European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 28, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 10 b the stars and stripes thursday november 28, 1991army seeking new recruits for special forces Schwet Zingen Germany a recruiters will hold presentations for enlisted soldiers in Berlin on dec. 3 and 4 aimed at enticing volunteers for the army a special forces. Presentations Are planned for 9 30 . To 1 30 . Both Days in the 5th in classroom no. 1 of Mcnair Barracks. Wives of interested soldiers Are encouraged to attend. Applicants must take a physical fitness and swimming test dec. 5,1 30 ., at Andrews Barracks. Applicants Are required to score 206 on the army physical readiness test according to standards for the 17-to-21 age group and swim 50 meters in Battle dress uniform and boots. Soldiers should bring their most recent physical fitness test score card and copies of their forms 2a and 2-1 to the presentation. For More information Call staff sgt. Judge at ets 332-6289 or sgt. 1st class Gonzalez at ets 379-6430 or 6558.furniture being offered at demo Sale in Hanau Hanau Germany a the defense re utilization and marketing office has announced a Cash and carry furniture Sale in building 1341 on Fliege Horst Cavern in Hanau on Friday. The Sale is restricted to id card holders from 9 . To 10 . The general Public is invited to attend from 10 . Until 1 . Bunk Beds wardrobes desks night tables and chairs Are some of the items for Sale. Buyers must pay for their purchases in dollars. No checks will be accepted. Purchases must be removed by 1 . On the Day of the Sale. For More information Contact the Hanau defense re utilization and marketing office at ets 322-8281 or civilian 06181-55614.british sending More troops to curb n. Ireland terrorism Belfast Northern Ireland apr an extra battalion of Between 500 and 600 soldiers was being sent to Northern Ireland on wednesday to help combat an upsurge in terrorism defense Secretary Tom King said. King said no decision had been made on How Long the 1st in Gloucestershire regt would stay in the British run province. The battalion which brings the total number of army troops to More than 11,000, was requested by Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Brooke King said. The army called up 1,400 part time Ulster defense regt soldiers for full time duty 12 Days ago following seven killings in 24 hours.532 to earn top enlisted Grade the air Force has selected 532 of the eligible 4,448 for promotion to chief master sergeant the highest enlisted Grade. The chief master sergeant evaluation Board met oct. 21 at air Force military personnel Center Randolph fab Texas. Those selected will be promoted sometime in 1992. The average age of those picked was 40.41 and the average score was 681.18. Last year the average age was 40.91, and the average score was 697.33. Khmer Rouge Leader Khieu Samphan gets on a personnel Carrier after being attacked in phenom penh Cambodia. Khmer Rouge Leader attacked by angry throng in Cambodia phenom penh Cambodia map a thousands of protesters screaming a dog and a murderer a wednesday surged past police and attacked a top Leader of the Khmer Rouge the communist guerrilla group whose reign of terror in the 1970s left hundreds of thousands dead. Armoured personnel carriers evacuated Khieu Samphan right hand Man to top Khmer Rouge Leader pol pot. Khieu Samphan and son Sann another Khmer Rouge Leader were flown Back to Bangkok Thailand. Bleeding from the head and Chest Khieu Samphan cowered in a bedroom As Security officers prevented him from being Strung up by a wire tied to a ceiling fan. Only hours earlier in lieu Samphan had ended his exile and returned to phenom penh to take part in a plan to end 13 years of civil War Between the Khmer Rouge its two non communist guerrilla Al lies and the government Vietnam installed after invading Cambodia in 1978. The attack delayed what would have been the first meeting of a National reconciliation Council and appeared to jeopardize a peace Accord signed last month in Paris by All four warring factions. The government in a statement carried by its official news Agency said afterwards that it remained fully committed to the peace pact. Under the Accord a supreme National Council led by Prince Norodom Sihanouk would help pave the Way for elections in 1993. After storming the Villa a mob broke into the room where Khieu Samphan was hiding. Wire had been Strung from a ceiling fan but Security personnel prevented the mob from Lynching Khieu Samphan one of the prime architects of the Khmer rouges murderous regime and now the groups Shell Osisek despite truce Zagreb Yugoslavia apr the yugoslav army pounded Osisek overnight and wednesday morning and shelling closed a key croatian Highway despite a cease fire. Elsewhere the truce generally appeared to be holding. In new York the . Security Council was scheduled to vote wednesday on sending peacekeepers to the Region. Yugoslavia a Tan Jug news Agency reported the second alleged air attack in As Many Days by modified croatian crop dusting aircraft. Croatia a defense ministry said the shelling of Osi Jek capital of Croatia a Eastern Slavonia Region ended at 8 . Wednesday. An artillery attack on Podralska Slatina and its surroundings however forced the shutdown of the regional Highway connecting Eastern Slavonia with the rest of Croatia to the West forcing motorists to Detour around the area. Croatian radio reported sporadic overnight Small arms fire around Dubrovnik which is under a near two month blockade by the Federal army. An italian Relief ship carrying 878 refugees mainly elderly people women and children left the historic port Early Rolls out new requirement for tire tread Bonn Germany a amps a motor vehicle and trailer tires must have a trea at least 1.6 Millimetres thick As of Jan. 1 in All countries in the european Community according to the German traffic safety Council. The required thickness in Germany is now 1 millimetre the Council said. The Community a other 11 countries Are Belgium Denmark France Greece Ireland Italy Luxembourg the Netherlands Portugal Spain and the United kingdom. Tire treads feature 1.6-millimeter-High markings that appear when the tread wears to that thickness. The markings form a line across the tread at intervals denoted on the tire Wall by a a twin tire Wear indicator. Vehicles registered with . Army Europe already Are required to have at least one sixteenth of an Inch 1.59 Millimetres of tread on each tire army spokesman Jim Boyle said. The Rule has been in effect at least since last december. Motorists in Germany who want to assess their tire treads can place a 50-pfennig piece into a main tread Groove. If the tread covers Only the coins production Date and no More the tires nearly have reached the new limit. The Council recommended that Winter tires have a tread at least 4 Millimetres thick to permit Safe driving in Snow and slush. That minimum Standard is the Legal requirement for Winter driving in Austria according to the Council
