European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 23, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday december 23, 1992 world the stars and stripes b Apo numbers in Somalia not being Given to Media i. N k 9 Quot i a a a a. Page 3 by Craig Martin Staft writer hoping to discourage a flood of mail like the deluge to  in operation desert storm military postal officials arc not giving the Media Apo numbers for troops m Somalia. Maj Bruce Kinser Public affairs officer for the military postal service Agency in Washington said family members and friends wanting to Send mail to troops supporting operation restore Hope can get their addresses by contacting the members unit. Mail flow was severely hindered during desert shield and desert storm in the persian Gulf because people were addressing volumes of mail addressed to a any serv ice member Quot Kinser said. We had veterans groups sending truckloads of oranges Lor the troops a Kinser said. A we had groups sending Box loads of Sony  All that mail slowed delivery to the troops Kinser said. Limited air and ground transport in Somalia hampers mail distribution Kinser said. Our primary duty is we want to put the emphasis on getting their mail from loved ones and friends a he said. We want to move the mail better so we done to want to advertise the addresses. We cannot at this time endorse any service member mail so we re not giving out the  Quot Quot however unit addresses Are not classified. A a it a Public information he said. Quot this is a different situation from desert storm. Troops Are Busy in the Relief  if someone wants a somalian mailing address for those deployed that person should Contact the members unit Kinser said. A Kinser said i tuesday that military mail volume in Somalia has been Low but he expects that to change As the operation progresses. A those deploying to Somalia Are provided an address for their unit 48 hours before departing for Somalia said maj. Dorothy Baltes chief of postal operations with the 7025th air postal so at Ramstein a Germany. It the responsibility of those deploying to distribute their addresses Baltes said. It is then up to individuals to go to their servicing postal activity to decide the disposition of their mail. They can have All or some of the mail held or forwarded to Somalia Baltes said. No mail will be forwarded without the consent of the Servie member. During desert shield and desert storm the military postal service handled about 325,000 pounds of mail in saudi Arabia each Day. The Peak was 617,000 pounds of mail a Day during the Christmas Holiday season. Task Force team sent to handle delivery of copters equipment Frankfurt Germany a an Advance party of seven soldiers from task Force 5-158 arrived in Somalia on tuesday on a flight from Ramstein a Germany according to a v corps news release. The Advance group is to prepare for the delivery of helicopters vehicles and the rest of the nearly 700 european based soldiers who make up the task Force in the Relief Effort. The task Force commander it. Col. Gary s. Coleman led the group. Arrival of the seven brings the number of european based army personnel in Somalia to nine. Two Liaison officers from the task Force arrived earlier this week. The seven member party will prepare to receive the 46 helicopters 465 vehicles and trailers and other equip ment in Mogadishu the somalian capital. The task Force will eventually total 699 personnel according to the news release. A c-5 Galaxy cargo aircraft was scheduled to leave Ramstein late tuesday with another 12 personnel. Two other c-5s will transport vehicles trailers and equipment for the Advance party. Four other c-5s were slated to leave Ramstein today bringing 15 uh-60 Black Hawk medium gift helicopters. Four c-141 Star lifter aircraft were to be loaded today and leave either late today or Early thursday. The bulk of the task Force is expected to arrive in Somalia about the same time As the american Falcon a cargo ship carrying v corps supplies. The ship left Livorno Italy on tuesday. End of the Road for Spanish tomatoes a French riot policeman stands on a barricade of Spanish tomatoes set up monday at the St. Charles Market near Perpignan France by growers protesting importation of vegetables from Spain. About 300 Farmers angered by falling prices destroyed the tomatoes before taking two police inspectors hostage for three hours monday. No injuries were reported in the incident which started when a police car monitoring the Farmers protest at the Market was rammed by another car carrying banners. The Farmers forced the police out and held them releasing them Only after Security forces intervened with tear  launched in China apparently lost in space from wire reports Beijing a a telecommunications satellite launched by China has disappeared and its australian owners said tuesday that they have Given it up for lost. China has refused to comment on the disappearance which could set Back the country a ambitions in the competitive International launch Industry. All we know is that we Haven to been receiving. Any signals at All a said David Foster spokesman for opus communications which owns the satellite. A we can to track it. It might have blown  t he satellite was launched monday from the Xie hang satellite launch Center in southwestern China s Sichuan  showered on Spain Madrid Spain a the lottery that Bills itself As the worlds richest rained $1.3 billion in tax free winnings tuesday on thousands of Lucky ticket holders a including King Juan Carlos a in a Spanish Holiday tradition dating Back almost two centuries. The five digit number picked for the grand prize in Spain a Christmas lottery known As a Tel Gordo Quot the fat on paid 300 million pesetas about $2.7 million to holders of each of 95 tickets bearing the winning number 31466. King Juan Carlos won 15,000 pesetas about $135 from a ticket purchased for 3,000 pesetas about $27 by a Friend who annually sends the Monarch a ticket numbered 00000.robbers use sewers Athens Greece a a group of robbers monday used the City a sewerage system to Tunnel into a Bank a basement vault and break open nearly a third of its Safe Deposit boxes police said. A police announcement said the unprecedented robbery occurred Over the weekend at an Ergo Bank Branch near Central Athens. It said the robbers managed to break into 301 of 1,151 Safe Deposit  to beautify woman Vatican City a an italian woman who reportedly refused an abortion and died after giving birth will be beatified by Pope John Paul ii. The roman Catholic Church which prohibits abortions has Long promoted the cause of Gianna Beretta Molla a Milan paediatrician who died in 1962 at age 39. Italian news agencies quoted Church accounts monday As saying that the Mother of three was warned of the risks to her life when she became pregnant again but that she refused to have an abortion and died a week after giving  unit commander suspended in Karlsruhe Karlsruhe Germany a amps a the 7th signal brigades top Allicer is under suspension because of allegations of improper actions a signal command spokesman confirmed tuesday. He declined to be More specific. The commander col. Joseph r. Knowland has appealed the suspension said staff sgt. Bill Roache spokesman for the brigades Parent unit the 5th signal corny based in Worms. A what i can Tell you right now is that colonel Knowland is no longer in command at the 7th, As of last Friday a Roache said. An Ottimer not assigned to the signal command has been appointed by . Army Europe Headquarters to investigate Knowland Scase Roache said. Roache declined to give other details saying Knowland a Appeal is not yet adjudicated. Knowland 45, took command of the 7th signal brigade in August 1991. When he was suspended his Deputy it. Col. Thomas e. German took his place. The brigade has about 1,200 Active duty soldiers stationed in Kaiserslautern and Karlsruhe Germany and in Vicenza Italy. Its Headquarters is at Gerszewski Barracks in Karlsruhe