European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 28, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday january 28, 1993 the stars and stripes b Page 3 the a2ores Portugal �850 Miles it Corvo floras s3o x Jerge Cirac Loaa in a 6$0 a guat Lajes Field i Terceira is is a s4s Susan Harris azores refuelling Lajes Field azores a amps a the departure of some service members assigned to operation provide Hope in Somalia is easing the workload for airmen about a Quarter of a world away. As of tuesday Tanker aircraft at Lajes Field had flown 1,048 hours dispensed almost 19 million tons of fuel and flown 365-sorties. Those numbers Wilt Likely be headed downward in the future. It. Cob Dane Martin commander of the 65th air refuelling a pro originally out of Malmstrom fab mont., said the reason for the slackening is simple. A we Are Here directly supporting the humanitarian operation a he said. A a we re cutting Back because of the reduced air traffic involved with the  since Jan. 22, the number of planes at Lajes has fallen from 12 to four and the number of airmen involved in refuelling has dropped from 225 to 109. Sorties now average about three per Day instead of 16 per Day at the height of refuelling operations just weeks ago. Most refuelling aircraft and personnel will return to the United states but four Kc-135s and their Crews will move to Raf Mildenhall England where they will continue to support operation provide Hope. In Naples driving ban Naples Italy a amps a italian authorities have granted some exemptions from a ban on weekend driving in the metropolitan Naples area. The exemptions issued late last week allow anyone with business at the naval support activity Staples to drive there. Many military Community patrons shop at the support activity Exchange and commissary. The support activity is located near the City Center. However the driving Dan remains in place for Al Drivers outside the exempted area. Hours when the ban win be enforced saturday and sunday have not yet been issued. The exemptions were handed Down Friday but local . Military officials weren table to inform All residents in the area until this week. Many Naples area service members and their families did not try to drive onto the support activity last weekend fearing the potential $70 Fine that accompanies the driving ban. Local italian authorities initiated the weekend driving ban this month in an attempt to Cut air pollution in the area. They plan to keep the weekend ban in plaice through the beginning of March. . Authorities plan to broadcast Over an radio and television this weekend s driving restriction times once that information becomes available. Sex by c11uck Vinci Washington Bureau Washington a the Navy a new sexual harassment advice and counselling line has logged 248 Calls in its first eight weeks Navy officials said. A your perception is that this project was a Good idea that has been Well executed and it s doing just what we envisioned a said cmdr Michael West head of the sexual harassment Branch of the Navy Bureau of personnel a equal Opportunity division. The advice line was one of a number of initiatives announced in october by then acting Navy Secretary Sean c. Of Keefe designed to address the lingering effects of the scandal involving the 1994 Tail Hook association convention. For eight hours a Day on every government workday trained specialists Are available to assist victims of sexual harassment people accused of harassment third parties who have witnessed such incidents and anyone who has questions about the services policies to Date 81 callers have asked about. Navy policies while 72 Felt they had been sexually harassed fifteen had been accused of sexual harassment and 45 others called to find out More about the advice line itself. There have been 16 Calls regarding other forms of perceived discrimination such As age Bias and 19 prank Calls. Most Calls have come from Active duty Navy members and Navy civilians with 10 Calls from Active duty Marine corps personnel. About 40 percent of the Calls have been from women. West said no More than 10 callers were stationed  line is not meant to be what West called an a Send run around the Chain of command. Callers Are routinely asked whether they have first tried to solve their problem through Normal channels. But the recent spate of sexual harassment incidents that has plagued the Navy made it Clear to officials that the problem May Well be someone in the Chain of command itself. A Given that the Chain of command becomes much less benign to the person who is receiving Quot the harassment West said. Quot this line gives people another Avenue someone else to go to to receive advice and  two people answer Calls a Marine corps capt. Kay Celeste and Navy it. Elizabeth Felix both reservists recalled to Active duty specifically for this Job. Both have been trained a by anyone we could think of who could be remotely related to the types of Calls we thought we might receive a Vest said. Additionally an a extremely competent attorney Quot is also on hand in West a office if it is determined that the caller May need a lawyer West said. Potential callers need to know that the line is not another form of the services waste fraud and abuse hot line West said. T Quot we done to open cases and track people to the far ends of the Earth to prosecute them he said although the Counselor will inform people about How to go about filing such complaints. Calls Are confidential. Callers arc not asked their names or units. But the Counselor do ask for a general geographic location so that they can pinpoint sources that the callers can go to for help and information such As local social services or Legal offices. The Counselor can instantly connect callers with such sources. Quot we want to make a real time Handoff a West said. A we were sensitive entering into this to avoid having people think of Here a just one More Guy at the end of the line telling me to. Call someone  Counselor arc available from 10 . To 6 . Est on regular government workdays. Within the Continental United states the numbers arc Dan 224-2735 or toll free 1-800-293-0931. From overseas locations the Dan number is the same while the commercial number is 703-614-2735. West said that commercial line will accept collect Calls from overseas personnel. During off duty hours an answering machine a also capable of electronically accepting collect Calls a is available to leave messages. Trial May fix i that killed 5 in ill members a by Gary Pomeroy staff writer a trial that started tuesday in Frankfurt Germany could be critical in determining who pays the medical Bills of two american children seriously injured in a restaurant fire nearly three years ago an attorney for the children said. The March 7,1990, Blaze at Frankfurt a koryo chinese korean restaurant claimed the lives of five americans including . Soldier staff sgt. Errol Atkins his wife and three family members two of Atkins children survived the fire which also killed six other people. Two former City of Frankfurt employees and the former owners of the restaurant Are charged with negligent arson in the fire according to the Frankfurt Al Ige Meine newspaper. The surviving children a Brandon Atkins who was 5 at the time and his sister Kesha who was 9 a now live in new York City in the Legal custody of an aunt Gloria Saldano their late fathers sister liability for the Blaze has never been established said Bob Fiore a Frankfurt based american attorney who represents Saldano and the Atkins children. And since no one has been held accountable no insurance Money has been paid to survivors he said. A City of Frankfurt investigation two years ago concluded that a the tragic consequences of the fire cannot be attributed to malfeasance of City officials.�?�. However during the trial that began in Frankfurt this week prosecutors will examine Whethe the City employees a one from the building codes Section and one from the fire inspection Section a were negligent in issuing a License to the restaurant owners according to the Frankfurt newspaper. An Independent study conducted two years ago concluded that several building codes were violated by the restaurants owners and that the City failed to enforce its own building codes. That unofficial study was conducted by a German construction Engineer on behalf of a German Man whose son was injured in the Blaze. A the significance of a finding of guilty against the City employees would mean that the City a liability would be established a Fiore said. At the time of the incident German police investigators said the fire started in a storage room underneath wooden stairs leading to the restaurant. As smoke billowed up t he stairway and filled the restaurant patrons smashed the windows Over the Street in an attempt to escape the investigators said. Investigators also discovered that the Only fire exit was blocked with a coat rack and locked. Saldano has relied on the civilian health and medical program of the uniformed services and social Security benefits to assist with the children s medical treatment and therapy in the aftermath of the tragedy Fiore said. Mainz to hold furniture Sale trial to resume probably without Honecker officials at defense re utilization and marketing offices have announced the following Sale this week in Germany a Mainz. Household furniture will be sold from 9 . To i . Saturday at the Mainz Fin then Airfield. Wardrobes dressers buffets hutches chairs Kitchen cabinets couches and More will be offered. The Sale is open to the Public and purchases May be made with dollars or German Marks. All purchases must be removed by 2 . Saturday. Berlin apr the manslaughter  former communist Leader Erich Honecker will resume after All and he will be asked to return from Chile a Berlin judicial spokesman said wednesday. There is however practically no Hope that the 80-year-old Honecker will come Back. Officials said they might Issue another arrest warrant for him. Bruno Rautenberg spokesman for the Berlin Justice department said the trial will resume feb. 8, even in Honecker a absence. He said an appeals court ordered the resumption because of a technicality saying a halt can Only be decided at a Normal trial session. The courts order to end the trial had come outside the main hearing. Honecker is charged with ordering Border guards to shoot and kill would be escapees from former East Germany. A Berlin court halted the trial Jan. 13, citing the defendants ill health