European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 30, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday july 30, 1994 the stars and stripes Page 3agencies chiefs to mull options. A. A. A amps Michael Abram air Force maj. Gen. Robert f. Swarts ice Thead of the army and air Force Exchange service passes the cafes colors to the new commander of cafes Europe army col. Ralph r. Tuccillo. By Ron Jensen Nairn Borg Bureau Birndorf Germany a the commander of the Exchange service and the head of the defense commissary Agency will meet next week in Texas to discuss further combining of resources to better serve customers. Air Force maj. Gen. Robert f. Swarts uus Jafes commander said the aim of the meeting with air Force maj. Gen. Richard  or. Of the commissary Agency is to discuss possibilities for the future. Swarts spoke Friday during a Brief interview following a change of command ceremony in Zindorf for the army and air Force Exchange service Europe. Army col. Ralph r. Tuccillo took command from army Brig. Gen. Harold e. Burch. The two agencies have pooled their efforts to establish a combined commissary and Post Exchange called a cd at several Small communities. The first opened in april 1993 at Robinson Barracks in Stuttgart. The cd facilities serve customers where the population is not great enough to support a full Exchange and full commissary. Swarts said a a we re trying to find the balance that lets soldiers and airmen and their families that arc out away from that big Post have some shopping  the Effort is motivated by the draw Down. A a he a getting pressure to close up some of the Small commissaries a a Swarts said of Beale. Swarts said no communities have been identified for any other combined efforts. Swarts also was asked about rumours that the Exchange service which moved to Birndorf from Munich Germany two years ago is preparing to move again. A not to my knowledge a he said. However he said that the future is Uncertain in this draw Down Era. The change of command cer crony had no surprises. Swarts Burch and Tuccillo All spoke of the Exchange services nearly 50 years of service to soldiers airmen. And their families. Swarts said the two years of Burch s command were marked by increased earnings reduced waste and a shrinking of size for cafes i Fronc. A further draw Downs and realignments in Europe will probably be necessary a Swarts said. A the one constant i can Promise is change.�?�. Burch said his tenure at the top has seen $52 million in renovations at cafes stores. He cited As accomplishments the expanded deferred payment plan the initiation of Magnet stores to serve comm a cities in outlying areas and the cd program. And he said the cafes Europe Headquarters is smaller than it has Ever been. He described himself As the a last commanding general Quot of cafes Europe a reality of the smaller Agency. Tuccillo said Burch has left a a legacy of sincere and dedicated support to service members and their families and he promised to do the same. A rest assured that cafes will be there to provide support wherever and whenever called a he said. Darmstadt Germany a amps a Community officials Friday closed the gymnasium on Cambrai Fritsch Cavern indefinitely because the roof needed immediate repairs a spokeswoman said. Safety inspections were ordered for All common use facilities such As gyms throughout the 233rd base support in after the roof on Kelley Barracks gym collapsed earlier this month according to a statement released Friday by the Community Public affairs office. Four soldiers escaped injury july 5 when the Kelley Barracks gym roof caved in causing $600,000 in damages to the facility. The cause of the collapse is under investigation. Soldiers can use the fitness facilities at Ernst Ludwig Cavern which the army plans to return to the germans later this year. Until the repairs Are completed on the Cambrai gym Ernst Ludwig has the Only military fitness facilities in the Community. As of this week the Kelley gym staff is Manning the 1 Soldier Dies 3 Hurt in nightclub stabbings Wurzburg Germany a amps a 3rd inf div Soldier was killed and three others were wounded in a stabbing incident at a local nightclub late thursday. According to division officials the soldiers Are assigned to Btry a 5th in 41st Field arty regt whose Headquarters Are in Schweinfurt. The names of the soldiers Are being withheld pending notification of their families. Officials said the soldiers were stabbed around Midnight by an unknown person at the Way up Dis Coth amp que on Nurnberger Strasse in Wurzburg the club one of several lining the Street is in an Industrial District within walking distance of Faulenburg Cavern and Leighton Barracks. To by Scripps Howard news service Washington a the Marine corps will put women on warships for the first time and will double the number of jobs open to female marines. The policy was expected to be announced Friday. Women still wont be allowed in the infantry Armor or artillery but they will be Able to serve where marines Are supposed to serve a at sea a a shift that will open thousands of positions traditionally barred to women. The smallest of the armed services the marines corps also has the smallest percentage of women officers and enlisted personnel largely because women have not been allowed on  changed last november when Congress rescinded restrictions on women serving on Navy combat ships. Now the marines plan to add 59,000 jobs that women could fill raising the total number of jobs open to them to 101,700, out of a total of 166,000 in the entire corps. The Navy already is remodelling its ships to give separate living quarters to women. Ernst Ludwig facility said Darmstadt military Community spokeswoman Teri Viedt. Additionally some of the Kelley gyms equipment has been moved into the Ernst Ludwig facility. The Cambrai gym was closed to ensure the safety of soldiers families and civilians the statement said. It will remain closed until it is made structurally Safe. There is no estimated Date for reopening the gym. Officials Are reviewing All options. Women s Pentagon sources said that 93 percent of Job categories in the Marine corps would be opened under the policy. The army also was expected to announce the opening of 32,000 new slots to women including some in the combat engineers but not the infantry Armor or artillery. The 7 percent of Job categories that remain closed to women marines Are also in combat arms traditionally the most exciting part of the Marine corps and the clearest path to promotion he marines already have opened All their aircraft to women pilots and Crews but now they will be Able to deploy on ships. Other shipboard jobs for women could include members of command elements and service support such As Drivers and mechanics. Fewer than 5 percent of the 174,871 marines Are women which is about half the 11 percent in the other armed services. The reason is a combination of tradition the fact that marines arc heavily weighted toward combat troops and that they go to War on  near Wurzburg expected to get violent Wurzburg Germany a amps a German right Wing groups Are planning a demonstration near Wurzburg today military intelligence and German police officials say. Police do not know How Many people will be demonstrate ing but violence is expected said officials from the 98th area support group Public affairs office in Wurzburg. The demonstration is to take place in Karlstadt from 2 to 3 . Today. Karlstadt is about a 30-Minutc drive Northwest of Wurzburg. German police expect members of the right Wing groups to protest the building of a minaret in the town officials said. More mystery Drums found at air base by John Bohmer Kaiserslautern Bureau for the second time in three months containers of unknown origin and contents have been unearthed at Span Dahlem a Germany according to a base spokesman capt. Eric Butterbaugh. Four steel Drums were discovered near the bases runway wednesday afternoon and a fifth was found thursday morning by engineers doing construction work at the bases alternate runway. Base officials also removed 130 Gallons of liquid and the equivalent of four barrels of soil from the construction site As a precaution. A a fall of the barrels were ruptured when the engineers found them a said Span Dahlem spokesman 1st it. Brad Felling. Some liquid and contaminated soil May remain in the pit while environmental specialists try to determine what the substance is. In May German construction workers at the base unearthed three Drums containing a powdery substance that later was identified As nontoxic. The Drums found this week were put into a Environ mentally Safe plastic containers and according to a. Release from Butterbaugh there was a no vapor Hazard associated with the barrels and there is no danger to the base or civilian  samples of the liquid and contaminated soil Are being tested to determine their makeup