European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 23, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse Chief of the Plains indians Prau eat Carter mean an Indian head to presented him at the White Home a Iron eyes Tody a Cherokee. The author Frd Uno vol. 37, no. 6 sunday april 23, 1978 be in Tanir a Susov if 21855 a Carter orders slowdown in Korea pullout tribal crowning of the president is in tended to Mark the anniversary of keep America Beautiful a Washington i i preside Tcarter Friday ordered a Sharp reduction in the Pace of the withdrawal of . Combat troops from South Korea because of uncertainty in Congress on Seoul s military assistance requests. Carter had planned to withdraw 2,400troops by the end of this year but reduced the number to Booi Only one combat Battal Ion will be pulled out instead of three. It has nothing to do with the situation in North Korea As said a top Rankin administration official. As Carter announced that the 42,000 .army troops in South Korea would be with drawn Over a period of Between four and five years he also asked Congress to let the i a. Turn Over military hardware to Seoul. No action has been taken on the View of the crowded legislative Cal continued m Page 24, col. I and m tiny Elev no Bern Iween athe unite to in in service i been the Tull in Leader to report called nonsense leaders rebut army critics by John Hart Washington Bureau chief Washington Sis Secretary of defense Harold Brown and army Secre tory Clifford Alexander Friday termed Patent nonsense a network television report critical of the army. Now Sun called sole Energy solution Washington Iund a leading . Or theorist described a blueprint saturday to provide five sixths of the old s Energy from sunlight by 2025, wiling it the first analysis of How to put thew s Power to work on a global scale. Denis Hayes of the private non Institute said it would Lake an mediate massive speedup of Small solar Effort to achieve his a bilious goals. He said Only Sweden now such futuristic plans. The alternative is heavy Reliance on i and nuclear Power As pc Kolcum applies dwindle at the end of Hayes said. A new up recitation of the risks involved Var is making such a course a teasingly is far behind schedule in ing the transition to a ," said Hayes if we Are to get of our Energy from solar resources Fin 50 years we must begin mediately to build millions of solar electors and solar cells and thousands of turbines each year can meet five sixths of continued on Page 24, col. Ii Alexander first issued a statement Friday afternoon replying to the criticism of today s army by Abc to reporter Bil Wordham. Friday night Brown said that he endorsed Alexander s comments about the thursday evening Abc said that he has visited with american soldiers the ., Europe an the far East. They Are professionals motivated an the Best in the world Brown said and As Secretary Alexander pointed out rows described the soldiers As win ners. I m proud of them. They need and de serve the support of the american people. In his Abc report Wordham said that the average recruit is capable of Reading Only at the ninth Grade level or Wordham said that according to one officer a lot of recruits coming into the the news has Learned that the army is being seriously weakened by the All vol untie concept Wordham half of the recruits joining the army today do so because they cannot Fin jobs in civilian life he added. Alexander said any commentary which conveys the impression that our sol Diers Are losers is Patent most important part of the army namely its people has been grossly Mise arts those people who Nander to Public emotions at the expenses rang men and women in uniform. Be Alexander Abc report implied that thousands people in uniform Are not Worth at Alexander said adding. I know Jan thousands of soldiers around the Wox trying out a difficult mis Rander said. The vast Majenty of pug 2j. Cut. 2 graveside ceremonies Gea. Andrew j. Goodpaster Iii Peria a Dent of the . Military Academy presents the folded hag to Marjorie Clay widow of retired army Gen. Lucius d. Clay at graveside ceremonies it the West Point cemetery. Met. Clay is flanked by sons Frank left an Lucius or. See Story Page 24.1 a
