European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 9, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes d Auckland Oakland mix up proves 6 d Job prospects in Magazine g celtics sweep kicks 21 the 355 authorized unofficial publication for the armed forces april 1985 1se rally Ond Sundog q 8693 a service leaders reportedly reject attempt to reorganize military by Bill Keller Washington not the nations senior military leaders have closed ranks in opposition to proposals that would dramatically reorganize the american military the leaders defense Secretary Caspar the secretaries of the Navy and air Force and the five members of the joint chiefs of staff assertions that the command Structure is Par Al Zed by rivalries among the Lead ing to wasteful spending and poor combat they made their positions known in letters to the Senate and House armed services but a somewhat different viewpoint emerged from letters written by the nine operational commanders of combat some said their authority Over buying weapons and training troops and preparing Battle plans had been inhibited by the Power of the individual Wallace commander of the readiness in charge of troops and aircraft based in the United the system As it is presently constituted depends inordinately on cooperation and Good will in order to the dispute Over organization is part of a broader debate Over whether the billion annual military budget buys All the Security it the which have not been made were made available by a person out Side the Senate armed services committee requested them in preparation for hearings later this year on proposals to streamline the military copies were sent to the House the american military system has been faulted in a succession of studies by groups like the Georgetown University Center for strategic and International and by retired military officials like David former chair Man of the joint critics have said the Lack of Strong Cen trial discipline in the Pentagon has allowed service fiefs to leading to Duplica Tion of weapons neglect of such unglamorous needs As and poor training for joint they have recommended strengthening the authority of the chairman of the joint chiefs by making him the principal Mili tary adviser to the and giving the operational commanders More Power to override the separate in defending the some top Mili tary leaders warned that tampering with it would diminish civilian control Over the armed they generally said any problems could be solved without major institutional John Vessey chairman of the said the services had worked Well to Gether in recent years and that the services chiefs had no trouble setting aside service loyalties to Hammer out the joint chiefs Are also fallible human see leaders on Page 28 refund unlikely for fleeced furniture buyers operator of bankrupt Terry Hodges firm has Leit country by Chris Estes staff writer Heidelberg some americans who ordered furniture from the no bankrupt Terry Hodges Home furnishings company Are unlikely to recover their a Usa eur spokesman Jeffrey a Legal assistance officer for Sudan unions Bow of Call off strike Khartoum up Sudan labor unions monday called off a week old general strike that led to the Down fall of ousted president Jaafar the unions decision came in the face of a threat by the new ruling military Junta to crush any opposition to its the end of the strike and an Appeal by Union leaders for All Union members to return to work As usual was Broad cast by radio the National radio network in after meetings Between the new government and the thousands of sudanese took to the streets of Khartoum for the third consecutive Day monday in mass demonstrations in support of the new the official Sudan news Agency the people Are people appear delighted that the Numeir regime is and it is fair to say the new government has popular a Western Diplomat confirming official Western diplomats said Small scale counter Demontra tons by the unions against the new government quickly fizzled with numbers reaching less than no Vio Lence was despite the Khartoum reportedly was with most shops and businesses open As telex and Telephone communications with the outside Cut for a were electricity and fuel supplies were also returning to nor see Sudan on Page 28 said the Money lost by american service families totals More than he said Hodges has left the Terry Hodges Home furnishings showroom furniture was impounded by a German court in Heidelberg last after the firm was sued by some Hodges customers Are receiving letters from a a photo tearful memories Ann Baily weeps at the site of a Monument to Vietnam War dead after a dedication ceremony in the rites followed a weekend Camhout by members of a Vietnam veterans see Page German Law firm representing Hodges suppliers who Are trying to sell furniture customers contracted for through but Guilford said the customers Are not obligated to pay off the Terry Hodges was operating what he called a Lay away furniture sales Guilford what continued on Page 3 bomb damages nato pipeline in Germany Stuttgart a a nato pipeline in Southern West Germany and the offices of a military equipment company in Hamburg were damaged by bombs police there were no police evacuated 60 residents and then defused a bomb in another Hamburg in a third incident in experts searched a West German army compound following an Anonymous threat but failed to find any it was not Clear if the attacks were linked to antinuclear protests that took place during the and no group claimed responsibility for the pipeline related Page an explosive device planted in a 16footdcep under ground Shaft went off at on a stretch of the nato pipeline near the Berg state criminal office the pipeline stretches from tue Bingen to in Southern the blast caused Between and Worth of police but Only a Small amount of Oil in a bomb caused considerable damage to a building housing the offices of a military equip ment police the bomb was planted in the cellar of the building and went off shortly before 2 police also evacuated 60 residents of a neighbouring building after an Anonymous caller warned the residents see pipeline on Page 28
