European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 29, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 a the stars and stripes sunday december 29, 1991nco rescued in dose 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. Sgt. 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 Kiger said. Kyger 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 fights 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. Quot 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  a a View of Subic Bay naval facilities which the United states will abandon by the end of 1992.Aquino pledges not to forget Subic workers Manila. Philippine apr president Corazon Aquino on saturday assured filipino base workers her  will do its Best to help Cushion the economic effects of the . Navy s pullout from Subic Bay Nava 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 Wrife 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 a 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 Possi ble a said Pentagon spokesman cmdr. Gregg Hartung on Friday. The state department issued a statement promising that bilateral ties 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  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 Finks 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 berlins office for the Protection of the Constitution said in the Berliner Morgen Post newspaper. Annussek said he was particularly alarmed Over the growth of Finks Between local skinhead groups whose members Are generally identified y 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 kick publications Annussek said. 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 Bonn Germany apr a Bonn financed housing program for the huge soviet army withdrawing from Eastern Germany has hit significant snags the troops commander says. A of the 36,000 planned apartments this year we still Haven to a single one. Hopefully Well receive 2,000 apartments soon Gen. Matvei p. Burlakov wrote in the newspaper die Welt. But Burlakov wrote that the withdrawal is �?o100 percent on schedule. He said 167,000 of the 370,000 troops have returned so far and he praised German authorities for their cooperation. Under a bilateral treaty that helped pave the Way for German Unity Bonn has pledged 7.8 billion Marks $5 billion to build housing for the soldiers in their homelands. Full withdrawal is to be completed by 1994. But Burlakov said about 15,000 enlisted soldiers families a have no apartments in their  he did not say How Many people that represents or where 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  they Are living. A unfortunately the Speed of construction leaves something to be desired a the general said. Burlakov was careful not to directly blame Germany. Before its dissolution the soviet Union was working with Germany in providing the housing. That role has apparently been assumed by Russia. But he hinted that Bonn has Given an unfair estimate of red army property in Eastern Germany meant to be used As collateral for housing funds. Said that the property is Worth 10.5 billion Marks 56.8 billion and that it would be Good if the property were properly evaluated by the German finance ministry and All resulting funds used primarily to build  Burlakov said 58 former red army bases in Eastern Germany have already been shut Down. Troops have been completely withdrawn from sprawling bases in Magdeburg Cottbus Erfurt Halle and other cities he wrote. No apartments for soviet soldiers heading Home Are ready Leader says