European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 6, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday february 6, 1992 the stars and stripes b Page 9building request Cut by 99 percent Pentagon seeks $279,715 for european projects by Ray Rowden Washington Bureau Washington a Pentagon officials have slashed proposed spending for military construction in Europe by 99 percent for fiscal 1993. The request has plunged from $62 million in fiscal �?T92 to $279,715 in fiscal �?T93. The total comprises $35,600 slated for Germany $7,600 for Greece $9,315 for the azores $6,000 for the United kingdom and $221,200 for unspecified projects at nato installations. The request is part of the Pentagon a $10.2 billion request for building projects worldwide in fiscal 1993. In All the request includes almost 500 construction projects at More than 250 locations. Defense department officials noted they Are seeking $3.2 billion for operating and maintaining the 418,000 family housing units for service members worldwide. The request includes $2.5 billion to help installations meet requirements of Laws protecting the environment both stateside and overseas and $2.2 billion for base closure expenses officials said. Any construction that is required because of a unit German police find 30 filipinos hidden in truck Frankfurt Germany apr police on tuesday said they have detained 30 filipinos smuggled into the country and abandoned Over the weekend in freezing temperatures in a tractor trailer at Frankfurt Airport. According to police the 25 women and five men were hidden in boxes behind freight in the trucks trailer and had remained there in freezing temperatures without food or water. The Driver of the truck had abandoned the defective vehicle last week in such a Way As to hinder traffic along a Road leading to the Airport. The tractor had czechoslovak License plates and the trailer bore French plates police said. Airport officials had the vehicle towed to a parking spot on the Airport Friday. After the Driver failed to show up police checked the trailer monday and found the 30 filipinos. Police said members of the group presented passports and visas issued in Czechoslovakia and were apparently being smuggled through Germany to Italy where they said they had been promised jobs. Temperatures Over the weekend hovered around the freezing Point and the 30 were suffering from exposure to the cold and Lack of food police said. They were fed and received medical treatment at the Airport clinic then later taken into investigative custody for illegally entering the country. The group now faces possible expulsion to Czechoslovakia or to the Philippines police said. An investigation into those responsible for the smuggling operation was continuing officials said. Move from a closing base is included As a base closure expense. For example a dining facility at one base May have to expand to accommodate personnel from a closing base. Proposed projects in Germany entail $11,600 for the expansion of a sanitary Landfill at Grafe Wohr $3,100 to upgrade a waste water treatment Plant at Rhein main a $7,400 for renovation at Grafe Wohr elementary school and $13,500 for renovation at Hohrn Fels elementary school. In the Mediterranean area officials asked for $7,600 for Bachelor enlisted quarters at the Souda Bay Crete naval support activity. The request also includes $950 for a fire training facility and $7,500 for a waste water treatment and disposal system both at Lajes Field in the azores. Another request involving the azores Calls for $865 for Wells for family housing. Additionally the Pentagon wants $6,000 for an uninterruptible Power source for a classified location in the United kingdom. An additional $8,000 would go to a strategic medical storage facility at a classified overseas location in an unspecified country if Congress approves the request. Excluding Money earmarked for nato and housing maintenance the total request for construction funds to spend overseas is $205,580. The location receiving the largest proposed exp Eden Dit re $74,800, is the Pacific Ocean Island of Kwajalein. Projects there include hazardous materials facilities $8,600a Power Plant on Roi Namur Island $33,000 and unaccompanied personnel housing $10,000. The Wells for the azores Are the Only overseas family housing project that the defense department sought new construction funds to support. This is the first time that funds for real property maintenance have been included in the military construction request officials said. They said transferring the funds out of the operating budget would provide better visibility for the investment to repair facilities. The military put off requesting $134,000 for the army Institute of research at the Walter Reed army medical Center in Washington. The same decision was made regarding $240,000 for the Hospital at fort Bragg . Quashing coup attempt troops Loyal to venezuelan president Carlos Andris Perez Rodriguez fire on military rebels tuesday during a coup attempt the country a most serious in 34 years of democracy. As Many As 78 people died most of them civilians caught in the Cross fire before Perez declared the rebels had been Defeated. Newspapers said coup plans had been in the works since 1989.Speed-limit idea gains momentum in Germany Berlin apr the push to slow Down the free worlds fastest freeway is picking up Speed. The opening of Eastern Europe has made driving Germany a famous autobahn almost As risky As attempting a pre democracy vault Over the Berlin Wall. Traffic congestion and accidents have zoomed. A drive to finally a it a Speed limit has accelerated in recent months drawing support from environmental and safety officials and the leading opposition party the social democrats. In a nation where getting passed can be a personal affront and where tailgating is an Art form the idea is tantamount to Banning Beer during oktoberfest. A that can certainly not be a Happy solution in a free land a the Berliner mor Gen Post said Friday in an impassioned editorial. The paper was reacting to comments that Germany Stop judge made last week to 1,400 transportation experts and traffic judges. Supreme court president roman Herzog told the group meeting in the City of Goslar that be supports a Speed limit a was a human being not As a constitutional  Herzog said he favored a 130 kilo me Ter an hour Speed limit about 81 Mph and would not be opposed to a constitutional provision setting it. On Jan. 29, the president of the Federal environmental office Heinrich lers Ner said that setting a Speed limit could immediately Cut toxic emissions by 10 to 12 percent. But Chancellor Helmut Kohls Christian democrats remain opposed although the go slow lobby won a Biz ally when Kohls environment minister Klaus Topfer joined their ranks late last year. Herzog a comments triggered an outcry Friday among leading fans of the fast Lane including officials of the free democrats and the Christian social Union both members of Kohls coalition Gover ment. Bavarian Interior minister Edmund Stoiber said that it would be impossible to enforce a Speed limit and that neighbouring regions in France and Italy a where a Speed limit is in Force a have higher death rates. The social democrats disagreed. A the ideology of an unlimited Speed limit on our autobahn is no longer justifiable a said Klaus daubers Hiuser the transportation specialist for the social democrats. Last month the party conducted a poll that found 60 percent of those surveyed favored a limit. Autobahn fatalities jumped from 778 in Western Germany in 1989 to 936 in 1990