European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 14, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday january 14, 1994 the stars and stripes Page 3 experts hone a for Rhein main cuts Safe air base mapping out life after draw Down by Wayne v. Hall staff writer Rhein main a Germany a team of officials from . Air forces in Europe is working with Rhein main a experts this week to schedule the base s draw Down. Col. Tom Dubois Safe chief for special Basing called the visit a Road mapping  we re developing a plan of How to make it happen Dubois said of the air base s draw Down. He said the draw Down was tied to the moving of f-16 fighting Falcon jets from Ramstein a to Aviano a Italy. The shift also Calls for c-130 Hercules cargo aircraft assigned to Rhein main to move to Ramstein. We Hope to begin the movement of the c-130 aircraft As Early As july and Complete it by january 1995," Dubois said. We expect Rhein main s end population to be about 890." a recently released map shows How the air base will look when the . Draw Down is Complete and the Southern half of the air base has been returned to German authorities. Some key facilities will be lost including the base hotel offi cers club Bowling Alley theater Apollo club and recreation Center gymnasium and sports Fields and both the old and new health clinics. All will fall outside the future Boundary. Since the dec. 15 announcement of the base s draw Down service members stationed at Rhein main have been unsure of their future. I m not really sure if i m staying Here or not said airman 1st class Shawn Mette a member of the 435th medical so. -.",.a team is coming in and they re going to Tell us our new Deros Date of the changing face of Rhein main a v Rhein main air base Frankfurt Airport current Boundary hotel officers club Bowling Alley theater Apollo glub rec Center Heath clinic new health clinic gymnasium base Exchange a commissary main terminal sewage treatment Plant by april 1995 the Southern half of Rhein main a will be returned to German authorities. Buildings remaining with Rhein main a building returning to German authority estimated rotation from overseas station  the air base s Mission will shift from tactical Airlift to passenger operations after the c-130s depart. Organizations that will remain include an air Post Al operation the Federal aviation administration army signal assessment and the army s 21st replacement in which handles paperwork and other tasks for incoming soldiers of the . Army Europe. Those remaining at Rhein main will fall into three major categories a Safe support Squadron composed of about 113 military personnel and 87 civil ians passenger operations with about 120 military and 26 civilian air mobility come workers and tenant organizations with about 381 military personnel and 156 civilians. What happens to those currently As signed to the air base depends mainly on what their jobs Are Dubois said. People who directly support the c-130 Mission will leave for Ramstein with that Mission. The futures of other support personnel will be determined Over the next few months. Individual units will establish re lease dates for their service members. I m not too sure what s leaving or when the medical facility is closing said capt. John Rogers of the 435th Supply is Susan Harris so. I Don t know where people Are going to go for medical treatment. That is what concerns me the  one of the Many items on the task Force Agenda is sorting out How to match locations for services to buildings on the portion of the air base remaining under . Control. The target Date we re looking at right now for draw Down completion is april 1995," said Dubois. The precise Date depends on when base operations end and when officials Issue base maintenance contracts to Han dle certain services that still will be needed such As for firefighting. Go facing trial in cigarette theft Given administrative discharge by Craig Martin staff writer a Soldier who was to stand trial Jan. 25 in Darm Stadt Germany on charges of stealing cigarettes from the commissary and shop Pette instead has been Given an administrative discharge. Spec. Edward c. Knight of the 40th postal co was accused of attempting to steal cigarettes from the Nathan Hale depot commissary and the army and air Force Exchange service shop Pette on Kelley Barracks and unlawfully entering those buildings sometime in March and april. Knight also was charged with illegal Possession of marijuana but that charge so was dropped. The cigarette charges against Knight were warranted by the evidence ten Viedt spokeswoman for the 233rd base support in in Darmstadt said thursday in a written response to questions from the stars and stripes. However discharging Knight was deemed in the Best interest of the government she said. In a two Day court martial last month a jury of two officers and five noncommissioned officers acquitted Knight of stealing mail from the military Post office on Cambrai Fritsch Cavern. The mail was bound for the Community s cafes facilities. There was no evidence shown to the jury during that trial that linked Knight to the stolen items. However there were several pretrial hearings that suppressed evidence seized from Knight s quarters from being presented before the jury. Some of that Evi Dence included clothing said David court Knight s civilian defense attorney. The purpose of suppression of evidence is to teach Law enforcement officials to follow the Rule of Law when it affects individual rights court said wednesday. In this Case it s personal property rights and seizure of that  court said military police investigations officers had a search warrant to look for items in larger than per Sonal use  during that search military police investigators found a Small amount of marijuana in a cigarette pack. You Don t look for Large items in a cigarette pack court said. The military judge ruled that the search warrant also was incomplete on significant Points when it comes to probable cause court said. Probable cause is a reason to presume someone is guilty of a crime. Court did not say what those incomplete Points were. Knight received a general discharge under less than honorable conditions. He left the Community wednesday according to Viedt. . Military facilities in Darmstadt have been regu Lar targets for cigarette thieves. Since december 1991, nearly 3,400 Cartons of cigarettes with a Black Market value of More than $99,000 have been taken in almost a dozen thefts in the greater Darmstadt military Community including Babenhausen. Most of the crimes occurred on weekends or holidays. An King special on radio monday Frankfurt Germany is the american forces network in Europe will repeat 15 hours of year in review radio programs Over the Martin Luther King or. Holiday weekend and will air a two hour radio documentary about the slain civil rights Leader. The american top-40 special hosted by radio personality Shadoe Stevens features the most pop ular 100 hits of 1993. The eight hour show airs sat urday from 10 05 . To 6 . On the network s z pm stations and monday from 2 05 . To 10 . On the Power network am format stations which Are broadcast on pm radio in a few areas. Last year s top 100 country hits on american country countdown hosted by radio personality Ben a Mosley airs sunday from 9 05 . To 4 . On a pm. The Power network airs the show monday from 5 05  until noon. A two hour Martin Luther King special will also be aired monday from noon to 2 . On the Power network stations. The broadcast features excerpts of speeches by the civil rights Leader As Well As comments from people who knew him. An aired the year end specials Over the new year s weekend but Many listeners contacted the station saying they had missed the shows. The countdowns Are among the most highly rated and most listened to shows on an pro Gram officials said