European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 27, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes May of Maryland awards degree to Kohl by Charlie Bowden staff writer Heidelberg German Chancellor Helmut Kohl on sunday praised nato As a shield of defense for its member countries but cautioned that they must remain stable if nato is to stay Kohl Drew on former president John Kennedy reference to the Alliance As twin pillars supporting a Bridge across the this still applies said we need the Bridge spanning the and the Alliance unites he said the Bridges strength depended on the strength and resistance of its both must be and Germany will remain he painted nato As a guarantee of Freedom and peace on the Kohls remarks came shortly after he was awarded an honorary doctor of Laws degree by the University of Maryland european division during commencement sunday in joining 725 other Kohl said he regards the degree As a Symbol of German american Solidarity and Kohl referred to the 40th anniversary of the end of world War when he was and to the Berlin saying that those germans who were children then have not forgotten american we have not forgot ten that we were saved from starvation by american he american educator and researcher Clark Kerr joined Kohl As a commencement speaker and immediately asked the is it Worth it kerrs substantiated by a Host of was yes today and even More strongly so president emeritus of the University of califor has been closely identified with educational based on his role As chairman of the Carnegie commis Sion on higher which issued a series of re ports calling for an overhaul of higher education pro Grams in the United Kerr also addressed the recent flood of reports criticizing saying that the concerns Are legitimate in most he that Progress is being made and education is and will remain a Good for he a College graduate makes 25 percent More Money in a lifetime than does a High school More he College graduates Are 25 percent More Likely to spend Money and Effort in the education of their who was awarded an honorary doctorate of humane while applauding the value of an also called teacher education teacher education is still dearly but no full answer is possible until society provides More nearly professional status and salaries to said the Bentley memorial award went to Adele you mans for maintaining the highest academic average in the class of who graduated with a presently is living in Arizona with her air Force the award was established in Honor of William the first student to earn a bachelors degree through the University of Maryland european graduate statistics include the average age was with the oldest graduate being 61 78 percent were mar ried 66 percent had children 56 percent were male 291 were enlisted 23 were and 411 were civilian and 45 states were crash info san Diego Bay kills Pilot of Navy plane san Diego a Navy Jet crashed into san Diego Bay kill ing the Matthew of who stayed at the controls to keep the plane from hitting several boats and a nearby ammunition fuel Ken civilian spokesman for the naval air station at North Kathryn of ejected from the ta4 training ver Sion of the a4 skyhawk attack plane and was she was listed in Good Condi Tion at Balboa naval said Mitch her Parachute was Only half open when she hit the he both fliers were with vaq33 based at the key naval air Mitchell the Pilot stayed in the avoiding nearby ships and said san Diego fire department spokesman Mel he ejected at Zero Altitude on Impact with the his Chute didst Hawley was taken to University of Cali indy from Page 1 i factory Tom the 1983 was not far behind As Vogler tagged the running second to braked hard to avoid flying apparently got into some Oil and wound up skidding into the he was Able to jump from the in he i got a Little bit of but in in a lot better shape than the John Paul another escaped with a badly injured left hand after a wheel came off his March and sent him hurtling into the third turn Wall on Lap the Victory was the fifth for the Penske team owned and operated by Roger the team also won in 1972 with the late Mark 1981 with retired Bobby Unser and 1979 and 1984 with one of six former winners in the was in Contention Only briefly in the Early part of the race and went out with engine problems shortly after the Halfway at least 15 die As Oil tankers explode Spain a at least 15 people were confirmed dead and 18 were reported missing sunday after explosions ripped through two Oil tankers docked at a refinery in this port on the Bay of Algeciras across from the Rock of an offi Cial Antonio spokesman for the civil governors office of the province of said authorities had recovered 15 bodies following the explosions in the Pana mania registered Metrogen one and the Spanish Tanker he said 34 men had been taken to Hospi tals in Algeciras and in nearby la Linea de la the japanese owned Metrogen one car ried a Crew of he a list of Crew members indicated that most of them were South Al though the imbibe and at least five others appeared to be dying boy gets wish a 1 Day army hitch san Francisco up it was a dream come True for a 9yearold boy with terminal cancer he joined the army for a by the time Robby Wheeler had finished his on Day tour of he had an honorary two lieu tenants a medical corps a pair of aviator two a san Francisco Presidio an army helicopter Belt buckle and a certificate presented by a Man in a dog this is just said Bis Dawn of who comes from five generations of army combat suffers from brain tumor and has already outlived he was flown by helicopter to the Presidio Airstrip Friday and driven to san fran Cisco Presidio Headquarters in a police car with Siren too weak to walk by Rob Bie was helped to the podium by offi cers on both sides of David neck saluted him As a Tough and Eugene Hawkins made him an honorary Colo Nel in the fastest promotion Ever in the the Man in the dog suit was the crime prevention he said Robby was being honoured for helping mom at Home and being such a Good said Robby things Haven been going our Way for a Long time but today they the 30man Crew of the Campo Navia was Fernandez said none of the victims had been he said 18 men were reported including seven refinery workers who were headed towards the Metrogen one in a jeep when the explosion eyewitnesses in Algeciras and Gibraltar said the blasts broke windows in the sur rounding area and sent columns of Black smoke 660 feet into the Many of the people who live in the Industrial area ran to the shores of the already polluted Bay to watch the ships while they were police said vandals ransacked several Eduardo Lopez mayor of san located in the Hills above the refine said the blasts Shook the town like an port officials said the resulting fire was brought under control an hour firemen managed to keep the fire from spreading to the refinery tanks Only 825 feet from the fire brigades and Rescue teams from Al la Linea and the British held Rock of Gibraltar rushed to the Spanish police Cut traffic on the main Highway link ing la Linea to Algeciras to keep the curious a port who declined to give his said the first explosion occurred As the Metrogen one was taking on re fined he said a second explosion occurred moments later in the which was already loaded with both tankers were docked in front of the Gibraltar the Metrogen one broke in two and and the Spanish Tanker also broke in two and was Algeciras fireman Joaquin Badillo said by san medical where he died of multiple internal the plane landed right in the Middle of about 15 pleasure said Dennis Lin a Harbor police who picked up the its Busy out there no boaters were reported among the vessels close to the crash site was an excursion boat carrying a girl scout the Jet plane had developed trouble and requested clearance for an emergency land ing at North Mitchell it made a Low pass so the Tower could look for any it crashed As it turned up he the plane had taken off from the naval air station at Miramar in Northern san Diego county about Mitchell Thatcher says Japan awarded contract unfairly Tokyo up British prime min ister Margaret Thatcher has sent a protest to prime minister Yasuhiro saying that Japan used unfair Means to win a million government sources foreign ministry officials acknowledged that Nakasone had received a letter from but they declined to discuss its Thatcher said an offer of japanese Aid to Turkey wan linked with the bid by a Japa  group for the contract to build a Bridge Between Istanbul and Skudar across the a British group also was in the temperatures l h 52 76 58 84 58 83 56 78 58 84 55 83 69 92 50 83 60 82 72 87 70 88 65 90 65 96 Albany Atlanta Atlantic City Boston Chicago Cleveland Dallas Denver Detroit Honolulu Houston Kansas City Las vegas May 25 l h 58 80 70 84 54 72 64 87 72 90 72 96 62 82 56 82 52 68 50 80 52 66 75 88 63 85 los Angeles Miami Minneapolis new Orleans Orlando Phoenix Philadelphia Pittsburgh Portland Salt Lake City san Francisco san Juan Washington european weather forecast for monday fair skies and warm tempera with thundershowers in Northern Germany in the late High temperatures mld80s lows in the Sunset monday Sunrise tuesday Outlook for tuesday no change in weather with temperatures in the upper 80s to Low temperatures recorded sunday 4am 4pm f f f f f f 64 57 75 64 59 54 55 81 81 82 79 81 82 01 f f r cd f f 4pm 50 73 55 82 57 64 54 72 48 77 59 81 61 02 of far a Cloudy provided by Del weather Trade new u