European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 22, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes saturday october 22, 1977 a a River crossing staged for guard by Jim Coles Iii staff writer Oppenheim Germany is forty five senior National guard officers on a six Day orientation tour of nato facilities in Germany watched a combined German american River crossing exercise Here Friday. Pilots Force Tough memo on hijacking United nations a alarmed by a threatened worldwide strike by airline pilots an unusual coalition of Western and third world nations drafted a Resolution Friday aimed at curbing hijacking and air borne terrorism. Diplomatic sources said moderate arabs and some asian and latin american nations joined the . And other Western countries in preparing the Resolution. It is expected to be introduced to the general Assembly Early next week. The document the sources said Calls for International Exchange of information on preventing hijackings and urges governments to tighten Airport Security and accept a series of existing conventions obligating them to prosecute or extradite hijackers. At a meeting called by Austria representatives of More than 30 nations decided to ask for a new Agenda item in the Assem Bly entitle the safety of International civil  it was not Clear however whether adoption of the Resolution would satisfy airline pilots who have called for a 48-hour strike to begin tuesday unless the United nations pledges Swift action to provide better Protection against hijackers. The pilots Are said to be seeking a new global convention to Deal with hijackers and countries which Grant them Asylum. An 11-Man delegation of the International federation of airline pilots associations arrived in new York to press their de mands at a meeting with Secretary Gener Al Kurt Waldheim. Led by capt. Derry f. Pearce the federation president it includes capt. John o Donnell president of the . Airline pilots association. The head of the inter National civil aviation organization Assad Kotite also has been invited to join the talks. Godfrey Dewey Dies at 90 brought olympics to Placid Lake Placid . A Godfrey Dewey who was credited with bringing the 1932 Winter olympics to this Adirondack Mountain Village has died after a lengthy illness. Dewey who was 90, succumbed at the Placid memorial Hospital where he had been a patient for most of the past year. The 16 general officers and their subordinates arrived in Germany last saturday. During their visit they toured Central army group he major army and corp Headquarters and units such As the Lith army Cav regt and 1st army div. The combined operation Here was hosted by maj. Gen. Paul f. Gorman commander of the 8th inf div. Gorman kicked off the Day s activities with a Riverside briefing. He said the firepower capability to protect River Cross ing operations has grown by 10 times since world War ii. River Crossings Are crucial to the 8th inf div getting to where we must go if tensions  Ford campaigns for Friend smiling former president Gerald Ford and Republican candidate for governor of new Jersey Raymond Bateman talk it up with newsmen during a Campaign Stop in a Phippany n.j., on thurs Day. Ford said in reply to a question at the hastily called news conference that he will make a decision after the 1978 elections whether to seek the presidency again in 1980. A photo autopsy results disclosed heart disease killed Presley not drug of Memphis Tenn. A Elvis Presley died of heart disease and prescription drugs found in the Rock n Roll Star s bloodstream were not a contributing Factor the Shelby county medical examiner said Friday. Had these drugs not been there he still would have died or. Jerry Francisco said at a news conference called to Dis close results of an autopsy conducted a few hours after Presley died on aug. 16. Francisco said four drugs Ethina mate methaqualone codeine and barbiturates were found in significant quantities in his bloodstream. Four other drugs the Antihistamine  meperidine morphine and valium were found in what Francis co called insignificant amounts. Ethin amate and methaqualone Are sedatives codeine and meperidine Are pain killers barbiturates Are depressants valium is a tranquil Izer. Francisco said the body turns some codeine into mor Phine the drug from which codeine is de Rived. He said Presley was not taking mor Phine an addictive drug derived from opium. Francisco said the amount of drugs found in Presley s body collectively would not have constituted a drug Over dose. And he said it was unlikely that the drugs chemical reactions within the body could have contributed to the death. Officially Francisco said Presley s death was caused by hypertensive heart disease with coronary artery disease As a contributing Factor. The autopsy was con ducted by or. Eric Muirhead chief of pathology at Baptist Hospital. He said there May be a variety of Rea sons Why use of autobahn might not be possible. The autobahn and existing Bridges might be too crowded with civil ians to make military operations possible or they could be denied us by hostile forces in the event of  it. Col. Donald e. Hazen said the Rhine has historically been a natural Barrier to military  Hazen the division Engineer said the 8th is responsible for controlling about 67 Miles of River. He added that Many crossing Sites have been selected and that the  bridging units had sufficient equipment to move Large numbers of men and equipment quickly. German maj. Gen. Horst Bodo Schu Wirth commander of military District Headquarters in said in his discussions with the guard officers the function of my people is to insure and maintain free Dom of operations for All assigned nato forces and coordinate Host nation support for those  he is also rear area com Mander for nato forces in Central ger Many. One of his River bridging units the 85th Pioneer regt Engineer provided the German equipment for the displays and demonstration which moved several american units across the River. The Tennessee National guard adjutant general maj. Gen. Carl Wallace said this trip has been very Good because Many of the units represented Here would be committed to this area in the event of  in talking of today s National guard Wallace said i m very excited about the guard right now. I thought there might be some changes i d recommend in our train ing before i came Here but i see now that our total Force training concept is on  he added that the men and women in the guard today Are More motivated and slightly More conservative than those of 10 or 12 years  he said the citizen sol Dier concept is 341 years old in America and that while training and equipment Are More sophisticated than the original Mili Tiamen a the concept is the same. It. Col. Jack Gereski of the National guard Bureau in Washington d.c., project officer for this the third guard offi cers tour said we Felt there was a need to give High priority commanders a feel for the terrain to take Back to their  Wallace then added we re excited about the Mission we have. The guard troops now feel More a part of the first team they May not be the starters but they know they la get to  the demonstration was held at the site of the 5th div s historic assault across the Rhine on March 24-25,1945. F yanks off and Runnin this weekend by the stars and Stripe thousands of americans will be hitting the trails again this weekend in Volks marches and marathons around Europe. At least 45 running and hiking events Are scheduled throughout Germany Over the weekend. Recreation centers an clubs at Many . Facilities will provide free transportation to Many of  of the major events of the weekend will be the 10th International  and Marathon saturday and sunday in Wiesbaden. The in event i sponsored by the  wies Baden which has More than 800 Ameri cans among its approximately 2,000 members. Starting hours Are from 7  10 . For the 42-Kilometer Marathon and until 3 . For the 10-Kilometer  medal is a plate showing scenes of  saturday the Sheridan rec Center in Augsburg has a bus trip scheduled to theol Smarch at g18tt-Dillingen. On sunday the Ansbach rec Center has a bus scheduled for the Werbach Wenckheim Volks  Patton recreation Center in Heidel Berg has a bus scheduled sunday for theol Smarch in Ittlinger. It will leave at 9 15 .on oct. 29 and 30, the Friedberg wan temperatures derring club will hold a vol Smarch Start ing at the . 3rd brigade Airfield at Friedberg Ockstadt. Starting time is from7 . Until i ., with the finish by 5 . The event is an avg March. The medal shows the Friedberg Castle with the 3rd army div Crest  third annual International Mara Thon half Marathon and vol Smarch willbe held oct. 30 Here with All events Start ing and finishing at the Haus Des sports behind the Frankfurt City stadium. The event is sponsored by the div. For information on other Volks marches in your area Check with your recreation Centero unit newspaper. 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