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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Friday, December 17, 1993

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 17, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday december 17, 1993 the stars and stripes Page 3. A amps stove scholar children do a Little Pencil work at the crowded Nagy add Camp set up for refugees from the civil War in Bosnia and Herzegovina. A amps stove scholar Nidelko Belo dreams of going to  flies 10 tons of cheer to refugee Camp by Steve scholar Kaiserslautern Bureau Nagy Atad Hungary a life in a hungarian refugee Camp is less dangerous for Nedelko Belo than his bosnian Homeland but it is still uncomfortable. A my Home in Bosnia has been completely destroyed. I want to leave the Camp. Id like to go to Canada a Belo said. That trans Atlantic trip is a Distant dream but a few smaller amenities arrived thursday for Belo and 1,500 other refugees at the Nagy Atad refugee Camp on a . C-130 Hercules cargo plane. More than 10 tons of food baby supplies and children a toys and games were flown to Teszar air base in Hungary aboard the c-130. The Pilot was . Air Force Gen. Robert c. Oaks bearing his Cap As commander of Allied air forces Central Europe. Gerhard Piontek the lord mayor of Kaiserslautern Germany accompanied Oaks a who also Heads the . Air forces in Europe a to present the Relief supplies at the Camp. The gifts came from the North Atlantic treaty organization and the people of Kaiserslautern. A it is Good to get the supplies. The children done to have Many things to smile about and this will make them Happy a Belo said. Or Gyula Egersegi general director of the hungarian refugee commission said that the Aid comes at an opportune time but that More supplies Are needed. A these gifts give us Hope in the Short term a Egersegi said. A they come at a Good time just before Christmas. Its a wonderful gift from the people of Kaiserslautern and the nato forces. It gives us Hope in the Short term but we will continue to need More clothes and More hygienic items. Everything is very useful. The Camp which opened in 1992 and formerly served As a soviet military installation houses bosnian refugees who were driven from their Homes by the War in the former Yugoslavia. Among the Camp s refugees Are almost 500 children. Belo described  in the Camp where old men sits amps Stop scholar Kaiserslautern a lord mayor Gerhard Piontek Lell and Gen. Robert a Oaks Are accompanied on a tour or the refugee Camp by a hungarian interpreter and German it. Col. Claus Ros Ehbauer. On the Edge of their Beds smoking cigarettes and wondering when the War will end while children scamper Down dimly lighted hallways looking for friends to play  live five or six to a Small room. Furnishings Are few. Some of Nagoya lady a residents want to go Home when the fighting is finished while others like Belo never want to go Back a by almost any Standard living in the Camp is difficult Egersegi said. However children attend schools and residents try to make to Best of the situation he said. The Relief Effort began in May with Money raised by the 13th nato music festival. Held at kaisers Lau 3 terns soccer stadium the festival featured Milita bands and marching formations from various nat1 countries and was open to the Public. Among the participating bands was the joint band of the hungarian armed forces. Band leaders alerted festival organizers this year  raised approximately $35,928. To the refugee Camp in Nagy add. Priv us raised of that about j?j94q was used to Purchase the supplies that were taken to Hungary said Aaice spokesman it. Col. Claus Rosenbauer the rest of the proceeds went to Kaiserslautern charities he said. In Brief remarks Oaks said Quot we Are touched by the excellent treatment the hungarians Are giving the refugees. The things we bring Here today Are but a Small Token of generosity. The real generosity is the things being done Here  testing for acc operator s licenses scheduled by Wayne v. Hall staff writer testing for Federal communications commission commercial operators licenses will be held at the Trepel Rufina Motorola building in Wiesbaden Germany at 1 . Saturday. Its the first time that the radio communication testing has been held in Germany since the acc discontinued it in 1978 for budgetary reasons said Meve Hutchins test Center manager for Germany. The new program is patterned after the Amateur radio testing program Hutchins said. A was the test sue manager i am required to conduct an exam somewhere in Germany every three months a Hutchins said. A my intention is to develop the testing system Over Here so that people done to Nave to go Back to the . And take these  As More people receive their licenses and become certified examiners tests will be held elsewhere in Germany Hutchins said. Applicants can take the tests for the Marine radio operator permit the general radiotelephone operator License or both. Exam questions Are taken from a Pool of  questions that Are available for study. The Choice of questions is Gener ated by computer immediately prior to the exam. Hutchins said commercial operators licenses Are useful for elect Ocul technicians or anyone in the communications Field. For information on acc licensing Contact Hutchins by mail at car 438, Box 2303, algae 09111, Oisby calling 06725-3462 evenings. The count code for Germany is 49. R  
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