European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 7, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes May 1985 world today sir Donald in his 1954 displays a Model of his world War ii the Bailey inventor of Bailey Bridge Dies As British Wii hero a photo England a sir Donald Bai inventor of the world War ii Bailey Bridge that played a significant role in the Allied died sunday at leonards his family he was the cause of death was not Bailey Bridges were used in the Day invasion of trance in 1944 and carried Allied tanks and guns Over Rivers and Gorges As they advanced on nazi made of interlocking sections that could be carried by a few the Bridges could be quickly the girders were made of prefabricated steel panels and parts were Britain late Field marshal Viscount Montgomery once without the Bailey Bridge we should not have won the it was the Best thing in that line we Ever a civil Engineer who spent much of his boyhood making Model Bridges from pieces of Wood and was modest about his saying it was just part of his when he was knighted by the late King George i in the year after the War and a Toast was pro posed to he i think the Toast should be to the men who put the Bailey Bridges he sketched the original design for the Bailey Bridge on the Back of an in tax authorities ruled that an award of pounds then Worth that the government made to Bailey for his invention was not subject to income tax and refunded the equivalent of they had born in the county of Yorkshire in Northern he majored in engineering at Sheffield joined the civil service in 1928 and was posted to the army experimental bridging staff at Christchurch in Hampshire in Southern the British War office gave the godhead to the Bailey Bridge plan in 1941 All the Early experimental work was carried out at the Christchurch in Holland honoured Bailey by making him a commander of the order of Orange Nassau in recognition of the part the Bailey Bridge played in the reconstruction of that after the Bailey became director of the army military engineering experimental unit and was Dean of the Royal military College of science at Shrivenham in Southern England from his first died in 1971 and the couple had one in Bailey married his Mildred who survives journalist jailed for subversion escapes from guards in Manila Philippines a a journalist who has been detained on subversion charges for nine years escaped from six military escorts while on a furlough to vote in the National press club officials Satur Ocampo slipped away while on the 12hour requested by the press he faces a possible death penalty for subversion and rebellion charges As an alleged communist party Ocampo was a former business editor of the Manila times newspaper which president Ferdinand Marcos closed Down in defense minister Juan Ponce Enrile pledged to Recap Ture Enrile said he was not blaming the press club for the i dont think the people who asked me for the fur at least in fairness to could be said to have known what was in his Ocampos mind or what was he Ocampo was believed to have used a Back stairway in eluding his new Panama Cabinet gives More influence of military Panama Panama a president Nicolas Ardito Barletta has named a new Cabinet that gives More influence to the military backed coalition that helped bring him to the opposition charged that the changes amount to a virtual military takeover of Barletta troubled seven Mont hold a Brief communique issued by the presidential press office described the new 12member Cabinet which includes six holdovers from the previous which had resigned As More representative of the parties that backed Barletta candidacy last australians set out on Long trek As a test to see if god exists Australia a six Young people have left to walk across the most arid part of Australia without food or water in what one called a test to see if god the ranging in age from 6 to Are carrying a Swiss army of knife and cigarette Light but no the trek though the Nul Arbor Plain of South Australia was planned to emulate the who sent out to walk from town to As told in the we believe that god will use our walk As a powerful testimony on his said 22yearold Malcolm we want to confront people with the reality of so we have deliberately chosen difficult the group will rely on berries from Trees and the hospitality of people they he their route will take them from port Augusta to Norse about 340 Miles East of Perth in Western 42 of Aid pledged to Africa Nof yes delivered Kenya a Rains have brought Relief to some drought stricken african but food supplies pledged and not yet delivered Are urgently needed to Avert a major the1 food and agriculture organization said Mon in its latest report on released the Fao said 42 percent of the Grain promised by donor governments has not been that Doest include the additional metric tons but not for the 21 african states of it Only concerted action in the coming weeks by the International Community and the governments of the affected countries can Avert a major disaster in the six most affected namely niger and it according to the the amount of food Aid required by Africa this marketing year Rose by tons in the past month to 7 million but As of late Only million tons has been and of this just million tons has been in Southern All outstanding promises of Grain must be delivered and supplies needed by the Sahelian coun tries of Central Africa must receive their shipments before june Rains make Remote districts the rom based Agency seed has been eaten in Many areas to stave off starvation and the Fao predicted that even if weather is food deficits will continue into 1986 unless the seed is urgent action is therefore needed not Only to save human lives but also to ensure the Normal planting of it seed supplies Are below the minimum requirements in Turkina faso formerly upper niger and and Are needed within two months for the main 1985 Accord ing to the to Speed up delivery of crucial food special Steps Are needed to remove serious bottlenecks at african it the flow of supplies into Ethiopia is limited by snags at its red sea port of and congestion at several West african ports has exacerbated suffering for famine victims in landlocked Mali and Turkina the Fao said the 21 countries with in sufficient food supplies Are bots a Turkina Cape Tanza Zambia and but since the report was Kenya and Zimbabwe asked to be removed from the list As conditions have Here is the fans assessment of the six hardest hit countries chads food Supply remains mainly because of a shortage of limited capacity at the port of Douala and transit problems at papa less than a third of the million Chadi ans who require food Aid Are receiving in food supplies remain serious in Northern where an estimated 5 million people Are at logistical problems remain acute at ports while Domestic distribution is restricted by Security problems because of fighting Between re Bels and the Ethiopia has received less than half of the tons of Aid requirements pledged by donors for 1985 a Lack of Long haul trucks threatens the scheduled delivery of the remainder and a shortage of seed will Hurt the main growing season this Malis food situation is still due primarily to insufficient transport to carry food from the Ivory coast port of it has received less than a third of the tons in Aid the Fao estimates Are needed in the situation in niger is worsening As some Nomad herdsmen Are affected by the the closure of the nigerian port of papa for niger destined transit goods has disrupted an otherwise carefully planned Mozambique is facing a critical food Supply especially in the Southern and Central provinces that were subjected to heavy Rains and flooding in an estimated million people Are experienc ing food in Sudan the situation is extremely serious and deteriorating Over 80 percent of pledged Aid totalling million tons has not been while the pledges fall Short of the require