European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 20, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday november 20, 1993 the stars and stripes Page 3 development urged for Ben Waters British officials plan to parcel former air base local by Nancy l. Torner . Bureau British officials near the abandoned Raf Ben Waters installation have drawn up a plan calling for extensive private development of the 1,100-acre site. The former . Air forces in Europe installation is under the control of the British defense ministry which plans to sell portions of it to private developers. The ministry took Over Ben Waters in september after the last members of the 81st tac fighter Wing vacated the base. The last aircraft assigned to the base were a-10 Thunderbolt its. At the bases Peak about 4,100 . Service members were assigned to Ben Waters and the neighbouring base at Woodbridge which also has closed. About 470 British civilians worked at the bases located about 90 mites Northeast of London. Officials with the Suffolk coastal District Council along with officials from the Suffolk county Council submitted their plan that paints Broad outlines for private development. The ministry plans to sell the Ben Waters property in parcels but asked area councils to draft a proposal to include specifics about what to do with it a ministry spokesman said this week. Quot we done to dispose of land without local consent Quot he said. The plan Calls for retaining some former air Force buildings on Ben Waters in addition to constructing Sass amps. Daw Didio the housing area at Raf Ben Waters stands empty awaiting the development of proposals to turn the base into com Metxia and residential areas. Others. Some of the plans specifics Call for a constructing 600 residential buildings to add to 600 that once made up the air Force housing area at Ben Waters. A converting some buildings on the base into stores. Other structures such As the gymnasium would become Community centers. A retaining the air base runway for use As a commercial Airstrip that could replace the civilian facility at Ipswich about eight Miles Southwest of Ben Waters. The plan is viewed As a guide and docs not preclude developers from proposing alternatives said Colin Crowther of the Suffolk county Council planning department. However local planning officials must approve any plan before construction could begin he said. There is no target Date for the sate and development of the Ben Waters property but the ministry spokesman said he did no to expect construction to begin for some time. Ben Waters dates to 1942, when the Raf began building the base for . Army air forces bombers. The bombers used the base for emergency landings during world War ii. The United states took Over flight operations at the base in 1951. British defense officials plan to move some British troops onto the 1,000-acre site in nearby  airlines flights leave for . Empty Bidav Walczak assistant City editor at least nine .-bound american airlines flights left Germany and England on Friday without passengers because of a strike by the airline s attendants. The 21,000 members of the association of professional flight attendants began a planned 11-Day walkout Over pay and other contract issues Early thursday launching the biggest . Airline strike in nearly five years. Passenger disruptions aboard the . Air Carrier had been limited to Domestic flights before Friday. A we done to know what will happen tomorrow a Dieter Jacobs said Friday. Jacobs is a spokesman for american airlines in Frankfurt Germany. American offers service from 14 cities in Western Europe to seven cities in the United states. Many of the airlines scheduled flights Friday were from London a Heathrow Airport. American airlines officials in Frankfurt and London said Friday that passengers booked on flights that left without passengers were put aboard other carriers or put up in hotels if alternate flights could not be found. Only one of two american airlines flights left Frankfurt on Friday for the United states with passengers aboard. The flight originating from Berlin left Friday morning for Dallas. The Frankfurt Chicago flight carried Only cargo said Sabine Schrmack an american airlines spokeswoman in Frankfurt. Twelve american airlines flights were scheduled to leave the United kingdom on Friday but Many left without passengers one flight from Heathrow to los Angeles three from Heathrow to new York two from Heathrow to Miami and the Glasgow Chicago and Manchester new York flights carried no passengers. At least four american airlines planes in England including two to Chicago left Friday from Heathrow with passengers. Information about other american flights from Europe was not available from the airline Friday. Lizann petard a spokeswoman for american airlines in London said her office would not release information regarding which flights left without passengers saying such information would Benefit striking flight attendants. American airlines has regularly scheduled service from Frankfurt Disseldorf Berlin and Munich Germany Stockholm Sweden Milan Italy Zurich Switzerland Madrid Spain Brussels Belgium London and Manchester England Glasgow Scotland and Paris. American airlines planes leaving Europe arrive in Boston Chicago Dallas los Angeles Miami new York and Raleigh Durham . A clerk at the scheduled airlines traffic office in Darmstadt Germany said Friday that travel Agency employees were Quot still booking flights. We be done lots of them and will keep doing it. This is the first we be heard of a  with the thanksgiving Holiday approaching the number of seats available on alternate airlines will shrink according to airline Industry sources quoted in recently published reports. To meet the demand for flight attendants Jacobs said the airline is recruiting attendants in the United states to fill the vacancies left by the strikers. Contributing Tot hit report Mark Al Kacie in Darmstadt. Germany and Nancy Torner in Raf Mildenhall England. 1judge bars recruiters from Campus for Gay Bias Buffalo . Apr a state University a Law school must Stop Campus interviews by military recruiters because the military discriminates against homosexuals a judge has ruled. Military recruitment violates an ant discrimination order issued by gov. Mario m. Cuomo state supreme court Justice Diane Lebedeff in new York City said thursday. A there is no dispute the military currently engages in sexual orientation discrimination in its employment practices not welcoming within its Active ranks Gay men lesbians and bisexuals a Lebedeff wrote in a ruling that applies to the Law school of the state University of new York at Buffalo. But Evan Wolfson an attorney for Lambda Legal defense and education fund a Gay rights Legal group said the ruling should apply to the entire state University system which has 400,000 students on 64 campuses. Ken Goldfarb a spokesman for the University system and Ronald Stein a spokesman for the University in Buffalo said they could not comment until their attorneys reviewed Lebedeff ruling. Stein said the University had not decided if it will follow the ruling and bar the recruiters. The Case stems from a complaint filed with the new York division of human rights in 1990 by Terri Mayo a lesbian who said she was refused a Job interview with the military because of her sexual orientation. At the time the Pentagon had a ban against homosexuals. That has since been modified by president Clinton a policy of a a done task done to Tell Quot which allows Gays and lesbians to serve As Long As they remain celibate and keep quiet about their sexual orientation