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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 7, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes thursday september 7, 1978 repast after a Long journey a Short time after arriving at Ramstein a Germany from fort Polk la., a line of 5th inf div Mech soldiers files through a hangar where Large bowls of hot soup and generous portions of Beer Are served. The troops arrived on the eve of the beginning of the autumn forge exercise series. Is Cole Runoff needed in Ala. Demo governor race Haig praises nato s ability to move troops Birmingham Ala. A the race for the democratic nomination for governor has boiled Down to a sept. 26 Runoff Between attorney general Bill Baxley endorsed by Black political leaders and organized labor and millionaire Fob James who campaigned As a foe of politicians. Incomplete returns from tuesday s democratic primary put James a former Auburn football Star in the Lead in a 10 Man Field with Baxley close behind. It was the first gubernatorial election in 20 years without gov. George c. Wallace or a member of his family running for the state s highest office. The 59-year-old partially paralysed Wallace was barred by Law from seeking re election but has hinted he May try again in 1982. Former gov. Albert Brewer hoping for a comeback after an unsuccessful race eight years ago and running with the support of the usually influential Alabama education association could do no better than third in the incomplete returns. But he held on saying he is optimistic that when All the votes Are counted i will be in a  returns from 3,286 boxes out of 4,025 gave James 203,594 votes or 28 percent Baxley 179,569 votes or 25 percent and Brewer 152,820, or 21 percent. Bonn oks pollution Bill Bonn up the West German Cabi net approved a draft Law to increase penal ties for pollution of the environment. The draft would raise the prison term for deliberate pollution of the seas Inland bodies of water or subsoil water from a maximum of three years to five year. The draft known As the Law to combat environmental crimes codifies existing anti noise and pollution regulations. Defeated in the 1958 governor s race Wallace came Back and was elected in 1962, 1970 and 1974. His first wife Lurleen was elected in 1966. She died of cancer after serving 16 months of her four year term. The democratic nominee faces opposition in the nov. 7 general election from a Republican challenger former probate judge Guy Hunt of Cullman. Hunt who was Active in Ronald Reagan s presidential Campaign two years ago won the gop gubernatorial nomination Over two opponents College professor Bert Hayes and cattleman Julian Elgin. The primary gave Alabama voters the Chance for the first time Ever to express their preference for two new . Senators in the same election. Sen. Maryon Allen ran ahead of four opponents in the democratic primary for the unexpired term of her late husband sen. James b. Allen. Former chief Justice Howell Heflin came close to a majority in the race for the seat being vacated by the retiring sen. John Sparkman. Allen will face state sen. Donald Stewart in a Runoff. Heflin appeared headed for a Runoff against rep. Walter Flowers. Former Republican rep. James d. Martin was unopposed in the gop primary for Sparkman s seat. George w. Nichols apparently Defeated former state sen. Elvin Mccary in the gop race for Allen s term. In North Dakota Republican rep Mark Andrews received a vote of Confidence in a race that served As Little More than a preview of the november contest. Andrews 52, seeking his eighth full term in the . House of representatives received 40,255 votes compared to 22,073 for Democrat challenger Bruce Hagen with nearly 80 percent of the vote counted. Both were unopposed in their party races. Continued from Page 1 Duncan jr., who accompanied a plan Load of troops across the Atlantic noted that americans debate the details of our obligations to the Alliance from time to time. Do not be misled by those debates he cautioned. In this Day and age the de sense of Europe and the defense of the United states has become one and the same  Haig Duncan German Gen. Franz Joseph Schulze commander of Allied forces Central Europe and state Secre tary Andreas von Bulow of the German de sense ministry stepped Over shallow puddles on the Tarmac apron to review ele ments of seven nations forces including  from Page 1 three probably were not the terrorist Lead ers but lower ranking scouts who could Lead police to the leaders. Stoll studied to be a tax adviser but Dur ing 1975 caught police attention when he went to work for one of the lawyers defend ing guerrilla leaders Andreas Baader an Ulrike Meinhoff. Early in 1977, Stoll and Knut Folkerts stole several weapons from a Frankfurt dealer. Terrorists who killed Schleyer s four guards and kidnapped the Industrial is a year ago abandoned one of those guns at the site. Folkerts used another to kill a dutch policeman a year ago. Police believe Stoll rented the apart ment in Cologne in which the terrorists made preparations to Kidnap Schleyer. Stoll Klar and Schulz represent the Sec Ond generation of West German Urban guerrillas that first appeared in the late 1960s. The group originally was known As the Baader Meinhoff gang but today s terrorists usually style themselves the re army faction. Green Blouse Canadian air defens Emen German Parachute troops sporting Maroon berets and helmeted american tankers armed with .45-caliber sub machine guns. Minutes later the troops were huddled Over hot soup in a hangar or grouped in Small circles exchanging scarves patches and pleasantries in halting phrases. In remarks prepared for a news Confer ence Haig pointed to a dozen innovations in this year s autumn forge series of exercises including expanding the role of electronic War fare. Adding a multinational medical exer Cise and testing military Airlift come air evacuation capacity. Testing use of attack helicopters As part of a corps aviation group. Using the German army to support reformer convoys with bridging equip ment. Conducting no notice deployment of . Ground forces to Europe. Expanding Intra theater reinforce ment including the first Parachute reinforcement of nato s Northern Region. Flying Carrier based jets from the 6th Fleet to provide close air support in Gen trial Europe. Deploying a .-based Hawk air de sense Battery to Europe. Europe mostly Cloudy with dense morning fog and occasional afternoon rain showers thursday. Little change Friday. Frankfurt Heidelberg High 70, Low 48. Sunset thursday 6 58p.m. Sunrise Friday 5 51 . By 4om Athens p Berlin cd Copenhagen cd London cd Munich p a partly Cloudy Al Cloudy. Det 25,31st weather s  
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