European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 28, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 10 a the stars and stripes Friday february 28, 1992 radio to staff bowing to automation broadcasts to go on until americans quit Torrejon by j. King Cruger Mediterranean Bureau Torrejon a Spain a time is running out for the folks at det 6 of the european broadcasting so at Torrejon a outside Madrid. Two years ago the radio and television station had 30 staff members. There Are Only nine left and by late june they too will be gone As the station becomes fully automated. Although its staff will be gone the stations sights and sounds will continue according to air Force master sgt. Joseph p. Chiglinsky chief of det 6. A this station will not go off the air. It will cease being staffed in june but As Long As there Are americans remaining at Torrejon All the services radio and television they have now will remain a Chiglinsky said. Torrejon a american population is shrinking daily As part of a draw Down of . Forces in Spain. By fall the base will have an air Force Active duty population of roughly 450. Once it is fully automated det 6 will be a Remote site requiring occasional maintenance. That maintenance Chiglinsky said will be provided either by locally contracted technicians or by technicians from the european broadcasting so at Ramstein a Germany. As part of the draw Down at Torrejon det 6 ceased producing local to programs last May when it began broadcasting programs from the Southern european broadcasting network which has its Headquarters at Vicenza Italy. Det 6�?Ts television signal is sent via Cable to those on base. To viewers in the Royal Oaks housing area some 15 Miles from the base receive the stations signal via satellite Chiglinsky said. On base viewers receive two . Broadcast Standard or a tsp channels. One carries the seb feed and the other staff sgt. Gerrie Burns monitors a Southern european broadcasting feed at Torrejon Abs det 6 station near Madrid. A amps Dave Casey an unedited feed from the armed forces radio and television service plus three european broadcast Standard or pal channels can International the discovery Channel and the children Schanne Chiglinsky said. Viewers in Royal Oaks get Hentsc channels plus three pal channels screen sport sky one and sky news. Det 6 also operates a 24-hour radio station broadcasting Over the air on 100.2 pm. It airs locally originated programming from 6 . To 6 . The rest of the time it broadcasts programs taken from Sebus pm 106 or 107 services according to Chiglinsky. Det 6�?Ts radio signal reaches into Madrid a Northern suburbs about eight Miles from Torrejon. A we get a lot of feedback from our Spanish listeners a Chiglinsky said. A we have received Many Calls from them asking what is going to happen to the american radio seeks to discharge 32 sailors on Missouri Long Beach Calif. A the Navy has moved to discharge 32 sailors aboard the battleship Missouri for alleged use of cocaine Ltd and other drugs. It. Cmdr. T. Mccreary the ships Public affairs officer said tuesday that the sailors confessed after being confronted with the evidence against them including witness accounts. No drugs were found aboard the ship he said. Other than honorable discharges a a Sanction less severe than a dishonourable discharge a were recommended by the ships commander capt. Lee Kaiss. The discharges Are subject to approval from the Pentagon. One of the sailors Eric Thibodeaux 22, of Boston accused the Navy of coercing confessions by threatening the 32 with Long prison terms. The Missouri was the site of the japanese surrender that ended world War ii and most recently saw action in the persian Gulf War. The ship is to be decommissioned March 31. Peru spoils plan to establish timetable for eradicating drug airman s infant daughter Dies in italian Hospital Aviano a Italy a the 3-month-old daughter of an Aviano airman died tuesday morning at an italian Hospital. An autopsy was scheduled for wednesday to determine the cause of death of Jana Anderson the daughter of Gabriele and staff sgt. Mark c. Anderson. Anderson is assigned to Aviano a 40th Supply so. No further details were available said staff sgt. Austin Carter of the base Public affairs office. San Antonio president Bush and six latin american leaders Are seeking to escalate the War on drugs with a new Unity against smugglers aircraft Money laundering and andean Supply lines. But even before they met in plenary sessions thursday Strong objections from the president of Peru doomed a colombian plan to set a timetable for wiping out the drug Trade by Early in the next Century. And peruvian president Alberto Fujimori whose country produces 60 percent of the worlds coca Leaf Supply a the source of cocaine a also complained about a the slight american he asked Bush to free support that Congress has restricted because of human rights violations. White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said the administration planned no Money beyond what is already in the presidents budget. The United states provided almost $710 million in economic military and counter narcotics Aid to its Summit partners last year. Bush was meeting Over breakfast with mexican president Carlos Salinas de Gortari before they joined four other presidents and venezuelans foreign minister for five hours of talks. They were to hold a joint news conference late thursday afternoon to wrap up the Summit which comes two years after the United states and andean nations joined the Battle at a Summit in Cartagena Colombia. A Summit closing communique was expected to Call for annual War councils by top drug fighters from each country. The presidents also were to Back efforts to strengthen their common hand in interdicting aircraft stopping the Trade in precursor chemicals confronting Money laundering and sharing intelligence. At a state dinner wednesday night Bush praised each country a Colombia Bolivia Peru Ecuador Venezuela and Mexico a for their efforts to thwart drug traffickers. He assured his guests that casual use of cocaine in the United states was Down sharply. But he said a we must do More. Drug abuse and drug violence a particularly in our inner cities a threaten to destroy our children and everything else we hold dear. At risk is the civilization we Bush rejected criticism by democrats in Congress that the multimillion Dollar drug War has been a failure. A they done to know what they re talking about a he said. A the record is colombian president Cesar Gaviria Trujillo whose government has made headway in battling the Medellin drug Cartel and doubled cocaine seizures in the past two years sought to secure the summits backing for a goal of halving drug trafficking by the year 2000 and ending it by 2010. A your governments must commit themselves to a Clear path of Success with precise goals a Gaviria said. But Fujimori said he adamantly opposes goals without a guaranteed he said americans done to understand a the poverty and problems of the coca growers in a Quarter million peruvian Farmers make a meager living from the crop. A senior . Official speaking on condition of anonymity said Peru a opposition effectively killed the colombian proposal. A these summits work by consensus so Only consensus proposals Are adopted a the source said. Bush raised . Concerns about human rights abuses in Peru the official said but he and Fujimori did not discuss allegations that the peruvian military is letting narcotics traffickers operate from military airports in the upper Hua Llaga Valley
