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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 12, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                July 1985 the stars and stripes Page 9 v is photo by Dave Didio this mural by  artist Adalbert depicting a Schaffenburg Schonbuch decorates the renovated ballroom in Jaeger caverns my murals preserve piece of a Schaffenburg past by Chris Estes staff writer Germany Peter Moutschka spent much of his time in the engineering and housing Branch Here protecting a virtually unknown piece of a Schaffenburg murals painted in what was once a ballroom since world War has been part of the department of defense dependents the education Center and now the military police were several times threatened with paint or Moutschka always managed to talk the potential offender from ruining what he considered works of after the ballroom was it was discovered that the artist who painted those murals was Adalbert a locally prominent artist who lived from 1866 to who retired Early this said that when local Art historians saw the the murals were recognized As works of Hock that had been thought to have been destroyed in world War people were surprised they still he the with its Walls covered with stucco ornaments and a Small is now open to the Community and is used for gathering newly arrived soldiers and their families and telling them about living in the murals were some of Hocks first Moutschka 1 always had a Strong feeling that something like that should be anytime he visited the office housed in the he would have one Eye on the it would be vandalism if the pictures or stucco ornaments were he the murals Are court scenes of As Chaffen burgs Schloss Johanisberg and Park 2 soldiers honoured for saving woman from fire by Roger Conroy Germany two 1st army Day soldiers were recently reunited with the handicapped German woman whose life they saved in a fire in first Timothy Franks of the 1st 54th inf in and 4 Bryan Brightwell of the 2nd 81st Armor in Erlanger came to Wallau to receive the state of lessens lifesaving medal at the annual Marbur Biedenkopf firemen the soldiers met with German residents of Lipfeld and government officials from the area where they served As an Umpire team during reformer exercise Central guardian Winter their Rescue Story began on an Early morning Chow run when Franks and Brightwell noticed smoke rising from the town of Franks said he thought it was too Early for someone to be burning trash and the two men decided to invest they found a building in flames with screams coming from a second Story win while Franks made sure the fire department was on the Brightwell pulled their jeep and trailer under the win the two men climbed on top of the jeep and coaxed a German a polio Vic to jump into their Brightwell went through another win Dow to see if anyone else was in the build ing but was stopped by heavy if 1 had been i  just go running into a burning he i did it because somebody needed the soldiers Learned later that two peo ple died in the Franks and Brightwell received certificates from the county of Marbur Bieden Kopf and were made honorary members of the Volunteer fire department of local officials provided hotel accommodations for the two men and and their families for the week of the fest and also gave them guided Tours of the Conroy is assigned to the 1st army Oil Public affairs confirms defection of soviet envoy in Athens Washington up a top soviet Diplomat working at the soviet embassy in has defected to the United a state department spokesman has re soviet Diplomat Sergei former first Secretary of the soviet embassy in is in the United he came Here spokesman Bob Smalley told reporters Smalley declined further but he did say that Okhane is a the Washington times quoted an Athens Star report saying that was a member of a soviet intelligence service and has offered to share with the West details on soviet links to International the report said Okhane spent seven years in the greek capital As the 2 soviet intelligence agent in Okhane has supplied Western intelligence services with information on soviet espionage activities in Greece and Clandestine involve ment by the soviet Union in International labor the peace movement and the news the Athens Star the times reported that a Pentagon official confirmed that Okhane defected May  
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