European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 29, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 c the stars and stripes sunday december 29, 1991nco rescued in close Call with death by Gary Miller Mediterranean Bureau it had All the ingredients of an episode of Rescue 911. Security police rushed through congested traffic in Izmir Turkey to save a sergeant who was minutes from death because of a Gas leak in his apartment. Meanwhile colleagues tried to keep the victim talking on the Telephone. The victim tech. Sol. William a. Ross was released from an Izmir area Hospital a Day after the dec. 18 incident. He was still experiencing a Gas caused hangover but should suffer no permanent effects from the leak that put the no 15 to 30 minutes from death according to a doctor at a local Hospital. The leak caused by a faulty regulator on Ross stove had left the 7241st comm so member incoherent by the time his turkish Girlfriend found him Early in the evening. She contacted the squadrons technical controller sgt. Steve r. Pohl. Pohl called Ross and found himself talking to someone with disjointed speech a like someone who was very  Pohl called the units first sergeant senior master sgt. James l. Kiger who relayed the distress Call to the Security police. A a Pohl got Ross to open his outside door a Kutger said. Kiger caught a ride with one of two Security police units that headed to Ross apartment while Pohl and senior airman Steven j. Wirtz at police Headquarters kept the groggy sergeant talking on the phone. A the thing that really helped us out was our interpreter being Able to find the apartment quickly a said capt. Randy Spangler police commander who participated in the Rescue. Sometimes More than one building in Izmir apartment complexes have the same number. Ross lives in one of two buildings numbered 46, but interpreter Yeltsin Mana quickly located the Correct Structure. A the elevator Shaft was filled with Gas so we had to do a nine floor dash a Kiger said. A we laugh about it now but we were running up Steps Yelling at each other not to turn on lights and to turn off our radios a Spangler said. The group found Ross on the floor. He was Clammy but breathing Spangler said. While Kiger and senior airman Ronald m. Vickers took Ross outside staff sgt. Michael j. Scott found the Gas bottle and turned it off. The other rescuers opened All the windows in the apartment. Vickers drove Ross to the Hospital. A a we re just really Lucky we did no to have a problem with an explosion a Spangler said. As for the victim Spangler said a sgt. Ross must have a guardian Angel the size of the Empire state  pledges not to forget Subic workers sit j j  a View of Subic Bay naval facilities which the United states will abandon by the end of 1992. A it. Cmdr. Albert Twyman the . Navy a spokesman at Subic said plans As to where the service Mem ers would be redeployed have not yet been finalized. The closing of Subic will Cost thousands of filipinos their jobs. Most of the 300,000 residents of nearby Olon Gapo rely on the base for their livelihood. Labor Secretary Ruben Torres said about 38,000 people depend directly or indirectly on the base for work but he gave no specific breakdown. He said the government will find jobs for them As overseas contract workers in the Middle East and Taiwan. Others could be hired in government projects. Gordon said there also Are plans to redevelop Subic As a free port but that is still in the planning stages. Aquino told the workers the philippine government had originally proposed a three year withdrawal period to help workers adjust to the effects of the . Pullout. But the talks broke Down Over several issues including the terms on a lease Extension and Manila a refusal to allow nuclear weapons aboard ships calling at Subic. A while we desired an orderly and phased physical departure of the . Forces to mitigate the Adverse effects of the withdrawal on the workers and other affected sectors we cannot agree to a simple Extension through an executive agreement of the 1947 military bases agreement As this would violate our Constitution a Aquino said in a statement. A . Official in Manila on Friday said equipment already was being removed from the base and that withdrawal would be stepped up a very very  plan Load of Christmas gifts arrives for haitian refugees Manila Philippines apr president Corazon Aquino on saturday assured filipino base workers her government will do its Best to help Cushion the economic effects of the . Navy a pullout from Subic Bay naval facilities by the end of 1992. Aquino gave her Assurance during a meeting with base representatives led by mayor Richard Gordon of Olon Gapo which is near Subic and his wife rep. Kate Gordon. On Friday philippine and . Officials said the . Navy will abandon Subic 50 Miles West of Manila by the end of next year. The Navy s departure will end nearly a Century of military presence in this former Colony. The . Government pledged to remain a Strong ally to the country it once ruled. A right now we re prepared to execute the one year withdrawal and make that As orderly a process As possible a said Pentagon spokesman cmdr. Gregg Hartung on Friday. The state department issued a statement promising that bilateral tics would remain Strong and declaring that . Philippine relations a have never been solely related to the  the statement pledged continued . Support for economic and political development efforts to expand Trade throughout the Region and continued close military ties including joint training operations and a commitment to a 1952 defense treaty. Subic a 60,000-acre base is Home to about 5,800 troops and 4,500 dependents. Together with Clark a which closed last month it constituted the United states largest overseas military installation. Guantanamo Bay Cuba a a cargo plane bearing Christmas gifts for haitian refugees arrived at the . Base Here saturday. The first of three c-130 cargo planes landed Early saturday morning. Two More were in route at midday said Walt Wheeler Deputy director of Public affairs for new Yorkus National guard which transported the shipment of toys clothing and food. More than 6,000 haitians have been housed for weeks in a tent City at the american base in Southeastern Cuba. The refugees who were fleeing to the United states from Haiti in the Wake of a sept. 30 military coup were intercepted at sea by the coast guard. A court Battle is being waged in the United states Over whether the haitians should be returned to their country. The . Government argues the refugees want to come to the United states for economic Rea sons and do not qualify for political Asylum. Refugee Aid groups say Haiti a military government is a repressive regime. The coast guard on Friday transported 132 haitians who asked to be returned Home from Guantanamo Bay. The goods in saturdays shipment were collected by private new York area companies and Community groups that made a Holiday Appeal on behalf of the haitian refugees Wheeler said. The first flight carried about 4 i tons of cargo he said. About three quarters of the shipment was clothing with the remainder consisting of food toys and other gifts Wheeler said. The other two flights which left new York on saturday at mid morning for the five hour flight carried Ivi tons of cargo Wheeler  by right wingers up in Berlin this year Berlin up1 a right Wing extremist attacks in Berlin increased during 1991, and local skinheads Are forging links with groups such As the Kun flux klan in the United states the head of berlins Domestic intelligence service said. A especially in the East part of Berlin the number of right Wing extremist attacks has grown a Heinz Annussek head of Berlin s office for the Protection of the Constitution said in the Berliner Morgen Post newspaper. Annussek said he was particularly alarmed Over the growth of links Between local skinhead groups whose members Are generally identified by their shaved Heads and International Neo nazi organizations and White supremacist groups such As the Kun flux klan. Berlin officials have launched a judicial inquiry into distribution of Kkt publications Annussek said