European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 27, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Pago 28 the stars and stripes april Senate tells Reagan to cancel Pitburg trip Washington a with 78 members sponsoring the the Senate on Friday demanded that president Reagan cancel his visit to a German military cemetery where 49 members of Adolf hitlers elite is Are the by voice adopted a Resolution hailing the reconciliation Between the United states and Germany 40 years after the end of world ii and calling on Reagan to cancel his visit to the Pitburg the Resolution Reagan should visit a Symbol of German the cosponsors included Robert the Senate majority who told the chamber the record is Clear that this is not an Effort to jump on the its an expression of the Senate that we should pay homage to the memories of the millions of civilians and the american and Allied soldiers who suffered and died at the hands of the we want the German people have been our in the moments before the senator after senator called on German Chancellor Helmut Kohl for action to take our president off the i dont the president of the United states should go to a German cemetery to Honor German soldiers who died killing american in the service of the greatest tyrant of our Adolf said Alan Cranston said the senates action should Send a very Strong and Clear message to the government of West Ger Many that this situation is doing what could cause very great damage to the relations Between us and that it would be Wise of the West German government to cooperate to cancel the controversial we believe that the spirit of reconciliation that exists Between our country and the Federal Republic of Ger Many is in the Best interest of democracy and world said Howard but he said Reagan does not enhance that spirit of reconciliation by paying respect to the nazi is who Are buried at Pitburg and who belonged to an elite nazi unit that did so Many horrors at the concentration i believe that the position of the germans in insisting the president carry out his plans to visit Pitburg does not redound to their Metzenbaum Edward Kennedy intoned the names of the concentration Camps where jews and other minorities were killed by is guards arid president Reagan made a mistake when he scheduled this visit and he will be making an even bigger mistake by refusing to cancel on a majority in the saying that reagans planned visit to the cemetery threatens to have Long and serious repercussions in the United urged Kohl to withdraw his invitation to the the new York times a signed by 257 of the 435 House was presented thursday to German ambassador Gunther Van Well by Robert the letter said a visit to the Pitburg cemetery would have the unintended effect of reopening painful wounds in the United the paper a Bonn government spokesman said Friday that Kohl will write to the congressmen and Send them a copy of the speech he made in parliament on the a Peter Boenisch said the chancellors in which Kohl thanked Reagan for planning the Pitburg had also been Given to the German embassy in Washington for delivery to the White Boenisch indicated that the congressmen letter would not change Kohls mind about the the a protests continued Over the Pitburg Lead ers of the United synagogue of America and of the Rabbini Cal two major groups of conservative said they would observe May the Day of the proposed Pitburg As a Day of prayer and Senate gop leaders Duck vote on Reagan budget Washington up Senate re publican unable to whip gop senators into line because of disagreements Over social Security cuts and other reduce Friday ducked another vote on presi Dent reagans proposed the reason were not going to vote today is because we dont have the votes said Senate budget committee chairman Pete Senate Republican Leader Robert Dole of Kansas said he was trying to work out some agreement among republicans for a vote next Republican leaders were unable to per Suade about six of the gop senators to go along with the budget that would Cut billion from the nearly billion deficit in fiscal 1986 with eliminations or drastic changes in dozens of the inability to round up the necessary votes for a preliminary vote on the budget in the where republicans hold a 5347 was a major embarrassment for the key to the discord was an element of the plan that would limit social Security costo living increases to 2 percent next rather than the full 4 percent hike recipients would get also under attack were plans to scrap the Job Amtrak Aid and Urban before postponing the Dole met with some reluctant republicans including Lowell Weicker of Paula Hawkins of Alfonse Dama to of new Bob Kasten of Mark Andrews of North Dakota and Charles Mathias of most appeared to be rites from Page 1 Between our two nations were Bestil lust rated by the absence of our Heads of state at such an historic veterans organizer Robert Swan told the news but Here this week there was no East and no negative barriers or my lasting impression is a tremendous yearning for peace among All said for that he veterans groups that helped arrange the Tougau reunion would Start exerting pressure on Congress to pass legislation providing for Elbe Day every april 25 when and soviet representatives would meet to improve communication Yuri a soviet vet Erans Leader in full dress said he welcomed the proposal and expected it would win support Back Swan told reporters later that about 15 of the veterans and their families would travel on to the soviet Union and take part in celebrations marking the end of the world War flags and vivid red banners and comm Bistline peace and Solidarity and formula speeches by state officials said the United states was to blame for deterioration in relations since but veterans vigorously denied that their Brief return to this town of was converted into political Hay by communist speech Sand comments by communist party officials and the veterans Over the army identifies victim 5 demonstrators arrested during clash in Heilbronn of 1 car crash april 20 Germany a 1st army div spokesman has identified the sol Dier killed in a one car Accident april 20 near Amberg As 4 Jessie Lee of troop 1st 1st stationed in the spokesman quoted an eyewitness to the Accident who said the tire on the car Grigsley was Riding in the car left the bit an embankment and flipped killing three other including the were treated for minor injuries at the army Hospital in Grigsley is survived by his and two All of the spokesman Germany a police said Friday that they arrested five people during a clash with antimissile demonstrators in which five policemen were the chief of the bade Wuerttemberg state Hanspeter said the clash took place As defense minister Manfred Woerner and undersecretary of the army James Ambrose were near ing the end of a visit to nearby Heilbronn late Sturm said the clash occurred when some 400 demonstrators tried to prevent Woerner and Ambrose from leaving the town the two officials used another exit and avoided the he he said about 500 policemen were deployed in Heilbronn during the visit of Ger Man and american he gave no other details and did not say How the offi cers were Woerner and Ambrose went to Heil Bronn to speak to local officials about the 11 fire at a Pershing h army base outside the three american sol Diers were killed and 16 were injured in that go gets life for murdering policewoman Germany a 22yearold Soldier was sentenced to life in prison wednesday after being convicted of premeditated murder in the stabbing death of a military policewoman last Augsburg Community officials a panel of five officers and four noncommissioned officers in a general court mar tial found 4 Joseph guilty of killing Andrea Beth assigned to the Augsburg Provost marshals Mcdonaugh was a radio operator formerly assigned to he and he 1st 30th Field according to trial Mcdonaugh and a Friend were admitted into singles downtown apartment about 10 Mcdonaugh Friend was asked to leave and wait in his car so that Mcdonaugh and who dated could talk Mcdonaugh later left singles apart got into his friends car and asked to be driven to the my where he ported singles a subsequent investigation by German and investigators found singles body on the floor of her apartment with 10 Stab wounds to her Chest and an autopsy revealed that Pingle had also been a blood alcohol test sealed that Mcdonaugh had been drinking heavily that in addition to life Mcdonaugh sentence included reduction to Grade forfeiture of All pay and allow ances and a dishonourable past two Days approvingly referred to what they saw As a spontaneous outpouring of Public support for the but unofficial local who spoke to the associated press on condition their names were not indicated at least some of that support was Stag managed by temperatures april 25 l h 46 68 78 Little Rock 45 77 78 los Angeles 32 43 77 Louisville 57 81 81 Memphis 51 63 Atlantic 79 Miami Beach 51 73 60 Paul 28 54 79 Nashville 59 82 85 new Orleans 34 51 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