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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 14, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                August 1985 the stars and stripes Page 9 a wartime diary is looking for its owner Topow s manuscript saved by briton by Dave Diehl Bureau after More than 40 Margaret Kemp has some unfinished business from world War a briton from near Raf is looking for an american Soldier from the War who she thinks is rather she knows Little about one Frank service save for the fact that he was a prisoner of beginning in she knows that since she has had a wartime a diary that Wallace kept while he was a pow in Germany stalag the Story of How Kemp ended up with wallaces diary is a complicated tears Well up in the Wom ans eyes when she talks about it brings Back memories of her recently deceased the Book was left behind with Kemp and her Hus band by a Man named Charlie a British sol Dier who was also captured by the appear who was brought up by the Kemp family As a found the Book when he arrived at the same Camp where Wallace was the american Soldier had apparently left the diary behind when the americans were transferred to an other Kemp says she knows nothing and Shes neither seen nor heard from Ferris since he last visited her and her husband in despite her at tempts to Contact it want until her husband died last year that she decided she should return the Book to the she i am a sentimental old Kemp says she was touched by some of the things that Wallace wrote in the Book while he was a prison she says she knows the Book meant a lot to and shed like to see that he gets it she began her search by writing to the commander at Raf letters to the veterans administration and National personnel records Center in Louis brought according to Leslie the base Public affairs she also wrote to More than two dozen addresses of fellow pos Wallace listed in the no Kemp is still trying to find a Way to get in touch with Wallace to return his wartime the person who started that Book was All and he poured his heart out on those Kemp i feel if anything happens to the Book will just get thrown Kemp says she is a believer in the Only two times she has pulled the Book out of its drawer in recent years have been on the anniversary of the dates the Book was there is a particular poem that she likes in the Book and a budding Romance Story in the midst of the drawings and mementos Wallace collected from the attached to the pages in the Book Are cards and letters from a woman named Kemp says she thinks there was something More to that relationship than just cards and therein lies the other reason Kemp would like to find Frank pow id like to know if he married that Kemp says and Frank Wallace was assigned to co 191st tank 1st army he was captured somewhere North of in photo by Dave Diehl Margaret Kemp am a sentimental old fool guerrillas step up attack on afghan capital Afghanistan a guerrillas have stepped up their offensive against bombarding the afghan capital with rockets and fire hundreds of troops have been deployed around the City to repel the Western sources said the diplomatic speaking on condition they not be identified said reports from Kabul described almost nightly guerrilla attacks on government and so Viet military installations in and around the government Security forces have con ducted massive House House searches across the City to try to unearth guerrilla hideouts and arms they the afghan guerrilla forces offensive against Kabul began in late july with a major attack on the soviet air base at Kabul the City has come under elections 85 repeated attack at night since and guerrillas have fought Security troops in the streets in i Landrun guerrilla forces fired missiles last wednesday night at the Headquarters of the 8th division of the afghan army near Kharga Lake and also attacked a nearby government artillery fighting raged for More than two with soviet artillery firing repeatedly at suspected guerrilla the next the sources the guerrillas fired at least 15 rockets at Mili tary targets in the North of the and reports indicated that up to 15 government soldiers were killed or last Friday an attack was launched against the soviet military com plex around the Daru Laman Palace and at least 10 missiles slammed into the the sources six government soldiers were killed when a missile exploded near a guard they guerrilla forces also attacked govern ment outposts on the outskirts of the with at least one position being the sources the communist government and soviet military commanders have responded to the attacks by sharply increasing Security in the troops had found at least one Cache of heavy weapons and feared others were hidden around the the sources soviet helicopter troops supported by Heli copter gunships have mounted Strong search an destroy missions in Rural areas near the City to try to Hunt Down guerrilla the sources soviet armoured columns also have been moving out of the City during the Day to Back up the search they soviet apparently equipped with special night vision have been flying patrols Over Kabul at night to help soviet artillery locate the positions of guerrilla rocket the sources the guerrillas Are fighting to oust the communist which is supported by an estimated soviet Western reporters Are banned from Afghanistan and reports from inside the coun try can rarely be in other developments in the sources said fighting in the pan Sher Valley in the North of the country has tapered off in recent and there has been scattered fighting in other parts of the Washington Iowa will hold elections on four dates this a spokesman for the Federal voting assistance office school Board elections will be held also on residents of the 45th state legislative District will elect a state senator in a special elec on municipal elections will be held in most Iowa cities or some of those municipalities will hold primary elections on others will hold runoffs on any resident of or former resident eligible to vote under the overseas citizens voting rights May apply for registration and an Absentee those eligible to use the Federal Post card application May mail the form to the county auditor in the county of voting residence to receive a voted ballots postmarked not later than the Day before the election will be counted if received by the county auditor not later than six Days after the voters should ask the postal clerk to hand stamp a Date on the ballot return questions that cannot be handled by unit voting personnel May be addressed to the Federal voting assistance at 202 6944928 or Auto on voting assistance officials suggest submitting the application 3 accused plotting to Export parts of los Angeles a the owner of an electronics company and two employees were charged monday with conspiring to Export military parts to prosecutors Steven of owner and president of Aero electronics Linda of Van Guys and Steve of la were charged with one count assistant attorney Jeffrey Modisett also was charged with one count of attempt ing to Export military the three were arraigned monday afternoon in Federal the customs service had been investigating a Nett for one year under its undercover operation exodus a crackdown on illegal exports of military and High technology Modisett the charges accuse Sanett of purchasing a shipment of military Type tubes from Hughes for and then Selling them to a Swiss company for while knowing that the tubing was destined for in the charges allege that he illegally exported Worth of portable military electronic tubes for military radar systems and tubes for the Hawk missile Battery Sanett faces up to two years in prison and a Fine if Modisett unclaimed baggage Germany warehouse personnel Are trying to locate service members and civilians in Europe who have not claimed their unaccompanied bag a v corps spokesman baggage left unclaimed for 120 to 180 Days is subject to he the following individuals should Contact the Offenbach Ito Box Frankfurt military comm Apo or Call Frankfurt military 23115008 or baggage unclaimed after 60 Days Peggy John Stephen Karl baggage unclaimed after 120 Days Earl Robert Kathy Andrea Zane Steven Roscoe Nordy Irene Clarence Michael Wllliam  
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