European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 7, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                An station quiet As old transmitter gets heave to by Vince Crawley staff writer the nearly three weeks of dead air will be Worth the wait for listeners of Afna Sam radio station in the Frankfurt Germany area As the network replaces an aging transmitter officials said thursday. The stations Frankfurt transmitter was shut Down wednesday for replacement. Normal network radio remains unaffected in other locations across Europe. The 150,000-Watt transmitter broadcasts to Frankfurt Darmstadt Giessen Hanau Mannheim and Wiesbaden at 873 on the am radio dial. But during repairs Many listeners can pick up a weaker signal on 1107 am broadcast out of Kaiserslautern or 1143 am out of Fulda and Heidelberg. During the repairs which should last until Jan. 24, the american forces network is running half an hour of its morning network news show on Frankfurt a 98.7 pm station starting at 7 . The hew transmitter will mean an improved signal with less distortion Over Long distances but the station will not increase its transmitter Power or enlarge its broadcast area an Engineer Rob Cass said in a statement. The transmitter replaces 25-year-old equipment that has plagued Frankfurt area listeners with frequent broadcast outages in recent months. A built in backup system in the new transmitter should result in fewer outages Cass said. Additionally the new equipment will operate More efficiently meaning the military operated radio station can Cut Utility Bil s. A frankly its going to improve the service a an spokesman Herb Glover said. Since wednesday an has received numerous Calls from listeners wanting to know when the station will be Back on line according to the statement. Frankfurt is the Headquarters of an Europe and the american forces have broadcast at 150,000 Watts from the City since the 1940s, making the station an icon for both american and German  design candles recalled for flame danger Birndorf Germany a the army and air Force Exchange service Europe has issued a recall order for Carolina design Nutcracker candles. The candles May generate a Large flame causing the Wax to drip excessively and the surface varnish to flame. The candles which Cost $3.40, were sold in Vil Seck Span Dahlem and Grafen Wuhr Germany and Schinnen Netherlands. Customers should return the candles to the nearest Exchange for a full refund. Sales receipts Are not  Calls to an heavily favor Limbaugh by Vince Crawley staff writer the score is Rush Limbaugh 43 Paul Harvey and jazz beat 3. That a the tally of phone and fax Calls to the american forces network since the military station began broadcasting the ultraconservative commentator to overseas audiences this week. The show premiered on Afna a Power network at 10 06 . Monday and is broadcast for 55 minutes five nights a week. The Power network is Afna a name for its am oriented stations some of which Are broadcast on pm thanks to the vagaries of european broadcasting. Limbaugh replaces Harvey who is also heard in the mornings and jazz beat which was among the least popular shows on the military network network officials said. Broadcasting Limbaugh overseas became something of a crusade in recent months As 70 Republican congressmen wrote to the Pentagon in support of the talk show Host prompting defense Secretary Les Aspin to place a personal Call to the radio personality. Limbaugh is renowned for his acid criticism of the president and first lady and for saying a see i told you so a whenever he believes one of his conservative prophecies has come to pass. The debate on whether Limbaugh was to air spread to the stars and stripes which has received More Arvey than 150 letters discussing his show since the Issue surfaced last summer. The afternoon following his an debut the network had received Only one Call from listeners a a Post thank you from a female fan. However an officials said thursday that they had received a a flurry of telephonic and fax feedback a totalling 43 to 3 in favor of the show. Several of Limbaugh a followers who refer to themselves As a ditto Heads a also called the newspaper. One said the stars and stripes had revealed its rampant Liberal leanings by calling Limbaugh a a a notorious and a a ultraconservative talk show  another said she simply wished to Register her thanks that the show was on the air. She listens to it nightly with her daughter she said and tapes it for her husband who is deployed on a military exercise. The reason that so few called to complain about Limbaugh she said a May be that they Haven to found it to be As offensive and awful As they thought it would  we four Kings German Chancellor Helmut Kohl poses with youngsters dressed As Kings at a reception thursday in Bonn. Thursday was Epiphany also called a the feast of the three Kings a commemorating the visit of the three Wise men to the infant Jesus. Children collect Money for Charity and Are reputed to bring Good Luck to the houses they visit. Kohl said he hoped the children a visit would help him in this year s Federal  s bite leads to demotion restriction by Gary Miller Mediterranean Bureau what a Sailor at Rota Spain thought was a playful encounter with a Friend has Cost him a pay Grade and 30 Days restriction. Seaman Darryl l. Davis was convicted sept. 24 of indecent assault and sexual harassment. A panel of five officers found him guilty in a special court martial. His demotion took effect monday when his 30 Days of restricted duty also began. Davis who has served nearly eight years in the Navy does no to deny biting Seaman Rebecca Kauke on the buttocks which resulted in his conviction. But he told the stars and stripes that his action was nothing More than a playful incident Between two longtime acquaintances. At the same trial he was found not guilty of assaulting and sexually harassing Kauker a Best Friend. To support his claim that the May 3 incident was playful Davis Points to the fact that Kauke took a week to file a charge against him and then Only after consulting her Best Friend according to a summarized record of the four Day trial. The Friend Petty officer 3rd class Mary j. Miller is Kauker a Roommate. Her allegations against Davis stemmed from a separate incident. Kauke said after the trial that she delayed taking action against Dayis because a i did no to want to Deal with it. Then i heard what happened with Petty officer Miller and that was  Davis contends that race also played a key role in the verdict. He said his Navy attorneys at Rota advised him to plea bargain because As a Black Man charged with assaulting two White women his chances of acquittal were slim. Davis chose not to plea bargain. According to a letter from it. Laurence m. Zieff who now represents Davis witnesses testified that Miller said before the alleged incident that she intended to a a Burn Davis. Zieff wrote the nov. 9 letter to capt. . Simms commander of naval station Rota asking him to dismiss the verdict. Simms did not. Zieff argued in his letter that although the panel of five. Living the effect of his clients facing charges of assaulting two officers acquitted Davis of wrongdoing involving Miller women during one court martial influenced the verdict. Davis said the incident began when he was lying on a Couch in his office watching to. Kauke entered the room and pretended to sit on Davis face he said and he bit her. Kauke disputed his account and said a struggle preceded the biting. Davis said he considered Kauke a Friend and their relationship was such that physical Contact was not uncommon. He thought nothing More of the incident he said. According to the trial summary Kauke testified that she and Davis had slapped each other on the buttocks on pc Vious occasions. Kauke did not file a complaint against Davis until after Miller had accused him of assaulting and harassing her May 9. That incident occurred after Davis walked into a storage room near the flight line where he and several sailors have lockers. He saw Miller undressed and left immediately he said. Miller testified otherwise. According to the summary she said that Davis naked from the Waist Down chased her around the room making lewd suggestions. Miller telephoned Davis a few Days later according to a report by agents with the Navy a criminal investigative service. According to the trial summary Davis suggested they discuss the incident with their supervisors. Two agents monitored the conversation but made no mention of Davis offer while testifying. Davis duty status which forces him to live in Barracks and restricts his movements prompted him to Send his 6-year-old son and 8-year-old daughter to live with relatives in Virginia. Davis is a single Parent