European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 21, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 me stars and stripes sunday february 21, drug probe ends in arrest firings Byj. King Chukr Northern Italy Bureau one american is in jail and More than a do in others have been fired by the armed forces recreation Center Europe after an investigation into illegal drug use by employees at its resort in Garmisch Germany. The 45-Day investigation began dec. 9 and was carried out by the . Army s criminal investigation come. The probe was done at arc s request upon suspicion of drug use mainly involving Mari Juana in its employee housing area in Garmisch according to Kevin Dixon arc s Public affairs office the probe was carried out by two Cic undercover agents who had been placed in the employee housing area located within several buildings of the former Gen. Abrams Motel Complex Dixon said Friday. No american military personnel were investigated because arc has no Mili tary personnel assigned to it at Garmisch. The Man in jail and those who arc terminated for illegal drug use arc All local hire . Citizens Rich Gorman general manager of arc Europe said by Telephone from his Garmisch head quarters. Gorman said that some of the fired employees were family members of u.$, military or civilian personnel and that about half of the fired workers were sea Sonal hires. He said that none of the fired personnel held management positions with arc and that the employees included housekeepers ski instructors and laundry workers. There were no High ranking or Long term employees fired Gorman said. Gorman said the probe found evidence that illegal substances had been used by 15 employees. He said that arc fired 13 of them feb. 2 and that another implicated employee resigned prior to the fir Ings. The 15th employee who also was fired for alleged drug use currently is being held in a German jail. We Are not at Liberty to release the names of the persons involved Dixon Bell tolls for Superman this week at most stripes stores in Europe by Kevin Robinson staf writer the january Issue of Superman featuring the death of the do comics superhero will be on Sale at most stars and stripes bookstores in Europe by late this week Bookstore offi Cial said Friday. A. Shipment of. 2,400 copies of Superman no. 75 is finally overcoming shipping problems to reach stars and stripes bookstores in Europe said Tony Nihra the acting director of Bookstore operations in Darmstadt Germany. There was such a demand for the Book that publishers could t keep up with the demand Nihra said. The Superman comic was scheduled to go on Sale in december or Early january Bookstore officials said. However backlog cd shipments of magazines at the Darmstadt Central distribution Point contributed to the delays of the comic Book reaching bookstores in Europe officials added. A Bookstore official said Friday afternoon that he did not know when the comic books arrived in Darmstadt. In september do comics announced that Superman would die during his epic Battle with the super villain doomsday. In november Superman no. 75 was released amid a Wash of publicity to readers and col lectors in the United states. The much anticipated comic Book will sell for $1.25, Nihra said and be cause of the limited number of books available customers will Only be Able to buy one copy. The comic Book docs not include the special armband and Trad ing card package that sold for $2.50 in the United states he added. However an order for a special edition with a Magazine format has been placed. Over the last few months not a Day went by during which people at Asa Naples Italy did t ask about the comic Book said Tom Havy a clerk at the stars and stripes Bookstore there. The Naples Bookstore recently received Superman no. 74, the Issue that sets up the superhero s epic death he said. People who Don t ordinarily buy comic books have asked about it Havy. Said of Superman no. 75. It will sell out in the first  a reorder of 5,000 copies of the no. 75 comic has been placed but there is no Way we can Tell when it will go out Nihra said. Frank Massaro owner of the Ameri can comics store near William o. Darby Cavern in Firth Germany said he sold 900 of the bagged version of the comic and 100 of the regular comic. The comic Book superhero meets his death in Superman no. 75. I could have sold 5,000 of them he said. The regular comic sold for $5 in his store and the bagged version increased from $5 to $10 to $20 and finally to $100. I knew it was going to be big he said. I did t know it was going to be this  he said the bagged version is Selling in the United states for More than $100 even As High As $150. The untagged comic is Selling Between $30 and $40. G0frnany said. German authorities were called in on the drug Case after army investigators completed their work Dixon said. German police issued an arrest War rant for an arc employee Jan. 22 and jailed the employee in connection with the Possession use and distribution of marijuana and Ltd Gorman said. Hubert Schweiger a German police official in nearby Wilheim said Friday that a former arc employee is being held there on drug charges but he would not identify the Man on the grounds that the investigation into the Case has not been completed. Contributing to this report mail writer de re iwo i Darmstadt Germany thieves get cigarettes in Darmstadt by Craig Marti staff writer Darmstadt Germany cigarettes with a possible Street value of More than $5,900 were stolen feb. 14 from the Darmstadt commissary at Nathan Hale  was the seventh time since Decem Ber 1991 that cigarettes were stolen fro agencies belonging to the Darmstadt Mil itary  most recent break in involved 205 Cartons of cigarettes and occurred Early in the morning. Criminal investigation come officials in Darmstadt Are investigating said Denise Gomes defense commissary Agency spokeswoman a Ramstein a Germany. Neither Gomes nor Darmstadt official would say Friday How the thieves got into the commissary whether the commissar has an alarm system or whether the lat est theft was related to the other  also would not say whether there were any suspects or whether any vehicles were seen in the area at the time of the break in. . Army Europe officials could not provide additional details. The earlier thefts most of which occurred on a weekend or a Holiday totalled 2,674 Cartons and had a possible Street value of $52,400. Three thefts occurred Between dec. 10,1991, and Jan. 9,1992,at the directorate of Community activities warehouse in Griesheim a suburb of Darmstadt. Another three thefts occurred Between Jan. 9 and sept. 14 at the commissary. In All cases the commissary and Ware House were broken into according to a Darmstadt official with the investigation command. Earlier in december 1992, German police in Wurzburg arrested six americans and five germans following investigations involving the trading of 1,100 car tons of stolen cigarettes for two pounds of hashish and a Quarter Pound of Mari Juana. The cigarettes were stolen fro the Wurzburg commissary according to German police. The 11 Are expected Tobe tried in a German court this year. Kuwait zoo open anew Kuwait a Kuwait s zoo it animals wiped out by occupying iraqi sol Diers More than two years ago is Ope again after $2.1 million in renovations and Many donated animals. During the occupation the solder transferred some animals to Iraq killed those they could t catch and ate some. The Park established in 1963, once held 248 mammals 445 Birds and 45 rep tiles. It reopened with 200 mammals 5 Birds and 53 reptiles