European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 09, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse In a 5 a rash it in i 3-" ? or " a i ssggsfem1 a vjy3lb to Leon spent h years in the Blue grass country. Senor with a Dixie accent m it i by Thurston Mac Autty staff writer a us. Destroyer polled into the base at Cartagena Spain re .4, gently and the base s Spanish Liaison of finer maj Enrique Leon went aboard to Greet the vessel s commander. To the skipper s Surprise Leon spoke not Only excellent English but with a Theette american Southern accent an idiom. Where did you learn to speak like an american 7" the skipper asked. In Kentucky Leon replied. 1 went to school in Lexington As farther conversation disclosed that the Amer Toto officer had gone to College with / Girt mat had sat behind Leon in thes Lexington Schoot around the Cartagena base Leon Isis we As the Spanish major rom Kentucky. Kab accompanied his tether to Kerr Tacky Ai a child and remained there for i j t it happened team any flex great a tale married an american girl and went to Back with her to the the grass country Ljeon a when father s Anier can great aunt and,k,., Lija great unde both died my Grandfather became heir to their property there Weire no child rent and ent my father out to Kentucky to help Settle the thought it would Only be Ahoi tits but the business took longer than by a Teller thought especially when the Wall Street crash of 1929 came. So we stayed on and that s How i went to school in Lexington."1 liked living in America very much in deed. My father and Mother talked Span ish in our Home at Lexington but my three other Brothers and i spoke were used to speaking it in school and in playing with other kids. Eventually of course we All returned to Spain in 1932. Before i could go to school in Spain i had to study Spanish for a whole Leon said that his american born brother Peter who is a doctor recently obtained . Citizenship and is going to Settle i Jacksonville. Fra. _ meanwhile Leon had joined the Spanish marines. He was detailed to Haison work with the americans has been on the Job almost since they arrived to set up Navy and air Force bases in the country. Rear adm Julio Cesar Del Castillo the Spanish commander at Cartagena is the one who assigned Leon to Liaison duties there when the is. Base opened capt Bennett c. Oel Hen who has commanded us. Naval activities in Cartagena since 1958 has High Praise for Leon s Liaison work major Leon solves Alt our Liaison prob lems. He understands the. American Point of View so Well because of having lived Al those year in Kentucky a Esheim re marked. ""7 w Goren on 1br yielding to he impulse Toa discard Totne mutely de Elawar 4n today hand placed to position a bad to guess for his contract went wrong. South made a take out double East a third seat opening he had too much just to ill Norm responded wit Diamond and South jumped to three hearts hoping his part Ner had some smattering of strength with which to carry a Happy to oblige. West opened the Deuce of Jade and South ruffed East s continuation. When Trumps failed to break. Declarer left the High " outstanding and cashed rounds of diamonds Dis club. He then tried the the club Queen which wests King. Declarer by had to give up Ato East Jack and suffered one trick set North of tired the gratuitous. I formation that the play of the ten of club would have won the hand South in self defense pointed out that if East who 1 a. S it i. Of 4 v 4 opened the bidding had held chewing and West the Jack the finesse of the ten would have been fatal that he hid made the Best guess. Neither of the Disputant thought of the Superior the Odds favor split honors is Clear Cut that is to say the chances favor the King and Jack of clubs being in different hands. To View of this consideration it 19 not Good policy to seek a Dis card of one of South s dubs but rather to retain two entries in. The North hand to provide two finesse in that suit. By leading once to the King of diamonds and subsequently overtaking the Queen of diamonds Declarer a quires those two entries. He first finesse the ten of club and when this drives out the King he reenters Dummy to repeat the finesse by leading the nine and permitting it to ride. Com Tite ims. Tat Cuomo com the stats and stb7cs ton to. A Sag Lone Thi stars Ano Stinnis. Afo tuft. M x in vim Temh a net a of or pm Nosy by of payment of ,mmberaeratedai�1g or Saeung to. N. Services averaged to him or give Tasman of fleas Siut to finding less it met provided in Patty pfc a. No Wolf Ftnat Minary interview of tic Tui amp Fagnant who tha Tulve of Den big he in Muo Register a complaint with a of hold bog Goge Murts since my arrival in German have been thoroughly confused As to the exact amount of House hold goods and hold that will be allowed me upon return to the 23. Several of Ciui statements Gross ances in orders 2000 to ibs pertaining to other of Vulant in my Simitar category plus rumours that weight allow differ Between a. Daf an civilians Are factors. W prompt Une to request this motion the following pertinent. A 21 am a deportment of it at Force civilian employee so one Grade of gs13. I waa assigned to Germany in november 1969 of is two year transportation agree ment. I St tuned new two year transportation agreement itt 1955, returned to the i for re employ ment leave then returned to my official duty station in Gern
