European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 04, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars and stripes thursday May 4, 1978 Star strip fcb inure Neucom admits drug use up denies combat fitness suffers. .1. A he tatar an Hauta in i Tittl. Continued from Page 1 and control. The committee held a hearing on military drug abuse. Dogoloff said the White House considers random sampling of military personnel Asa reliable tool in the fight against drug abuse. He said the use of hard drugs among . Servicemen is increasing at a serious tests were stopped by congressional order in 1976 a Ler court challenges claiming the tests violated the constitutional rights of soldiers. Any resumption of the testing would require congressional action. Dogoloff told the committee that sur Veys of enlisted personnel in Europe towed they had no objection to random testing As Long As everyone preliminary report of the select committee noted it will meet again and a that time will consider what it said was a High amount of selected drug abuse in sensitive positions such As maintenance of weapons and warheads and handling of nuclear materials. Asked if Neucom had a problem in this area. Garrow responded there Isa very strict personnel reliability control program for those personnel working in sensitive positions. While there May have teen isolated individual cases our records do not indicate a problem in those would add for emphasis that if a prop Lem were detected in those areas it would be corrected said he did not see any in creased involvement this year by Ameri can military members buying and Selling heroin. We have a problem throughout the country and it involves the germans and the foreign residents Here including some of the military people stationed he said the european command re Sun Day. Has launched a new age the solar age wrong office Henlly has put greater emphasis on unify ing the Effort to combat drug abuse in 4 theater. Specifically Neucom has set a a program to establish that Ernide St Dards for identification and reporting a Cedres he said. All components will to Folio Wing the same reporting system he added we Are investigating Tatj possibility of obtaining additional n sources to address the problem and constantly look at the Many programs i improve the jobs and lifestyle of i Dividu service members and to provide them a a variety of wholesome off duty re creak to reduce their potential to be drug 2% of . Mail sent to Washington up amid Bright sunlight in some areas and fog and Snow in others americans celebrated Sun Day with dance and song wednesday and de. Handed that their government put More emphasis on using solar Day organizers and members of Congress hailed the festivities in the unified sates and in some 30 other nations As i the Dawn of the solar a Light hearted upbeat atmosphere dominated the gatherings. Solar enthuse i arts proclaimed Hopes that solar Energy Mil solve such problems As skyrocketing borne heating Bills environmental pollution from Power generation and reliance1 on huge Energy Day has officially begun said f Peter Hamik one of the organizers of the event. In a few Short hours it will be when it is Over we know we will Nev or be the same again. We will have launched a new age the Sclar to but there were also negative notes i Many speakers criticized president car Javier and Energy Secretary James Schle Ginger or paying too utile attention to the possibilities of solar Energy and too much a Speed to the expanded use of Oil Coal Natu of Gas and nuclear Power. In Iowa City Donald Spencer chairman of the Iowa s solar Energy association cautioned that unrealistic expectations might hinder rather than help the budding movement to tap the virtually unlimited Power of the Sun. Trumpet fanfares dancing songs and prayer welcomed the Sunrise in washing ton. An estimated 500 people gathered on the Steps of the Lincoln memorial to watch an Orange Sun Rise in a cloudless sky Over the reflecting Pool. At noon the festivities moved to the Washington Monument proclaimed a Sun dial for the Day for ale of the Many Sun run races and solar fairs held in cities and towns from coast to coast. Saudi Arabia the world s Oil giant Tooka full Page advertisement in the washing ton Post to note its own solar Energy efforts and urge americans to join in trying to wisely manage the Earth s resources. Atop 1,530-foot Cadillac Mountain in Maine where the Sun s rays had been expected to touch the United states first some 500 people performed an ancient in Dian Sun dance under Pink tinged Clouds that hid tie sunny puerto Rico gov. Carlos Homero Barcelo dedicated a solar Heater at the governor s was foggy in san Diego and a foot of Snow fell on los Alamos n.m., but the Sun Day activities mostly indoors Wen ahead at the los Alamos scientific Labora tory. University of new Mexico officials said it was a Good Day to show what solar Energy can do in Cool san Francisco actress Jane Fonda said a major solar Energy program in Cali fornia would provide 400,000 jobs and Cut the state s unemployment in half. She said solar Power has to become a actor Robert Redford told some 500 peo ple at the Sunrise service that solar Energy can t be embargoed by any foreign nation and in t subject to blackouts a Power . Ambassador an Drew Young compared the solar move ment to the civil rights movement. Nixon defends bombing of Hanoi late in 1972 continued ram Page it no intention of reaching an agreement Nixon said. He said Henry Kissinger who had been his National Security adviser at the time agreed with him on the cynicism and per Fidy of the North he quoted Kissinger As saying the North vietnamese make the russians look Good compared to the Way the russian make the chinese look Good when it comes to negotiating in a responsible and Nixon said he issued orders dec 14 to resume b-52 strikes against Hanoi. He never gave a reason at the time for the re sumption of bombing which lasted from the order to renew bombing the wee before Christmas was the most difficult decision 1 made during the entire War he said. At the same time however it was also one of the most Clear Cut and Neces Sar Yones. Rhu f dec id 1 go Public a i rationale for the bombing because he was convinced such a move would have been directly counterproductive to the possibility of resumed if i had announced that we were re suming bombing for the purpose of forcing the North vietnamese to negotiate their National Pride and their ideological fanaticism would never have allowed them to accept the International loss of face involved in caving in to such an ultimatum he said. Nixon said his Low key handling of the bombing turned out just the Way he had planned it. So i did it with the minimum of rhetoric and publicity and it succeeded exactly As i had intended he said. Nixon blamed the april 30, 1975, communist Conquest of South Vietnam on con Gressional decisions two years before to Cut off funds for bombing of Cambodia and restrict the president s War Powers. The War and the peace in Indochina Nat America had won at such Cost Over 12 years of sacrifice and fighting were lost within a matter of months once Congress refused to fulfil our obligations he said mid month payday to be Mav 12 Heidelberg the mid month pay Vance of the of. Day this month will be May 12 instead of Whit moiitowwchtllsfai01 Houlday 8oin to local Bank Viau 1c inf Enlil Law a _. .1. which Bittua tul Mutu 1x. "T1 u4uuls e mid month pay Day this month will be May 12 instead of May 15 for soldiers and airmen stationed in Germany Belgium and the Netherlands Usa eur and Safe finance official announced wednesday. This change is because of the Obser Washington api two of Everyll letters dropped in the nation s Malta Are delayed because they re routed to wrong Post office an internal postal 8jnice study says. Assistant postmaster general pet sey related the Survey s service s governing Board on when he said the routing errors mechanical and human mistake Sas improper zip codes. Of yes Dorsey replied when member asked him if there w routing errors before machines human hands at the sorting table. As an example he said a new York City to Washington up in Cleveland. You then have to from Cleveland to Washington. It win least one Day he said routing errors Are a main in the service s inability to live up to livery standards. Mall used to be sorted twice gave you two chances to catch now you Only have one shot at it planned. With machines a device brings Ter to a position in front of a postal the worker has one second to pm five digits of the zip code into a on the machine. The numbers put the machine where in that City or to other City the letter should go. The then shoots the letter into the mailbag. If the clerk punches a letter ends up in the wrong location times the machine will make a the machines enabled the ice to eliminate jobs. I Don t think the Public is ready die a million people on our payrolls,1 master general William f. B the postal service which has 000 employees would require t. Thousands More workers if mail we by hand he added. Dorsey said citizens can blame Stives Tor about 15 percent of the la. Because they use incorrect zip code. Europe a Rel Toudt la Mich morning tog nil and Lio Laud Munda terms Tim this f
