes three hours of topics that include Job search environment networking resumes cover letters and evaluation of Job offers it is available to All department of defense employees and family members. The seminars will be held from 9 . Until noon on thursday and aug 30 in Kirch Gons 9 . Until noon on aug 15, sept. 5 and sept. 26 in Friedberg and from 9 . Until noon on aug. 22 and sept. 12 in Giessen North. Call Corinne Curtis at 346-7131 for reservations and locations. Free ride to Job fair Giessen Germany a free transportation will be offered from the Kirch Gons recreation Center to the no Academy Job fair that will be held in Heidelberg Germany from 7 30 . Until 5 . Aug. 29. The Job fair will assist department of defense employees and family members searching for a Job. People can Stop by the recreation Center to fill out a mini resume application that will be distributed at the fair. For reservations and information Call Karina Madera at 346-7129. List of support group cuts eliminations revised by army Heidelberg Germany a . Army Europe officials have released a revised list of reductions and eliminations of civilian support groups in Germany. The changes Are necessary to synchronize civilian support group reductions with the draw Down of . Units officials said. Gen. Crosbie e. Saint commander of 7th army and Usa eur put the changes into effect in coordination with the commands head works Council officials said. The original proposal announced More than a year ago eliminated reduced or consolidated Many of the 94 companies that make up the civilian support organization. The two additions to the original list Are reduction of eight Job positions in the 3331st civilian support group Usa Agency in the fourth Quarter of fiscal 1992. Group Usa eur civilian support reduction of Job positions in the 3334th civilian support Liaison det in the fourth Quarter of fiscal 1992. Both units Are in Heidelberg. Two units scheduled for elimination instead of reduction Are the 4013th civilian support group in Lebach in the first Quarter of fiscal 1992 instead of reduced in the fourth Quarter of fiscal 1993. The 8361st civilian support group in bad Kreuz Nach in the. Fourth Quarter of fiscal year 1992 a the time Frame originally slated for reduction. The elimination dates for three units have been accelerated. The 8905th civilian support group in Esslinger will be eliminated in the second Quarter of fiscal 1992, instead of in the second Quarter of fiscal 1993.the 8906th civilian support group in by Bingen. Will be eliminated in the second Quarter of fiscal 1992, instead of in the third Quarter of fiscal 1993. The 8904th civilian support group in Augsburg will be eliminated in the fourth Quarter of fiscal 1992, instead of in the fourth Quarter of fiscal 1993. The first civilian support unit was organized in May 1945 As part of a plan to employ the manpower released in the Wake of world War ii. By the end of that the year the . Forces employed fed clothed and sheltered nearly a Quarter of a million workers. Many of them were displaced people from Eastern european countries and the Baltic states. Jazz Singer Southern Dies los Angeles up a Jeri Southern a classically trained pianist who became a jazz or merited Singer in the 1950s, died sunday the Day before her 65th birthday. Southern a most famous recording was you better go now a 1950s hit. She also was known for when i rail in love an occasional Man and fire Down below Southern died sunday morning at Queen of Angels Hollywood presbyterian medical Center. She was admitted to the Hospital Friday suffering from pneuma