European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 18, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May 1985 the stars and stripes Page 9 army Engineer unit hosts some Friendly Competition Germany in 1966 an american army Engineer unit helped the town of Moenche Degginger build a sports that year the town hosted an International Cross country race to dedicate its new runners from Cana Australia and Kuwait the town decided the idea of an Allied Friendship Day Celebration was a Ever the population of Moenche digging normally about has swelled for two Days in the Spring when the competitors from the various nations Roll this year the american 56th Field arty Bri Gade hosted Allied Friendship dutch and american soldiers competed in everything from basketball to a wheelbarrow but winning and losing didst seem to matter As much to the soldiers As just having a Good 4 Jeffrey Pringle demonstrates his unique style of racing a pringles from the 1st support 1st army mangled their bicycle during the 1600meter bicycle obstacle so Pringle carried the Bike the last 400 Pringle finished a Lap behind everybody but his team did better than the 56th Field arty brigade team they wrecked their Bike so they gave German Peter Steenhuis shoves his partner Jan coven through the wheelbarrow obstacle course the team is assigned to the German 220nd signal brigade in Dan Wollam Heidelberg student wins ambassadors award Bonn Peter a student at Heidelberg american High is this years Winner of the ambassadors the american embassy the award is presented in recognition of outstanding efforts on behalf of German american the award will be presented tuesday in the ambassadors conference room at the american embassy in Deputy chief of Mission William Woessner will make the this award is the result of an annual Competition held among All government High schools in the Federal Republic of students Are tested on their knowledge of German politics and current affairs and on their activities in and with the German the students Are also required to write Short essays suggesting ways to improve German american not Only on the High school level but on All by holding this Competition once a school officials and the embassy Hope to provide an extra incentive for american students to study the German culture and history and thus gain a better understanding of the country in which they an embassy spokesman Pappas is the son of John a High school Spanish teacher at his Sheri la teaches Art at Heidelberg elementary Reagan Renews his efforts to Aid rebels Washington up president Reagan used a meeting with the president of Al Salvador thursday to renew his Effort to Aid nicaraguan declaring that the United states must have the courage to help All our friends in Central appearing with president Jose Napoleon Duarte in the White House Rose Garden after a 30minute Reagan economic reforms Are and communist guerrillas Are losing ground in Al he none of this would have been possible without the economic assistance and military training and equipment that we that assistance passed in the House by a very slim if theres to be peace and democracy in the if our neighbors Are to be spared the tragedy that comes from every communist we must have the courage to help All our friends in Central his remarks coincided with a meeting Between House Republican Leader Bob Michel and Secretary of state George Shultz and National Security affairs adviser Robert Mcfarlane on legislative strategy to revive Aid for the contras fighting the marxist sandinista government in Nicara a million request for nonmilitary Aid for the rebels died in Congress poet Josephine Miles Dies a Josephine an award winning poet who helped guide the careers of dozens of other poets As a University of California has died at her collected 193083 won nation magazines Lenore Marshall poetry prize in 1983 and was one of three finalists for last years pulitzer Miles also was inducted As a member of the american Academy of arts and sciences and the american facade my and Institute of arts and