European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 29, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse June 1985 the stars and stripes Page 9 enthusiastic German Feen gets her wish by Suzanne Kuziewicz Germany when she heard the tanks 14yearold Isabelle Wallner grabbed her homemade ran to her front Yard and sat so the tankers could read her message that said Welcome gis you Are great Wallner lives in Hafen Leucht near Dona Woerth in the area where last septembers autumn forge exer Cise certain fury was she remembers the tanks with the numbered and the soldiers who waved to she longed for a ride on one of their after Reading an article on the exercise in her local German Wallner decided to write to the Only american official identified John then commander of Vii Galvin has since been promoted to general and now commands the Southern come based in As a her entire class was invited to visit the 1st 1st 1st army div in Wallner was the Only one Able to take the tour earlier this but she and Manfred and Helga Wallner parents were distinguished guests of the with the help of Barry Nelson of b Wallner donned her coveralls and drove into the local training area with her father As a she even carried the sign that she had displayed in her Yard eight months Squadron executive officer Barry Allison later presented her with a of achievement for being the first honorary tank commander in the Dragoon squadrons she also signed the units distinguished visitors Wallner response to the soldiers hospitality was More typical of an american super but her than you letter received tuesday was Typ ical of a seasoned i Hope and wish the army will be staying still in West because then we wont have to live so unfree and locked up like the people in East american and German Friendship should forever first Kuziewicz is Deputy Public affairs officer for the 1st army photo for by Grant Ruff Isabelle joins Barry Nelson for a ride in his tank As an honorary Compromise gets formula one race Back on track by Tony Nauroth Nuernberg Bureau chief Germany German and american officials conducted a joint inspection of a Fence at Nuernberg Zeppelin Field just four Days before the 38th running of the Norris ring 200mile Auto race the larg est sports event in the Fence is the result of a Compromise ending a struggle that kept local German american relations on Edge for 1 it the struggle entered on a strip of land at one end of the Field where Adolf Hitler conducted mass political ral lies during his reign Over relations Between the City and the Mili tary Community Are now on an even an army spokesman said As a 10 year fencing and land use agreement was Given final approval tuesday while work ers repaired the site for saturdays for Mula one time trials and sundays the deterioration of German american relations began with a gesture of German american the spokesman in when the race was in its 32nd City officials asked to hold a separate Rock concert at soldiers As the gis Call Zeppelin the army said the concert left the sports Fields on soldiers Field in unplayable according to the the City owns the land in but it is leased to the German Federal government for the which maintain control Over its the spokesman in december military Community commander Robert Drudick further restricted use by announcing that the strip of land where track Side pit areas Are traditionally located would be fenced City and race officials were not pleased with this in subsequent dry Dick the forces in no Way wish to impede or Ston the Miles of Nuernberg but race organizers said the Fence would do just that because no other arrangement of Spectator timing and support facilities would be Drudick said he was confident that City officials would be Able to find an alternative site for race related but City photo by Tony Nauroth German workers erect a Fence for the nor Piarino Antn officials remained As tensions City officials contacted the the result was that Drudick agreed to let race officials use the land for the 1984 event but asserted that it would be the last year the motor club of Nuernberg would have the three weeks after 1984s final Drudick was transferred to the United states in a routine in when John Shalikashvil stepped in As the new com City and race officials already had forwarded an Appeal to Germany Oberfi which is charged with handling matters Between German citizens and the forces in a Compromise was hammered out in time for this weekends these Are the according to the array spokesman and City and race the army agreed to let the motor club of Nuernberg use the strip of land that has always been used for the the agreement is for 10 in the City agreed to erect a Fence Between the pit area and the playing according to one technical this kind of Fence is Standard for such sports facilities in racing officials agreed to return the strip of land to its preface condition and clean the they Are also charged with building a temporary restraining Fence parallel and about 10 cards the Cit built Fence so that Oil and lubricants will not be spread out of the pit representing Shalikashvil at the con tract the Nuernberg military Community director of personnel and Community Harold conferred with army signed the and in p m
