European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 28, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 a the stars and stripes saturday september 28, 1991 Vit s time for Western Europe to fall Back by the stars and stripes it will take the Sale clerks in the Rauf Hof department store in Darmstadt Germany almost seven Days to catch up with the Correct time next week. A a we be got More than 100 clocks and watches that will have to be set Bank when Daylight saving time ends. But its not so bad everyone chips in a a a Sale clerk said. For most people however the task of setting the clocks Back one hour As much of Western Europe says Good night to summer time a the european equivalent of Daylight saving time a is not As Tim consuming. Officially the return to Standard time begins at 2 . Sunday except in some parts of Europe. Folks in great Britain for example wont turn Back their clocks until oct. 28. Other exceptions Are Bulgaria Romania the soviet Union and Cyprus which ended the summer time earlier today. The prudent among us of course will perform the Light chore of resetting clocks before retiring tonight. Those who do not risk being one hour late for Church and other sunday appointments. The United states does not return to Standard time until oct. 27, the last Sun Day of the month. Of course not All states comply with the rules of Daylight saving time. Arizona Hawaii and parts of Indiana remain on Standard time year round. After a dark Winter most of Europe will set its clocks ahead once again at the end of March. In the United states the Long evenings of Light return the first sunday in  Force one among planes checked for defects Seattle apr the two planes the president uses As air Force one Are among 28 late Model Boeing 747s that were inspected for fuel system problems under a Federal aviation administration order. The Faa directive stems from an engine fire sept. 19 in a Northwest airlines 747-400 that returned to a Rita Airport near Tokyo. Nearly 50 passengers were injured As they Slid Down escape chutes. A fuel system design problem is suspected of causing that fire. The directive orders airlines to Check fuel lines cables and drains in engine struts on 28 Boeing jumbo jets including the two 747-200s that serve As air Force one. The two air Force one planes have already been inspected and were found to be Fine said Carolyn Russell a spokeswoman for Boeing defense and space group in Wichita Kan. The inspections were done by the 89th military Airlift come at Andrews fab near Washington. They and the other planes will have to be inspected regularly until a new design is developed that eliminates the fire Hazard in the engine struts Faa spokesman Dave Duff said wednesday. A we have directed Boeing to come up with some different design configurations or changes in the struts he said. Besides the two air Force operated planes the order covers six planes flown by United and Northwest airlines and 20 registered outside the United states officials said. Foreign carriers generally follow Faa directives. Jack Gamble of Boeing commercial air group refused to identify the carriers and Duff said he did not know which airlines outside the United states were affected. The Faa airworthiness directive issued tuesday covers All 19 747-400s, the Only Model of the jumbo Jet now in production plus the two 747-200s and seven 747-300s that were delivered. Shortly before production of the 747-400 began a we made a change in the design of the bracket that holds the fuel lines and the Power cables apart inside the strut Gamble said. An investigation into the Northwest fire is not com Clete the Faa said but it appears to have been caused y electrical arcing Between an electrical Cable going to one engine and a fuel line going to another. Such arcing could be caused by damage to the electrical line it said. Moreover an inspection revealed that a fuel Drain in a strut had been blocked the Faa order said. 6th Fleet has 18 ships assigned to Eastern med by the stars and stripes the Pentagon on thursday released a list of 6th Fleet assets operating in the Mediterranean sea and the Middle East. In the Eastern Mediterranean sea the 6th Fleet has 18 ships operating including the aircraft Carrier Forrestal with its 5,500 personnel and its amphibious Battle group. The Forrestall a air Wing consists of 75 aircraft including f-14, f/a-18 and a-6 strike aircraft As Well As electronic and radar planes. The Mediterranean amphibious group also has ah-1 cobra helicopters and av-8b harrier attack aircraft. Also in the 6th Fleet Force operating in the Middle East area Are three cruisers one destroyer two frigates four amphibious ships and seven auxiliary ships. Among those snips Are the Cruiser Yorktown and the destroyer Deyo both capable of carrying the Tomahawk cruise missile. In the persian Gulf Gulf of Oman and Northern arabian sea there Are currently 25 . Ships spearheaded by the aircraft Carrier Abraham Lincoln and the command ship Lasalle along with three cruisers two destroyers four frigates four amphibious ships six minesweepers and six auxiliary ships. Among the ships accompanying the Lincoln the destroyers Elliot and Merrill and the cruisers Champlain and Long Beach Are capable of carrying Tomahawk cruise missiles. The Lincoln a air Wing is made up of 85 aircraft of the same types that Are deployed in the Mediterranean Force. The Navy has six ships in the red sea a five frigates and one auxiliary ship. The aircraft Carrier Eisenhower which left Norfolk va., on thursday will take about 10 Days for the Eisenhower to reach the Straits of Gibraltar. Once it links up with the Forrestal there will be a routine overlap period in which the two Battle groups will undertake joint training Maneu vers. This a a turnover period usually lasts less than a week but can be extended if operational requirements warrant it. So within the next two weeks the United states will have at least temporarily three Carrier Battle groups in the Middle East area. Airman to do hard labor for stealing nearly $3,000 Raf Lakenheath England a amps a an airman who stole nearly $3,000 from another airman was sentenced to three months of hard labor without confinement after a general court martial sept. 21, a base spokesman said. Airman Kelly m. Walsh a personnel specialist with the 48th aircraft generation so was also ordered to forfeit $100 a month for three months and demoted to airman Basic by a five member panel of officers. The 19-year-old airman was charged in july with one count of wrongful appropriation of More than $100 Between sept. 28, 1990, and March 8. She pleaded not guilty. According to evidence presented at the trial Walsh was Given Power of attorney to fill out pre signed checks on the account of airman 1st class Arthur m. Temple jr., to pay temples Bills while he was on temporary duty in saudi Arabia said base spokesman tech. Sgt. Rick Shick. Walsh then cashed checks at various locations on base for amounts higher than needed to cover temples Bills. Walsh has been in the air Force since december 1989 and assigned to Laken Heath since april 1990. The maximum sentence she could have received included a bad conduct discharge total forfeiture of pay and allowance and reduction to airman Basic. Designed for nuclear disaster a helmet designed to protect the eyes or pilots flying b-52s and a is during a no Calcai War is among 40 examples of 20th-Century headgear which Are part of an exhibit at the museum of modern Art in new York the Sandia National laboratories in Albuquerque n.m., developed the helmet