European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 7, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes snowfall on Rose monday february natures confetti soaks revellers Wyleah Larklin Sun writer Germany so Tel it didst rain on the Rose monday Parade in this Carni Val u wet the kind that melt As soon As they hit your face or the the kind that get you All make your toes freeze and your fingers yet the miserable weather did not drown the spirits of the million Fasching merry makers who came from All Over Germany to see this legendary fun Enmon Totey found uplift in another kind of wet they drank wine from Gloh Well from cups and Beer from cans As they waited and watched the bands and started just before by 10 the streets of Mainz were already full of costumes and human chains of Mue leaned teenagers encircled policemen and police cars As they danced their Way through the mothers bought crazy hats for their fathers carried babies on their backs and dogs in their people they offered strangers a slug from their the Snow kept at the refresh ment the worst were getting soggy and the Brutchen no one seemed to the Girt who wore sexy hot pants had to be those who had faces full of funny makeup had to be uncomfortable As beads of water formed on their the few who showed up in elaborate costumes of velvet and feathers should have been worried As the dampness took toll on their in Mainz on no one cares about anything except its a Day when everyone loves everyone and every one has a Good including a fair share of americans who squeezed into the 15and 20peoplcdeep crowds along the Parade i Lave its said Sarah whose is stationed in Ramstein unit disbanded congressman assails grooming team Washington up us asked the air Force sunday to Dis band a personal appearance team that sought to Foster gom grooming and Man i in servicemen at Ramstein air base in to air Force spokesman at Ramstein i monday that the personal appearance  last if whoever dreamed up this idea ought to ticketed for his own poor personal apse working without his head 1 Aspin said in a statement re i personal appearance from an official was Jed 16 to Issue tickets in duplicate noncompliance by Usan personnel h military appearance and Courtesy Reg e congressman said he was writing air r  i that he team be disbanded Anthal no squad Sofia kind beset i said the military services already i shops increase repair services Germany usar to crafts shops Are expanding their ski Terance and repair Accord to Usa eur free ski maintenance program i skiers an Opportunity to touch up ski fill in scratches and make various r is shops in ski areas also Hope to t ski repair kits and professional ski customers must pro vide their own Wax when using this equip officials r have grooming and uniform standards easily enforced if the base commanders would Deal 1 can already visualize this utile band of enforcers roaring out from behind a Bill Board with Emily Post books in hand to assail an unsuspecting enlisted Man and your ties not Aspin annual salaries of the Threeman patrol amount to to Aspin adding that the patrols were being con ducted three times a its not just a waste of Aspin its an insult to every Man in uniform that they should be subject to a Little band of Groom troopers enforcing adress if this is the kind of work three men Are supposed to absorb themselves 1 would suggest we three slots that can be eliminated from the air said in a statement about the personal appearance John Ben Seth tac fighter Wing commander at said monday the personal appearance team Pat was established on Ramstein air base to insure that military personnel were com plying with air Force grooming and Courtesy standards and to identify those supervisors who do not insist on adherence while it is a personal responsibility of every air Force member to comply with Ash dress and personal appearance of air Force personnel j Ilia also the duty of the immediate supervisor to insure that his subordinates there had been Evi Dence that some supervisors on the base were not enforcing the under the Pat no disciplinary action was to be taken against individuals cited for noncompliance supervisors of individuals cited were to be counselled later by the Wing senior enlisted adviser and the base sergeant major on their responsibilities for insuring that personnel complied with air Force regulation prior to Pat being All super visors were advised of the program and told to disseminate the information to All per each Pat member was fully briefed on responsibilities and cautioned against action which could be construed As the Pat was also charged with Check ing on the conditions of service and recreation areas to insure that standards in these areas were being property main because of he Small number of individuals being cited for violation of grooming and Courtesy Pat was discontinued on Greece raked by heavy winds and Snow Athens up ii torrential Rains caused flooding around the greek capital monday heavy snowfall Cut communications in the Highlands of Northern Greece and Gal Force winds forced ships to slay in police said More than 200 cars were observers attending soviet military Maneu vers police spokesman said Mountain passes in i Central and Northern Greece Wilh drifts of port authorities sunday night ordered All ships Moscow aft american observers Are attending soviet military Maneu vers for the first time Lince world War Winter War games Tor soviet sol Dien and airmen began monday in Belo in the Western soviet with military representatives of the West the nether lands and Switzerland the army observers arc Richard the military attache in cad col William Odom of the National Security Cound pravda said the War named be Rezina after a River in were taking place on Mushy and wooded land crisscrossed by Rivers and lakes near the byelorussian and the Taaca towns of Orsha and but it said blowing Snow was reducing visibility Serl the report said the situation at the Start of the Maneu vers was that a Northern slopped an offensive by a Soj Fern was trying to recover the to Maneu vers from time to Timoc Ign in a Brane Pau blocked Lawt traffic be Danier of the of avalanches inthe the Only thing we have in i is an Azalea they dont drink this is nothing was going to keep 4t Mcconnell and his fron not even the fact that r expecting any her b due the Day before the Well find someone if i go i she i theres an around the her husband Quick to this carnival happening is i those with Kodak in their Nikon around their no where you there is a comic the lenses might have been with but the camera buffs i away at the collection of i which featured comic pictures of the folks Riding the floats shouted the carnival the people standing in the streets i hanging Over the there were plenty of action shots i those in the Parade threw Candy u crowds who mobbed one another to the the most interesting sight for those 1 and without cameras was an the Parade watchers 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