European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 14, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 r the stars and stripes thursday july 14, 1994 arc at a glance a Vav r a a v a a Quot a a a i 1 a i a re i / it. V a it 5 a # it of b a 3 a a be a kv4 so a War it it. J a. K j a i one of the dutch  a fringe benefits has been the right for soldiers to Wear their hair Long but now some troops want Quot a professional look for a professional  see Story on Page 5uncool americans stores across the United states Are running out of air conditioners. A Page 7computer porn probe officials Are investigating How pornographic images were smuggled into computers at a nuclear weapons lab. ,. A Page 8spy masters fired the italian government has dismissed the chiefs of three spy agencies. A a a Page 13healthy Economy consumer prices Rose 0. In june As gasoline prices crease in Energy costs. 3 percent led an in a page14 Index 3 Abby Ann Landers 21 classifieds. 24-28 comics. 21-23 commentary .17 crossword. .21 faces no places. 20 Horoscope. 26 Jumble i. .26 letters. .16 Money matters. I. 14 sports. 29-36 to listings. A a a 35 weather. Because of a reporting error a name was misspelled in a Story monday. Pam Laudenslager is the manager of the Patch Barracks stars and stripes Bookstore in Stuttgart Germany. A chief from Page 1. A a ters in the no Fly zone. A clarify responsibility and authority of airborne and ground based controllers when suspected iraqi aircraft Are to be engaged a include a requirement in the rewritten airspace control order for Azacs to provide the tactical a picture a including presence of Friendly aircraft to ail provide Comfort aircraft. In his june 24 memo Joulwan called the incident a an avoidable tragedy a a a acknowledging. The investigation boards findings Jou wan also singled out Lack of training and procedures for joint missions carried out by the  and air Force. He also blamed the military a inadequate guidance in humanitarian and peacekeeping missions which he termed a operations other than War a in a separate report the . Air forces in Europe commander Gen. Robert c. Oaks cited a a Lack of integration and a Lack of understand no Quot. For the entire air operation of provide Comfort. Air Force fighter pilots and  helicopter Crews were routinely unaware of each others movements inside the patrol zone and had no procedures for communicating with each other according to Oaks May 27 assessment memo. A. Crews aboard the High Altitude airborne warning and control system aircraft commonly called Azacs were supposed to provide air traffic control in the Region. But Oaks said Crew members did not know they were also supposed to track helicopters. A the Azacs Crew demonstrated significant misunderstanding regarding individual and Overall Crew responsibilities a Oaks said try the memorandum. Aircraft recognition training for the f-15 pilots a had not adequately prepared them to make Correct identification of Black Hawk helicopters. In the Brief time allowed by their Low Altitude High Speed intercept a Oaks said. The uh-60 Black Hawks were equipped with Bullet shaped external fuel tanks and the Lead f-15 Pilot apparently mistakenly thought these were the external weapons mounted on a russian built Hind helicopter according to the Accident investigation headed by maj. Gen. James a. Andrus commander of the 3rd air Force at Raf mild Hhall England a the second f-15 pilots a clean Bill of Eye health on his1 last flying physical is suspect based on Post mishap Eye exams a Oaks said. A several persons involved in this mishap failed to perform their assigned duties a Oaks said in his memo. A especially critical was the apparent failure of senior supervisors and leaders to take charge of a fast moving rapidly deteriorating  Oaks declined to provide specific examples saying in the memo that after the Pentagon released the Accident report he recommended an a evaluation of the duty performance of specific individuals for possible punitive  unclear command guidance flawed air traffic control procedures and a human failure led to the Downing of the two helicopters according to Joulwan and Oaks. The helicopters were part of provide Comfort which has been watching Over iraqi kurd since april 1991.value from Page 1 tipped overseas but the incredible shrinking Dollar Isnit necessarily bad news for american business. And that analysts say is Why Washington has taken Little action to increase the value of its currency. A for the people Here of course its going to be More expensive a said Yvan Weill foreign Exchange manager for merchants National Bank in Frankfurt Germany. Merchants has the banking contract for the . Military overseas. But Weill said a the United states is not very worried about the external value of the . Dollar a the United states As the worlds largest importer is trying to cure a Steep Trade deficit and a lower Exchange Rale adds up to american goods Selling cheap or overseas. At the same time american goods arc cheaper at Home because the Price of foreign imports goes up. One financial expert described this As a import inflation a a in the Long term there is a tendency to expect with a Low Dollar More expensive imports a said Andrew Luedders manager of Trade and investment policy for the american chamber of Commerce in Frankfurt Germany. But Luedders said he was Uncertain whether a Short term slump would make much difference.�?o1 done to know if its really All that much Ofa Benefit a he Saidof the Low Dollar. Most Large International businesses Are a very adept at. Sophisticated currency hedging techniques a he said. But smaller companies even with the Price advantage of a lower Dollar often suffer in an unpredictable currency Market Luedders said. A there is no question that stable Exchange rates Are an essential part of doing business internationally glued Ders said. 1 a for one time purchases that May be a Boon a he said of the current bargain basement Price on the Buck. A but for those who Nave a steady year to year demand maybe this shipment will be More reasonable than the next. But there will always be a next. And a next a the current currency slump is linked to the sinking of the Dollar against the japanese yen a decline of about 15 percent since the beginning of the year. But economists particularly those in the United states have characterized the Rise of the. Yen As a japanese problem not an american one Japan is undergoing political turmoil and As the worlds largest exporter is suffering from closed markets that inhibit balanced Trade economists say. As of wednesday morning the Dollar had apparently hit Bottom at least temporarily Weill said. A a i think that for a couple of Days it should stabilize a he said. But which direction it will go next a is a bit Uncertain a Weill said. A everybody agrees that the Dollar is undervalued a he  from Page 1 a. Simpsons condominium. Authorities by Lieve the two gloves  matched set. Meanwhile tuesday investigators took hair samples from . Simpson and asked the District attorney to charge Simpsons Friend a1 Cowlings who drove the White Ford Bronco seen by millions on television during a 60-mile police Chase june 17. Simpson sat in the Back of the Bronco holding a gun to his head at times. He had lied after learning that he was about to be charged with murdering Nicole Simpson and Goldman. A after the Chase ended in Simpsons driveway Cowlings was arrested for investigation of aiding Simpsons escape and freed on $250,000 bail. The District attorney could decide to file charges dismiss the Case or ask for further investigation a decision is expected before Cowlings scheduled court appearance Friday. Defense attorney Robert Shapiro has said that Simpson planned to go to his sex wife a grave and commit suicide but that Schweinfurt service set for crash victim 1. Correction because of an editing error a Story wednesday provided an incorrect location for the Headquarters of the  a 1st  div. It is located at Rose Barracks in bad or Cugnach Germany. By the stars and stripes Wurzburg Germany a memorial services for a 3rd inf div Soldier killed in a weekend car Accident Are to take place in Schweinfurt today. Services for spec. Ninos e. Mccarty 25, Are scheduled for 3 . Today in the Conn Barracks Chapel in Schweinfurt master sgt. Roger Teel a division spokesman said wednesday. Mccarty of troop a 3rd so 4th Civ regt was pronounced dead sunday at the 67th combat support. Hospital in Wurzburg division officials said. He is survived by his father Charles e. Mccarty of Northridge Calif., and i brother Sargon Mccarty of Ahta Clarita Calif. Mccarty and three other soldiers from troop c were returning to Schweinfurt from a Mei Ningon discotheque sunday about 6 a.m., officials said. They were driving South on route b-19 when their 19s9 two door Suzuki sidekick went off the Road and crashed into a stand of Trees. Near Poppenhausen. A the three other soldiers injured in the crash remain at area hospitals in guarded to critical condition Teel said. The. Vehicles Driver spec. Stephan be. Rone 23, remains in. The Wurzburg University Kli Nikuni a intensive care unit officials said. He is in an induced coma in critical but stable condition with a swollen brain and multiple cuts. Spec. Christopher Williams 21, is listed in improved condition in the Meining in clinic Teel said. He suffered a punctured lung a broken hip and leg injuries in the Accident. He has been removed from a Respirator and has regained consciousness pfc. Joshua Davis 20, was taken to the Leopoldina Hospital in Schweinfurt Teel said. Davis is listed in serious but stable condition with injuries to his legs stomach and head. He underwent surgery wednesday afternoon and is under an induced coma in the Hospital s intensive care unit with a fractured jaw and lacerated liver. Military and German police Are still investigating the Accident officials said. Cowlings talked him out of it. Ltd homicide detectives collected the hair from Simpson who is being held without bail at the downtown los Angeles county Central menus jail. A judge had ruled that up to 100 hairs could be taken for comparison with those found in a knit Cap discovered at the Mur f Der scene. Authorities have said they want to use Dan testing to compare the hairs. Meanwhile Shapiro said the defense is preparing to file a series of motions including one to dismiss the Case based on Lack of. Evidence directly linking Simpson to the a a murders the los Angeles times reported