European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 19, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes july Watkins picks navys new master chief by Norman Black Washington a William a 28 year Veteran of the was selected wednesday As the services senior enlisted Man by James will assume his duties this fall As the master chief Petty officer of the Navy following the retirement of master chief Billy the chief of naval hailed Plackett wednesday As among the Best and brightest of the enlisted he said he would be relying on Plackett to take the pulse of the particularly the Young enlisted its a very important Job and one to which i assign the highest Watkins who was introduced during a Pentagon Cere Mony along with his is the master chief for the Atlantic Fleet in a native of Pax he joined the Navy on and was trained As a Plackett has served in a variety of land and sea including duty on the persian Gulf Island of in and aboard the aircraft Carrier he holds a Bachelor of science degree in vocational Edu cation from the University of West Florida and has won the meritorious service medal and the National defense service among Plackett was selected from a Field of four those four sailors included master chief aviation anti submarine warfare operator Dean is the chief for naval forces Europe based in Plackett described Watkins announcement wednes Day As the proudest moment of my Navy i stand Here a pretty proud he my life really began when i joined the Plackett was one of 41 original he and the three other finalists have been in Washington for the past receiving a series of briefings and being inter viewed by Watkins and other the position of master chief Petty officer was created by the Navy in in the master chief serves As the principal adviser to the chief of naval operations on All matters involving enlisted who will be retiring after serving the Stan Dard three years in the said in an earlier interview that Plackett could look Forward to being on the Road 65 percent of the visiting sailors around the world and making sure Navy policies and regulations make sense in the one thing that i will recommend to my successor is to keep the line of communications open and Tell it like it Sanders when you go throughout our Navy and find things that maybe Arent youve got to come Back and report them without any that very but its the Only Way that problems and concerns can be addressed and Plackett and his wife live in Virginia they have four Plackett will assume his new duties in Early feeling great7 holds Kohl denies Hospital meetings with Mcfarlane Washington up president feeling met with his National Security adviser thursday for the first time since his hospitalization and continued on a near flawless Road to the White House his activities still limited to ensure full recuperation from cancer surgery last reportedly held meetings with his chief of Donald and his National Security Robert my after a Good nights he also sent a letter to Capitol urging the passage of a Bill that would allow him to veto specific items in appropriations aides first lady Nancy Reagan arrived at be Thesda naval later in the bearing gifts and photographs from her visit wednesday to the a aircraft Carrier some 20 Miles off the Maryland who called the trip great therapy for overcoming the emotional trauma of her husbands delivered a get Well card signed by most of the americas White House spokesman Larry Speakes said Reagan continues to recover extremely Well from the removal of a cancerous intestinal vital signs Are Speakes told and his recovery continues Speakes said Reagan is in Good spirits and freed of intravenous tubes enjoyed Apple hot water and Gelatin for and his luncheon menu called for crackers and Speakes said reagans dinner would be a feast of baked Chicken and the resumption of solid foods indicates the reagans digestive which was interrupted by the was returning to Speakes reported that Staples binding reagans incision were replaced with an adhesive Reagan was walking around his suite and told in feeling Speakes House speaker Thomas d said he Learned from Regan that the presidents Telephone Calls and visitors Are being limited to ensure he is permitted a thorough postoperative recovery at a breakfast appearance before the chamber of Regan said the president indicated in a Telephone conversation that he was up and rain to go this continuing the upbeat reports on reagans presidential spokesman Larry Speakes also said the president was taken off antibiotics and was receiving no Speakes said the president had his first uninterrupted night of sleep tuesday retiring shortly after 11 Edt after watching the movie to have and have with Humphrey Bogart and Lauren on he said Reagan awoke about 5 went Back to sleep and woke again at 8 As he left his room to walk the length of the Hall in his the president anyone devalued Dollar says knowledge of tax schemes Germany a Chancellor Helmut Kohl told a state parliamentary committee thursday that he had no knowl Edge of tax evasion schemes allegedly run by officials of his Christian democratic Union party several years who held various cd posts in the state of Rhineland Pfalz from 1954 to denied knowledge of Money Laun Dering schemes aimed at avoiding taxes on political the Chancellor testified before the com Mittee for More than two state investigators have been examining contributions made by leading corporations to the Rhineland Pfalz Wing of Kohls Christian democratic party and the Liberal free democratic the Junior partner in his coalition the probe focuses on contributions made in the late 1960s and the temperatures july 17 Washington a Federal re serve chairman Paul Volcker told con Gress on thursday that despite the nations High Trade continued Sharp drops in the value of the Dollar will be harmful to the see related Page 1 dont think were in any position to look at appreciable declines in the Dollar As a Good thing if we Haven gotten our Domestic House in Volcker referring to Congress Lack of Progress in reducing the billion budget in not interested in jumping on a downward decline of the Dollar and push ing it Volcker told the Senate banking Volcker said that because so much of the nations deficit is financed with foreign a continued decline of the Dollar could help bring the Trade deficit under control but would require the entire deficit to be financed we dont generate enough savings at Home to handle that degree of Volcker in testimony wednesday before a House Volcker said that loss of Confidence in the Dollar overseas poses the greatest potential threat to two and one half years of Progress against but Volcker added that it was too Early to Tell whether the recent Sharp drop in the Dollar against other currencies is the be ginning of a such a we will wait and i certainly recognize the risks if the Dollar goes Down and goes Down Volcker told a House banking Volcker said the fed did not wish to compound these risks at this time with a major change in monetary he said that a Sharp devaluation of the Dollar without congressional action to Cut the deficit could put new pressures on interest rates and a squeeze on other sectors of the Volcker said that most indications Are that inflation will remain at about its pre sent level of near 4 percent for the next year or so assuming no major change in the value of the l h is i 69 94 54 68 70 88 69 78 68 85 60 79 71 92 61 92 68 76 52 79 55 79 73 89 57 82 51 79 62 82 53 75 72 97 62 92 63 91 56 77 55 76 66 77 60 82 77 88 73 92 57 84 72 89 64 89 79 101 70 89 Albany Albuquerque Anchorage Atlanta Atlantic City Baltimore Billings Birmingham Boise Boston Buffalo Burlington Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Dallas it Worth Denver Desmornes Detroit Fairbanks Fargo Hartford Honolulu Houston Indianapolis Jacksonville Kansas City Las vegas Little Rock l h 68 86 62 83 58 85 76 87 67 88 62 90 69 87 67 84 74 79 71 90 68 92 73 90 66 84 77 101 53 76 62 81 62 84 67 84 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to review the saying it ruled on contract protests Only when they involved appropriated the travel contract was awarded on be half of us Reurs welfare and recreation a no appropriated fund the Gao later reversed its decision after american express lawyers submitted a re quest for reconsideration that included in formation pointing out that certain amounts of appropriated funds Are involved in the in its second request for a Gao american express argued that the contract was issued on behalf of the which is an appropriated fund and that the contractor was required to make official travel after losing to Barbarossa in bidding for the lucrative american express did not bid on a similar concessionaire con tract offered by the air Force in american express had operated a travel service for the military in Germany for nearly 40 Clint Washington Bureau contributed to this european weather forecast for Friday mostly Cloudy in Northern and Central areas with occasional becoming occasion ally partly Cloudy with isolated mostly sunny in Southern area with morning fog and highs will Range from High 60s to mid 70s lows in the Sunset Friday Sunrise saturday Outlook for saturday Little change until when it will become mostly Cloudy to Clouds with tempera Tures near the temperatures recorded thursday 4am 4pm f 73 88 r 59 m 59 72 m 55 81 f 72 m 59 64 f 68 p 68 91 p 61 82 m 54 f 55 81 m 63 75 m 59 72 90 partly Cloudy mostly Cloudy Iraln provided by det 7th weather tra Bentzar