European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 17, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes january George Usa eur my glut of Midler sangria at the opening ceremonies for tin Aln Houim treatment a Toast to new facility bad joining with  drinks Are from Holland chief of Neucom Norbert facility commander Spencer army med and Barbara Sloop wife of a Blanchard attends ribbon cutting for alcoholism treatment facility by Barbara Cullen sufi writer bad Germany clarifying Poeu Ion that he is against Al Cohol abuse but not against the use of Alco hol in Usa eur com mandarin chief George Blanchard attended the ribbon cutting ceremony marking the opening of the army Alco holism treatment facility Here located on the ground of the sch Oen hasp outside the at is housed in a remodeler boy the sober Center is the army med first specialized Uvea than facility for the exclusive treatment of Alco Houam and alcohol based on Navy or Acron the army program is based on the navys successful alcohol rehabilitation like the Navy the at u designed to treat career oriented sol Diers in a Camuy oriented emphasizing that 1971 is the year of the Blanchard said he hoped that everyone in this command will really get behind the program and attack drug abuse in All us destructive forms during the coming the general also expressed concern that his policies regarding the use at alcohol have been he said that the decision to use alcohol to and always must remain a personal one made by the Indi  he said he is not against gatherings such As Happy hour which Are designed to enhance comradeship social events where alcohol is or the responsible use of but he said he is against offering Alco Holic beverages As reducing the prices of alcoholic beverages below Stan Dard double shuts of alcoholic beverages and drinking competitions and he discourages anything that suggests the Glam Bizalion of events that appear to have the consumption of alcohol As their main purpose and open or pro rated ban at social Only by removing the Glamor that sur rounds the use of alcohol will we Ever be Able to inject some rationality into the whole business and get rid of the myths about he Only then will we begin to make real headway in reducing the human suf Fering and threat to readiness posed by alcoholism and alcohol the at will also be used to treat Daci milians and dependents As Well As Active duty service Active Futy per May be ordered to the at for evaluation by their the program will maintain a military atmosphere and stress the principle that Alcott Fulcs must beheld accountable and personally responsible for their performance and the program is based on the concept that alcoholism can be a family disease selected family members will be asked to participate in treatment As part of the Overall therapeutic arms sates to Russ assailed Well spouses and older dependent Chil Dren May be admitted to the facility during All or part of the patients period of Hospi As with its Navy the at pro Gram will be six weeks Long and concen trate on group therapy patients will be required to participate in All at activities which will include alcoholics physical conditioning and facility primary criteria for admission to the facility arc physical psychological addiction to alcohol or a history of alcohol in individuals should meet least one of the following criteria a More than fair years of service b be married or be 26 years or upon discharge from he successfully recovering alcoholics will be re turned u their  duty a med come spokesman said that the facility will be going through a Buu Dup api president Carter should atop american sales to the r soviet Union of goods that can be used for period Over next year before it reaches military Strom patients a especially troubling to me is the fact that the administration is now considering the Sale to the soviet Union of 12 cf6 let the worlds most powerful the South Carolina Republican the facility will provide 24hour treat ment and an extensive followup program is planned for each patient upon discharge from the at director is i col Norbert me German units conduct bavarian training exercise Germany the 1st army div and elements of the bundles Chr Are conducting a Field training exercise in Northern about soldiers and vehicles Are participating in one of the largest Winter Maneu vers Ever con ducted by forces in a Divi Sion spokesman Lite Man Euver area is bounded by the cities of Amberg and this is the first time Large scale Maneu vers have been conducted by the 1st army div in this the spokesman the two overriding concerns during the Man Euver will be Man Euver damage prevention and added emphasis has been placed in these areas by All unit the spokesman added in a meeting the concept of the exercise was explained to so German state county and cily All German newspapers in or near the Man Euver area and adar have been informed of the As most people living in the area Are Rains flood Calif East to get Snow by the associated press Terr Ellal flooding and Rock slides snarled roads throughout California on monday As draught breaking storms hit the West the East coast girded for a Snow storm pushing out of the Rockies and headed across the great much of the nation with bad Twat her Frost hit parts of Florida Snow Ell Over the Dakotas heavy winds blew across West texan and thousands of new York suburbanites awaited the restoration of electrical who recently suffered from a record now Haw to con ten with a brutal rain that has flooded roadways and caused mud and Rock More rain expected forecasters predicted a break in the weather As the which Fol Lowed a weekend of calmed later but More wet weather win eat peeled Power outages were reported on both masts As downed Trees knocked out lines in California and a weekend ice storm in new York left More than Homes and businesses Long Island without at us height on saturday the storm affected More than winds that reached Mph brought Gale warnings to the san Francisco Bay area when More than 3 inches of rain had fallen since and another storm was building up Over the the storm turned to Snow in the Moun storm warnings lured another Snow storm whipped out of the Rockies across new Kansas and parts of Illinois and storm warnings were issued for Points As far East As new England was still reeling from a weekend Buzzard that dumped As much As 15 inches of thousands of people in Rhode Island faced several More Days without Power As High winds continued to Knock Down Power lines As fast As repairmen could get them Power Wax restored by noon to All but Homes in Pennsylvania where some 3v Odd Utility customers were blacked out sat it was cold Over most of the Eastern two thirds of the temperatures the spokesman l h u d h 44 v ii it 11 ii b u a n 4 i to 34 4 u 10 91 h 1 u ii u n a l m ii v u 14 t n is h 41 10 b a a i u i i a n i f i n n n a b 11 4 ii u a 41 u it 41 writ  Airt to Aiumu mimic cite l h 11 a 11 u a 11 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