European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 14, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday april 14, 1992 the stars and stripes b Page 9city says goodbye to go friends by John Millar Wil Ryburg Bureau 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 Gunter Behn said the americans a came As occupation forces shared Good and bad times with us and now upon leaving they Are our  Aschaffenbur 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  around the world while Many were celebrating the grand opening his wife Raisa were visiting the japanese version of sunday of euro Disney in Marne la Valke France Disneyland in Ura Yasu East of Tokyo. The couple former soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev and Are currently on an 11-Day private visit to  reveals it has plan to evacuate yugoslav jews Jerusalem apr Israel has an emergency plan to evacuate the estimated 5,500 jews in Yugoslavia if fighting there worsens officials said sunday. An envoy of the jewish Agency which processes immigrants for the government was sent to Belgrade Yugoslavia on saturday to see whether an evacuation is necessary israeli Media reported. The representative identified by reports As Uviah Raviv was sent after about 180 jews fled to Belgrade from fighting in their Hometown Sarajevo the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Fighting raged Over the weekend in the Republic,.the latest yugoslav Region to declare Independence. Serbs who make up a third of Bosnia a 4.3 million people and want to stay within Yugoslavia voted for Independence in a referendum on feb. 29. They Are fighting muslims and croats. A should the situation in Yugoslavia deteriorate the jewish Agency has an emergency plan to bring the yugoslav jews to Israel a Agency chairman Simcha Dinitz was quoted As saying. Details of the Rescue plan were secret. Officials were cautious about predicting an exodus of yugoslav jews to Israel. Yehuda Weinraub a jewish Agency spokesman noted that relatively few yugoslav jews have chosen to emigrate during the eight months of civil warfare. Only 210 have arrived in Israel since the fighting started in August he said. The jews in Yugoslavia a Are highly assimilated have Good positions in society and Are on Good terms with the National authorities a Weinraub said. But Weinraub said that if the jews need a shelter the jewish Agency is a ready and willing to bring them to Israel either on a temporary of permanent  Israel has brought More than 400,000 jews from former communist countries and Ethiopia since 1989.fax-tap 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  says Raf terrorists curtailing attacks on leaders Bonn Germany apr authorities Are examining an apparent offer by the extreme leftist red army faction to Stop attacks against German leaders following the Justice ministry a willingness to consider Early release of jailed members of the terrorist group. A letter bearing the red army faction s five pointed Star Symbol with a machine gun was received by a news Agency in Bonn on monday saying the group was curtailing attacks against German leaders. Federal police in Wiesbaden declined immediate comment saying they would have to examine the letter further to determine its authenticity. The letter dated april 10 and mailed from Munich said the group was a a reorienting itself because Justice minister Klaus Kinkel said three months ago that he was willing to consider talks on freeing some imprisoned red army faction members. More that 30 members of the group Are serving sentences of Between 12 years and life for murders Bank robberies and bombing attacks against nato Industrial and political targets in Germany during the past two decades