European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 13, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes april 1985 Vessey blames human nature7 for waste by Cox news service Atlanta wasteful military Pur chasing practices can be reduced but never eliminated because they Are a result of human John Vessey chairman of the joint chiefs of said Here Ive been around Long enough to know that no matter How dumb or How needless it someones out there doing it right said the nations highest ranking military its almost human Vessey strongly defended the current level of Pentagon spending and said president reagans defense buildup has resulted in substantive gains in Ameri can military i can assure you that the american taxpayers Are getting full value out of the dollars Thev Are putting into Vessey said in a downtown speech sponsored by Oglethorpe we work very hard to prevent things like toilet seats and he most of the people in the Mili tary Are working very hard to do their jobs commenting specifically on the Hammer Vessey said he got a letter from a citizen who offered to give the defense department his own Hammer if it would save our country Vessey said an investigation of the Over charge revealed that the seller had added overhead costs to the Price of the thereby inflating most hammers bought by the he Cost Between and in his reply to the Vessey wrote that would gladly donate a Ham Mer of his own to save hundreds of he i think we can both keep our hammers in Good con Vessey is in Atlanta to participate in the Carter Center consultation on International Security and arms control on Fri Day and in his speech he said he believes deterrence remains the Best Hope for avoiding a nuclear War Between the super and that Hopes of ridding the world of nuclear weapons May be unreal is nuclear weapons Are Here in this and we cant change Vessey he also indicated that arms control negotiations that focus Only on numbers of weapons May be reducing the level of weapons will not necessarily reduce the dangers of Vessey the general also commented on the shooting death of Arthur Nicholson by a soviet Soldier in East where Nicholson was assigned to a Liaison he said he has concluded that the Inci Dent was a dumb mistake by a trigger Happy russian it is the korean air lines Issue All Over again a very dumb thing followed by the absolute inability to admit that it was a dumb distributed by the new York times news service Reagan labels soviet peace gestures propaganda7 Santa up president in an interview released accused the soviet Union of re sorting to threats and disingenuous peace gestures in a propaganda Campaign to Divide the Western Al responding to questions submitted by the times of Reagan said he wants a Summit with soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev to Clear the air and express our desire to have a relationship that would eliminate this great threat that seems to hang Over the at the same he said relations will improve Only if the soviets Are convinced that it would be to their Materi Al advantage and emphasized the United states will not make any unilateral con Cessions to win Quick agreement on nuclear arms with attention focused on prospects for a Reagan Gorbachev perhaps As Early As this the statements by the president came As the White House brushed off Gorbachev description of relations As a kind of ice but blamed any such freeze on White House spokesman Larry responding to what Gorbachev told a visit ing congressional delegation during almost four hours of talks in accented the positive in welcoming the soviet leaders willingness to join with the United states in developing More constructive As we have stated Many we Are firmly committed to setting re lations on a More cooperative Speakes at the same we must remember that the deterioration in soviet relations which has taken place in recent years is due in Large part to soviet there is a limit to which actions alone can thaw out our Cool Reagan expressed a desire to meet with Gorbachev to Clear up some such As the killing last month of army a thur Nicholson by a soviet sentry in East those things Are so Reagan theres no need for Reagan also charged the soviet interest in a Summit has been accompanied by a new propaganda Campaign by the Kremlin to incite and exploit differences within the West As a Means of under cutting Alliance efforts to strengthen our defense and deterrent their propaganda tools Are familiar he involving misrepresent threats and now a Call for a moratorium that would freeze the imbalance in eur the statement was reagans first person Al response to Gorbachev announcement earlier this week of a freeze on soviet deployment of ss20 nuclear missiles in East Ern Europe and his implicit Call for the United states to halt its own placements of cruise and Pershing ii missiles in Western the White House denounced the proposal As a longstanding propaganda directed at the peace movement in Western that would preserve a 10tol soviet advantage in medium Range Reagan said he also was struck by How disingenuous it is for the soviet with an operational antimissile system and extensive research into strategic to be expressing such Public criticism of his own Star wars Missil defense which has won sometimes qualified pledges of support from the nato Reagan from Page 1 nazi the american legions National com Clarence said the plan for Reagan to visit the Pitburg cemetery probably represented an oversight by his regardless of his Bacon the president risks alienating millions of american world War ii veterans by his plan to Honor German War dead at bit Bani brith International said in a statement issued in Washington that it is shocked by reagans decision to visit a German soldiers president Reagan was reluctant to visit the site of the Dachau concentration Camp for fear of reopening old wounds a Deci Sion we take Strong Issue said Daniel the jewish groups executive vice but his willingness now to visit a Ger Man military cemetery shocks us precisely because it reopens old wounds and in a Way that will stir the bitterest not just among but among former american the soldiers of our allies and the families of All the victims who fell to nazi Germany he thursz urged Reagan to reconsider his White House spokesman Larry Speakes told reporters the president is visiting Ger Many in the spirit of reconciliation and in the spirit of 40 years of the president will stress the Solidarity of the Western Speakes said when asked Why Reagan was honouring Ger Man Reagan will address the european parliament in on May the 40th anniversary of be ending world War ii in the president and Nancy Reagan will Fly to Bonn the evening of april 30 and return to Washington May he will spend six Days in Bonn attending the economic sum Mit and will meet with other Summit Lead among them Kohl and japanese prime minister Yasuhiro Nakasone and French president Francois Speakes stressed the importance the pre Dotson from Page 1 was Webb Friday asked the court system to try her for a feel the court system did a great in Justice to Gary Dotson by sending him Back to Webb said in an and it want just my testimony but the testimony of six other Alibi witnesses to prove his id like to see the court try me now for perjury and the other six Webb id like to see a jury of my Peers Bear the the a report testified he never saw Webb until after she accused him of also testifying for the defense were an Alibi witness and a former emergency room physician who examined Webb after she said she was raped on july a hearing last week was continued until thursday at the request of who sought new blood and saliva tests from Dot son and now a new Hampshire Resi Dent and Mother of claims she scratched her body and Tore her clothes to fabricate the rape Story because she feared she was pregnant with her former boyfriends at last weeks Webb said the now a Serviceman in was her Only sexual partner in july who said he had been drinking on the night of the alleged testified he spent part of the evening sleeping alone in a car while Bis friends attended a asked by his Warren when be first saw Dotson when the whole thing her accusations did you rape her Lupel Dotson replied firmly before the packed of the South Chicago suburb of country club said be could not fully account for Bis activities of that i lost track of time because i fell i was taking a i was just Dotson Alibi witness William Julian said be left Dotson on that night maybe just to leave the just to go to the it was Only a matter of Julian conceded under Cross examination that his memory was and he could not remember a statement he had made to police three Days after Dotson the defense also called Andrew la the former emergency room physician who examined Webb after the alleged he testified vaginal smears taken on the night of the alleged rape showed no sperm on her Back in jail after a week of free says he was not surprised that a judge refused to overturn his rape conviction even though his accuser admitted Ive done some research on what has happened in the Dotson told the Chi Cago i Learned hat never Iri the state of Illinois has anyone been freed from jail based on recanted in not surprised about what happened to be said from a Hospital Telephone at Cook county Dotson reportedly had been hospitalized for Security reasons because of Bis state of silent attaches to the coming at the 40th anniversary of the end of world War he said it would demonstrate american commitment to Western strength and co temperatures april 11 l h l h 40 53 Albany 54 73 43 77 Albuquerque 54 73 5 19 Anchorage 48 69 45 73 Atlanta 57 71 42 56 Atlantic City 71 74 38 65 Baltimore 38 67 44 71 Billings 51 73 42 76 Birmingham 58 75 45 68 Boise 39 54 39 57 Boston 40 70 38 45 Buffalo 55 76 39 46 Burlington 47 79 54 77 57 78 45 65 37 57 43 60 Chicago 39 55 43 65 Cincinnati 37 59 43 51 Cleveland 55 64 55 75 Worth 36 57 44 76 Denver 39 74 38 72 Des Molnes 37 72 41 59 Detroit 45 71 8 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