European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 29, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Strife denied the stars and stripes Page 9 by de Reavis staff writer Germany its aty officials and military authorities Here say newspaper articles claiming that american soldiers Are terrorizing this town Are irresponsible in March this the local press a state radio station and a wire carrying the Story across described Gellhausen As the town of germans living in fear of some american sol Diers who run rampant with impunity through the romantic Little Cobblestone alleyways of the Jurgen lord mayor of Geln said there Seldom has been More Harmony Between City and military officials than there is in unhappy that these stories spread at a time when we have got such a Good Man As colonel Jolin Moran As com Mander at the american he terms reports ridiculous commander of the 2nd brigade and sub Community commander said the reports Are to begin the population of the inner City of Gellhausen is around butt greater which includes the surrounding has some the population Mili tary and civilian is somewhere around so you can see How reliable the re ports theres excellent communication be tween the civilian and military communities and were working on ways to Widen and were Quick to stifle any problem that might despite the fact that Gellhausen has Tost its importance As an administrative Center to nearby it remains the chief shopping Center for inhabitants of the surrounding Rural and As the famed Barbarossa named after the red bearded Friedrich von Schwa Gellhausen attracts tourists from throughout Germany because it is Rich in historical whal triggered stories it was a March 3 press release from mayors stating he was meeting with the american commander to find a Way to put an end to that Trig gered the terror but Moran said my and police blotters do not reflect an incident rate which would justify the reaction of some of the local or National get Hausen police chief be hard Schulz reportable crimes Are at a weve had much worse times in this town with our american Schulz said he knows local citizens feel intimidated when they run into groups of the stars and stripes pen Ozouf Gellhausen gis terrorizing Community irresponsible reporting Ana there is also some r a famed historical Lue in gun Hanscy is the Jet Yerom Gast brai Zim foreigners on the Street at and its the fear that greater than anything thai really Schulz sail Schulz recalled the Many occasions americans helped the town and As fight ing floods or leveling ground for a sports but its often the unpleasant Inci dents that Are most he As an a escrow stress that the chief and then there is what one resident called the inevitable beat the blaring portable transistor radio earned by gis through the streets and nearby for most incidents occur on the streets the americans use to get Back to the Cavern either from some club downtown or from the train when they return from Hanau or said Hans chief reporter for the Gernhauser Tony Johnson of has been in Germany since february he said he thought acting up downtown was a result of immaturity among some of the they dont like being Over Here and want to take it out on somebody because of the pressure on the they cop out City gardening program grows Chicago Farmers reap big Harvest Canton at the Hie Rise 1 Chicago the Harvest promises to be Bountiful this year for the Chicago housing col Squash and tomatoes Are sprouting up All Over huge Public housing growing in such abundance that some Public housing gardeners Esti mate they will Market fit tons of vegetables for Cha officials say the gardening pro Gram is so popular there running out 01 More people Are planting to beat the Cost of skyrocketing food on the Square feet of Cha prop erty in the Cha residents grow Flowers and prizewinning produce was exhibited at the civic similar Cit sponsored Garden operate in new York new us Washington and this was not the now in cooperative Garden at the High Rise Tay Lor Homes on the South she estimates her family of eight has been Able to Cut grocery Bills by in the last year by eat ing Homegrown instead of store bought residents who Are part of the Coop just come and pick what they she first thing we want to look at in the Rooming is How the Garden is especially after a its the satisfaction of seeing things y00  children and teenagers invoked to the Garden vandalism to diminished now that weve Gottne liar involved Treyve been they in Ellington someone goes its not Long be fore there running and take there is also some racial he just read some of the stuff on the latrine but its Only a Small group of gis that act sgt Kenneth 2nd 48th said of some of the they do All kinds of crazy things in the Cavern and i think its a combination of youth and the in ability to Cope with the Job and military pressure that causes downtown they get angry when the decent girls dont react to their Strong commons they act very added s Robert Robertson of the same unit of weve got a few bad Moran but i dont want to punish everybody by putting the whole town off limits average soldiers is 19 the average Soldier Here is about ii years old and Hast earned his High school diploma they work hard and spend a lot of time in the when they go out they play but that no excuse for sex the colonel i know theres drugs out but contrary to our German friends i think the maps Are doing a very Good Job we just cant haul people off the streets or out of clubs without weve got the Miranda ruling and they Moran but the citizenry pressures them for Law and order after every Inci reporter Tigges keeps Michaelis May Oral seat hot by asking in articles Why he Doest close Down the joints that serve Drunken gis or Are known hangouts for dope Michaelis said he has served notice to several of these bars to clean up their act or they will face losing their night conces Sion which Means closing at 11 and if that Doest Well be forced to close them Michaelis closing a place is Tough to do without a lot of heavy so far Only three places have been closed for Short periods of time during the past few the mayor off Miu better solution Michaelis said he would rather have Moran put the bar or whatever of fends an of limits would be easier to he asked u such a step by Moran  also be politically easier for the Michaelis said that want a Tigges believes the americans Are remiss in not informing the gis about Ger Many and Gellhausen before they get its a provincial town and a hard place to blow off we Are also nato partners and not an occupied coun try and we often get the feeling americans dont know Ehrhard who owns two and prints five newspapers in the de scribed Gellhausen As one big hard for any outsider to get the publisher said the Many americans who live in German quarters in Many of the surrounding towns often Are not sought As tenants but As reporter sect Hope there is Tigges that we can involve More americans in local Active youll find there Are a number of clubs like Kontak and special interest groups like the Black powder club where German american relations flourish on the no official the More americans and germans we can involve in these the More the Rowdy types will feel out of the Story of Art student Hans Joachim Gogler would seem to give Tigges Hope a Man of slight was slapped around by a go and then robbed Early one evening in but Gogler was one of the first germans to join the newly reactivated Kontak club i realize that the Man who beat and robbed me is not the typical Gogler and i think the More Ger mans and americans who talk to each the More tolerable life will be for both of