European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 5, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2the stars and stripes sunday april 5,1992 at a glance \ v. Capt. John Humphries shows off Ashleigh his contribution to operation desert Stork at the land Stuhl army regional medical Center in Germany for More on the postwar baby Boom see sunday life detailed investigators have found that William Aramony developed a Quot lavish lifestyle while he headed the United Way of America. A Page 4fleet oversight criticized the Federal Agency that manages Federal aircraft has lost track of How Many civilian planes the government has investigators say. A Page 5$5,000 turned in a Man from St. Paul minn., who found an envelope stuffed with More than $5,000 turned in the Money to police rather than pocketing it. A Page 6bias crimes climb in . Hate crimes increased 18 percent last year in new Jersey despite one of the toughest Laws in the nation. A Page 7anne Frank scrapbook previously unpublished photographs of Anne Frank have been compiled in a scrapbook style Book for children telling of the diarist s life before the Page 8 Mandela Calls for help african National Congress president Nelson Mandela wants an International group to Monitor violence in South african townships. A Page 9vehicle sales gain Speed a continued surge in Light truck buying led a 3.1 percent increase in sales of North american made vehicles in late March a Page 17 Index Abby Ann Landers 16 commentary. .13 faces a no places .16 letters. .12 Money matters a .17 Mutual. 1819 sports. A 20-28 weather a. .11 parents of Lockerbie victim sneak fake bomb on plane Greensburg a. Up a couple whose daughter was killed in the 1988 bombing of pan am flight 103 smuggled a fake bomb aboard a Domestic us air flight to test Airport Security a published report said Friday. Glenn and Carole Johnson smuggled a piece of deactivated semtex plastic explosive tucked in their carry on Luggage past Airport Security last weekend in Boston then boarded a flight to Pittsburgh the Tribune review newspaper reported in a copyright Story. The Johnson a daughter Beth Ann was one of the 270 people killed in the pan am bombing Over Lockerbie Scotland dec. 21, 1988. Semtex is the same Type of explosive. That investigators believe blew a Hole in the plane. A not Only did it get past Security they did no to even look at the a Ray screen a said Glenn Johnson of Hempfield. A i was hoping Security would look at it and not question it but they did no to even see Carole Johnson said a Security guard turned away from the screen As their bags were moving through the device. She said at first she Felt like someone who had gotten away with a childish from Page 1 Square Tripoli a main Plaza song a the crowd chanted Quot jihad holy War whether other arabs help or not Qadhafi said Quot Libya is ready to defend All the muslims. The crusader enemy is coming to each libyan Home and our wives and children Are in it was the libyan leaders first speech since air traffic weapons and diplomatic sanctions were approved the . Security Council on tuesday. The sanctions Are to take effect april 15. The , action is aimed at pressuring Qadhafi to turn Over two libyans wanted in the 1988 bombing of pan american flight 103 Over Lockerbie Scotland which killed 270 people. On thursday rioters in Tripoli attacked embassies of governments that voted for the sanctions Resolution. In his speech Qadhafi appeared to leave the door open for a possible face saving Compromise a the voluntary surrender by the two suspects or their trial in a Neutral country. But he refused to extradite them. A the More i thought about it the madder i got a she said. The Johnsons said they boarded us air flight 525 at Logan International Airport in Boston to greater Pittsburgh International Airport after visiting a firm in Waltham mass., that makes Airport Security equipment. The firm vivid technologies inc., gave them 12 ounces of semtex which was harmless because it had been hardened they said. The Johnsons said they smuggled it undetected aboard the plane the a a Experiment is part of an nationwide Effort by the group families of the victims of pan am flight 103, to test the boasts of airports and airlines that Security has improved since the bombing allegedly by terrorists based in Libya the Johnsons Page 1 keeping a vitally needed . Air Force strength in the Mediterranean area Galvin said. A it is a place where there is More likelihood of an instance of instability than other places a Galvin said adding that the Region has been the scene of 40 percent of naval deployments in the past 50 years. The 401st fighter Wing was to have moved its f-16 fighting Falcons from Torrejon a Spain to Croton. Galvin who is in his fifth year of Lead ing Allied come Europe said that while the United states pays 28 percent of infrastructure costs it derives 100 percent Benefit from facilities use. Before during and after the persian Gulf War for example More than 100,000 flights used these bases he said. Another overlooked Point Galvin said is that Germany a share of infrastructure costs is about equal to the United states. As for sharing the responsibility of stationing troops in Europe Galvin said he was still optimistic Taft Canada May change its decision to bring Home most of its personnel Over the next two years. Canadas defense minister Marcel Masse reaffirmed wednesday the country a announced plan to remove even a Core Force from Europe. A i done to like to believe that anything is final a Galvin said. With reductions to take place Between now and 1994, he said a there is still time for things to Canada will keep troops in natos Mobile and composite forces ships in its Atlantic naval Force about 150 troops in the Alliance airborne Early warning unit and about 100 officers at various command Headquarters Galvin said. It has also promised to earmark some ground and air forces in Canada for nato. Galvin said he prefers to have forces assigned to the Alliance a because that Means their sole training and preparation and readiness is pointed at Page 1 . Facilities that Are to be turned Over to Host nations As bases arc closed. Saint said the Basic formula for calculating residual value Calls for the Host nation to reimburse the United states for the Cost of building the facility plus inflation minus the Dollar Cost of any damage to the facility since it was built. Kasich then held up a copy of a dec. 27 message from the . European come to the joint chiefs of staff proposing a wish list of 14 construction projects in Germany totalling almost $100 million. Neucom officials proposed using residual value offset funds to pay for the construction which includes five projects at the Hohenfels training area and four at Ramstein a. Included on the list Are a child care Center at Ramstein Barracks modernizations at Schweinfurt and Hanau and a renovation of the main hotel at Rhein main a. A How do i justify a $10 million hotel renovation at Rhein main a to the people in this country a he said. A what do i Tell people Here whose armoires and bases Are closing Quot a i would Tell them that these Are their sons and daughters whom we sent to Europe to serve their country a Saint said. Quot Well i think we have two very different Points of View on the Issue of Burden sharing a he said. He said he received a Call about 10 months ago from a general at Ricken Backer a Ohio an air National guard base with 1,200 civilian employees that is scheduled to close who asked if Kasich could do anything to keep the base open. Quot i told him i helped write the base closure Law and if it makes military sense to close that base then i would support doing that a Kasich said. Then i see we want to spend $8.7 million at Ramstein to build a base drainage system. Why should americans pay for a drainage system at Ramstein Why the germans pay for that a it s an installation on which our people live a said it. Gen. Clifford Rees or vice commander of . Air forces Europe. A a we re looking to provide the right kind of environment for our people Over if the base were to be turned Over to the germans at some Point in the future Rees said the United states would presumably recoup its investment in that project. Kasich accept that reasoning pointing out that the japanese pay for virtually Alt military construction As Well As the bulk of operations and maintenance costs for . Forces there. Quot if one of our bases in Japan has a drainage system problem they pay to fix s a Why should t we just Tell the germans that they re going to fix the drainage system a Ai from Page 1 the Aid sent by other countries particularly Germany. A there has been criticism that we re too Little too late a Armitage told a news conference. A i think the United states government and the people of the United states Nave nothing to be ashamed of. I think our it fort on feb. 10 in operation provide Hope was a very graphic demonstration that was not lost on most of the russian Airlift brought 2,200 tons of Medicine and food a including canned Spaghetti dehydrated beef and Vanilla pudding a to 24 cities across the former soviet Union. Alexander Zhitnikov russians coordinator of humanitarian assistance Ltd lined to compare the amount of from the United states and other countries saying he did not want to act it this is a contest.�?�. But he added a i think that now this month and next month american a Iowa be at the top in the surplus military suppl so the . Agriculture department is serving 30,000 tons of butter and other too it and american charities Are continuing deliver dehydrated milk flour Syung and other items Zhitnikov said
