European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 14, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday april 14, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 9city says goodbye to go friends by John Millar Wal Notarg tartan German officials on sunday officially bade Farewell to . Army troops stationed in the Northern bavarian City of Aschaffenbur a 47 years to the Day after american forces first occupied the town at the end of world War ii. American troops first stepped foot in Aschaffenbur on Palm sunday 1945, said Hannalore Ludwig spokeswoman for the army there. At Farewell ceremonies at the City a theater sunday Aschaffenbur assistant mayor of enter Behn said the americans a came As occupation forces shared Good and bad times with us and now upon leaving they Are our  has Long been Home to the 3rd inf dives 4th brigade and other units that supported it. Because of troop draw Downs most of the brigades soldiers will be gone by the end of september Ludwig said. The army a five caverns in Aschaffenbur Are scheduled to close by the end of the year. During the ceremonies Aschaffenbur mayor Willi Reiland reviewed important events involving the relationship Between germans and americans in the City since the end of world War ii. He noted that while there was animosity toward americans just after the War there were also about 200 German american marriages in the first two years of the occupation. Col. William j. Densberger commander of the 4th brigade later told the audience that 2,114 americans had been married in a Schaffenburg a City Hall since january 1946. Reiland said the . Army contributed greatly to the City in areas such As blood drives construction projects and cleanup efforts after wind storms damaged Forest areas in 1990. The mayor did no to hide the fact that there were problems Between City residents and american troops stationed there but said the military Community was always willing to help solve them. He noted that about one tenth of the City a population consisted of american soldiers and their families an economic presence that will be sorely missed when draw Downs Are Complete. On a humorous note Reiland talked about the army a habit of singing cadences while running physical training Early in the morning a a practice that irritated some German residents of the City. He said that when All of the americans Are gone residents will probably miss the Early morning singing and will probably oversleep because the soldiers wont be around to Wake them up. The ceremony also included a traditional German brass ensemble and a performance by German music school students who played american songs. The audience that packed the theater consisted of City officials members of the bavarian red Cross a Host of . Army commanders in Aschaffenbur and soldiers serving in the City. Mickey around the world while Many were celebrating the grand opening sunday of euro Disney in Marne la Vallie France former soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev and his wife Raisa were visiting the japanese version of Disneyland in Ura Yasu East of Tokyo. The couple arc currently on an 11-Day private visit to  mount for 2 germans missing on tour of Australia Sydney Australia up a grave fears were held for the safety of two Young German tourists missing for More than three months in Australia police said monday. Gabor Neugebauer 21, and his Girlfriend Anja Habschied 20, both students at Frankfurt University have not been seen since they left a Sydney backpackers Hostel on dec. 26 last year. They left Munich in october intending to spend three months travelling through Indonesia and Australia and arrived in Darwin from Bali on nov. 21, Federal police spokesman Philip Castle said. Castle said the couple hitchhiked to Sydney and kept in regular Contact with relatives along the Way by Telephone and writing. A but no Contact has been made with them since dec. 26 and it is also sinister that they have not cashed any of their traveler a checks since dec. 24, after having cashed them on a fairly regular basis before that a Castle said. A they were known to be carrying quite a number of  they failed to Board their prepaid flight to Frankfurt via Singapore out of Jakarta on Jan. 23 and there is no record of their leaving Australia. Neugebauer a parents and Habschied a brother nor Bert arrived in Sydney last Friday to help search for the missing students. Manfred Neugebauer who lives in the Village of Swist Tal near Bonn said his son telephoned the family on Christmas Day in Australia which was Christmas eve in Germany. A it was 4 . In Australia and he said he  sleep because it was so hot a he said monday. A the said he and Anja were enjoying their stay in Australia and that Anja was still sleeping. She had spoken to her parents the Day before. A my son said they planned to go to Darwin to go Back to Indonesia and catch their plane Back Home on Jan. 23.�?� Neugebauer said he hired a firm of private detectives on feb. 10 and they had conducted exhaustive inquiries without  device to help Usan pinpoint leaks by Cox news service Washington a the air Force is buying a new weapon to Battle leaks a $30,000 portable fax Tapper. Whenever someone transmits a fax the fax tapping device attached to the phone line will sneak an electronic copy and store it in a Laptop computers memory. Each of the new devices will enable an air Force intelligence officer to Monitor four telephones for a communications Security violations. Susan Hansen a defense department spokeswoman said last week that a there is no plan right at the moment to install the devices in the Pentagon whose top leaders have been outraged in recent weeks by leaks of classified policy documents to reporters. But she left open the possibility that some of them May be attached to sensitive military fax lines when the tapping devices Are delivered to the air Force six months to a year from now. A there Are a lot of things that Are under review Here a she said after consulting with the Pentagon a telecommunications office. Plans to buy 40 of the devices were disclosed a few weeks ago in a contract notice from a procurement officer at Wright Patterson fab near Dayton Ohio. When contacted a spokesman referred inquiries to the air Force intelligence come at Kelly fab Texas which authorized the Purchase. Officials there insisted that the devices will never be used for Law enforcement purposes or even  a the equipment is to be used for monitoring purposes Only to evaluate the Security of air Force official telecommunications a said spokesman Dominick car Donita. A the air Force intelligence command does not  Cardonita said that for decades air Force personnel in sensitive installations have been on notice that their voice traffic on official lines is subject to a communications Security monitoring. The fax Tapper simply a a enhances the air forces ability to prevent a operational Security violations. He estimated the air Force will pay $1.2 million under the contract due to he let this june. That averages out to $30,000 for each fax Tapper but Cardonita said the Price includes maintenance and training. Douglas Lang president of Washington a High technology store and an authority on Security devices said that As far As he knows the air Force is the first government Agency to Issue an order for fax tapping machines. The Wright Patterson bidders notice said the device had to be a off the shelf equipment. But Lang said he is not aware of any Vendor Selling such a device. He said it would be possible for a knowledgeable contractor to assemble one to the air Force specifications using a off the shelf components. Lang said he has heard from Industry sources that 15 contractors have offered to sell such a device to Wright Patterson