European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 30, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday. Jury 30, autobahn problems the stars and stripes Page 3 Tad hers Elf a Frankfurt Munich n. To -.,� x Salzburg Basel r Garmisch corps Headquarters plans Frankfurt move to Start next summer traffic jams in 5 countries expected Over the weekend Munich Germany is the German automobile club adar is warning Drivers of probable Long traffic jams this weekend in Germany Italy Austria Switzerland and France. Traffic jams in Germany Are expected to Start today As school holidays begin in the state of Thi Iringan and a second wave of vacation seekers takes to the roads from the states of Hessen and a Varia. Traffic jams can be expected on the following roads that have heavy Ameri can traffic among others the Highway to the Baltic sea a Hannover Berlin a Wiir Burg Hannover a Niernberg Ber Lin a/a around Frankfurt a Frankfurt Basel a Frankfurt Wiir Burg Niernberg a Karlsruhe Stuttgart Munich Salzburg a/b-471/a-92/a-99 ring route around Munich. The adar predicted there will be Long waiting periods at several German Border Crossings with Austria the czech Republic and at the Elland Germany crossing into Denmark. Heavy Holiday traffic is predicted on All the austrian Mountain routes i.e., the Brenner and instal highways but also on All routes toward the hungarian Border. Other heavy traffic is predicted for the Brenner Highway in Italy the Gotthard route in Switzerland and the a/a route Beaune Lyon Orange in France. Byln Ccrawley staff writer Heidelberg Germany the . Army will delay pulling Large num Bers of troops out of Frankfurt until next summer and the City s v corps head quarters does not plan to begin moving to Heidelberg for at least a year military officials said thursday. The several Hundred soldiers of v corps Headquarters will Start moving to Campbell Barracks in Heidelberg near the end of the next fiscal year which ends sept. 30, 1994, said col. Dick Bridges senior spokesman for the . Army Europe. Campbell Barracks also houses the Headquarters of the . Army Europe. In a town Hall meeting wednesday atthe Frankfurt High school military officials said Frankfurt residents should expect to see Little change in the Community population until the end of the upcoming school year. Large scale moves of Mili tary families traditionally take place Over the summer they said. On july 1, following months of rumours the Pentagon announced the almost total departure of the army from Frankfurt. But the announcement gave Little Indica Tion of the schedule saying Only that the withdrawal would be completed some time before october 1995. The gradual withdrawal from Frank Furt Marks a change from past Rawdow announcements where in Many cases the army postponed Public notification until unit moves and troop reductions were Well under Way. Frankfurt has been a major landmark for . Forces in Germany since the final Days of world War h. V corps has its Headquarters in the imposing Abram building which housed Germany s . Farben chemical Industrial conglomerate during the third Reich. The City today is Home for roughly 15,000 americans including about 5,000 soldiers. Soldiers and families from v corp Headquarters will not begin moving to Heidelberg until the 3rd brigade of the1st army div is withdrawn next year from the nearby City of Mannheim Sai Mclvin c. Mitchell a Heidelberg based arms control specialist involved in plan Ning army reductions in Europe. Members of Frankfurt s v corps Long accustomed to being part of the highest Headquarters in town will find them selves outranked when they move to the same installation at the . Army Europe s Headquarters. However the army has no intention of segregating v corps families by mov them Only into Mannheim s Benjamin Franklin Village housing area Bridges said. Although vacancies Are expected to be More plentiful at first in Mannheim s government quarters arriving v corp families also will be Able to move into american housing at Heidelberg s Pat Rick Henry and Mark Twain villages Bridges said. The v corps troops will receive equal treatment like any soldiers he said. Some 300 of the current 800 students who attend the Frankfurt High school Are related to v corps according to a department of defense dependents schools spokesman. Pitburg Soldier killed in car crash Darmstadt German yes a a Soldier from the 32nd army ail defense come died tuesday in an automobile Accident near Pitburg a. Private 1st class Allen Skawinski 32, died in Trier from injuries sustained when the car he was driving was struck by another automobile. He was assigned to d Btry 5th in 7th air defense arty regt in Pitburg. Skawinski was driving alone when the Accident occurred. His car was hit while the other car was trying to pass Accord to a press release. Two germans were in the passing car but neither was injured. German police cited the German Driver for improper passing according to the release. Skawinski was a native of Cudahy wis. He joined the army in february 1992 and was a Petroleum Supply specialist. 7hc is survived by his parents or. And mrs. Alexander Skawinski of Cudahy. A memorial service is scheduled. For 8 30 . Monday at the Pitburg a Chapel. We re just around the Corner . Foes warned by Gary Miller Mediterranean Bureau aboard the Theodore Roosevelt the aircraft Carrier Theodore Roosevelt has demonstrated flexibility and mobility qualities that should give would be aggressors reason to think again the . Navy s 6th Fleet commander said monday. It should Tell anyone like iraqi Leader Saddam Hussein who might be thinking about a move against the . That he had better sleep on his decision be cause we re just around the Corner vice . T. Joseph Lopez said. After the Navy s cruise missile attack on Baghdad Iraq in late Julie Lopez called the Roosevelt Battle group commander and told him to be ready to Rede ploy. About 12 hours later the Roosevelt cruising South of the Adriatic sea and taking part in operation deny flight was dispatched to the red simply responded by sending the Carrier to the hotter area said Lopez who is outranked in the Mediterranean area of operations Only by . Mike boor a commander of . Naval forces Europe. In less than 72 hours they were flying planes in the red sea ready to strike Back if he Saddam made an ill advised strike against the .," a said. We re the Only one who can do that Lopez said. We Don t have to ask permission from anybody to Fly planes from International Waters Lopez said As he Rode a helicopter tothe Carrier this week. The Roosevelt end edits port visit to Naples Italy Early arrived on the warship As it passe through the Strait of Mes Sina which is Between northeastern Sicily and Lope the toe of Italy on its Way Back to the Adriatic area. So far the Carrier has been at sea for All but about two weeks in a five month period since it arrived in the Mediterranean theater in March a sea duty duration that Lopez said be has t known since the Vietnam War. While in the Adriatic the Roosevelt is contributing some a intruder or f/a-18 Hornet aircraft to deny flight the nato operation to Stop planes from flying Over Bosnia and Herzegovina. English dutch and , land based fighter planes filled in for the 12 planes that the Carrier provided for deny flight while the Roosevelt cruised the red sea area Lopez said. When operations off the former Yugoslavia began injury 1992, Lopez said Navy ships carried the Only . Combat aircraft in the Mediterranean Aiea. However air Force fighter planes have since joined the operation from Aviano a Italy. That allows the Carrier and its aircraft to deploy elsewhere if needed he said. We re glad that land based aircraft have taken Over Lopez said. It gives us the Chance to do other things such As head for the red Mogi Roosevelt Crew members would have rather seen the ship head for Marseilles France for the fourth of july. It was headed for Marseilles when Lopez altered the Roosevelt s course. He ordered the Carrier and the destroyers Arleigh Burke and spruance through the Suez canal a combi nation of warships Lopez called the most Mobile and powerful Force that can be used anytime
