European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 29, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes thursday october 29,1992 n at a glance David Feldman police commander in fort Collins colo., communicates with secret service agents after an explosive device was Dis covered before a scheduled speech by democratic running mate Al Gore. See Story on Page 7. Call ambulance first anyone who comes across an unconscious person should Call an ambulance before starting cardiopulmonary resuscitation the american heart association says. Page 4 no gloom and doom president Bush contended that a new economic report repudiates democratic nominee Bill Clinton s message of gloom and  Page 6 raise for Congress Congress will enjoy a Cost of iving pay raise More generous than the boost going to 45 million recipients of social Security veterans benefits and Federal pensions. Page 8 activist s attitude spec. Katherine Bronson has a message for single soldiers if you Aren t willing to stand up and change things then live with  Page 10 Andrew draining funds damage claims from Hurricane Andrew have sunk five insurance companies with nearly 60,000 Flor Ida customers and the emergency fund that protects policyholders is running out of Money. Page 12 Index Abby Ann Landers 17 classifieds 20-25 comics 17-19 commentary 15 crossword 7 faces in places 16 letters 14 Money matters 12 sports t 26-32 to listings .31 weather 13 israeli forces getting ready for possible raid in Lebanon into Lebanon after two Days of clashes with pro iranian guerrillas. In Washington the Bush administration urged restraint and delegates to the current round of peace talks there said they did not plan to withdraw from negotiations. The guerrillas oppose the peace talks. Following a bombing sunday that killed five israeli soldiers Israel directed artillery fire at guerrilla bases and launched bombing missions into Leb anon. It moved in ground forces Over night lebanese Security sources said. Israeli officials also struck a conciliate by note however. The nation s Deputy de into a situation he said Israel had the Means to Deal with Ter roasts but added there is one direction legislators that not one of us can claim that he exploited to the end and that is an Overall peace agreement. Still the lebanese Security sources said Israel massed on its Northern Border a mechanized battalion of 500 troops 10 tanks and 15 armoured personnel carriers. Earlier nine israeli tanks were brought across the Border into the Region Israel occupies in Southern Lebanon and Calls a Security zone. They took up positions facing the strongholds of shiite Muslim guerrillas suspected of fixing the sources the be for sundays Roadside bombing in sout j Hern Lebanon that killed the five is soldiers sources speaking on condition of anonymity said Southern Lebanon was Calm wednesday. And the Only shooting reported tuesday night was machine sunbursts directed at israeli flares. Hezbollah called tuesday for Lebanon to withdraw from the peace talks. The Beirut government ignored the demand but said it would Lodge a complaint with the u n. Seam r Council Over the Fero Cious israeli aggressions. La ref russian combat troops leave Poland Warsaw Poland up the last russian combat troops a torpedo boat team based on Poland s Baltic coast pulled out permanently wednesday. The departure leaves troops from the former soviet Empire Only in Eastern Germany though 5,936 unarmed russian communications troops will stay in Poland to help them move through polish territory to Russia in 1993. Undoubtedly this is our greatest Suc Cess presidential spokesman Andrzej Drzycimski said wednesday. Finally Poland is  the 24th torpedo Cutter brigade comprising 24 boats left the Northwestern Baltic port of swing Uscie after Cere monies led by polish vice defense min ister Bronislaw Komorowski and soviet ambassador Yuri Kashaev. The ceremonies were delayed for two hours by Rainy weather stiff winds and Choppy Waters in the port. The former soviet Union began its troop withdrawals from Central Europe after the collapse of communism in 1989. Hungary was the first to report the withdrawal of its 65,000 foreign troops in july 1991. The last of the 73,000 troops once based in Czechoslovakia pulled out a few weeks later. There were 59,000 so Viet soldiers in Poland when the pullout began in april 1991. Under an agreement signed in Moscow last May by polish president Lech Walesa and russian president Boris Yeltsin Russia agreed to pull out its remaining combat troops from Poland by nov. 15. The withdrawal of the last combat unit of troops from the former soviet Union was realized earlier than agreed said a statement issued by the russian Northern group command. This Way a whole epoch started by world War ii has ended. Both sides expressed Good will and Mutual under standing the statement added. This creates the groundwork for development of Good neighbourly relations Between Russia and  Poland s territory has grown by More than 15 million acres with the departure of the troops who were stationed in 58garrisons throughout the country that were off limits to the poles. Woes from Page 1  stocks Are flowing into stores More smoothly now Wiker note that a backlog of grocery filled vans in the affected countries will create a temporary Bubble in the distribution  once we get Over this Hump he said shoppers can expect to see missing items replenished weekly in the smallest stores and daily in the largest. Commissary and distribution experts say most of the Pitfalls occurred be cause the Sermersheim distribution Center had to grow very Large very quickly said Adam Cohen spokesman for the defense subsistence Region Europe which operates the Center. While most agencies and operations in Europe Are drawing Down the Sermersheim Center about 15 Miles North of Karlsruhe has ballooned. Until last summer when the new distribution system was started the Cen Ter s Only Mission was to Supply 1,700items to nine Small commissaries and to support military dining Halls. Although the Center no longer services the dining Halls it must Supply 67 commissaries with More than 5,000 different items. About 25 to 30 truckloads of Groce Ries must be moved into the warehouse each Day to meet the needs of the commissaries Sermersheim serves. As someone once put it they were like sleepy hollow before but now they re a Metropolis " said Denise Gomes spokeswoman for the european Region of the defense commissary Agency the number of employees needed to run the Center has grown from 200 to 298, and in july the Center went from being a single shift to an around the clock operation said it. Col. Frank Haylett the Center s acting chief. Hay Lett is one of three distribution experts brought in from the defense personnel support Center in Philadelphia to aug ment the management staff which had Little experience in running such a Large scale operation. There have also been problems find ing american and local National work ers to fill Job vacancies so about two dozen commissary employees and 20 soldiers were called in temporarily to work there. More than 60 positions for american and local National workers remain unfilled. We re trying our Best to hire people. It s just that the labor Market is so Small Cohen said. Many local nationals Are reluctant to apply because they fear the Center will close Down As other . Agencies and organizations have he said. Troop reductions also have resulted in fewer family members applying. Some hiring also was delayed while personnel officials decided whether open Ings had to be offered to local nationals displaced from other . Jobs in the draw Down Gomes said. When the distribution problems began commissaries orders were filled from surplus supplies at other stores As much As possible. But such Cross level ing is difficult in More Remote stores such As at Schinnen and Oesterberg a Netherlands and chevres a Belgium Wiker said. Are stores in the Mediterranean were not affected because they Are authorized to store larger quantities of goods in their warehouses. Stores in the United kingdom receive Semi perishable goods from a distribution Center at Raf Lakenheath. Chinooks from Page 1 the grounding by using other aircraft. Although the grounding order was put into effect in Usa eur no inspections have yet been conducted she said. Officials Are waiting for further guidance from the department of the army. First fielded 30 years ago the Chinook is a tandem motored Boeing aircraft and mainstay in army aviation. Capable of hauling More than 15,000 pounds at More than 150 Mph the Chinook is used for the tactical move ment of troops weapons and supplies. By comparison the uh-60 Black Hawk Heli copter lifts 2,640 pounds. Configured for special operations the Mh-47 models can be fitted with a Multi barrelled min gun As Welt As .50-caliber machine guns an Aerial refuelling probe a Rescue hoist and advanced radar and navigation equipment. The Alaska crash occurred near fort Richardson which is located about 10 Miles North of Anchorage. Contributing to this report staff writer Crystal Laurlano in Darmstadt Germany