European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 22, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 thl stars and stripes wednesday december 22,1,993 at a glance a French army officer holds one of 1,400 detonators that recently washed onto the Brittany coast after falling off a cypriot freighter. The discovery forced officials to dose vast stretches of Beach. See Story on Page 10.marriage allowed the defense department has buried a Marine corps plan to ban married recruits a Page 4 wife defends Clinton first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton says allegations about president Clinton s extramarital affairs As governor Are Quot terrible stories Quot spread by Clinton Page 5inman tax problem Bobby Ray Inman president Clinton s Choice As defense Secretary failed to pay social Security taxes for a household worker until he was selected the White House says. A Page 6kevorkian supported some members of a Michigan commission say the legislature should reverse the ban enacted to combat or. Jack Kevorkian. A pages _ to Degaller gets prison a Man who wanted a to see if he had the Power to derail Quot an Amtrak passenger train got a 17 a year prison sentence monday for causing the train to hurtle off the tracks injuring scores of people. A Pagesc-17 plan accepted Mcdonnell Douglas corp. Has accepted the Pentagon s plan to place the troubled c-17 cargo plane on probation. A Page 14 Index Abby Ann Landers. 21 classifieds. Comics. 1819,21 commentary. Crossword. Faces a places 20 focus. Horoscope. Jumble. Letters. Money matters. Sports. 26-32 to listings. 31 weather. 11 11 injured in Amtrak crash Gary ind. A an Amtrak train hit were standing upright. A tractor trailer tuesday morning and Par Bridgette Serchak Amer acc spoke Swo tally derailed injuring at least 11 people. Man in Washington d.c., said nine Pas Amtrak said 180 people were on Board sengers and two Crew members were in the westbound new York to Chicago Jared. She had no information on the truck Broadway limited at the time of the mid Driver. She said the injuries did no appear morning crash in an Industrial area on the to be serious but one Hospital reported recite a a West Side. One of the two Locombo ceiling a patient in critical condition lives and one of the 15 cars derailed but three hospitals a Gary methodist hos Pital St. Mary�?Ts1 medical Center in Gary and St. Catherine Hospital in East Chicago a reported getting nine patients. Passenger trains in the area Are authorized to travel at up to 79 Mph Amtrak said. It Wasny to known immediately How fast the train was moving tuesday morning it was the third Amtrak derailment in a from Page 1 or Cugnach was dispatched tuesday afternoon to Rescue a German who was trapped by floodwaters in the Nahe River Valley. The Man was airlifted from a compost factory where he worked. The area was surrounded by water and the factory was closed to avoid contaminating the River. About 30 soldiers from the 1st army dives 2nd in 68th Armor regt 2nd Bri Cade in Baum older helped fill sandbags for two local communities according to a Community spokeswoman. German officials asked for 900 sandbags about 2 . Tuesday said Madeleine Dwoyakowski and five . Soldiers began delivering the sandbags three hours later Quot the Gian River is flooding and affecting villages along its path a Dwoyakowski said. A the Baum older soldiers Are filling 300 sandbags and furnishing 600 More to the local fire departments in the villages of Glan Brincken and laut Recken to help prevent about 30 . Soldiers from the 130th engr brigade drove More than three hours from Karlsruhe to bad Kreuz Nach to deploy five boats to Field evacuate local residents. In Kaiserslautern the army donated 10,000 unfilled sandbags to the City to help Stem floodwaters said capt. Timothy Yantis a Usa eur spokesman. Soldiers from the general support Center Luxembourg a . Army War Reserve facility gave 14,000 sandbags to the Luxembourg army tuesday morning said William t. Harris Iii charge its do affaires at the . Embassy in Luxembourg. The embassy will offer More assistance if asked Harris said. He credited . Army officials with cutting through the bureaucracy and a getting it right and getting it done although such assistance is in keeping with nato policy regarding disaster Relief Harris said the Aid is especially meaningful because of the concern Luxembourg showed following floods earlier this year in the american Midwest. Residents of Luxembourg raised More than $400,000 to assist midwestern communities he sail. A they helped us with our flood so we Are inclined to help them with theirs Quot Harris said. Quot we would have anyway but this made it special a other parts of Germany also were affected by the Gale Force winds and heavy Rains and massive traffic jams were reported in several areas. The Mosel River in Western Germany swelled by about 6 inches an hour. By mid morning the water level was at 50 feet instead of the Normal 10 feet. In Bavaria a Man was killed when he crashed his car into an uprooted tree that had fallen on the Road. In Munich a construction worker died after part of a facade collapsed and fell on him. In the Southern German Region of St. Georgen a violent wind gust sent a car crashing against a tree killing its Driver. Another Man was killed in a similar manner in Offenburg also in Southern Germany. Thomas Boehlen spokesman for Germany a National weather service in Offenbach near Frankfurt said the flooding should ease As rain slackers off and temperatures drop in the next few Days. Contributing to vat pert Tia also dated prut Italy from Page 1 structuring plan that will enable Frankfurt International Airport to expand. The Mission change for Ramstein will mean a net decrease of 300 to 500 Active duty personnel though that number is subject to change one air Force official said Aviano a population is projected to increase by about 1,300 Servic members including pilots and maintenance personnel. An Advance team of about 70 people will go to Aviano in March to prepare for he move said col. Bruce Wright 86th group operations commander. The rest will Transfer to the air base in Northern Italy Between april and september. Well Over 50 percent of the new slots at Ayi Ano already have been filled by Ramstein airmen Wright said. The move from Ramstein to Aviano was met with Quot a lot of smiling faces Quot Wright said. His men mean no disrespect to Ramstein or Germany Wright explained its just that a Northern Italy is a great place to Wright spoke of Winter skiing summer beaches an it Good food. Wright was Quick to add that the move will bring the pilots closer to some of the worlds not spots such As Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Middle East. Many of the pilots who will Transfer to Aviano Are already familiar with the base and Region because of their participation in operation deny flight natos enforcement of a , no Fly zone Over Bosnia a although there will be some challenges to building a new Wing. A lot of people have signed up for it a Wright said. It. Col. Terry new commander of the 512th fighter so at Ramstein said his men Are eager to go to Aviano where flight restrictions Are less confining than in Germany. With the Adriatic sea 30 Miles away fighter pilots can head to open water Bonn from Page 1. Party will be used by he Frankfurt International Airport to expand commercial cargo operations. About 17.5 million Marks or about $10.5 million will be allocated for the Transfer of personnel and equipment and 100 million Marks about $60 Mil Hon will be spent on 10 construction projects at Ramstein a to support the c-130 Airlift Mission it will gain said maj. Bob Williams a spokesman for . Air forces in Europe at Ramstein a. Construction projects include additional ramp space hardening of existing runways a larger aircraft maintenance hangar and a new passenger service terminal. The Transfer will include 19 c-130 Hercules belonging to the 37th Airlift so at Rhein main. The Squadron is to Transfer sometime Between october and december next year said Susanne Bartsch a Rhein main spokeswoman. The Transfer also hinges on the relocation of 36 f-16 fighting Falcons from Ramstein a to Aviano a Italy. Ramstein will lose about 1,400 Job slots with the f-16s departure and will gain about lick with the arrival of the c-130s, Williams said. After the Transfer Rhein main will have a work Force of about 890 serv ice members and civilians Bartsch said. Currently there Are 2,977 airmen 1,866 civilians and 3,783 family members. Remaining at Rhein main will be an air mobility support Squadron a Safe support detachment the Pas Center det 9 of the 7025th air postal so the army a 21st replacement in the army a 228th postal co the 560th my co the joint service on site inspection Agency the defense courier service a Federal aviation administration office and a few other Small units Bartsch said. And Fly supersonic which should further enhance training new said. Flying supersonic is not allowed in Germany and the. Only viable option is to Fly to the North sea. In addition Aviano is just eight Miles from the nearest bombing Range that pilots use. In Germany Ramstein pilots have to Fly South toward Munich to reach the closest Range. Furthermore the italians permit jets to Fly As Low As 500 feet off the ground compared with 1,000 feet in Germany. The airspace to which Jet pilots Are confined is also greater in Italy. A we build bad habit patterns Here just because of the restrictions in the airspace a new said. Weather conditions in Italy should also be More favourable he added. The location is Ideal new said because pilots will be closer to current trouble spots. With the threat to Germany and Northern Europe essentially gone it makes sense to base fighter aircraft where they can do the greatest Good or damage if the need arises. Quot you can conduct a War without going anywhere a said new referring to the Balkans a Tinderbox that is ready to explode Quot you Are right the presence of . Fighter planes in the Region May actually deter the warring parties in Bosnia new said. He likened the situation to Korea where the . Presence along the demilitarized zone has helped deter North korean aggression for 40 years. Aviano a is exactly where we Watato be Quot new said. A i can to see us moving out of there any time soon. Given the few european bases that we Are going to have that a Ideal for where we want to
