European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 17, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday december 17, 1992 the stars and stripes a a Page 3traveling airmen Rush to Aid crash victims by Nancy l. Torner . Bureau Raf upper Heyford England the 20th Security police so at Raf upper Heyford seized an Opportunity last week to show what their medals Are made of. Seven members of the Squadron were travelling in a bus on the night of dec. 8 when they responded to a British traffic Accident. The group was returning from Raf Mildenhall where the Squadron had just received a 3rd air Force award for the third consecutive year As the outstanding Security police Large unit in great Britain As Well As other awards. The bus was travelling Between the towns of Buckingham and Finmere when a car overtook it at High Speed. The bus passengers did no to think much about the car until roughly 10 minutes later when the bus rounded a Bend and encountered the car upside Down in a filling station parking lot. A it the car had decapitated one of the pumps a said capt. John Decknick operations officer. The bus immediately stopped so that its occupants Sato to merge overseas . Travel networks by Norm Zeigler travel outdoor writer officials at scheduled airlines travel offices overseas the army son base travel Agency in Germany announced tuesday that the company a operations will merge with those of its stateside counterpart sat travel. The consolidation is expected to be completed by March 1993. Currently Sato of which has its Headquarters in Frankfurt Germany is administered by the airline transport association a consortium of . Airlines. In addition to providing a full Range of travel services in Germany Sato of Sells airline tickets on military bases in Europe. In a statement issued in Arlington Van a Sato travels president Michael j. Parenio said the Transfer would a position us to address the growing global travel needs of our military and government  Robert l. Wyatt assistant managing director for Sato of said tuesday that the restructuring would bring no change in services. A if i were a Usa eur Soldier. My question would be a How is this going to affect me a a Wyatt said. Quot the answer is it  sat travel based in Arlington operates on military and other government facilities within the United states. It was administered by the at a until it incorporated in 198b. Sato of offices currently Are stalled by the Ata and employees of individual airlines. Sat travel has its own corps of travel agents. Wyatt said that consolidation will create a $1.2 billion annual  done to think it was really that outstanding. You have to have a sense of  a a capt. John Decknick operations officer could help the four crash victims All of whom were British. Two men victims had crawled out of the car with superficial injuries. However another Man and a woman were seriously injured inside the car and were going into Shock Decknick said. Squadron members rendered Aid until British emergency medical service technicians arrived. Then they helped further stabilize the injured and Load them into an ambulance. The group also directed traffic to prevent another Accident that could have been triggered by debris in the Road. Three victims were taken to the John Radcliffe hos Pital in Oxford. They were Driver Christopher Hicks 19, of Cowley and passengers Neil styles 20, of Headington and Jessica Whitaker 19, of Barton. The identity of the fourth victim who was not taken to the Hospital was not immediately available from the press office of the Milton Keynes police. A to be honest with you we learn this stuff As a part of our Job and we do it anytime we have to Quot Decknick said. �?o1 done to think it was really that outstanding. You have to have a sense of  Decknick said he Felt uncomfortable to have himself or others on the bus singled out because a any one of my airmen could have done the same  other Squadron members who assisted were senior master sgt. Gary Ward master sgt. Joe alls master sgt. Bill Royal senior airman Eric Thomas tech. Sgt. John Owen and tech. Sgt Charlie Lawrence. A spokeswoman for the Milton Keynes police press office said the police log gave no details about the role played by . Security police. However it noted the americans were the first to arrive on the scene and that they rendered Aid. Gis Aren t Down in the Mouth about aiding peacekeepers by Gary Pomeroy staff writer Zagreb Croatia a t he russian officer had problems with a filling when he arrived at task Force 212�?Ts dental clinic. Before treatment began he had an unusual request for the dentist. A the asked me a May 1 take your picture a a said or. Maj Don Gebhart. A a a my friends will never believe that in a Here in an american  a no problem Gebhart assured his patient provided the russian also would allow himself to be captured on film. A it was kind of amusing to him a said Gebhart from the 766th medical det in bad or Cugnach Germany. A i think he had commented to another american staff member weren to. You our enemy a a the four member dental staff with the Mobile army surgical Hospital unit had no preconceived notions about what it would be like to treat multinational . Peacekeepers during their 179-Day deployment to Croatia but since opening for business in mid november at the tent City near the Zagreb Airport the patient care provided by the dental staff has been sprinkled with language obstacles a my popping flashbulbs. The Roll Call of nations in the patient log reads like a list of Well. I . A members. Aside from Russia the stall members have treated soldiers from Canada tin land pc Nova Colombia Poland the Netherlands Egypt. Sweden Ukraine Ami England. Pfc. James gee a dental technician from the -161th medi Eai det in , Germany has started his own photo collection. A everyone who comes in i take pictures of a said gee of Detroit. On a recent Day gee expanded his acc photo file with soldiers from Russia Poland Canada and Sweden. A a it a my understanding that the polish have a dentist but its not Clear to me if lies not prepared to see them or if they just want treatment by the West a Gebhart said. The poles drive at least an hour from other locations in Croatia through . Checkpoints to get . Dental care. A on one occasion the poles had someone who could speak German and my German just Wasny to Good enough a Gebhart said. A a in a not sure if we understood each other by the time he left. But we did the Best we could. Fortunately it was a Case where i did no to need to do any treatment or i would have been More apprehensive about trying to do something that he could not  sometimes the ability of the various nationalities to speak to each other has come in Handy. One Day two officers a one polish and one russian a a were in the clinic. The russian understood English. The pole did not. A it he russian was Able to speak a Little bit to the pole and Tell him things a Gebhart said. Then there was the egyptian. A the egyptian was difficult to understand a Gebhart said. A the had a complaint. In a not sure if we Ever determined exactly what he was asking for. So we sort of made the Best  the egyptian Soldier received a cleaning and an exam. T he International exposure has Given the dental staff an Opportunity to compare americans Oral Hygiene with that of citizens of other nations. A by and Large americans do a better Job with dental Hygiene a Gebhart said a due to the fact that elsewhere the emphasis is not As great As in the .�?� but according to gee there is a common trait among All people with Teeth. A it does no to make any difference where they come from a gee said. A they Are All afraid of dentists.�?�11 arrested in Trade of stolen cigarettes for drugs by Craig Martin staff writer six americans and five germans were arrested by German police last week in Wiir Burg Germany following investigations involving the trading of stolen army cigarettes for marijuana and hashish. German police also say the 11 Are responsible for Selling at least 55 pounds of hashish and 4v2 pounds of marijuana Over the past two years. The suspects Are accused of trading 1,100 Cartons of cigarettes stolen from the . Army commissary at Leighton Barracks in Wurzburg Lor nearly 2 pounds of hashish and a Quarick Pound of marijuana. The stolen cigarettes Are valued at 33,000 German Marks or about $21,600, on the Black Market according to Wurzburg police. The americans Ami germans were released on their own recognizance and arc expected to be tried sour time next year according to a German police spokesman. Neither German nor . Authorities released the suspects names. Warren Field spokesman for the . Military Community in Wurzburg said the Case began earlier this year when military police started investigating the theft of cigarettes presumably from the commissary. German investigators said they found evidence linking the cigarette and drug deals to a total of 20 americans and 33 germans. Of those americans 19 Are family members and one is a civilian. Most of them live in the Wurzburg area. German police began their probe in april based on a tin. The army criminal investigation Cornu later joined the Case. German police have charged seven people with theft fencing stolen goods tax evasion and other charges based on their investigation. It was unclear whether the seven include americans or were among those arrested last week. Contributing to tins report stall writers Joseph Owen and de Reavis