European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 27, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes Quiafe Accident Rote but fatalities declined Page 8 St. Johns Georgetown in Garden showdown. Page 21 . Issues get Tough policy to Poland pa8, n vol. 43. No. 314 wednesday february 27, 1985 tie Dotty in in tar d 8693 a 6 sex defense chiefs ask changes stronger role urged for chairman of pcs 3hington not six former Mittee thai i a .1. Washington not sit defense secretaries monday called Tor in creased join control of the Nalion s military ores rain rivalries among the army Navy air Force and marines. The former officials said the reorganization was needed to Correct serious deficiencies in How the military advises the president divides the budget and plans forgo mint. Their remarks were made in the fore word to a report on the american military organization. The report was made Public monday by the Cenich for strategic and International studies at Georgetown University. The report produced by a steering com Mitilee that included several influential members of Congress proposed an array of changes including e strengthening the Tole of the chair Man of the joint chiefs of staff by making him the lop military adviser to the president and giving him a staff that is not Beholden to the individual services. E having Congress prepare military budgets two Yean at a Lime allowing alter Nate years for a longer look at military poli sharply cutting staffs of the House and Senate armed services committees defense department and civilian service secretaries to prevent them from Micro. Managing details Best left to the individual services. Giving the commanders in chief of the regional join commands More Power to override the individual services on som matters of budget and operations. Critics of the current military Organiza Tion argue thai under the current Organiza Tion the machinery of the Pentagon is pre occupied by a year round Effort to writ and lobby for its budget. They add that rivalries and poor coordination among the services have contributed to wasteful spending and poorly execute military actions in cases like the invasion of Grenada and the Protection of marines i Lebanon. The former defense secretaries said that they did not All embrace All the changes proposed by the Georgetown group but they endorsed its general at a news conference monday. Melvin r. Laird a former congressman who was Secretary of defense from 1969 to 1973, said thai while similar reorganization proposals had been made periodically since the Eisenhower administration i think the Congress is ready to act in addition to Laird the former defens secretaries who endorsed the report were Harold Brown 1977-81 James r. Schle Singer 1973-75 Elliot l. Richardson 1973 Clark m. Clifford 1968-69 and see chiefs on Page 28 Hitchhiker a is. A Nam missile which bad successfully completed 1,500-Nlk Lesl flight across Canada is lifted from a Frozen surface of Primrose Lake Alberts by a a Anglia military helicopter. After its Arctic nature the it site was returned to the in Ltd Stales. Jittery Market does t Stop Dollar s Rise London a the Dollar again moved sharply higher on european foreign Exchange markets tuesday powered by Strong demand Tor dollars in nervous trading with big gyrations. Sain of Marks to . Personnel for their personal it will be at Ike Rale of 3.45 wednes Day. For other conversion Rales so Page 27. British prime minister Margaret Thatcher pressed for action to defend the Pound which was trading Al Only 4.1 cents More Inan a Dollar said there is Little she or anyone else can do to Slop the Dollar s steady onslaught. A trader for National Westminster one of Britain s big four Banks said the Dollar at one stage was very Strong but it came off the lop when new York came the trader who did not permit the use of his name said the Dollar plunged in the half hour As London trading was closing fluctuating by one cent against the Pound Sterling and four pfennig against the West German Mark on the strength of news from the United Stales. Anthony g. Chapped the director of foreign Exchange trading for Irving Trust co., said the Dollar s Rise was nipped by testimony to the . House banking committee by Paul Volcker in chairman of the . Federal Reserve Bank. Volcker said that the size of the budget deficit was a peril to the Dollar and would Lead to in Dollar s eventual fall. A Phol Riding it out Paul and Stephanie Robinson forced out of their Home by floodwater Bead for higher round in Skiatook Oku. Many families had to a Etc baled after the City s rain took to East Side found itself under three feel of water. Be related Story photo on Page 2. Money pours in Tor african drought victims by ran Wollam Stuttgart Bureau chief Stuttgart from dancing the Boogie Boogie to pumping Iron from a Ltd a tons to run a thongs. Mem Bers of the european come arc using their imaginations to help starving people in a Africa. American red Cross Headquarters in Siut Lgan re ported thai members of the european come had dug into their Pockels for almost s 107,000 As of feb. 15. When the red Cross began the Campaign in january it anticipated wrapping in up in mid february. But the Money keeps rolling in and Many communities report they re just getting started. Some donations from individuals would t buy much food but they were All the Given had to give first grader Ondr Ansary at Hanau s sport Field Elemen tary school for instance wrote this letter to the famine victims dear a Cpl we will give you Money to buy food so your tummies will be Ansary forked Over s4 and 8.06 Marks every Penny he had and inspired the Clire school. Mell Sui Mikus. 9. Challenged school administrators to dance the Boogie Boogie and charged faculty members a $5 admission fee. Principal John o Reilly and his assistant Mary Sim Sim during Ihrck lunch periods and raised the school s Tola contribution has lopped $1,500 and is continued on Page 3
