European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 24, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 24 the stars and stripes sunday september 24, 1978 a new experience for him air Force Gen. David c. Jones pcs chairman is helped into a tank by sgt. Lee Curtis Hunter of he co 1st in 70th Armor. Is photo by Jim Cole pcs chief Jones Usan gets ride in army tank by Jim Coles i staff writer Kalbach Germany is this is the first time i be been in the Driver s seat of one of these. It s lots of Hussein. Continued from Page 1 self determination for the palestinians. But for the first time he spelled out that Amman wanted substantial changes in the Camp David accords before he would con Sider joining the peace moves. In Damascus saturday syrian presi Dent Hafez Assad wound up the Arab hard liners conference by urging other Arab states not to support the Camp David sum Mit and egyptian israeli peace moves. He called the Summit results a betray al of the palestinian Arab cause and a switch to the israeli Side by Egypt we Hope that not Many Arab states will support this action he said. Sadat meanwhile returned to Cairo saturday to a warm and tumultuous Wel come by tens of thousands of egyptians the biggest he was Ever Given. In open Defiance to Calls by radicals for his assassination Sadat drove in an open car from the Airport where he landed after a flight from Morocco at 4 30 . He was headed for his Nile Side residence in the Giza suburb a distance of about 15 Miles. Crowds lined the pavements eight and nine deep in the hot sunny weather shout ing Sadat Sadat Welcome Welcome and with soul and blood we Back you a officials estimated the turnout at five million people far More than the one Mil lion who came out to the streets in novem Ber to Greet Sadat on his return from the precedent shattering trip to Jerusalem. Also on saturday israeli settlers caused a massive traffic Jam in Northern Sinai by blocking a Highway with their tractors to protest the expected return of the Region to Egypt. The speaker was air Force Gen. David c. Jones chairman of the joint chiefs of staff who took a ride in an army m-60 tank after meeting with soldiers and newsmen in the Woods near Here saturday to discuss this year s autumn forge exercises. Jones spent the morning talking with troops inspecting equipment and watching Allied forces going through their paces. I m much impressed with what i be seen. I be been going on exercises for years and this is one of the Best yet. I m especially impressed with the International nature of the exercise and have discussed it with representatives of All the nations involved Jones said. He added the Quality of the equipment and people Are improving All the time. We re making reasonable Progress on acquiring Standard equipment within Nat but it s a Long term on the state of nato readiness Jones commented we re much More capable than we were just a Short while ago. We still have things to do but i m very impressed with what i be while Here Jones tackled a variety questions. Of the drug problem in the Neucom area he said general Haig nato commander summed it up nicely. It s not As bad As the worst reports make it seem nor is it As Good As the Best reports Jones said the greatest problem facing the All Volunteer Force is recruiting for re serve and National guard units. It s a serious concern for us. We have a number of initiatives under Way in several areas to improve on that problem. I m not ready to give up on the Volunteer Force concept. People criticize the All Volunteer concept. But As far As i m concerned i m for it. It has Many advantages. I Hope we can solve our Reserve . Plans India flood Aid Rome up the . World food program said it will Send $3.9 million in emergency food Aid for flood victims in in Dia s Ganges Valley. Co Ter brackets Plo with nazis continued rom Page 1 the Progress we can make will be Lim Carter addressing about 900 per sons at a High school said Egypt s presi Dent Anwar Sadat pledged to him in writ ing to continue negotiations on the status of the palestinians and the West Bank even if Jordan withholds its support. Carter said he Hopes that a self govern ing palestinian authority on the West Bank can be set up in the next two or three months As soon As Egypt and Israel con clude the peace treaty they committed themselves to at the Camp David Summit. The president passed up a Chance to panel docks Pentagon for pilferage Washington up a congressional committee says it is Docking the Penta gon $155 million to cover some of the losses caused by Sticky fingered military person Nel. As revelations of pilferage and waste in the military Supply system continue the House appropriations committee has voted a $50 million reduction each in sup ply appropriations for the army Navy and air Force plus smaller reductions specified for the marines and for other defense agencies. In a report it cited audits that show department of defense Supply system rip offs. Throughout the services it has been found that total losses of High demand flight items runs to close to $600,000 yearly. The Navy was listed As the worst offender with earlier reports disclosing grossly excess issues of such items As jackets and sunglasses. Too Many stethoscopes besides items publicized previously these were noted an army Hospital had a staff of 95 doctors and 235 nurses but issued 1,310 stethoscopes during a one year period. An audit of three army divisions in Europe showed they used an average of one Battery a year for each of their approximately 4,000 vehicles. But although All the batteries were Cov ered by warranty none was Ever turned in for wearing out in less than 12 months. The army last year admitted to losing $118.5 million Worth of property that was on records but could t be found. No one has any idea of the amount of so called consumable items which Are stolen the report said. More than 10 percent of the 12.9 Mil lion Gallons of automotive fuel used at Kelly fab in Texas in 1975 could not be accounted for and was probably stolen or misappropriated. We Don t have any Way of determining the Dollar value of thefts said a commit tee aide. He said that the reductions were made As an approximation of How much each service should be Able to tighten up its spending on supplies through putting int effect better controls. Europe Cloudy with isolated periods of Light rain sunday. Cloudy with dense morning fog monday. Frankfurt Heidelberg High 66, Low 48. Sunset sunday 6 21 . Sunrise monday 6 16 . Temperatures recorded saturday. 4am 4pm 64 81 adana.p55 66 Aviano cd 55 72 Brussels p 57 61 Frankfurt cd 41 90 Madrid c 54 75 Paris p 4am 4pm 57 70 Athens p 55 59 Berlin cd 50 50 Copenhagen cd 50 77 London p 55 59 Munich cd 54 75 Rome up partly Cloudy cd Cloudy 25,31st weather so spend a quiet weekend at the White House to make a new round of political appear ances that began Friday. While visiting Here Carter was scheduled to attend a fund raising event for con Gressional candidate Gene the town meeting Carter said he believes Sadat will carry the peace process Forward even without Hussein s cooperation. He said a letter from Sadat which was released by the White House on Friday constitutes a written pledge to continue bargaining with Israel on the palestinian and West Bank questions. Sadat s exact words were that he is pre pared to assume the Arab role after consultations with palestinians and Jordan concerning the West Bank. Carter said Sadat pledged to me in writing in a letter released yesterday that in the absence of cooperation or participation by King Hussein he himself will continue to negotiate not just on the Sinai. But also will continue negotiations the West Bank and Gaza strip i believe we Are making great strides in the Middle East Carter said. I believe we can do even More in the future when All the negotiating parties Are ready to sit Down and take advantage of the wonderful door that has now been opened because of the Camp David the president was scheduled to Fly later in the Day to Columbus. Ohio to address some 1,100 persons at the democratic party s $125-a-plate Jefferson Jackson Day dinner. Proceeds from the dinner Are to be shared by nine statewide candidates. Sports in Brief saturday s baseball National league Philadelphia 000 001 000-1 7 1 new York 000000000-0 3 0 Christenson and Boone Bruhert Koosman 8 and Stearns. A Christenson 12-14. A Bruhert 4-10. Chicago 000010000-160 St. Louis 000 000 Oso 590 Reuschel Mcglothen 8roberts 8moore 8 and Rader Denny Bruno 9 and Simmons. A Denny 13 11. A Reuschel 14-14. Pittsburgh 000 002 000-2 5 1 montreal200 000 0013 10 0 Blyleven and Dyer Grimsley and Carter. A Grimsley 19-10. A Blyleven 14-10. Or Montreal Dawson 24. American league new York 100000000-1 91 Cleveland 041 300 11x1015 0 Beattie Tidrow 3rajsich 4davis 7 an Munson Johnson 7 Clyde and Alexander. A Clyde 8-11. A Beattie 6-9. Hrs Cleveland Cage 4. Boston 100110000390 Toronto 000 001 000-1 7 1 Tiant and Fisk Jefferson and Ashby. A Tiant 11-8. A Jefferson 7-15. Or Boston Rice 43. Oakland 120010000 4 91 milwaukee020 650 Fox 13 18 2 Norris Broberg 4lacey 5heaverlo 8 and Hosley Meyer 8 travers and Martinez. A travers 11-11. A Norris 0-5. Hrs Oakland Carty 30 Mil Waukee Hisle 33. California 200100010-4101 Chicago 01200011x-5 91 Knapp 7hartzell 8 and Downing Worth am Willoughby 8lagrow 8 and Foley. A Lagrow 5-5. A 6-2. Or Chicago soderholm 18. College football american int l 23, Norwich 14 Amherst 6, Springfield 2 Arkansas 19, Oklahoma state 7 Bates 48, Union 32 Boston u. 15, new Hampshire 5 Brigham Young 32, Colorado St. 6 Columbia 21, Harvard 19 Cornell 14, Princeton 14 tie Dartmouth 31, Penn 21 Davidson 31, Wofford 27 Florida St. 31, Miami 21 Fordham 14, Rochester 3 Georgia 12, Clemson 0 Georgia tech 27, Tulane 17 Indiana 14, Washington 7 Iowa St. 31, Loyao Ithaca 27, Cortland 13 John Carroll 21, Thiel a 16 Kansas 28, gala 24 Maryland 21, North Carolina 20 Miami of 7, w. Michigan 3 Michigan 28, notre Dame 14 Michigan St. 49, Syracuse 21 Muski Ngum 21, Dennison 21 Navy 30, Connecticut 0 n.y.tech23,keane3 Nichols 17, Boston St. 14 northeastern 28, . Post 8 Oklahoma 66, Rice Penn St. 26, sum 21 rp115, Pittsburgh 9 Trinity 34, Bowdoin 6 Vanderbilt 17, Furman 10 Virginia 21, army 17 w. Kentucky 17, Austin Peay 13 wooster28, Kenyon 10 Yale 21, Brown 0
