European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 7, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 c the stars and stripes Friday february 7, 1992engineers want users fees for boats picnickers Washington apr the army corps of engineers wants to charge boaters and picnickers to use the recreational areas it operates around lakes and Rivers. The fees would Range from $3 to $10, depending on the site and How Well used and developed it is officials said at a news conference where they discussed their proposed 1993 budget wednesday. The corps already raises $20 million a year from fees on campers. The new fees would raise another $20 million officials said. The combined fees would pay about 24 percent of the Cost of maintaining the corps 4,350 recreational Sites said it. Gen. Henry j. Hatch the army a chief of engineers. A a we re not even asking the users to offset the total Cost of operating these areas a Hatch said. Congress must approve the new fees which May get a Chilly reception on Capitol Hill. The National Park service also has proposed increasing fees for Many National Parks and monuments to raise an additional $13 million a year. About 644 million people a year visit the corps recreational Sites which Are built along 460 projects ranging from locks along the Mississippi River to reservoirs throughout the United states. Ski chief welcomes offer of cooperation by Yeltsin by Rosemary Sawyer Brussels Bureau Brussels Belgium a the head of the strategic defense initiative on thursday welcomed russian president Boris n. Yeltsin a proposal for joint development of a global anti missile shield but said specifics of the proposal would require detailed study. A it Alt sounds Good to me on the surface in terms of moving in the right direction a ski director Henry Cooper said. A of course we re going to be cautious about what technology we share and i assume that or. Yeltsin understands that. But that does no to mean there a no basis for  Cooper said he has seen no specifics on Yeltsin a proposal since he has not been in Washington since the russian Leader announced his idea. Ironically one of the reasons Cooper cited for developing such a system was to provide a defense against missiles in the former soviet Union now the Commonwealth of Independent states that might be launched accidentally or without authorization. A a we re going to try to help the Cis reduce the level of those armaments Ana i Don t want to detract from that activity. But the fact of the matter is that the Cis will have missiles capable of reaching the United states Over the North pole for the foreseeable  he also pointed to intelligence reports that say by the end of the decade Between 15 and 24 nations could have a similar capability. Cis scientists have outpaced their . Counterparts in certain aspects of missile defense said Cooper whom president Bush appointed to head the defense organization in 1990. A we  get the impression that we have the Best in All areas that a simply not True. So there Are areas in which the cooperation would be very much to our Benefit where we gain More than we give away or that we Trade  joint efforts with the Cis particularly in areas of science that have space applications could potentially save . Taxpayers As much As $1 billion a in terms of research that they have already done and Are prepared to work with us on a Cooper said. Cooper was in Brussels to update members of the nato military on the on the defense system. The strategic defense initiative originally dubbed a Star wars because of its Reliance on space based lasers and weapons shifted focus about a year ago. The organization is now Basing its plans on a ground based missile defense called global Protection against limited strikes. Cooper said he was not seeking funding from nato allies for the system. A was far As in a concerned i intend to make the Case to the United states Congress that its in the interest of the United states that we proceed with the programs in our budget a Cooper said. The defense department has asked Congress for $5.4 billion in fiscal 1993 for ski up from this years $4  ordeal ultimate test for ex-747 Pilot by Ron Mckinney staff writer Wiesbaden Germany a 17-Day hijacking ordeal has turned into a lifelong Mission of christianity for the Pilot who became famous through the televised images of him sitting in the cockpit of a Boeing 747 jumbo Jet As terrorists held a gun to his Temple and a hand grenade to his forehead. Former airline capt. John Testrake recalled Stark memories from the hijacking crisis six years ago during an interview thursday following a speech at the first of series of prayer breakfasts in which he will participate in Germany. Testrake said the dramatic incident was a a giant confirmation of what he already  now 64, Testrake was the Captain of Twa flight 847, which was hijacked june 14, 1985, by shiite muslims during a flight from Athens to Rome. The hijackers for 2vi Days ordered the plane Back and Forth Between Algiers and Beirut. An american Sailor was brutally beaten then shot and killed. The flight Engineer beaten in the cockpit bled from his shoulder and face. Testrake was eventually Able to con the hijackers into believing the plane was experiencing engine trouble thus putting a Stop to the shuttle Between the two cities. Testrake told the audience at the Wiesbaden a club that although the situation was tense he Felt at peace because of his Faith. He said that was the reason he did not suffer from any traumatic stress. A i can see Why people who did no to have a sense of gods presence in their lives would suffer that sort of trauma because we All love to think of ourselves As capable and self sufficient and masters of our own destinies a he said. A yet we All get tripped up occasionally by things that Are bigger than we Are. Then we re suddenly beat Down and helpless and unable to Cope with our own resources. Then you see panic fear and trauma setting in. And it might affect a John Testrake right shows chief warrant officer 3 Gregory Bonneau literature from the religious organization he represents. Listening at left Are Bonneau s children Kristin 10, and Brandon 12. Person for  the worldwide attention drawn to Testrake May not have caused him nightmares but it did change his retirement plans. He and his wife Phyllis planned to retire to a Missouri farm in 1987. However the demands for his speaking appearances forced him to sell the farm so he could devote his time to doing Volunteer promotional work for Mission aviation Fellowship a Christian humanitarian group. �?o1 guess Well continue to talk about it As Long As people remember it and people done to seem to be forgetting it a he said. But Testrake does no to Harbor any regrets about sacrificing his retirement plans of starting a Vineyard on his farm. A a we re having the greatest adventure of our lives right now. A i see my friends who Are retiring or retired and some of them done to have any purpose in life. They re just waiting around to die and they re just amusing themselves in the meantime. And frankly i feel sorry for  the Mission aviation Fellowship is a worldwide group of Christian airmen providing air transport service to missionaries and other Christian workers in Remote parts of the third world. Tes Trakes travels with this group take him All Over the United states and Canada As Well As Angola Zaire the haitian Jungles new Guinea and Borneo. The latest project for the Fellowship is to develop a transportation system in Albania. That project needs More donations he said. A they Are hopelessly far behind and their Peoples lives Are a wreck a Testrake said of Albania