European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 7, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday january 7, 1993 the stars and stripes b Page 3 All of plutonium from freighter Tokai Japan up a technicians finished wednesday the delicate task of unloading 1.7 tons of plutonium front the freighter Akatsuka Maru while anti nuclear groups kept up their Vigil on the Dock. The last of 15 containers holding the reprocessed plutonium packed in 130 sealed casks was removed from the vessel and trucked to the Power reactor and nuclear fuel development corp. Just More than a male away. Officials said the plutonium will be stored until the second half of 1994, when it will be transported to a fast breeder reactor in Western Japan As part of its electricity producing plans. Unloading was suspended at Sunset tuesday because of inadequate lighting. The 4,800-Toh Akatsuka Maru docked at Tokai about 70 Miles Northeast of Tokyo Early tuesday after completing a 19,200-mile nonstop voyage from Cherbourg France. The Mission generated alarm in More than 45 countries because of the potential for catastrophe involving one of the most toxic radioactive substances on Earth. Japan also came under attack for refusing to divulge the vessel s position or even the dates of departure from Japan in August and France in november. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yohei Kono indicated that the government s stance on the secrecy aspect May be reviewed. But officials ruled out any changes in the fast breeder nuclear program abandoned by the United states and other major Industrial nations because of the High Cost and potential hazards. Fast breeder reactors produce More plutonium than they consume. Trashing Neo nazis a amps Chuck a Robertt an unknown artist used a Small building hear fun than army Airfield in Mainz Germany to demonstrate his Talent a and to make a statement against Neo nazism in the nation. The . Army has ended its operations at the nearly deserted Airfield As part of the draw Down of american troops in Europe. Clothes sought to help Balkans weather Winter 1 by Rosemary Sawyer Brussels Bureau an air Force weather Squadron has teamed up with the american forces network to collect Winter clothing for people in former Yugoslavia where Many Nave endured below freezing temperatures without heat for weeks. Tech. Sgt. Salinda Larabee Afna a weather forecaster and another an broadcaster staff sgt. Timothy Donahue arranged for nearly 20 weather detachments and an affiliates throughout Germany and Belgium to serve As collection Points for the monthlong operation they have dubbed a Coats for  the Arbeiter Samaritter bund deutschland . A German Relief Agency has agreed to transport the donations to an Island off Croatia where red Cross workers will sort them. The items then will be distributed in Croatia and in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The  Relief operation in former Yugoslavia has shifted its priority in recent weeks from providing food to heading off deaths from Bone chilling temperatures. A a it a a horrible situation and it really is worsening Quot Peter Kessler spokesman for the . High commissioner for refugees in Zagreb Croatia said wednesday. Sarajevo the bosnian capital has been without heat or electricity for More than a month. Cold has taken the lives of Many of the City a elderly. Temperatures in the Sarajevo area from january through March arc almost constantly below freezing said capt. James Willson a weather officer with the 7th weather so. Partly to blame for the frigid weather Are prevailing Northwest winds that blow into Sarajevo off the nearby mountains. The maximum temperature be Dnepr Day in the Host City of the ,1984 Winter olympics was 23 dog acc a and the Low was 5 degrees Willson said. The weather stations and an radio Are soliciting Winter clothes  As boots Coats. Gloves hats and blankets especially in children a sizes. They ask that the items be clean and in Good condition. Military clothing items cannot be accepted Donahue said. Anyone wishing to donate Winter clothing can drop items Oft at any of the following 7th Wathor so stations in got Many Frankfurt. Fulda Gle Belstadt Grafen Wuhr Hanau Moi Delborg Hohen Fola la Rosholm knt Lorbach and Wlos a a Don. Clothes also Are being collected at an stations in Bremerhaven. Frankfurt Malsor Slauto Nurnberg Stuttgart and it Irmburg Gormany and shape Borglum. Specific information on hours and Days of collect Lon and possible additional collect Lon Points will to broadcast on an radio Donahue said.1. 1special forces to hold warrant officer sessions Schwet Zingen Germany recruiters will hold presentations in Stuttgart on monday for enlisted soldiers interested in becoming warrant officers in the special forces the information sessions will be at 9 . And 1 . At the Robinson Barracks theater. Army privates through master sergeants of any military occupational specially who Are interested in applying for warrant officer commission should attend a presentation. Soldiers should bring their most recent physical fitness test score card and copies of their personnel data forms 2a and 2-1. For More information Call sgt. 1st class Thomas Lipuma at the european special forces recruiting office at Dan 379-6430 or 6558.furniture, appliances books to go on Sale in Germany Hanau Germany a defense re utilization Anil marketing office officials have announced the follow ing Sale this week in Germany a Gross nauheim. Office machines furniture 220-Volt appliances textiles and books will be sold Friday in building 636 at the Gross nauheim training site. Wood furniture will be sold for the clearance Price of $1 per item the Sale will be open for id card holders from 9 to 10 a a and to the Public from 10 . To noon. All purchases must be made in Cash dollars Only. For More information Call Dan 322-9039.jazz great i Englewood . A dizzy Gillespie who blew new life into jazz through his trademark bulging Cheeks and Bent trumpet died wednesday. Ill was 75. Gillespie whose style combined blistering Speed melodic warmth compositional Genius and a comic spirit died in his sleep at Englewood Hospital. He was being treated for pancreatic cancer publicist Virginia Wicks  stood As one of the towering figures of modern jazz along with Charlie. Parker thelonious Monk John Coltrane and Miles Davis. He turned jazz in new directions in at least two ways As a founding father of the style known As be Bop and when he collaborated with cuban musicians to give Black music a latin beat. Gillespie wrote or co wrote Many songs that became jazz standards including night in Tunisia grooving High Manteca Salt peanuts con Alma and Woody n you. Gillespie a career was remarkable for its extent and its longevity. He outlived Many of his Peers and largely avoided drug and alcohol abuse. John Birks Gillespie was born oct. 21, 1917, in Che raw s.c., the youngest of nine children. His father was a bricklayer and Amateur musician. Although Gillespie remembered fearing his fathers anger a and his Belt a the son inherited the fathers love for music. His first instrument was the piano which he continued to play. When he was in the third Grade he fell in love with a friends new trumpet and began playing it whenever he could. In 1935, Gillespie s family moved from South Carolina to Philadelphia. Within two years. Dizzy a the nickname referring to his zaniness a had made the jump to new  Dies jazz trumpet player dizzy Gillespie fila Pola in 1939, with the help of a Young dancer named Lorraine Willis he joined the cab Calloway orchestra. The following year he married Willis. Their marriage which lasted his lifetime gave him stability that set him apart from Many musicians. Gillespie left Calloway a band in 1941 and played with a succession of bandleader Over the next several years. His stint in one of those bands a that of Earl a Futha Quot Hines a gave him the Opportunity to spend Lime with a Young sax player Charlie a Bird Quot Parker their Friendship and musical collaboration provided the foundation for Many of the ideas in be Bop